About Georget Pontillo
" I am competent and nothing can stop me. I am a fighter."
Sport: Track & Field
Citizenship: France
Gender: Male
Date of birth: 11/07/1999
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 171lbs
Graduation year: 2017
Placement year: Fall 2020
Information
ATHLETIC
Current club: Athlétisme Pays de Pontivy
Current coach: Michel Le Mercier
Personal Records:
800m: 1:53.02 (2019)
800m (indoor): 1:54.32 (2019)
400m: 49.60 (2019)
400m (indoor): 51.28 (2018)
ACADEMIC
High School name: Lycée Joseph Loth
TOEFL:
E3PT : 61
SAT: No need
GPA: According to NCAA guidelines, Georget's GPA would meet U.S. requirements
Current university name: Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
Major: Master in kinesiology
Achievements
2019 (U23)
10th place at University National Championships 800m indoor
Regional Champion 800m indoor
3rd place at Regionals 800m
District Champion 800m
2018 (U20)
Regional Champion 400m indoor
2017 (U20)
3rd place at Regionals 800m
District Champion 800m
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Interview
Why should I recruit you ?
You should recruit me because I am a complete athlete able to run fast, for a long while. When something interests me, I can do it at 100%! And when I am 100% invested into something, I am competent and nothing can stop me. I am a fighter. That is a quality that you are looking for because I want to beat opponents, but I specially want to surpass me whether it be in competition, in training or in life. Moreover, I run and work for myself, but I run and work for a group too. See my school/work group or my training group achieving beautiful things is really gratifying for me.
Why do you want to compete at US Colleges?
I want to compete in the U.S. to have a chance to improve my ability to run competitions with bigger density to become stronger and to beat my own personal bests. For me that can be a chance to compete in the U.S. with a university because all people I know who have had the chance to go to some U.S. university have increased their skills in Track and Field and I want to do the same thing. Also, the condition and system of competition in the U.S. college is incredible.
What do you want to achieve in Track/XC?
In Track I want to beat my record to gain a ticket for big competitions to run with a high density of top athletes. And in XC I want to improve my capacity to achieve strong runs in a competitive team to run big XC with high density, like track. And I want to be faster than ever, to represent my team at the highest level.
College and life goals?
I have a lot of goals. First, I want to be graduated in a recognized university to have a valued master’s degree and have a good job afterward in my area of expertise. Secondly, I want to increase my athletic performances and become stronger in Track and in XC to be an athlete with huge capacity. For that I want to beat my personal best and beat my opponents. Thirdly, I want to: learn more about myself and the American life and the American training way, open my mind by discovering the culture and lifestyle of another country, try a lot of new things…
Anything to add?
For me playing sport is a good thing in life but cannot last forever and that is why I want to take my chance to go to the U.S.A. for practicing Track and Field at a high level while studying and completing my education. For me this is important to take all opportunity to change the way I think and see things. That is why I am so determined to achieve my goals and my future goal is the American Dream.