About Georget Pontillo
" I am competent and nothing can stop me. I am a fighter."
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Sport: Track & Field
Citizenship: France
Gender: Male
Date of birth: 11/07/1999
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 171lbs
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Graduation year: 2017
Placement year: Fall 2020
Information
ATHLETIC
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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)
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ACADEMIC
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High School name: Lycée Joseph Loth
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TOEFL:
E3PT : 61
SAT: No need
GPA: According to NCAA guidelines, Georget's GPA would meet U.S. requirements
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Current university name: Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
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Major: Master in kinesiology
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Achievements
2019 (U23)
10th place at University National Championships 800m indoor
Regional Champion 800m indoor
3rd place at Regionals 800m
District Champion 800m
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2018 (U20)
Regional Champion 400m indoor
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2017 (U20)
3rd place at Regionals 800m
District Champion 800m
Request information
Interview
Why should I recruit you ?
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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?
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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?
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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…
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Anything to add?
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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.
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