Career Report for David Gu

Class of 2026

Cross Country Career

The following chart plots the mile pace for every race throughout high school for this runner. The blue anchor points show the races where the runner improved.



Course-Specific Personal Bests

Below is a listing of David Gu's best times on each course. Click on the course name to see a chart of those races.

Course Distance   Time     Pace   All-Time Rank PR Date PR Event Graph Races
on Course
Baylands Park 3.1 22:57.3 7:24 359 10/18/22 SCVAL Meet #3 2
Crystal Springs 2.95 22:10.9 7:31 559 11/1/22 SCVAL Finals 2

Distance-only Personal Bests

This considers only the courses with distances of 2, 4K (2.48 mi), 3 and 5K (3.1 mi).

Standard
Distance (Mi)		   Time   Pace Date Event Course Graph Races
at Distance
3.1 22:57.3 7:24 10/18/22 SCVAL Meet #3 Baylands Park 2

Career Summary

Below is a summary of each season run by David Gu.

Year # of Races Average Pace Improvements / Chances Rank on Team Best # Std Dev
Fr 4 7:32 2/2 51 -0.25
Palo Alto Career 4 7:32 2/2

Complete Race and Improvement History: Table

The following table is a listing of every race throughout high school for this runner.

Date Event Course Distance Division Place # Std
Dev		 Time   Pace   Improvement
9/20/22 SCVAL Meet #1 Baylands Park 3.1 F/S 172/256 -0.39 23:06.8 7:27
10/4/22 SCVAL #2 Crystal Springs 2.95 JV 117/228 -0.25 22:56.6 7:47 You ROCK! (SBP)
10/18/22 SCVAL Meet #3 Baylands Park 3.1 JV 66/115 -0.47 22:57.3 7:24 You ROCK! (LR, PR, DPR)
11/1/22 SCVAL Finals Crystal Springs 2.95 F/S 105/157 -0.52 22:10.9 7:31 You ROCK! (LR, PR)

Glossary:

  • LY = Beat time from the same course a year ago
  • LR = Beat time from the most recent running of the course
  • PR = Set a new course-specific PR
  • PG = Beat personal goal
  • SBP = Season's best performance based on position of finish relative to the field. (Highest # of standard deviations).
  • DPR = Set a new distance-only PR. Applies to 2 mile, 4K (2.48 mi), 3 mile and 5K (3.1 mi) courses only.
  • DSR = New season record at this distance that is not a DPR.
  • # Std Dev = The number of standard deviations from the mean.

All columns are sortable by clicking on the column heading.


Track Results

Season Records

Season Grade Pts100m200m400m3200m
2023 OutdoorFr14.47 PR--13:16.68 PR
2024 OutdoorSo-26.64 PR1:00.26 PR-
2025 OutdoorJr-27.52 1:02.91 -

By Event


100m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/9/23 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 14.47 F/S SR 16

200m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/9/24 SCVAL Quad Meet (Homestead, Los Gatos, Lynbro 27.09w JV 26
4/10/24 Palo Alto vs Gunn HS 26.64 JV SR 5
4/17/24 Palo Alto vs Los Alto 26.81 JV 5
3/12/25 Homestead, Gunn & Palo Alto 27.69 V 21
3/18/25 Homestead & Gunn 27.69 V LR (Δ=,0.0%) 21
4/2/25 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 27.52 V SR (Δ=-0.88,-3.3%)
LR (Δ=0.17,0.6%)		 2

400m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
4/10/24 Palo Alto vs Gunn HS 1:00.26 JV SR 6
4/17/24 Palo Alto vs Los Alto 1:01.29 JV 4
3/12/25 Homestead, Gunn & Palo Alto 1:02.91 V SR (Δ=-2.65,-4.4%) 19
3/18/25 Homestead & Gunn 1:02.91 V LR (Δ=,0.0%) 19

3200m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
3/1/23 Homestead@Palo Alto 13:21.18 F/S 10
3/9/23 Los Gatos @ Palo Alto 13:16.68 V PR (Δ=4.50,0.6%)
SR
LR (Δ=4.50,0.6%)		 11

4x100m

Date Meet Result Div Record Place Pts
4/25/24 DAL Finals 50.09 JV 7