Gordon Kowalkowski

Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kailua, Hawaii
High School:
Punahou
Position:
800m

JUNIOR YEAR | 2017-18: Ran on the 4x800-meter relay that posted the third-fastest time in Academy history (7:34.88) at the Drake Relays...competed in the 800-meter distance during seven competitions (three indoor, four outdoor)...clocked a career-best time of 1:52.34 (adjusted for altitude) during the outdoor season...used that mark to finish fourth at the Air Force Twilight Open...earned runner-up honors at the NoCo Challenge (1:52.98a)...posted a season-best indoor time of 1:54.36a to take fifth at the Air Force Collegiate Open...academic all-conference selection.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2016-17: Competed in the 800-meter run six times...clocked a career-best time of 1:52.60 (adjusted for altitude) to finish third at the Air Force Team Challenge...added runner-up finishes at the Air Force Invitational (1:53.21a) and Tyson Invitational (1:53.02)...clocked an outdoor-best time of 1:52.76a to finish fourth at the Jack Christiansen Invitational...led off the 4x800-meter relay that finished eighth at the Drake Relays (7:40.45)...academic all-conference selection.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2015-16: Competed in the 800-meter run nine times...recorded an outdoor-best time of 1:55.98 (adjusted for altitude and track size) to finish fourth at the Adams State Qualifier...clocked an outdoor-best 1:56.08a at the Colorado Invitational...earned a top-five finish in that event at the Air Force Twilight Open (fourth, 1:59.02)...academic all-conference selection.

HIGH SCHOOL: Punahou School...Hawaii state champion in the 800-meter run...also ran on the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the state championships...three-time all-state honoree (twice in cross country, once at 800 meters)...four-time all-Interscholastic League of Honolulu honoree (three times in cross country, once at 800 meters)...also competed in soccer, earning ILH Honorable Mention honors...received scores of 5 in AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Calculus BC.

PERSONAL: Full name is Gordon Francis Hardie Kowalkowski...nicknames are “Sawyer” or “Hawaii”...son of Randy Kowalkowski and Lydia Hemmings...is an only child...majoring in aeronautical engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot...serving as an Honor Warrior...named to the Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s List...hobbies include saying Hawaii with the proper pronunciation, saying that any state is like Hawaii (but not as good), trying to be an air bending master with Tyler Younkers “so that I can be the master of the four elements”...got into underwater skydiving, but “Coach Cole was getting mad, so I had to start ocean watching”...traveled to Hawaii over the summer with the Cadet Summer Research Program...also got really good at giving Coach Cole high fives...learned how to track Jacob Bilvado through the woods, discussed the philosophy of friendship with Nikolai Rhodes, and discussed the finer things in life – like NASCAR and SPAM – with Josh Wojciechowski...has a Hawaiian middle name: Ke Ola Maika’i O Ke Kumu Koa...member of Cadet Squadron 37.