Jeorgi Gavalas Season 2026

ClassJunior
HometownBridgehampton, N.Y.
High SchoolSouthampton
Previous SchoolCharleston (S.C.)

Indoor Track & Field(2026): Placed second in the mile at the VT Challenge after a personal-best 4:48.50…Finished with a 800m personal-best 2:14.16 at the Doc Hale Invitational.

Outdoor Track & Field (2026):
Recorded a career-best 2:12.40 in the 800m at the Virginia Challenge ... Posted a career-best 4:23.14 in the 1500m at The Hill City Twilight ... Achieved 3rd place at the Dani Palooza Last Chance with a 4:24.98 in 1500m.  

At College of Charleston: Ranked first in the indoor 1,000m (2:57.03) and fourth in the mile (4:55.31) on the school's all-time list ... Part of the school-record DMR team ... Ranked first in the outdoor 1,500m (4:25.79), fourth in the 800m (2:12.73) and 10th in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:42.44) ... Finished 22:37.1 in the 6K at the 2024 CAA Cross Country Championships ... Clocked 23:38.6 at the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional ... Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 1,500m at the 2025 CAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:25.79 ... Posted a career-best 2:12.73 in the 800m at the East Coast Relays ... Ran a career-best 7:11.26 in the 2,000m steeplechase at the CSU Buccaneer Open ... Recorded a career-best 11:42.44 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Weems Baskin Invitational ... Posted a career-best 2:57.03 in the indoor 1,000m at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge ... Ran a career-best 4:55.31 in the indoor mile at Camel City Distance.

High School: Graduated from Southampton High School in Southampton, N.Y. ... Received the school's Most Outstanding Athlete Award in 2024 ... Earned all-county and all-county academic honors in cross country in 2023 ... Named an all-county honoree in the 2,000m steeplechase as a junior ... Graduated summa cum laude ... Received the Spanish Culture Award in 2019 and 2020 ... Recipient of the University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology ... Assisted with Unified Sports and Athletes Helping Athletes.

Personal: Born June 9, 2006, in Southampton, N.Y. ... Daughter of George and Anastasia Gavalas ... Volunteered with the Orthodox Church of the Hamptons Youth Camp and Festival ... Worked with the Wing It Project nonprofit organization.