Daniel Weishaar '25 Recruiting Profile

Ever since I started competing in sports, I've always kept a fairly simple goal; be better than I was yesterday. I believe this in not only track but in life too. It's something I've learned from competing in the hurdles. Taking everything one day at a time, fixing small details as you go on, the big picture will come together. However, those results will not come unless your willing to go the extra mile, go 100% everyday, and dedicate everything you can into perfecting your craft, and I feel I've been doing that in this sport. I was someone who started my athletic career fairly late. I didn't get into sports until my freshman year of high school, where I was on wrestling and track team. During the track season, I had initially joined as a sprinter but was moved to hurdles for the post season league meets as I was only ranked 27th on the team for the 100m, 200m, and 400m. Hurdling was completely new grounds for me and I didn't have a lot of the season left. With only 2 weeks of training, I managed to place 2nd in the 65mh at the El Camino League Finals. After this, I felt confident I could become a great hurdler. I decided I would dedicate everything I could into being a better hurdler. Sophomore year, I joined football and quit wrestling so I could do preseason work in track and I felt that football would help more on the track than wrestling would. In my sophomore year, I was pulled up to varsity, dropped my 110mh time from 20.11 to 17.36, and was awarded most improved on the team. I put a ton of work in that season and saw a lot of improvement out of it. In my junior year, my coaches and teammates took note of my dedication and commitment to this team and sport and I was elected to be a captain. As captain, I used my experience and leadership abilites to help make the program better than it was last year. I felt like there was always a problem with a lack of dedication and effort within the team my sophomore year, and part of that was because there wasn't a leader on the team that really pushed people to be the best they could which created a culture of mediocrity on the team. I wanted this culture in the hurdles program to end by rooting the idea of pushing yourself to be the best you could everyday into the younger athletes on the team. I feel like they all adopted this very well as they all saw notable improvements and many of them got pulled up to varsity. I feel like I helped them find it within themselves to truly achieve greatness and I hope they continue this culture when I'm graduated. Not only did I help shape the team into better environment, I also improved my own abilites as a hurdler and sprinter. In this season, I went from running an 18.10 at the beginning of the season, down to 15.82 making me the 2nd fastest junior, and the 4th fastest all time in Mountain View history being the first person to break the 16 second barrier since 1996 at Mountain View. With all this being said, I still do have my summer season of junior year and my entire senior year to continue improving and I'm eager to work with any college programs interested in working with me.

Thank you for your time,

Ivan Weishaar