Andre Chappuis '13 Recruiting Profile

I knew I was fast and could outrun anyone on the soccer field and basketball court so at the end of my soccer season at Immaculate High School in Danbury, Connecticut, I decided to try indoor track.  I wanted to do this now in my Junior year before I ran out of time even though I'd been successfully playing the other sports since I was 7 years old.  I told my Mom, a D1 half-miler at UMaine, that my goal was to make New England's.  And I did. And I made the finals!

Although this is my first track season and I have been running the 55 meter dash for only two months, I have won an SWC conference title, a 3rd in Class S states, a 4th in Open States and qualified for New England’s.  I was able to accomplish this even though my two Coaches are really long-distance coaches and so I haven't really had training in sprint basics.  I'm definitely looking forward to competing in my first outdoor season!

I have a high interest in schools in the Northeast at any Division level but financial need could be an issue depending on the cost of the school and whether I receive an athletic scholarship.  As of right now, I haven't narrowed down my major but I am definitely interested in athletic training and psychology.  I have enjoyed my first track season so much that my athletic goals now are to run at the highest level that I can through drive and hard work and to help bring a team to success by leadership and positive encouragement.

UPDATE, January 12, 2013:  PRd today at the SCC Coaches Invite at Hill House in New Haven.  6.60 in the 55 and 36.60 in the 300.

UPDATE,  July 21, 2012:  I went to Latif Thomas' Clinic at Brown University.  It was great and I learned a lot especially about blocks. 

UPDATE:  My PRs are 11.05 in the 100 and 22.44 in the 200.

UPDATE, June 4, 2012:  I set PRs today in both of my events and on to New Englands Friday in both!  In the 100, I ran 11.07 in the prelims and 11.05 in the Finals.  I ran 22.44 in the 200.  Weather was terrible.

UPDATE, May 15, 2012:  Today I ran in the Southwest Conference Championships.  I won the 100 with 11.28 FAT and I also won the 200 setting an SWC record time of 22.65 FAT. 

UPDATE, April 11, 2012:  Yesterday was my first OUTDOOR meet.  It was in Newtown, CT and was great.  Very different from INDOOR.  I ran the 100m and the 200m dashes.  I haven't seen the official stats yet but I think that I did really well...10.8HC in the 100m and 22.6HC in the 200m.  I'm going to work hard to make those times better.