2021-22 Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Ivo Balabanov
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
- Prev School:
- Blagoevgrad School
2021-22
2022 TrackRan in six meets on the season... Won the 2022 WAC championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a program-record time of 8:39.55... Finished runner-up in the 5K at the WAC Championships (14:13.92)... Ran season bests of 8:09.11 in the 3K at the RCC Invite, 13:56.55 in the 5K at the West Coast Relays and 29:31.03 at the Ben Brown Invite... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
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— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 14, 2022
Ivo Balabanov wins the WAC steeplechase championship by more than five seconds with a time of 8:39.55. It shatters the CBU record by more than 10 seconds. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/xpmY7330CD
2021 Cross Country
Ran in five events and finished top two for CBU each time... Ran a season-best 8K time of 23:35.6 at the WAC Championships, which ranked fourth in program's record book... Finished runner-up at the WAC Meet for all-conference first-team honors... Won the Anteater Open individual title with a time of 18:39.3 in the 6K... Took fourth at the UC Riverside Invitational (23:50.6) and Joe Piane Invitational Gold Race (24:31.2)... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
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— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) October 30, 2021
CBU logs a perfect 1??5?? point score. Florian Le Pallec, Ivo Balabanov, Giedrius Valincius, Arturs Medveds and Said Mechaal place first through fifth for the Lancers?? #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/wqRrhW01ws
2020-21
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— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) May 14, 2021
Ivo Balabanov wins the 2021 @WACsports championship in the 10,000 meter?? He takes it in a stadium record time of 30:41.78.#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/CT4S2g30qf
2021 Track
Won the 2021 WAC championship in the 10,000m with a time of 30:41.78... Ran the 10K in a CBU record 28:43.33 prior to the official track season beginning at the Track Meet in December... Clocked a season-best time of 14:08.37 in the 5K, which was good for second place at the West Coast Relays on April 30... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
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— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) December 6, 2020
Ivo Balabanov clocked a 28:43.33 in his first-ever attempt in the 10K as an unattached participant at the prestigious Track Meet. It crushes what is the current CBU record of 29:22.07 set by Gabriel Hernandez in 2002. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/Cx0QL33DXd
2021 Cross Country
Led CBU in all three regular season events... Set the Lancers' 8,000m record at the UNLV Battle Born Challenge on Feb. 19 with a time of 23:33.5... Twice named WAC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 26 and Feb. 23... Ran a 23:45.3 at Dixie State Invite and 23:57.9 at Florida State Winter Classic, which rank third and fourth in program's 8K record books... Finished runner-up at Dixie State Invite, took 14th at Battle Born Challenge and 19th at Florida State Winter Classic... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
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— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) February 19, 2021
For the second time this season, Ivo Balabanov has set CBU's 8K record with a time of 23:33.5. It secured him 14th place at the UNLV Battle Born Challenge. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/F671H0JKDM
2019-20
2020 TrackIvo ran in just one race during the shortened season... During that 3,000-meter race at the Pomona-Pitzer All Comers meet, Balabanov set a program record time finishing at 8:21.15... Qualified for WAC All-Academic honors.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended high school in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, and graduated in 2016... Competed for the club team Athlete-Mezdra... Owns personal bests of three minutes, 45 seconds in the 1500 meter, 8:01 in the 3K, 8:51 in the steeplechase, and 14:07 in the 5,000.PERSONAL
Born and raised in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria... Enjoys boxing, movies, and cars... Kinesiology major... Represented Bulgaria at the 2018 and 2019 European u23 Cross Country Championships.Welcome to CBU, Ivo Balabanov! Ivo, who most recently represented Bulgaria at the European Indoor Championships, ran 8:01 indoors for 3k this year. He has also run 3:47 for 1500, and 14:07 for 5k. Another talented addition to an already loaded incoming class! #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/7uW1m6HyLe
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) April 4, 2019
