2026 Track & Field Roster

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Rowan FitzGerald

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown La Crescenta, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Crescenta Valley HS

Biography

CAREER BESTS:
8k (XC):
24:47.1
10k (XC): 31:21.6
800m: 1:53.92
1500m: 3:49.48
Mile (Out): 4:19.68
Mile (In): 4:11.55
3000m (Out): 8:15.44
3000m (In): 8:21.40

CAREER HONORS
  • 1x All-ACC Academic
  • 1x ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • 3x Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 Golden Bear Achievement Award

CROSS COUNTRY 
2024:
Raced in three meets for Cal... finished the race in 25:20.6 at the ACC Championships... posted his season best of 25:02.8 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational... All-ACC Academic.

2023: Did not compete... Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Competed in five meets...was the third Cal finisher at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 25:22.3, good for 63rd place... raced a personal-best in the 8k with a time of 24:47.1 at the Bronco Invitational... made his collegiate debut at the USF Invite when he took 24th with a time of 25:44.2.

TRACK & FIELD
2025 (Outdoor):
Raced in seven meets for the Bears… posted a 1500m PR of 3:48.05 at The 130th Big Meet… at the Payton Jordan Invitational, won the 1500m with a time of 3:53.34… ran the 1500m in 3:51.51 at the Stanford Invitational… posted a winning 1500m time of 3:49.48 at the Cal Opener, where he also ran the 800m in 1:57.45... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2025 (Indoor): Raced in one meet for the Bears… posted personal records of 4:11.55 in the mile and 8:21.40 in the 3000m at the UW Invitational.

2024 (Outdoor): Appeared in five meets for Cal… finished the 1500m in 3:54.56 at the Bryan Clay Invitational… at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic, ran the 800m in 1:53.92 and the 1500m in 3:55.90… posted a time of 8:48.02 in the 3000m at the Hornet Invitational... Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2024 (Indoor): Appeared in one meet… ran the mile in 4:28.13 at the Husky Classic... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2022 CIF-SS 1600m runner-up...2022 Pacific League champion in 800m and 1600m...top fourth finish at 2021 Division 1 State Cross Country Championships...9th-place finish at 2021 CIF-SS Finals...Pacific League runner-up in cross country in 2021...All CIF-SS Division 1 Track & Field honors in 2021 & 2022...All CIF-SS Division 1 Cross Country honor in 2021

PERSONAL: Majoring in economics...son of Rebecca and Nate FitzGerald...brother Colin is a Cal cross country and track & field alumnus...brother Silas graduated from Cal in 2019, grandmother Patricia also graduated in 1959...has earned an Eagle Scout Rank.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

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  • 2024Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2025Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2026Redshirt Junior

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