The 5-foot-7, 120-pound senior won the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships this past season with a time of 15:23.90, becoming the state’s first winner at the event since 1997 and breaking the tape four seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor. Gavenas also won the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Championship with a time of 15:01, leading the Big Blue to second place as a team. The state’s returning Gatorade Boys Cross Country Player of the Year, he set four course records in 2024 and was also named the COROS XC Athlete of the Year.
Gavenas has maintained an A average in the classroom. He will attend Harvard University this fall, where he will run cross country and track.
Gavenas has volunteered locally with the Mass. Audubon Society and founded the Lunar Plexi organization, which completes environmental projects inspired by cross country running. He has also interned with the New York Historical Society.
