Senior All-OAC distance runner Hastings Marek won three titles - two individual and one relay - at the 2021 OAC Indoor Championships
Photos courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24, Sean Moreno (Otterbein University) and Megan Miller (Otterbein University)
Photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24
Photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24
Senior All-OAC distance runner Hastings Marek won both the 1-mile and 800-meter runs and was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team (Photo courtesy of Dustin Johnson '24)
Hastings Marek

Hastings Marek

  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Pataskala
  • High School:
    Watkins Memorial
  • Events:
    Distance
  • Major:
    Mathematics

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2021

  • Marcia French Most Outstanding Female Athlete Award recipient
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Distance Athlete of the Year
  • Earned Indoor All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in the 1,000-meter run (first), 1-mile run (first), distance medley relay (first) and 4x400-meter relay (second)
  • U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Great Lakes Region honoree in the 800-meter run, 1-mile run, 3,000-meter run and distance medley relay
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Set BW school record in the 1,000-meter run (2:57.87) at the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on March 5
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on February 8
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on February 22
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on March 1
  • Indoor 500-meter dash season-best and career-best time of 1:22.22
  • Indoor 800-meter run season-best and career-best time of 2:17.09
  • Indoor 1,000-meter run season-best, career-best and school-record time of 2:57.87
  • Indoor 1-mile run season-best and career-best time of 4:59.60
  • Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best and career-best time of 10:09.98
  • Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 18:27.49
  • Indoor 4x400-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 4:10.02
  • Indoor distance medley relay season-best and career-best time of 12:11.92
  • Outdoor 800-meter run season-best and career-best time of 2:16.44
  • Outdoor 1,500-meter run season-best and career-best time of 4:41.09
  • Outdoor 5,000-meter run season-best and career-best time of 17:45.67
  • Outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase season-best time of 11:21.36
  • Outdoor 4x400-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 4:11.19
  • Outdoor 4x800-meter relay season-best and career-best time of 9:38.02

2020

  • Outdoor track and field season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Earned Indoor All-Ohio honors in the 5,000-meter run (first)
  • Indoor 1-mile run season-best time of 5:18.30
  • Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best time of 10:20.90 
  • Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best and career-best time of 18:00.95 

2019

  • Indoor 1-mile run season-best time of 5:17.05
  • Indoor 3,000-meter run season-best time of 10:32.89
  • Indoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 18:43.38
  • Indoor distance medley relay season-best time of 13:07.64
  • Did not compete in outdoor season

2018

  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors outdoors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (third)
  • Earned All-Ohio honors outdoors in the 3000-meter steeplechase (third)
  • Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors outdoors in the distance medley relay (third)
  • Indoor 1,000-meter run season-best time of 3:12.02
  • Indoor 1-mile run season-best time of 5:20.66
  • Indoor distance medley relay season-best time of 12:38.16
  • Outdoor 800-meter run season-best time of 2:26.01
  • Outdoor 1,500-meter run season-best time of 4:54.35
  • Outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase season-best and career-best time of 11:16.65
  • Outdoor 5,000-meter run season-best time of 18:24.11
  • Outdoor 400-meter hurdles season-best and career-best time of 1:11
  • Outdoor 4x400-meter relay season-best time of 4:22.83
  • Earned first varsity letter

High School

  • Earned one varsity letter in track and field
  • Earned All-Licking County League and OHSAA All-District honors in track
  • Also earned two letters in cross country
  • Earned second-team All-LCL and All-District honors in XC
  • Earned two varsity letters in soccer
  • Member of the Licking County League championship soccer team

Personal

  • Carries a 3.38 grade point average
  • Dean's List student
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
  • Member of the BW women's cross country team
  • Daughter of Tammy and Timothy Marek

 

This page was last updated on August 24, 2021