Caleb Van Geffen

Student-Athlete Features

VUCommodores.com – Mowery and Van Geffen Rise to the Challenge
VUCommodores.com – I Am More Than a Student-Athlete
VUCommodores.com – Senior Spotlight

Career Results

Career Honors

• 2020-21 Vanderbilt SAAC President
• 2021 SEC Community Service Team member
• Two-time SEC Fall Honor Roll (2019, 2020)
• 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2021-22)

Cross Country 

• Third on the team and 78th overall (31:53.96) at the 10k NCAA South Regional Championships (Nov. 12)
• Fourth on the team and 80th overall (25:47) at the 8k SEC Championships (Oct. 29)
• Finished third on the team and 25th overall (25:33.8) at the 8k Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
• Third on the team and 28th overall (25:45.9) at the 8k Commodore Classic (Sept. 17)
• Finished 35th overall and third on the team (18:58.4) at the 5k Mizzou Opener (Sept. 3)

Track and Field 

• Placed 14th in the 800 meters at the Outdoor Music City Challenge with a time of 2:00.62
• Finished 13th in the 3,000 meters at the Outdoor Music City Challenge with a time of 8:40.51
• Competed in the 800 meters (2:02.35) and 5,000 meters (14:56.23) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
• Finished 23rd in the 3,000 meters (8:49.74) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational

As a Senior (2020-21)

• SEC Community Service Team member
• SEC Fall Honor Roll
• Vanderbilt SAAC President
• Competed and scored at all five meets
• Finished first on the team and 46th overall (26:39.0) at FSU Winter Classic (Feb. 5)
• Third on team and 63rd overall (25:32.9) at SEC Championships (Oct. 30)
• Third on team and 61st overall (25:12.51) at Blazer Classic (Oct. 16)
• Third on team and 15th overall (25:13.0) at Gans Creek Classic (Oct. 3)
• Third on team and 14th overall (25:25.7) to lead Vanderbilt to third-place team finish at Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)

As a Junior (2019-20)

• SEC Academic Honor Roll
  
• Scored at every meet he competed
• Fourth on the team and 93rd overall (32:43.4) at NCAA Regionals (Nov. 15)
• Fourth on the team and 71st overall (24:45.7) at SEC Championships (Nov. 1)
• Vanderbilt finished 10th with its lowest point total at the conference meet since 1980
• Fourth on the team and 49th overall (26:01.7) at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
• Fifth on the team and 140th overall (25:18.2) at Louisville Classic (Oct. 5)
• Third on the team and 69th overall (26:04.1) at Commodore Classic (Sept. 14)
• Fourth on the team and 19th overall (16:19.9) to lead Vanderbilt to third-place finish at Belmont Opener (Aug. 30)

As a Sophomore (2018-19)

• Finished third for the Commodores at 19:00.61 at the Auburn Invitational
• Finished the Commodore Classic at 27:37.80

As a Freshman (2017-18)

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• Placed 28th in Belmont Opener
• Ran a 27:15.9 at the Commodore Classic to help team to an 11th-place finish
• Ran a season-best 26:34.31 at the Louisville Classic

The Van Geffen File
• Biomedical Engineering major