2022-23 King's College Monarchs Men's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Mitch Forgash

Mitch Forgash

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    Mid Distance
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Hometown:
    Swoyersville, PA
  • Highschool:
    Wyoming Valley West

Summary

Biography

Career Results
Career Best Indoor Performances
200: 23.57 (SU Invitational on 2/15/20)
400: 50.40 (NYC Division III Invitational on 2/1/19)
800: 1:53.04 (Tufts National Qualifying Meet on 3/7/20)
Mile: 4:35.04 (Upstate Challenge on 1/25/20)

Career Best Outdoor Performances
400: 48.96 (Widener MAC Only Meet #2 on 4/10/21)
800: 1:51.56 (DeSales Invitational on 4/24/21)
1500: 4:15.73 (NEPA Challenge on 4/5/19)

Indoor Awards
USTFCCCA All-America (800 meters in 2019-20)
USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region (800 meters in 2019-20)
MAC Champion (800 meters in 2019-20)
All-MAC First Team (800 meters in 2019-20)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019-20, 2020-21)
Academic All-MAC (2019-20)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022)
MAC Track Athlete of the Week (3/9/20)
MAC Sportsmanship Team (2019-20)

Outdoor Awards
USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region (800 meters in 2019, 400 meters and 800 meters in 2021)
All-MAC Second Team (400 meters in 2019)
All-MAC Third Team (800 meters in 2021)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019-20, 2020-21)
Academic All-MAC (2019, 2021)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
MAC Track Athlete of the Week (3/29/21)
MAC Sportsmanship Team (2019)

2022-23 (Indoor Season): Did not appear in any of the eight possible meets as a graduate student mid distance runner for the Monarchs...King's finished 9th of 15 scoring teams at the MAC Championships with 40 points.

2022 (Outdoor Season): Competed in six out of a possible eight meets as a senior mid distance runner for the Monarchs...Ran a season-best time of 51.43 seconds in the 400 meter dash at the Misericordia Twilight Meet (4/12/22)...Posted a season-best time of 1:57.24 in the 800 meter run at the Monarch Open (4/30/22)...Finished in a season-best time of 4:30.85 in the 1,500 meter run at the Jim Taylor Invitational (3/26/22)...Also competed as a member of the 4x400 meter and 4x800 meter relay teams...Was a member of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished fourth at the 2022 MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships...Kings finished seventh out of 15 teams at the MAC Championships with 45 points.

2021-22 (Indoor Season): Competed in three of eight meets as a senior mid distance runner for the Monarchs...Competed as a member of the Monarchs 4x200 meter and 4x400 meter relay teams...Ran a season-best time of 52.20 seconds at the Alvernia Winter Invitational (1/22/22)...Posted a season-best time of 2:00.06 in the 800 meter run at the 2022 Susquehanna Tune Up meet (2/189/22)...King's finished ninth at the MAC Championships with 26 points.

2021 (Outdoor Season): Competed in nine of 11 meets as a junior mid distance runner ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters ... Finished 14th in the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.78 ... Qualified for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in the 800 meters ... Finished third in the 800 meters to score six points and earn All-MAC Third Team honors with a time of 1:53.98 after qualifying for the final with a time of 1:54.87 in the preliminaries ... Was the third leg on King's 4x400 meter relay team that finished eighth to score one point with a time of 3:33.07 ... Ran a season best time of 48.96 seconds in the 400 meters at the Widener MAC Only Meet #2 (4/10) ... Ran a season best time of 1:51.56 in the 800 meters at the DeSales Invitational (4/24) ... Was the leadoff leg on King's 4x100 meter relay team that won with a time of 45.14 seconds and was the third leg on King's 4x400 meter relay team that won with a time of 3:39.18 at the season-opening Monarch Invitational (3/20) ... Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.20 at the Widener MAC Only Meet #1 (3/27) ... Won the 400 meters with a time of 49.56 seconds at the Monarch Open (5/1) ... earned USTFCCCA All-Mideast honors in the 400 meters and the 800 meters ... named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... named to Spring Academic All-MAC Team ... named to MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named MAC Track Athlete of the Week on March 29 ... King's finished eighth at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with 53 points

2019-20 (Indoor Season): Competed in seven of 10 meets as a sophomore mid distance runner … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters … Was unable to compete at the NCAA Championships after the meet was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak ... Qualified for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in the 800 meters … Won the 800 meters to score 10 points and earn All-MAC First Team honors with a time of 1:54.37 … Was the anchor leg on King’s 4x200 meter relay team that finished sixth to score three points with a time of 1:34.74 … Was the anchor leg on King’s 4x400 meter relay team that finished ninth with a time of 3:37.21 … Was the leadoff leg on King’s distance medley relay team that finished eighth to score one point with a time of 11:01.23 … Ran a season best time of 23.57 seconds in the 200 meters and won the 400 meters with a season best time of 50.99 seconds at the SU Invitational (2/15) … Ran a season best time of 1:53.04 in the 800 meters at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet (3/7) … Ran a season best time of 4:35.04 in the mile and won the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.49 at the Upstate Challenge (1/25) … Won the 400 meters with a time of 51.23 seconds at the Orange and Maroon Classic (1/18) … named USTFCCCA All-America in the 800 meters ... earned USTFCCCA All-Mideast honors in the 800 meters … named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... named to Winter Academic All-MAC Team ... named to MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... named to MAC Winter Sportsmanship Team … named MAC Track Athlete of the Week on March 9 ... King’s finished sixth at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with 62 points

2019 (Outdoor Season): Competed in all eight meets as a freshman mid distance runner ... Qualified for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in the 400 meters and the 800 meters ... Finished second in the 400 meters to score eight points and earn All-MAC Second Team honors with a season best time of 49.07 seconds after qualifying for the final with a time of 49.45 seconds in the preliminaries ... Finished seventh in the 800 meters to score two points with a time of 1:59.06 after qualifying for the final with a season best time of 1:53.71 in the preliminaries ... Was the anchor leg on King's 4x100 meter relay team that finished seventh to score two points with a time of 44.99 seconds after qualifying for the final with a time of 44.78 seconds in the preliminaries ... Was the anchor leg on King's 4x400 meter relay team that finished 10th with a time of 3:30.43 ... Was the leadoff leg on King's 4x800 meter relay team that finished ninth with a time of 8:30.91 ... Ran a season best time of 4:15.73 in the 1500 meters at the NEPA Challenge ... Won the 400 meters with a time of 50.17 seconds at the Golden Ram Invitational (3/23) ... Won the 400 meters with a time of 50.31 seconds and the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.09 at the Messiah Invitational (4/13) ... Won the 400 meters with a time of 50.00 seconds and the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.52 at the Holiday Invitational (4/18) ... Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.10 at the Monarch Open (4/27) ... earned USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region honors in the 800 meters ... named to Academic All-MAC Team ... named to MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named to MAC Spring Sportsmanship Team ... King's finished seventh at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with 73 points

2018-19 (Indoor Season): Competed in six of eight meets as a freshman mid distance runner ... Qualified for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in the 400 meters and the 800 meters ... Finished fourth in the 400 meters to score five points with a time of 51.44 seconds ... Finished 12th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:10.09 ... Was the third leg on King's 4x400 meter relay team that finished 10th with a time of 3:45.66 ... Ran a season best time of 50.40 seconds in the 400 meters and ran a season best time of 1:56.96 in the 800 meters at the NYC Division III Invitational (2/1) ... Won the 400 meters with a time of 51.22 at the Sunday Invitational (2/10) ... Won the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.61 at the season-opening Diplomat Open (12/1) and with a time of 1:58.75 at the Moravian Invitational (1/26) ... named to MAC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... King's finished seventh at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships with 52 points

PRIOR TO KING'S: Three-sport standout for the Spartans of Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, Pennsylvania ... graduated in 2018 as member of National Honor Society, the class secretary all four years, the vice president of the NHS as a junior, the secretary of the NHS as a senior, the secretary of the FBLA club as a junior and senior, earned the social studies and science achievement awards as a senior, and earned the citizenship award as a freshman and sophomore ... placed fourth in the 800 at the PIAA State Championships as a senior after winning the District 2 Championship ... mid distance runner for four years on the track and field team, right winger on the ice hockey team, and right back for four years on the soccer team ... named the captain of the track and field team as a senior ... named a Citizen's Voice All-Star and Times Leader All-Star in track and field as a senior ... named to soccer coaches All-Star first team as a freshman, second team as a junior, and first team as a senior ... named to ice hockey All-Star team as a freshman and sophomore ... was the leading scorer on the WVW ice hockey team as a freshman ... also played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Ice Hockey team from 2014-2016 ... member of Spartan soccer team that won back-to-back District 2 Championships in 2015 and 2016 ... member of Spartan 4x400 relay team that won the District 2 Championship in 2016 and qualified for the PIAA State Championship Meet ... ran personal best times of 49.8 seconds in the 400 meters and 1:54.70 in the 800 meters

PERSONAL: Also a member of the King's College men's indoor track and field and men's outdoor track and field teams ... son of Nancy and Jack Forgash ... has one sibling, Cameryn, who plays field hockey at Ohio State ... mother, Nancy, played collegiate tennis at Shippensburg and Wilkes where she was named the Most Outstanding Athlete by the Shippensburg's school newspaper as a freshman ... a nutrition science major ... chose King's over Misericordia, DeSales, Lock Haven, and Penn State because of the "welcoming environment of the campus."

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2019First Year

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2021Junior

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2022Senior

    Mid Distance
    6'0"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Mid Distance
    6'0"