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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

Ian Mortensen

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • Highschool Shorecrest

Biography

MAJOR…
Computer Science
 
POST-CARLETON GOAL(S)…
I'd like to become a software engineer and visit Scotland.
 
I CHOSE TO COME TO CARLETON BECAUSE…
It's a great liberal arts education, I can do track, and the people are funny. And they sent me a brochure with a cookie on it during wrestling season. I also liked the feel and the academic setting.
 
WHAT I MOST LIKE ABOUT CARLETON IS…
There are a lot of weird and wacky individuals. Everybody is a hidden gem here if you look close enough.
 
INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES DURING MY TIME AS A CARLETON STUDENT:
Lavner Education where I taught kids coding and other tech skills.
 
MY INTERNSHIP/EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ENHANCED MY EXPERIENCE AS A CARLETON STUDENT-ATHLETE BECAUSE…
It was a good reminder of certain skills I learned in school. It was interesting to be the teacher rather than the student.
 
HOBBIES:
Didgeridoo-playing, Russian Dancing, Whistling, singing, reading large books, Dungeons and Dragons, piano, lifting, unicycling, etc. 
 
PERSON(S) WHO HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON MY ATHLETIC CAREER:
My wrestling coach Louis Uhm.
 
HISTORICAL FIGURE(S) I’D MOST LIKE TO MEET:
Odysseus if he was real.
 
MY FAVORITE…
ATHLETE(S): Andreas Thorkildsen
BOOK(S): The Wheel of Time Series, The Way of Kings
FOOD(S): Steak, ribs, grapefruit
TV SHOW(S): The Mandalorian.
MOVIE(S):  Blues Brothers, Blades of Glory

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First-Year

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior