Michael Vitucci Season 2015

QUICK NOTES: Ranks fifth all-time in program history in the indoor 800m run with a time of 1:51.69 that he ran in his first collegiate competition (2016).

2016-17 SEASONS
2016 XC (SO): Led the way for the open racers at the All-Ohio Championships, placing 16th overall… fourth on the team at the NCAA Great Lakes Region, placing 115th in his first 10,000m race… finished 40th at the American Athletic Conference Championships.

2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Redshirted… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Opened his track and field collegiate career by winning the 800m run at the Gladstein Invitational, running a time of 1:51.69, which ranks as the fifth-fastest in school history… competed in the mile run at the American Indoor Championships, placing 12th overall after placing 11th in the preliminary round… ran a PR 4:15.97 in the prelims of the mile.
2015 XC (FR): Represented UC in a pair of races as a freshman… was the fifth finisher for the team at the NCAA Pre-National open race… was seventh on the team at the All-Ohio Championships, his first collegiate race.

PRIOR TO UC: 2014-15 Gatorade Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year... Ohio MileSplit 2014 Male Athlete of the Year... one of the nation’s top prep distance and cross country runners… second fastest 5k time in Ohio this season… ranked 11th nationally in the 1,600m and 31st nationally in the 800m in the 2015 recruiting class… finished Top 8 at the Ohio D1 Cross Country Championships over his last two seasons… won the 2014 Ohio D1 State Individual Championship… won all but two cross country races as a senior… three-time qualifier for the Nike Cross Midwest Regional… finished 18th at the Nike Cross Nationals in 2013… entered the 2015 outdoor season as Ohio’s defending 1,600m champion in D1… two-time Greater Catholic League Cross Country Champion… two-time Greater Catholic League Champion in the 1,600m.

Personal Bests – Indoor:
800m – 1:51.69 (Gladstein Invitational – 1/23/16) – UC #5
Mile – 4:15.97 (American Indoor Championships – 2/28/16)

Personal Bests – Outdoor:
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