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2011 Men's Track and Field Roster

Joe Lota

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 165
  • Class Senior
  • Major Economics (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Yorktown Heights, NY
  • High School Fordham Prep

Biography

2009-10: Posted a fifth-place performance in the triple jump (12.52m) at the NYC Metropolitan Outdoor Championships (4/17), helping NYU place seventh overall…recorded a season-best distance in that event (12.56m) and a career-best long jump (5.78m) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/24-25)…member of the Violets’ fifth-place 4x100 relay team (season-best 45.17) at the Ramapo Roadrunner Invitational (4/3), helping to contribute to the team’s overall fourth-place finish…recorded team-best performances in the 55m (7.11), long jump (5.44m) and triple jump (11.99m) at the Keogh Invitational (2/19). 2008-09: Captured fourth place as a member of the 4x100 relay team (47.63) and recorded a fourth-place finish in the triple jump (career-best 12.66m) at the NYC Metropolitan Outdoor Championships (4/18)…took 23rd place in the 60m dash (7.49) at the NYC Metropolitan Indoor Championships (1/28)…placed 21st in the long jump (4.60m) at the Metropolitan Coaches Invitational (1/9). 2007-08: Achieved NYU season-bests in the long jump (5.82m) and triple jump (12.54m) at the TCNJ Invitational (4/12). High School: Four-year member of the outdoor track team and two-year member of the indoor team…served as captain during his senior campaign…posted his school’s fourth-fastest time in the 100m…earned MVP honors for the 4x100m relay team…also played basketball for two seasons and with the Westchester Hawks Elite team…volunteered as Saint Patrick’s School CCD teacher and at Saint Joseph's Medical Center…recognized for Academic General Excellence all four years…Dean’s List student…received the Presidential Award…member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Interns at Ambac Assurance Corporation in the Financial District of Manhattan…enjoys traveling, writing, sketching, surfing, basketball, and baseball…admires Derek Jeter for his class on and off the field…aspires to be successful in the field of finance/corporate law, and to attend graduate school for law.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008Freshman

    SP/J
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2009Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2010Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 165 lbs
  • 2011Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'9" 165 lbs