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2012 Men's Track and Field Roster

Michael Caracappa

  • Position Distance
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 130
  • Class Sophomore
  • Major Sports Management (School of Continuing and Professsional Studies)
  • Hometown Fair Haven, NJ
  • High School Rumson

Biography

2011-12: Had a 6K cross country season-best time (20:17.0) and was the Violets’ top finisher (36th place) at the Monmouth Kickoff (9/3)…had an indoor season-best time of 9:21.35 in the 3,000 meters at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/13)…finished sixth in the 5,000m at the FDU Knights Classic with an outdoor season-best time of 16:20.28 (3/31)…finished 12th in the 5,000m (16:30.63) at the University of Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/16)…ran a season-best 4:20.68 in the 1,500m at the Monmouth Season Opener (3/24)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic...Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls. 2010-11: Took second in the 5K (16:57) at the Shore AC Invitational (11/06)…placed third in the 4K (12:41.7) at the Stevens Invitational (9/24)…notched a season-best time in the mile (4:42.38) at the Haverford Keough Invitational (2/5)…recorded indoor season bests of 9:07.80 in the 3,000m at the NYU Team Challenge and in the 5,000m (15:37.31) at the Boston Valentines Invitational (2/11-12)…placed third and ran a personal best in the 5,000m (16:01.61) at the Ramapo Roadrunner Invitational (4/2)…finished eighth and recorded a season best in the 10,000m (32:41.69) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/22-23)…notched a season-best in the 1,500m (4:18.23) at the Monmouth Season Opener (3/26)…ran an outdoor best in the 3,000m (8:59.10) at the TCNJ Invitational (4/9). High School: Four-year member of the outdoor track & field teams and three-year member of cross country and indoor track & field…captained all three squads his senior year…named cross country MVP as a senior…selected Most Improved in track his sophomore and junior seasons…awarded Most Dedicated in outdoor track as a senior…volunteered at public libraries and soup kitchen…Honor Roll student his junior and senior years. Personal: Enjoys surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and skimboarding.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Freshman

    Distance
    5'7" 125 lbs
  • 2012Sophomore

    Distance
    5'10" 130 lbs