2024-25 Cross Country Roster

Michael Danzi Cross Country Roster

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Class Graduate Student/Senior
Hometown Smithtown, NY
High School Smithtown/Columbia
Michael Danzi - Cross Country - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (at COLUMBIA)

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)

CROSS COUNTRY

  • Ran a personal best 8k time of 23:42.7 at Lehigh Paul Short Run, finishing 57th
  • Completed a 5.2m with time of 26:17.9 at Penn State National Open
  • Earned a PR 10k time of 31:43.1, finishing 100th at the NCAA D1 Northeast Cross Country Championships

INDOOR TRACK

  • Competed in the NYC Gotham Cup, earning a 1st place finish in the 1000m with time 2:23.00
  • Participated in the Dr.Sander Invite 1500m and mile, placing 8th in both events
  • Ran mile with time 4:01.81 and ran 1500m with time 3:44.38 (Jan. 27-28)- 2022 NCAA Outdoor East Prelims Qualifier (1,500m)
    – 2022 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Champion (4x800m)
    – 2022 Second Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (1,500m)
    – 2022 Ivy League Indoor Heps Champion (4x800m)
    – 2022 Second Team Indoor All-Ivy League (One Mile)

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22)

CROSS COUNTRY

  • Clocked a personal best 3.73 Mile time of 20:06.1 at the Stony Brook Invitational in first collegiate race
  • Ran a personal best 8K time of 25:57.3 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sep. 24)

INDOOR TRACK

  • Ran anchor leg to lock up the Ivy League Indoor Championship in the 4x800m, clocking a time of 7:30.33 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps
  • Earned first team All-Ivy League Indoor honors (4x800m)
  • Took second with a time of 4:03.64 in the one mile at the Ivy League Indoor Heps.
  • Earned second team All-Ivy League Indoor honors (one mile)
  • Finished first in seven different races across the indoor season
  • Took first in the 3,000m (8:40.61/PR) and the 4x800m (7:52.40) at the Bill Ward Invite (Dec. 4) to open the season
  • Posted a PR in the one mile with a time of 4:01.40 to finish first at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12)

OUTDOOR TRACK

  • Ran anchor leg in 4x800m that won the Ivy League Outdoor Heps Championship
  • Earned first team All-Ivy League outdoor honors (4x800m)
  • Took second in the 1,500m with a time of 4:00.11 at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps
  • Earned second team All-Ivy League outdoor honors (1500m)
  • Ran 3:48.61 in the 1,500m at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Prelims
  • Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims with a 1,500m PR time of 3:42.22 for an eighth-place finish at the Virginia Challenge

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)
Season canceled (COVID-19)

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at Smithtown High School West in Smithtown, New York
  • 2020 New York State Champion in the 1,000-Meter Run
  • 2020 Long Island Distance Runner of the Year
  • Member of the 2019 Track Country Champions and the 2018 Cross Country County Champions
  • Five-Time Country Champion (800m/1600m/1000m/5K [2019]; 1000m [2020])
  • 2019 Cross Country All-Long Island