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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Matt Costanzo

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Solon, OH
  • Highschool Solon
  • Major Finance

Biography



Honors & Awards
  • 2023 Great Lakes All-Region
  • 2023 Second Team All-OAC
2023 Cross Country
  • Competed at the 2023 NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships for the first time in his career running 27:54.3, helping the team to place 20th in the country (11/18)
  • Ran a PR of 24:44.6 at the 2023 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships placing 35th, earning his first-ever Great Lakes All-Region honor and helped the team earn their third consecutive regional title (11/11)
  • Earned his first All-OAC honor at the 2023 OAC Cross Country Championships placing 17th with a time of 25:26.7 contributing for JCU to earn their third consecutive OAC team title (10/28)
  • Made an appearance at the 2023 Pre-Nationals Invite placing 75th with a time of 26:03.4 helping the team place eighth overall at the meet (10/07)
  • Earned a sixth place finish at the 2023 OWU Invitational with a time of 25:55.4 leading JCU to third place at the meet (09/29)
2022 Cross Country
  • Competed to a 38th place finish amongst 159 conference competitors at the 2022 OAC Championships, crossing the line in a time of 27:55.6 (10/29)
  • Costanzo raced a 8k PR time of 25:55.7 during the varsity division of the 2022 Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, good for 29th place out of 299 total runners (10/15). This new mark bested his previous time by almost a full minute (57.1 seconds).
  • Placed 116th amongst 256 total runners at the MSU Spartan Invitational, racing a time of 26:57.5 (09/16)
  • Made his junior season debut with a 15th place finish at the Bill Sudeck Classic, finishing in a 6k time of 20:21.3 (09/02)
2021 Cross Country
  • Starting this season running in the Sudeck Classic finishing 25th with a time of 20:47.8. (09/02)
  • Finished 27th at the All-Ohio Collegiate Championships in the open race with a time of 27:34.6. (09/17)
  • Placed 166th at the 2021 Paul Short Invitational with a time of 27:00.5 in the open race. (10/01)
  • Finished 11th amongst 209 runners in the open division of the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble with a time of 27:20.8. (10/16)
  • Placed 36th at the Cross Country OAC Championships with a time of 26:52.8. (10/30)
High School
  • All-Ohio in 4x800 (2019)
  • Competed in 3200 at indoor states
  • All-Conference
  • 2 year letterwinner in cross country
  • 3 year letterwinner in track 
  • Honor Roll
Academics & Personal
  • Son of Frank and Dana Costanzo
  • Chose JCU because "of the campus location, Boler School of Business and ability to compete on a great program"

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    6'1"
  • 2021Sophomore

    6'2"
  • 2022Junior

    6'2"
  • 2023Senior

    6'2"

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