2021 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Career Summary
2021: Competed in five races…NACC Runner of the Year for the second-straight season after winning second-straight NACC Championship (October 30)…USTFCCCA All-Region after placing 31st at the NCAA Division III North Regional (November 13)…Second All-Region runner in Eagles Men’s Cross Country history…Named All-NACC for the fourth time in his career…Was named NACC Men’s Cross Country Student-Athlete of the Week four times throughout the season…Ran a PR time of 25:09.3 at the regional meet, the final meet of his storied career…Placed second at the Wisconsin Private College Championships (October 16) with a time of 25:27.4…Ran under 26 minutes in 4-of-5 races throughout the season.
2020: NACC Runner of the Year after winning the NACC Championships (March 27) with a time of 27:00.32…All-NACC…NACC Scholar-Athlete…Ran in three races during the shortened ‘2020’ season which took place in both the fall of 2020 and spring of 2021…Won all three races he competed in…Opened season with a at the CUW 5K (October 10) with a time of 16:07.5…Won the Warrior 5K Road Race in March with a time of 15:41.9.
2019: Did not run cross country.
2018: Competed in five meets...Named First Team All-NACC after placing 11th at the NACC Championships October 27 with a time of 26:04.7...NACC Scholar-Athlete...The 26:04.7 was a season-best effort...Placed 12th at the Wisconsin Private College Championships October 13 with a time of 27:29.6...Was team's top finisher at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional November 10 after running a 27:22.7.
2017: Competed in six meets... Named First Team All-NACC and Freshman of the Year after placing eightth at the NACC Championships with a time of 27:25... NACC Scholar-Athlete...Was the third Freshman/Rookie of the Year in school history... Helped lead the Eagles to their first Top-5 team conference finish since 2012... Set a personal best by over 50 seconds with a time of 25:50 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals on November 11... Also placed fifth at Wisconsin Private College Championships (26:39) on October 14 and finished fourth at Beloit College Early Bird 6k (21:11) on September 1.
High School: Ran at Wisconsin Heights high school under head coach Sara Lazarescu... Set a personal best of 16:45 and placed 11th at State and was also named Capitol Conference Performer of the Year... Placed 22nd at State and was named Capitol Conference Co-Performer of the Year... Set a season best of 17:10 as a junior... Earned First Team All-Conference and ran a season best of 17:29 as a sophomore... Also a three-time All-Conference track runner with a personal bests of 4:28 in the 1600m and 2:00 in the 800m... Played two years of varsity basketball.
Personal: Son of John and Carolyn Caminiti... Majoring in pre-engineering and physics... Ranked 5th in high school class and earned high honors... Was involved in band and National Honor Society... Moved from Michigan to Wisconsin, is related to Ben Franklin, and his great grandpa fought in WWI for Italy.
Why Edgewood College?: "Edgewood was a close-to-home option where I could learn and continue my athletics."
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