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Matt Giannino

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/17/2014
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Giannino defeated 284 other runners to claim the 2014 NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship, held on a sunny, cool, Saturday morning at nearby Genesee Valley Park. He is RIT's first Atlantic Regional winner since the format was changed from New York to Atlantic in 1997. Giannino blazed the 8,000-meter course in a snappy time of 25:08.7, defeating second place finisher Sebastian Oja of NYU by just under three seconds, finishing with a mile rate of 5:04. Giannino was 23rd after the 2,000-meter split and jumped to 13th at the 4,000-meter split. Giannino began his big kick soon after, vaulting to third at the 6,000-meter split and unleashed an incredible of time of 6:08.2 over the final 2,000-meters to take the lead and win the race, his fifth of the season. He became the first RIT runner to win a regional event since Tony Fraij won the final New York Regional in 1996. A RIT runner won five straight New York State Regionals from 1992-1996.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
4/15/2003 Mark Sapienza Baseball
4/15/2003 Allison Griggs Women's Track & Field
4/13/2003 Shari McNamara Softball
4/7/2003 Amber Mescher Women's Lacrosse
4/7/2003 David Thering Men's Lacrosse
3/24/2003 David Thering Men's Lacrosse
3/24/2003 Noel Camardo Men's Tennis
3/10/2003 Pat North Wrestling
3/10/2003 Matt Knodel Baseball
3/10/2003 Michael Stanton Men's Basketball
3/3/2003 Jennie Nicholas Women's Hockey
2/24/2003 Pat North Wrestling
2/24/2003 Heidi Spalholz Women's Track & Field
2/17/2003 Mike Tarantino Men's Hockey
2/17/2003 Lauren Long Women's Basketball
2/10/2003 Alysia Park Women's Hockey
2/10/2003 Ryan Fairbarn Men's Hockey
2/10/2003 Elaine Vonderembse Women's Hockey
2/3/2003 Allison Griggs Women's Track & Field
2/3/2003 Mike Bournazakis Men's Hockey
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