Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Two-time BIG EAST champion in the javelin who advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary meet in consecutive years as a junior and a senior (2018, 2019) ... One of two athletes in school history to earn All-BIG EAST honors in the javelin all four years of his career ... Also one of three Villanova throwers to win multiple conference titles in the javelin ... As of the end of the 2019 outdoor season ranked third in school history in the javelin with the current implement (since 1999) and had recorded the eighth-longest throw (65.25 meters) with that implement in the Wildcats record book ... Hard worker on and off the track who was a four-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and a six-time selection to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Graduated from Villanova in 2019 as a Political Science major. 
 

2017: Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/3): Competed in the shot put at the indoor season opener and recorded a seventh place finish with a throw of 11.87 meters.

2019: Repeated as the BIG EAST champion in the javelin and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary for the second straight year ... Became the second athlete in school history to be a four-time All-BIG EAST performer in the javelin ... Competed at seven meets in all during the season; Penn Challenge (3/23): Posted his best result of the season with a throw of 63.59 meters in the season opener at Penn ... Tallied a second place finish and recorded the second-longest throw of his career ... Earned BIG EAST Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the meet; Florida Relays (3/28): Threw for a distance of 60.08 meters in his second competition in a span of six days; Mason Spring Invitational (4/13): Came in third at the George Mason meet with a mark of 62.91 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Runner-up with a throw of 63.23 meters at Princeton; Penn Relays (4/27): Came in third in the college section of the javelin with a threw of 63.51 meters; BIG EAST Championships (5/10): Defended his conference title in the javelin with a winning throw of 62.62 meters ... Became the third Villanova thrower with two career BIG EAST wins in the javelin, joining David Cook (1994-95) and Barry Flicker (2000-01) ... Also joined Flicker as the only athletes in program history to tally top-three finishes and earn All-BIG EAST honors in the javelin all four years of their career ... Helped the Wildcats win the BIG EAST team title and finish off an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference meets; NCAA East Preliminary (5/24): Competed in the national first round of the javelin and came in 37th overall with a throw of 59.26 meters.

2018: Captured his first BIG EAST title and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet during a terrific overall season ... Competed eight times in the javelin and established a new personal best mark which elevated him to third on the Wildcats all-time performance list; Penn Challenge (3/24): Opened the season with a third place finish in the javelin and a mark of 58.12 meters; Raleigh Relays (3/31): Recorded a throw of 55.40 meters and notched a 13th place finish in the javelin; Colonial Relays (4/6): Competed in the championship section and earned a sixth place finish with a mark of 56.36 meters; Temple Owls Invite (4/13): Tallied a first place finish with a throw of 57.57 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Placed eighth in the javelin with a distance of 54.96 meters; Penn Relays (4/28): Threw for a then season-best distance of 58.85 meters and placed 10th in the college section at the world's oldest and largest track & field meet; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Became the first Villanova men's athlete in 10 years to win the conference javelin title ... Shattered his previous personal best mark with a breakthrough throw of 65.28 meters ... The mark qualified him for the NCAA East Preliminary meet and is the eighth-longest throw in the Wildcats record book since the current implement began to be used in 1999 ... Earned his third consecutive All-BIG EAST honor in the javelin; NCAA East Preliminary Meet (5/26): Competed in the national first round trials of the javelin and threw for a distance of 57.37 meters ... Placed seventh in his flight and 34th overall ... Was the first Villanova thrower since 2008 to compete at the outdoor regional meet.

2017: Competed at five meets in the javelin and earned All-BIG EAST honors for the second straight season; Penn Challenge (3/25): Opened the season by finishing third in the javelin with a throw of 56.08 meters; Sam Howell Invitational (4/8): Finished sixth in the javelin and recorded a mark of 54.91 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21): Threw for a distance of 57.26 meters and tallied a sixth place finish; Lions Invitational (4/28): Runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 57.40 meters; BIG EAST Championships (5/12): Came in second in the javelin at the conference meet and set a then-personal best mark with a throw of 59.50 meters ... Named an All-BIG EAST performer for his runner-up finish.

2016: Competed six times in the javelin and was an All-BIG EAST performer in the event; Penn Challenge (3/26): Made his collegiate debut by throwing the javelin for 51.08 meters and registering a 12th place finish; Colonial Relays (4/1): Competed in the unseeded section of the meet and tallied a mark of 47.66 meters; Sam Howell Invitational (4/8): Runner-up in the javelin with a mark of 51.49 meters; Princeton Outdoor Invite (4/16): Recorded a first place finish with a measurement of 54.41 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Notched a 16th place finish in the javelin and threw for a distance of 49.91 meters; BIG EAST Championships (5/13): Runner-up in the javelin and earned All-BIG EAST honors with a throw of 54.40 meters.

Don Bosco Prep: Earned two varsity letters in both indoor and outdoor track & field ... A former baseball player who took up the throwing events (javelin, discus, shot put) and made quick progress during his final two years as a scholastic athlete ... Tallied a fourth place finish in the javelin at the New Balance Outdoor National Emerging Elite event with a personal best throw of 50.99 meters ... Came in third in the javelin at the New Jersey Non-Public North A Championship and was 12th at the New Jersey Non-Public A Group Championship ... Named to the Principal's List academically as both a junior and a senior ... As a senior was presented with the Don Bosco Award, which recognizes leadership, scholarship and athleticism ... Two-year member of both the National Honor Society and the National English Honors Society, as well as a three-year member of the Italian Honor Society ... Recipient of the American Psychological Association National Achievement Award as a senior.