2020-21 Men's Track & Field Roster

Carmen Ostroski

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Blue Bell, Pa.
  • Highschool Wissahickon

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for the Wildcats in the long jump and the triple jump during the 2021 indoor and outdoor seasons … Scored in both events at the outdoor BIG EAST Championships while recording personal best marks in both events during the conference meet … As of the end of the 2021 outdoor season ranked 10th on the Villanova all-time outdoor performance list in the long jump.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
High Jump 1.77 Meters High School
Long Jump 7.21 Meters BIG EAST Championships (5.14.2021)
Triple Jump 14.37 Meters BIG EAST Championships (5.15.2021)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021
 
 
INDOOR

2021: Competed in the triple jump in the first competition of his collegiate career; Army West Point (2/6): Finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 13.35 meters in his collegiate debut in a road dual meet at Army West Point.
 
OUTDOOR

2021: Scored in both the long jump and the triple jump while recording personal best marks in each event at the BIG EAST Championships … Competed in five meets during the season and broke into the Wildcats all-time outdoor performance list in the long jump; Villanova Opener (3/19): Tallied a first place finish in the long jump with a distance of 6.37 meters on a frigid afternoon at Villanova Stadium in the outdoor season opener; Penn Challenge (3/27): Runner-up in the triple jump with a measurement of 13.95 meters at Penn; Philadelphia Big 5 Meet (4/3): Recorded third place finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump … Had marks of 7.03 meters in the long jump and 13.75 meters in the triple jump for the day; Virginia Challenge (4/16-4/17): Posted an eighth place finish in the long jump with a then-personal best mark of 4.12 meters … Came in 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 14.29 meters; BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): Registered a personal best mark of 7.21 meters in the long jump on the first day of the conference meet … That distance put him into 10th place on the Wildcats all-time outdoor performance list in the long jump … Also recorded a personal best distance of 14.37 meters in the triple jump on the second day of the BIG EAST meet … Tallied a fifth place finish in the triple jump and a seventh place showing in the long jump at his first career conference championship.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Wissahickon High School: Earned a total of six varsity letters during his scholastic career, including two in track & field and four in basketball … Two-year captain of the basketball team and one-year captain of the track & field team … As a junior in 2019 was a third team all-state performer in the long jump … Earned second team all-district honors in the long jump and was third team all-district in the triple jump … Six-time all-league honoree between his sophomore and junior seasons … As a senior was a second team all-league pick in basketball … Inducted to the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society … FBLA state competitor … Winner of the Bruce Arnold Athletic Scholar Award and became an Eagle Scout.
 
Personal: Born 8/19/01 in Cleveland, Ohio … Only child of Richard Ostroski and Nilsa Sanchez … Enjoys playing basketball in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova because it stood out among the schools he considered as giving him the best opportunity to grow in his academic and athletic pursuits … Plans to major in Economics.