2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Jacob Bonanotte

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Barrington, Ill.
  • Highschool St. Viator

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for the Wildcats from 2017-22 in cross country and the middle distance events on the track … Top individual event was the 800 meters … Was part of a BIG EAST title in the 4x800 meter relay at the 2019 outdoor conference meet … At the time of his graduation ranked ninth in school history in the 600 meters indoors … Established personal best times at distances ranging from 400 meters to 1500 meters during his collegiate career … Off the track was a three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and a five-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters (relay) 50.68 BIG EAST Championships (2.26.2022)
400 Meters (open) 51.29 FastTrack National Invitational (2.8.2019)
600 Meters 1:22.51 Rutgers Open (2.12.2022)
800 Meters 1:53.19 BIG EAST Championships (2.22.2019)
1000 Meters 2:36.69 Nittany Lion Challenge (1.13.2018)
1500 Meters 4:26.40 Sam Howell Invitational (4.7.2017)
4 Miles (XC) 21:40.6 Haverford Invitational (10.22.2021)
8000 Meters (XC) 26:24.6 Paul Short Run (10.5.2019)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 OUTDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2017-18, 2019-20, 2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:01.52 21st
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | TRACK & FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 26 4x400 Meter Relay (Anchor) 3:18.09 5th
2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 7:26.69 1st
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
February 22 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 1:53.19 9th
2018 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 1:56.42 12th
May 12 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor) 7:48.42 5th
2018 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 1:58.31 14th
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY
2021: Ran in two races at Haverford during the season; Main Line Invitational (9/17): In the season opener and his first cross country race in nearly two years posted a time of 21:53.6 over four miles on the Alumni Course at Haverford; Haverford Invitational (10/22): Came in 17th in his second race of the year and lowered his time from earlier in the season by 13 seconds to run 21:40.6 in the four-mile race. 

2019: Competed in three races during the season; Main Line Invitational (9/20): Recorded a time of 21:50.9 over four miles at the season-opening meet; Paul Short Run (10/5): Raced on an 8,000 meter course for the first time in his career and posted a time of 26:24.6; Haverford Invitational (10/25): Came in 19th with a time of 21:48.4 at the local meet ... His time was the lowest he has run in four career races on the Alumni Course at Haverford.

2018: Main Line Invitational (9/14): Competed at the season-opening Main Line Invitational and recorded a time of 24:02.3 in the four-mile race on the Haverford course.

2017: Main Line Invitational (9/15): Posted a time of 23:32.7 over four miles in the first meet of the season.
 
INDOOR
 
2022: Competed at four meets during the season … Anchored the Wildcats 4x400 meter relay squad at the BIG EAST Championships … Earlier in the year rose to ninth place on the program’s all-time performance list in the 600 meters; Villanova Invitational (1/22): Opened the season at the Wildcats home meet and recorded a time of 2:01.00 in the 800 meters … Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the meet and helped lead the Villanova lineup to a fourth place finish with a time of 3:20.08; Columbia Challenge (2/5): Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay for a Villanova lineup which came in ninth with a time of 3:24.04; Rutgers Open (2/12): Raced in the 600 meters and finished 10th in the race with a time of 1:22.51 … The mark put him into ninth place in the Wildcats record book in the 600 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/26): Anchored the 4x400 meter relay squad to a fifth place finish with a time of 3:18.09 at the conference championships … His split of 50.68 on the final leg of the race was his fastest career 400 meter relay split.

2021: Competed in the 800 meters at Army West Point in his only race of the indoor season; Army West Point (2/6): Came in fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:03.36 in a dual meet.

2020: Competed in the 800 meters twice during the season; Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Posted a time of 1:58.94 in the 800 meters at Penn State in his first race of the year; FastTrack National Invitational (2/14): Recorded a time of 1:59.36 in the invitational section of the 800 meters.

2019: Recorded personal best times in both the 400 meters and the 800 meters during the season ... Competed at a total of five meets and ran in the 800 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Placed fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.86 at the indoor season opener; Gotham Cup (1/18): Finished eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:58.43; Villanova Invitational (2/2): Crossed the finish line with a time of 1:53.92 in the 800 meters and came in eighth at the Wildcats home meet; FastTrack National Invite (2/8): Recorded a personal best time of 51.29 in the 400 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/22): Ran in the preliminary heats of the 800 meters at the conference meet ... Came in ninth overall, with his time of 1:53.19 establishing a new personal best.

2018: Competed at five meets during the season and set personal best times in both the 800 meters and the 1000 meters; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Came in 20th in the 1000 meters and recorded a personal best time of 2:36.69; Penn 8-Team Select (1/20): Finished 11th in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 1:56.20; Villanova Invitational (2/3): Tallied a time of 1:56.24 in the 800 meters at the Wildcats home meet; FastTrack National Invite  (2/9): Posted a time of 2:01.46 in the 800 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/23): Ran in the preliminary heats of the 800 meterse and came in 14th overall with a time of 1:58.31.

2017: Villanova Invitational (2/4): Competed as an unattached runner at the Wildcats home meet and registered a time of 2:01.75 in the 800 meters.
 
OUTDOOR
 
2022: Competed four times in the 800 meters and once in the 400 meters during the season … Ran the 800 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Penn Challenge (3/19): Recorded a time of 2:00.44 to finish 12th in the 800 meters at the outdoor season opener; Sam Howell Invitational (4/2): Notched a time of 2:06.31 in the 800 meters at Princeton; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/16): Recorded a season-best time of 1:58.07 in the unseeded section of the 800 meters; Widener Invitational (4/23): Ran the 400 meters and came in 16th overall with a time of 51.42; BIG EAST Championships (5/13): Posted a time of 2:01.52 in the preliminary heats of the 800 meters at the conference meet … Placed 21st overall in the preliminary round.

2019: Part of a BIG EAST title in the 4x800 meter relay ... Also ran the 800 meters individually twice during the season; Penn Challenge (3/23): Recorded a time of 2:01.67 in the 800 meters at the outdoor season opener; Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Came in third in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.66 at the Princeton meet; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Led off the 4x800 meter relay and Villanova went on to win the race in 7:26.69 ... His efforts on the relay contributed to the Wildcats also winning the BIG EAST team title and finishing off an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference meet.

2018: Ran the 800 meters during the season and competed in the event at the BIG EAST Championships; Colonial Relays (4/6): Posted a time of 2:01.29 in the 800 meters in his first race of the outdoor season; Haverford Invitational (4/23): Placed fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.99; BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Anchored the 4x800 meter relay and was part of a Villanova lineup that came in fifth with a time of 7:48.42; Also ran in the preliminary heats of the 800 meters and posted a season-best time of 1:56.42 to finish 12th overall.

2017: Ran twice during the season as an unattached runner; Sam Howell Invitational (4/7): Recorded a personal best time of 4:26.40 in the 1500 meters; Haverford Invitational (4/26): Came in 15th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.31.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

St. Viator High School: Earned four varsity letters each in cross country and outdoor track & field ... Competed for a team which won conference titles in cross country his freshman and sophomore seasons ... Three-time all-conference performer in cross country, and was also an all-conference honoree in outdoor track & field as a junior and a senior ... Earned all-region honors in cross country as a junior and competed at the cross country state meet as both a junior and a senior ... Ran in the outdoor state meet as a sophomore (4x400 meter relay), junior (4x400 and 4x800 relays) and senior (800 meters and 4x400 relay) ... His team won a conference title in the 4x400 meter relay his junior year and the was the outdoor conference champion in the 400 meters as a senior ... Achieved Honor Roll status academically his junior and senior years and was inducted into the Italian National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 11/28/97 in Barrington, Ill. ... Older of two children of Gino and Judy Bonanotte ... Has a younger sister, Abbey ... Chose to attend Villanova for its academic reputation, the size of the school and for the success of the track & field and cross country programs ... Double major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Graduate Student

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  • 2021-22Graduate Student

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