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2016 Men's Cross Country

Matthew Gargiulo

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 140
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Oviedo, Fla.
  • High School Hagerty

Biography

AS A JUNIOR (2016)
Competed in the Florida Tech Invitational (9/10) and posted a time of 28:26.78.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015) 
Competed in six events for Saint Leo during his sophomore season… dropped over a minute off his 8K time over the course of the season… opened the season with a time of 28:20.62 at the UF Mountain Dew 8K Invitational (9/19) in mid-September, and ran a 30:45.40 at the Florida Southern Invitational 8K (9/25) the following week at Lakeland’s Holloway Park… finished the season with a 27:18.80 and 32nd place finish at the Sunshine State Conference Championship (10/24), run on the same Holloway Park course.

CAREER
Attended Hagerty High School where he ran under the direction of head coach Jay Getty... four year member of the cross country and track teams... named MVP of the cross country team his junior and senior seasons, as well as senior year of track... 2014 runner-up at districts in the 800.

PERSONAL
Born January 4... son of Louie and Janette... has one brother, Louis, and two sisters, Tiffany and Jillian... sister, Tiffany, is a member of the Saint Leo women's cross country team... hobbies include swimming, tennis, and volleyball... lists one ofhis best assets to the team as his determination and work ethic... lists his favorite athlete as Jennifer Simpson... his favorite sports team is the New York Yankees... if he had a super power, it would be telekinesis... his favorite food is pizza... chose Saint Leo because it's close to home, and he could go to school with his sister.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'10" 140 lbs
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'10" 140 lbs
  • 2016Junior

    5'10" 140 lbs