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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Rochester Athletics
Rochester Athletics
Rochester Athletics
Rochester Athletics
Frederick Liu
Frederick Liu
Frederick Liu

James Catania

James Catania

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Saranac Lake, NY
  • Highschool:
    Saranac Lake

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Appeared in one meet indoors, missing much of the season due to injury.

Outdoor: Recovered from injury to run five times as a senior outdoors...Earned Honorable Mention All-Liberty League honors with a third-place result and new personal-best time (14:36.57) in the 5,000 meters at the Liberty League Outdoor  Championships...Came in second place in the 5,000 meters at the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships on May 14...Opened the outdoor campaign with a 10th-place result in the 1,500 meters at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational on April 5...Recognized on the Liberty League All-Academic squad for the third-straight year.

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: Returned to the track as a junior and competed at five meets during the indoor season...Finished 4th at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Championships in the 3000 meters, running 8:29.22, earning All-Niagara Region honors following that performance...Was on UR's 3rd place distance medley relay team at the Liberty League Championships, helping the group post a time of 10:19.18...Named Honorable Mention All-Liberty League in the DMR...Added top-10 result in the 3000 meters at the Liberty League meet...Competed in the mile at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational...Finished 4th at the Nazareth Conference Challenge Cup in the mile, running a season-best 4:24.46.

Outdoor: Made seven appearances outdoors and had a solid year, competing at both the AARTFC and Liberty League Championships in the 5000 meters...Finished 10th at the Liberty League meet and was 9th at regionals...Had UR's top 5K time on the season, running 14:46.89 at the Bison Outdoor Classic in mid-April...Runner-up in the 1500 meters (3:59.34) at the Rochester Spring Twilight on Apr. 26...Won 5K at the Towson Invitational on Mar. 26...Had six total top-10 results during the spring season...Named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators and was member of the Liberty League All-Academic Team.

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Did not appear in any indoor meets as a sophomore.

Outdoor: Did not appear in any outdoor meets...Earned Liberty League All-Academic honors.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Six meet appearances as a rookie indoors...Was a multiple scorer at the Liberty League Indoor Championships, helping Rochester claim the team title for the first time in school history...Ended 5th in the 3000 meters and 7th in the mile...Wound up in 3rd during the 3000 meters at the All-Atlantic Region Championships, clocking in with a time of 8:31.87...Top 3k time of 8:29.57 at the Boston U. Valentine Invitational in February, placing 17th in a field of nearly 100 runners.

Outdoor: First-year distance runner ran in four meets during outdoor season...Was 4th in the 1500 meters at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, clocking in with a time of 4:03.59...Earned runner-up finish in the 5000 meters at the Geneseo Quad Meet & Multi in late April...Season-best time of 4:02.52 in the 1500 meters at the Rochester Spring Classic, ending in 5th place.

HS: Graduated from Saranac Lake HS...Member of the cross country, basketball and outdoor track and field teams...Two-time basketball team captain, also leading cross country and track programs during senior year...As a sophomore, was cross country team MVP...Earned CVAC All-Star accolades in cross country for four straight years, earning NYS Class C All-State honors three times...Personal best time of 4:20 in the 1600 meters...Helped Red Storm to Class C state cross country title in 2018 and 2019...Part of school record 4x800 meter relay team...Member of National Honor Society.

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