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2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Frederick Liu

Nick Gaitanis

Nick Gaitanis

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lincoln, RI
  • Highschool:
    Lincoln

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: The distance runner appeared in seven meets during senior season...Scored a podium finish, placing 8th in the 5000 meters at the Liberty League Championships...Added 19th place result in the 3000 meters at Liberty League's and in the 5000 meters at the AARTFC Championships...Ran an indoor PR 5K time of 15:13.55 at regionals...Captured 5000 meter victory at the RIT February Friday Invitational on Feb. 9...Placed 4th in the 3000 meters at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up on Feb. 16.

Outdoor: Ran at six meets during outdoor campaign...Scored in both the 5000 meters (5th) and 10000 meters (7th) at the Liberty League Championships, scoring a lifetime best time of 31:24.99 in the 10K...Ran new PR of 15:04.76 in the 5000 meters at the Rochester Spring Twilight, placing 3rd...Qualified for the AARTFC Championships in the 5000 meters, ending the race in 19th place overall...Honored heavily for his academic work, being named Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators, elected Phi Beta Kappa and earning Liberty League All-Academic accolades.

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Junior competed in five meets, running the 3000 meters at both the Liberty League and All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Championships...After finishing 15th (8:54.24) at Liberty Leagues in the 3000m, set a new personal best and finished three spots better with a 12th-place finish and 8:39.59 time at the AARTFC...Scored a third-place result and new PR in the mile at the Brockport Multi on Feb. 4, finishing 3rd with a time of 4:28.78.

Outdoor: Appeared in six meets during the outdoor season...Competed in the 5000 meters at the AARTFC, setting a new personal-best time of 15:07.15 and coming in 13th...Ran the 10,000 meters at Liberty Leagues, coming in 11th with a time of 32:03.95...Set a new 10,000 meter PR at the Bison Outdoor Classic, coming in 18th in a competitive field with a time of 31:45.37...Added another new personal best at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational on April 3, running the 1,500 meters in 4:02.32, good for 11th-place...Recorded a season-best finish of fourth place in the 5,000 meters (15:09.26) at the RIT Invitational on April 8...Liberty League All-Academic honoree.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Appeared six times, including at the Liberty League Indoor Championships where he ran in the 3000 meters...Posted a season-best time of 8:55.39 during the 3000 meters at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up, ranking 6th in the meet...Top mile time of 4:34.39 at the Bomber Invitational on Feb. 6.

Outdoor: Ran in five meets as a sophomore...Finsihed 12th in the 10000 meters at the All-Atlantic Regional Championships, crossing the finish in a personal-best 32:30.04...Was 14th in the same event at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships...Runner-up 10k finisher at the Geneseo Quad Meet & Multi on Apr. 24...Top-10 finish in the 5000 meters at the Rochester Spring Classic in 15:45.35...Member of UR's contingent on the Liberty League All-Academic team.

At UR 2020-21: Indoor: First-year runner finished in 6th place in the 3000 meters at the Nazareth Triangular...His time of 8:55.63 ended up good enough to earn USTFCCCA All-Region honors.

Outdoor: Ran at six meets during first-year season outdoors...Was 10th at the Liberty League West Outdoor Championships, coming in the 5000 meters...Six top-8 results on the season, including a win in the 5K at the RIT Friday Meet on Apr. 23 (season-best 15:57.96).

HS: Part of cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field and swimming programs at Lincoln HS...Team captain honors in junior and senior season when he also was team MVP...Earned four straight All-Division and All-Class honors in cross country, also earning freshman All-State accolades...Four total All-Division awards during track & field career...Personal best 5K in XC of 16:36 and best 3K on track of 9:19...Member of the National Honor Society...Part of Jazz and Concert Band, Model UN, Variety Show.

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