2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
DeLuca, Giacomo

Giacomo DeLuca
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lucedale, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- George County HS
Bio
School Record Holder (Indoor 3000m) – 8:10.02
2021 Outdoor Season
Ran a leg of the winning 4x800m relay at the Bulldog Relays (3/26) ... Had a seventh-place finish in the 1500m at the Florida Relays with a personal-best time of 3:48.16 (4/2) ... Competed in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge to finish in 39th place with a personal-best 14:27.93 time (4/16) ... At the Maroon & White Invite he finished sixth in the 1500m invite (4/30) ... Competed in the 1500m prelim at the SEC Championships, finishing in 11th (5/14).2021 Indoor Season
Competed in the 3000m at the Commodore Indoor, finishing in seventh (1/16) ... Came in 12th at the Razorback Invitational in the 3000m (1/30) ... At the Music City Challenge, he broke the school record in the 3000m at 8:10.02, finishing in 10th (2/13) ... Ran the 3000m at the SEC Championships, finishing in 17th; also ran a leg of the No. 5 DMR all-time at State at the Championships (2/25-27).2020 Outdoor Season
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2020 Indoor Season
Ran in the 1000m at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) … Placed first in the Distance Medley Relay at UAB … Ran in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) … Placed third in the mile run at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) ... Recorded a new personal best of 8:15.93 in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/15) ... Also placed third in the Distance Medley Relay at the meet ... Ran in the 3000m at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/29) with a time of 8:30.19.
2019 Cross Country Season
2019 Outdoor Season
Took second in the men’s 4x800 relay, clocking a time of 7:45:13, at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/22) where he also ran the 1500m in 3:56.40 to place fifth … Ran on the Bulldogs’ 4x1500m relay team that placed second at the Raleigh Relays (3/30) with the third-fastest time in school history at 15:47.53 … Also ran the open 1500m at Raleigh … Placed second in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) … Finished the 1500m in a then-personal-best 3:55.82 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20) … Ran a personal-best 3:54.07 in the 1500m at the Southern Miss Open (4/27) to finish third … Also ran on State’s 4x400m relay team … Ran both the 1500m and 5000m at the SEC Championships (5/10).2019 Indoor Season
Finished 23rd in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19), running 4:24.59 … Ran a personal-best 4:17.78 in the mile at the Music City Challenge (2/9).2018 Cross Country Season
Did not compete.2018 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.2018 Indoor Season
Did not compete.2017 Cross Country Season
Did not compete.Academics / Service
An SEC Honor Roll member in spring 2019 ... A six-time Bulldog Honor Roll member.Before the Bulldogs
Ran at George County High School … Holds the school record in the 800m (1:57), the 1600m (4:26) and the mile (4:28) … Won the 2014 South State 5A Championship in the 800m as a freshman with a time of 2:05.87 … Also won the 5A State Championship in the 1600m the following week with a time of 4:37.52 … Named All-State as a sophomore … Won a second 1600m state championship in 2015 while taking third in the 800m … Named the 2016 Mississippi Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year … Took third in the 1600m at the state championships and was fifth in the 1500m at the USATF Junior Championships in 2016 … Won an individual cross country state championship in 2016 … Also played soccer and was part of the 2017 South State Runner-Up team … Graduated with high honors.Personal
Born Giacomo DeLuca on Dec. 3, 1998 to Giacomo, Jr. and Monica DeLuca … Has a brother, Chandler, and a sister, Gabriella … Majoring in biology.Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
Mile – 4:09.86 (Power 5 Invitational – 2/1/2020)1000m – 2:33.89 (UAB Blazer Invitational – 1/10/2020)
3000m – 8:10.02 (Music City Challenge – 2/13/2021)
Outdoor
1500m – 3:48.16 (Florida Relays – 4/2/2021)5000m – 14:27.93 (Virginia Challenge – 4/16/2021)
Cross Country
8K – 24:25.2 (Louisville Classic – 10/5/2019)10K – 32:56.8 (NCAA South Region Championship – 11/15/2019)
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