2022 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Giacomo DeLuca
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class (Indoor):
- R-Jr.
- Class (Outdoor):
- R-Jr.
- Hometown:
- Lucedale, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- George County HS
School Record Holder (Indoor 3000m) โ 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).ย
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).ย
2020 Outdoor Season
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.ย
2020 Indoor Season
Ran in the 1000m at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) โฆ Placed first in the Distance Medley Relay at UAB โฆ Ran in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) โฆ Placed third in the mile run at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) ...ย Recorded a new personal best of 8:15.93 in theย 3000mย 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
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2019 Outdoor Season
Took second in the menโs 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 โฆ Ran on the Bulldogsโ 4x1500m relay team that placed second at the Raleigh Relays (3/30) with the third-fastest time in school history at 15:47.53 โฆ Also ran the open 1500m at Raleigh โฆ Placed second in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) โฆ Finished the 1500m in a then-personal-best 3:55.82 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20) โฆ Ran a personal-best 3:54.07 in the 1500m at the Southern Miss Open (4/27) to finish third โฆ Also ran on Stateโs 4x400m relay team โฆ Ran both the 1500m and 5000m at the SEC Championships (5/10).ย
2019 Indoor Season
Finished 23rd in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19), running 4:24.59 โฆ Ran a personal-best 4:17.78 in the mile at the Music City Challenge (2/9).ย
2018 Cross Country Season
Did not compete.ย
2018 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.ย
2018 Indoor Season
Did not compete.ย
2017 Cross Country Season
Did not compete.ย
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 โฆ Holds the school record in the 800m (1:57), the 1600m (4:26) and the mile (4:28) โฆ Won the 2014 South State 5A Championship in the 800m as a freshman with a time of 2:05.87 โฆ Also won the 5A State Championship in the 1600m the following week with a time of 4:37.52 โฆ Named All-State as a sophomore โฆ Won a second 1600m state championship in 2015 while taking third in the 800m โฆ Named the 2016 Mississippi Gatorade Cross Country Athlete of the Year โฆ Took third in the 1600m at the state championships and was fifth in the 1500m at the USATF Junior Championships in 2016 โฆ Won an individual cross country state championship in 2016 โฆ Also played soccer and was part of the 2017 South State Runner-Up team โฆ Graduated with high honors.ย
Personal
Born Giacomo DeLuca on Dec. 3, 1998 to Giacomo, Jr. and Monica DeLuca โฆ Has a brother, Chandler, and a sister, Gabriella โฆ Majoring in biology.ย
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor
Mile โ 4:09.86 (Power 5 Invitationalย โ 2/1/2020)1000mย โ 2:33.89 (UAB Blazer Invitational โ 1/10/2020)
3000mย โ 8:10.02 (Music City Challengeย โ 2/13/2021)
Outdoor
1500m โ 3:48.16 (Florida Relays โ 4/2/2021)5000m โ 14:27.93 (Virginia Challenge โ 4/16/2021)
Cross Country
8K โ 24:25.2 (Louisville Classic โ 10/5/2019)10Kย โ 32:56.8 (NCAA South Region Championshipย โ 11/15/2019)
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