2024 (Senior): Competed in five races during the season…Second Team All-Horizon League selection…Finished eighth at the Horizon League Championships with an 8K time of 24:39 (11/2)…Clocked a season-best 10K time of 30:19 as he finished 45th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (11/15)…Clocked a season-best 8K time of 23:41 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/18)…Ran an 8K time of 23:45 at the Joe Piane Invitational Blue Race (10/4)…Clocked an 8K time of 25:46 at the Roy Griak Invitational Gold Race (9/20).
2023 (Junior): Competed in five races on the season…Earned Second-Team All-Horizon League honors…Named Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention…Was YSU’s third finisher at the Horizon League Championships, finishing eight and helping lead the Penguins to the Horizon League Title (10/28)…His 8k time of 24:35.3 at the HL Championships ranks ninth all-time in program history…One of seven Penguins to compete at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, clocking a 31:35.8 in the 10k (11/10)…Ran an 8k time of 24:40.5 at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/13)…Clocked a 15:01.1 in the 5-mile Blue Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, finishing top 100 (9/29)…Competed at the Penn State Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational, running a 5.2-mile time of 26:46.3 to finish 42nd (9/8).
2022 (Sophomore): Competed in five races on the season…Ran the 12th-fastest 10k time in program history, 32:16.2, to finish 105th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/11)…Placed 18th at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best 8k time of 25:43.6 (10/29)…Turned in a 5.2 mile time of 26:47.9 at the Penn State National Open (10/14)…Finished 34th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, logging a five-mile time of 25:17.2 (9/30)…Clocked an 8k time of 25:19 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23).
2021 (Freshman): Competed in three team events...Clocked a personal-best 8K mark of 26:58.9 at the Michigan State Spartan 2021 Auto Owners Invitational for 71st place (9/17)...Clocked a 5-mile time of 27:56.9 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/1)...Posted a 6K time of 20:08.5 at the inaugural Yinzer Classic (9/3).
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-sport athlete (Basketball, Cross Country and Track)...is the 2020 Division 3 OHSAA Cross Country State Champion...was named four-time All-District, three-time All-Region, two-time All-Ohio in cross country...was a 4x800 State Qualifier, 3200m State Qualifier (Track)...finished career with personal-best times of 9:34 in the 3200m and 15:31 in the 5000m.
PERSONAL: Son of Matt and Marie Caputo...Has three siblings - Anthony, Georgie and Rachel Caputo...is a 2024-25 recipient of the Lester F. Donnell Scholarship.
