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2015-16 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Jonathan Annelli

  • Position XC/Distance
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Meriden, Conn.
  • Highschool Xavier

Biography

2015-16: Cross Country: Team captain and MVP… Took home the individual title at the Fordham Fiasco with a time of 26:26.03 (9/12)… Was the team’s top finisher at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown with a 36th-place finish and a team season-best time of 24:42.9 (9/25)… Won the Metropolitan Championship with a time of 26:28.8 (10/9)… Placed 47th at the A-10 Championships with a time of 25:39.1 (10/31)… Set a new personal best in the 10k at NCAA Regionals (31:43.3) and was the team’s highest finisher(11/13)… Placed 15th at the IC4A Championship in 26:12.9 (11/21). Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Atlantic 10 champion in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, taking First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 9:01.62... Also helped the 4x800 relay team score seventh at the championship in 7:48.49 (5/7-8)... Finished 13th in the University Division of the 3,000-meter steeplchase at the Colonial Relays in 9:22.31 (4/1)... Had a pair of top ten finishes at the Metropolitan Championship, finishing second in the steeplechase (9:35.54) and ninth in the 1,500 meters (4:11.71) (4/9)... Posted an IC4A qualifying time of 8:58.81 at the Larry Ellis Invitational in the steeplechase, placing fifth (4/22)... Won the 800 meter run in 1:54.52 at the Wolfie Invitational (4/23)... Member of the distance medley relay that took sixth at the Penn Relays in 10:03.98 (4/29)... Was seventh in the steeplechase at the IC4A Championship in a personal-best time of 8:55.30 (5/14)... Placed 38th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Regional in 9:12.53 (5/27)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2014-15: Cross Country: Team captain... Only competed in two meets... Was seventh overall at the Iona Meet of Champions in 25:54.05 (9/20)... Finished 110th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown meet in 26:20. Indoor: Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honoree as a member of the distance medley relay team, which finished second in 10:03.13... Also scored in the mile run at the Atlantic 10 Championship, placing seventh in 4:15.86 (2/22)... Member of the school record distance medley relay at the IC4A Championship, which finished third in 9:47.07... Just missed scoring individually at the IC4A Championship, taking ninth in the 1,000 meter run in 2:27.34 (3/8)... Scored in two events at the Metropolitan Championship, placing sixth in the 5,000 meter run in 15:24.94 and second in the 4x800 relay in 7:51.79 (2/6)... Grabbed seventh in the 800 meter run at the Yale Classic in 1:58.94 (1/10)... Was ninth in the 1,000 meter run at the Terrier Classic in 2:26.91 (1/31)... Placed sixth in the mile run at the Last Chance Invitational in a career-best time of 4:06.92 (3/1). Outdoor: Missed the entire outdoor season with injury.

2013-14: Cross Country: Competed in six meets during his junior year… Took seventh place at the Fordham Fiasco in 26:22.22 (9/7)… Finished 26th at the Iona Meet of Champions in 26:18.47 (9/21)… Finished 159th at the Princeton Invitational in 25:47 (10/19)… Was seventh overall at the A-10 Championship in 24:10.3 (11/2)… Placed 78th at the NCAA North East Regional in 31:55.6 (11/15)… Finished first overall at the IC4A Championship in 25:33.9 (11/23)… Indoor: Took eighth place at the NYC Gotham Cup in the mile run in 4:18.64 (1/10)… His time of 8:38.16 in the 3,000 meter run was good for third place at the Yale Invitational (1/11)… Placed fifth in the unseeded 3,000 meter run event in an IC4A qualifying time of 8:25.63  at the Terrier Invite (1/25)… Won the 5,000 meter run, as he clocked in with a career-best time of 14:53.44 at the Metropolitan Championship (1/31)… Qualified for the IC4A Championship in the mile run in a season-best time of 4:13.03, which was good for 62nd overall at the Valentine Invite (2/8)... Took fourth in the mile at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 4:14.79 (2/22)… Outdoor: Finished eighth in an IC4A qualifying time and career-best mark of 9:14.32 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays (3/28)…  Posted his career-best time, as he finished 15th overall in 9:10.82 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays (4/24)…  Earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, as he took second in a season-best time of 9:07.48 at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/3)… A member of the 4x800 relay that placed second at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 7:36.99 (5/4).

2012-13: Cross Country: Competed in seven meets as a sophomore… Finished 30th at the Fordham Fiasco in 27:36.25 (9/8)… Placed 17th at the Metropolitan Championship in 27:00.30 (10/5)… Was third overall at the Tribe Open in 25:50.38 (10/13)… Took 67th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 27:17.8 (10/27)… Placed tenth overall at the IC4A Championship in 26:28.6, helping Fordham to a second place finish (11/17). Indoor: Won the 3,000 meter run at the Yale Invitational in 8:46.62 (1/12)… Was second in the 3,000 meter run at the Rutgers Invitational in 8:43.16 (1/5)… Placed fifth at the Metropolitan Championship in the 3,000 meter run in 8:36.51 (1/25)… Took fourth in the mile run at the Charles Torpey Invitational in 4:17.21 (2/2)… Was seventh in the mile run at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 4:19.63 (2/17)… Member of the distance medley relay at the IC4A Championship that finished ninth in 9:58.56. Outdoor: Won the 5,000 meter run (15:19.35) and the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:24.60) at the Metropolitan Championship, helping Fordham to its third outdoor title in six years (4/13)… Took seventh in the 5,000 meter run at the VCU Ram Invite in 15:18.24 (3/16)… Was second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Lafayette 7-Way Meet in 9:34.44 (3/30)… Placed ninth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 9:22.49 (5/5).

2011-12: Cross Country: Competed in four events... Was 41st in the season-opening Fordham Fiasco in 26:54.72 (9/10)... Took 48th at the Metropolitan Championship in 27:31 (10/7)... Best finish was fourth at the St. John's Fall Festival 5K Run in 16:41.68 (10/16)... Placed 38th at the IC4A Championship in 27:05 (11/19). Indoor: Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week once... Won the 3,000 meter run (9:00.2) at the Fordham Season Opener (12/2)... Took second in the 3,000 meter run at the Rutgers Invitational in 9:04.27 (1/7)... Placed 15th in the mile run at the Yale Invitational in 4:24.55 (1/14)... Took fifth at the Charley Torpey Invitational in the 3000 meter run in 8:41.84 (2/4)... Was 10th in the 3,000 meter run at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 8:35.89, while also running a leg of distance medley relay, which finished fourth in 10:13.61 (2/18). Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:37.76) at the UVa Team Swashbuckle (3/24)...Was fifth in the 800 meter run (2:02.34) at the FDU Knight Classic (3/31)... Was 11th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:27.68) at the Colonial Relays (4/7)... Finished fourth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (9:39.15) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/14).

Before Fordham: Three-year varsity cross country & track runner at Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut... Team captain for cross country... All-State performer in cross country (2010) and the 3,000 meter steeplechase, in which he was the 2011 State Champion... Named All-Area twice for cross country by The Middletown Press, Hartford Courant, and the New Haven Register Times... Selected All-SCC for cross country twice (2009-10) and indoor track once (4x800 relay)... 2010 All-New England selection for cross country... Named team MVP for indoor track (2010), outdoor track (2010), and cross country (2010)... Part of the SCC, LL, and State Open Championship cross country team at Xavier... Honor Roll Student.

Major: Public Accounting.

CAREER BEST TIMES
XC 5K: 16:41.68 (2011)
XC 8K: 24:10.3 (2013)
XC 10K: 31:43.8 (2015)
Indoor 800m: 1:58.94 (2015)
Indoor 1000m: 2:26.91 (2015)
Indoor mile: 4:06.92 (2015)
Indoor 3,000m: 8:25.63 (2014)
Indoor 5,000m: 14:53.44 (2014)
Outdoor 800m: 1:54.52 (2016)
Outdoor 1500m: 3:58.91 (2014)
Outdoor 5,000m: 14:47.72 (2014)
Outdoor 3,000m Steeplechase: 8:55.30 (2016)

SCHOOL RECORDS
Distance Medley Relay: 9:47.07 (2015)

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    XC/Distance
    5'9"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    XC/Distance
    5'10"
  • 2013-14Junior

    XC/Distance
    5'10"
  • 2014-15Senior

    XC/Distance
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Graduate Student

    XC/Distance
    5'10"