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2020-21 Men's Cross Country Roster

Michael Mazzei

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 150
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Monroe, NJ
  • Highschool Bishop Ahr

Biography

2020-21
- Earned All-East honors and a silver medal as a member of the 4x800 relay team at the IC4A Outdoor Championships.
- IC4A Qualifier in the 800-meters.
- Earned a gold medal at the MAAC Outdoor Championships as a member of the 4x800 relay team.
- Finished seventh in the 800-meters at the MAAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:54.15.
- Ran a collegiate-best 1:52.03 in the 800-meters at the IC4A Championships, 10th-fastest in program history.
- Ran a season-best 3:57.05 in the 1,500-meters at the Rider 5-way.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Member of the 4x800 relay team that ran the fourth-fastest time in program history (7:32.52) at the Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational.

2019-20
- Won gold with the 4x800 relay team and finished 4th in the 800 at MAAC Indoor Championships
- Was 1st in the prelims at IC4A Indoor Championships in the 1000, finishing in a PR of 2:25.11, before finishing 4th in the finals
- Took 2nd in the 1000 at the UAlbany Winter Classic
- Contributed to the 2nd-place DMR team and established PR of 1:53.36 in the 800 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic
- Finished 3rd in the 800 at the NYC Gotham Cup
- Took 3rd in the 1000 and contributed to the 4th-place DMR team at the Spartan Invite
- Established a PR at the 5 mile Henry Mercer Monmouth University Cross Country Invitational, finishing in 29:26.0
- Also PR’d in the 8K Paul Short Run, finishing in 27:27.7
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree

2018-19
- Finished ninth in the 800 at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.
- Part of the 4x800 relay that came in second-place to earn a silver medal at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.
- Ran a season-best time of 1:54.49 in the 800 at the Widener Invitational.
- Competed as part of the 4x800 relay at the IC4A Indoor Championships.
- Finished ninth in the 800 at the MAAC Indoor Championships.
- Ran a season-best 8K time of 28:39.6 at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational. 

BEFORE RIDER
Transferred to Rider from Middlesex County College after attending Bishop George Ahr High School.

PERSONAL
Son of Michelle and Mickey Mazzei.

Michael Mazzei TFRRS bio -> https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6874585/Rider/Mike_Mazzei.html

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Junior

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    5'11" 150 lbs