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2017 Cross Country Roster

Matt Ciminella

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Amherst, N.Y.
  • Highschool Sweet Home

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS:
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2015)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2014, 2016, 2017)


SENIOR SEASON (2017): Clocked a time of 21:10.7 at the 6k Minuteman Invitational (9/9) ... Finished the 5k open course at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/22) in 16:45.1 ... Finished the 8k track at the Rothenberg Run (10/13) in 27:47.9.
 

JUNIOR SEASON (2016): Posted a time of 17:04.5 at the 5K Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/16) ... Ran at the Minuteman Invitational (9/10), posting a 21:09.7 time as Vermont took third as a team ... Made his season debut against UMass Lowell (9/3), running Red Rocks Park in 21:31.


SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015): Placed 70th at the Minuteman Invitational (6k) with a time of 21:26 ... Finished 19th overall at the home meet against UMass Lowell (6k) with a time of 20:46 ... Finished 154th in the Junior Varsity race at the New England Championships with a time of 28:03 ... Ran a time of 27:23 at the Brown Rothenberg Run, finishing 65th.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014): Competed in five races ... Posted his best finish of the season in the home meet vs. UMass Lowell (6K) with 23rd in a time of 20:31.0 ... Ran a time of 27:32.7 at the New England Championships for 129th ... Finished 50th overall at the Brown Rothenberg Run in 27:50.8 ... Was 62nd at the UMass Invitational (6K) with a time of 20:47.5.

BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Sweet Home High School in Amherst, N.Y. ... Named cross country MVP in 2011 and 2012 ... Served as cross country captain from 2011-13 ... Captain of the track & field team from 2012-14 ... 2011 ECIC Second Team Cross Country All-Star ... 2012 and 2013 ECIC First Team Cross Country All-Star ... Team won the 2013 ECIC and Section 6 Class B cross country titles and placed seventh in Class B at the 2013 New York State Cross Country Championships ... Member of the 2014 Section 6 4x800 relay championship team ... Team won the 2013 and 2014 ECIC outdoor track & field titles and the 2014 Section 6 Large School indoor track & field championship ... Set the school indoor 4x800 relay record ... Graduated fifth in his class of 250.

PERSONAL: Son of Robert and Shari Ciminella ... Has a younger brother Mike ... Born in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Lists Evan Jager as his favorite athlete to watch ... Manchester City is his favorite sports team ... Majoring in civil engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014First Year

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior