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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Matt Ciminella

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

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS:

• America East Academic Honor Roll (2016)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2015)

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2018): Finished second in the 1,000m (2:37.09) at New Hampshire (Jan. 27) … Raced to second in the 800m (2:01.80) at Middlebury (Jan. 20) … Placed sixth in the 1,000m (2:40.45) at Dartmouth (Jan. 13) … Finished 15th in the 1,000m (2:35.74) at the America East Championships (Feb. 23-24).

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2017): Ran to second in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Black & Gold Invitational with a time of 10:01.00 … Finished with a time of 10:09.79 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Dartmouth Invitational … Placed 12th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the America East Championships in a time of 10:16.01.

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2017): Did not compete.

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2016): Placed tenth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet with a time of 10:30 ... Finished second in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:21 at the Black & Gold Invitational.

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2016): Ran a season-best time of 2:37 in the 1,000m at the BU Scarlet and White Meet ... Finished fifth in the 800m against Dartmouth and Maine with a time of 2:04 ... Part of the winning 4x400m relay team against Hartford.

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2015): Finished 13th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the America East Championships with a time of 10:03.01 ... Placed eighth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet with a season-best time of 9:57.66 ... Took fifth in the same event at the Princeton Quad Meet in 10:05.79.

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 4x800m 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 4x800m 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

  • 2014-15First Year

  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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