2018: Rizzo opened up the season placing 40th overall a the Vassar Season Starter and 39th overall at the Ron Stonitsch Invitational… clocked in with times of 29:52.8, 28:39, 27:55.8 at the Bill Fritz, Paul Short and Connecticut College Invite, respectively… placed 76th overall with a time of 33:09.3 at the SUNYAC Championships… crossed 192nd overall with a time of 29:47.9 at the NCAA Regional meet.Â
2017:Â Rizzo kicked off his 2017 campaign with a 31
st overall finish at the Vassar College XC Opener with a time of 14 minutes, 38.8 seconds. On the 6K course at the Ron Stonitsch Vassar Invitational, he crossed in a time of 21:59.4, and then finished with times of 31:03.3, 28:26.9 and 28:41.4 on the 8K courses of the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, 2017 Saratoga Invitational and Connecticut College Invitational, respectively. At the SUNYAC Championship meet, Rizzo placed 90
th overall after crossing in 31:08.6. He then concluded the season with a time of 28:18.5 at the NCAA Division III Region Championships, finishing 199
th overall.Â
2016: Finished 93
rd of 114 at the SUNYAC Championships (29:51.7)… Posted a time of 28:35.4 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships (220
th of 303)… Ran a season-low 8k time of 27:16.2 at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Invitational (17
th of 119)… Placed 92
nd of 172 at the Saratoga Invitational (28:49.7)… Posted a mark of 28:00.21 at the Rowan Invitational (72
nd of 174)… Finished 142
nd of 238 at the Vassar Invitational (21:52.9)… Ran 13:57.0 at the Vassar Season Opener (17
th of 26).
2015: Placed 98th of 119 at the SUNYAC Championships (29:10.5)... Ran 29:08.60 at the Rowan Invitational (205th of 231)... Completed the Paul Short Run in 29:38 to finish 347th of 354... Posted a time of 30:20.5 at the SUNY Plattsburgh Invitational (41st of 76)... Ran 22:08.1 at the Vassar 6K (64th of 112)... Completed the New Paltz Two-Miler in 10:33.1 (18th of 24).
Personal: From Queensbury, NY…graduated from Queensbury High School in 2015…son of Paul and Cathy Rizzo... enjoys collecting rocks, mountain biking, kayaking, fishing and going to the horse track."
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