TROY, N.Y. - The 2019-20 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's track & field team begins its season on Saturday and the Engineers will have four senior captains leading the way, head coach Colin Tory has announced. They are Johnny Capobianco, Temidayo Kamson, Dale Kelly and Vince Putrino.

A distance runner, Capobianco (Basking Ridge, NJ / Newark Academy) competed in the 3000 and 5000 meters in indoor as a junior, registering college-bests in both. He ran an 8:52.92 in the 3000 at the Liberty League Championship (8:52.92) and a 15:14.71 in the 5000 at Boston University. 

In outdoor, Capobianco ran the 3000 Steeplechase and 5000 meters. He had a college-best in the steeple at Bucknell University (9:28.65), won the event at a meet at Tufts University and was runner-up at the Liberty League Championship. The environmental engineering major, who captained this year's cross country team to a school-record 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championship, was All-Region in the steeple in 2019.

Kamson (Upper Darby, PA / Upper Darby) is a sprinter who competed in the 60, 200, 400 and 4x400 last winter. He ran his best 60 in the season opener at UMass Boston (7.12), where he also helped the 4x400 team to victory. 

The mechanical engineering major competed in the 100, 200 and 4x100 in the spring, winning the 100 at Williams College and the 4x100 at Goucher College. Kamson also had a college-best time of 11.09 in the 100 at the conference meet, during which he also raced in the 200 and 4x100.

An aeronautical engineering major, Kelly (Manorville, NY / Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan) did not compete in the outdoor season as a junior. He did run indoor, competing in the 60, 200 and 4x400, boasting victories in the 4x400 at UMass Boston and the 60 and 200 at Utica College. His 60 time of 7.02 is a college-best. Kelly was named to the Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll twice last season.

Putrino (Binghamton, NY / Binghamton) ran the 800 meters, mile and distance medley relay during indoor, setting college-bests in the mile at Boston University (4:16.95) and 3000 meters at Utica (8:57.33).

Also a cross country captain, the aeronautical engineering major ran the 1500 and 5000 in outdoor. He had a college-best time of 15:08.65 in the 5000 meters at Bucknell.

As a team, the Engineers had seven victories in 2018-19, highlighted by their 11th straight Liberty League Outdoor Championship Meet title. They also had a pair of runner-up finishes.

This year's squad, which has 22 freshmen, 20 sophomores, 17 juniors and 24 seniors, begins competition on Saturday at the Smith College Winter Classic. The indoor season continues through early March with the outdoor campaign beginning on March 21 at Wagner College.