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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Tom Killips
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Tom Killips
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Tom Killips

Johnny Capobianco

  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, NJ

Biography

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2019: Captain ... Six meets ... Career best 25:05.8 at Louisville Classic, finishing 17th ... Fifth at Bard's Fred Pavlich Invitational (26:28.1) ... Eleventh at Liberty League Championship (26:09.7) ... Finished 29th at NCAA Regional (25:59.8) ... Ran 26:01.1 at NCAA Championship ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... All-Region ... 2018: Five meets ... Season- and career-best 25:57.4 at Liberty League Championship, finishing 16th ... Ran 26:10.9 to finish 17th at Siena Invitational ... All-Liberty League Honorable Mention ... 

2017: Six meets ... Season-best 5K was 16:23.8 at Plattsburgh, finishing 11th ... Season-best 6K was 20:17.8 at Vassar, finishing 32nd ... Season-best 8K was 26:40.2 at Saratoga Invitational, finishing 41st  ...

2016: Five meets ... Season-best 6K was 21:22.9 at Vassar ... Season-best 8K was 27:38.5 at Saratoga Invitational ...

High School: Four years of cross country ... Captain as senior  ... School record in 5K ... All-County Second Team in 2015 ... Team won 2016 State Group Championship ... Two years of indoor track  ... Two-year captain ... Prep B Champions ... Four years of outdoor ... Captain as senior ... School record in 3200m ... All-Conference First Team twice ... Prep B Champions twice ... Non-public B North Champions once ... Second at Panasonic Creative Design Competition (robotics) ...

Personal: Environmental Engineering graduate student ... Graduated with degree in Environmental Engineering and minor in Psychology ... Dean's Honor List ... SAAC ... CDM Smith Engineering intern ... World Wildlife Fund Financial Branch intern ... Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Engineering intern ... Son of Laura and Victor Capobianco.

On attending Rensselaer: "The engaging curriculum, the campus, and my overnight recruiting trip with the team made me realize this was the right place." - August 2018

Benefits of undergraduate community: "The community is very inclusive and close knit so it becomes easy to make connections and friends across campus. It also provides unique opportunities one might not get elsewhere." - August 2018

"The supportive faculty and students collaborating rather than competing to help everyone accomplish their goals." - August 2020

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    6'1" 155 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    6'1" 155 lbs
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    2019Senior

    6'1" 155 lbs
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