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2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster

Steve Caprio

  • Position Thrower
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown North Caldwell, N.J.
  • Highschool Seton Hall Prep

Biography

2009-10: Indoors, finished 11th in the weight throw (14.32m) and 21st in the shot put (12.28m) at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational…Claimed 11th in the weight throw (14.20m) and 26th (11.79m) in the shot put at the Harvard Open…Placed 16th in two events at the Dartmouth Relays, with a hurl of 12.44m in the shot put and 14.21m in the weight throw…Took 13th in the weight throw (13.53) and 11th in the shot put (12.69) at the Harvard Invitational…Concluded the Boston Indoor Games in 19th with a pitch of 12.32m (40’5) in the shot put…Finished eighth in both the shot put (12.99m) and weight throw (14.09m) in the Battle of Beantown…Outdoors, finished 11th in both the shot put and discus with respective marks of 12.23m and 39.27m at the Seahawk Invitational…Finished fifth in the discus (41.43m), 16th in the shot put (12.45m) and 19th in the hammer throw (39.61m) at the Husky Spring Open…Finished 34th in the hammer throw and 45th in the shot put with respective hurls of 40.09m and 11.91m at the Raleigh Relays…With his toss of 12.56m, earned 10th in the shot put at the George Davis Invitational…Competed in three events, finishing fourth in the shot put (12.36m - 40’6.75), fifth in the discus throw (38.83m – 127’5) and sixth in the hammer throw (41.75m – 137’0) at the Solomon Invitational…Posted a pair of 10th-place finishes in the discus throw (38.99m) and hammer throw (42.42m) along with a 12th-place toss of 13.13m at the CAA Championship.

2008-09: Indoors, placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 40'9.75 at the Harvard Open...fourth in the shot put (41'8) at the RCC Tigers All-Comers meet...eighth in the weight throw (43'5.25) and 13th in the shot put (40'6.75) at the Boston Indoor Games...sixth in the shot put (42'2.75) and 11th in the weight throw (41'11.25) at the Battle of Beantown...outdoors, placed 12th in the discus (120'6) at the Husky Spring Invitational...third in the discus (128'2) and eighth in the shot put (42'5.5) at the Skyhawk Invitational...ninth in both the shot put (41'5) and discus (131'4) at the CAA Championship.

High School: Threw shot put and discus all four years of high school, captaining the team one season...2008 All-County indoor and outdoor in the shot put, All-County outdoor in the discus...2008 NJSIAA Relays indoor shot put champion...threw shot put 52'0, which was third best in school history...member of the 2007 outdoor state champion team.

Personal: Born Aug. 6, 1989...plans to major in Business...member of the National Honor Society...Class of 2013.