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2024 SCSU Men's Cross Country Roster

Luca Cazzaniga

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 150
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bethel, Conn.
  • High School Bethel

Biography

Personal Bests:
8K: 25:47.3 (Sep. 30, 2022, Lehigh Paul Short Run)
10K: 32:14.5 (Nov. 9, 2024, NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships)
5 Mile: 26:34.8 (Sep. 17, 2022, UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational)

Honors:
  • 2024 NCAA Division II All-Region
  • 2024 All-Northeast-10 Conference Second Team
  • 2023 Northeast-10 Conference Academic Distinction 
  • 2023 Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference Team
  • 2023 NCAA Division II All-Region
  • 2023 All-Northeast-10 Conference Third Team
  • 2022 NCAA Division II All-Region
  • 2022 All-Northeast-10 Conference Third Team
Also a member of Southern Connecticut's Track & Field Program.

As a Senior in 2024:
  • Ran a personal-best 10k time of 32:14.5 in 18th place at the NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships, which helped the Owls secure their third-straight regional title. 
  • Crossed the finish line with a time of 25:58.61 in 14th place at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship, which allowed Southern to capture their third-straight conference title. 
As a Junior in 2023:
  • Ran a personal-best 10k time of 32:21.5 in 24th place at the NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships, which helped the Owls secure their second-straight regional title. 
  • Crossed the finish line with a time of 26:17.0 in 17th place at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship, which allowed Southern to capture back-to-back conference titles. 
As a Sophomore in 2022:
  • Ran a time of 26:08.9 in 17th place at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, which helped the Owls secure their first conference title in four years. 
  • Crossed the finish line with a time of 32:17.1 in 15th place at the NCAA Division II East Region Cross Country Championships, which helped Southern capture their first regional title in program history. 
As a Freshman in 2021:
  • Finished with a time of 26:26.1 in the 8K at the Lehigh Paul Short Run.
  • Finished with a time of 26:36.8 in the 8K at the Adelphi Panthers XC Invitational.


Before Southern Connecticut State University:
  • All-State selection at Bethel High School (Conn.).
  • All-Conference selection in indoor and outdoor track.
Personal:
  • Son to Luigi and Ellen Cazzaniga.
  • Majoring in Exercise Science with plans to attend graduate school and become a PA.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2023Junior

    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2024Senior

    5'11" 150 lbs