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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Geoff Schneider
Geoff Schneider

Steven Blatto

Steven Blatto

  • Ht./Wt.:
    - /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lancaster, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Lancaster
  • Major:
    Education

Summary

Biography

2024-25 (FIFTH YEAR)
Raced in five of the team’s seven meets in 2024….finished as one of Daemen’s top seven runners in three meets…placed 29th out of 61 runners with a time of 21.50.1 at the Doug Watts Open earning him a fifth-place finish on the team…. Placed 35th out of 66 runners at the Daemen Alumni Invitational…. placed 266th out of 364 runners with a time of 30.45.1 at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational…. Placed 247 out of 312 runners with a time of 28.27.6 at the Paul Short Run earning him a fourth-place finish on the team… Was the second Wildcat to cross the line at the Canisius Alumni Classic placing 49th out of 120 runners with a time of 27.48.5.

2023-24 (SENIOR)
Raced in all seven of Daemen's meets in 2023... finished as one of Daemen's top seven runners in four meets... placed 27th out of 79 runners with a time of 22:27.0 at the Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational... was the seventh consecutive Daemen runner to cross the finish line at the Daemen Alumni Invitational, turning in a seventh-place time of 29:03.8... finished seventh on the team and 37th out of 175 runners with a time of 27:45.9 at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational... placed 71st out of 151 at the Highlander Invitational where he finished with a time of 28:20.2... led all Wildcat runners with a 59th place finish out of 142 with a time of 27:31.3 at the Canisius Alumni Classic where the Wildcats practiced speedwork and running as a team in their final regular season meet... finished 21st out of 62 at the ECC Championships with a time of 27:54.4 as he helped Daemen to a second-place team finish... set a 10K PR time of 34:16.27 as he placed 81st out of 136 at the NCAA Division II East Region Championships where he helped Daemen to a program-best fourth place team finish.

2022-23 (JUNIOR)
Ran in all seven of the team's meets ... turned in four top-20 finishes on the season ... finished 18th out of 81 runners and fourth on the Daemen team with a time of 22:14.1 at the season-opening Frank Dillon Memorial Invitational ... posted a time of 29:58.8 placed 15th out 65 runners to finish sixth on the team at the Daemen Alumni Invitational ... set a personal-best 8K time of 27:14.0 at the Highlander Invitational where he placed 25th out of 123 runners and helped Daemen to a third-place team finish ... finished fourth on the team and 77th out of 176 runners with a time of 27:47.2 at the Canisius Alumni Classic ... turned in an 18th place finish and sixth on the team with a time of 28:06.5 at the East Coast Conference Championships ... finished fourth on the team and 70th out 146 runners of at the NCAA Division II East Regional with a personal-best 10K time of 34:45.2 that ranks 8th all-time in Daemen's 10K record books

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in all seven of the team's meets... made his Daemen debut and posted a top-20 finish at the Frank Dillon Memorial Tournament hosted by Le Moyne College ... finished the 6K race in 19th place out of 65 runners with a time of 21:59.8 ... turned in his best 8K time of the year (28:23.5) and placed 31st out of 66 runners at the East Coast Conference Championship ... competed in the 10K NCAA Division II East Regional but did not finish the race.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

BEFORE DAEMEN
Competed in cross country and track & field for the Lancaster Legends and coach Robert Niescier ... led cross country team to Section VI Class AA championship as a senior ... also member of ECIC I champions for indoor and outdoor track and field ... scholar athlete ... honor roll student.

PERSONAL
Born Steven Blatto on Sept. 8, 2001 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... son of Michael & Karen Blatto ... has one sibling, Ryan Blatto ... majoring in education ... hobbies include playing video games, running, playing soccer and basketball ... bucket list includes running a marathon, traveling to Japan and England ... favorite TV show is WWE ... favorite movie is Dodgeball ... favorite musical artist is Lostprophets ... favorite holiday is Christmas ... favorite vacation location is The Bahamas ... dream job is teacher ... chose to attend Daemen because "of its small class sizes, great education program, good opportunity to run, and being not too far from home."
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    5'9" 130 lbs

  • 2021Sophomore

    5'9" 130 lbs

  • 2022Junior

    5'9" 130 lbs

  • 2023Senior

    5'9" 130 lbs

  • 2024Senior

    0 lbs