2024-25 Men's Cross Country News

Season
Bridgeport Produces 122 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winners for 2024-25
Bridgeport Produces 122 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winners for 2024-25

Finished tied with Jefferson for most honorees in the CACC (≥ sophomore, ≥ 3.5 cum. GPA).

142 Purple Knights Listed on Inaugural EAST-COMM Academic Honor Roll
142 Purple Knights Listed on Inaugural EAST-COMM Academic Honor Roll

49 honorees from fall sports, 35 from the winter sports, and 58 from the spring sports.

Bridgeport Places 190 Student-Athletes on CACC’s Spring 2025 Academic Honor Roll
Bridgeport Places 190 Student-Athletes on CACC’s Spring 2025 Academic Honor Roll

UB finishes with 3.35 collective spring semester GPA; 40 student-athletes tally perfect 4.0s.

207 Purple Knights Recognized on CACC's Fall 2024 Academic Honor Roll
207 Purple Knights Recognized on CACC's Fall 2024 Academic Honor Roll

Nearly 80-percent of department finished semester with 3.0 GPA or better.

Migliarese and Luna of Men's Cross Country Named to 2024 CACC All-Academic Team
Migliarese and Luna of Men's Cross Country Named to 2024 CACC All-Academic Team

Denzel Luna (Senior, Accounting - 3.72) | Nick Migliarese (Sophomore, Business Administration - 3.8)

Cross Country Completes 2024 Campaign at NCAA East Regional
Cross Country Completes 2024 Campaign at NCAA East Regional

Held at the Matt St. James Trail in Rochester, N.Y.

Vandelli of Men's Cross Country Earns CACC All-Conference Honors
Vandelli of Men's Cross Country Earns CACC All-Conference Honors

Rookie from Italy placed 15th at the conference championship meet.

Drollinger and Vandelli Tabbed UB's Purple Knights of the Week
Drollinger and Vandelli Tabbed UB's Purple Knights of the Week

Jaden Drollinger, Volleyball | Edoardo Vandelli, Cross Country

Cross Country Teams Begin Postseason at CACC Championships
Cross Country Teams Begin Postseason at CACC Championships

Edoardo Vandelli earns All-Conference honors after 15th place finish.

UB SAAC Participates in "Trunk or Treat" at Roosevelt Elementary
UB SAAC Participates in "Trunk or Treat" at Roosevelt Elementary

The Purple Knights decorated their cars and trunks, dressed in costume and provided candy and great memories to all the youth attendees.

Hernandez and Vandelli Selected as UB's Purple Knights of the Week
Hernandez and Vandelli Selected as UB's Purple Knights of the Week

Paola Hernandez, Volleyball | Edoardo Vandelli, Men's Cross Country

Cross Country Teams Return to Action at Bruce Kirsh Cup
Cross Country Teams Return to Action at Bruce Kirsh Cup

UB men finish 12th, women place 15th.

Boucher and Vandelli Named Purple Knights of the Week
Boucher and Vandelli Named Purple Knights of the Week

Brooke Boucher, Women's Soccer | Edoardo Vandelli, Men's Cross Country

Vandelli of Men's Cross Country Wins Second CACC Rookie of the Week Award
Vandelli of Men's Cross Country Wins Second CACC Rookie of the Week Award

Vandelli led the UB harriers for the third straight meet to open 2024, this time at the Codfish Bowl in Boston, Mass.

Cross Country Teams Compete at Rainy Codfish Bowl
Cross Country Teams Compete at Rainy Codfish Bowl

Purple Knights posted NCAA team finishes of fourth on the women’s side and fifth for the men.

Cross Country Squads Compete at Vassar's Ron Stonitsch Invitational
Cross Country Squads Compete at Vassar's Ron Stonitsch Invitational

Both programs put together ninth-place finishes.