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University of Rhode Island

2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

Mike Scott

Matthew Vinacco

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scituate, Mass.
  • High School Scituate

Biography

2020-21 (Senior)

  • Finished 37th (25:36.6) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 19th (24:37.1) at New Hampshire.
  • Named captain for the 2020 season.

2019 (Junior)

  • Finished 62nd (26:54.6) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 15th (26:21.4) at the Rothenberg Invite.
  • Finished 103rd (26:43.2) at the New England Championship.
  • Finished 25th (27:32.4) at the CCSU Ted Owen Invite.
  • Finished 89th (27:46.5) at the Paddy Doyle Invite.

2018 (Sophomore)

  • Finished 91st (26:45.0) at the Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Finished 10th (26:12.8) at the Brown Invite.
  • Finished 92nd (26:42.4) at the New England Championship.
  • Finished 73rd (27:58.4) at the Paddy Doyle Invite.
  • Finished 43rd (26:56.5) at the Nassaney Memorial Invite.

2017 (Freshman)

  • Finished 99th at the New England Championship (27:08).
  • Finished 147th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (27:11.0).

Before URI

  • Graduated from Scituate High School.
  • Member of the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams.
  • Captained the cross country and indoor track teams for two years, and the outdoor track team for three years.
  • All-Division and All-Class Cross Country and Outdoor Track selection all four years.
  • 2014, 2015 qualifier for the New England Cross Country Championship.
  • Three-time All-Division and All-Class Indoor Track selection.
  • Holds Scituate High School record in the 5k, 1000m (indoor), 1500m (indoor), 3000m (indoor), 1500m (outdoor), 3000m (outdoo)r, 4x400m (outdoor), and the 4x800m (outdoor).
  • Member of the National Honor Society.
  • 2017 recipient of the Harold G. Gifford Award for Outstanding Athletics and Academics.

Personal

  • Son of Ken and Paula.
  • Brother, Kenny, is a senior on the Stonehill cross country and track teams. 
  • Chose URI because of the proximity to home and engineering program.
  • Chose Rhody over Stonehill and UNH.
  • Enjoys playing baseball, basketball, and the guitar in his free time.
  • Favorite athlete is Galen Rupp.
  • Favorite team is the Boston Red Sox. 
  • Biomedical Engineering major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior