Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of Rhode Island

2013-14 Men's Track & Field

John DiGangi

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Westerley, R.I.
  • High School Westerly

Biography

2013-14 (JUNIOR): OUTDOOR: Finished sixth in the 4x800 relay (7:31.08) in the IC4A Championship... Finished 30th in the 800-meter run (1:56.52) and 13th in the 4x800 relay (7:56.06) in the New England Championship... Finished seventh in the 800-meter run (1:55.82) in the A-10 Outdoor Championship... Finished 11th in the 400-meter dash (51.06) in the Holy Cross Men’s Meet… Finished 21st in the 4x800 relay (7:44.36) in the Penn Relays... Finished sixth in the 800-meter run (1:55.41) and fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:29.31) in the UConn Classic... Finished tenth in the 400-meter dash (50.68) in the Minutemen Invitational... Finished third in the 4x800 relay (7:39.88) in the Florida Relays... Finished seventh in the 800-meter run (1:58.54) and fourth in the 4x400 relay (3:27.48) in the UConn Invitational.

INDOOR: Finished seventh in the 4x800 relay (7:35.16) in the IC4A Championship... Finished sixth in the 800-meter run (1:53.48) and second in the 4x800 relay (7:40.21) in the New England Championship... Finished fourth in the 800-meter run (1:54.21) in the A-10 Championship... Finished first of three in the 4x800 relay (7:49.88), 17th of 28 in the 500-meter run (1:06.73) and second of six in the 4x400 relay (3:21.42) at the Armory Winter Games... Finished ninth of 17 in the 800-meter run (1:58.38), fifth of five in the distance medley (10:42.78) in the URI Coaches Coed Invitational... Finished 48th of 116 in the 800-meter run (1:57.21) in the Terrier Classic... Finished fifth in the 500-meter dash (1:07.64) in the Sorlien Invitational.

2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): OUTDOOR: Contributed to the team that finished seventh in the 4x800m relay (7:40.40) and seventh in the 4x400m relay (3:19.02) at the IC4A Championship. Also helped break a 15-year old school record in the 4x800m trials (7:33.59)… Was a member of the 4x800m relay team that finished seventh (7:43.16) at the Atlantic 10 Championship… Finished the 4x800m relay in 7:49.69 in the college section at the Penn Relays… Ran to a sixth place finish in the 400m dash (50.36) at Holy Cross… Finished fourth in the 4x400m relay (3:27.84) and ninth in the 800m run (1:58.73) at the UConn Invitational. 

INDOOR:
Placed fifth in the 4x800m relay (7:48.35) at the Atlantic 10 Championship… Finished third in the distance medley (10:23.77) and fourth in the 500m run (1:07.50) at the Coaches Tribute Invitational… Placed fifth in the 500m dash (106.67) at the Harvard Open on Dec. 8.

2011-12 (FRESHMAN): OUTDOOR: 
At Holy Cross placed fifth in the 800m run (1:56.08)... At Brown's Springtime Open took eighth in the 800m run in 1:56.13.

INDOOR:
 At the Sorlien Invitational, won the 500m run (1:07.30)... At Navy, placed seventh in the 500m run (1:06.97). 

HIGH SCHOOL:
 Attended Westerly High School, where he ran track and earned three varsity letters for football... Captained track and football... Earned All-State, All-Division and All-New England... Placed second in New England's 600m in 1:22.1... 2009 Track State Champions.

PERSONAL:
 Born January 29, 1993... Has two sisters, Kim and Liz... Father Mark DiGangi played football at URI, uncle Paul DiGangi played football at Holy Cross and grandfather John DiGangi played football for the Buffalo Bills... Enjoys running... Favorite athlete is Danny Woodhead and favorite team is the New England Patriots.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    MDistance
  • 2013-14Junior

    MDistance