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Mark Cifelli

  5'8"         Sophomore    

Watchung Hills Regional High School /Gillette, N.J.

Pharmacy Major

2006 Season

Finished the season as the Devils number four runner...Competed in five of six regular season races for the Devils as well as the CACC Championships...finished 50th overall at the CACC championships at Carousel Park in Wilmington, Delaware with a time of 35:32.46...recorded a personal best time of 32:12.66 at the Belmont Classic...followed that with a 33:28.84 at the Goldey Beacom Invitational at Carousel Park...ran a 33:38 at the Cabrini Invitational at Belmont Plateau just prior to the CACC Championships...Recorded his best finish of the season, 40th place at the Maroon and Gold Invitational at Kutztown University with a time of 33:29.

2005 Season

Split time during the season as the Devils number three and number four runner...Competed in five regular season races as well as the CACC Championships and the NCAA East Regionals...recorded a 41:29 for 10,000 meters at the NCAA East Regional at Lock Haven University, third best on the team...Was USP's fourth finisher at the CACC Championships at Belmont Plateau, placing 47th overall with a time of 33:22.42...recorded a season best 32:45.46 at the Belmont Classic as USP's #3 finisher...Ran 34:19 at the Maroon and Gold Invitational at Kutztown University in his collegiate debut.

Prior to USP

A 2005 graduate of Watchung Hills Regional High School where he earned one varsity letter in cross country and one in indoor track and field.

Personal

Youngest child of Thomas and Barbara Cifelli...has one brother, Thomas...Earned Deans List honors in each of his four semesters...Inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, 2006...also a member of the USP Mixed Rifle Team...Favorite pro team is the New York Yankees...Chose USP for its pharmacy program.


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