2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

David Vannucchi

  • Class Junior
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Onalaska, Wis.
  • High School Luther

Biography

Honors: 2020 and 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country ... 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in track
 
Personal Bests
 Indoor  Outdoor  Cross Country
 3000 meters  8:40.00   2/1/20  Steeplechase  9:22.01  4/16/21  8K  24:15.8  10/1/21

TFRRS Profile

2022 Cross Country: Finished at 24:49.6 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct.14)... placed third at the Illini Open (Oct.21) with a time of 24:52.7... ran a time of 24:54.0 at the Big Ten Championships (Oct.28)

2022 Indoor Track: Did not compete

2021 Cross Country: Placed third in the 6k with a personal best time of 18:26.5 at the Badger Classic (Sept.10) ... finished 39th in the 8k with a personal best time of 24:15.8 at the Louisville Classic (Oct.1) ... came in 36th in the 5.2 miles in 25:49.9 at the Big Ten Championships (Oct.29)

2021 Outdoor Track: Ran a personal best of 9:22.01 in the steeplechase at the Big Ten Invite #3 (April 16-17) to place third ... placed fourth in the steeplechase at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (April 23) in 9:23.49 

2021 Indoor Track: Did not compete

2020 Cross Country: Did not compete

2020 Outdoor Track: Season canceled due to COVID19

2020 Indoor Track: Ran a personal best of 8:40.00 in the 3,000 meters at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) to finish 11th ... placed 15th in the 3000 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 17-18) in 8:40.80

2019 Cross Country: Ran unattached in the men's "B" race in the 8K at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 25:18.6

High School: Three-time state division 3 cross country champion ... three-time Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association's State Boys Runner of the Year ... finished 13th at the state meet as a freshman ... team finished eighth as a sophomore, eighth as a junior and sixth as a senior ... three-time first-team all-state in cross country ... state division 3 track champion in the 1600 meters and 3200 meters as a senior ... four-time state track and field championship qualifier ... Foot Locker finalist

Personal: Parents are Julie and David Vannucchi ... has one sibling, Grace... major is economics ... born Aug. 22

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because of the excellent history of academics and because of the unmatched team atmosphere."

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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