2023-24: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in all six meets during the cross country season, finishing top three for the Chargers in all but one of the six meets … Best individual finish came in the season opening Wesleyan Cardinal Invitational with a time of 20:37.2 finishing 14th among a field of 62 runners … Season-best on an 8K course came at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational where he finished with a time of 26:57.3 … Finished second overall for New Haven at the Bruce Kirsch Invitational with a time of 27:44.5 … Finished 31st overall at the NE10 Championship and 64th overall at the NCAA Division II East Regional Championship.
2022-23: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters. CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in all six meets for the Chargers, finishing among the scorers in a pair of those meets, the Adelphi Short Course and the NE10 Championship … Finished fourth for the Chargers at the NE10 Championship, posting a time of 28:19.0 to finish 54th among the scorers and 58th overall in a field of 125 runners. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in two meets during the indoor season … Set a personal best in the 3,000-meter run at the Fastrack National Invitational with a time of 9:46.17 … Qualified for his first NE10 Championship in the 3,000-meter run, finishing 14th overall. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in four meets during the outdoor season, including qualifying for the NE10 Championship in the 10,000-meter run … Opened up the spring season with a fourth place finish in the 10,000 at the Ramapo College Track & Field Invitational with a personal best time of 35:49.42 … Picked up a top-10 finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational, finishing seventh with a new personal best of 4:21.12.
2021-22: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following both the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters. CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five of the six meets in his rookie cross country season, finishing among the scoring-five in all five meets … Was the second best finisher for the Chargers on one occasion, the Ted Owen Invitational where he finished 73rd among the scoring with a time of 29:45.5 … Best finish came at the Trinity Bantam Invitational with a time of 18:47.3, finishing 44th overall … Finished fourth for the Chargers at his first ever postseason events, the NE10 Championships and the NCAA East Regionals. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in a pair of meets during his first indoor season, running the 3,000-meter event at both The Art Kaddish Elm City Challenge and the Rutgers Open. OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Ran in five meets during the outdoor campaign, posting a pair of top-10 performances … In his second meet of the season, finished 10th in the 5,000-meter run at the TCNJ Invitational with a time of 16:30.26 … Saw his best individual performance at the Jim Barber & Jack Maloney Invitational where he finished fourth with a time of 17:18.41.
High School: Was a member of the cross country and track & field team all four years for the Redcoats at Berlin High School … Served as team-captain as a senior … Ran a personal best of 17:52 for the 5K in cross country … Personal best during track and field was a 10:53 in the 3,200-meter run.
Personal: Son of Mike Bantle and Lucy Micacci … has one younger sister, Abigail … Majoring in criminal justice with a concentration in investigative services.
