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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Michael Watts

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Islip, N.Y.
  • High School Islip High School

Biography

2018-19 (Graduate Student)
Cross Country: Finished third at the Stony Brook Season Opener with a time of 18:16.40... Ran in the Coast to Coast Battle and finished with a time of 25:05.4... Finished 11th in the America East Championship with a time of 25:02.88... Named to All-Conference Second Team... Finished with a time of 33:43.1. at the NCAA Regionals... Seventh place finish at the IC4A's with a time of 23:07.

2017-18 (Senior)  
Indoor: came in fourth with the men’s distance medley (10:38.33) and placed fifth in the men's mile with a time of 4:22:10 at the Mike Massone Invitational... took second in the men's 3000m run with a time of 8:19.80 at the Penn 8-Team Select… came in second in the men's 5000m with a time of 14:28.62 at the Dr. Sander’s Invitational… competed in the men's 3000m (8:17.46) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational… won the men's 3000m run with a time of 8:20.25 and came in fourth with a time of 14:09.05 in the men's 5000m run at the America East Indoor Championships… came in second in the men's 3000m run with a time of 8:03.34 at the IC4A Championships…

Cross Country: Ran in the Paul Short Invitational Open (24:59)… competed in the Princeton Invitational (25:25.0)… ran in the America East Championships (26:47.38)… apart of the men’s cross country America East Championship Team…  

2016-2017 (Junior)
Outdoor: Placed third in the 3000m (8:25.90) at the Stony Brook Quad Meet (3/23)... ran the 5K (14:39.83) at the Colonial Relay (4/1)... took second in the 3000m run (8:29.60) at the Wolfie Invitational (4/22)... ran a season's best time of 14:20.74 in the 5000m at the Penn Relays (4/28)... won the 5000m run (14:36.25) at the America East Outdoor Championships (5/7) 

2015-16 (Sophomore) 
Ran in four meets … Finished ninth in the 8K Wolfie Invitational 26:48.3 (9/12) … Recorded a 17th-place finish 25:53.1 in the 8K America East Championships on the Seawolves’ home course (10/31) … Part of the contingent that represented the Seawolves at the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/13).

2014-15 (Freshman)
Ran in four meets … Finished 17th (25:38.2) in the 8K America East Championships (11/1) … Part of the contingent that represented the Seawolves at the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/14).

High School 
Five-year letter winner at Islip High School...was a distance runner...captained the team his senior year...broke school records in the 1,000-meters as a senior and in the mile as a junior....crowned two-mile champion at the N.Y. Relays as a senior...Tier Two All-American and All-State as a senior...four-time All-League selection....selected All-Division as a sophomore, junior and senior...placed on the All-County and All-Long Island teams during his junior and senior years...earned All-Eastern State accolades as a junior and Long Island Champion status as a senior...Scholar-Athlete...Principal's High Honor Roll.

Personal 
Son of Michael and Louisa Watts...brother of James and Emily...father was a national honorable mention track runner at C.W. Post..

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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