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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Dist.
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Medford, Ore.
    Hometown
  • South Medford HS
    High School
  • SLCC
    Previous School
Michael Amitava Maiorano
Michael Amitava Maiorano
Dist.
Position
Junior
Class
Medford, Ore.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

2026 (JR)
Cross Country (2025): Placed 11th at the Utah State Alumni Challenge with a 7K time of 21:12.5… Finished 42nd at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run with an 8K time of 23:58.3… Took 217th at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational with an 8K time of 26:17.8.

GONZAGA: Competed for Gonzaga in cross country and track & field in 2023… Helped Gonzaga to its first-ever WCC men’s cross country championship, its best-ever NCAA West Region finish and its sixth-ever NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance in 2023… Earned second-team All-WCC honors after placing 15th at the WCC Cross Country Championships with an 8K time of 25:23.4… Finished 28th at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships with a 10K time of 29:51.2… Ran a 10K time of 31:03.1 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 149th… Posted top times in a Bulldog uniform in the indoor 3,000 meters and outdoor 5,000 meters of 8:14.97 and 14:36.43, respectively.

SLCC: A four-time All-American in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field in 2024 at Salt Lake Community College… Helped the Bruins to the 2024 NJCAA Division I National Championship in cross country, taking seventh individually with an 8K time of 23:49.9… Won the individual national title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship, crossing the line in 8:56.70… Placed fifth in the 5,000 meters and fourth in the 4x800-meter relay at the NJCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championship… Set personal bests in the mile (4:08.73), indoor 5,000 meters (14:01.42), 10,000 meters (29:34.85) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:55.49).

HIGH SCHOOL: An eight-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at South Medford (Oregon) High School… Earned all-state honors seven times and broke 10 school records… Ran the second-fastest two-mile race in Oregon state history, only behind legendary U.S. Olympian Steve Prefontaine… Helped South Medford to state cross country championship appearances in 2018, 2019 and 2021… Competed at the World Championships in mountain running twice, finishing as the top American runner each time as he placed seventh overall at the 2022 championships in Thailand and 15th the 2023 championships in Austria… Ran for the Timberhill Harriers club team, winning the 2018 national championship at the USATF Junior Olympics… Earned Academic All-State honors… Member of the National Honor Society  and Rogue Valley Manor Mentors and served as senior class treasurer… Graduated in 2022 with a 3.98 GPA.

PERSONAL: Son of Joel and Heather Maiorano… Has one younger brother… Majoring in philosophy with a minor in religious studies.
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