Joe DiSalvo
Joe DiSalvo
Height: 5-10
Weight: 145
Year: 2015
Hometown: Derry, N.H.
High School: Pinkerton Academy
Major: Exercise Science Specialist

Accolades:

GNAC Runner of the Week: 9/24/2012, 10/8/2012
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 9/12/2011
GNAC Honor Roll: 9/26/2011, 10/3/2011, 10/10/2011, 10/15/2012
GNAC All-Sportsmanship (2013)
GNAC All-Academic (2013, 2014)

2012: Ran in eight events for the Monks as a sophomore…was the team’s top finisher in seven races and placed in the top-20 on five occasions…opened the season with a 30:54 effort in the UNE Invitational on September 8th - a time that was good for a 19th-place finish overall…went on to record a personal-best 26:32 effort in the Rivier University Invitational on September 21st and placed 8th out of 88 runners that day…finished 15th with a 28:57 time in the Keene State College Invitational on September 29th…notched his first collegiate top finish with a 29:24 effort in the Runnin’ Monks Invitational on October 6th…his victory was the first for an SJC male runner since Ryan Prescott ’09 won the GNAC Championship meet on November 1st, 2008…placed 53rd out of 154 runners with a 27:55 time in the 2012 Maine State Championship on October 13th…raced to a 20th-place finish with a 28:22 effort in the GNAC Championship at Rivier on October 27th…was the Monks’ top finisher in the ECAC and NCAA Regional Championships…placed 94th out of 287 runners with a 28:57 time in the ECAC meet on November 3rd and finished 169th out of 351 participants with a 28:12 effort in the NCAA Regional event on November 10th…earned GNAC Runner of the Week accolades on September 24th and October 8th and was listed on the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on October 15th.

2011: Competed in seven meets as a freshman…finished as the top SJC runner in four events and second in three others…notched four top-10 finishes…kicked off his collegiate career by placing seventh with a 22:39 effort in the 6K UMF Invitational on September 3rd…recorded his best 8K time of the year when he finished seventh in the Rivier College Invitational with a 27:53 performance…finished third out of 31 athletes with a 30:23 effort in the Colby College Invitational on October 1st…placed ninth with a 29:27 time in the Runnin’ Monks Invitational on October 8th…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on September 12th and listed on the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on September 26th, October 3rd and October 10th. 

High School: Ran four years of cross country, three years of outdoor track, and two years of indoor track at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH...posted a personal best in cross country his senior year with a 17:06 in the 5k...competed at the New Hampshire state meet his senior year of indoor track as part of the 4x800m relay team...posted a personal best of 10:31 in the 2 mile during senior year of outdoor track. 

Personal: Joseph Philip DiSalvo, born on November 3, 1992 in Lowell, Mass...son of Susan and Richard DiSalvo...majoring in Physical Education.