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2019 Women's Track & Field Roster

Giovanna Casazza

Giovanna Casazza

  • Position:
    XC, Distance
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Reno, Nev.
  • High School:
    Galena HS

Summary

Biography

2019 (Junior):
Outdoor:
  • Competed in six outdoors meets on the season.
  • Recorded her highest finish and set a PR in the 3000m at the Rainbow Relays (Mar. 22-23), placing seventh (11:17.01).
  • Produced another personal-best mark in the 1500m, finishing with a time of 5:08.86 for 75th-place at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 19-20).
  • Earned a ninth-place finish in the 5000m (20:29.80) at the Triton Invitational (Apr. 12-13).
Indoor:
  • Did not compete in any indoor meets.


2018 (Sophomore):

Outdoor

  • In only meet of the outdoor season, placed fifth in the 3000m in 11:55.35 at the Rainbow Relays.

Indoor

  • Did not compete in a meet for UH during the indoor season.


2017 Cross Country (Junior)

  • Competed in eight races this season, placed in the scoring group in all meets
  • Recorded her highest finish at the Big Wave Invitational (Sept. 9), placing 10th (20:21)
  • Ran her highest 5k time at the Charles Bowles Willamette Invite (Sept. 30), with a time of 19:48.70
  • Recorded a 6k personal record time at the Bronco Invite (Oct. 14), finishing 142nd with a time of 23:35.8
  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2016 Cross Country (Sophomore):
  • Competed in six meets, ranking among the UH top five twice, scoring as the top Rainbow Wahine at the Chaminade Invitational (Oct. 8)
  • Recorded a new personal best in the season-opening BYU-Hawai‘i Invitational (Aug. 27), coming in 13th with a 5k time of 20:21.0
  • Registered her highest finish of the season at the Hawai‘i Pacific Invitational, coming in 10th with a 5k time of 20:28.0
  • Recorded her first career 6k mark of 23:41.1 in her first travel meet, coming in 144th at the Bronco Invitational (Oct. 15) in Santa Clara, Calif.
  • Was among the Rainbow Wahine squad at the Big West Championships (Oct. 29) on the home course in Kahuku, finishing 64th with a 6k time of 25:26.2

2015 Cross Country (Freshman):
  • Competed in two meets for UH, both on O‘ahu's north shore
  • Led all UH runners at the HPU Invitational, posting a season-best 5k time of 20:53.7 to finish 23rd

Prep:
  • A 2015 graduate of Galena High School in Reno, Nevada
  • Lettered all four years in both cross country and track and field
  • While at GHS, competed in 800m, 1600m and 3200m events, in addition to the 4x800m relay
  • Member of the 2015 Northern Nevada Track & Field Regional Championship team
  • Member of the 4x800m relay squad named Northern Nevada first team all-region 

Personal:
  • Born in Reno, Nevada
  • Major is Economics
  • Has one sister
  • Parents are Steve and Dana Casazza of Reno, Nevada

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    XC, Distance
    5'5"
  • 2017Sophomore

    XC, Distance
    5'5"
  • 2018Redshirt Sophomore

    XC, Distance
    5'5"
  • 2019Redshirt Junior

    XC, Distance
    5'5"