2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS
Earned three All-BIG EAST honors in 2025, including two outdoors and one indoors ... Anchored the 4x400 meter relay to bronze medal performances at the BIG EAST Championships both indoors and outdoors, with his split of 47.61 in the indoor race a personal best for the 400 meter leg of a relay ... Also was the bronze medalist in the individual 400 meters at the 2025 indoor conference meet where he tallied a PR of 48.14 during the preliminary heats ... Recorded PRs in the 200 meters (22.14), 400 meters and 500 meters (1:03.85) in 2025 ... Won a Penn Relays title running the 400 meter leg of the team's Championship of America distance medley relay in 2024 ... Six-time BIG EAST scorer during his career ... Two-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in all five of his semesters on campus.
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| PERSONAL BESTS |
| 200 Meters |
22.14 |
Eagle Elite Invitational (2.14.2025) |
| 400 Meters (relay) |
47.61 |
BIG EAST Championsihps (3.1.2025) |
| 400 Meters (open) |
48.14 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.28.2025) |
| 400 Meter Hurdles |
55.95 |
Virginia Challenge (4.20.2024) |
| 500 Meters |
1:03.85 |
Quaker Invitational (1.18.2025) |
| 800 Meters |
2:02.99 |
High School |
| 1600 Meters |
4:56.82 |
High School |
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| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2025 INDOOR |
| All-BIG EAST |
400 Meters |
| All-BIG EAST |
4x400 Meter Relay (Anchor) |
| 2024 OUTDOOR |
| Penn Relays Champion |
Distance Medley Relay (400 Meters - 47.67) |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024 |
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| CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS |
| 2025Â INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
| February 28 |
400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) |
48.14 |
4th |
| March 1 |
400 Meters (Final) |
48.29 |
3rd |
| March 1 |
4x400 Meter Relay (Anchor) |
3:15.06 |
3rd |
| 2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
| February 23 |
400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) |
48.86 |
8th |
| February 24 |
400 Meters (Final) |
48.61 |
5th |
| February 24 |
4x400 Meter Relay (Anchor) |
3:14.33 |
4th |
| 2023 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
| May 12 |
400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) |
49.40 |
13th |
| May 13 |
4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) |
44.03 |
7th |
| 2023 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
| February 24 |
200 Meters |
23.07 |
17th |
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Cistercian Preparatory School: Earned a total of 12 varsity letters across five sports during his scholastic career ... Five of his varsity letters came in cross country (three) and track & field (two) ... Three-year member of the baseball team as a center fielder ... Played basketball and golf for two years each ... Two-time cross country team MVP as a sophomore and a senior after being named the team's Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... Two-time all-conference basketball player as a junior and a senior ... Was the basketball Newcomer of the Year was a junior and the team MVP as a senior ... Member of the Cum Laude Society as a senior.
Personal: Born 12/17/03 in Dallas, Texas ... One of two children of Chris and Kate Rakowitz ... Has a twin sister, Abby ... Enjoys playing ping pong and cornhole in his spare time ... Chose to attend Villanova beacuse it is a great Catholic school that will set him up for success in his career beyond his four years on campus ... Mechanical Engineering major.
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