Skip To Main Content
Montclair State Logo

Scoreboard

Montclair State University Athletics

OFFICIAL SITE OF RED HAWKS ATHLETICS

2022-2023 Men's Indoor Track and Field Roster

Derek Pezo

  • Position Sprints / Hurdles
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Totowa, NJ
  • High School Passaic Valley

Biography

2022-23 SEASON: Career-low time of 39.38 in the 300 at the Seahawk Shootout on December 9...notched a season-low time of 55.53 in the 400 at the NYU DIII Invitational on February 3...took 22nd in the 400 (56.98) at the NJAC Indoor Championships.

2021-22 SEASON: Notched season-low times in the 60-hurdles (9.29) and 500-meter (1:15.44) at the NYC Gotham Cup...career-low time of 57.13 in the 400 at the Monmouth Winter Invitational.

2019-2020 SEASON: Made collegiate debut at the Fastrack Season Opener on December 6...notched a season-low time in the 60-hurdles (9.3) at the NYC Division III Invitational on January 31...placed 13th in the 60-hurdles (9.49) at the Frank Colden Invitational on February 8.

Personal/High School: Public and Professional Writing major...son of Hallder and Ellen Pezo...has one brother, Adam...mother Ellen played field hockey at Elizabethtown...First Team All-Conference (all-around) and Second Team All-Conference (110-hurdles) in high school...holds a First Degree Black Belt in Goshin-Ryu...favorite athlete is Karsten Warholm.

COLLEGIATE INDOOR BESTS
 
60 Hurdles 9.30 NYC Division III Invitational 1/31/2020
300 Meters 39.38 Seahawk Shootout 12/9/2022
400 Meters 55.53 NYU DIII Invitational 2/3/2023
500 Meters 1:15.44 NYC Gotham Cup 1/21/2022