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2023 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Roster

Derek Pezo

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

Biography

2023 SEASON: Placed seventh in the 400-hurdles at the Osprey Open (1:01.46)...finished 15th in the 400-hurdles (1:00.84) at the NJAC Outdoor Championships.

2022 SEASON: Placed eighth in the 400-hurdles (1:00.74) at the Osprey Open...career-low time of 58.22 in the 400-hurdles at the Widener Invitational.

2021 SEASON: Placed second in the 110-hurdles (19.47) and third in the 400-hurdles (1:03.61) at the Stockton Invite #2 on April 2...won the 400-hurdles (1:03.6) and took second in the 110-hurdles (17.04) at the Ramapo Mini Meet on April 9...grabbed second in the 110-hurdles (17.69) and third in the 400-hurdles (1:03.6) at the Stockton Invite #3.

2020 SEASON: Season was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Personal/High School: Public and Professional Writing major...son of Hallder and Ellen Pezo...has one brother, Adam...mother Ellen was a student-athlete 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 Grant Holloway.

COLLEGIATE OUTDOOR BESTS:
 
110-Hurdles 17.04 Ramapo College Mini Meet Apr. 9, 2021
400-Hurdles 58.22 Widener Invitational Apr. 22, 2022