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Central Connecticut State University Athletics
Joseph Gioielli
Joseph Gioielli
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Wolcott, CT
  • High School:
    Wolcott

Bio

Collegiate Personal Bests:
800 Meter Run: 1:50.56
1,000 Meter Run: 2:23.39
1,500 Meter Run: 3:56.25
One Mile Run: 4:18.83

2015 Cross Country: Earned All-Conference Honors, placing ninth at the Northeast Conference Championships (25:41.0)…Ran at NCAA Regionals and finished 142nd with a time of 33:09…Placed 2nd at CCSU Mini Meet with a time of 15:12.

2013 Outdoor Track: Named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team...Named NEC Track Rookie of the Week on April 23...Earned two third-place finishes at the NEC Outdoor Championships in the 800m run (1:54.69) and in the 4x800m relay in which the team crossed the line in an IC4A qualifying time of 7:40.70...Broke the CCSU record in the 800m at the New Balance Boston Twilight Meet on May 11 with his time of 1:50.56, claiming gold in the event...Also broke the CCSU record in the 4x800m relay event at the Penn Relays, the team crossed the finish line 13th of 31 teams in a time of 7:38.32...Placed first of 56 runners in the 800m at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational with his time of 1:52.63...Placed second and third at the Monmouth Season Opener in the 800m and the one mile run, respectively.

2013 Indoor Track: Named to the NEC All-Rookie team...Named NEC Track Rookie of the Week on Jan. 29...Named First Team All-NEC for his impressive performance at the NEC Indoor Championships in the 4,000m distance medley relay, the team crossed the finish line in 10:15.75 for the victory...Also placed third at the NEC's in the 800m run with his time of 1:53.06...Claimed gold and broke the CCSU record at the New England Indoor Championships in the 1,000m run, crossing the finish line in 2:23.39...Finished first of 20 in the 1,000m at the URI Invitational on Feb. 2...Also in the 1,000m, he placed fourth at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 18 with an IC4A qualifying time of 2:28.89...Finished third of 37 in the one mile at the Army Crowell Open with a time of 4:20.81.

2012 Cross Country: Competed in one meet, unattached, as a freshman...Placed 10th at the Quinnipiac Invitational with his time of 29:15.20.

Before Central: Competed in cross country and track at Wolcott High School...As a senior he was awarded All-State in outdoor track for the 800 meter, named All-New England for the 1000 meter in indoor track and ran in the New Balance Indoor and Outdoor Nationals...Named All-NVL in the 800 meter his junior and senior years for outdoor track...Also named All-NVL in the 1000 meter his senior year for indoor track.

News Mentions

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Blake Earns Fifth NEC Men's XC Coach of the Year Award

Central Connecticut's Eric Blake was named the 2015 NEC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year on Thursday afternoon by the leagues front office....

December 3, 2015

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Men's Cross Country Finishes 20th At NCAA Regionals

Junior Ryan Hertzog led the Blue Devils' men's cross country team to a 20th place finish at the 2015 NCAA Northeast Cross Country Regionals on...

November 13, 2015

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CCSU, Hertzog Claim First Place in Mini Meet on Friday

Hertzog wins second straight race at Stanley Park

October 23, 2015