UC Santa Barbara 2022 Track & Field - Ran at seven meets, winning the Big West Championship for the second straight year with his fastest steeplechase (8:53.51) ever, his third career Big West title
- Ended the year placing 33rd in the 10K (29:40.15) at the NCAA West prelims
- Set a personal-best in the 10K at the Stanford Invite of 28:52.01 while placing 2nd
- Won the steeple at the UCSB Invite with a time of 9:04.22
2021 Cross Country - Finished 2nd at the conference championships for the second straight year with a time of 23:43.5, leading UCSB to its first Big West Championship title since 2015
- Won the 8K at the Stump Invite with a time of 22:56.00 defeating two-time Big West Champion Jake Ritter of Cal Poly by 14.6 seconds
- Was named Big West Athlete of the Week for the sixth time in his career
- At NCAA West Regionals, he placed 20th with a time of 30:15.6 and was the top Big West athlete in the race
2021 Track & Field - Ran in six meets, ending his year by being crowned champion in the steeple with a time of 9:01.86, his second career individual Big West Championship
- At the conference finals, also placed 14th in the 1500m (4:02.88) and 19th in the 5K (14:59.83)
- Finished in 1st-place in the steeple at the Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet (9:16.88) and while setting a PR in the 5K at the Spring Break Invite (14:00.37)
- Set another personal-best at the Tri-Meet while taking 2nd in the 1500m (3:50.26)
2020 Track & Field 2019 Cross Country Competed in seven meets for his third season of country. Won the UCSB Lagoon Meet for the second year in a row to start of the season with an 8k time of 24:25.9, the fifth fastest clocking of all time and the second fastest by a Gaucho on that course. Followed that up with a win at the 39th Annual UCR Invitational in a personal best of 24:01.9, a whole minute and 18 seconds faster than the last time he ran that course as a freshman. Bested that clocking at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational where he clocked 23:55.1 to finish second overall, his first time under 24 minutes for 8k. Finished second at the Big West Conference Cross Country Championships in a time of 24:26.6, 15 places higher than where he finished in 2018 for First Team All Conference honors. Took 14th at the NCAA West Regional Championship two later in one of his greatest races as a Gaucho in cross country, clocking 30:02.5 for 10k to nab the final individual qualifying spot for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by just one tenth of a second. Concluded his season at his first ever trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships where he finished 190th in 32:52.2. 2019 Track & Field Competed in five meets for his second season of track. Finished third in the mile and second in the 3000m at the Gaucho Round-Up with respectives times of 4:17.17 and 8:37.19. Sat out for nearly two months nursing a low back injury, but came back at the Big West Challenge where he took third in the 3000m in 8:37.57. Set a personal best for 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational running 14:49.68. Also ran a personal best for 3000m a week later at the Cal Poly Dual where he finished seventh in 8:34.59. Concluded his season at the Big West Conference Championships by causing one of the biggest upsets of the meet by taking first pace in the 10000m with a personal best time of 30:49.22, dropping a sub-60 second last lap to win by just over half a second. 2018 Cross Country Ran in six meets for his second season of cross. Started the season off with two individual wins at the Mark Covert Invitational and the UCSB Lagoon Meet, running times of 24:41.0 and 24:53.5 respectively. Set a personal best for 8k at the Santa Clara University Bronco Invitational in 24:36.5 to finish 40th overall. Sickness would hamper the remainder of his season, but he would still wind up as the No. 3 scorer at the Big West Conference Championships to finish 17th in 25:22.7 to help the men finish second as a team. Concluded the year with a 31:43.2 clocking for 10k at the NCAA West Regional Meet to finish 104th. 2018 Track & Field Competed in eight meets for his first track season. Opened up with an 8:48.34 for 3000m at the Westmont/Pepperdine Tri Meet. Made his debut in the steeplechase at the Cal Poly/UC Riverside Tri Meet to take fourth in a time of 9:38.70. Set a personal best time of 3:58.41 for 1500m at the 40th Annual Aztec Invitational. Also set a personal best of 15:05.43 for 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Won his first collegiate race at the Cal Poly Dual where he took the steeplechase in a personal best clocking of 9:27.47. Finished the season with a seventh place finish at the Big West Conference Championships in the steeplechase in 9:38.97 2017 Cross Country Competed in five meets for his freshman campaign. Ran as the No. 5 scorer at the UC Riverside Invitational where he finished 69th overall in 25:19.5. Ran 25:14.0 to take 24th overall at the Big West Conference Championships. Capped off the season at the NCAA West Regional Meet where he finished 133rd in 32:19.8. Collegiate Bests - 1500m - 3:50.26 - 2021 Tri-Meet
- Mile - 4:17.17 - 2019 Gaucho Round-Up
- 3K - 8:34.59 - 2019 UCSB vs. Cal Poly
- 5K - 14:00.37 - 2021 Spring Break Invite
- 10K - 28:52.01 - 2022 Stanford Invite
- Steeple - 8:53.51 - 2022 Big West Championships
Big West Championships (Track) - 2022 - Steeple, 1st, 8:53.51
- 2021 - Steeple, 1st, 9:01.86
- 2021 - 1500m, 14th, 4:02.88
- 2021 - 5K, 19th, 14:59.83
- 2019 - 10K, 1st, 30:49.22
- 2018 - Steeple, 7th, 9:38.97
NCAA West Regionals (Track) - 2022 - 10k, 33rd, 29:40.15
Big West Championships (Cross Country) - 2022 - 8k, 2nd, 23:43.5
- 2021 - 8k, 2nd,
- 2019 - 8k, 2nd, 24:26.6
- 2018 - 8k, 17th, 25:22.7
- 2017 - 8k, 24th, 25:14.0
NCAA West Regionals (Cross Country) - 2019 - 10k, 14th, 30:02.5
- 2018 - 10k, 104th, 31:43.2
- 2017 - 10k, 133rd, 32:19.8
NCAA Championships (Cross Country) - 2019 - 10k, 190th, 32:52.2
Prep - Attended Ventura High School
- Helped his team win the division two team title his senior year at the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Finals where he placed ninth overall
- He would go on to place 12th overall as an individual at the Division Two Cross Country State Meet in a time of 15:36.7
- Coached by Tyree Cruz, Doug Petree, Ken Reeves, and Kory Anderson
Personal - Parents are Joe and Dani Randazzo
- Majoring in Environmental Studies
- Goals are to compete at the highest level he can achieve during his collegiate career
- Hobbies include hiking, camping, and the general outdoors
- Fun fact: almost chose football instead of cross country his freshman year of high school
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