Dan Mazzocco Class: Senior Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. High School: Baldwin Height / Weight: 5-10 / 143 Event: Distance Experience: SR

PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor: 1500, 3:53.60; Mile, 4:13.11; 3200, 9:05.68
Outdoor: 3000, 8:30.05; 5000, 14:18; 10,000, 29:41

NITTANY LION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
On the National Stage
Cross Country
2005: Finished 43rd at the NCAA Cross Country Meet to attain All-America status
2003: Won the Mid-Atlantic Regional and was voted Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Athlete of the Year
Indoor Track
2004: Ran a 30:23.8 in the 10,000 at the NCAA Championship to claim All-American status

At the Big Ten Championships
Cross Country
2003: Finished fourth at the Big Tens, earning All-Big Ten honors Indoor Track
2006: Finished 12th overall in the 3000 meter run at the indoor championships
Outdoor Track
2006: Placed fifth in the 10,000 meter run with a personal best time of 29:41 at the outdoor championships

Some of Mazzocco's other accomplishments
2006:
-Finished fifth in the mile at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge, helping the team to an overall victory
-Led off the season by taking second in the 1500 at the Jim Thorpe Meet (4:05.17)
-Took 6th place in the 1500 at the Penn Invitational (4:00.31)
-Took first place in the invitational 5000 at the Sea-Ray Relays (14:49.58)
-Ran a 30:36.26 in the 10,000 Penn Relays Distance Classic
-Took first in the 1500 at the Penn State Open (3:56.53)
2005:
-Redshirted the indoor and outdoor track seasons
2004:
-Finished second in the 3200 at the Army Invitational (9:05.68)
-Third in the mile at the Uconn/Princeton Tri-Meet
2003:
-Finished second in the 1500 at the Jim Thorpe
-Fourth in the 3000 (8:37.81) at the Princeton Quad Meet
-Eighth in the 5000 at the Penn Relays
-Took second in the 3000 at the USTCA Meet (8:52.43)

HIGH SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-A PIAA Champion in cross country and the 3200 in 2001 and 2002
-Also a champion in the 1600 in 2000 and 2001

Coach Sullivan states:
Truly one of Penn State's finest distance stars, Dan is primed for a super senior campaign. An All- American in Cross country, and a top Big Ten contender on the track, Dan will look for fast times, and top finishes each time he competes for the Blue and White.