Chris Spadaro

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Holland, Pa.
High School:
Council Rock South

Career Results

2017 Outdoor: Represented Pitt in the long jump, triple jump, and anchored the 4x100m relay at the ACC Outdoor Championships (May 12) … Placed ninth overall in long jump (7.18m) and helped the 4x100m relay team place fourth (41.09) at ACCs … Leaped to 7.29m and a wind-assisted 7.36m in long jump at the Virginia Challenge, placing second (April 21) … Posted a season-best 15.06m in triple jump at the Virginia Challenge, placing eighth … Won long jump at the Akron – Campbell Wright open at 6.83m (May 5) … Set a personal record of 11.18 in the 100m dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 17) … Seven top-10 finishes.

2016-17 Indoor: Claimed first win of his career at the YSU College Invite (Jan. 20), championing the triple jump at 14.61m ... Leaped to a personal record of 15.18m in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 27), finishing second … Finished fourth in the long jump at the same event with a season-best mark of 7.14m … Placed 10th in the long jump (7.11m) and 11th in the triple jump (14.73m) at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25).

2014 Outdoor: Acheived three Outdoor personal bests at the UNC Relays: 100M (11.29), 200m (22.93), and triple jump (13.19M) ... Posted a 6.83m effort in the long jump at the Bison Classic ... Finished the 4x400m relay at the Raleigh Relays in 3:25.87.

2013-14 Indoor: Placed second in the men's long jump (6.65m) and fourth in the triple jump (13.87m) at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala ... Also competed in the men's 60m dash (7.25) and the 200m dash (22.84) at the same meet ... Triple jump, 60m, and 200m were all personal bests ... Set his PR in the long jump at the ACC Championships (7.12m) ... Set his top mark in the 400m at the YSU National Invite (52.06).

High School: Spadaro is the indoor school record holder for the long jump and triple jump at Council Rock South ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... First team SOL national long jump and second team SOL national triple jump ... SOL national champion in the long jump ... Competed at the Penn Relays in the long jump ... Competed at the New Balance indoor and outdoor nationals ... Finished in seventh-place at the indoor states in the triple jump as a junior ... Started competing in track and field as a sophomore ... Member of the national honor society ... Member of the national English Honor Society ... Member of the future business leaders of America ... Intermural soccer coach and three-year varsity soccer player.

Personal: Son of Ruth and Michael Spadaro ... Has one brother, Michael, who currently attends Johns Hopkins University ... Dual major in marketing and supply chain management ... Once touched the Great Pyramids of Egypt.