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2022 Men's Track

Mitchell Kozik

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 150
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Wadsworth, Ohio
  • Highschool Archbishop Hoban

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

AS A SENIOR (2022)
USTFCCCA All-South Region (3000m SC) … competed in nine meets for the Mocs … earned six top-10 finishes … posted the fourth and fifth victories of career in the steeplechase at the Lee Invitational and the UNF Invitational … took second in the steeplechase at the UCF Knights Invite as well as the 400m hurdles at the Sunshine State Meet … posted the top-five best steeplechase times for the Mocs this season … lowered his school record in the steeplechase by just under a second at the Knights Invitational with a time of 9:18.45 … lowered it again by nearly four seconds at the UNF Invitational with a time of 9:14.85 … lowered it for the final time at the Lee Last Chance Meet by over eight seconds to 9:06.49 … also earned the fourth best time in program history which would have broken the record entering 2022 at 9:18.75 at the Flames Invitational … posted the third best 400m hurdles time in program history and tops since 2009 at 59.57 while placing second at the Sunshine State Meet … turned in the third best 3000m time in 2022 at 8:44.68 at the Tampa Track Classic … had the ninth best 5000m time of the season at 15:09.22 at the Tampa Distance Classic.
 
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021)
Competed in five meets for the Mocs … earned five top-10 finishes … finished in the top-seven in every race in which he entered … earned third individual victory of career at the Spikes Classic in the 3000m steeplechase … picked up a pair of second place finishes in the steeplechase as well as the 5000m … final two top-10 finishes were a fourth place finish in the 4x400m and a seventh place showing in the 5000m … broke his own school record in the 3000m steeplechase at the UNF Invitational with a time of 9:19.21 … also earned the ninth fastest steeplechase time in program history at the Spikes Classic with a mark of 9:44.24 … posted the fifth and eighth best 5000m times of the season with the fifth coming at the Tampa Invitational with a time of 14:56.02 … had the seventh fastest 3000m time on the season at 8:59.26 … part of the second best 4x400m relay team on the year with a time of 3:44.10 at the Tampa Invitational which ranks seventh all-time.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2020)
Competed in four meets for the Mocs during the CoVID-19 shortened season … earned four top-10 finishes … best finish came at the Embry-Riddle First Chance Last Chance meet with a second place showing in the 3000m steeplechase … also earned top-10 finishes in the 1000m, 3000m and 4x400m relay … posted the top steeplechase time on the 2020 Mocs with the fifth fastest time in program history at 9:45.81 … earned the fourth fastest 5000m time on the team at 15:00.55 which occurred at the Tampa Track Classic #2 … had the seventh fastest 1000m time of the season at 2:48.67 at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge … ran the eighth fastest 3000m time of the year at the Indoor-Outdoor Challenge clocking in at 9:09.41.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019)
Competed in eight meets for the Mocs … earned eight top-10 finishes … picked up first two individual victories of his career in the 3000m steeplechase at the Embry-Riddle First Chance Last Chance as well as the UNF Spring Break Invitational … earned podium finishes in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the South Florida Collegiate Invitational with a second place finish in the 100m and third in the 400m … finished with the top-four 3000m steeplechase times for the team on the year … broke his own school record at the UNF Spring Break Invitational with a time of 9:40.00 … lowered his school record by just over two seconds at the Florida Relays one week later with a time of 9:37.98 … also ran the second fastest steeplechase time in program history at the Bison Outdoor Classic with a mark of 9:39.59 … posted the third fastest 800m time of the season at 2:06.23 at the First Chance Last Chance Meet … ran the third fastest 1000m time of the season at 2:45.64 at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge … turned in the third fastest 3000m time of the season at the Indoor-Outdoor Challenge in 9:15.28 … finished with the fifth and eighth best 5000m times of the season with a low of 15:16.40 at the Tampa Track Classic … had the eighth fastest 1500m time of the season at 4:17.37 which occurred at the South Florida Collegiate … part of the top 4x400m relay team which posted the fifth fastest time in program history of 3:44.65 at the South Florida Collegiate.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
Competed in six meets for the Mocs … earned four top-10 finishes … earned first collegiate track victory as part of the Distance Medley Relay at the Embry-Riddle First Chance Last Chance Meet with a time of 10:51.46 … top individual finish was fourth in the 3000m steeplechase at both the Spikes Classic and the UNF Invitational … set the school record in the steeplechase at the UNF Invitational with a time of 9:43.71 … part of the second fastest DMR in program history at 10:51.46 … ran the seventh and ninth best times in the 3000m in 2018 for the Mocs with a best of 9:14.79 … posted the 10th best 5000m time of the season at 15:40.75.

HIGH SCHOOL
2017 graduate of Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio ... ran cross country and track ... helped lead team to North Coast League championship ... named to Honor Roll as a junior ... Personal Best Times: 1600 (4:33); 3200 (10:10); 5K (16:38)

PERSONAL
Son of Jim and Diane Kozik ... sister, Mary, ran cross country for Ave Maria University ... lists Cleveland Cavaliers as his favorite professional team and Kyle Mack as favorite athlete ... enjoys cars, snowboarding, and running.

Historical Player Information

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  • 2019Sophomore

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  • 2020Junior

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  • 2022Graduate Student

    6'2" 150 lbs

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