Biography
CAREER RESULTS
Career Accolades
All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team – 3,000m Steeplechase (2025)
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25)
Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll (2025^) (^Perfect 4.00 GPA)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
INDOOR
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OUTDOOR
Competed in six of the Moccasins’ 11 outdoor meets … competed in the 800m, 2,000m Steeplechase, 3,000m, 3,000m Steeplechase, and 5,000m … top individual finish were a pair of third-place finishes in the 3,000m steeplechase including at the SSC Championships and at the ERAU Running Elements Classic… earned one other top-10 finish … ran the 10th-fastest 3,000m on the team in 2025 … claimed the sixth and eighth-best 3,000m steeplechase times on the squad … top season times included 2:05.71 (800m), 6:22.16 (2,000m Steeplechase), 9:18.58 (3,000m), 9:37.03 (3,000m Steeplechase), 15:39.19 (5,000m).
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
INDOOR
Competed in two of the Moccasins’ five indoor meets … saw action in the 1,000m and 5,000m … top individual finish came in the 1,000m as he finished ninth at the Florida Collegiate Invitational … top season times included 2:42.38 (1,000m) and 17:04.14 (5,000m).
OUTDOOR
Competed in six of the Moccasins’ nine outdoor meets … saw action in the 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m … top individual finish was fifth at the Bob Hayes Invitational in the 3,000m steeplechase … turned in the second, fourth and sixth-best steeplechase times on the squad in 2024 … top season times included 2:03.49 (800m), 4:28.41 (1,500m), 9:44.03 (3,000m steeplechase), and 15:46.18 (5,000m).
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at St. Augustine High School in St. Augustine, Fla. … member of the cross country and track teams at SAHS … recipient of the Tarek Odom Award for both cross country and track as a senior … given the Coaches Award for cross country as a junior … member of the National Honor Society … graduated Magna Cum Laude … posted personal bests of 4:35 in the 1,600m, 9:50 in the 3,200m and 16:18 in the 5K (XC).
PERSONAL
Son of Richard and Kelly Mantei ... has an older sister, Devin … sister, Devin, is a student at Florida Southern College … favorite professional sports team is the Golden State Warriors … favorite professional athlete is Cooper Teare … enjoys hanging out with friends and playing video games when not out running.
