Biography
CAREER RESULTS
Career Accolades
All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team – 3,000m Steeplechase (2025)
D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024-25)
2x Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll (2025^, 2026) (^Perfect 4.00 GPA)
AS A JUNIOR (2026)
INDOOR
Competed in two of the Moccasin's five indoor meets ... saw action in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m .... top individual finish was 12th at the ACSEC Invitational in the 3,000m ... top times included 4:39.41 (mile), 9:06.84 (3,000m) and 15:56.13 (5,000m).
OUTDOOR
Competed in five of the Moccasins’ nine outdoor meets … competed in the 1,500m and 3,000m Steeplechase … top individual finish was a second-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Fire Invitational… earned two other top-10 finishes in the steeplechase at the ERAU Running Elements Classic (6th) and the Sunshine State Conference Championships (8th) … secured the second-best 3,000m steeplechase time of 2026 on the FSC roster ... top season times included 4:04.98 (1,500m) and 9:31.48 (3,000m Steeplechase).
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.
