Micaela DeGenero

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Granville, Ohio
High School:
Granville
Position:
Distance
Major:
Computer Science

Last Updated: March 23, 2020

At Michigan
• Member of the 2018 Big Ten Cross Country Championship Team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2016-17)

Senior (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 2:09.98 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the Power Five Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)

Cross Country
• Ran 21:14.6 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 97th at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 23), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 2 runner.
• Earned All-Region honors by running 20:51.0 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 18th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 4 runner.
• Ran 21:10.7 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 31st at the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 3)
• Ran 21:08.0 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 69th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 19)
• Ran 21:14.82 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 11th at the Big Ten Preview (Sep. 28), coming in as the Wolverines' No. 4 runner.
• Ran 17:32.7 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 28th at the John McNichols Invitational (Sep. 21)
• Ran 18:36.2 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 14th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 30)

Junior (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 4:25.69 in the 1500 meter run for 29th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 23-25)
• Ran 4:21.40 in the 1500 meter run for 6th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12), scoring three team points for the Wolverines. Also ran a career-best 4:20.30 in the preliminaries.
• Ran 2:12.66 in the 800 meter run for 5th at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran a career-best 4:23.03 in the 1500 meter run for 4th at the Cardinal Classic (April 19-20) in section 2.
• Ran a career-best 2:07.69 in the 800 meter run for the win at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13). Also ran a leg of Michigan's winning 4x400 relay.
• Ran a career-best 4:25.45 in the 1500 meter run for the win at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30) in section five.
• Ran a career-best 2:08.45 in the 800 meter run for the win at the Black and Gold Invitational (March 22-23)and ran a career-best 4:28.17 in the 1500 meter run to finish 7th.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 2:08.57 in the 800 meter run for 7th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23) after running a career-best 2:08.33 in the prelims.
• Ran 2:11.33 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran a career-best 4:47.63 in the mile for 9th at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran 5:02.20 in the mile for 14th at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19)
• Ran 2:11.00 in the 800 meter run for 3rd at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12)

Cross Country
• Ran 18:20.8 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 20th at the Eastern Michigan Fall Classic (Oct. 19)
• Ran 18:12.6 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 9th at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29) in the open race.
• Ran 19:19.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 21st at the Michigan Open (Aug. 31)

Sophomore (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 2:11.69 in the 800 meter run to finish 5th at the Battle of the Blues (April 6)
• Ran a career-best 4:32.07 in the 1500 meter run to finish 12th at the Pac 12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 23-24) , after also running a let of the 4x400 relay, where the team ran 4:05.07 to finish 10th

Indoor Track & Field
• Scored three points with a career-best 2:09.66 in the 800 meter run to finish 6th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)after running a then-career-best 2:09.96 in the prelims.
• Ran 2:11.82 in the 800 meter run to win the competition at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)
• Ran 2:14.11 in the 800 meter run to finish 26th at the Husky Classic (Feb. 9-10)
• Ran 4:56.64 in the Mile to finish 18th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran 2:13.45 in the 800 meter run to finish 9th at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Ran 2:15.67 in the 800 meter run to finish 9th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Ran 18:33.6 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 11th at the Eastern Michigan Fall Classic (Oct. 20)
• Ran 22:23.1 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 73rd (open) at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 14)
• Ran 22:48.0 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 62nd at the Indiana Sam Bell Invitational (Sept. 30)
• Ran 18:40.4 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 27th at the Indiana State John McNichols Invitational (Sept. 9)
• Ran 19:04.7 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 24th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1) in her first collegiate race

Freshman (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Redshirted

Indoor
• Redshirted

Cross Country
• Redshirted

Prep

• Graduated from Granville High School (2016) as Valedictorian
• Cum Laude Society
• National Honor Society
• Four-year Honor Roll
• Spanish Honor Society President

Cross Country
• Sixth-place finisher in 2014 state meet
• Division II Central District Runner of the Year (2014)
• Two-time Licking County League Champion (2014-15)

Track and Field
• New Balance Nationals Outdoor Champion at one mile (2016)
• Also earned three other top-10 finishes at New Balance Outdoor Nationals (2015): at one mile (2016; eighth place) and as a member of 4x800-meter (eighth place) and 4x1600-meter (sixth place) relay teams (2015)
• Earned All-American honors and set the Ohio All-Time record with that sixth-place showing
• Three-time Individual State Champion (800-meters, 2014; 1,600-meters, 2015-16)
• Eight top-10 State performances, including five top-five showings
• School record-holder for indoor 800-meters; 1,600-meters; outdoor 800-meters and 1,600-meters and as a member of the indoor and outdoor 4x400 and 4x800-meter relay teams

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Undeclared Major
• Born April 12, 1998
• Daughter of Timothy and Margot DeGenero.

High School Personal Bests:
Indoor
400-meters -- 57.4
800-meters -- 2:13.97
1,600-meters -- 5:54.50

Outdoor
800-meters -- 2:10.99
1,600-meters -- 4:53.08

Cross Country
5K -- 18:20