Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (XC) Placed 3rd in the 8K at Mets XC Championships with time of 25:03.4. (ITF) Won 3K and ran PR of 8:10.08 at Rutgers Holiday Classic, competed at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships in both the 4x8 and mile, made it to mile finals at the same meet. (OTF) Ran 800m PR of 1:50.11 at Sam Howell Invitational, ran 1500m PR of 3:40.87 at Wake Forest Invitational, competed on 4x8 team at Penn Relays, competed in 1500m finals and scored in 5th place at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships, also ran and scored 4th place on 4x8 team at the same meet, went on to compete in 1500m at NCAA East First Round.

2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Ran a personal best 8k time of 23:42.7 at Lehigh Paul Short Run, finishing 57th (Sept. 30) … Completed a 5.2m with time of 26:17.9 at Penn State National Open (Oct. 14) … Earned a PR 10k time of 31:43.1, finishing 100th at the NCAA D1 Northeast Cross Country Championships (Nov. 11) … (ITF): Competed in the NYC Gotham Cup, earning a 1st place finish in the 1000m with time 2:23.00 (Jan. 20) … Participated in the Dr.Sander Invite 1500m and mile, placing 8th in both events … Ran mile with time 4:01.81 and ran 1500m with time 3:44.38 (Jan. 27-28)

- 2022 NCAA Outdoor East Prelims Qualifier (1,500m)
- 2022 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 Second Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (1,500m)
- 2022 Ivy League Indoor Heps Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 Second Team Indoor All-Ivy League (One Mile)

2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Clocked a personal best 3.73 Mile time of 20:06.1 at the Stony Brook Invitational (Sep. 4) in first collegiate race ... Ran a personal best 8K time of 25:57.3 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sep. 24) ... (ITF) Ran anchor leg to lock up the Ivy League Indoor Championship in the 4x800m, clocking a time of 7:30.33 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Earned first team All-Ivy League Indoor honors (4x800m) ... Took second with a time of 4:03.64 in the one mile at the Ivy League Indoor Heps ... Earned second team All-Ivy League Indoor honors (one mile) ... Finished first in seven different races across the indoor season ... Took first in the 3,000m (8:40.61/PR) and the 4x800m (7:52.40) at the Bill Ward Invite (Dec. 4) to open the season ... Posted a PR in the one mile with a time of 4:01.40 to finish first at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) ... (OTF) Ran anchor leg in 4x800m that won the Ivy League Outdoor Heps Championship (May 7-8) ... Earned first team All-Ivy League outdoor honors (4x800m) ... Took second in the 1,500m with a time of 4:00.11 at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps ... Earned second team All-Ivy League outdoor honors (1,500m) ... Ran 3:48.61 in the 1,500m at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Prelims (May 25-28) ... Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims with a 1,500m PR time of 3:42.22 for an eighth-place finish at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 22-23).

2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19)

High School: Letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at Smithtown High School West in Smithtown, New York ... 2020 New York State Champion in the 1,000-Meter Run ... 2020 Long Island Distance Runner of the Year ... Member of the 2019 Track Country Champions and the 2018 Cross Country County Champions ... Five-Time Country Champion (800m/1600m/1000m/5K [2019]; 1000m [2020]) ... 2019 Cross Country All-Long Island. 

Personal: Born, Michael Danzi, on Oct. 3, 2002 in Port Jefferson, New York ... Son of Melissa and Michael Danzi ... Has one sibling, Helena (15) ... Father graduated from Brown, Class of 1987 ... Enjoys playing ping pong ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Brown and from Binghamton ... Went with Columbia because "it is a great fit for me both academically and athletically" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Computer Science. 

Career Bests:
8K (XC) - 25:57.3
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown - Sep. 24, 2021
3.73M (XC) - 20:06.1
Stony Brook University XC Invitational - Sep. 4, 2021
Mile (Indoor) - 4:01.40
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
3000m (Indoor) - 8:40.61
Bill Ward Invitational - Dec. 4, 2021
1500m (Outdoor) - 3:42.22
Apr. 22-23, 2022