COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 400m – 47.85, 600m – 1:16.53, 800m – 1:47.25
CAREER AWARDS, RECORDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Second Team All-American (’24 indoor 800m)
2x Big Ten Bronze Medalist (‘23 outdoor 4x400, ’24 indoor 600m)
1x Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (‘23)
1x Academic All-Big Ten (’24)
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (’24)
RECORDS:
No. 5 in school history in the indoor 800m (1:47.25)
2024 Indoor
Season: Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 800m…Qualified to the NCAA indoor championships with the fifth-fastest 800m time in Penn State history…Won Big Ten bronze in the 600m.
Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Set his 600m PR with a 1:16.53, claiming third place. David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10): Finished 16th in a large field of top 800m talent with a 1:48.47. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Blazed to a 1:47.25 PR in the 800m, dropping his lifetime PR by over a full second…His mark qualified him for the NCAA Championships and was the fifth-fastest 800 time in school history. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Claimed Big Ten bronze in the 600m with a 1:16.59 in the event finals…Added a 1:49.99 in the 800m prelims, good for 13th in the conference. NCAA Indoor Championships (3/7-9): In the 800m prelims, he posted a 1:49.99 to place 13th in the country in his first NCAA Championship appearance, collecting Second Team All-America recognition.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Helped his 4x400 squad to a bronze medal finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in his freshman outdoor campaign…Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims for the first time in his career.
Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/25): Clocked a 48.36 in the 400 for a tenth-place finish. LSU Lloyd Willis Invitational (4/8): Ran a 1:49.03 in the 800 for fourth place overall. Virginia Challenge (4/20-22): Ran a season-best 1:48.65 in the 800, a mark that would qualify him for the NCAA East Prelims in his first collegiate season. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Ran in the 4x400 at the Big Ten Championships, pushing his squad to a 3:06.91 finish for third place in the conference…Set a 400-meter PR with a 47.85, good for 15th in the Big Ten. NCAA East Prelims (5/25-27): Concluded his first outdoor campaign with the Blue & White by running the 800 in his first-ever NCAA East Prelims.
2023 Indoor
Season: Set PRs in the 600m and 800m, finished ninth in the 600-meter run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Penn State National Open (1/27-28): Ran a 1:17.31 in the 600m, finishing third…Took to the track with the 4x400 relay squad, crossing the line first overall with a 3:12.34. Sykes & Sabock Invitational (2/4): Posted a personal-best 1:48.29 in the 800m to finish third behind teammates Handal Roban and Olivier Desmeules. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Finished one place out of a spot in the final in the 600m, coming in ninth in the conference with a 1:17.64.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 400m - 48.46*, 800m - 1:50.50*
*indicates school record
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Central Bucks West high school...Named team captain junior and senior year 2020-2022...Chosen Team MVP sophomore, junior and senior year 2019-22...Won 2021 cross country Suburban One League team championship...State runner-up in the indoor and outdoor 800m senior year 2022...State runner-up in the outdoor 4x400m relay senior year 2022...Picked second-team PIAA and PFTCA all-state senior year in track 2022...Named third-team PIAA all-state in 2021 for track...Three-time Surburban One all-league in track as first team in 2021-22 and second team in 2020...Honorable mention Suburban One all-league in cross country senior year 2021...Five-time school record holder in indoor and outdoor 800m, 400m, 4x400m relay, and DMR...Team placed third in PFTCA Indoor meet senior year 2022.
PERSONAL
Parents are Sheryl and John Fitzgerald...Father John competed for Siena College track & field...Has one sister: Brandi Andreas...Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies at Penn State…Born in Pennsylvania.