COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800m – 1:48.30, 1K – 2:23.13, 1500m – 3:47.88
COLLEGIATE RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic team (‘24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Qualified to the NCAA East Region Prelims in the 800m in his first collegiate outdoor campaign.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Ran the 1500m in his outdoor opener, going 3:47.88…Also ran the 800m in 1:49.28. Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/5-6): Finished fourth in the 800m, stopping the clock in 1:48.43, his outdoor season-best. NCAA East Region Prelims (5/22-25): Made his first appearance in NCAA competition, finishing 46th in the region in the 800m.
2024 Indoor
Season: Scored a point with an eighth-place finish in the 800m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in his true freshman season.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Clocked a 2:23.13 in the 1K in his collegiate debut, finishing third overall. Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Ran a 1:48.85 in the 800m for ninth overall, bouncing back after a tough outing in his 800m debut in Michigan. Penn State Tune-Up (1/16): Set his 800m PR with a 1:48.30. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Finished eighth in the Big Ten in the 800m in his freshman season with a 1:50.48 in the finals following a 1:48.62 in the event prelims.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 400m – 48.33, 800m – 1:48.31, Mile – 4:13.95
Competed at United Local High School where he set Ohio indoor and outdoor records at the 800m distance…Owns two OHSAA outdoor and one indoor state titles in the 800m…2023 Nike Outdoor National Champion in the 800m…2023 Nike Indoor National Runner-Up in the 800m…Won the emerging elite mile at the 2023 Nike Outdoor National meet…Three-time state qualifier in track & field…Three-time state qualifier in cross country…Five-time All-Ohio Athletic honoree…Owns eight school records at his high school, seven on the track and one in cross country…Member of the honor roll all four years of high school…Was a member of the Boy Scouts of America.
PERSONAL
Son of Matthew and Sarah Nastari…Has one brother, Zachary…Enjoys basketball, golf, swimming, bike riding, target practice, hiking, and video games…Studying kinesiology at Penn State…Chose Penn State because of “its great academics and athletics.”