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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2021-22 Men's Track and Field

Bill Shearn

Justin Cornetta

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Flemington, N.J.
  • Highschool Hunterdon Central

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

PERSONAL RECORDS

800m: 1:52.73
1,000m: 2:24.49
1,500m: 3:45.87
Mile: 4:02.96

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (1,000m)
2019 XC Ivy League Heps Team Champion

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Outdoor 1,500m: 10th ... 2021 ... 3:45.87
Outdoor Mile: 8th ... 2021 ... 4:05.45
 

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Competed in six meets, all in distance events
  • Took second place with a personal-best time in the 800m at the Big Five meet, clocking a time of 1:52.73
  • Registered a career mark in the 1,500m at the Temple Invitational, crossing the finish line at 3:45.87 to move him into 10th in program history
  • Wrapped up season at the TCNJ Last Chance meet, taking second in the mile with a career-best mark of 4:05.45 that moved him into eighth in program history
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
OUTDOOR 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in five meets during the indoor season, including a runner-up finish in the 1,000m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1).
  • Earned second-team All-Ivy honors in the 1,000m at Heps with a career-best time of 2:27.45. 
  • Entered the Heps final with the second-best time of all the prelim races, finishing in 2:29.71.
  • Placed sixth in the mile at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 1) with a career-best time of 4:07.38.
  • Finished fifth at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 18) with a mile time of 4:08.63.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Raced three times during the cross country season.
  • Finished a season-best 80th at the Paul Short Run, finishing the 8K in 25:25.1.
  • Also ran at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 19) and Main Line Invitational (Sept. 20).
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Appeared in seven meets throughout the outdoor season, running primarily the 1,500m.
  • Advanced to the finals of the 1,500m at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5), running a season-best time of 3:49.56.
  • Ran the 4x1500 relay at the Raleigh Relays (March 30).
  • Totaled three top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2019
  • Ran in five meets during the indoor season, appearing in the 1,000m, the mile, the 3,000m, 5,000m and the 4x400 relay.
  • Scored in the Harvard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) with a third-place finish in the 1,000m with a season-best time of 2:29.09.
  • Also notched a third-place finish in the mile at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12).
  • Totaled three top-five finishes.
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
  • Ran three races, placing in the top 75 in each.
  • Opened 39th at the Bison Open and 47th at the Main Line Invitational.
  • Finished 75th at the Paul Short Run Open race.
High School: Placed fifth in the 1,500m at the 2018 Millrose Games Trials ... Sixth at the 2018 New Jersey State Meet of Champions in the 3,200m.

Personal: Son of Jackie and John Cornetta ... Father, John, played football at Fairfield ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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