Birthday: 01/21/95 Mile PR: 3:54.31 - 2022 (indoors)
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:34.57 - 2021
High School: Perry Hall HS (MD) '13
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
College: Virginia Tech '18
Current Residence: Eugene, OR
Team: Oregon Track Club
Rising star Vincent Ciattei won his first national title at the 2022 Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines, clocking 4:04 (4:03.2).
In 2021, he won the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile in Pittsburgh, tying the event record (3:59), finished third at the Downtown Yakima Mile (3:56) and was a 1500m finalist at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
At Virginia Tech, Ciattei was the 2018 NCAA 1500m and indoor Mile runner-up and with his Hokie teammates, also won the NCAA Indoor Distance Medley Relay and the National 4x800 Relay Championships.
In high school at Perry Hall, he won Maryland state titles in the Mile & 3200m (indoors) and 800m & 1600m (outdoors).
Photo credit: Kevin Morris
National championship race awards $25,000 with $5000 to each USA champion
From Drake Relays
DES MOINES — The Grand Blue Mile presented by Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield returned to downtown Des Moines on a beautiful Tuesday evening, for the first time since 2019, and the event again hosted...
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Past race champions Murphy, Lipari, Follett returning to the streets of Des Moines; $25,000 prize purse with $5000 for each national champion
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Women’s race champion clocks fastest Mile on Washington state soil to collect $5000 bonus
Race reports by Scott Spruill & Luke Thompson, Yakima Herald-Republic & BBTM
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