Michael Ungvarsky

Duke Cross Country Headshots at Kennedy Tower in Durham, NC on September 1, 2021.

Position:
Distance
Height:
6-2
Weight:
0
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Cinnaminson, N.J.
High School:
Cinnaminson

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6451750/Duke/Mike_Ungvarsky.html

2021-22 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor

Clocked 8:55.43 in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional
Ran 3000m steeplechase personal best (8:46.16) at the ACC Championships, No. 5 in Duke history
Competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays

Indoor

Ran 5000m personal best (14:47.23) at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
Clocked a mile personal best of 4:08.54 at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet, good for seventh place
Ran 3000m personal best (8:20.00) at the Hokie Invite; Also competed on the DMR team that placed sixth with a time of 10:01.04

2021 XC: Opened the season at the Elon Opener (9/3), where he ran his 6K in a PR of 18:17.1 to place sixth overall and help the Duke men win the event… Earned 29th place after running the 8K course at the Battle of Beantown (9/24) in 25:01.6… Established an 8K personal best mark of 24:09.1 at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals, good for 85th place…Clocked 24:32.3 to finish 41st at the ACC Championships (10/29) … Ended the season at the NCAA Southeast Regional (11/12), posting a PR time in the 10K of 31:21.3 to finish 87th in the field.

2020 XC: Named a team captain prior to his senior season ... competed at two meets during the fall campaign ... finished 18th overall at the Virginia Tech Invitational (9/25), running his 8K in 25:30.9 ... clocked a personal-record 8K time of 24:49.5 at the Panorama Farms Invitational (10/16) to finish 22nd.

2019 XC: Ran in six races during the fall campaign ... opened the season at the Elon Opener (8/30), where he posted an 8th-place finish with a 6K time of 18:36.4 ... finished 13th at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/28) with an 8K time of 25:10.9 ... ran his 8K in 26:31.9 at the ACC Championships (11/1) ... finished the season by winning the Hokie Open (11/8) with a 6K time of 18:37.5.

2018-19 T&F: Competed at four meets during the indoor season … finished second with a personal best time of 14:57.67 in the 5000m at the Hokie Invite (1/18) … clocked a PR time of 10:22.66 in the distance medley relay at the Camel City Invitational (2/1), placing second … ran in the 3000m steeplechase and the 1500m throughout the outdoor campaign … earned third with the 4x1500m relay team at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) with a time of 15:50.14 … registered a second-place time of 9:09.24 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Battle of the Blues (4/6) … finished 13th at the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/9) in the 3000m steeplechase (9:15.11).

2018 XC: Opened his season with a seventh-place overall finish in the Elon Opener (8/31), posting a time of 18:58 as the third Blue Devil to cross the finish line to help Duke secure a second-place team finish … competed in the Roy Griak Invitational (9/29), recording an 8K time of 25:42.0 in the 33rd annual event … ran to an 8K PR time of 24:55.3 at the ECU Pirate Invitational (10/12), finishing eighth.

2017-18 T&F: Competed in four events during the indoor season and six competitions during the outdoor campaign … opened the indoor season with an eighth place finish in the mile run at the Carolina Cup (1/13), posting a time of 4:19.39 … finished in fifth place in the 3,000m run at the Outdoor Opener (3/24), recording a time of 8:40.03 … helped the 4x1,500m relay B team to a ninth-place finish at the Raleigh Relays (3/31), recording a time of 16:33.02 … placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Battle of the Blues (4/6), clocking a time of 9:11.10, his fastest of the season … qualified for the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase, finishing 21^st with a time of 9:29.26.

2017 XC: Participated in five races during the fall campaign of his freshman season … secured a fourth-place overall finish in the first race of his collegiate career, posting a 6K time of 18:24 at the Bull City Classic (9/1) to help the Blue Devils earn a first-place shutout victory … finished eighth overall at the Winthrop Invitational (9/16) with an 8K time of 26:02.58 as Duke claimed a first-place team victory … eclipsed a personal-best 8K time at the ECU Pirates Invite (10/13) with a time of 25:08.73, helping the Blue Devils secure a first-place team victory … posted an 8K time of 25:39.2 at the ACC Championships (10/27).

Prior to Duke: Lettered for four years in cross country and track and field under the guidance of Dan Fourney at Cinnaminson High School…Group 2 New Jersey Cross Country State Champion in 2016…Named 2016 South Jersey Cross Country Runner of the Year and Burlington County Cross Country Runner of the Year…Cross Country All-County in 2015 and 2016…Cross Country Third-Team All-Northeast in 2015…Group 2 New Jersey State Champion in the 3,200m in 2016…Track and Field First-Team All-South Jersey in 2017…Ran in the Indoor Track and Field Nationals and the Outdoor Track and Field Nationals in 2016…Also lettered in basketball and tennis…Student Council historian…Attended American Legion Jersey Boys State…Named Cinnaminson’s Most Athletic.

Personal: Born April 13, 1999…Has one brother, Tommy, and two sisters, Rachel and Ashley…Mother, Kathleen swam at Penn State.