New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2017: Led the Highlanders with an outstanding senior year. … in all seven meets he ran in, was the Highlanders top finisher. … after missing 2016 due to injury, finished the Lehigh Invite 6k time in 18:45, good for fourth place overall. … at the Ted Owens Invite placed seventh with a new course record time of 27:07 (over a minute faster than his previous best time on the 8k course). … placed first in the Highlander XC Challenge clocking in at 25:50.57 in the 8k race. … at the Metropolitan Championships finished in the top seven in the five mile race. … placed 14^th overall at the ASUN Championships with a season-best 25:19.4 time. … broke the Lehigh course at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals record by an NJIT runner with a time of 31:41 in the 10k race. It was also the first time an NJIT athlete ran the race in under 32 minutes. … at the ECAC/IC4A Championships ran a season-best 25:59.1 five mile, earning him All-East Conference recognition and his time ranks him third among NJIT runners all-time on the Van Cortlandt Park Course. … earned NJIT men’s cross country Outstanding Performer award. … ASUN Runner of the Week, 9/6 and 10/11. … NJIT Male Athlete of the Week for cross country on 10/9 and 11/20.

2016: Member of the NJIT men's cross country team.

2015: Competed in four meets for NJIT. ... top Highlanders finisher placing 15th at the Fordham Fiasco 5 mile run with a time of 28:11.31. ... placed 1st at the 12th Annual Technology XC Challenge finishing the 8k in 25:51.22. ... top finished for NJIT at the Princeton Invitational running a personal-best time on the 8k, 25:41.8. ... placed 20th at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships with a 26:14.01 8k time.

2014: The sophomore led the Highlanders in five of the seven meets he appeared in. ...ran a personal-best 25:47.85 during the 11th Annual Technology XC Highlander Challenge, placing 1st in Division I competition. ... placed 2nd in the SJU/Hofstra Fall Festival and the NJIT Classic. ...placed 1st and ran a personal best 16:25.95 at the Nick Russo Halloween Classic Technology 5k Challenge. ...finished 18th with a time of 26:29.2 during the IC4A Championships. ...selected NJIT Male Athlete of the Week (10/6). ... men's cross country Outstanding Performer award winner.

2013: Ran in five meets. ...ran his best 5k (16:43.50) at the St.John's-Hofstra Cross Country Fall Festival. ...ran his best 8k (26:59) at the Sam Howell Inviational. ...ran his best 10k (33:16) at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. ...ran 27:29.5 in the 2013 NJIT Classic for a 6th place finish, his highest finish of the season.

Prior to NJIT: Attended Rutherford High School. ... won the NJIC divisional championships in the 1600 and 3200, captured the Bergen County Championships 3200 and won the Bergen county Meet of Champions in 3200. ...qualified for State Groups and won the Bergen County XC group championships.

Personal: William Blake Brancato. ... son of William T. Brancato. ... business major.