Washburn University Athletics

Background: A transfer from the University of the Cumberlands where as a member of the cross country team he was a two-time NAIA National Championship qualifier earning first-team all-league honors in 2024 and second team all-league accolades in 2023 … raced in six meets as a sophomore with a season best 8k time of 24:53 at the NAIA Championships, placing 54th … placed seventh at the MSC Championships and 13th in the NAIA Appalachian Challenge … as a freshman he raced in seven meets … ran a personal best 8k time of 25:50.4 at the NAIA Great Lakes Challenge … placed third at the Berea/Centre Jamboree and eighth at the MSC Championships … ran a 26:32.9 at the NAIA Championships, placing 138th … during the track season as a freshman he was second team all-league in the 5K indoor and was part of a second-team all-league squad in the 4x800m relay … qualified for the NAIA national championships in the 3000m and the 10,000m as a sophomore and was academic all-league.

Personal: Son of Enrico Vaccari and Letizia Satta … has a sister, Emma … majoring in kinesiology.