Nina Pizzo - Women's Track and Field - University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

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Nina Pizzo

Nina Pizzo

Position:

Distance
Class:

Graduate Student
Highschool:

Divine Child
Hometown:

Southgate, Mich.

Summary
Media
Historical

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:

4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
Horizon League Sportsmanship Award Indoor Track (2025)
Titan Club Award (2025)

2025 Outdoor:

Redshirted

2024-25 Indoor:

Ran 5:14.26 for seventh in the mile at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational
Recorded a 47-second personal best as she was first in the 3,000m in 10:33.56 at the SVSU Classic
Clocked a 5:13.35 for sixth in the mile at the Akron Invitational
Was eighth in the mile in a career-low 5:08.62, the 11th-best run in school history, at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
Finished ninth in the mile (5:11.20) and was part of the fourth-place distance medley relay at the Horizon League Championships

2024 Outdoor:

Recorded a PR in the 3,000m (11:20.95) for sixth at the Chippewa Challenge
Ran 5:12.23 for 17th in the 1,500m at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
Posted a personal record 4:58.09 for 25th in the preliminary of the Horizon League Championships

2023-24 Indoor:

Finished 12th in the 3,000m in 11:26.89 at the SVSU Classic
Tallied a career-best 2:31.71 for 20th and was 10th in the mile at 5:26.66 at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
Posted a PR in the 5,000m (19:40.66) for 16th at the Akron Invitational
Ran a career-best 5:24.53 for 18th in the mile at the Horizon League championships

2023 Outdoor:

Did not participate

2022-23 Indoor

Personal record in the mile at Akron

2022 Outdoor

Did not compete

2022 Indoor:

PR in 800m (2:33.15) at the Akron Invitational
PR in the mile at GVSU Big Meet (5:42.60)

Prior to Detroit Mercy:

Earned letters in cross country, track and soccer
All-Region and All-Catholic as a junior and senior
Named the cross country Rookie of the Year and All-State Academic in 2019
Helped her team to two-straight Catholic League championships
A member of the National Honor Society

Personal:

Daughter of Fara and Joe Pizzo
Has a younger brother and two younger sisters
Chose Detroit Mercy because it is a smaller school and provides a great sense of community
A Bio-Chemistry major

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