University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times

Career Highlights:

• Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2025)
• Horizon League Indoor Alfreeda Goff Athlete Of The Year (2026)
• The Top Performance Award (2026)
• School Record Holder - Long Jump (7.58m)

2026 Outdoor:

• Tallied nine top-three performances on the year across three events, winning the long jump three times
• Won the long jump at the Horizon League Championships with a mark of 7.49 meters, just the third Titan to win the event and the first since 2007, ranking 11th in the NCAA Great Lakes Region and 58th in the NCAA East qualifying list
• Also scored on the third-place 4x100 that posted the fifth-best time in school history at 41.55
• Was sixth at the Drake Relays in the long jump at 7.23m and ran a leg on the seventh-place 4x200
• Posted a win in the long jump at 7.08m, was fifth in the 100m with a season-best 10.96, and ran a leg on the third-place 4x100 at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Registered a win in the long jump at 6.92m, was third in the 200m in a season-best 22.08, and was on the runner-up 4x100 at the Chippewa Challenge
• Started the outdoor campaign leaping 7.34m in the long jump for a win and was on the second-place 4x100 at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite

2025-26 Indoor:

• Named the Horizon League Indoor Alfreeda Goff Athlete Of The Year, the first time in school history in the indoor season, and just the fourth overall in school history, following Matt Groh (2003), Colin Cashner (2015), and Ben Kendell (2019)
• Recorded seven top-three finishes among three events, with three wins
• Posted his best effort of a league-best 7.58 meters in the long jump at Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational, a school record, and ended 51st in the nation
• Earned gold in the long jump at Michigan's Silverston Invitational with a mark of 7.34m and was also second in the triple jump at 12.59m
• Won the long jump at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial with a leap of 7.22m, and was again second in the triple jump at 13.36m
• Claimed runner-up in the long jump at the SVSU Classic, leaping 6.72m
• Started his collegiate career running 7.07 in the 60m for 21st and a pair of fifth-place efforts with marks of 6.84 in the long jump and 13.29 in the triple jump

Prior to Detroit Mercy:

• Earned varsity letters in basketball, football, and track and field
• A two-time state qualifier and was All-State in the long jump as a junior, taking third place
• Also won the long jump in the regionals as a junior and was All-Oakland County
• Left his high school as the record holder in the long jump
• Was also All-State in football and basketball

Personal:

• Son of Jodi Caruso and Walter DeCasas
• His dad played basketball at Chico State
• Has two older brothers and an older sister
• Chose Detroit Mercy because of the academics
• A Biology major