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2022 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jack Fitzgerald

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kimberly, Wis.
  • Highschool Kimberly

Biography

2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor: Placed 10th at the Horizon League Championships in the 1500m with a time of 4:00.26 ... finished 14th in the event April 23 at the Illini Invitational with a season-best 3:58.77 ... took fifth at the Marquette Invite on April 10 ... opened outdoor season with a ninth-place finish at the Redbird Invite on April 2.

2022 Indoor: Placed ninth at the Horizon League Championships in the 800m with a time of 1:56.44 ... posted a time of 4:19.47 in the mile February 11 at the  Hoosier Hills meet to finish 50th ... finished third in the 800m February 5 at the Red Hawk Invite ... was third in the mile at the Tierney Classic January 29.

Cross Country: Finished 81st at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 28:50.3 ... placed 10th at the Ranger Open at 27:32.6 ... posted a season-best time of 27:10.6 at the Jaguar Classic and finished 55th.


2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: Opened the outdoor season with a personal record, crossing the finish line in 4:02.69 to place 12th in the 1,500-meter at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational... Finished ninth in the 800-meter race (1:57.70) at the Big Blue Classic on April 10... Competed in both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter race at the Clark Wood Invitational on April 24... Contributed to a sixth-place finish for the Panthers in the 4x400-meter race at the Horizon League Championships.

2021 Indoor: Locked up a pair of first-place finishes in the first three meets of the season... Took home the 800-meter title on January 9 at the home Panther Invite... Also placed first in the mile at the Parkside Triangular on February 6... Lowered his 800-meter time on February 14 at the Panther Tune-Up as he raced to a personal-best finish of 1:56.16 to place second... Took home a ninth-place finish in the mile (4:26.22) at the Horizon League Championships. 

2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Finished the season with a pair of PR times, placing sixth in the mile (4:19.96) and 11th in the 800m (1:56.86) at the Horizon League Championships ... opened the season finishing 14th in the mile at Gene Edmonds, Jan. 10, with a time of 4:25.08 ... one week later, was sixth in the mile at Tierney Classic, Jan. 18 (4:22.40) ... competed at the ONU Invite, Feb. 1, placing third in the 800m (1:57.37) ... also raced the mile at the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 15, to a sixth-place finish in 4:19.96

2019 Cross Country: Opened the season at the Queen City Invite (Aug. 31), placing 74th in 16:50.6 … competed at Bradley Intercollegiate (Sep. 20), finishing 79th in 28:57.0 … also raced in the open race at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sept. 28), crossing the line in 40th-place in 27:27.0 


2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Did not compete and maintained freshman eligibility. 

2019 Indoor: Competed in four meets on the year ... made his collegiate track debut Jan. 12 at the Badger Icebreaker, taking fifth in the 600m ... ran his first collegiate 800m one week later, taking fourth in 2:00.62 ... lowered that time to 1:59.51 one week later at Illinois ... had a season-best 800m time of 1:57.23 at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 9.

2018 Cross Country: Helped Milwaukee bring home a runner-up trophy at the Horizon League Championships, taking 60th in 27:23.1 as a freshman at the league meet ... helped MKE earn a regional ranking, checking in at No. 13 - the highest ranking in program history ... made his collegiate debut Sept. 1 at Green Bay, finishing fourth overall in a team win ... clocked his first collegiate 8k in 27:18.1 with a 55th-place finish at the Vic Godfrey Invite one week later ... turned in a season-best time at the Bradley Classic Oct. 12, crossing the line in 26:58.6.


High School
Helped the Papermakers to three state titles, two in track and field (2017 & 2018) and one in cross country (2015) ... broke the school record in the 800m as a senior at the state meet by taking fourth overall in 1:54.61, while also anchoring the 4x800m relay to a state title ... that comes after turning in his best performance at the cross country state meet with a 20th-place finish, crossing the line just shy of his PR time of 15:51.8 ... named a team captain ... named all-state once in track and all-conference a combined six times, including all four years in track.

Personal
Son of Sean and Marcy ... chose Milwaukee because of the team dynamic and campus location ... most memorable sports experience is winning the state cross country meet as a team for the first time in school history ... born Oct. 11, 1999 in Wichita, Kan.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior