2024 USC Track & Field Roster
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Pisano, Giovanna
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Giovanna Pisano
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
Bio
2024-25: Competed in all five meets for the Trojans…Ran a season-best of 22:41.6 in the 6k at the Highlander Invitational…Placed 19th at the Waves Invite with a time of 14:07.7 in the 4k.
2023-24: Pisano competed in her first two outdoor meets since the 2022 season. She placed ninth in the 3000m with a time of 11:10.62 at the Trojan Invitational on March 23 and ninth in the 3000m with a time of 11:09.11 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28. She did not compete during the 2023 cross country season.
2022-23: Pisano competed in the first and last cross country meets of the season. She was USC’s fifth-scoring runner with a time of 20:11.6 at the 5K Mark Covert Classic on Sept. 3. She did not run again until the Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 28 where she was USC’s seventh runner. She did not compete during the outdoor track season.
2021-22: Pisano competed in six meets during the outdoor season. She set her 1500m PR of 4:49.62 at the Triton Invitational on April 9. She had a career-best time of 10:45.47 in the 3000m at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 1. Pisano led USC in two of its five cross country meets and finished no lower than third among the Trojans in any meet. She was one of two Trojans to compete in all five meets. She set her 6K PR of 21:27.8 at the UC Riverside Invitational on Sept. 18. Pisano was the top Trojan at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 23.09.2 to finish 66th overall, the best finish by a USC runner at the conference meet since 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL: Pisano is a 2021 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H.. She had a best of 10.44 in the 3200m and a best of 17:47 in the 5K, both Exeter Academy records. Prior to that she attended Antonian College Prep and as a freshman she placed seventh in the 800m, sixth in the 1600m and fifth in the 3200m at the 2018 TAPPS 6A State Meet.
PERSONAL: Giovanna was born on June 23, 2003…Her parents are Steven Pisano and Susan Hertel…She has two brothers, Matthew and Justin…Volunteered at the Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in her hometown…Her hobbies include cooking, hiking, writing letters and watching documentaries about musicians…Lists her favorite musicians as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix…Her favorite television show is Breaking Bad and her favorite books are No Country for Old Men and Sharp Objects…Says Benedict Cumberbatch is her favorite actor…Niki Lauda is her sports hero as he was detail oriented, courageous and knew how to learn from his losses…Favorite foods are honeycrisp apples, pesto pasta, shrimp, salmon and dark chocolate caramels with sea salt…Would like to visit Yellowstone National Park, Lake Tahoe and Ireland…After USC would like to start her own mug collection, invest in small businesses (especially coffee shops) and find a fulfilling career…Is a Biological Sciences major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 1500m - 4:49.62 3000m - 10:45.47 5000m - 17:47
2023-24: Pisano competed in her first two outdoor meets since the 2022 season. She placed ninth in the 3000m with a time of 11:10.62 at the Trojan Invitational on March 23 and ninth in the 3000m with a time of 11:09.11 at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on April 28. She did not compete during the 2023 cross country season.
2022-23: Pisano competed in the first and last cross country meets of the season. She was USC’s fifth-scoring runner with a time of 20:11.6 at the 5K Mark Covert Classic on Sept. 3. She did not run again until the Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 28 where she was USC’s seventh runner. She did not compete during the outdoor track season.
2021-22: Pisano competed in six meets during the outdoor season. She set her 1500m PR of 4:49.62 at the Triton Invitational on April 9. She had a career-best time of 10:45.47 in the 3000m at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet on May 1. Pisano led USC in two of its five cross country meets and finished no lower than third among the Trojans in any meet. She was one of two Trojans to compete in all five meets. She set her 6K PR of 21:27.8 at the UC Riverside Invitational on Sept. 18. Pisano was the top Trojan at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 23.09.2 to finish 66th overall, the best finish by a USC runner at the conference meet since 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL: Pisano is a 2021 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H.. She had a best of 10.44 in the 3200m and a best of 17:47 in the 5K, both Exeter Academy records. Prior to that she attended Antonian College Prep and as a freshman she placed seventh in the 800m, sixth in the 1600m and fifth in the 3200m at the 2018 TAPPS 6A State Meet.
PERSONAL: Giovanna was born on June 23, 2003…Her parents are Steven Pisano and Susan Hertel…She has two brothers, Matthew and Justin…Volunteered at the Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in her hometown…Her hobbies include cooking, hiking, writing letters and watching documentaries about musicians…Lists her favorite musicians as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix…Her favorite television show is Breaking Bad and her favorite books are No Country for Old Men and Sharp Objects…Says Benedict Cumberbatch is her favorite actor…Niki Lauda is her sports hero as he was detail oriented, courageous and knew how to learn from his losses…Favorite foods are honeycrisp apples, pesto pasta, shrimp, salmon and dark chocolate caramels with sea salt…Would like to visit Yellowstone National Park, Lake Tahoe and Ireland…After USC would like to start her own mug collection, invest in small businesses (especially coffee shops) and find a fulfilling career…Is a Biological Sciences major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 1500m - 4:49.62 3000m - 10:45.47 5000m - 17:47
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