Robert DiDonato Season 2023
Academic YearJunior
HometownWyndmoor, Pa.
TFRRS Performance Profile
Career Accolades
- Pac-12 XC Men's Freshman of the Year (2022)
- All-West Region XC (2023)
- Second-Team All-Pac-12 XC (2023)
- Three-time West Region XC team champions (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Pac-12 XC team champions (2023)
- Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic (XC 2023; T&F 2023)
- Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (XC 2023; T&F winter 2023, spring 2023)
Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)
- 5,000: 13:44.89
- 10,000: 29:36.55
- 3,000: 7:56.55i
- Mile: 4:05.92i
- 1,500: 3:49.15
- 800: 1:53.52
As a Junior (2023-24)
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions
- Breakout star of 2023 season
- All-West Region
- Second-Team All-Pac-12
- Stanford's No. 2 runner on NCAA Championships team that placed eighth
- Team's No. 8 at two invitationals before finishing as Stanford's No. 3 to help win Pac-12 Championships
- Personal-best finishes at conference (9), region (7), and NCAA championships (49)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
Outdoors
- Ran a 5,000 personal best of 13:44.89 at the Stanford Invitational
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Earned 3,000 PB of 7:56.55 at the Razorback Invitational
- Clocked mile best of 4:05.92 at UW Indoor Preview
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Cross Country * West Region Champions
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- Sophomore academically, but freshman in eligibility
- Was the highest-placing freshman at the Pac-12 Championships, in 19th
- Team's No. 7 at conference and regional championships
- Alternate at NCAA Championships
As a Freshman (2021-22)
Outdoors
- Won section of the Bryan Clay Invite with a 5,000 PB of 13:50.00
- Ran PBs in the 800 (1:53.52) and 1,500 (3:49.15) at the Cardinal Classic, in first outdoor collegiate meet
Indoors
- Made collegiate track debut at the Razorback Invitational, running a 4:14.84 mile
- 3,000 PB of 8:05.15 came at the Husky Classic
Cross Country * West Region Champions
- Won the Sacramento State Invitational
- Placed second at the season-opening USF Invitational in collegiate debut
Prior to Stanford
- Ran the fourth-fastest high school 3,200 in the nation in 2021 with an 8:44.98 at the Henderson Invitational
- Arranged an official 5,000-meter race with one other competitor and ran the second-fastest 5,000 in Pennsylvania high school track history with a 14:25.40, in October, 2020
- Foot Locker national cross country finalist in 2019, placing 31st
- Won the New Balance Games indoor mile in 4:15.78, with the No. 2 in Pennsylvania and No. 15 in the country
- Captured two Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association cross country titles
- Swept the distances (800, 1,600, 3,200) at the Inter-Academic League Championships in 2019 and 2021
- Won the New Balance Games indoor 1,500 in 2020
- Qualified for the Millrose Games high school mile as a junior, placing seventh
Personal
- Parents are Brian and Pamela DiDonato
- Has an older sister, Brynne
- Anticipating majoring in computer science, mathematical and computational science, or management science and engineering
- An aunt, Karen DiDonato, was an All-America high-jumper at Virginia
Career Results
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
| 2023-24 | Cross Country (5) | 8K | 23:10.5 | 9 (23:10.5) | -- | -- |
| 10K | 29:16.2 | -- | 7 (29:16.2) | 49 (29:59.3) | ||
| 2022-23 | Outdoors (3) | 10,000 | 31:19.92 | 12 (31:19.92) | -- | -- |
| 5,000 | 13:44.89 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 3,000 | 8:13.11 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (4) | 3,000 | 7:56.55 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Mile | 4:05.92 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (5) | 8K | 23:26.0 | 19 (23:26.0) | -- | -- | |
| 10K | 29:16.1 | -- | 34 (29:16.1) | -- | ||
| 2021-22 | Outdoors (6) | 5,000 | 13:50.00 | 26 (14:31.50) | -- | -- |
| 10,000 | 29:36.55 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1,500 | 3:49.15 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 800 | 1:53.52 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (3) | 3,000 | 8:05.15 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 5,000 | 14:11.78 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Mile | 4:14.84 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross Country (2) | 8K | 24:07.3 | -- | -- | -- |