CARYN is in her first season with the Lady Jaspers.

2002 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 52nd (20:22) in the 5000m at the Princeton Invitational (9/14/02)...Ran 20:25 and placed 53rd at the Metropolitan Cross Country Championships (10/4/02)...Placed 15th (15:47) in the 3.8K at the Manhattan/Iona Invitational (10/18/02)...Finished 30th (24:37) in the 6K at the MAAC Championships (11/1/02)...Ran 24:34 for 167th place in the 6K at the NCAA Northeast Regionals (11/16/02)...Placed 78th (20:37) at the ECAC Cross Country Championships (11/23/02).


HIGH SCHOOL: Ran under head coach Laura Smith...All-State...Named Most Valuable Player for cross country in the fall of `02...Named Most Improved Runner in the fall of '99 and '00...Named Most Valuable Player for track in the spring of `01...Recipient of the Coaches Award for track in the spring of '00 and '02...Holds the school record in the outdoor 3200m...Graduated top 10 of 335 students...Inducted into the National Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society and French Honor Society ...Recipient of the Presidential Award for Academics.


PERSONAL: Major is Elementary Education with a minor in Social Studies...Parents are Frank and Jayne Capalbo...One brother Mike...Favorite TV show is The Real World...Favorite movie is Moulin Rouge...Favorite team is NY Yankees...Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter...The person she most admires is her Dad.