Ursuline College Athletics

Caraciolo was named Head Men’s Cross Country & Track & Field Coach in October 2024 with the addition of men’s sports at UC. He also serves as Assistant Women’s Cross Country & Track & Field Coach and was the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach during the 2024 season

Track & Field: 

• 4 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 32 Top 5 performances in school history 
• 3 School Record (Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako TJ most recently 2025)
• 1 Track & Field Relay Meet Team Champion (4x200m- Tiffin Track Carnival)
• 20 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Scores (short sprints, hurdles, jumps)
• 5 All-GMAC (Autumn Burgess, Karla Hormazabal, Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako most recent 2025)
• 1 G-MAC Champion (Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako TJ 12.27m)
• 1 G-MAC Record Holder (Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako TJ 12.27m)
• 8 All-Midwest Region ( Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako TJ indoor most recent 2025 )
• NCAA Division II All-America Performers (Alaysia Brooks- 800m indoor national champ and 800m 8th place outdoor finish most recent 2024)
• 6 NCAA National Meet Qualifier (Alaysia Brooks, most recent 2025)
• 20 NCAA Provisional Qualifiers (Banks(DMR), Brooks(DMR, 800m indoor & outdoor), Dornbirer(DMR), Thomas(DMR), Gyasi-Nimako(TJ), 2025)  
• 7th Overall Team Finish G-MAC Conference (indoor & outdoor 2023, 2024 full conference)
• 17th Midwest Region Ranking (2023)
• 45th NCAA National Ranking (2023)
• 48th NCAA National Ranking (2023)
• 14th Midwest Region Ranking (Indoor & Outdoor, 2024)
• 20th NCAA National Finish (Indoor, 2024)
• 57th NCAA National Finish (Outdoor, 2024)
• 2 USTFCCCA Track & Field All Academic American (Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako, 2025) 
• Recruited the first men’s sports in UC history in 2024-2025 

Cross Country: 

• 3 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 
• 3 Top 10 performances in school history in the 4k
• 8 Top 10 performances in school history in the 5k 
• 12 Top 10 performances in school history in the 6k 
• Cross Country- 4 School Record holders 
• 2 Cross Country Invitational Meet Team Champion (Daniel Walker Invitational and Terra Cotta Open)  
• 3 Cross Country Invitational Meet Individual Champion  
• (Daniel Walker Invitational and Terra Cotta Open, Liv In Lou Women's 5k Silver Race, 2025)
• 1 First Team All-G-MAC (Emma Esteves, 2024)
• 2 Second Team All- GMAC (Emma Esteves 12th overall 2022, 2023) 
• 1 G-MAC Freshman of the Year (Emma Esteves) 
• Cross Country- 4 Top 7th Finishes at G-MAC Championships (most recent 2022)
• USTFCCCA All Academic American (Emma Esteves, 2022,2023)
• Highest finish at NCAA Midwest Regional meet (24th, 2021)  
• 28th Overall at NCAA Midwest Regional Meet (Highest individual finish in school history- Emma Esteves 2023) 

Prior to Ursuline: The 2018 USTFCCCA East Region Assistant Coach of the Year (indoor) joined the Arrows in 2021 after four years at Southern Connecticut State University. During this time, Caraciola coached 5 athletes to NCAA provisional qualifying marks and 9 Northeast-10 Conference individual wins in LJ & TJ.

Prior to his time as an Assistant Coach, Caraciolo was the Strength & Conditioning Intern at Southern Connecticut State University where he assisted the Head S&C Coach in leading workouts and demonstrating proper lifting techniques for 13 sports. 

Joe was a decorated four-year jumper at Southern Connecticut State University holding 5th all time record in SCSU Men's long jump. He was the Northeast-10 Conference Champion - Men's Long Jump in 2015 and received All New England Honors all four years as an Owl.