Caraciolo was named Head Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country 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:
Men’s Program
Ryan Jeanneret placed 10th in the 800m at G-MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships in a time of 1:55.72 in the inaugural season (2026)
Thelonius Lucien placed 11th in the1500m G-MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in a time of 3:58.74 in the inaugural season (2026). Lucien become the first individual male athlete in UC history to reach a final.
Women’s Program
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)
8 All-GMAC (Savahnna Gyasi-Nimako most recent 2026)
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 (Gyasi-Nimako(TJ) most recent 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:
Men's Program
10th out 12 Team Finish in the G-MAC Championships in the inaugural season of the program (2025)
Austin Sneed placed 88th at G-MAC Championships in the inaugural season of the program (2025)
Women's Program
3 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
3 Top 10 performances in school history in the 4k
9 Top 10 performances in school history in the 5k
15 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.
