Profile of a hawk

Steven Carnevale was at his first semester at Curry College. Despite choosing to attend the school, something just wasn't right there. "I couldn't see my­self there for four years," Car­nevale said. "I really missed competitive running."

That burning fire that made him want to run again was a big factor in his decision to trans­fer. "I looked into some other schools that had [running], and fell in love with this school's campus and coach [Sean Liv­ingston]," Carnevale said. This is when he de­cided to trans­fer to Roger Williams Uni­versity and return to run­ning competi­tively.

As a sprinter in high school, Carnevale eventually pro­gressed into more of a dis­tance runner. "My senior year of high school I just kind of decid­ed, why not try cross country?" he said. "I just absolutely fell in love with it."

That love has gone a long way for the junior captain, as he helped lead the Hawks to their 11th-straight Commonwealth Coast Confer­ence Championship last Satur­day, October 29. Steven played a big role in helping RWU win the meet by finishing 11th with a time of 28:29.

After a "rough" sophomore campaign according to his own account, Carnevale was looking to rebound in his junior year.

"I wanted to try and improve upon that [year] in any way possible," Carnevale said.

Despite the fact that Carnevale is now fully entrenched at RWU, Curry College did offer him one thing–a major. "While I was taking classes at Curry, I really got interested in the pub­lic relations field," he said. "Af­ter taking a few intro classes [at Roger Williams] I just fell in love with it even more.

As a junior public relations major and captain of a cham­pion cross country team, con­ventional wisdom would say that Carnevale has enough going on in his life. But a busy schedule doesn't stop him from get­ting even more involved on campus. Car­nevale helps with the cam­pus radio sta­tion, WQRI, and also finds time to be a student advo­cate on cam­pus.

With such a busy schedule, Carnevale defi­nitely has his hands full. All that he has ac­complished thus far, there's lit­tle reason to believe that he can't continue to do even more in his final semesters as a Hawk.

Being involved with so much on campus, as well as his 24-hour commitment to the cross country team, it must for be dif­ficult for Steven to make all of his deadlines. Good thing he's a runner, huh?