Bio

Two-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll and three-time member of the AD Honor Roll.

2024 Cross Country: Started in two meets … Went 33:02.8 at the Jenna Strong Classic (Oct. 18), marking first collegiate race since April 2023 … Posted a 5k time of 18:28.2 at home Wooster Twilight Challenge (Nov. 8).

2024 Outdoor: Did not compete in any meets.

2024 Indoor: Did not compete in any meets.

2023 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2023 Outdoor: Competed in four meets … Turned in 5K collegiate-best of 17:30.92 in the dual meet against Oberlin (April 8) … Had season-best time of 4:54.62 in the 1500 at the Bob Kahn Invitational (March 31-April 1).

2023 Indoor: Only made one start on the season … Went 4:59.94 in the mile at the Bob Shannon Invitational (Feb. 4).

2022 Cross Country: Earned second consecutive letter as a member of the Scots’ NCAC contingent … Made three starts, all in championship-length events … Turned in a career-best time of 29:43.6 at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships (Nov. 12) … Placed 75th at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 29) in 30:59.2 in only his second start of the season.

2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 1500 meters in two meets … Top time of 4:28.70 came at Denison Invitational (April 29) … Also ran the 3K and 5K meters at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19) with times of 10:59.19 and 18:16.74, respectively.

2022 Indoor: Competed in six meets … Primarily ran the 3K with top time of 9:43.77 coming in dual meet with Kenyon (Feb. 18) … Just missed on scoring as part of Wooster’s ninth-place DMR (11:14.04) at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12).

2021 Cross Country: Lettered as part of the Scots’ 12-harrier contingent at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) … Crossed in 90th-place with a time of 30:04.3 at the NCAC Championships, which marked a season-best championship-length time … Competed in eight meets on the year … Went 31:05.7 at the Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2), which was good for 30th-place ... Part of first team championship at a traditional meet since 2014 … Championship-length debut time of 30:29.6 came at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11).

Prior to Wooster: Helped Brookline High School to a conference title in cross country as a senior and was a conference honorable mention all-star.

Personal: Parents are Myrto Kontaxi and Ioannis Protopapadakis … Anthropology and environmental geoscience major … Part of the archaeology student colloquium on campus and a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative … Peer tutor for the College’s Academic Resource Center.