The Emory University women’s indoor track and field team
finished second in the University Athletic Association (UAA) during
the 2009-10 season, and was represented by three of its members at
the NCAA Division III Championships.
Emory senior Brittany Donino and sophomore
Lauren Attiah each earned all-America honors
during at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Donino finished fifth
in the nation in the indoor 55-meter hurdles, recording a
personal-best time of 8.30 seconds, the third-fastest mark in
school history. She became the second Emory runner to earn
all-America honors in the 55-meter hurdles, joining former Eagle
Kahlilah Jennings (1998). Meanwhile, Attiah became the first
woman in the program’s history to earn all-America honors in
the triple jump, finishing sixth in the nation with a distance of
11.49 meters. It marked the first time in 15 years that the
Emory women have had multiple all-Americans in the same indoor
season, and just the second time overall.
Also competing for Emory was freshman Theresa
Ford, who finished 16th in the high jump with a
height of 1.56 meters, after setting a school record with a jump of
1.68 meters earlier in the season. All together, Emory
athletes scored seven points at the NCAA Championships, helping the
team to a 34th-place finish.
Following the season, Attiah was named the South/ Southeast Region
Indoor Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA, becoming the
first Eagle to earn the honor. Also earning regional honors
were coaches John Curtin and Kevin
Semanick, who were named the South/ Southeast
Region’s Women’s Head and Assistant Coaches of Year,
respectively.
Emory finished second at the UAA Championships, scoring 133 total
points to finish just 13 behind the first-place University of
Chicago. The Eagles won five individual conference
championships, headlined by senior Mary Crystal
Spence, who came away with the UAA title in both the
55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Other conference
champions included Attiah in the long jump, sophomore Alix
Dyer in the 400-meter dash, and Donino, who set a
conference-meet record in the 55-meter hurdles. The Eagles
4x400-meter relay team of Alisha Reynolds,
Kaele Leonard, Melanie Levy and
Dyer won the conference title as well.
Emory athletes set a number of school records during the course
of the campaign, besides Ford’s height in the high
jump. Dyer’s time of 57.78 seconds in the 400-meter
dash at the Valentine Invitational was the best in school history,
and she now owns nine of the top ten marks in the program’s
history in the event. Also at the Valentine Invitational,
Attiah recorded the best triple jump in the program’s history
with a mark of 11.65 meters, and the Eagles’ 4x400-meter
relay team of Reynolds, Hadiza Sa-Aadu, Levy, and
Dyer set a school record time of 3:58.30. Rounding out the
record-setting season, Reynolds ran a program-best time of 1:19.63
in the 500-meter dash.
The following Eagles earned honors during the 2009-10 indoor
season:
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All-America | ||
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Lauren Attiah |
Desoto, TX (Caterbury Episcopal) |
Triple Jump |
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Brittany Donino |
Rye, NY (Harrison) |
55m Hurdles |
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NCAA Championship Participants | ||
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Lauren Attiah |
Desoto, TX (Caterbury Episcopal) |
Triple Jump |
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Brittany Donino |
Rye, NY (Harrison) |
55m Hurdles |
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Theresa Ford |
Minneapolis, MN (The Blake School) |
High Jump |
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South/ Southeast Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year (USTFCCCA) | ||
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Lauren Attiah |
Desoto, TX (Caterbury Episcopal) | |
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South/ Southeast Region Indoor Women’s Head Coach of the Year (USTFCCCA) | ||
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John Curtin | ||
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South/ Southeast Region Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year (USTFCCCA) | ||
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Kevin Semanick | ||
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University Athletic Association (UAA) Champion | ||
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Alix Dyer |
Bethesda, MD (Lycee Rochambeau French Int’l) |
400m Dash, 1600m Relay |
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Mary Crystal Spence |
Cranston, RI (Providence Country Day) |
55m Dash, 200m Dash |
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Lauren Attiah |
Desoto, TX (Caterbury Episcopal) |
Long Jump |
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Brittany Donino |
Rye, NY (Harrison) |
55m Hurdles |
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Kaele Leonard |
Elmhurst, IL (York Community) |
1600m Relay |
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Melanie Levy |
Plainview, NY (Plainview JFK) |
1600m Relay |
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Alisha Reynolds |
Richfield, MN (Blake) |
1600m Relay |
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All-UAA (Top-Three Finisher at UAA Championships) | ||
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Lauren Attiah |
Desoto, TX (Caterbury Episcopal) |
200m Dash, Long Jump, Triple Jump |
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Brittany Donino |
Rye, NY (Harrison) |
55m Dash, 55m Hurdles |
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Alix Dyer |
Bethesda, MD (Lycee Rochambeau French Int’l) |
400m Dash, 1600m Relay |
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Kaele Leonard |
Elmhurst, IL (York Community) |
1600m Relay, Distance Medley Relay |
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Melanie Levy |
Plainview, NY (Plainview JFK) |
400m Dash, 1600m Relay |
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Alisha Reynolds |
Richfield, MN (Blake) |
400m Dash, 1600m Relay |
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Mary Crystal Spence |
Cranston, RI (Providence Country Day) |
55m Dash, 200m Dash |
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Calley Edwards |
Portland, OR (Catlin Gabel) |
Distance Medley Relay |
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Theresa Ford |
Minneapolis, MN (The Blake School) |
High Jump |
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Melanie Frank |
Novelty, OH (Gilmour Academy) |
Distance Medley Relay |
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Sara Gelb |
Fort Meyers, FL (Fort Meyers) |
Distance Medley Relay |
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Jasmine McCullough |
Montclair, NJ (Montclair) |
55m Hurdles |
The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2009-10 indoor season:
|
55m Dash |
Alix Dyer |
7.35 |
Appalachian Open |
|
60m Dash |
Alix Dyer |
7.91 |
Roaring Tiger Invitational |
|
200m Dash |
Mary Crystal Spence |
26.03 |
UAA Championships |
|
300m Dash |
Hadiza Sa-Aadu |
43.67 |
Roaring Tiger Invitational |
|
400m Dash |
Alix Dyer |
57.78 B E |
Valentine Invitational |
|
500m Dash |
Alisha Reynolds |
1:19.63 E |
Roaring Tiger Invitational |
|
800m Run |
Melanie Frank |
2:19.41 |
UAA Championships |
|
3000m Run |
Rebecca Flink |
10:25.79 |
Clemson Games |
|
5000m Run |
Natalie Fenn |
18:25.59 |
UAA Championships |
|
1 Mile Run |
Rebecca Flink |
5:10.74 |
Tiger Tune Up |
|
55m Hurdles |
Brittany Donino |
8.30 U B |
NCAA Championships |
|
60m Hurdles |
Brittany Donino |
9.29 B |
Clemson Games |
|
High Jump |
Theresa Ford |
1.68m B E |
Appalachian Open |
|
Pole Vault |
Paulina Belsky |
2.60m |
Sewanee Tiger Indoor Invitational |
|
Long Jump |
Lauren Attiah |
5.51m B |
UAA Championships |
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Triple Jump |
Lauren Attiah |
11.65m B E |
Valentine Invitational |
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Shot Put |
Kara Cutrona |
11.36m |
Appalachian Open |
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Weight Throw |
Leah Lomotey-Nakon |
13.13m |
Roaring Tiger Invitational |
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1,600m Relay |
Reynolds, Sa-Aadu |
3:58.30 B E |
Valentine Invitational |
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Distance Medley Relay |
Edwards, Leonard, |
12:20.90 |
UAA Championships |
*U – Indicates UAA meet record
*B – Indicates NCAA Division III provisional qualifying
mark
*E – Indicates Emory program record