• Outdoor National Ranking: #7
  • Outdoor Regional Ranking: #1
  • 1 Indoor National Champion
  • 4 Outdoor National Champions
  • 25 Indoor Individual All-Americans
  • 38 Outdoor Individual All-Americans
  • 3 Indoor UAA Team Championships
  • 8 Outdoor UAA Team Championships

2019-20 Emory Women's Indoor Track & Field Season in Review

2019-20 Emory Women's Indoor Track & Field Season in Review

Three All-America selections and a third-place conference finish highlighted another successful indoor campaign for the Emory University women's track and field team.

Senior Isabel Saridakis and juniors Laura Sheckter and Rebekah Bondi earned their way to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to represent the Eagles and compete for national glory. However, on the eve of competition, the NCAA Division III Championships meet was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the meet's cancellation, the USTFCCCA made the decision to award all national qualifiers with All-America certificates. Saridakis took home All-America honors in the pole vault while Sheckter and Bondi garnered acclaim in the shot put and 60m Dash, respectively. It was the first career indoor All-America honor for all three Eagles.

Two weeks prior, Sheckter and Bondi led Emory to its sixth straight third place showing at the University Athletic Association Championships in New York, capturing event titles in their respective individual events. In addition to Sheckter's and Bondi's UAA championships in the shot put and 60m Dash, the Eagles totaled seven individual All-UAA finishes and were third in the 4x400m Relay. Bondi added a bronze medal in the long jump to lead all Emory performers with two All-UAA efforts.

As a team, the Eagles scored 96.33 points as they finished behind Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago in the conference standings.

Sheckter and first-year Head Coach Linh Nguyen headlined the Eagles on the regional front, collecting USTFCCCA South/Southeast Regional awards. Sheckter became the third women in program history to be named the regional field Athlete of the Year after rewriting the record book with her top school mark of 13.91m in the shot put. Nguyen oversaw three athletes tabbed to the NCAA Championships, a No.-1 regional ranking and 14 athletes chosen as USTFCCCA All-Region honorees in his first season in Atlanta.

The 14 Eagles picked as South/Southeast All-Region honorees continued the recent trend of regional dominance as Emory paced all South/Southeast schools with 18 selections. Bondi led all team members with three selections in the 60m Dash, Long Jump and 200m Dash while sophomore Hannah Lansberry and freshman Abigail Baisley each earned two All-Region certificates.

Emory also shined in the classroom with 20 student-athletes chosen to the UAA Winter All-Academic Team.

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2019-20 season:

NCAA Division III Championship Qualifier & All-American

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

60m Dash

Isabel Saridakis

Richfield, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

Shot Put

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast All-Region (Top 5 in Respective Event)

Abigail Baisley

Fairfield, CT (Academy of Our Lady of Mercy)

DMR, 4x400m Relay

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

Long Jump, 60m Dash, 200m Dash

Ayriel Coleman

El Paso, TX (Ball)

Triple Jump

Claire Evans

Sugar Land, TX, William P. Clements)

4x400m Relay

Shana Fitzmaurice

Spring Lake, NJ (Ranney School)

DMR

Amy Hunter

Harvard, MA (The Bromfield School)

Triple Jump

Hannah Lansberry

Andover, MA (Andover)

4x400m Relay, 400m Dash

Ella Lavelle

Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Latin School)

60m Dash

Ana Morris

Chantilly, VA (Chantilly)

DMR

Michelle Rosenblum

Katonah, NY (Somers)

4x400m Relay

Isabel Saridakis

Richfield, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault

Rachel Shanahan

Boston, MA (Boston Latin School)

DMR

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

Shot Put

Greta Wilker

Belding, MI (Belding)

Shot Put

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast Region Coach of the Year

Linh Nguyen

Head Coach

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast Region Field Athlete of the Year

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

 

UAA Champion

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

60m Dash

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

Shot Put

 

All-UAA (Top-3 Finisher at UAA Championships)

Abigail Baisley

Fairfield, CT (Academy of Our Lady of Mercy)

4x400m Relay (3rd)

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

60m Dash (1st), Long Jump (3rd)

Alex Devaux

Richmond, VT (Mount Mansfield Union)

Weight Throw (2nd)

Claire Evans

Sugar Land, TX, William P. Clements)

4x400m Relay (3rd)

Hannah Lansberry

Andover, MA (Andover)

4x400m Relay (3rd)

Ella Lavelle

Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Latin School)

60m Dash (2nd)

Michelle Rosenblum

Katonah, NY (Somers)

4x400m Relay (3rd)

Isabel Saridakis

Richfield, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault (3rd)

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

Shot Put (1st)

Greta Wilker

Belding, MI (Belding)

Shot Put (2nd)

               

 

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2019-20 season:

60m Dash

Rebekah Bondi

7.70

UAA Championships

200m Dash

Rebekah Bondi

25.48

UAA Championships

400m Dash

Hannah Lansberry

59.00

UAA Championships

800m Run

Grace Formichella

2:26.69

BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker

3000m Run

Leah Clarke

10:27.97

UAA Championships

5000m Run

Leah Clarke

18:08.59

UAA Championships

Mile Run

Ana Morris

5:18.99

UAA Championships

60m Hurdles

Claire Evans

9.46

UAA Championships

High Jump

Nyla Lindo

1.35m

Emory Crossplex Showdown

Pole Vault

Isabel Saridakis

3.75m*

Carolina Challenge

Long Jump

Rebekah Bondi

5.57m

UAA Championships

Triple Jump

Amy Hunter

11.32m

UAA Championships

Shot Put

Laura Sheckter

13.91m*

Tufts National Qualifier

Weight Throw

Alex Devaux

15.09m

UAA Championships

4x400m Relay

Abigail Baisley, Michelle Rosenblum, Claire Evans, Hannah Lansberry

3:58.56

UAA Championships

DMR

Shana Fitzmaurice, Abigail Baisley, Rachel Shanahan, Ana Morris

12:45.98

UAA Championships

* - Denotes Emory Record