• Outdoor National Ranking: #12
  • 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

2021 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Season Recap

2021 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Season Recap

After seeing the remainder of the season cut short prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2020, the Emory University women's track and field team made its return to the competition field one year later, taking part in a full outdoor season.

Rebekah Bondi and Isabel Saridakis shined once more for the Eagles during the outdoor season, capturing All-America acclaim. Bondi earned the first two individual All-America awards of her career as she finished in the 100m dash and sixth in the long jump while Saridakis secured her career outdoor All-America honor in the pole vault, finishing third overall.

Bondi and Saridakis were joined at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina in May by Annika Urban, Jessica Barbarosh, Michelle Rosenblum and Hannah Lansberry. Urban competed individually in the 5000m run, placing 11th overall and in the 4x100m relay, the group of Bondi, Barbarosh, Rosenblum and Lansberry finished in 10th place.

To go along with the NCAA qualifiers, the Eagles saw 13 different student-athletes garner USTFCCCA South/Southeast All-Region acclaim with Bondi leading the way with four All-Region certificates: long jump, 100m dash, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay. Lauren Cunild (800m run, 1500m run), Claire Evans (400m Hurdles, 4x400m relay), Lansberry (4x100m relay, 4x400m relay), Rosenblum (4x100m relay, 4x400m relay) and Urban (1500m run, 5000m run) were other multiple All-Region selections.

Rounding out the All-Region performers for the Eagles were Barbarbosh in the 4x100m relay, Alex Devaux in the hammer, Hope Jackson in the discus, Shannon Marsh in the 10000m run, Taylor Robinson in the javelin, Saridakis in the pole vault and Laura Sheckter in the shot put.

Although the Outdoor University Athletic Association Championships were cancelled for the 2021 season, the Eagles still saw six athletes combine for 10 UAA Athlete of the Week awards throughout the year. Bondi collected four weekly honors with Urban tallying a pair of awards. Evans and Sheckter swept the awards on March 22 while Cunild and Saridakis were solo recipients on April 5th and 19th, respectively.

In addition, the women's team set two school records this season with Urban breaking the 5000m run mark and Sheckter eclipsing her pervious school record in the shot put.

All in all, the Eagles returned to compete in a total of 11 meets during the 2021 outdoor season, finishing as high as first at both the BSC Hilltop Classic and Berry Field Day Invitational and tied for 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

 

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2021 season:

NCAA Division III Outdoor All-American

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

100m Dash, Long Jump

Isabel Saridakis

Richfeld, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault

 

NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships Participant

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

100m Dash (5th), Long Jump (6th), 4x100m Relay (10th)

Isabel Saridakis

Richfeld, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault (3rd)

Annika Urban

Pittsburgh, PA (Fox Chapel)

5000m Run (11th)

Jessica Barbarosh

Irvine, CA (Woodbridge)

4x100m Relay (10th)

Michelle Rosenblum

Katonah, NY (Somers)

4x100m Relay (10th)

Hannah Lansberry

Andover, MA (Andover)

4x100m Relay (10th)

 

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

Jessica Barbarosh

Irvine, CA (Woodbridge)

4x100m Relay

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

Long Jump, 100m Dash, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

Lauren Cunild

Northants, UK (Northampton)

800m Run, 1500m Run

Alex Devaux

Richmond, VT (Mount Mansfield Union)

Hammer

Claire Evans

Sugar Land, TX (William P. Clements)

400m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay

Hope Jackson

Beaverton, OR (Faith Bible Christian School)

Discus

Hannah Lansberry

Andover, MA (Andover)

4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

Shannon Marsh

 

10000m Run

Taylor Robinson

Seymour, CT (Seymour)

Javelin

Michelle Rosenblum

Katonah, NY (Somers)

4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay

Isabel Saridakis

Richfeld, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

Pole Vault

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

Shot Put

Annika Urban

Pittsburgh, PA (Fox Chapel)

1500m Run, 5000m Run

 

UAA Athlete of the Week

Claire Evans

Sugar Land, TX (William P. Clements)

March 22

Laura Sheckter

Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa)

March 22

Lauren Cunild

Northants, UK (Northampton)

April 5

Annika Urban

Pittsburgh, PA (Fox Chapel)

April 12, May 3

Rebekah Bondi

Collegeville, PA (Perkiomen Valley)

April 12, April 19, May 3, June 1

Isabel Saridakis

Richfeld, OH (Walsh Jesuit)

April 19

                   

 

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2021 season:

100m Dash

Rebekah Bondi

11.95

NCAA Championships

200m Dash

Jessica Barbarosh

25.36

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

400m Dash

Hannah Lansberry

58.53

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

800m Run

Lauren Cunild

2:15.70

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

1500m Run

Annika Urban

4:36.76

Georgia Tech Invitational

3000m Run

Annika Urban

10:06.68

Panther Invitational

5000m Run

Annika Urban

17:03.81*

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

10000m Run

Shannon Marsh

38:34.33

Flames Invitational

100m Hurdles

Amaya Martin

15.50

Life Last Chance

400m Hurdles

Claire Evans

1:04.38

Emory Final Qualifier

3000m Steeplechase

Christina Dwier

12:31.95

Berry Field Day Invitational

High Jump

Lauren Musachia

1.50m

Life Last Chance

Pole Vault

Isabel Saridakis

3.83m

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

Long Jump

Rebekah Bondi

5.81m*

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

Shot Put

Laura Sheckter

12.97m*

Georgia Tech Invitational

Discus

Hope Jackson

40.02m

Hilltop Classic

Hammer

Alex Devaux

46.28m

Life Last Chance

Javelin

Taylor Robinson

39.11m

Hilltop Classic

4x100m Relay

Michelle Rosenblum, Jessica Barbarosh, Hannah Lansberry, Rebekah Bondi

47.65

Georgia Tech Invitational

4x400m Relay

Michelle Rosenblum, Claire Evans, Rebekah Bondi, Hannah Lansberry

3:58.16

Torrin Lawrence Memorial

* - Denotes Emory Record