Women's Track in the News

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Women's Track Honored by USTFCCCA

7/9/2009

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named the University’s women’s track and field team as one of the finest academic teams in the nation.[read more]



Two Cited as Track Scholar-Athletes

7/7/2009

Two members of the University’s women’s track and field team have been honored nationally for a combination of athletic skill and academic excellence.[read more]



Sam Albert Named Director of Track & Field

6/18/2009

Sam Albert, who competed and coached track and field at the University of Rochester, has been named to the newly created position of Director of Track and Field.[read more]



Cinella, Redhead Are Top 8 at ECACs

5/15/2009

Cinella ran to a fifth place finish.
Cinella ran to a fifth place finish.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass - Jacqueline Cinella and Jonelle Redhead finished in the top eight in their events for the women's outdoor track and field team at the ECAC Championships hosted by Springfield College.

Rochester finished in 43rd place out of the 56 teams that scored points. The field of entrants was higher including teams that did not tally at least one point.

Cinella finished fifth in the 400 intermediate hurdles in a time of 1:03.78. Redhead was eighth in the hammer throw (46.27 m.). She also threw the discus 33.76 meters, but was shy of a top eight finish.

Latoya Dunbar was clocked in 13.11 in the 100 yard dash. Shanti Chodagiri was 12th overall in the 400 (59.79). Melissa Skevington finished 13th overall in the women's long jump (4.92 m.).



Dunbar, Cinella Win State Titles!

5/2/2009

Latoya Dunbar and Jackie Cinella won individual titles at the New York State Collegiate Track Conferecne outdoor championships at St. Lawrence University.[read more]



Skevington Wins State Long Jump

5/1/2009

University of Rochester junior Melissa Skevington won the long jump in the first field event of the 2009 NY State Collegiate Track Conference Championships.[read more]



Plenty Qualify for Women at Geneseo

4/29/2009

The University of Rochester women’s track team had a successful performance Saturday, April 25th, at the SUNY Geneseo Invitational. Numerous athletes qualified for ECACs.[read more]



Throwers Reach ECACs for Women's Track

4/19/2009

Yaneve Fonge and Jonelle Redhead have qualified for the ECAC Track and Field Championships in just the second meet of the season.[read more]



A Strong First Showing for Women's Track

4/15/2009

For their first opportunity to get outdoors and compete, the University of Rochester women’s track and field team had an outstanding meet at Roberts Wesleyan College over Easter Weekend.[read more]



UR Track Invitational Is Cancelled

4/3/2009

The UR Invitational - a lrage-scale home outdoor track and field meet for men and women - has been cancelled.[read more]



Two Compete at NCAAs

3/13/2009

Seniors Jamie Landry and Jonelle Redhead competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.[read more]



Two Women Make Track Nationals

3/8/2009

Jamie Landry and Jonelle Redhead will compete in the NCAA Division III National Championships this week after outstanding performances at the ECAC Championships.[read more]



A Great State Meet for Women

2/28/2009

The women’s indoor track and field team broke one school record and had two individual champions plus two relay champions at the NYSCTC Championships.[read more]



Redhead Earns Provisional Cut

2/27/2009

Senior Jonelle Redhead provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships based on her weight throw result at the State Championships.[read more]



Three Women Earn Pts. in State Pent

2/22/2009

Rochester's three competitors - Jamie Landry, Melissa Skevington, and Marissa Eccleston - combined for 12 team points in the NY State Penathlon at Cornell.[read more]



Rapid Improvement Could Mean NCAAs

2/21/2009

Sophomore Yaneve Fonge has improved in the weight throwing events to the point where she is just over a meter shy of a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships[read more]



Two In Top 16 for Women at BU Meet

2/16/2009

Two women finished in the top 16 finishers for Rochester’s indoor track and field team at the Valentines’ Day Relays conducted at Boston University.[read more]



Women 3rd at Colgate Track Invite

2/2/2009

Four individuals won titles and the 4x400 relay team was first as well for the women's indoor track and field team which excelled at Colgate's Class of 32 Invitational.[read more]



Women 3rd at SLU Track & Field Invite

1/24/2009

Four individuals and one relay won their event for the University of Rochester women's indoor track and field team at the St. Lawrence Invitational.[read more]



Thirty-One Qualify for NYS

1/19/2009

The University of Rochester Yellowjacket track and field team was back in action at the Rochester Institute of Technology meet on Jan. 17, the first time since Dec 12. The Yellowjacket’s got right into the swing of things with thirty-one qualifying for Ne[read more]