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2016 Women's Track and Field Roster

Danielle Medellin

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Major Mathematics Education (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development)
  • Hometown Bethpage, NY
  • High School Island Trees

Biography

2014-15: Posted season bests in the 60m hurdles (9.85) at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/13-14) and at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1)…finished 14th in the 60m hurdles (9.87) and the triple jump (10.17m) at the NYC Metropolitan Championships (2/6)…recorded a season-best triple jump (7th place, 10.55m) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/25-26)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
2013-14: Set season bests in the 60m hurdles (10.34) and in the triple jump (9.44m) at the Saturday Night Shootout (1/18)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.
 
2012-13: Set an indoor career best in the triple jump (10.04m) during the NYU Team Challenge (1/19)…established an outdoor career best in the 100m hurdles (16.92) and finished fourth in the 400m hurdles (1:11.25) at the Wolfie Invitational (4/20).
 
High School: Four-year team member…served as captain her junior and senior seasons…indoor track MVP as a senior…Coach’s Award recipient for outdoor track her freshman and junior years…also played volleyball for four years…four-year Scholar Athlete…AP Scholar…Academics Medal of Excellence…received the President's Award for Educational Excellence, the NYS Comptroller Achievement Award and the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award…National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member.
 
Personal: Enjoys museums, amusement parks and food adventures…Smilow Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship recipient…aspires to return to her hometown after graduation and become a secondary level math teacher.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'5"
  • 2015Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2016Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
    5'4"