The University of Rochester women's track & field program received academic praise from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic (USTFCCCA), as eight student-athletes and the team as a whole earned All-Academic recognition, as announced by the USTFCCCA on Monday.
To qualify for USTFCCCA NCAA Division III All-Academic honors, student-athletes must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester and must either rank in the Top 50 individually in their respective event, or the Top 35 of a relay on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the 2024-25 Indoor OR 2025 Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. While programs earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for having a cumulative team GPA of at least 3.1 on a 4.0 scale.
Seniors
Megan Bell,
Sab Lin and
Cora Rose, sophomores
Raquella Casserino,
Nora Chen,
Eva Ciuffetelli and
Emily Dill, and first-year
Maria Khalifeh all scored USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, while the women's team as a whole netted team recognition with a 3.54 Team GPA. Bell notched her third-straight USTFCCCA All-Academic selection, while Chen was named for the second-straight year, as did the Yellowjacket team as a whole.
Bell ranked in the top 50 on the NCAA Division III Qualifying Lists in eight different events, finishing second in the 400 and 800 meters indoors, as well as the 800 meters outdoors. Lin had the 40th-best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the outdoor campaign, while Rose ranked in the top 50 in the shot put (#36) indoors, and the discus (#37) outdoors.
Casserino received All-Academic recognition for ranking in the top 35 in both the indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter relay, while Ciuffetelli also ranked on both relays, in addition to 12th in the 400-meter hurdles outdoors. Indoors, Chen ranked in the top 50 in the 200 meters (#20) and 4x400-meter relay (#11), while outdoors, the sophomore finished third on the qualifying list in the 400-meter hurdles and ranked on two different 4x400-meter relays.
Dill and Khalifeh also ranked as members of one of UR's relays, finishing in the top 35 (31st) in the distance medley relay on the indoor qualifying list.