Seven members of the University of Rochester women's track & field program earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic (USTFCCCA) honors, in addition to the team as a whole garnering 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. They must also 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 2025-26 Indoor OR 2026 Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Programs earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for having a cumulative team GPA of at least 3.10 on a 4.0 scale.
Graduate
Molly FitzGibbons, senior
Ashleigh Barrett, juniors
Nora Chen,
Eva Ciuffetelli and
Madison Vargas, sophomore
Raquella Casserino and first-year
Jordan Smith all qualified for USTFCCCA All-America honors. FitzGibbons notches her sixth USTFCCCA All-Academic honor, and her fifth on the track, while Chen scores her third straight, and Casserino and Ciuffetelli secure their second.
As a team, the Yellowjacket women combined for a 3.54 Team GPA to earn USTFCCCA Team All-Academic accolades.
FitzGibbons finished in the top 50 on the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Qualifying Lists in four events, ranking 38th in the mile and 47th in the 3,000 meters indoors, as well as sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 36th in the 1,500 meters outdoors, qualifying for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the steeplechase.
Chen ranked in the top 50 on the TFRRS lists in 11 different events, competing in two events indoors and three events outdoors at the NCAA Championships. Indoors, Chen finished 10th in the 400 meters, 15th in the 60-meter hurdles, 17th in the 4x400-meter relay and 28th in both the 200 meters and pentathlon. While outdoors, Chen placed three marks in the top 35 in the 4x400-meter relay, and ranked second in the 400-meter hurdles, 14th in the 400 meters and 22nd in the 100-meter hurdles.
Ciuffetelli finished in the top 50 in the 800 meters on the DIII Qualifying Lists both indoors and outdoors, as well as the 4x400-meter relay, placing two times in the 4x400 relay on the outdoor list. The junior qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters indoors and ranked eighth, and finished 38th outdoors in the 800 meters, in addition to finishing 17th indoors and a high-ranking of 22nd outdoors in the 4x400-meter relay, helping the 'Jackets relay team qualify for NCAAs outdoors.
Ciuffetelli also earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors as a member of UR's 4x400-meter relay, with the 17th-fastest time on the DIII Qualifying List indoors, while ranking 22nd, 28th and 29th outdoors en route to an appearance at the NCAA Championships. Smith qualified as a member of URochester's relay as well, running as the Yellowjackets' alternate at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In the field events, Vargas ranked 30th in the weight throw indoors to qualify for All-Academic honors and finished 23rd outdoors in the discus and 37th in the hammer throw. While Barrett qualified in the indoor long jump.
