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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Christopher Cecere
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Christopher Cecere
Christopher Cecere
Christopher Cecere
Christopher Cecere

Raquella Casserino

Raquella Casserino

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Highschool:
    Penfield
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, NY

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Appeared nine times during sophomore campaign...Earned First Team USTFCCCA All-America honors in the 4x400 meter relay, helping the Yellowjackets to a sixth place finish at nationals in 3:49.20...Relay captured AARTFC and Liberty League titles and ended the regular season ranked #11 on the Division III Indoor Qualifying List with a time of 3:51.58, set at Liberty Leagues, which established a conference meet record...Earned All-Niagara Region honors as a part of the 4x400 meter relay, ranking first in the region during the season...Competed at the All-Atlantic Region Championships indoors in the 400 meters, finishing 24th...Scored for UR in the 400 meters at the Liberty League Championships, running eighth in 1:00.38, also competing in the 200 meters...Compiled 11 total top-8 finishes during the season, including five wins...Placed third in the 400 meters twice, coming at the RIT Indoor Invitational on Jan. 30 and at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up on Feb. 21.

Outdoor: Named First Team All-American by the USTFCCCA for her efforts on Rochester's 4x400 meter relay during the outdoor season...Relay finished eighth at the NCAA Division III Championships in 3:47.44...Two-time USTFCCCA All-Region honoree, coming on the 4x400 meter relay and 400 meters...Competed in three events at the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships, ending second in the 4x400 meter relay, 11th in the 400 meters (PR 57.58 sec) and 19th in the 200 meters (26.01 sec)...Received Honorable Mention All-Liberty League honors in the 400 meters, capping off a 1-2-3 UR finish with a third place result in 57.87 seconds...Also, finished fourth at the conference meet in the 200 meters (PR 25.62 sec) and 4x100 meter relay...Placed first in the 4x400 meter relay at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic in mid-April, and later helped UR's relay run 3:43.84 (#4 in Division III this season) at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Last Chance Meet...Finished fourth in the sprint medley relay at the William & Mary Colonial Relays on Apr. 5, posting a UR school record time of 4:06.69 which ranks #8 all-time in Division III history...Recorded three top-3 results at the UR Alumni Invitational, including runner-up finishes in the 200 meters and 4x100 meter relay...Member of UR's contingent on the Liberty League All-Academic and USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams.

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: First-year hit the track in eight meets during the indoor season...Competed in both the 400 meters (15th, 1:04.60) and 4x400 Relay (2nd, 4:03.92) at the Liberty League Championships, earning Second-Team All-Liberty League honors in the 4x400m Relay...Competed in the 4x200 Relay at regionals, placing 12th (1:48.32)...Notched seven top-10 finishes...Opened the season with a fourth-place result (1:51.84) in the 4x200 Relay at the Nazareth Alumni Opener on Dec. 8...Added another fourth-place finish in the 4x200 Relay (1:52.77) at the Conference Challenge Cup on Jan. 27...Finished 2nd in the 400 meters (1:03.30) at the RIT February Friday Invitational on Feb. 9.

Outdoor: Rookie competed in seven meets outdoors...Qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the 4x400 relay, ranking 13th on the DIII Outdoor Qualifying List following the regular season...Helped UR take home the AARTFC title in the 4x400 relay (1st, 3:47.72), while placing 18th (59.63) in the 400 meters at regionals...Ran both the 400 meters (9th, 1:00.41) and 4x400 relay (4th, 4:03.19) at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships...Helped UR to two event wins in the relay, and finished in the top-10 a total of 13 times...Notched a season-best time in the 100 meters (12.98) at the Towson Invitational on March 29...Tallied three top-10 results in the 400 meters (9th), 4x100 (2nd) and 4x400 relays (3rd) at the UR Alumni Invitational on Apr. 7...Scored a season-best mark in the 200 meters (27.04) at the Bison Outdoor Classic...Earned three top-five finishes in the 400 meters (4th, 59.56 (PR)), 4x100 relay (3rd) and 4x400 relay (1st) at the UR Spring Twilight on Apr. 26...Competed at the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza on May 10, placing fourth in the 4x400 relay (3:47.87).

HS: Attended Penfield HS...Participated in track & field, volleyball, tennis and softball...Helped Patriots win Section V title in track and field as a first-year...Competed at track and field nationals on a relay in both junior and senior year...Was on sectional winning relay both indoors and outdoors in 2022-23 season.

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