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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Nora Chen

Nora Chen

  • Position:
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Highschool:
    Strath Haven
  • Hometown:
    Wallingford, PA

Summary

Biography

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At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Turned in another impressive season as a sophomore indoors, earning a pair of USTFCCCA All-America awards...Was First Team All-American after a sixth place finish on UR's 4x400 meter relay (3:49.20) and was a Second Team All-American individually in the 400 meters, placing 11th with a new personal-best time of 56.69 seconds...Competed at nine meets overall and compiled 18 top-8 results, including seven event wins...Was event champion on 4x400 meter relay at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Championships and scored in four events at the Liberty League Championships, securing a win in the 4x400 relay (meet record 3:51.58), runner-up finish in the 400 meters, third place in the 200 meters and seventh in the 60 meter hurdles...Earned three All-Liberty League honors during indoor season, securing First Team in the 4x400 meter relay, Second Team in the 400 meters and Honorable Mention in the 200 meters...Two-time All-Region selection from the USTFCCCA, ranking first in the region in the 4x400 meter relay and fifth in the 400 meters...Ranked in the top-20 on the Division III Performance list in two events during the regular season, scoring in 11th in the 4x400 meter relay (3:51.58) and 20th in the 400 meters (:56.97)...Finished as a double-winner in the 60 meter hurdles and 4x400 meter relay at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Feb. 8.

Outdoor: Continued to be in the hunt at the NCAA Division III Championships during the outdoor season, ending fourth individually in the 400 meter hurdles and was eighth on UR's 4x400 meter relay, leading to two First Team All-America honors from the USTFCCCA...Set school record in the 400 meter hurdles a total of four times on the season, with the last coming at the NCAA Championships where she ran 1:00.21, which also is a new Liberty League record...USTFCCCA All-Region honors in three events, the 4x400 meter relay, 400 meter hurdles and 400 meters...Three All-Liberty League honors by virtue of two wins (400 meter hurdles, 4x400 meter relay) and a second place (400 meters) at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships...Set Liberty League meet record in the 400 meter hurdles (1:01.25)...Ran 17 total times across nine meets during the season, finishing with just one result lower than eighth place...Tallied seven event wins and was a double-winner at the Liberty League meet and St. John Fisher Cardinal Last Chance...Helped UR's sprint medley relay set a new school record of 4:06.69 at the William & Mary Colonial Relays, a time which also ranks #8 all-time in Division III history...Was ranked #3 nationally on the Division III performance list in the 400 meter hurdles, #4 in the 4x400 meter relay and #47 in the 400 meters...Named Liberty League Track Performer of the Week on May 12...Selected for Academic All-District honors from the College Sports Communicators and was a Liberty League All-Academic honoree...Earned second-straight USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: National Champion as a first-year, competing on UR's 4x400 relay that repeated as indoor champions...Ran in nine meets...Earned First-Team All-America honors in the 4x400 relay (1st, 3:45.21)...Also added USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the 4x400 relay...Helped UR run the fourth-fastest indoor 4x400m relay time at NCAAs, one of two marks on the NCAA Division III all-aime list...Competed in four events at Liberty League's, earning Second-Team All-Liberty League honors in the 4x400 relay (2nd, 4:03.92) and Honorable Mention honors in the 400 meters (3rd, 58.50)...Also, scored in the 60-meter hurdles (6th, 9.58) and the 200 meters (7th, 26.46)...Three-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week...Tallied 14 top-five finishes, and finished outside the top-10 just once...Opened the year with first-place results in both the 400 meters and 4x400 relay at the Nazareth Alumni Opener on Dec. 8...Won the 4x400 relay again at the Golden Eagle Winter Welcome Back on Jan. 20, as well as at the Conference Challenge Cup on Jan. 27...Ran a season-best time in the 400 meters (66th, 57.61) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 9, while helping UR set the No. 1 mark in NCAA Division III in the 4x400 relay (4th, 3:45.78), outpacing numerous Division I squads...Hit two season-high marks at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up on Feb. 16, clocking in at 26.45 in the 200 meters (26.45) and 9.56 (6th) in the 60-meter hurdles...Placed fourth in the 400 meters at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Track & Field Championships...Finished the regular season ranked 1st in the 4x400 Relay and 43rd in the 400 meters on the NCAA DIII Indoor Qualifying List.

Outdoor: Followed up impressive indoor campaign with a outstanding outdoor season...USTFCCCA First-Team All-American in the 4x400 relay and Second-Team All-American in the 400-meter hurdles...Helped UR's 4x400 relay to a third-place result (3:45.40) at NCAAs while finishing ninth in the 400 hurdle prelims (1:02.06)...USTFCCCA All-Region in both the 400m hurdles and the 4x400 relay...Selected as the Liberty League Rookie of the Year...Ran to two top-two finishes at the AARTFCs, winning the 4x400 relay (3:47.72) and finishing second in the 400 hurdles (1:02:05) to help UR finish second as a team...Earned First-Team All-Liberty League honors in the 400m hurdles (1st, 1:01.86) at Liberty Leagues, setting a new PR and Liberty League Championship record...Also, placed fourth in the 4x400 relay and 10th in the 100 meters at the conference championships...Two-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week and three-time Liberty League Rookie of the Week...Finished in the top-five 15 times, earning six event wins...Opened the outdoor season with a second-place finish (1:06.32) in the 400m hurdles at the Towson Invitational on Mar. 29...Season-best time of 12.81 (6th) in the 100 meters at the UR Alumni Invitational on Apr. 7...Finished 7th out of a field of 51 competitors in the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.63) at the Bison Outdoor Classic...Took home three top-three results, including two event wins, at the UR Spring Twilight on Apr. 26...Won both the 400m hurdles (1:02.29) and 4x400 Relay (3:56.78), setting a new facility record in the hurdles...Finished the year ranked 10th in both the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay on the NCAA DIII Outdoor Qualifying List...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

HS: Participated on the track and field and cross country teams at Strath Haven HS...Co-captain for outdoor track and field during 2023 season...Earned three MVP awards throughout track and field career, adding indoor Freshman Award and indoor Comeback Award to her resume...1st Team All-Delaware County in 2023...Named to the 2022 All-DCGTFCA Indoor Team and was All-Delco Honorable Mention the same year during outdoor season...Personal bests of 26.6 in the 200 meters, 57.77 in the 400 meters and 9.98 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles...Helped Panthers team to 7th place finish in the 4x800 meter relay at the PIAA Outdoor State Championships in 2022...Also, finished 8th individually in the 300 meter hurdles at the same meet the following year...Member of the National Honor Society.

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