2017-18 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
| Event |
Personal Best |
Date |
| Shot Put - Indoor |
15.00m |
2/5/2016 |
| Weight Throw - Indoor |
18.38m |
2/18/2017 |
| Shot Put - Outdoor |
15.14m |
4/22/2017 |
| Discus - Outdoor |
49.64m |
4/8/2017 |
| Hammer - Outdoor |
54.45m |
5/8/2016 |
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2017 Atlantic 10 Silver Medalist- Shot Put -Indoor
2017 Atlantic 10 Silver Medalist- Weight Throw -Indoor
2016 Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Field Performer - Outdoor
2016 Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Field Performer - Indoor
5xAtlantic 10 Outdoor Champion - Shot Put (2015, 2016, 2017), Discus (2016), Hammer (2016)
3xAtlantic 10 Indoor Champion - Shot Put (2015, 2016), Weight Throw (2016)
#1Â all-time at Dayton in shot put (outdoor)
#3 all-time at Dayton in shot put (indoor)
#2 all-time at Dayton in discus (outdoor)
#5 all-time at Dayton in hammer (outdoor)
2016-2017Â (Junior)
IndoorÂ
• Finished second at Atlantic 10 Championship with personal-best weight throw of 18.38m, an improvement of almost 3m in just over a month
• Four top-5 finishes in shot put
• Set a shot put mark of 14.60m at the A-10 Championships, finishing 2nd
Outdoor
• Set UD all-time record in shot put with throw of 15.14m at Illinois TwilightÂ
• Threw a personal-best 49.64m in the discus at the Redbird Invitational, establishing the 2nd best mark all-time at UD
• A-10 Performer of the Week (Apr. 10-16)
• Set a mark of 52.17m in the hammer throw to finish third at the A-10 Championships
• Placed first at the Atlantic 10 Championships in shot put, her 3rd consecutive A-10 shot put title pushing her to five A-10 championships total.
• Competed in the 2017 NCAA East Preliminary Outdoor Track and Field Championships, throwing 41.18m in the discuss and finishing 44th
2015-2016 (Sophomore)
• Earned Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Year during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, the first to do so since 2012
• Swept the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships in the shot put, discus, and hammer, picking up three more gold medals
• Earned All-Conference honors for second straight year
• Recorded the second-best shot put mark in school history (14.91m) at the A-10 Championships
• Posted the second-best discus mark in program history (47.74m) at the A-10 Championships
• Recorded the fourth-best hammer throw at Dayton (54.45m) at the A-10 Championships
• Named 2015-2016 R.U.D.Y.S. Rising Star
• For the outdoor season, Rossi had three first-place finishes, four second-place finishes, and three third-place finishes across the three events
• Named A-10 Field Performer of the Week on March 29 after her performance at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invite
• During the indoor season, she placed first, set a personal best, and recorded the second best distance in UD history in the shot put at the Akron Invitational (2/6) with a distance of 15.00m
• Earned a gold medal in shot put and was named Atlantic 10 All-Conference after throwing 14.49m at the A10 Championships
• Earned gold, set a personal best, hit a Top 5 all-time mark, and was named All-Conference in the weight throw at the A-10 Championships with a distance of 17.03mÂ
• Rossi was named Atlantic 10 Women's Performer of the Week March 29th following the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational after finishing third in shot put with a throw of 14.78m (3rd-best at UD) and third in discus with a throw of 44.35m.
• Throughout the indoor season, Rossi had three first-place finishes, nine Top 10 finishes between shot put and weight throw at six meets
2014-2015 (Freshman)
• During the indoor season, Rossi placed first in shot put at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a distance of 14.27m
• Ranked fourth all-time at Dayton in the shot put
• Finished first in shot put at the Thundering Herd Open
• For the outdoor season, placed first at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/3) in shot put with a throw of 14.31m
• Placed 12th at the Gibson Invite (4/18) in the hammer throw with a distance of 42.54m
• Threw discus 36.67m at the Gibson Invite (4/18) to take 14th place.
High School
• Graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in 2014
• Earned Greater Catholic League Field Athlete of the Year all four years
• Holds high school records in discus (121'03") and shot put (44'04.25")
• Was three-time state finalist in the shot put, finishing third, fifth, and sixth
• Was twice a state qualifier in the discus
• Earned regional champion honors in the shot put three times and discus once... Set the district meet record in the shot put
• Named Academic All-Ohio.
Personal
• Daughter of Lisa and John Rossi
• Has one sibling, Kelli
• Majoring in discover science.
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