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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Amadu Jalloh-Jamboria
Amadu Jalloh-Jamboria
Erik Schelkun
Erik Schelkun

Anna Kessler

  • Event Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbus, Ohio
  • Highschool Bishop Watterson

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
60m (Indoor) 7.64 2/10/2024
100m (Outdoor) 12.02 3/29/2025
200m (Outdoor) 24.77 3/29/2025
200m (Indoor) 25.57 2/23/2023
400m (Indoor) 58.56 2/15/2025

2024-2025 (Senior)
  • R.U.D.Y.S "Dayton All-Academic Team" Winner
  • Named to the 2024-2025 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Outdoor
  • Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team 
  • Finished eighth in the 100m (12.21) at the A-10 Outdoor Championships 
  • Part of the 4x100m relay team that broke the school record and finished second at the A-10 Championships (45.92)
  • Finished fifth in the 100m at the Pacesetters Sports Invitational with a PR time of 12.02
  • Posted a PR and finished sixth in the 200m (24.77) at the Pacesetters Sports Invitational hosted by Indiana State

Indoor

  • Posted a PR in the 400m (58.56) at the Doug Raymond Invitational hosted by Kent State
  • Finished third in the 60m and 200m at the Gem City Invitational hosted by UD 
  • Part of the second fastest 4x200m relay (1:40.86) time at UD and finished first at the Wittenberg Tiger Open
2023-2024 (Junior)
Outdoor
  • Part of the 4x100m relay that set the school record (46.38) and finished third at the A-10 Championships hosted by George Mason University
Indoor
  • Finished 10th in the 200m at the A-10 Championships
  • Finished 12th in the 60m at the A-10 Championships
  • PR in the 60m (7.64) and finished 3rd at the Marshall Invitational
  • Set the school record for the 4x200m relay with her time of 1:40.19 at the Wittenberg Tiger Opener.

2022-2023 (Sophomore at William & Mary)
Indoor
  • Ran the second-best 60m dash time in school history of 7.69 seconds at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational.
Outdoor
  • Broke the school record three times with her 4x100m relay team with their best being 45.94 seconds at the ECAC Championships.
  • Named to the Coastal Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

2021-2022 (Freshman at William & Mary)
Indoor
  • Set her season-best 60m dash time at the Navy Invitational with her 7.83 second finish.
Outdoor
  • Finished in first place in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.77 at the Dan Stimson Invitational.
  • Named to the Coastal Athletic Association Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.

High School
  • Varsity Track & Field Athlete (2018-2021)
  • All-League (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • All-District (2019, 2021)
  • All-Region (2019, 2021)
  • All-State (2021)
  • Team Captain (2021)
  • 4x100m relay school record - 48.02
  • 4x200m relay (indoor) school record - 1:42.90
  • 4x200m relay (outdoor) school record - 1:39.69
  • 4x400m relay (indoor) school record - 4:03.50
  • Indoor & Outdoor State Champion - 4x200m relay (2021)
  • Regional Champion - 100m (2021)
  • District Champion - 100m & 200m (2019, 2021)
  • Conference Champion - 100m (2018, 2019, 2021)
  • Conference Champion - 200m (2019, 2021)
  • Academic All-Ohio (2019, 2021)
  • Valedictorian (2021)

High School Personal Records
  • 60m - 7.69 (School Record)
  • 100m - 11.77 (School Record)
  • 200m (Indoor) - 25.57
  • 200m (Outdoor) - 24.57

Personal
  • Daughter of Adam and Rose Kessler
  • Has one sister: Morgan Kessler
  • Her father, Adam Kessler, was her head coach for track and field at Bishop Watterson
  • Her uncle, Aaron Kessler, played baseball at Harvard
  • Her aunt, Meredith Kessler, played field hockey at Syracuse
  • Her grandpa, Wendell Kessler, ran track at Ohio State
  • Majoring in Political Science
  • Career aspiration is to work in politics

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior