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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

Erik Schelkun
Amber Searls

Lauren Santiago

  • Event Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Amsterdam, N.Y.
  • Highschool Amsterdam

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
60m (indoor) 8.28 1/14/2023
100 (outdoor) 12.70 4/14/2023
200m (indoor)  25.49 2/10/2024
300m (indoor)  40.78 12/2/2023
400m (outdoor)  56.78 4/22/2023
400H (outdoor) 1:01.49 5/6/2023
500m (indoor) 1:19.44 12/7/2019
800m (outdoor) 2:26.28 3/22/2024

2023-2024 (Graduate Student) 
Outdoor 
  • Finished 3rd in the 400m Hurdles (1:03.03) at the We Fly Challenge hosted by Ball State Univesity
  • Finished 2nd in the 400m Hurdles (1:03.44) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati
  • PR and finished 6th in the 800m (2:26.28) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University 
Indoor 
  • Part of the 4x400 relay that broke the school record (3:49.84) at the A-10 Championships 
  • Top 5 All-Time mark in the 400m (56.97) at the A-10 Championships and finished 7th
  • PR in the 300m (40.78) and won the Wittenberg Tiger Opener
  • Finished 2nd in the 400m (57.67) at the Indiana Invitational
  • PR in the 200m (25.49) at the Marshall Invitational
2022-2023 (Senior)
Outdoor 
  • PR in the 100m (12.70) at the Gibson Invitational
  • PR in the 400m (56.78) at the Jesse Owens Track and Field Classic
  • PR in 400 Hurdles (1:01.49) and finished 5th place at A-10 Championships
  • Earned Top 5 All-Time at 400 Hurdles (1:01.49) and 4x100(46.87) at A-10 Championships
Indoor
  • Finished 6th in the 400m at the A-10 Championships
  • PR in the 60m (8.28) in the BGSU-Falcon Early Bird Open
2021-2022 (Junior)
Outdoor 
  • Member of the 4x100 (47.43) squad that won the A-10 Championships 
  • Finished 3rd in the 4x100 (47.22) at the Miami University Blizzard Buster
Indoor 
  • Won the 400m at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invite (1:01.13)
  • Finished 4th in the 400m at the Gladstein Invitational (1:00.97)
Previous School
- Competed two seasons at Sacred Heart University

High School Accomplishments:
- Six-year varsity letter winner in outdoor and indoor track and field
- Team captain 2017-2019
- Helped Amsterdam to the 2018 Foothills Conference Championship
- First Team All-Foothills Conference from 2015-2019
- Holds the following Amsterdam indoor track records : 200 (26.32), 300 (40:44), 400 (1:01.32), 500 (1:21) and 4x4 relay (4:02.32)
- Holds the following Amsterdam outdoor track records: 200 (25.31), 400 (56.07), and 4x4 relay (3:56.97)

Personal Records:
- 200 indoor: 26.32
- 300 indoor: 40.44
- 200 outdoor: 25.31
- 400 outdoor: 56.07

Personal
  • Daughter of Elaine and Ismael Santiago 
  • Has four siblings: Marcos, Joel, Rebecca, and Lars
  • Majoring in sports and wellness

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Graduate Student