Junior Grayce Selig captured her second All-America honor of the 2009-10 year on the last day of competition at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She lowered her school record for the fifth time this season in the 1,500-meter run, placing fourth at Baldwin Wallace College. Senior Suzanne Bernier missed out on All-America honors with an 11th-place showing in the high jump.
Senior Suzanne Bernier will be making her second trip to the NCAA championships in the high jump, while junior Grayce Selig will compete at her third NCAA championships of 2009-10, running in the 1,500-meters. The duo will compete between Thursday at Saturday at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.
On May 6, the Brandeis Department of Athletics held its annual Student-Athlete Recognition and Award Dinner. Director of Athletics Sheryl Sousa and Dean of Students Rick Sawyer were on hand to give out awards to 10 different student-athletes. Read about the winners here!
The Brandeis women's track and field team placed fifth at the 2010 University Athletic Association championships, earning three championships in the process. Junior Grayce Selig won the 1,500 meters, senior Suzanne Bernier took the high jump and the 4x800-meter relay team set a meet record.
The Brandeis women's distance medley relay team of senior Beth Pisarik, rookie Anifreed Sinjour, junior Emily Owen and junior Grayce Selig earned All-American honors tonight, finishing in third place at the NCAA Division III Championships tat DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Senior Suzanne Bernier placed 13th in the high jump.
Brandeis junior Grayce Selig and senior Beth Pisarik earned All-UAA honors today in the mile run. They were two of seven All-UAA performances for the Brandeis men and women. The University of Chicago captured the women's team crown.
The Brandeis track and field teams produced a pair of All-UAA performances on the first day of action in the Gosman Athletic Center. The men's distance medley relay won the team's lone gold on the day, while the women's DMR, along with juniors Paul Norton (5K) and Lucia Capano (long jump) all earned silvers.
Junior Paul Norton and senior Suzanne Bernier each earned All-Region honors at the 2010 Open New England championships this weekend at Boston University. Norton finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run, while Bernier was seventh in the high jump.
Junior Grayce Selig captured the 2010 New England Division III title in the 3,000-meter run today, helping the Brandeis women to a 10th-place finish out of 25 scoring teams. Selig was one of six women to earn All-New England honors on the day.
Junior Grayce Selig improved on a pair of NCAA qualifying times at the 2010 Boston University Valientine's Classic on Feb. 12 and 13. She is now ranked in the top five nationally in Division III with the first sub-five-minute mile in Brandeis women's history, while she and three others are third nationally in the DMR.
The UAA has honored six Brandeis University student-athletes as Athlete of the Week for Feb. 1. Senior guard Jessica was honored for the second time in three weeks for women's basketball, while NCAA qualifiers junior Devon Holgate of and the women's distance medley relay team were honored for men's and women's track and field, respectively.
Five Brandeis athletes - four in a relay and one individual - qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field championships at the 2010 Terrier Classic at Boston University. Seniors Beth Pisarik, Julia Alpaio and Grayce Selig, along with Anifreed Sinjour, qualified in the women's distance medley relay, while junior Devon Holgate qualified for the men in the mile.
Three Brandeis student-athletes were named University Athletic Association Player of the Week for Jan. 24. Senior Terrell Hollins was honored for men's basketball, while juniors Emma Larkin and Grayce Selig were recognized for women's fencing and women's track and field, respectively.
Junior Lucia Capano and sophomore Tyrone Hughes were selected as University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week for Jan. 19. Capano was selected for the second time this season for indoor track as she qualified for the NCAA championships in the triple jump. Hughes was honored for the first time for his role a 3-0 week for the #15 men's basketball team.
Junior Lucia Capano had three wins and was part of a second-place relay, while senior Suzanne Bernier set a school-record in the high jump today as the Brandeis women's track and field team won the 2010 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational. Both women earned NCAA provisional qualifying marks on the day. The Brandeis men finished fourth of seven squads.
A pair of junior milers had the top performances for the Brandeis track team at the 2010 Dartmouth College Relays. On the women's side, Grayce Selig had a third-place finish in 5:08.22, while Devon Holgate was seventh in 4:20.64 for the men.
Three different Brandeis student-athletes have been honored as University Athletic Association Players of the Week for December 7. Senior Kenny Small was recognized for men's basketball, while juniors Lucia Capano and Anna Hanley were honored for women's track and field and women's fencing, respectively.
In the first meet of the 2009-10 indoor track and field season, Northeastern University's Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational, Brandeis junior Paul Norton qualified for his fourth career NCAA championship, while the women's team had three top-five performances.
With expected inclement weather and Brandeis's indoor facility in use because of the volleyball team's Brandeis Invitational, this weekend's Brandeis-Bowdoin women's tennis match has been canceled. A make-up date has not been scheduled.