Melissa Romero

Position:
Jumps
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wilmington, Del.
High School:
Padua

Senior Year
Outdoor: Tied for third in the high jump at the Penn Relays (1.75m) ... Finished ninth in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championship (1.70m) ... Finished tied for 37th in the high jump at NCAA Regionals with a mark of 1.69m ... Finished fifth in the high jump at the Sun Angel (1.68m) ... Recorded a sixth-place mark of 1.65m at the Larry Ellis Invite ... Took 11th in the long jump at the Larry Ellis (5.15m).
Indoor: Competed in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championships, where she finished 11th (1.65m) ... Recorded a leap of 5.17m in the long jump at the Binghamton Triangular, finishing ninth overall ... Earned second place with a BIG EAST qualifying mark (1.68m) at the Syracuse Invite ... Won the high jump (1.65m) at both the SU Welcome Back and Cornell Relays

Junior Year

Outdoor: Tied for 11th at the ECAC Championship with a mark of 1.65m in the long jump … Claimed seventh place at the BIG EAST Championship with a measure of 1.65m in the high jump … Placed fifth at the Penn Relays with a vault of 1.67m in the high jump … Earned sixth place in the high jump and 15th place in the 100-meter dash at the Larry Ellis Invitational with an ECAC Championship-qualifying mark of 1.70m and a time of 13.25, respectively … Placed seventh in the high jump at the UNC Invitational with a mark of 1.65m … Earned second place in the high jump and sixth place in the long jump at the Florida State Relays with marks of 1.65m and 5.21m, respectively.
Indoor: Finished in 12th place in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championship with a leap of 1.65m … Placed second in the high jump at the Binghamton Tri-Meet with a mark of 1.63m … Took home ninth place in the long jump at the Syracuse Invitational with a leap of 5.00m … Qualified for the BIG EAST Championship in the high jump in her fifth place-performance at the PSU National Open with a mark of 1.68m … Took home second place in the high jump at the Cornell Upstate Challenge with a leap of 1.68m … Finished in second place in the high jump at the SU Welcome Back with a mark of 1.62m … Placed second in the high jump with a leap of 1.65m at the Cornell Relays.

Sophomore Year

Outdoor: Picked up 17th at the ECAC Championship with a leap of 1.65m in the high jump … Tied for ninth place at the BIG EAST Championship with an ECAC-qualfying mark of 1.70m in the high jump … Qualified for the BIG EAST Championship with a 1.66m leap in the high jump for second place … Collected second at the Dick Shea Open with a jump of 1.60m in the high jump … Finished in third at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a spring of 1.60m in the high jump … Claimed seventh at the Sam Howell Invitational with a mark of 1.65m in the long jump … Finished the 100-meter hurdles in 16.06 at the Big Red Invitational for ninth place … Claimed fifth at the Dick Shea Open with a clip of 16.55 in the 100-meter hurdles … Ran a preliminary time of 16.04 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational … Finished 10th at the Sam Howell Invitational with a mark of 10.60m in the triple jump. Indoor: Finished third place in the high jump at the Binghamton Triangular with a mark of 1.56m …Earned third place in the high jump at the Syracuse Invite with a mark of 1.55m … Placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles at the SU Welcome Back with a time of 9.46 … Earned fifth place in the triple jump at the SU Welcome Back with a mark of 10.38m … Finished fifth in the high jump at the Cornell Open with a mark of 1.60m … Earned fifth in the high jump at the SU Welcome Back with a mark of 1.40m.

Earned Athletic Director’s Honor Roll distinction for the fall 2007 semester.

Freshman Year: Finished 18th in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championship with a jump of 1.60m … Placed 17th in the high jump at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship with a mark of 1.60m … Won the high jump at the Sam Howell Invitational with a BIG EAST-qualifying mark of 1.65m ...Placed fourth in the high jump at Binghamton with a leap of 1.65m … Competed in the long jump at the Upstate Challenge with a jump of 4.75m … Competed in the long jump at the Big Red Invitational with a mark of 4.97m … Earned BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters.

High School: Served as the team captain her senior season … Member of 2003, 2004 and 2006 state championship team … Earned all-state accolades in 2006 … Three-time All-Catholic League and All-County selection … Team MVP in 2004-05 and 2005-06 … Recorded top mark of 1.67m in the high jump … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born in May 1988 … Daughter of Jun and Nida Romero … One sister … Enrolled in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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Thursday, February 13

Both Orange Track Teams, 5 Individuals Honored by USTFCCCA

Sunday, July 27

12 Named to Track All-ACC Academic Team

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Syracuse University Athletics

2009-10 Track and Field Roster

Roster

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Victor Nwosu

Flings Owusu-Agyapong

Sarah Pagano

Annabelle Pellerin

Lauren Penney

Shane Raupers

Zach Rivers

Corey Robinson

Nick Roertgen

Melissa Romero

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