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2009-10 Women's Track and Field Roster

Serena Allen

  • Position Sprinter
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Chaminade (Jackson State)
  • Hometown Dayton, Ohio

Biography

2009-10: Placed sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.96 at the Dartmouth Relays…Claimed sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.21 at the Harvard Invitational…Finished fifth in the 55-meter dash by crossing the line in 7.35 and eighth in the 200-meter dash in 26.10 at the Boston Indoor Games…Sprinted to a third-place finish in the 60-meter (7.92) and tied for sixth in the 200-meter (26.04) in the Battle of Beantown…Earned 13th-place in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.43 and 31st in the 200-meter (25.99) in the Valentine Invitational…Crossed the line in 7.35 for 12th in the semi-final heat of the 55-meter dash at the New England Championship…Outdoors, captured seventh-place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.81 and 16th-place in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.24 at the Seahawk Invitational…Sprinted to an eighth-place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.92 and finished 29th in the javelin throw (21.50) at the Husky Spring Open…Kicked out a mark of 12.78 in the 100-meter dash for 60th place at the Raleigh Relays…Churned out a 21st-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.17 at the Mason Spring Invitational…Took part in the UTech Track & Field Classic Jamaica, claiming fifth in the 100-meter dash with a mark of 12.93… Ran a leg on NU’s first-ever 4 x 100-meter relay championship squad (47.45) and participated in the 100-meter dash preliminary round (12.77) at the CAA Championship…Ran a time of 13.01 in the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash at the New England Championship…Member of NU’s 4 x 100-meter relay team that placed 14th in the preliminary round of the ECAC Championship with a time of 47.35.

2008-09: Indoors, placed sixth in the 60-meter dash (8.07) and ran on the winning 4x200-meter relay at the Dartmouth Relays...fifth in the 55-meter (7.36) and seventh in the 200 (26.18) at the Boston Indoor Games...fifth in the 60 (7.89) at the Battle of Beantown...began the outdoor season with an eighth-place finish in the 100-meter dash (12.51) at the Seahawk Invitational...seventh in the 100 (12.37) at the USF Quad Meet...at the CAA Championship, placed 14th in the 100 (12.45) and ran on NU's third-place 4x100 relay (46.50)...ran on the winning 4x100 relay (46.44) at the New England Championship.

2007-08: Indoors, made her collegiate debut in the Husky Winter Carnival, placing 11th in the 55 (7.53) and 13th in the 200 (26.85)...placed fourth in the 55 (7.42) and ninth in the 200 (26.45) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...18th in the 55 (7.42) and 42nd in the 200 (26.28) at the Valentine's Invitational...took eighth in the 200 (25.96) and 12th in the 55 (7.41) at the New England Championship...outdoors, took third in the 100 (12.45) and seventh in the 200 (26.67) at the Stonehill Invitational...placed 14th in the 100 (12.36) and 23rd in the 200 (25.92) at the CAA Championship.

Before NU: Attended Jackson State before transferring to Northeastern...in high school, served as captain for three of her four years on the track & field team at Chaminade...named the team MVP twice...once named the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week...helped her team win the district championship in 2005.

Personal: Born July 2, 1987...majoring in Psychology...Class of 2011.