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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jim Pierce

Kelsey Sullivan

  • Position Multis
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Marshfield High School
  • Hometown Marshfield, Mass.

Biography

CAA Scores Personal Bests
2016 Outdoor Heptathlon: 2nd, 4884 Indoor 60m hurdles - 8.99
2015 Outdoor Heptathlon: 4531 Indoor 200m dash - 26.77
Indoor 500m dash - 1:16.91
Indoor 800m run - 2:18.15
Indoor high jump - 1.71m
Indoor long jump - 5.48m
Indoor shot put - 10.39m
Indoor pentathlon - 3791
Outdoor 100m hurdles - 14.26
Outdoor 200m dash - 26.39
Outdoor 400m hurdles - 66.11
Outdoor 800m run - 2:16.39
Outdoor high jump - 1.67m
Outdoor long jump - 5.74m
Outdoor javelin - 37.21m
Outdoor shot put - 9.99m
Outdoor heptathlon - 4884
 
Career Highlights
• Record holder, indoor pentathlon (3791).
• Record holder, outdoor heptathlon (5063).
• Ranks 5th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, high jump (1.71m).
• Ranks 7th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, 100mH (14.26).
• Ranks 7th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, javelin (39.32m).

• Ranks 15th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 500m dash (1:16.91).
• 2016 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: heptathlon.
• 2016 New England Outdoor Bronze Medalist: heptathlon.
 
Awards/Honors
• Corvias ECAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week (March 2, 2016).
 
2015-16
OUTDOOR
• Recorded a new personal best in the 800m run (2:16.85) at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 26).

• Finished second in the high jump (1.60m) at the Brown Springtime Open (May 1).
• Won silver in the heptathlon (4484) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7).
• Won bronze in the heptathlon at the New England Championships with a new school record of 5,063 points (May 14).

INDOOR
• Finished first in the 800m run (2:23.18) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 15).
• Tied for secod place in the high jump (1.67m) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 15).
• Placed sixth in the 800m run with a personal best of 2:18.15 at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23).
• Finished second with a leg in the 4x400m relay (3:53.64) at the Boston University (BU) Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 6).
• Placed 133rd in the 200m dash with a personal best of 26.77 at the BU Valentine Invite (Feb. 12).
• Set a new pentathlon school record (3,791 points), tying for first in the high jump (1.68m), coming in second in the 60mH (8.93m), placing 5th in the shot put (10.39m), taking fourth place in the long jump (5.33m), and finishing third in the 800m run (2:19.55) at the New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 27).

 
2014-15
OUTDOOR
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Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:06.22) and seventh in the long jump (4.97m) at the Carolina Classic in Puerto Rico (March 21).
• Finished fourth in the long jump (4.95m) and 100-meter hurdles (16.08) at the Snowflake Classic at Tufts (March 28).
• Took home third in 400-meter hurdles (1:06.55), fifth in high jump (1.45m), and seventh in long jump (5.02m) at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 4).
• Placed fourth in javelin (37.21m) and 10th in high jump (1.70m) at the Mark Young Yale Invite (April 18).
• Finished fourth in the heptathlon (4531 points) at the CAA Championships (May 1-2).


INDOOR
• Took home 14th place in the 300-meter dash at BU's season opener with a time of 44.52 (Dec. 6)
• Part of a team that finished third in the 4x400 (Dec. 6)
• Finished third in the high jump, posting a mark of 1.57m (Dec. 6).
• Recorded a mark of 1.60 meters in the pole vault, good for fourth at Jay Carisella Invite (Dec. 13).

• Finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.50), third in high jump (1.66), and fifth overall at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 17).
• Finished fourth in the high jump (1.65m) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23).
• Came in 18th in the high jump (1.55m) and 15th in long jump (5.22m) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 30).
• Finished 11th in shot put (9.27m) and third in high jump (1.70m) at the Harvard Fast Meet (Feb. 6).
• Finished 11th in the pentathlon at the New England Championships (Feb. 28).
• Placed 13th in the high jump (1.64m) at the IC4A/ECAC championships (March 7).

 
Before Northeastern
• Placed sixth in the heptathlon at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
• Earned a silver medal in the long jump at the Massachusetts All-State Indoor Championships.
• Won the long jump at the New England Indoor Championships.
• Placed sixth in the pentathlon at the New Balance Indoor Championships.
• In 2013, won the long jump at the New England Outdoor Championships.
• Earned silver in the long jump at the Massachusetts All-State Outdoor Championships.

 
Personal
• Class of 2019.

Coach Erickson on Kelsey Sullivan: Kelsey comes into the Northeastern program at a level that will contribute in many ways. As we have seen this year, she has continued to post personal bests in several different events, and possesses potential to be a huge contributor on a conference, New England and regional level. We believe Kelsey has limitless potential and will prove to be a glue that bonds the team in many ways.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Multi's
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Multis