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2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster

Leah Saifi

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Governor Livingston High School
  • Hometown Mountainside, N.J.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
Pole Vault 12-9.5

Career Highlights:
  • Ranks third, All-Time Indoor Performance List, pole vault (12-9.5)
  • Ranks fifth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, pole vault (12-6)

2019-2020:
INDOOR
  • Placed third in the pole vault (12-3.50) at the Crimson Opener (Dec. 7)
  • Placed fifth in the pole vault (11-9.75) at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 10-11)
  • Championed the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 11.75 inches at the BU Multi Meet (Jan. 18)
  • Placed third in the pole vault (11-5.75) at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (Feb. 28)

2018-2019:
OUTDOOR
  • Qualified for the New England Championships with a height of 11 feet, 7.75 inches in the pole vault at the Black and Gold Challenge, earning bronze (Mar. 16)
  • Placed 14th in the 100m (13.96) at the BSU Invitational (Mar. 22-23)
  • Championed the pole vault (12-1.50, t-fifth on all-time NU outdoor performance list), qualifying for the IC4A/ECAC Championships at the UMass Lowell Invitational (Mar. 30)
  • Won gold in the pole vault (11-5.75) at the Brown Springtime Invitational (Apr. 28)
  • Placed fifth in the pole vault (12-1.50) at the CAA Championships (May 3-4)
  • Finished fourth in the pole vault with a height of 12 feet, 6 inches (fifth on all-time NU outdoor performance list) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (May 11-12)

INDOOR
  • Placed third in the pole vault (11-9.75) at the Howlin' Husky Invitational (Dec. 8)
  • Finished sixth in the pole vault (11-7.75) at the Battle in Beantown (Jan. 12)
  • Championed the pole vault (11-7.75) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 18)
  • Finished fifth in the pole vault (12-1.50) at the New England Championships (Feb. 1-2)
  • Placed second in the pole vault (11-7.75) at the URI Tribute to Bill Falk (Feb. 9)
  • Championed the pole vault (12-9.50, PB) at the Brown Invitational (Feb. 16)
  • Finished fifth in the pole vault (12-5.50) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (Mar. 1-3)

2017-18:
OUTDOOR
  • Made her outdoor debut with a seventh-place finish in the pole vault (11-7.75) at the Mark Young Invite (April 7)
  • Placed third in the pole vault (11-3.83) at the Northeast Challenge (April 14)
  • Finished third in the pole vault (10-7.95) at the Jay Carisella Invite (April 21)
  • Took silver in the pole vault (11-1.75) at the Brown Springtime Invite (April 29)
  • Placed fifth in the pole vault (11-5.75) at the CAA Championships (May 4-6)

INDOOR
  • Made her collegiate debut in the pole vault (10-5.98) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19)
  • Took 11th place in the pole vault (11-0.28) at the John Thomas Invite (Jan. 26-27)
  • Finished 17th in the pole vault (11-1.86) at New England Championships (Feb. 2-3)
  • Placed fourth in the pole vault (11-6.20) at David Hemery Invite (Feb. 10)
  • Finished ninth in the pole vault (11.42) at BU Last Chance (Feb. 25)

Before Northeastern:
  • New Balance Qualifier
  • 2017 Eastern states indoor pole vault champion
  • 2016 New Jersey indoor pole vault state champion
  • Team captain at Governor Livingston

Personal: Architectural Studies with a minor in Graphic and Information Design 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2019-20Junior

    Pole Vault