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2012-13 Women's Track and Field Roster

Nikki Cunha

  • Position Sprinter/Vaulter
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Tewksbury
  • Hometown Tewksbury, Mass

Biography

Cunha's CAA Scoring
Cunha's Personal Bests
2010 CAA Outdoor 4x400-meter relay: 2nd, 3:52.22 55-meter dash - 7.59
60-meter dash - 8.20
100-meter dash - 12.88
200-meter dash - 26.00
400-meter dash - 57.06
800-meter run - 2:33.95
400-meter hurdles - 1:03.61

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2010 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist in the 4x400-meter relay (3:52.22)

2010-11
INDOOR
• Ran the 400-meter dash in 1:00.76, good for fifth place at the Jay Carisella Invitational.
• Improved her 400-meter time to 59.32 in earning fourth place at the Harvard Open.
• Steadily improved yet again to third place in the 400 meters at the Dartmouth Relays, with a time of 59.23.
• Took fifth place in the 400 meters at the Battle of Beantown with a time of 58.93.
• Qualified tenth and finished eighth in the 400 meters at the New England Indoor Championships with times of 57.79 and 57.55, respectively.

2009-10
OUTDOOR
• Took third in the 400-meter run with a time of 58.28 at the Seahawk Invitational.
• Sprinted to a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash (26.00) and seventh-place finish in the 100-meter dash (12.88) at the Husky Spring Open.
• Captured a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.44 in the Mason Spring Invitational.
• Captured third place in the 400-meter dash (57.26) as part of the UTech Track & Field Classic in Jamaica.
• Churned out a fifth-place clip of 1:03.84 in the 400-meter hurdles and ran a leg in the second-place 4 x 400-meter relay team’s (3:52.22) effort in her first CAA Championship appearance.
• Passed into the 400-meter hurdles finals and finished fifth, overall, with a time of 1:03.61 at the New England Championship.

INDOOR
• Bolted to a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a run of 59.37 at the Dartmouth Relays.
• Took eighth-place in the 60-meter dash with a sprint of 8.65 at the Harvard Invitational.
• Member of the winning 4 x 400-meter relay team with a first-place time of 3:56.07 at the Boston Indoor Games.
• Finished sixth in the 400-meter with a time of 58.41 at the Battle of Beantown.
• Sprinted to a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.92 and ran a leg on the sixth-place 4 x 400-meter relay time (3:55.08) at the New England Championship.

BEFORE NORTHEASTERN
• Participated in track and field all four years of high school
• Won the Coaches Award from 2005-08.
• Pole vault state champion 2005 and 2006.
• 400m state champion 2006 and 2007.
• Merrimack Valley pole vault champion 2005 and 2006.
• Merrimack Valley All-Conference in 400m and champion in 2005-07.
• Lowell Sun spring All-Star 2006 and 2007.
• Lowell Sun winter All-Star 2007.
• Tewksbury High School Outstanding Athlete Award 2007 and 2008.
• Bob McDougal Award of Dedication 2007-08.
• Finished sixth at the Nike Outdoor Nationals.
• Set school records in 300m(41.6), 300yd(39.6), 4x400m relay team(4:02), indoor 400m (59.3) and 4x100m (49.8).
• Team was Merrimack Valley Champions 2005-08.
• Spring State Champions 2005-07.
• Merrimack Valley Champions 2006-08.
• Winter State Champions 2006-08.
• Second place finish in pole vault at the Bay State Games.

PERSONAL
• Born July 10, 1990
• Plans to major in Human Services
• Class of 2013

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Sprinter/Vaulter
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Sprinter/Vaulter
  • 2011-12Junior

    Sprinter/Vaulter
  • 2012-13Senior

    Sprinter/Vaulter