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2011-12 Women's Track and Field Roster

Saleena Abdur-Rashed

  • Position Sprinter/Hurdler
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bishop Loughlin
  • Hometown Bronx, N.Y.

Biography

2011-12: Indoors, won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.39 in her first race of the season at the Jay Carisella Invite…ran a 7.81 in the 60-meter dash for second place at the Harvard Open…placed fourth in the 55-meter dash at the Tiger Open with a time of 7.38…finished in second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Great Dane Classic with a time of 8.57…was runner up in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.07 and placed fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.46 at the Joe Donahue Games…won the 60-meter hurdles at the Battle of Beantown with a time of 8.53…won the 60-meter hurdles at the New England Indoor Championships with a final time of 8.58…placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the IC4A Indoor Championship with a time of 8.60… Outdoors, came in second in the 100-meter hurdles at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 14.21 and finished sixth as part of the 4x100-meter relay team with a time of 46.94…won the 100-meter dash at the Northeastern Spring Open with a time of 12.50 and placed fifth in the long jump there with a distance of 5.00m…finished 28th in the 100-meter hurdles at the Florida Relays and was part of the 4x100 relay team that finished 38th with a mark of 47.28, also was part of the 4x200 relay team that finished 23rd with a time of 1:41.76…placed second in the 100-meter dash with a mark of 12.23 at the Solomon Invitational and won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14:19… was part of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished fifth at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a time of 46.98 and finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.16 and 13th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.11...placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.09 at the CAA Championship


2010-11: Indoors, won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.25, including a prelim-best time of 8.14 seconds, at the Jay Carisella Invitational…won the 200 meters at the Harvard Open in a time of 25.83; also placed 16th in the high jump with a jump of 1.54m (5’0.50)…Qualified first and finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Dartmouth Relays, finishing in 8.95, 8.75, and 8.78, respectively; also ran the second leg of the 2nd place 4x200m relay team…qualified and finished second at the Yale Invitational’s 60-meter hurdles, with respective times of 8.92 and 8.76; also took the second leg of the Huskies’ 2nd place ‘A’ 4x400m relay team…qualified and finished first in the 55-meter hurdles at the Boston Indoor Games, with times of 8.10 and 8.08, respectively; also took second place in the 200 meters, finishing in 25.52…qualified first and finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Battle of Beantown , with times of 8.61 and 8.66, respectively; also ran fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 25.75…missed qualification in the 60-meter hurdles at the Valentine Invitational by just one hundredth of a second, despite posting a season-best time of 7.96; she finished 17th…qualified second and finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the New England Indoor Championships, with qualifying times of 8.78 and 8.70, and an 8.61 in the final; also posted a 25.28 in the 200 meters to earn 12th place…Outdoors, her 14.35 placed her second at the Seahawk Invitational in the 100-meter hurdles; also leapt 5.05m (16’7) in earning tenth place in the long jump; took 12th place in the 200 meters with a time of 26.04…ran the 200 meters in 25.48 to finish 11th at the FSU Relays…took fourth place in the 100-meter hurdles at the FSU Relays with a time of 14.03…claimed second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.20 at the Duke Invitational…finished 11th in the 100 meter hurdles in 16.58 at the Stonehill Invitational…earned a spot on the podium after a third-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, posting a clip of 13.90 at the 2011 CAA Championship…won her second-consecutive 100-meter hurdles New England championship with NU’s fourth-best time in school history of 13.81 at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship

2009-10: Indoors, earned a second-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying mark of 8.16 and picked up fifth in the 200-meter dash in 26.34 at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational…Surged to a third-place finish with a mark of 8.82m at the Dartmouth Relays…Leaped to a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a spring of 5.10m at the Harvard Invitational…Broke the ECAC-qualifying mark with a second-place time of 8.16 in the 55-meter hurdles at the Boston Indoor Games…Hustled to a third-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.76 at the Battle of Beantown…Claimed sixth in the 55-meter hurdles with a ECAC-qualifying time of 8.17 and 15th in the 200-meter (25.57)at the Valentine Invitational…Dashed to a third-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.11 and finished eighth in the 200-meter dash (25.70) at the New England Championship…Outdoors, won both the 100-meter hurdles (14.67) and 400-meter hurdles (1:05.65) in her first outdoor race of the season at the Seahawk Invitational…Surged to victory in the 100-meter hurdles at the Husky Spring Open with an ECAC-qualifying time of 14.17…Picked up 12th-place in the 100-meter hurdles with a mark of 14.32 at the Raleigh Relays…At the Mason Spring Invitational, seized a second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.16 and earned a ninth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:13.24)…Represented NU at the UTech Track & Field Classic, finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.56…Won her fourth meet of the season, including her second 400-meter hurdles trial, with a clip of 1:04.67 at the Skyhawk Invitational…Belted out the fourth-best 100-meter hurdles time in school history (13.91) en route to a second-place finish, ran a leg on NU’s first-ever 4 x 100-meter relay championship squad (47.45) and second-place 4 x 400-meter relay team (3:52.22) and claimed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a mark of 1:07.36 at the CAA Championship…Became Northeastern’s first 100-meter hurdles New England champion in 10 years (Nikiya Reid – 2000) after eliciting a winning clip of 14.26 in the final race…At the ECAC Championship, passed into the semifinal round of the 100-meter hurdles and finished one spot out of qualifying for the finals with her semifinal mark of 14.32 along with running on the 14th-place 4 x 100-meter relay team (47.35).

High School: Attended Bishop Loughlin for four years…track and field four years and captain for one…Daily News CHSAA All-City All-Stars…holds the CHSAA indoor and outdoor hurdle record…three-time CHSAA indoor and outdoor champion in the 100m hurdle and the 55m hurdles…NSIC All-America in 2007 for the 60m hurdles and the 4x4…NY Daily News Athlete of the Week.

Personal: Born April 24, 1989…plans on majoring in African American Studies…hopes to be a teacher and coach…class of 2012.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Sprinter/Hurdler
  • 2010-11Junior

    Sprinter/Hurdler
  • 2011-12Senior

    Sprinter/Hurdler