2014-15 Women's Indoor Track
Roster
Jessica Soja
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Simsbury, CT
- High School:
- Simsbury
- Position:
- Distance
As a Senior in 2013-14:
-Named to the 2013-14 All-MAAC Academic Team
-Continued to provide well above-average results in varying events throughout the season
-Helped the Bobcats finish 9th in the 4x800m relay at the New England Championships (2/28) with a time of 9:21.97
-Also combined with three other Bobcats in the distance medley relay to place 11th at the ECAC Championships (3/9) as the time of 12:00.48 was the fourth-fastest DMR time in program history -Scored points for Quinnipiac with her 7th place result in the one mile event as she crossed the line in 5:08.19 at the MAAC Championships (2/21)
-Earned another Top 10 with her 6th place result at the Harvard Invitational (2/1), crossing the line in 5:12.76
-Finished in 43rd place at BU (1/24) with a time of 5:09.87 in the one mile event
-Finished the 3000m at BU (2/7) with a season best time of 10:21.96.
As a Junior in 2012-13:
-Competed in the 3000m at the Great Dane Classic and finished 11th with the time of 10:16.18
-Placed 2nd in the finals at Dartmouth competing in the 1000m with a time of 2:59.18
-Competed in the finals at the Northeast Conference Championship and took 6th with a time of 5:14.27 in the mile
-Finished the mile in 5:01.24 at the New England Championship finishing 13th.
As a Sophomore in 2011-12:
-Kickstarted her season with a 5:15.17 one mile run at the Yale Invitational, good for seventh place out of 34 runners
-Helped lead the 4x800m relay team to a third place showing at Yale with a time of 9:51.08
-Led the Bobcat contingent at Rhode Island with a time of 3:06.89 in the 1000m event
-Finished first on the team at BU in the one mile run with a time of 5:12.91, good for 45th out of 116
-Won the 1000m event at Dartmouth with a time of 3;02.34 as she finished first out of 18 runners
-Qualified for the one mile final in the NEC Championship with a time of 5:08.20, good for fourth place out of 29
-Raced in the distance medley relay team in the NEC Championships and helped her team to a fourth place showing out of 11, crossing the line in 12:19.42
-Finished in fifth place in the one mile run final at the NEC Championship as she crossed the line in 5:05.90
-Competed in the distance medley team that finished eighth out of 19 at the New England Championships
-Closed out the year with a 5:07.95 time in the one mile event at the New England Championships.
As a Freshman in 2010-11:
Did not compete.
Before Quinnipiac:
-Attended Simsbury High School where she was a four-year member of the girls cross country, track and field, and swimming and diving teams..
-Her cross country team was Class L Champions in 2006 and 2007, and was runner-up at the State Open in 2006
-Helped the track team become Class L Champions in 2009
-Was named All-Conference and All-State for three years, in 2007-2009, and was a New England qualifier in 2009
-Was named All-Conference in 2009 and 2010 in track and qualified for States all four years
-Was the 4x800 New England Champions in 2009 and the runner-up in 2010
-Held the team record in the 4x800 relay
-Led her high school swimming team to qualify for the State Trials in 2007, 2008, and 2010...Went to the State Finals in 2010
-Was the 100 yard Backstroke Champion at the 2010 Splash Championships
-Was named captain of both cross country and track in high school
-Won the Elmer Vincent Award, Best in Track Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 2010
-Also was a Connecticut High School Scholar-Athlete Award recipient as a Simsbury Scholar
-Also a member of the National Honors Society.
Personal:
-Native of Simsbury, Conn
-Daughter of Gregory and Valerie Soja
-Her mother, Valerie, attended Quinnipiac
-Has two sisters, Rebecca and Sarah, and two younger brothers, Christopher and Peter
-Her identical twin, Rebecca, is a member of the Syracuse University women's rowing team
-An occupational therapy major.
