2017 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster
Roster
Tara-Rose Cassidy
- Position:
- Middle
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Somerville, NJ
- High School:
- Somerville
- Position:
- Middle
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Three-Time MAAC All-Academic Team (2015-17)CAREER HIGHS Event Time Date 800m 2:30.48 MAAC Championships (5/2/15) 1500m 5:31.29 Rider Invite (4/11/15)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2016:
- 2016 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Placed 30th in the 800m with a time of 2:37.90 at the MAAC Championships (5/7)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015:
- 2015 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Placed 25th out of 46 in the 800m at the Yale Springtime Invitational (4/26) with a time of 2:32.38
- Placed 28th in the 800m at the MAAC Championships (5/2) as she crossed the line in 2:30.48
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014:
- Competed in the two primary middle distance events (800m and 1500m) throughout the season
- Landed a season-best time of 2:33.80 at the MAAC Championships in the 800m to place 29th overall (out of 39)
- Finished with a time of 5:42.59 at the Fred Hardy Invite in her lone 1500m appearance of the season
Before Quinnipiac:
- Graduated from Somerville High School in New Jersey in 2013
- Lettered in both field hockey and lacrosse at Somerville
- Won the Skyland Conference Champioship in lacrosse during her senior year
- Was an Academic All-American
- Will be running middle distance events as a Bobcat
Personal:
- Born in Red Bank, N.J. and raised in Somerville, N.J
- Daughter of Brian and Beth Cassidy
- Has two older sisters Meghan and Shannon
- Plans to major in Physical Therapy
- Was a competitive Irish step dancer for 12 years and competed in National and World Championships
