2009-10 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor 1,000m: 2:57.04 (2010)
Indoor Mile: 5:11.72 (2010)
Outdoor 1,500m: 4:48.05 (2010)
Outdoor 3,000m: 10:56.22 (2010)
2009-10: Indoors, took ninth in the mile in a time of 5:11.72 at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... Won her heat of the 1,000-meter in a season-best 2:57.04 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Part of the winning distance medley relay and placed eighth in the 800-meter at the Big South Championship ... Outdoors, placed fourth in her heat of the 1,500-meter in 4:48.05 at the Raleigh Relays ... Won the 3,000-meter at the Aggie Relays ... Placed 10th in the 1,500-meter at the Big South Championship.
Prep: Set high school bests of 2:13 in the 800-meter and 4:39 in the 1,500-meter, which were both Cardinal Newman Catholic records ... Placed ninth in the 800 at the Canadian Junior Championship in 2007 ... Ontario runner-up in the 1,500 and took third in the 800 in 2007 ... Three-time team MVP in both cross country and track & field.
Personal: Business major ... Daughter of Vito and Ingrid Piacente ... Has one brother, Francesco ... Born Vanessa Piacente on April 6, 1991.
