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2012-13 Women's Track and Field

Laura Kosiorek

Laura Kosiorek

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Erie, Pa.
  • High School:
    McDowell
  • Events:
    Jumps

Summary

Biography

2013 Outdoor (Senior): Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Horizon League Championships...finished with a season-best time of 14.03 seconds...was 10th in the triple jump with a leap of 10.71 meters...ran the opening league of YSU's 4x100-meter relay Horizon League winning crew...finished with a meet record time of 45.83 seconds...was seventh in the long jump with a season-best leap of 5.48 meters...had a season-best time of 12.24 seconds in the 100m dash at the Northeast Ohio Invitational...best triple jump was a leap of 11.16 meters at the Penn Relays.

2012 Outdoor (Junior): Placed fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 14.23 seconds...was ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.21 meters...finished 16th in the long jump with a leap of 4.94 meters...competed in the 100m dash at the Sparky Adams Invitational and finished tenth in the Preliminaries with a time of 12.91 seconds...fifth-place finish in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.23 seconds. Was part of the 4x100m relay team that came in second...third-place finish with a jump of 5.18m in the long jump at the Ashland Alumni Open...won the triple jump at the Slippery Rock Invitational with a height of 11.32m.

2012 Indoor (Senior): Placed fourth in the YSU National Invitational with a time of 7.92 seconds in the 60m dash and first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.86 seconds...Won the 60m hurdles at the Zips Invitational thanks to a time of 8.73 seconds...at the Horizon League Championship, she placed fifth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.85 seconds...earned a third-place finish in the triple jump at the HL meet posting a distance of 11.57 meters.

2011 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran a personal-best time of 14.61 seconds in the 100m hurdles to finish seventh at the Horizon League Championships…also had a season-best mark of 11.57m in the triple jump to take ninth at the league meet…won the triple jump at the Northeast Ohio Quad (11.09m) and at the Sparky Adams Invitational (11.46m)…finished fifth in the 100m hurdles at the Sparky Adams Invitational with a time of 15.17 seconds…placed 14th in the 100m hurdles (15.44 seconds) and took 15th in the triple jump (11.26m) at the Duke Invitational.

2011 Indoor (Junior): Placed sixth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.93 seconds at the Horizon League Championships...placed eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.68m at the HL Championships.

2010 Outdoor (R-Freshman): Ran a time of 14.98 seconds to finish fifth in the 100m hurdles and took eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 11.21m (36-9 ½) at the Horizon League Championships ... ranks second in school history in the triple jump with a mark of 11.79m (38-8 ¼) at the Northeast Ohio Quad ... won the event ... also finished eighth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.94 seconds at the meet ... took ninth in the triple jump (10.70m) and 10th in the 100m hurdles (15.37) at the All-Ohio Championships.

2010 Indoor (Sophomore): Finished fourth in the triple jump at the Horizon League Championships with a leap of 11.39m (37-4 ½) had a personal-best leap of 11.63m (38-2) in the triple jump  at the Kent State Tune-Up to finish second … the distance ranks second in YSU history … also ran a 60m hurdles time of 9.22 seconds at the meet to finish eighth … ranks sixth in school history in the 60m hurdles after running a time of 9.17 seconds at the Akron Invitational … finished second in the both the 60m hurdles (9.33) and the long jump (16-10 ¾) at the Jane Herman Invite … also finished fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Tom Wright Classic with a time of 9.38 seconds.

2009 Outdoor (Freshman): Redshirted

2009 Indoor (Freshman): Finished eighth in the 60m hurdles (9.60) and 10th in the triple jump (34-9) at the Horizon League Championships ... finished first in the triple jump at Baldwin-Wallace with a jump of 37-0 ½ ... the distance was a personal-best and ranks fifth in school history ... also finished second the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.45, ranking sixth in school history ... personal-best time in the 60m hurdles came at the Akron Open with a time of 9.21 ... finished second in both the 55m hurdles (8.79) and the triple jump (34-10 ½) at the Robert Morris Sixway ... also added a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the Akron Open.

High School: Was a four-year letterman at Erie McDowell...holds school records in the 4x4 relay...4x200 relay in the indoor circuit...holds the school record and District 10 record in the4x1 relay in the outdoor circuit...was a state qualifier in the 4x400m 2005...in 2006 was an indoor and outdoor state qualifier in the hurdles...took fifth place in the hurdles at both the state indoor and outdoor meets in 2007...in 2008 took sixth place at the state indoor and outdoor meet in the hurdles...was a national qualifier in the triple jump and the hurdles 2007 and 2008...won the District 10 title in hurdles from 2006-08...named MVP hurdler three times...also competed in cross country...coach was Joe Sanford.

Personal: Parents are Dan and LouAnn Kosiorek...major is biology/pre-veterinary.

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