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  Melissa Salerno

Melissa Salerno

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Rocky Point, N.Y.

High School:
Rocky Point Sr.

Height:
5-8

Event:
XC/Mid-Distance

Birthdate:
11/22/1986

2007-08: Cross Country: Turned in the second best cross country time at Fordham (19.26)... Took third at the Red Storm Invitational (14:30) and fourth at the Leeber Invitational (20:02)... Finished tenth at the Metropolitan Championships (19:34)... Placed 13th at the Ram Invitational (19:49) and 29th at the ECAC Championships (19:26)... 47th at Atlantic 10 Championships (20:28)... Indoor: Turned in the fastest 800m (2:15.88), 1000m (2:53.19) and mile (4:55.79) times at Fordham... Also had the fastest 1000m time, fourth best 800 time in the Atlantic 10... Earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors by taking second in the 1000m at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2:56.38)... Won the 1000m at the Metropolitan Championship (2:57.01)... Won the mile at the Fordham Opener (5:09.1) and the 800m at the Fordham Christmas Classic (2:16.1)... Took fourth in the 1000m at the NYU Gotham Cup (2:54.90)... Finished second in her section of the mile at the Fordham Invitational (5:05.29)... Member of the 4x800 relay that placed second at the Terrier Classic (9:16.56) and sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championships (9:28.71)... Also a member of the distance medley relay that finished fifth at the Yale Track Classic (12:38.18)... Outdoor: Recorded the fastest 800m (2:14.44), 1500m (4:38.25) and mile (5:13.15) times at Fordham... 800m time was fifth fastest in the Atlantic 10 while the 1500m time was sixth best... Won both the 800m (2:14.44) and 1500m (4:38.41) at the Metropolitan Championships... Won the 1500m at the Towson Invitational (4:42.46), the 800m at the SCSU Owl Track & Field Invitational (2:19.46) and the mile at the Coach O Invitational (5:13.15)... Took fourth in the 1500m at the Atlantic 10 Championships (4:40.52)... Member of the 4x400 relay that won the Metropolitan Championship (9:18.49) and was second both the Towson Invitational (4:01.74) and the SCSU Owl Track & Field Invitational (4:07.50)... Member of the winning 4x400 relay at the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational (4:00.66)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioners Honor Roll.

2006-07: Cross Country: Ran in seven of eight meets... Placed fourth at the St. John's Fall Festival... Was 28th at the Stony Brook Invitational and 41st at the Metropolitan Championships... Had her best time placing 76th at Atlantic 10 Championship in 20:07.75... Was 69th at the ECAC Championship... Indoor: Posted Fordham's top time in the mile (5:21.49), the 1000m (2:59.18) and distance medley relay (12:23.82)... Won the 3000m at the Fordham Season Opener (11:09.8) and the Christmas Classic... Was fourth in the mile at the Fordham Invitational... Helped the distance medley relay take third at the Yale Invitational and the 4x400 relay place fifth... Was fifth in the 1000m at the Metropolitan Championship... Placed second in the 1000m and helped the 4x800 relay take first at the Rider/Lafayette Invitational... Was ninth in the 1000m and fifth in the 4x800 relay at Atlantic 10 Championship... Helped the 4x800 relay qualify for the ECAC Championship by winning that event at the NYU FasTrack Invitational in a season best time of 9:22.61, while individually placing fifth in the 1000m... Placed 18th overall in the 4x800 at the ECAC Championship... Outdoor: Posted Fordham's top time in the 1500m (4:42.29)... Took second in the 800m at the Coach "O" Invitational in a season best time of 2:18.50... Third in the 800m at the Southern Connecticut Relays... Was third in the 1500m at the Atlantic 10 Championship... Placed 14th at the ECAC Championship as a part of the 4x800 relay team... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2005-06: Cross Country: Competed in five meets in 2005...Placed 21st at the Ram Invitational (21:20.80) and 54th at the Metropolitan Championships (21:26)...Finished 61st at the Stony Brook Invitational (24:07.14)... Indoor: Notched the third best 1000m time (3:03.23) and fourth best mile time (5:40.9)...Member of the 4x800 relay team that placed third at the Atlantic 10 Championships and 14th at the ECAC Championships...Placed third in the 1000m at the Rider/Lafayette Invitational...Took fifth in the 1000m at the Fordham Christmas Classic...Was seventh in the 1000m at the New Balance/NYU FasTrack Invitational... Outdoor: Turned in the fourth fastest 1500m time on the squad (4:59.34)...Opened the season with a ninth place showing in the 1500m at the Arizona State Baldy Castillo Invitational.

2004-05: Cross Country: Competed in five of the six meets for the Rams...Turned in the fourth fastest time of the year for the Rams (20:07)...Finished sixth at the Fordham Fiasco and eighth at the Red Storm Invitational...Was 30th at the Metropolitan Championships and 64th at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Indoor: Turned in the team's third fastest 800m (2:20.66) and 1000m (3:06.0 times...Won the 800m at the Fordham Christmas Classic...Took third in the 1000m at the Fordham Opener and the Fordham Invitational...Placed third in the 800m at the NYU Invitational...

Before Fordham: Was a member of the varsity cross country, track and soccer teams throughout high school at Rocky Point High School... Holds the school record for most consecutive state meets with nine... Was the team MVP for indoor and outdoor track four times, while receiving the honor three times for cross country... Was All-State, All-County, and All-League four times in indoor track, three times in cross country, and once in outdoor track... Served as team captain for the three teams in her final two seasons... Was the 2000 League Rookie of the Year in soccer... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Majoring in Psychology... Has a brother and a sister.