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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2019-20 Women's Track & Field Roster

Tom Connelly
Tom Connelly

Karley Hess

  • Position Long Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • High School Coatesville
  • Hometown Coatesville, Pa.

Biography

Final PRs
Indoor 200m • 26.77 • Atlantic 10 Championships • George Mason • 2017
Outdoor 200m • 26.73 • Widener Invitational • Widener • 2018
Indoor 300m • 43.46 • Jack Pyrah Invitational • Haverford • 2017
Indoor 400m • 59.38 • Atlantic 10 Championships • George Mason • 2019
Outdoor 400m • 58.35 • Atlantic 10 Championships • UMass • 2019
Indoor 500m • 1:21.97 • Jack Pyrah Invitational • Haverford • 2016


ECAC
2019 ECAC Outdoor Championships All-East Team: 4x400m Relay (Second Leg), 6th
2019 ECAC Indoor Championships: 4x400m Relay (First Leg), 18th
2018 ECAC Outdoor Championships: 4x400m Relay, 18th
2018 ECAC Indoor Championships All-East Team: 4x400m Relay, 8th

Atlantic 10
2019 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships Scoring Performance: 4x400m Relay (Second Leg), 6th
2019 Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships Scoring Performance: 4x400m Relay, 7th


Outdoor 2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Indoor 2019-20: Raced the open 400m and 4x400m relay in six meets... Ran the second leg on all six of SJU's fastest 4x400m relays on the season... Ran the second leg of the 11th-place 4x400m relay (4:01.05) and placed 12th in the open 400m (1:00.84) at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Went sub-1:00 for the open 400m three times on the season, crossing in 59.40 for 57th at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, which ranked as SJU's fifth-fastest 400m of the season, 59.78 for 13th at the Villanova Invitational, and 59.95 for 11th at the Fastrack Season Opener... Also ran the second leg of the fifth-place 4x400m relay (3:57.55) at the Villanova Invitational... That 4x400m relay performance stood as SJU's fastest of the season... Ran the second leg of the fifth-place 4x400m relay (3:58.19) at the Fastrack Season Opener... That 4x400m relay performance stood as SJU's second-fastest of the season... Ran the second leg of the 21st-place 4x400m relay (4:00.64) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic... That 4x400m relay performance stood as SJU's third-fastest of the season.

Outdoor 2019: Competed at the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running on the sixth-place 4x400m (3:56.58)… Competed at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship, placing 21st during the preliminaries and recording a personal-best in the 400m (58.35), while also running on the sixth-place 4x400m (3:49.50)… Ran the first-leg of the first-place 4x400m (3:52.89) at the Widener Invitational… Ran on the third-place 4x400m (3:58.25) at the Rider Invitational.
 
Indoor 2018-19: Competed at the ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, running on the 18th-place 4x400m (3:54.38)… Competed at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a personal-best and placing 16th in the 400m (59.38), also ran on the seventh-place 4x400m (3:54.33)… Ran the third-leg of the first-place 4x400m (3:53.79) at the Fastrack Last Chance… Ran on the third-place 4x400m (4:07.00) at the Angry Birds Challenge.
 
Outdoor 2018: Competed at the ECAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running on the 18th-place 4x400m (3:52.64)… Competed at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing 20th in the preliminaries for the 400m (59.27), while also running on the ninth-place 4x400m (3:53.30)… Recorded a personal-best (26.73) and placed 20th in the 200m at the Widener Invitational… Ran the first-leg of the first-place 4x400m (3:57.00)… Placed second in the 400m (59.33) at the Rider 5-Way.
 
Indoor 2017-18: Competed at the ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, running on the eighth-place 4x400m (3:49.00)… Competed in the 400m (1:00.19) at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship, placing 14th… Ran on the second-place 4x400m (3:48.85) at the Villanova Invitational… Placed second in the 400m (1:01.19) at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Invitational… Ran on the third-place 4x400m (3:58.46) at the Penn 8-Team Select… Ran the second-leg on the first-place 4x400m (4:02.80) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge… Recorded a personal-best in the 300m (43.46) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational.

Outdoor 2017: Raced the 400m four times, going sub-1:00 twice at the Rider Invitational (59.09) and Monmouth Season Opener (59.32)... Won the 4x400m relay at both the Rider Invitational (3:58.80) and Widener Invitational (3:57.56)... Placed fourth in the 4x400m relay (4:03.18) at the Monmouth Season Opener... Raced on the 4x200m relay at the Penn Relays... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2016-17: Raced the 200m, 400m, and 500m multiple times alongside five 4x400m relays... Ran season-best 200m (26.77) for 20th at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Ran the first leg of the first-place 4x400m relay (3:55.77) at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Added a fifth-place showing in the 400m (59.92) and sixth-place finish in the Distance Medley Relay (12:49.45) at Yale... Ran on sixth-place 4x400m relay (4:01.71) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Meet... Went sub-1:00 in the 400m to turn in season-best time (59.88) at the Penn 8-Team Select... Placed ninth in the 400m (1:01.31) at the Monmouth Winter Open... Placed fifth in the 500m (season-best 1:21.97) and sixth in the 4x400m relay (4:10.06) in collegiate debut at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational.

High School/Personal: 2016 Chesmont League 400m champion... Went on to place 11th at the district meet... Indoor state qualifier in the 4x200m relay and 4x400m relay... Three-time district qualifier in the 4x400m relay... Also qualified for districts in the 4x800m relay... Ran on 4x400m relay that won back-to-back Penn Relays titles for the Chesmont/Suburbia Division as a junior and senior and placed second as a sophomore... Led squad to 20-4 record over four years, including back-to-back 6-0 seasons as a junior and senior... Earned eight varsity letters between indoor and outdoor track and field and captained both squads as a senior... Also lettered in field hockey... Majoring in biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Long Sprints
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Long Sprints
  • 2018-19Junior

    Long Sprints
  • 2019-20Senior

    Long Sprints