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2009-10 Women's Track & Field Roster

Cierra Farquharson

  • Position Middle Distance & Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • High school Pleasantville High School
  • Hometown Absecon, NJ

Biography

NOTES: The cornerstone runner for the fledgling Scarlet Raider program who owns nine school marks... has posted best cross country times at 6-K, 5-K and 4-K while setting seven track & field standards... author of indoor records in the 200, 400 and 600... holds records outdoors for the 200, 400 and 800 as well as the 400-hurdles... in cross country, she has run the top three 5-K times in R-N history, and four of the five best times overall... owns seven of the top 10 times in the 6-K... academically, she is a Bloustein Scholar… a psychology major who aspires to be a child psychologist… a member of the Rutgers Poets Society who loves writing.

JUNIOR (2008-09): INDOORS: Ran the second leg on both the 4 x 200-meter and 4 x 400-meter relay teams that posted R-N records... 4 x 200 group clocked a 1:53.20 time at the NJAC Indoor Championships (2/23/2009)... 4 x 400 unit rolled to a 4:19.59 time at the Metro Coaches Invitational (1/9/2009)... OUTDOORS: Took fifth in the NJAC Outdoor Championships (5/2/2009) in the 400-meter hurdles with an R-N record 1:09.16... ran lead-off leg on 4 x 400-meter relay team which clocked a school-record 4:18.00 to take fourth place in the NJAC Outdoor Championships (5/2/2009)... CROSS COUNTRY: Was No. 2 runner on the cross country squad, posting a school record in the seldom run 4-k distance, clocking a 19:44.87 at the CTC Championships (10/18/2008). 

SOPHOMORE (2007-08): In track & field, she six R-N records... INDOORS: Ran a 59.77 400 at the Gotham Cup (1/18/2008)... clocked a 1:44.61 in the 600 at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/8/2008) in her only effort at that distance... ran second-fastest 800 on the R-N books with a 2:28.01 at the NJAC Indoor Championships (2/25/2008)... OUTDOORS: She ran the top two times on the R-N books in the 200, paced by a school-record 27.60 clocking at the CTC Outdoor Championships (4/20/2008)... ran the two fastest 400 times in R-N history, posting a 1:00.93 at the NJAC Outdoor Championships (5/5/2008)... ran a school-record time of 2:25.07 in the 800 at the Penn Invitational (4/5/2008)... CROSS COUNTRY: Was top finisher in every meet for the Scarlet Raiders… set school record with a time of 27:43.59 in the 6K at the NJAC Championships (10/20/07)… established 5K school record with a clocking of 21:35.10 at the CTC Championships (10/27/07). 

FRESHMAN (2006-07): Ran second fastest indoor 400-meter time at NCAA Division I Eastern Michigan University (58.58).

HIGH SCHOOL: Senior MVP and team captain in track & field at Pleasantville HS… lettered three times for the Greyhounds… ran in the Meet of Champions as a junior… graduated in the top 10 in her class… a member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the J. Howard Savell Award for academic excellence.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'10"
  • 2008-09Junior

    Middle Distance & Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2009-10Senior

    Middle Distance & Hurdles