2016-17 Women's Track & Field Roster
Julia Petruch
- Position:
- Multi-Event
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Colts Neck
- Major:
- Elementary Education
- Hometown:
- Colts Neck, N.J.
Senior (2017): Outdoor - Competed in five meets for the College ... Scored for the College in the heptathlon of the CAA Championships with a fifth place score of 4008 points ... In that event, established a new high jump PR with a height of 1.56m ... Ran a personal best 800m time of 2:27.35 at the USC Open to take 13th ... Finished the season ranked No. 9 in the high jump on the CofC Top 10 Performance List
Junior (2016): Indoor - Competed in four meets for the College in the multi-events ... Finished tenth in the pentathlon at the Darius Dixon Memorial with a personal best score of 2956 points ... Achieved a PR in the high jump in that event with a height of 1.49m ... Started the season with a career-best performance in the shot put of 9.45m at the Art and Linda Maillet Open ... Pulled off a personal best time of 9.66 in the 60m hurdles at the High Point Team Challenge ... Outdoor - Appeared in seven meets for the Cougars in the Multis ... Achieved PRs in six of the eight events she competed in on the season ... Hit a personal best distance of 25.45m in the javelin at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational ... Pulled off a PR in the shot put (9.70m) at the UNF Spring Break Invitational ... Logged a 12th place finish in the heptathlon at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a score of 3859 ... Finished seventh in the heptathlon and scored two points for the Cougars at the CAA Championships by way of a personal best score of 4138 points, moving her to No. 5 in CofC History in the event ... Achieved three individual event PRs during her heptathlon at the CAA Championships, including the 200m (28.29), 800m (2:28.06) and the high jump (1.54m)
Sophomore (2015): Indoor T&F - Competed in four meets for the Cougars as a pentathlete ... Achieved an indoor personal best in the shot put (8.94m) in her first meet, the Art and Linda Maillet UNC Open ... Pulled off a personal best pentathlon score (2903 Pts) on the strength of hitting three PRs in individual events: the 800m (2:33.37), high jump (1.43m) and long jump (4.95m) ... Hit a pair of personal best times in both the 60m (8.88) and 60h (9.71) at the UCS Invitational ... Outdoor T&F - Appeared in five meets for the Cougars, competing as a heptathlete ... Hit a personal best in the javelin at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational with a throw of 23.68m ... Pulled off a PR in the long jump at the UNF Spring Break Invitational with a leap of 5.14m ... Achieved a PR in the 200m dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 28.37 ... Cobbled together a personal best score of 3985 points at the CAA Championships, propelled by the accumulation of four personal bests in individual events: 800m (2:30.38), 100h (15.38), high jump (1.42m) and shot put (9.16m)
Freshman (2014): Did Not Compete
High School: Named most outstanding female athlete at Colts Neck H.S…Hold nine school records in track and field…Named to the all-Conference team her senior year…Winner of the Women in Sports Award…Shore Conference champion in the 55m hurdles…Four year all-district honoree in the jumps and hurdles…National Honor Society member…Honor Roll Honoree.
Personal: Daughter of Eileen and Myron Petruch
Petruch's CofC Personal Bests
Indoor
60m: 8.88 - UCS Invitational (Feb 21, 2015)
600m: 1:47.86 - UCS Invitational (Feb 20, 2016)
800m: 2:33.37 - ETSU Bucaneer Invitational (Feb 6, 2015)
60h: 9.66 - High Point Team Challenge (Feb 11, 2016)
High Jump: 1.49m - Darius Dixon Memorial (Jan 29, 2016)
Long Jump: 4.95m - ETSU Bucaneer Invitational (Feb 6, 2015)
Shot Put: 9.45m - Art and Linda Maillet Open (Jan 16, 2016)
Pentathlon: 2956 Pts - Darius Dixon Memorial (Jan 29, 2016)
Outdoor
200m: 28.29 - CAA Championships (May 6, 2016)
800m: 2:27.35 - USC Open (Apr 22, 2017)
100h: 15.38 - CAA Championships (May 1, 2015)
High Jump: 1.56m - CAA Championships (May 5, 2017)
Long Jump: 5:14m - UNF Spring Break Invitational (Mar 27, 2015)
Shot Put: 9.70m - UNF Spring Break Invitational (Mar 25, 2016)
Javelin: 25.45m - UNCW Seahawk Invitational (Mar 12, 2016)
Heptathlon: 4138 Pts - CAA Championships (May 6-7, 2016)
