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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Brianna Malanga

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bolton, Conn
  • Prev School Bowdoin College
  • Major Life Sciences

Biography

Why Niagara?
“I chose Niagara because of the small class sizes and friendly, attentive faculty.”

2016 (Senior)
Co-Captain of team…On return from stress fracture in the fall, set personal best and school record for track 5k at Golden Eagle Invite with 19:19 (placing 4th)…Opened outdoor season with 61.29 in the 400 and personal best (new school record) of 4:46.28 in the 1500 , placing 6th…set personal best and new school record of 5:01.90 in the mile at Ocean State Invite (placing 7th)…Final portion of season interrupted by injury… MAAC All-Academic recipient.
 
2015 (Junior)
Selected as co-captain…Ran personal best and set school record of 5:09.76 in the mile at the Brockport Mid-Season Classic placing 1st; member of 4x400 team that placed 1st of 10…Ran personal best and set school record of 2:20.92 in the 800 at the Brockport Golden Eagle Invitational, placing 1st… At the Monmouth Season Opener placed 4th of 84 in the 1500 with 4:47.00, a personal best and new school record, and 5th of 65 in the 800 with a new personal best and school record of 2:20.04…Placed 1st at the University of Rochester Invitational in the 800 with a new personal best and school record of 2:18.60… Placed 6th in the 1500 (4:48.73) and part of 4x400 relay team that placed first at the Cornell Outdoor Upstate Challenge… Placed 1st in the 800 at the St. John Fisher Invitational with 2:18.04…Competed in the MAAC Championship in the 4x800 (2:15), 800, and 4x400 (58s)…4x800 and 4x400 both placed 7th within championship and were record setting relays (9:35.23 and 4:02.82)…medaled (5th place) in 800 with new school record and personal best of 2:14.77. Made MAAC All-Academic Team.

Before Niagara
Ran one season for the cross country team at Bowdoin College where she ran personal bests in both the 5k, with a 18:53, and the 6k, with a 24:09.

Personal
Born in Hartford, Conn…daughter of Jim and Sue…majoring in Life Sciences.

Track Personal Bests:
Mile - 5:01.90
1500M- 4:46.28
800: 2:14.77

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2015-16Senior

    Mid-Distance