Sasha Helfgott-Waters
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Plano
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- Major:
- Psychology
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- Minor:
- Studio Art
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's women's outdoor track & field team
PERSONAL RECORDS
Pole Vault: 3.10m, at Branwen Smith-King Invitational, Jan. 20, 2024
Triple Jump: 9.99m, at USATF New England Indoor Championships, Feb. 18, 2024
FRESHMAN • 2023-24
Finished fifth in the pole vault (2.90m) and triple jump (9.62m) at the Beacon Invitational (Dec. 10) ... Competed in the pole vault (3.05m) and triple jump (9.58m) at the Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational (Jan. 13) ... Took sixth in the pole vault (3.10m) and 10th in the triple jump (9.66m) at the Branwen SMith-King Invitational (Jan. 20) ... Cleared 3.02m in the pole vault, good for 11th, at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 26-27) ... Placed sixth in the triple jump (9.75m) at the Lynn Ruddy Invitational (Feb. 9-10) ... Secured eighth in the triple jump (9.99m) at the USATF New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 18).
ACADEMICS
Two-time member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club (Fall 2023, Spring 2024) ... Two-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2023, Spring 2024).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • PLANO
Letterwinner and two-year at Plano ... Plano Pole Vault Record Holder ... Qualified for Illinois Girls Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field State Championships in 2022 and 2023 ... Illinois Girls Outdoor Track and Field State Championship finals qualifier in 2022 ... Three-time all-conference ... Four-time academic all-conference ... Member of National Honor Society ... Illinois State Scholar Class of 2023 Academic Achievement Award honoree ... Plano High School Class of 2023 Top 5 ... Plano High School 4.0 Honors Award ... 2023 AP Scholar Award ... AP Seminar and Research Certificate.
News mentions
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field tallied nine personal records and three school records at the USATF New England Indoor Track & Field Championships Sunday at Harvard’s Gordon Indoor Track.
Four Rams rewrote personal records and one program record fell over the weekend as Suffolk women’s indoor track & field compete at Bowdoin’s Lynn Rudy Invite.
Suffolk indoor track & field splits up its talent this weekend at a pair of events – Boston University’s David Hemery Valentine Invitational and Bowdoin’s Lynn Ruddy Invite. The Rams women will compete across town at BU on Friday, Feb. 9 with the men participating on Saturday, Feb. 10. Action in Maine consumes Saturday’s slate as well.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field remains in the U. S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association East Regional top 10 in tenth, the national organization unveiled this week. In the first event top-25 list of the season, the Rams pole vault sits 13th with the blue-and-gold 23rd in the 400.
Suffolk indoor track & field has a full weekend Jan. 26-27 in store with three events on the docket with Rams set to compete at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University, UMass Lowell’s River Hawk Invitational at the Track at New Balance and the Husky Invitational at the USM Fieldhouse in Gorham, Maine.
For the first time in program history, Suffolk’s women’s indoor track & field team has cracked the top-10 in the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III East Regional Rankings as the Rams landed ninth in the week 1 poll, the national organization announced.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field saw pair of Rams earn their spot at New England Regionals at Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational Saturday at the Gantcher Center.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field got its second semester underway at the second annual Suffolk Ice Breaker Invitational Saturday at the Track at New Balance.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field put an exclamation point on the 2023 portion of its schedule as four Rams records were rewritten Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Track at New Balances.
Suffolk men’s and women’s indoor track & field is scheduled to get its season underway at the Suffolk Relays Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Track at New Balance. It is the second straight season and second time in the program’s history that the Rams will lift the lid on their indoor campaign as host. Throwing events are scheduled to start at 9 a.m. with track and jumping events set to follow at 10 a.m.
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