University of Massachusets Athletics
2006 Women's Track and Field Roster
Marissa Callahan
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Height:
- 5-7
- High School:
- McLean HS
- Hometown:
- Bangkok, Thailand
2006 OUTDOOR TRACK UPDATE: At the Southern Connecticut Invitational (4/1) placed 8th in the 100-meter hurdles (16.27 seconds) and placed seventh in the triple jump (36-7.75)... Took 6th place in the 100-meter hurdles (16.45 seconds) and third place in the triple jump (36-3.50) at the Wildcat Invitational (4/8)... Placed ninth in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries (16.29 seconds) and third in the triple jump (37-11.25) at the Brown Invitational (4/15)...At the UConn Invitational (4/22) placed 6th in the 100-meter hurdles (16.83 seconds) and 4th in the triple jump competition (36-11.75)...Placed third in the 100-meter hurdles (16.19 seconds) and first in the triple jump competition (38-5.00) at the New Hampshire Invitational (4/29)...At the A-10 Championships (5/7) placed tenth in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries (15.47 seconds) and sixth in the triple jump (36-4.25).
2005-06 INDOOR TRACK: Competed in the 55-meter hurdles and the triple jump in the 2005-06 indoor season ... At the A-10 Championships (2/18) posted a triple jump mark of 36.05 feet, placing her fifth ... also took 12th place in the hurdles with a time of 9 seconds ... Placed 33rd in the hurdles at the Valentine Invitational wit a time of 9.09 ... also took eigth place that day in the triple jump with a jump of 36 feet 9.5 inches ... Took first place at the Rhode Island Invitational with a triple jump mark of 37-00.25 ... also placed third with her best time of the season (8.89) in the hurdles ... at the Boston University Women's Meet, placed first in the 55-meter with a time of 9.06 and second in the triple jump with 37-02.25 ... Climbed to number three on the all-time performance list with her first place jump of 37 feet 10.75 inches at the Northeastern Invitational.
2004-05: Competed in the 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump in the 2005 outdoor season ... at the New England Championships (5/12) posted a triple jump mark of 36-feet, 10.25 inches to finish sixth and recorded a time of 15.98 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to finish 13th... posted her best time in the 100-meter hurdles (15.69 seconds) at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/8) finishing fifth ... finished third at the UConn Invitational (4/30) with a time of 16.83 seconds in the 100 hurdles ... had a second place finish at the New Hampshire Invitational (4/9) with a triple jump of 36-feet, 5.50 inches ... during the indoor season, took third at A-10 Indoor Championships in the triple jump with a jump of 36-feet, 5.50 inches which ranks fourth all-time in UMass indoor history ... posted her best 55-meter hurdles time of the season at the URI Go Rhody Classic with a time of 9.22 seconds finishing seventh ... had a third place finish in the triple jump at the Rhode Island Classic with a jump of 34-feet, five inches.
2003-04: Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor seasons.
2002-03: During the outdoor season, ranked second on the team in the triple jump, third in the 100-meter hurdles, and fourth in the 400-meter dash ... top-mark in the triple jump was 35' 9 ÂĽ" set at the Southern Connecticut Invitational (4/5) ... had season-best performance in the 100-meter hurdles (15.60 seconds) at the New Hampshire Invitational ... rounded out her top outdoor performances with a quarter-mile time of 1:01.96 at the UConn Invitational (4/18) ... during the indoor season, had a season-best in the triple jump of 35' 11ÂĽ" set at the Dartmouth Invitational (2/8).
2001-02: Placed sixth in the triple jump at the A-10 Outdoor Championships with a mark of 37'2 ¼" - the fourth-best mark in school outdoor history ...finished 15th in the triple jump at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships ... placed 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 36' 7 ½" at the New England Outdoor Championships ... named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the UMass Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
McLean HS: Member of the track and field team and cross country team as a junior and senior ... named to the first team All-District teams in the 100-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles following the 2001 outdoor season ... as a senior, ran season bests of 9.65 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles, 16.21 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, and 48.34 in the 300-meter hurdles ... captain during her senior season en route to earning team MVP honors.
Personal: Full name is Marissa Kathryn Callahan ... daughter of Thomas and Yupadoe Callahan ... has one brother, Thomas Joseph ... her father competed on the track and swimming teams at MIT (1961-65) and her cousin, Jamie Schneider ran for the Old Dominion cross country team (1996-00) ... born Oct. 10, 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand ... says her favorite place to visit is Thailand and her career aspiration is to be a neurosurgeon.
