Laura Risi

Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
East Longmeadow, Mass.
High School:
Long Meadow

2003: In outdoor - Competed in the 400H...Top time was at the ACC Championships where she placed sixth with a time of 1:01.62...Ran a time of 1:02.30 at the Georgia Tech meet...In the ACC Preliminaries, placed eighth with a time of 1:03.14...Earned fourth place at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 1:03.23...In indoor - Ran a time of 1:00.62 in the 400M at the Heels Challenge...Came in seventh at Indoor Madness in the 400M with a time of 1:02.20...Earned ninth at the NC Big 12 in the 400M with a time of 1:03.45...Competed in the 200M at Indoor Madness and placed eighth with a time of 27.84.

2002: In indoor, placed fifth at the Tar Heel Elite in pole vault (11-11 3/4) for a new indoor school record ... Won at 5 Team with a vault of 11-6 1/4 ... In outdoor, fourth place finish at the Raleigh Relays in pole vault (11-7 3/4) ... Wound up with a sixth place finish at UNC Classic (11-0) 2001: In indoor, posted five Top 10 finishes ... Finished 10th at the ACC Championship with a 11-3 3/4 vault ... In outdoor, vaulted a 11-5 1/4 in the ACC Championships preliminaries.

Prep: Three-time All-West Massachusetts ... Won the 100-meter hurdles, 1.600-meter relay and the pole vault at the West Massachusetts track meet ... Placed second at the state meet in the pole vault and third in the 100-meter hurdles at the New England meet ... Also played soccer and participated on the swim team and skiing team ... Won the National Art Scholastic Award for Photo/Electronic Art

Personal: Born Oct. 1, 1982 ... Daughter of Jean MacDonald and Walt Risi ... Brother Derek Schoch played golf and club soccer for Elon College ... Enjoys photography, scuba diving and sailing

Academic Major/Minors: Anthropology/History, Classics

Athlete most admire: Steve Prefontaine

Biggest Sports thrill: Finishing in the top 8 at the ACC's after switching from a jumper to a runner, and scoring for the team

Favorite Band/Musical Artist: Sublime

Favorite hobby outside track: Photography