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2016-17 Women's Track and Field

Lisa Sesink-Clee

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Academy of the Holy Angels
  • Hometown Wyckoff, N.J.

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
Shot Put: 12.33 (40-5.5)
Javelin: 45.83m (150-4)

CAREER ACCOLADES
2017 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Javelin)
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2016 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Javelin)
2015 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Javelin)
2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic
Sixth all-time at Penn in the javelin (45.83/150-4)

OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in eight meets during the 2017 outdoor season as a javelin specialist.
  • Qualified for the 2017 NCAA East Region Prelims (May 25) in javelin, throwing for a distance of 40.16m to finish 40th.
  • Placed third in javelin at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7) with a throw of 41.57m.
  • Won the javelin on four separate occasions: at the Penn Challenge (March 25), the Virginia Quad-Meet (April 8), the Transatlantic Series (April 15) and the Virginia Challenge (April 22).
  • Finished eighth in the college division of the Penn Relays (April 27-29).
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in three meets during the 2017 indoor season, exclusively appearing in shot put.
  • Notched a season-best throw of 11.91 at the New Year Invitational (Dec. 11)
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Competed in nine meets during the 2016 outdoor season.
  • NCAA East Regional qualifier in the javelin (45th place)
  • Placed first in the javelin at the Virginia Quad Meet (April 8) with a throw of 45.83m, ranking sixth in program history.
  • Scored with a sixth-place finish at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 7).
  • Recorded six top-10 finishes on the season.
INDOOR 2016
  • Competed in two meets during the indoor season at the Lehigh Fast Times (Dec. 12) and the Lehigh Angry Birds (Jan. 16) in the shot put.


2014-15: Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Scored at Outdoor Heps in the javelin (fifth) ... Second at the Philadelphia College Classic (March 21).

2013-14: Competed in the javelin and shot put ... Second in the javelin at the USF Open (March 14) ... Third in the javelin at Sam Howell Invitational (April 5).

High School: New Jersey state champion in the javelin ... Bergen County champion in the shot put ... Third-place in javelin at 2013 Penn Relays ... Fourth-place in javelin at 2013 New Balance Nationals ... Had 11th-best javelin toss in the nation in 2013.

Personal: Daughter of Robert and Sandra Sesink-Clee ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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