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2011-12 Women's Track and Field

Maura Ferrarini

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Springfield, Mass.
  • High School Springfield Cathedral
  • Position Distance
  • Major Chemistry

Biography

Indoor Season

2011-12: Division II ADAAcademic Achievement Award. Distance Medley RelayNE-10 Champion. All-Northeast-10 (one mile& distance medley relay). AthleticDirector's Honor Roll (Fall Semester).NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll(BothSemesters).USTFCCCA East Region (Mile, Distance MedleyRelay). Capital One Academic All-District Iselection (Cross Country and Track & Field). Competedin five individual races and four relays on the season. HelpedStonehill's distance medley relay team establish a new schoolrecord in the event in a total time of 12:03.47 and provisionallyqualified for the NCAA's in the one mile run. Anchored the Skyhawksschool record distance medley relay team with a 5:06 split in the1,600-meter leg at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11/12).Finished 13th overall at the New England Championships in the onemile run with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:59.12. Placedsecond overall in the one mile run at the NE-10 Championships(2/18/12) with a time of 5:04.60. Also competed in Stonehill'sdistance medley relay team at the conference championship setting anew meet record along with teammates Melissa Ulcena, BriannaVenturo and Kristen Veit in a total time of 12:32.73. Ran the1,200-meter lead leg in 3:45. Posted a time of 5:08.61 in the onemile run for a sixth place showing at the New Balance BostonCollegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12). Also ran in the distance medleyrelay with Jill Alves, Maria Curit and Christen Carrier for a totaltime of 12:31.40. Competed in the 1,000 meter run at the UNHTri-Meet (1/21/12) posting a time of 3:05.27 for third placeoverall. Also ran on Stonehill's 4x800 meter relay "A Team" withJill Alves, Chelsea Bishop and Kristen Veit in a total time of10:04.20. Ran a time of 10:24.73 in the 3,000 meter run at theCharley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12) finishing seventhoverall out of 24 competitors. Ferrarini Earns USTFCCCA All-East RegionHonors.

2010-11: NE-10Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. Capital OneAcademic All-District I selection (Cross Country and Track &Field). USTFCCCA All-East Region. All-NewEngland (DMR). Placed third at the NE-10 championships in theone mile run with a time of 5:11.73, a personal best. Also helpedStonehill to a second place finish overall in the distance medleyrelay at the NE-10 championships (12:47.47), a school record.Finished seventh at the New England championships in the distancemedley relay running a 1,600 meter split in 5:10.1. Placed firstoverall in the one mile run at the Tufts Stampede in 5:16.39. Ran atime of 5:27.95 in the one mile at the University of New HampshireTri-Meet. Also competed in the 3,000 meter run twice during theseason and 4x800 meter relay twice.
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (2/8, 3/1)

2009-10: Placed14th in the 3000m run at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a timeof 11:19.77. Finished 10th in the mile in 5:41.36 at the WheatonCollege Invitational.

2008-09: Placed11th in the 3000m event in 11:49.39 at the NE-10 indoorchampionships.

OutdoorSeason

2010-11:Athletic Director's Honor Roll SpringSemester. Division II ADA AcademicAchievement Award. NE-10 Commissioner'sSpring Honor Roll. USTFCCCA All-East Region.Finished 13th overall and first among all Division II competitorsat the New England championships in the 3,000 meter steeplechasewith a time of 11:22.11, eight seconds better than her qualifyingtime at the George Davis Invitational (sixth overall, 11:30.91).Placed second overall in the 1,500 meter run in a time of 4:48.10,a personal best. Also competed in the 1,500 meter run at theBridgewater State University Invitational (third overall, 4:57.93),the Bryant Invitational (11th overall, 4:52.59), the UMassMinutemen Invitational (eighth overall, 4:54.50) and the LarryEllis Invitational (4:49.43). Ran to a third place finish in the5,000 meter run at the Skyhawk Invitational in 18:29.56. HelpedStonehill to a first place finish in the 4x800 meter relay(9:45.04) at the NE-10 championships with a split of 2:23.9.

High School: 2008graduate of Cathedral High School. Four-year letterwinner for coachKathleen Schnaittacher, serving as captain senior year. Four-timeAll-Scholastic selection. Three-year letterwinner in indoor trackand four-year letterwinner in outdoor track, serving as captainfor both teams senior year. Three-time Western Mass. indoormile champion. Western Mass. outdoor mile champion as ajunior. 

Personal: BornJune 28, 1990, Springfield, Mass. Daughter of John and PattyFerrarini of Springfield, Mass. Has two older siblings, Caitlin(25) and Sean (23). Majoring in chemistry. One of 49 Stonehillstudents accepted into the college's SURE (Stonehill UndergraduateResearch Experience) program this summer, where she will beworking onThe Neural Arousal System, a project focused onthe neuroanatomical circuits involved in switching between sleepand wakefulness. Also a member of the cross country team.

PERSONAL BESTS
 
Indoor
1000m3:05.27
UNH Tri-Meet (1/21/12)
Mile4:59.12
New England Championships (2/24/12)
3000m10:24.73Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12)
4x800m9:30.57New England Championships (2/26/2011)
  (Christen Carrier, Lindsey Booth, Jill Alves)
DMR12:03.47BU Valentine Invitational (2/11/2012)
  (Jill Alves, Maria Curit, Sarah Wilson)
High Jump1.35mTufts Stampede (2/5/2010 & 2/7/2009)
   
Outdoor
1500m4:48.10
NE-10 Championships (5/7/2011)
5000m18:29.56Skyhawk Invitational (4/29/2011)
Steeplechase11:22.11New England Championships (5/14/2011)
4x800m9:45.04NE-10 Championships (5/7/2011)
  (Sarah Biggers, Lindsey Booth, Jill Alves)
High Jump4-feet, 9.75-inchesNE-10 Championships (5/1/2010)

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2010-11Junior

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2011-12Senior

    Distance
    5'10"