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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

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Kevin Nalisa

  • Class Senior
  • Position Jumps
  • Height 6-3
  • Hometown Valley Stream, N.Y.
  • High School Lawrence

Biography

TFRRS Bio

Honors and Awards
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Spring '20, Fall '20, Spring '21) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Outdoor Triple Jump (2019)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Indoor Triple Jump (2019) 
  • NE10 Outdoor Field Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • NE10 Indoor Field Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '19)
2021-22
  • Five top-five finishes during season
  • Finished fourth in long jump and seventh in 4x400 relay at TCNJ Invitational
  • Third-place finish in long jump at Wilton Wright Invitational
  • Took third in triple jump and eighth (personal-best 1.75m) in high jump at ESU All-American Meet
  • Placed fourth in triple jump and sixth in long jump at Lion's Invitational
2019-20
  • Ran in the 55- and 200-meter for the first time in his collegiate career 
  • First place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.02m and fourth place in the long jump with a distance of 6.63m at the Ramapo College Indoor Opener (1/17) 
  • Competed in seven indoor meets and saw nine Top 10 finishes, including a pair at the NE10 Indoor Championships in the long jump (fifth) and triple jump (sixth) 

2018-19
  • First-season sweep saw him named Rookie of the Year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons
  • Competed in a total of eight indoor meets, finishing in the top-two slots six times across both the long jump and triple jump events
  • Recorded a 6.84m mark to finish fourth in the long jump at the NE10 Indoor Championships, fifth-best in the league in the indoor season
  • Also at indoor NE10s, the freshman placed second in the triple jump, recording a mark of 14.06m - the second-best mark in the conference for the season
  • Won the long jump and triple jump at the Bill Ward Invite
  • Finished an outdoor season-best of second in the triple jump at the Stony Brook University Wolfie Invitational (4/20)
  • Placed third in the triple jump, recording a score of 13.72m, and finished fifth in the long jump, jumping 6.66m (5/4)
  • NE10 Rookie of the Week - 12/11, 4/3

At Lawrence
  • Won the conference title in the indoor triple jump in his senior season
  • Ended his junior season ranked No.1 in Nassau County in the triple jump
  • All-Division pick in the long jump, triple jump and high jump
  • Also All-Nassau County in the long jump and triple jump 
  • Team to win a county title in the 4x100m relay in his senior season
  • Qualified for the state meet and "Emerging Elite" at the New Balance Nationals in his junior and senior years
  • Won the Wilbert "Sonny" Linton Memorial Award
  • Graduated with an Advanced Regents diploma
  • Awarded the NYS Assembly Citation of Recognition

Personal
  • Son of Brian and Njanyau 
  • Business major

Nalisa's Career Bests
  • LJ: 6.84M (2/16/2019)
  • TJ: 14.22M (3/29-30/2019)
  • HJ: 1.75M (4/23/2022)
  • 55M: 6.89 (12/6/2019)
  • 200M: 23.27 (4/16/2021)

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Jumps
    6'3"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'3"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Jumps
    6'3"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Jumps
    6'3"