2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Biography
Honors and Awards
- NE 10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Excellence (Spring '20)
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Outdoor Heptathlon (2019)
- NE10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall '17)
- NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinction (Fall '19, Fall '20)
- NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Honors (Spring '21, Fall '21)
2020-21
2019-20
- Recorded three Top 10 finishes at the Elm City Challenge, including a third-place finish with a career-best time of 8.90 in the 55-meter hurdles (12/6-12/7)
- Won the pentathlon at the NE10 Indoor Championships with a career-best 3,394 points - including first-place finishes in shot put and high jump (2/20-2/21)Â
- Also posted a second-place finish in the distance medley relay at the NE10 Indoor Championships (2/20-2/21)
- Â Finished sixth with a career-best time of 9.37 in the 60-meter hurdles at the UAlbany Winter Classic (2/7)
2018-19
- Had nine Top 10 finishes on the year across sprints and multis
- Placed a season-best second in the javelin with a mark of 29.78m in the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational (4/20)
- Finished fourth in the heptathlon at the famed Penn Relays with a combined score of 3,918 points, finishing just ahead of her sister, Eboni, a senior at St. John's University (4/23-4/24)
- Earned points for the women's team in the pentathlon at the Northeast-10 Indoor championships, placing fourth overall with 2976 points - which included a second-place finish in the long jump (2/16-2/17)
- Placed ninth in the javelin for a career-best with a distance of 32.11m, and third in the heptathlon with a season-best of 4186 points in the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship
2017-18
- Finished in the top four with the 4x400 a total of four times on the year
- Posted the team-best mark in the long jump on the season with a jump of 5.12m
- Took second place with the 4x400 with a time of 3:55.65 at the NE10 Outdoor Championships, and fourth in the NE10 Indoor Championships
- Posted two Top 10s as an individual at the TCNJ Invite in the 400m and the javelin (4/6-4/8)
At Campus Magnet
- Graduated as class valedictorian
- PSAL MVPÂ Student Athlete
- National Honor Society member
- Academic Achievement in English, Social Studies, Science and Math
- Also named MVP in soccer
Personal
- Daughter of Laquita and SidneyÂ
- Computer science major
- Sister Eboni ran track and cross country at Saint John'sÂ
- Volunteer at the Bronx Zoo
- Plans to go to veterinary school to become a zoological veterinarian
Birch's Career BestsÂ
- 200m:Â 26.59Â (5/4/19)Â
- 400m:Â 1:01.48 (2/14/20)
- 55H: 8.90 (12/6/20)
- 60H: 9.37Â (2/7/20)Â
- LJ:Â 5.17m (2/19/19)Â
- SP:Â 10.98m (2/16/19)
- DT:Â 29.31m (4/20/19)
- WT:Â 10.80m (2/3/18)Â
- JT:Â 32.11m (5/3/19)Â Â
- PENT: 3394 (2/20/20)
- HEP: 4,186 (5/3/19)
Historical Player Information
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2017-18Freshman
Sprints/Javelin
5'5"
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2018-19Sophomore
Sprints/Javelin
5'5"
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2019-20Junior
Sprints/Javelin/Heptathlon
5'5"
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2020-21Senior
Sprints/Javelin/Heptathlon
5'5"
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2021-22Graduate Student
Multis
5'6"