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2014 Women's Track & Field Roster

Tom Killips
Tom Killips
Wally Johnson, St. Lawrence

Lydia Frangos

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Masconomet Regional
  • Hometown Marion, MA

Biography

2014 Outdoor: Won hammer in seven meets, including Liberty League, New York State Championship and ECAC Championship ... Undefeated until NCAAs ... NCAA Championship runner-up … National All-America ... School record ... Won discus in one meet ... Second once ... Third once ... Won hammer, second in discus and sixth in shot put at Liberty League Championship ... Won hammer, third in discus and 20th in shot put at New York State Championship ... NYSCTC Association record in women's hammer … Won hammer in ECAC Championship ... Set PRs in shot put (9.86), discus (37.31) and hammer (57.90) ... Liberty League Field Performer of the Week 1x … 

2014 Indoor: Captain ... NCAA Championships: Placed 11th in the 20lb Weight Throw with a distance of (16.39m, 53'-09.25") ... ECAC Championships: Placed second in the Weight Throw with a School Record 17.46m (57'-3.5") breaking Ivy Muchuma's record of 17.34m (56'-10.75") from earlier in the season ... NYSCTC Championships: Placed second in the Weight Throw with a distance of 16.88m (55'-4.5") ... Liberty League Championships: Placed second in the Weight Throw (15.40m, 50'-6.25") ...

201 3
Indoor: Competed in Shot Put and Weight Throw ... Competed in ECAC DIII Indoor Track and Field Championships (3/1/13), placed eigth in weight throw ... Top shot put distance of 8.96m came at Springfield College Indoor T&F Meet #2 (1/26/13) ... Placed 1st in weight throw at Wesleyan Invitational #2 (1/12/13) with a distance of 15.00m ...

2012
Indoor: Competed in 60m dash, shot put, and weight throw ... Top 60m time of 9.46 came at Dartmouth Classic (2/4/12) ... Top distance in shot put came at Liberty League Championship (2/11/12), threw 8.80 meters ... Top weight throw distance of 12.99 meters came at Wesleyan Invitational (1/21/12) ...

2011
Indoor: Competed in shot put and weight throw ... Top distance for shot put came at Hamilton Invitational (1/22/11), threw 8.15 meters ... Top weight throw distance came at Bowdoin Quad Invitational (1/15/11), threw 10.99 meters ...

High School: Ran cross country ... Team was state runner-up three times ... Alpine ski racing team ... Squad posted second and third place at state championships ... Played lacrosse ... Science Team third place State Final Award ... Art Award ... Science Achievement Award ... Boxford Fire Department Spirit and Scholarship Award ... Two international music tours playing classical viola ...

Personal: Business and Management graduate (May 2014) ... Management Information Systems concentration ... Business and Management graduate student ... Finance concentration ... Dean's List ... Intern with United Technologies Aerospace Systems ... Intern with 2FS Digital ... Accomplished with viola ... Traveled internationally to perform ... Daughter of Elise and Paul Frangos.

On attending Rensselaer: "Technical emphasis in the business school. Academic rigor." - January 2014

Benefits of undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "Supportive staff, being a part of a motivated group with a strong affinity for academic success." - January 2014

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Freshman

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  • 2012Sophomore

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    2013Junior

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    C
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    2014Graduate Student

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    5'10"
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