2022 Track and Field

Deanna Ruggiero

  • Height 5-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Peabody, Mass.
  • High School Peabody Veterans Memorial

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS (INDOOR)

EventTimeDateMeet
600 Meters1:54.75Jan. 18, 2020Mary Grinaker Invitational
800 Meters2:37.43Feb. 16, 2020GNAC Championship
1000 Meters3:31.57Jan. 25, 2020Southern Maine Invite
1 Mile6:00.25Jan. 31, 2020Tufts Branwen Smith-King Invitational
3000 Meters12:25.59Feb. 8, 2020Panther Invitational
5000 Meters23:09.04Feb. 13, 2022GNAC Championship

 

PERSONAL BESTS (OUTDOOR)

EventTimeDateMeet
800 Meters2:38.24April 19, 2021Emmanuel vs. Regis Meet
1500 Meters5:35.69March 14, 2020Coastal Carolina Invitational
3000 Meter Steeplechase13:25.57May 1, 2022GNAC Championship

 

AS A SENIOR...

  • Competed in nine meets for the Saints, three indoors and six outdoors, for the Saints during the 2021-22 campaign.
  • Set an indoor PR in the 5000 meters at the GNAC Championship.
  • Set an outdoor PR in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the GNAC Championship.
  • Part of the first place relay team in the 4x800 at the GNAC Outdoor Championship.
  • Named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team.

AS A JUNIOR...

  • The 2020-21 season was cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic forcing the EC T&F team to not compete in any meets
  • Recipient of the team's Unsung Hero award
  • Named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team

AS A SOPHOMORE...

  • Won the Distance Medley relay event at the 2020 GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championship to earn All-Conference honors and help the Saints capture the inaugural GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championship
  • Named to the GNAC Academic All-Conference Team

AS A FIRST YEAR... (at Babson College)

  • Member of the Babson College women's soccer program

BEFORE EMMANUEL...

  • Attended Peabody Veterans Memorial High School and was a four-year member of both the Track & Field and Soccer programs
  • Earned Student-Athlete of the Year during her senior year at PVMHS
  • Peabody High Scholar Athlete
  • Named a Salem News Student-Athlete Award nominee

PLAYER PROFILE

  • Major: Finance and Economics
  • Career Aspirations: Financial Advisor
  • Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
  • Favorite Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
  • Favorite Pre-game meal: Apples and Peanut Butter
  • Favorite Late Night Snack: Cheezits
  • Favorite Spot on the EC campus: Admin 435
  • Favorite Class at EC: Urban Economics
  • Most Exciting Athletic Experience: Winning GNACs in 2020 for indoor track & winning the DMR with my distance girls
  • Most Respected Professional Athlete: Des Linden and Lionel Messi

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Sophomore

    Mid. DIstance
    5'2"
  • 2021Junior

    Mid. DIstance
    5'2"
  • 2022Senior

    Mid Distance
    5'2"