Gwen Ricco

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas

2010-11 ACC Academic Honor Roll
Ricco[apos]s Personal Bests
60m Hurdles: 8.93
100m Hurdles: 14.68
200m, Indoor: 25.05
200m, Outdoor: 24.52
800m, Outdoor: 2:22.0
Long Jump, Indoor: 18-4.25
Long Jump, Outdoor: 18-9.25
Javelin: 107-8
Pentathlon: 3,341 points
Heptathlon: 4,831 points
2011 Outdoor
A strong heptathlete who set a number of new personal records in the multi events during the outdoor season ... One of the strongest and most versatile athletes on the team ... Top point total of the season came at the ACC Championships, where she collected 4,646 points to finish eighth ... Set three new season-best marks in the ACC Championship heptathlon, including a time of 15.26 in the 100m hurdles, a throw of 107-8 in the javelin, and a mark of 4-10.25 in the high jump ... Finished sixth in the heptathlon at the Deacon Combined Events with a total of 4,499 points ... Turned in top time of the season in the 800m in the heptathlon at Deacon Combined with a time of 2:22.0 ... Also turned in a season-best mark in the shot put of the heptathlon at Deacon Combined with a throw of 36-0 ... Placed fifth overall in the heptathlon at the Liberty Collegiate Meet with a total of 4,166 points ... Claimed first place in the long jump at the Vertklasse Meeting with a mark of 18-9.25 ... Also competed in the long jump at the ACC Championships, finishing 18th with a jump of 16-11.25 ... Finished seventh in the 100m hurdles at the Vertklasse Meeting, crossing the line in 16.03 ... Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 11th at the ACC Championships in a time of 3:51.40. 2011 Indoor
Turned in a top time of 9.11 in the 60m hurdles during the preliminary rounds of the Hokie Invite ... Threw for a distance of 35-5.5 in the shot put at the Virginia Tech Invitational to claim 16th place ... Member of the 4x400m relay squad that finished 17th at the Virginia Tech Invitational in a time of 4:00.85 ... Also a member of the 4x800m relay that claimed seventh place at the Hokie Invite in a time of 9:54.98. 2010 Outdoor
Member of the 4x200 relay team that set new school record of 1:38.97 ... Ran season best in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.68 at the 2010 ACC Outdoor Championships ... Finished fifth in the 200m race at the Wake Forest Open with a season best time of 24.52 ... Member of 4x100m relay team that ran 46.49 to earn sixth place at the 2010 ACC Outdoor Championship ... Part of 4x400m relay team that won sixth place with a time of 3:43.08 at the 2010 ACC Outdoor Championship ... Member of distance medley relay team that placed fourth with a time of 11:13.56 at Penn Relays ... Placed sixth in the heptathlon at the Deacon Combined Events with 4,831 points. 2010 Indoor
Member of the 4x400 relay team that set new school record of 3:43.66 at the 2010 ACC Indoor Championship where they placed sixth ... Ran a season best of 8.93 for the 60m hurdles at the Hokie Invitational in January 2010 ... Completed a season best of 25.05 in the 200m race at the 2010 NY Armory Duals ... Part of second place winning 4x400m relay team that ran 3:48.90 at the 2010 NY Armory Duals ... Member of fourth place winning 4x400m relay team that ran 3:59.83 at the UNC Invitatoinal ... Helped the distance medley relay team win first place at the Virginia Tech Elite meet with a time of 11:33.95 ... Earned a season best of 4-6.25 in the high jump at the UNC Combined Events in January 2010 ... Finished eighth place in the long jump at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a season best of 18-4.25 ... Placed seventh in the shot put with a season best 34-8.25 at the UNC Invitational ... Earned seventh place in the pentathlon at the UNC Combined Events with 3,341 total points. Backgound
Was a four-time letter on the track at Highland Park ... Finished third at the 2009 USATF Junior Olympic Championships in the heptathlon with a score of 4,290 ... Moved on to the 20090 USATF Junior National Championship where she finished eighth with a heptathlon score of 4,573 ... Has a heptathlon PR of 4,622 ... Notched personal-bests in both the long jump (18-06.50) and the 200m dash (24.97) at the Texas 4A District 10 Meet ... Also a member of the school-record 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams ... Was a member of the National Honor Society. Personal
Full name is Gwendolyn Maria Ricco ... Born October 31, 1990, in Dallas, Texas ... Daughter of Pamela Huntress and Vince Ricco ... Twin sister of fellow Demon Deacon Maddy Ricco ... Majoring in Anthropology.