On Petruzzellis: One of the top multi-event performers in school history ... Graduated as the school record holder in the pentathlon and ranked second on the all-time Villanova performance list in the heptathlon ... Also ranked fourth in the high jump and was tied for seventh in the long jump ... Three-time BIG EAST champion and five-time All-BIG EAST performer.
2015 Outdoor: One of the top performers for Villanova at the BIG EAST Championships and helped the team repeat as conference champions ... Scored a total of 24 points at the BIG EAST meet ... Individual conference champion in the heptathlon, was the runner-up in the high jump and finished third in the 100 meter hurdles ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in all three events ... Other highlights from the season included qualifying for the NCAA East Preliminary for the first time and and also finishing fourth in the heptathlon at the Penn Relays ... During the season estabished new personal bests in the 100 meter hurdles, the 200 meters and the high jump ... Scored a total of 4,686 points in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championships ... Had the top overall marks in the field of competitors in each of the first five heptathlon events to easily secure the conference title ... On the first day of competition produced a time of 14.61 in the 100 meter hurdles, a height of 1.61 meters in the high jump, a throw of 10.76 meters in the shot put and a time of 26.40 in the 200 meters ... Tied a personal best in the long jump the next day with a mark of 5.52 meters while also recording a throw of 29.44 meters in the javelin and a time of 2:43.76 in the 800 meters ... Was part of a 1-2-3 finish for Villanova in the individual 100 meter hurdles ... Came in third in both the preliminary heats (14.79) and the final (14.68) ... Also recorded a height of 1.65 meters in the individual high jump to secure her runner-up finish ... Earlier in the season recorded personal best marks in both the 100 meter hurdles (14.41) and the high jump (1.75m) at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational in Miami ... Cleared 1.70 meters in the high jump at the NCAA East Preliminary meet and finished in 32nd place ... Scored 4,907 points in the heptathlon at the Penn Relays to finish in fourth place ... Ranked second in the field during the competition in the 100 meter hurdles (14.49), the shot put (11.16m) and the long jump (5.37m) ... Also set a personal best with a time of 25.90 in the 200 meters ... Other marks were 1.67 meters in the high jump, 28.28 meters in the javelin and 2:32.63 in the 800 meters ... Opened the season by finishing 25th in the javelin (27.96m) at the Danny Curran Invitational ... Competed in three events at the Colonial Relays ... Runner-up in the championship section of the high jump (1.70m), finished 13th in the university section of the long jump (5.33m) and came in 31st in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter hurdles (15.11).
2014-15 Indoor: Had a breakthrough season and was named the Most Outstanding Performer in the field events at the BIG EAST Championships ... Accounted for 25 points at the conference meet by winning both the pentathlon and the high jump in addition to finishing fourth in the 60 meter hurdles ... Her efforts helped Villanova successfully defend its team title at the conference meet ... Her winning total of 3,723 points in the pentathlon also set a new school record ... Her marks during the conference pentathlon included a time of 8.98 in the 60 meter hurdles, a height of 1.64 meters in the high jump, a throw of 10.75 meters in the shot put, a distance of 5.52 meters in the long jump and a time of 2:26.24 in the 800 meters ... Her time in the 60 meter hurdles was a new personal best, as was her mark in the long jump ... Led the field of 11 athletes in the pentathlon with the top marks in the hurdles, the high jump, the long jump and the 800 meters, while having the second longest throw in the shot put ... Went on to win the individual high jump competition with a winning height of 1.68 meters ... Came in fourth in the final of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.07 ... Previously had been in fourth place overall after the preliminaries, when she registered a time of 9.02 to finish second in her preliminary heat ... Completed a full pentathlon at the Penn State National and scored a then-personal best 3,624 points ... Her marks in the pentathlon at Penn State were as follows: 60 meter hurdles (9.13), high jump (1.68m), shot put (10.82m), long jump (5.13m) and 800 meters (2:26.81) ... Opened the season by finishing ninth in the 60 meter hurdles (9.45) and seventh in the long jump (5.17m) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational ... Came in 30th in the hurdles at the Gotham Cup (9.48) and was the runner-up in the high jump (1.70m) ... Competed in three events at the Metro Team Challenge, finishing 14th in the 60 mH (9.24), winning the high jump (1.70m) and coming in 13th in the long jump (5.11m) ... Placed 14th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:32.14 and was second in the long jump (5.33m) at the McElligott Invitational ... Posted a time of 9.17 in the hurdles at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational and was also sixth in the high jump (1.70m).
2014 Outdoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2013-14 Indoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2013 Outdoor: Completed two full heptathlons and established new personal bests in four of the seven events ... Scored points for Villanova with a fourth place finish in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championships ... Her score of 4,919 points at the conference meet is also a personal best ... In the BIG EAST heptathlon tied for first among 10 competitors in the high jump (1.69 meters) and also was second overall in both the javelin (33.72 meters) and the 800 meters (2:22.98) ... Set personal bests during the conference meet in both the 800 meters and the 100 meter hurdles (14.86) ... Her other heptathlon marks at the BIG EAST meet were 11.33 meters in the long jump, a time of 26.85 in the 200 meters and a long jump of 4.95 meters ... Her first full heptathlon of the season came at the Larry Ellis Invitational, where she came in first out of six athletes ... She threw the shot put a personal best distance of 11.36 meters to lead the group and also had the best marks in the javelin (33.21m) and the high jump (1.65m) ... Was third in both the 100 meter hurdles (15.58) and the 800 meters (2:29.85) while rating fourth in the 200 meters (26.95) and fifth in the long jump (4.84m) ... Opened the season at the Philadelphia College Classic, where she came in third in the high jump (1.60m) and seventh in the javelin (34.81m) ... Runner-up in the javelin with a personal best throw of 38.24 meters at the Danny Curran Invitational, while also tying for third place in the high jump (1.57m) ... Came in 17th in the javelin (33.82m) and 22nd in the 100 meter hurdles (15.35) at the Colonial Relays ... Tied for 15th place in the high jump (1.66m) at the ECAC Championship.
2012-13 Indoor: Competed in one full pentathlon at the Penn State National and also saw action in each of the first three meets of the season ... Scored a career-best 3,577 points in the pentathlon at Penn State and came in third overall at the meet ... In a field of six athletes she came in second in the long jump (1.68 meters), shot put (10.87 meters) and 800 meters (2:26.74) ... Established personal bests in both the long jump (5.15m) and the 60 meter hurdles (9.29) to round out the pentathlon ... Competed in the high jump at the Great Dane Classic and recorded a personal best height of 1.70 meters ... Advanced to the finals of the 60 meter hurdles at the New York City Gotham Cup and came in 13th overall with a time of 9.51 in the finals ... Lowered her time from 9.58 in the preliminary heats, when she was 16th out of 41 entries ... Finished 17th in the shot put (10.89m) at the Gotham Cup meet ... Opened the season by coming in fourth in the 60 meter hurdles (9.44) and 11th in the long jump (4.92 meters) at the Jack Pyrah Invitational.
2012 Outdoor: Scored team points for Villanova at the BIG EAST Championships with a seventh place finish in the heptathlon ... Registered a total of 4,689 points and during the heptathlon established personal bests in five of the seven events (100 meter hurdles, 200 meters, high jump, javelin, 800 meters) ... Her strongest finishes within the heptathlon were in the javelin (30.62m) and the 800 meters (2:26.46) ... Competed in the full heptathlon for the first time at the Larry Ellis Invitational and came in fifth out of 10 competitors with 4,584 points ... Earlier in the season came in first in the University section of the high jump at the Colonial Relays (1.65m), a height that she only surpassed at the BIG EAST meet (1.66m) ... Also competed in the javelin (30.18m) and the 100 meter hurdles (15.16) at the Colonial Relays ... Finished third in the 100 meter hurdles (15.36) and tied for third in the high jump (1.55m) at the Danny Curran Invitational ... Registered a personal best throw of 32.68 meters in the javelin at the Delaware Open ... At the season-opening Big Five Invite finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles and tied for third in the high jump ... Also registered a personal best distance of 5.13 meters in the long jump and came in seventh in the javelin at the Big Five meet.
2011-12 Indoor: Finished in eighth place in the pentathlon at the BIG EAST Championships to score a team point for Villanova ... Competed twice during the season in a full pentathlon, scoring 3,380 points at the BIG EAST meet and 3,376 points at the Penn State National ... The 60 meter hurdles, high jump and 800 meters were her best events within the pentathlon competition ... Ran her top time of 9.36 in the 60 meter hurdles in the pentathlon at the BIG EAST meet ... Threw for a career-best distance of 10.02 meters in the shot put during the pentathlon at the Penn State meet ... Earlier in the season came in seventh in the 55 meter hurdles, tied for eighth in the long jump and 17th in the 500 meters in her collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational ... Tied for 12th place in the shot put (9.92m) at the Widener Field Meet ... Ran the 60 meter hurdles at the NYC Gotham Cup (9.49) and the Great Dane Classic (9.42) ... Finished with a time of 1:02.05 in the 400 meters at the NYC Gotham Cup and also came in 13th in the shot put (9.48m) at that meet.
Voorhees High School: Received a combined seven varsity letters in track and cross country ... Four-time All-American ... Won several sectional and group titles ... Helped lead her team to two titles in cross country at the New Jersey Meet of Champions by placing in the top six individually.
Personal: Born 5/3/92 ... One of two children of Joe and Deborah Petruzzellis ... Has a brother, Joe ... Biology and Sociology major.
PERSONAL BESTS
Pentathlon 3723 Points 2015 BIG EAST Championships
Heptathlon 4919 Points 2013 BIG EAST Championships
55 Meter Hurdles 9.09 2011 Jack Pyrah Invitational
60 Meter Hurdles 8.98 2015 BIG EAST Championships
100 Meter Hurdles 14.41 2015 Hurricane Alumni Invitational
200 Meters 25.90 2015 Penn Relays
400 Meters 1:02.05 2012 NYC Gotham Cup
500 Meters 1:23.28 2011 Jack Pyrah Invitational
800 Meters 2:22.98 2013 BIG EAST Championships
High Jump 1.75 Meters 2015 Hurricane Alumni Invitational
Long Jump 5.52 Meters 2015 BIG EAST Championships
Shot Put 11.36 Meters 2013 Larry Ellis Invitational
Javelin 38.24 Meters 2013 Danny Curran Invitational
CAREER AWARDS (Indoor Track)
BIG EAST Champion 2015 (High Jump)
BIG EAST Champion 2015 (Pentathlon)
All-BIG EAST 2015 (High Jump)
All-BIG EAST 2015 (Pentathlon)
School Record Holder Pentathlon - 3,723 Points (February 28, 2015)
Most Outstanding Field Athlete of the Meet 2015 BIG EAST Championships
CAREER AWARDS (Outdoor Track)
BIG EAST Champion 2015 (Heptathlon)
All-BIG EAST 2015 (100 Meter Hurdles)
All-BIG EAST 2015 (High Jump)
All-BIG EAST 2015 (Heptathlon)
CAREER AWARDS (Academics)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2014-15
BIG EAST TOP 8 FINISHES
High Jump 1st 2015 Indoor
Pentathlon 1st 2015 Indoor
Heptathlon 1st 2015 Outdoor
High Jump 2nd 2015 Outdoor
100 Meter Hurdles 3rd 2015 Outdoor
60 Meter Hurdles 4th 2015 Indoor
Heptathlon 4th 2013 Outdoor
Heptathlon 7th 2012 Outdoor
Pentathlon 8th 2012 Indoor
