2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Teresa Rotolo

  • Academic Year Graduate Student
  • Position Throws
  • Hometown Warren, N.J.
  • Highschool Watchung Hills Regional
  • INFLCR teresa-rotolo

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Overcame injuries during her collegiate career to compete at four BIG EAST Championships in the javelin ... Two-time scorer at the conference meet with a fifth place finish in 2021 and an eighth place result in 2025 ... Capped off her 2026 season with her best throw of the year at the conference championships ... Her collegiate PR of 40.01 meters in 2023 ranked her 10th on the program's all-time performance list with the current javelin implement, and she remained at No. 11 in the record book through the end of the 2026 season ... Part of the Villanova throwing group during a period of unprecedented BIG EAST success for the Wildcats in the throwing events ... Five-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in all 10 of her semesters on campus.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
Shot Put (college)* 9.80 Meters Big Apple Invitational (2.11.2023)
Shot Put (high school)* 9.95 Meters High School
Discus 27.63 Meters High School
Javelin 40.01 Meters Penn Challenge (3.18.2023)
* high school shot put uses a lighter implement
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2026 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Mark Place
May 16 Javelin 35.41m 9th
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Mark Place
May 17 Javelin 33.92m 8th
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Mark Place
May 10 Javelin 33.19m 11th
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Mark Place
May 14 Javelin 38.06m 5th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Watchung Hills Regional High School: Earned eight varsity letters as a member of the track & field team and also competed on the soccer team … Primary event was the javelin, in which she was the Group IV champion as a sophomore in 2018 and a North II Group IV champion as a junior in 2019 … Earned first team all-conference honors in 2019 … Named her team’s Rookie of the Year in 2017 and went on to be the team’s MVP each of the next two years … Three-year team captain from 2018-20 … Set her school’s freshman javelin record with a mark of 31.54 meters … Her high school PR would eventually be 35.74 meters … Also her school’s javelin relay record holder … Played club soccer from 2014-20 … Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years … Inducted into the National Honor Society and the National Italian Honor society as a senior in 2019-20 … Winner of the Seal of Biliteracy Italian award in 2019.
 
Personal:  Born 1/22/02 in Warren, N.J. … Younger of two children of Michael Rotolo and Cathryn Sabo … Has an older brother, Andrew … Hobbies include playing soccer, hiking, cooking and kayaking … Chose to attend Villanova for its community as well as the academic opportunities it provided … Graduated from Villanova in 2024 with a BS in Biochemistry and Italian ... Enrolled in graduate school to pursue her MBA from the Villanova School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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  • 2024-25Fifth Year

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  • 2025-26Graduate Student

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