Assata Cowart

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
New Rochelle, NY

2009 Cross Country: Finished 21st with a time of 20:37.70 at the Haverford Duals.

2009 Outdoor Track & Field: Placed 5th in the 400m dash with a 1:02.02 at the Wake Forest Invitational...Finished 15th as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:44.06) at the Florida Relays...Took 1st place while setting a new meet record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.28 at the Greyhound Invitational...Finished 19th in the 400m hurdles (1:01.98) and was a part of the sprint medley relay team that finished in 4:07.72 at the Penn Relays...Claimed 2nd in the 400m hurdles (1:00.68) and helped the 4x800m relay team to a 6th place finish (9:02.02) at the A-10 Championships...Placed 7th in the 400m hurdles at the ECAC Championships...Competed at the NCAA East Regionals in the 400m hurdles (1:01.47).

2008-09 Indoor Track & Field: Claimed 1st in the 800m run at the Gotham Cup with a time of 2:20.01...At the Thompson Invitational, placed 1st in the 500m run (1:18.13)...Placed 1st at the A-10 Championships in the 4x400m relay (3:51.76) and 5th in the 500m run (1:16.68)

2008 Outdoor Track & Field: Named A-10 Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week in April after winning the 400-meter hurdles in an ECAC-qualifying time of 1:02.17 and gaining an additional ECAC qualifying spot as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team, which won the event with a time of 3:48.80 at the Penn Invitational...1st place finish in 400m hurdles at 2008 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:02.42.

2007-08 Indoor Track & Field: Placed 7th overall in 400m dash and 9th overall in 60m High Hurdles at Thomson Invitational... Second overall in 55m Hurdles at Jack Pyrah Invitational.

High School: National qualifier in the 400m hurdles, 4x400 and 4x800...Two-time member of All-American shuttle relay team that won Nike Nationals and National Scholastics...Outdoor state champion in the 400m hurdles as sophomore and senior...Nine-time state qualifier.

Personal: Majoring in Actuarial Science.