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Melissa Hewitt, 2023 HOF portrait

Melissa Hewitt

  • Class
    2012
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field
Hewitt was one of Cornell's all-time greats in track and field, winning nine Heptagonal championships in her four years. A captain her senior year, she helped the team to three Heps team titles and took over the claim of fastest woman in the history of the Ivy League with her 100-meter mark of 11.66. She also was part of a 4x100 relay squad that holds the fastest recorded time in conference history and ranked third all-time in the long jump (20-3 ¾) and second in the 60 meters, just .01 behind Cornell track star Jeomi Maduka '08 (6.46). The 2010 Ivy League Most Valuable Track and Field Athlete, she graduated holding school records in the 100 and 200 meters and as part of the 4x100 relay squad. Though she wasn't able to compete at full strength as a senior, her inspirational attempts to compete while injured at the 2012 Outdoor Heps championships inspired her teammates as the squad finished second.
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