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2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Zena Kolliesuah

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • High School North Pickerington HS
  • Hometown Pickerington, Ohio

Biography

Kolliesuah's Top Performances
200m24.14
300m39.79
400m53.89
500m1:16.30
As a Senior (2014-15)
Kollisuah closed her Big Red career on a high note, earning Second-Team All-America honors with the 4x400 relay team at NCAA Championships. The team had set a school record in the race in the NCAA Preliminary Round. She was also a part of the ECAC Champion 4x100 and 4x400 teams, helped set both the Cornell and Ivy League record in the 4x100 at Outdoor Heptagonals, ran for the fourth-best time in program history in the 200 and the third-best in the 400 and helped set an Indoor Heps mile relay record.

As a Junior (2013-14)
In her penultimate season, Kolliesuah continued to be a strong presence for Cornell with several impressive finishes at the ECAC championships and an NCAA appearance.  Kolliesuah had a strong showing at the Indoor Heps, where she finished seventh in the 200 at 25.20, third in the 400 at 55.74, and led her team to first place in the 4x400 relay.  Her success continued into the Indoor ECACs, where she contributed a total of 16 points for Cornell as part of the winning 4x400 relay team and as third place in the 400 as an individual.  Kolliesuah again ran the 400 and the 4x400 at the Outdoor Heps, where she finished first in both events.  She also ran second leg in the 4x100 relay for an event fifth-place finish.  Her combined 22 points at the Outdoor Helps helped Cornell to an overall third-place finish.  Kolliesuah ran in the finals of the same three events at the Outdoor ECACs, finishing third in the 400 at 54.18 and helping her relay teams to finish fourth in the 4x100 and again first in the 4x400.  The 4x400 team continued on to the preliminaries of the NCAA Championships, where they improved to a time of 3:34.94 with a 13th-place finish.

As a Sophomore (2012-13)
Kolliesuah continued to factor into the Big Red's tremendous season, advancing to the NCAA East Regional in the 400 and running 54.76 seconds. She was on the Big Red's winning 4x440-yard relay at the Indoor Heps while also placing 12th in the 400. At the Indoor ECACs, Kolliesuah was on the Big Red's sixth-place 4x400 relay team and took 12th in the 400 as an individual. She ran in a 4x100 and 4x400 at Penn Relays, helped the Big Red to a second-place finish at the Outdoor Heps in the 4x100 and 4x400. She also scored a point for Cornell by placing sixth in the 400 at the Outdoor Heps and set a personal record of 54.19 seconds. Finally, at the Outdoor ECACs, Kolliesuah was part of the Big Red's fifth-place 4x400 relay and was eighth in the 400 by herself. Her personal best in the 200 this year was set at the Binghamton-Buffalo tri-meet.

As a Freshman (2011-12)
Kolliesuah was a big part of the Cornell track team during her first year, mostly running short sprints and taking part in relays. At the Indoor Heps, she placed ninth in the 200-meter prelims, just missing a shot at the finals. She also took sixth in the 400, scoring a point for the Cornell team. She was part of a Big Red 4x400 team that took third at the ECAC Indoors, and she was also part of the Penn Relays 4x200 team that ran 1:37.62, good for second place in school history. At the Outdoor Heps, she ran the second leg of the second-place 4x100 team and the third leg of the Ivy League champion 4x400 team.  She also scored four points for Cornell in the 400-meter dash, placing fourth in a time of 55.18 seconds. At the outdoor ECACs, Kolliesuah ran the second leg of the sixth-place 4x100 team, and she was the starting leg of the winning 4x400 squad. As part of the 4x400 relay group, Kolliesuah made it to the NCAA East  Regional in Jacksonville, Fla., where Cornell took 21st. Outdoors, she set the school freshman record with a 55.15-second 400, a time good for fifth-all time at Cornell among all classes.

Before Cornell
At the 2011 Ohio State High School Championships, Kolliesuah finished second at 400 meters, running 54.77. She has other bests of 11.82 at 100 meters and a state-scoring effort of 24.62 at 200 meters.

Personal
Zena Nijiah Kolliesuah is the daughter of Alphonso and Grace Kolliesuah and was a star soccer player on her high school team which finished second in the Ohio state championships. She has two older sisters.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2013-14Junior

    Sprints
  • 2014-15Senior

    Sprints