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  Joy Risko

Joy Risko

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bristol, RI

High School:
Mount Hope

Height:
5-5

Birthdate:
08/29/1988

NOTABLES: Named a team Captain ... Expected to have a big year ... Good leader and strong runner ... Very strategic and runs a good last mile.

Risko, Joy2008: The Beacons' top runner on the women's side ... Competed in all eight events during the season ... Turned in a season-best time of 23:23 to place 39th among Little East Conference runners at the five-kilometer LEC/New England Alliance Championship on November 1 ... Posted five sub-23 minute times in six five kilometer races ... Clocked in at 29:56.6 at the six-kilometer New England Division III Championship on November 15.

2007: Ran in all eight events on the season ... Posted a season-best time of 22:38 at the Little East Conference Championships to place 33rd ... Finished four meets in the top 50, including a three 33rdplace showings ... Placed 33rd at the Emmanuel College Saints Invitational with a mark of 23:13.

2006: Posted an impressive rookie season and was named the UMass Boston Female Freshman Athlete of the Year ... Ran in seven cross country meets ... Finished 11th in her first collegiate race at the Massachusetts Maritime Invitational with a time of 23:00 on September 9 ... Clocked in with a personal best time of 22:21 at the Tri-State Invitational on September 30.

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL: Earned 12 varsity letters competing in indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country for Mount Hope High School ...Named All-Division for the Huskies and was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player and added the Coaches' Award and the Sportsmanship Award to her cache ... Honored with the Pasquale Raiola Award at MHHS ... Born August, 29, 1988 ... Daughter of Dee and Eddy ... Majoring in social psychology.

 
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