2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Sibongile Chisi

  • Position Sprints/Pole Vault
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Penfield
  • Hometown Rochester, NY

Biography

11936Occupational Therapy major... born 11/27/93... daughter of McLeod and Mary Chisi, Rochester, N.Y... returning for her fourth track and field season, Chisi performed well in 2015 as a pole vaulter and as a sprinter... helped the Golden Flyers to a school record in the 4 x 100-meter relay with a time of :49.33 at St. Lawrence on 5/2/15... Nazareth also finished first in that event at the E8 Conference championship meet... best outdoor vault was 2.97 meters (9 feet, 9 inches), good for seventh place at the NYSCTC meet... during the indoor season, Chisi had a top height of 3.05 meters (10 feet) in the pole vault, equaling her own school record at the Bomber Invitational on 1/31/15... placed fifth in the pole vault at the Empire 8 Conference meet at Houghton on 2/14/15 with a vault of 2.90 meters (9 feet, 6 1/4 inches) and ninth at the NYSCTC meet at RIT on 2/28 with the same height.

2014: finished fifth in the pole vault at the NYSCTC meet at St. John Fisher with a school-record height of 3.17 meters (10 feet, 4 3/4 inches)... also finished fourth at the Empire 8 meet after clearing 3.12 meters (10 feet, 2 3/4 inches)... part of a 4 x 100-meter relay that was clocked in :49.60 at Nazareth on 4/12/14... had a solid 2014 indoor season as she set a school record in the pole vault by clearing 3.05 meters (10 feet) at the SPIRE Open in Ohio... posted personal best times in the 60-meter dash (8.23) and the 200-meter dash (:28.02)... finished fourth in the pole vault at the Empire 8 Conference meet by clearing 9 feet, 10 inches... competed for the Golden Flyers' field hockey team in 2014 and had two goals and two assists.

2013: Chisi set a school outdoor mark in the pole vault by clearing 3.00 meters (9 feet, 10 inches)... finished seventh in the pole vault at the E8 indoor meet and third at the E8 outdoor meet... during the indoor season, Chisi was part of school records in the 4 x 200-meter relay (1:48.41) on 2/22/13 at Ithaca and the 4 x 400-meter relay (4:08.70) on 2/23/13 at Ithaca... during the outdoor season, helped Nazareth to a second-place finish and school record in the 4 x 100-meter relay (:49.65) at the E8 meet on 4/20/13 at Nazareth... competed for the Golden Flyers' field hockey team in the fall of 2013 and started all 18 games and scored six goals.

Scholastic: a 2011 graduate of Penfield High School, Chisi competed in soccer, field hockey and track and field at Penfield... a member of the National Honor Society.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Sprints/Pole Vault
    5'4"
  • 2015-16Graduate Student

    Sprints/Pole Vault
    5'4"