Sandy Newell

Sport: Track

Class: Freshman

Hometown: St. Mary's

High School: Elk County Catholic

Major: Biology

2008 (Outdoor Track): PSAC Championships, took 7th in 800-meter final with a personal-record time of 2:16.83 in the PSAC Championships...Took 2nd in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.56 at the East Stroudsburg All-American track meet... Took 3rd overall in the 800 meters at the PSAC East Track Challege with a time of 2:23.61... Finished first overall at the Lock Haven Invitational in the 800 meters with a time of 2:18.21, qualifying her for the PSAC Championships in that event... Qualified for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) track championships in both the 800 and 1500 meter runs, by running a 2:17.78 in the 800 and 4:52.61 in the 1500 at the Wake Forest Invitational in Wake Forest, NC. Her time in the 1500m is the fourth-fastest in school history.

2008 (Indoor Track): Helped the distance medley relay team finish third at the PSAC Championships with a time of 12:27.51. Also finished 6th in the 800 meters, with a time of 2:20.08... 1/4 of the 4X800 relay team that took 1st overall at the Cornell Invitiational with a time of 9:54.50... Finished 7th at Cornell in the 800 meters with a time of 2:21.46... Had her second career first place finish at the Bucknell Winter Classic in the 800 meters,finishing with a time of 2:20.80... Took home 6th place in the 400 meters at the East Stroudsburg DeSchriver Invitational, finishing with a time of 1:01.39... One-fourth of the 4X400 team that took 6th at the ESU DeScriver invitational with a time of 4:17.40... Placed 3rd in the 400 Meter Dash at the PSAC East Track Challenge... Finished 3rd in the 800 meters at the Bucknell Bison Open with a time of 2:22.55... Member of the 4X400 relay team that finished 6th at the Bison Open... 1/4 of the distance medley relay team that finished second at the Bison Open with a time of 12:18.23...