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2022-23 Women's Track and Field

Fiona Burke

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Exton, Pa.
  • High School Bishop Shanahan
  • Events Sprints
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

  • Member of school-record holding indoor 4x200 relay team and 4x100 outdoor relay team

Senior Year (2022-23)

  • Ran sprint events in 14 meets for the Royals during her senior season 
  • Finished 11th in the 60 meter dash at the Landmark Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) with a personal-best time of 8.40 seconds
  • Placed third in the 100 meters and seventh in the 200 at the Misericordia Twilight Meet (Apr. 4)
  • Member of record-breaking 4x100 relay team at the Landmark Outdoor Championships (May 6-7) with a program-record time of 49.25 seconds

Junior Year (2021-22)

  • Competed in 12 meets for the Royals and posted five top-10 finishes
  • Finished third in the 60 meter dash and fourth in the 200 at the SU Early Season Invite (Dec. 4)
  • Ran a leg for the 4x100 relay team that broke a program record with a time of 51.33 seconds at the Landmark Outdoor Championships (May 7-8)

Sophomore Year (2020-21)

  • Competed in four meets for the Royals
  • Broke a school record in the 100 meter dash (13.32) and finished third at the Blue Jay Tune-Up Meet (May 1)
  • Recorded five top-five finishes
  • Clocked a personal-best time of 27.67 in the 200 meter dash at the Landmark Conference Championships (May 8)

Freshman Year (2019-20) (Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)

  • Competed in six meets during her first season in the program
  • Ran personal-best times in the 60 (8.43) and 200 (28.69) at the Landmark Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 29)
  • Finished a season-best fourth place in the 60 meter dash at the SU Challenge (Feb. 1)
  • Ran a leg of the 4x200 relay that broke a program record at the conference championship meet 

Personal Best Marks

Event   Meet (Date) Mark
60 Landmark Indoor Championships (Feb. 25, 2023) 8.40
100 Misericordia Twilight Meet (Apr. 4, 2023) 13.24
200 Landmark Outdoor Championships (May 8, 2021) 27.67
300 Greg Page Relays (Dec. 3, 2022) 47.92

Awards/Honors

  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team, Indoor, 4x200 Relay (2023)
  • Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

High School/Personal

  • Garnered eight varsity letters in soccer (4) and Track & Field (4)
  • Recipient of Pete Bruni Award for excellence in soccer and track and field
  • Earned All-Conference and All-Area honors in soccer
  • Member of school-record holding 4x100 relay team 
  • Daughter of Hugh and Melissa Burke
  • Father played soccer at Pace University
  • Has a sister, Maeve, who attends James Madison University 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints
    5'4"
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