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2022-23 Women's Track and Field

Katherine Fafian

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School Notre Dame Academy
  • Events Throws
  • Major Occupational Therapy

Biography

Graduate Student Year (2022-23)

  • Competed in field events in 12 meets for the Royals
  • Finished fifth in the weight throw at the Landmark Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) with a personal-best mark of 12.70m
  • Recorded a total of four top-10 finishes
  • Won the weight throw at the SU Early Season Invite (Dec. 9-10) with a mark of 12.55m

Senior Year (2021-22)

  • Competed in the weight, hammer and discus throws over 14 meets
  • Recorded seven top-10 finishes
  • Finished fifth in the hammer throw at the Misericordia Twilight Meet on Apr. 12 with a personal-best mark of 36.72m
  • Posted an eighth place finish in the hammer throw at the Landmark Outdoor Championships on May 7-8
  • Finished ninth in the weight throw at the Landmark Indoor Championships on Feb. 26

Junior Year (2020-21)

  • Competed in five meets for the Royals in the hammer throw and discus throw
  • Registered five top-five finishes in the hammer throw including a third place finish at the Landmark Conference Championships on May 8
  • Posted a career-best mark of 35.22m in the hammer throw and placed third in the event at the Juniata College Invite on Apr. 24
  • Set a personal-best mark in the discus throw (26.91m) at the Greyhound Invitational on Apr. 10

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

  • Competed in the weight throw in five meets during the indoor season for the Royals
  • Finished sixth in the event at the Landmark Conference Indoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 11.89m

Freshman Year (2018-19)

  • Competed in nine meets during her first season at Scranton
  • Recorded season-best marks in the shot put (8.29m) and weight throw (8.75m) at the Landmark Conference Indoor Championships on Feb. 23 to place 13th and 16th in the events, respectively
  • Posted a season-best mark of 28.26 meters in the hammer throw at the Landmark Conference Outdoor Championships on May 4-5 to finish 15th while also bringing home a 12th place result in the discus
  • Also had a personal record in the discus at the Coach P Invitational on Apr. 12-13 with a mark of 24.48 meters
  • Totaled five top-10 finishes on the season including a pair of seventh place results in the hammer throw

Personal Best Marks

Event   Meet (Date) Mark
Shot Put Landmark Indoor Championships (Feb. 23, 2019) 8.29m
Discus Greyhound Invitational (Apr. 10, 2021) 26.91m
Hammer Muhlenberg Invitational (Apr. 1, 2023) 37.59m
Weight Throw Landmark Indoor Championships (Feb. 25, 2023) 12.70m

 Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Landmark Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll (2020)
  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Dec. 12, 2022)

High School/Personal

  • Prepped at Notre Dame Academy, earning three varsity letters in track and four in swimming
  • Won the discus competition at the 2018 NY and BQ CHSAA sectional championships
  • Helped team win Indoor/Outdoor State Island championships (2016-2018).
  • Her squad was also 2016-2018 CHSAA NYC/sectional indoor and outdoor champions
  • Is the daughter of Deborah and John Fafian. Her mother graduated from Hofstra University while her father is a University of Pennsylvania graduate.
  • Also has a sister, Maria, who swam at Fairleigh Dickinson University

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Throws
    5'6"
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