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Monmouth University Athletics

2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster

Catherine Light

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Northern Valley Demarest
  • Hometown Haworth, NJ

Biography

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CAREER TOP RECORDS
Shot Put - 13.47m - MAAC Indoor Championships -  2/16/19
Discus Throw - 41.00m - 2019 Larry Ellis Invitational - 4/20/19
Hammer Throw-  49.26m - Carol & John Covert Classic -  4/24/21
Weight Throw - 16.16m - Harvard Crimson Elite Meet - 2/4/22
Javelin Throw - 23.66m - MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships - 5/8/22

2021-22 (Senior): Competed in the shot put, weight throw, hammer throw, and discus throw … Two new PRs in the weight throw and javelin throw … 2022 Chi Alpha Sigma Honoree … Member of the MAAC All-Academic Teams for indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.
 
Indoor: Finished eighth in the weight throw at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 15.93m (2/20) … Posted a mark of 16.16m in the weight throw at Harvard’s Crimson Elite Meet, placing sixth (2/4).
 
Outdoor: Finished eighth in the shot put (12.68m), 13th in the javelin throw (23.66m), and 15th in the hammer throw (37.30m) at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/8) … Finished third in the hammer throw at the Monmouth University Track and Field Season Opener, throwing 47.39m (3/26).
 
2020-21: Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, and weight throw as a junior… Set a PR in the hammer throw (49.26m)

2019-20: Competed in the shot put and weight throw as a sophomore ... MAAC All-Academic Team.

2018-19: Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, and weight throw as a freshman ... Set personal bests in SP(13.47m), DT (41.00m), HT(35.08), WT(13.94m).

Before Monmouth: 6-time letter winner for Coach Michael Theuerkauf at Northern Valley Demarest ...1st team all-county in the indoor and outdoor shot put ... sectional and group champion the shot put and discus ... Won the discus at the 2018 New Jersey State Meet of Champions ... Named North Jersey Athlete of the Week on June 13, 2018. 

Personal: Daughter of Philip Light and Luisa Cassanello ... Undecided on a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Throws
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Throws
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Throws
    5'5"
  • 2021-22Senior

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    5'5"