Events: 600-meter run, 800-meter run, 1,000-meter run 1,500-meter run, mile run, 4x800-meter run, distance medley relay
2020-21: Earned Academic Honors accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. Outdoor: Compete in five of the Chargers meets in a season limited due to the CoVID-19 pandemic … Opened up the season with her first ever running of the 600-meter run at the Wilton Wright Invitational (Apr. 3), finishing with a time of 1:54.71, closing out the event in third place … Ran the 800-meter run twice with a season-best time of 2:38.88 … Competed in the 1,500-meter run for the first time at the James Barber Invitational (Apr. 30), setting her personal best time at 5:50.76 … Was a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished among the scorers at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Championship (May 6-8). Indoor: 2020-21 indoor season canceled due to the CoVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20: Earned Academic Distinction accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean's List following the Spring semester. Outdoor: 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the CoVID-19 pandemic. Indoor: Set a season-best in the 800 meters (2:35.89) at the Giegengack Invitational … Finishes as the runner-up in the 800-meter run (2:37.84) at the William Sutherland Invitational … Ran a personal-best in the 1,000-meter run (3:27.89) at the Spartan Invitational.
High School: Four-year varsity team member at Bloomfield High School ... Named Team MVP and a recipient of the Dessa Reed Award, received for being kind hearted and devoting themselves to the team, it’s members, and sport overall ... Served as a team captain for one season ... Member of the Chemistry Club ... National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society (Spanish) member.
Personal: Daughter of Nereida Mejias-Colon and David Colon ... Has one brother, James, and four sisters, Monica Dixon, Deannon Colon, Damarys Colon and Elizabeth Rivera … Majoring in forensic psychology.
