Career Honors
School-Record Holder in Outdoor 4x100 Relay
2015 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region
4x Dean's List Honors
2x PSAC Scholar-Athlete
Member of SAAC
PSAC Championship Performances
2014 Indoor - Pole Vault (5th)
2014 Outdoor -Â Pole Vault (12th)
2015 Indoor - Pole Vault (4th)
2015 Outdoor - Pole Vault (12th), 4x100m (4th)
2016 Indoor - Pole Vault (4th)
2016 Outdoor - 4x100m (6th), Pole Vault (14th)
2016:Â (OUTDOOR) PSAC Scholar-Athlete (6/29)...Finished sixth in the 4x100m relay (48.48) and 14th in the pole vault (3.23m) at the 2016 PSAC Outdoor Championships...Finished eighth in the pole vault at the Paul Kaiser Classic with an existing PSAC mark of 3.26m (10-8.25) (4/30)...Recorded a season-best in the pole vault with a vault of 10-11.75 at the Greyhound Invitational (4/16).
2015-16:Â (INDOOR) Tallied a fourth place finish in the pole vault (11-03.50) at the PSAC Indoor Championships (2/27-28)...Recorded a PSAC mark in the pole vault (10-04) at the Bison Opener (12/5).
2015: (OUTDOOR) Named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete (7/6)…Led off the 4x100 relay squad that broke the school record in the prelims and placed fourth in the finals at the PSAC Championships. She also placed 12th in the pole vault (5/2)...Posted a career-best in the 100m (12.72) at the Greyhound Invitational (4/19)...Finished in fourth place in the 100m dash with a time of 12.76 at the Rider Invitational (4/11).
2014-15:Â (INDOOR) Named to the USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region team (3/4)...Placed fourth in the pole vault at the PSAC Championships (3/1)...Posted a career-best in the pole vault (11-5.75), which was good for fourth all-time in KU history at the Valentine Invitational (2/14)...Posted a PSAC mark in the pole vault (10-10) at the Metro Team Challenge (1/23)...Turned in a PSAC-qualifying vault (10-4) at the Bucknell University Bison Opener (12/6).
2014: (OUTDOOR) Finished 12th in the pole vault at the PSAC Championships (5/3)...Placed fourth in the pole vault with a season-best tying mark of 3.35m at the Greyhound Invitational (4/19)...Finished third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.25m and placed 25th in the 100m dash with a time of 13.14 seconds at the Rider Invitational (4/12)...Tied for sixth place in the pole vault with a mark of 3.05m at the Muhlenberg Invitational (4/5)...
Tied for fifth in the pole vault with a PSAC-qualifying vault of 3.35m at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/28)...Finished 13th in the pole vault with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 3.20m at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21).
2013-14:Â (INDOOR)
Tied for fifth in the pole vault with a season-best mark of 3.42m at the PSAC Indoor Championships. That mark ranked her fifth all-time in KU history (3/1)...Finished sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.30m and placed fourth in the 55m dash with a time of 7.68 seconds at the Last Chance Invitational (2/22)...Placed seventh in the pole vault with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 10-9.92 at the NYU Team Challenge (1/24)...
Tied for second place in the pole vault with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 10-10 at the Golden Bear Invitational (1/17)...Placed eighth in the pole vault with a vault of 3.15m at the Bison Opener (12/7).
2012-13:Â Redshirt year.
TFRRS Performance List
Personal Bests |
Event |
Indoor |
Outdoor |
55m |
7.68 |
-- |
60m |
8.09 |
-- |
100m |
-- |
12.72 |
Pole Vault |
11-5.75 |
10-11.75 |
The Distasio File
Nickname: Desty
Favorite post-victory meal: Mashed potatoes
Favorite sports movie: Rocky
M&M’s or Skittles? M&M’s
Favorite sport to watch at KU besides your own: Football
Best place to get pizza in Kutztown: TommyBoy’s
Nike, Adidas or Under Armour? Nike
I spent my summer: Working two jobs and traveling
Goal for 2015-16: To survive
Funniest thing Coach ever told you to do: Sprint