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2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jeff Uleau
David Bracetty
Bill Smith, Shippensburg University
Jeff Uleau
Ray Hoffman
Jeff Uleau

Christina Descano

  • Class Senior
  • Events Heptathlon
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Broomall, Pa.
  • High School Marple Newtown
  • Major Communications

Biography

Career Honors
Member of SAAC (2014-15)

PSAC Championship Performances
2014 Indoor - Long Jump (4th), Pentathlon (5th)
2014 Outdoor - Heptathlon (7th), Long Jump (8th)
2015 Indoor - Pentathlon (13th), Long Jump (16th)
2015 Outdoor - Heptathlon (10th), Long Jump (19th)

2015: (OUTDOOR) Scored a season-best 4,060 points in the heptathlon for 10th place and finished in 19th in the long jump at the PSAC Championships (5/2)..Recorded a season-best in the 100m hurdles (15.97) and the long jump (18-3.75) at the Paul Kaiser Classic (4/25)...Posted a season-best in the 100m hurdles (16.01), the long jump (17-9), and a career-best in the javelin (98-5) at the Greyhound Invitational (4/19)...Tallied a season-best in the 100m hurdles (16.13) at the ESU/Bloomsburg Tri-Meet (4/4)...Recorded a season-best in the 800m (2:36.88) at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/28)...Posted a ninth place finish in the heptathlon at the 49er Classic (3/20).

2014-15: (INDOOR) Placed 13th in the pentathlon and 16th in the long jump at the PSAC Championships (3/1)...Recorded a season-best in the long jump (17-5.25) at the Last Chance Invitational (2/21)...Posted season-bests in the shot-put (25-0.5), the 800m (2:45.65), and overall pentatholon points (2,806) at the Mid-Week Multi (2/11)...Tallied a career-best in the 55m hurdles (8.87) at the Deschriver Invitational (2/7)...Posted a season-best time and PSAC mark in the 60m hurdles (9.73) and the long jump (17-2.25) at the Metro Team Challenge (1/23)...Posted a career-best in total points in the pentatholon while also posting a PSAC-new time in the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.09 at the Golden Bear Invitational (1/15)...Tallied a PSAC qualifier in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.89 at the Bucknell University Bison Opener (12/6).

2014: (OUTDOOR) Finished seventh in the heptathlon with a career-best score of 4111 for fifth all-time in KU history. She also took eighth in the long jump at the PSAC Championships (5/2)...Won the long jump with a mark of 5.56m and finished 25th in the javelin with a career-best throw of 27.77m at the Paul Kaiser Invitational (4/26)...Finished second in the long jump with a career-best mark of 5.69m at the Greyhound Invitational. That mark ranks her second all-time in KU history (4/19)...Placed sixth in the heptathlon with 4,011 points at the Mondschein Multi (4/12)...Won the long jump with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 5.42m and placed seventh in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.15 seconds at the Muhlenberg Invitational. Her distance in the long jump ranked her sixth all-time in KU history (4/5)...Finished ninth in the long jump with a mark of 5.20m and placed 16th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.03 seconds at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/29)...Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a career-best 4,040 points at the Shamrock Invitational which ranks her eighth all-time in KU history (3/21).

2013-14: (INDOOR) Finished fourth in the long jump with a season-best mark of 5.35m at the PSAC Indoor Championships. That mark ranks her fifth all-time in KU history (3/2)...Placed fifth in the pentathlon with a score of 2,946 at the PSAC Indoor Championships. She earned a career-best time of 9.57 seconds in the 60m hurdles and won the long jump with a mark of 5.18m. Her score of 2,946 ranks her seventh all-time in KU history (3/1)...Finished third in the long jump with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 5.31m and placed fourth in the 55m hurdles with a career-best and PSAC-qualifying time of 8.88 seconds at the Last Chance Invitational (2/22)...Placed second with 2,932 points in the Golden Bear Multi. That ranked her eighth all-time in KU history. She won the long jump and 55m hurdles (2/13)...Finished 16th in the 60m hurdles with a PSAC-qualifying time of 9.64 seconds at the Bison Open (1/31)...Placed 10th in the 60m hurdles and finished sixth in the long jump with a PSAC-qualifying mark of 16-8 at the NYU Team Challenge (1/24)...Finished second in the pentathlon with a score of 2663 (Won the 55H, Long Jump) and placed eighth in the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.30 seconds at the Golden Bear Invitational (1/17).

2013: (OUTDOOR) Finished fourth in the long jump with a distance of 5.07m at the Greyhound Invitational (4/20)...Placed seventh in the heptathlon with a score of 3439 at the Mondschein Multi (4/12)...Finished third in the long jump with a distance of 5.03m at the Muhlenberg Invitational (4/6)...Finished 16th at the 49er Classic. Placed eighth in the long jump with a distance of 5.02m (3/15).


TFRRS Performance List

Personal Bests
EventIndoorOutdoor
200m28.4427.08
800m2:37.362:33.16
55m Hurdles8.87--
60m Hurdles9.57--
100m Hurdles--15.78
400m Hurdles--1:12.39
High Jump4-11.754-10.50
Long Jump17-6.7518-4.50
Shot Put24-6.5026-3
Javelin--98-5
Pentathlon2946--
Heptathlon--4111


The Descano File
Nickname: Chris
Favorite Place to Eat in Kutztown: Tavern
Apple or Android: Android
Favorite TV Series: One Tree Hill
Funniest Teammate: Autumn Crouse
Favorite Music Genre: Alternative
Most Memorable KU Sports Moment: Placing for both the multi and long jump last year
I Spent my Summer…: Working and going to the beach
I came to Kutztown because…: It has a good education program and I wanted to do track 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-2012Freshman

    Multi
    5'5"
  • 2012-2013Sophomore

    Multi
    5'5"
  • 2013-2014Junior

    Heptathlon
    5'5"
  • 2014-2015Senior

    Heptathlon
    5'5"
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