Hunter College Athletics

Personal Best: 6k - 24:29, 11/13/10 at NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship (80th)
                             5k - 20:13, 10/10/10

Senior (2011): Earned a spot on the CUNYAC All-Star team...Named CUNYAC MVP 2011 after finishing first among senior college participants (second overall) at the CUNYAC Championship (11/8/11) in 25:08...Personal best finish of the season came at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship (11/13/10) where she took 80th place in a time of 24:29...Took 28th place at the CTC XC Championships (10/15/11) with a 20:36.72...Came in seventh at the Knight Invitational (10/1/11) with a time of 22:12...Finished in fifth place in the Hunter Developmental Meet (9/25/11) 21:41...Finished in 10th place in the Bard College Women's Invitational (9/17/11) in 20:21.

Junior (2010): Competed in eight races on the year and placed in the top-10 in six of them...raced to a personal best over 5,000 meters at the Highlander Invitational (10/10) with a time of 20:13, the fastest on the team...placed third at the CUNYAC Championships (10/31) with a time of 25:16 over 6k and was named the CUNYAC Runner of the Year...placed 83rd at the NCAA Division III Regional meet with a personal best time of 24:33 over 6k...named a CUNYAC Runner of the Week on three occasions.

High School: Ran cross country, indoor and outdoor track for four years...named MVP, MIP, All-County, All-Conference, team Captain and was a State Qualifier...member of the high school band and jazz band.

Personal: Daughter of Grace Palazzo and Jason Henderson...has four siblings, Richie, Kyle, Julia and Greyson...majoring in biology and adolescent education...plans on teaching biology...favorite quote is "The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...but for all I may become I will close my eyes and leap."-MC Hershey