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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Anastasia Retsa

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Athens, Greece
  • High School AE Mesogeion
  • Instagram anastasiaretsa

Biography

Indoor: School record holder in the pole vault (4.41m/14’5.5”) … All-Ivy League Second Team honoree in the pole vault … Finished in second in the pole vault (4.26m/13’11.75”) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships … Won the pole vault (4.25m/13’11.25”) at the USATF-NE Indoor Championships … Earned a first place showing in the pole vault (4.34m/14’2.75”) at the Windy City Invite … Ended the pole vault (4.34m/14’2.75”) in first place at Crimson Elite … Continued her winning streak in the pole vault (4.23m/13’10.5”) at the Harvard Invitational … Finished in first and set a new school record in the pole vault (4.41m/14’5.5”) at the Penn 10 Elite … Won the pole vault (4.35m/14’3.25”) at the Battle in Beantown … Placed first in the pole vault (4.30m/14’1.25”) at the Suffolk Relays … Began the indoor campaign with a win in the pole vault (4.10m/13’5.25”) at the HBCU & Ivy Challenge.
Outdoor: All-Ivy League Second Team selection in the pole vault … Placed 15th in the pole vault (4.09m/13’5”) at the NCAA East First Round … Finished in second in the pole vault (4.22m/13’10”) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships … Won the pole vault (4.32m/14’2”) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invite … Took second in the pole vault (4.09m/13’5”) at the Tiger Track Classic … Finished in sixth in the pole vault (3.86m/12’8”) at the Jim Click Shootout … Started the outdoor season with a win in the pole vault (4.05m/13’3.5”) at the Trojan Invite.

Indoor: Owns the school record in the pole vault (4.32m/14’2”) … All-Ivy League Second Team selection in the pole vault … Finished in second at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in the pole vault (4.30m/14’1.25”) … Won the pole vault (4.28m/14’0.5”) at the USATF New England Championships … Finished in second in the pole vault (4.32m/14’2”) at Eagle Elite, setting a new school record in the process … Earned first place honors in the pole vault (4.25m/13’11.25”) at Crimson Elite … Recorded a third place finish in the pole vault (4.00m/13’1.5”) at the Riverhawk Invitational … Orchestrated a second place showing in the pole vault (4.17m/13’8.25”) at the Collegiate Showdown … Finished in second at the UMass Flagship Invitational in the pole vault (4.15m/13’7.25”) … Began the year with a win in the pole vault (4.21m/13’9.75”).
Outdoor: School record holder in the pole vault (4.20m/13’9.25”) … Broke the program record in the pole vault (4.20m/13’9.25”) at the Hurricane Collegiate Invite, taking third place in the event in the process … Began the season with a win in the pole vault (4.10m/13’5.25”) at the Kirk Baptiste Invitational.

Set a new Harvard record in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault... second team All-Ivy in the indoor and outdoor pole vault with second place finishes at both meets... NCAA regional qualifier in the pole vault

(Indoor) Started her college career by placing second in Pole Vault with a height of 3.65m at the Ivy & HBCU Challenge… Achieved first place in Pole Vault with a height of 3.90m at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic… (Outdoor) Recorded her season best Pole Vault with a height of 4.15m, placing third at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational.

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