2020-21 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kaylah Quarshie

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Port Jervis
  • Hometown Port Jervis, N.Y.

Biography

Quarshie’s TFRRS Profile
 
Career Accolades

Personal Bests
Track & Field
 Event                  Indoor                  Outdoor            
 800m  2:13.09  2:16.35
 1,000m  2:52.30  X
 1,500m  X  4:52.80
 Mile  5:02.91  X  
Cross Country
 Event  Mark
 3.1M  18:35.6
 3.11M  18:08.6
 5K  17:46.9
 6K  21:19.6

2x America East All-Conference
 
2020-21
 
Outdoor
America East Outdoor Championships (May 1-2)
            800m: 2:19.67 – 12th
            4x800m: 9:17.26 – 4th
Virginia Challenge (April 16-17)
            800m: 2:17.85 – 42nd
UConn Dog Fight (April 9-10)
            800m: 2:16.35 – 8th
            4x400m: 3:58.04 – 3rd
Virginia Invitational (April 2-3)
            800m: 2:17.99 – 6th
Fordham Icahn Invitational (March 20)
            800m: 2:19.92 – 2nd
            4x400m: 4:12.23 – 5th
 
Indoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19
 
Cross Country
America East XC Championships (March 5)
            5K: 19:27.65 - 33rd
Vermont Quad Meet (February 21)
            3.1M: 18:35.60 - 9th

2019-20
 
Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19

Indoor
ECAC Indoor Championships (March 6-8)
            800m: 2:13.09 - 19th
            DMR: 11:58.83 - 10th 
America East Indoor Championships (February 21-22)
            800m: 2:13.20 - 4th
            4x800: 9.33.79 - 5th
            DMR: 11:49.70 - 4th
UAlbany Winter Classic (February 7)
            800m: 2:16.41 - 6th
            4x400m: 4:00.47 - 10th
Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational (February 1)
            1,000m: 2:54.63 - 12th
            4x400m: 3:58.50 - 9th
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (January 23-25)
            800m: 2:18.03 - 29th
            DMR: 11:56.01 - 8th
Great Dane Classic (January 11)
            Mile: 5:10.92 - 11th
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (December 7)
            1,000m: 2:56.29 - 4th
            4x400m: 4:10.75 - 15th
 
Cross Country
NCAA Northeast Regional XC Championships (November 15)
            6K: 21:19.6 - 96th
America East XC Championships (November 2)
            5K: 17:59.9 - 22nd
R.K. Munsey UAlbany XC Invitational (October 18)
            5K: 18:15.9 - 5th
Paul Short Run (October 5)
            6K: 21:55.3 - 188th
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (September 20)
            5K: 19:15.7 - 113rd
Siena XC Invitational (September 7)
 
2018-19
 
Outdoor
Did not compete
 
Indoor
ECAC Indoor Championships (March 1-3)
            1,000m: 2:56.43 - 14th
America East Indoor Championships (February 22-23)
            1,000m: 2:52.30 - 3rd
            4x800m: 9:24.21 - 7th
            DMR: 12:01.08 - 7th
Fastrack National Invitational (February 8)
            800m: 2:14.64 - 8th
Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational (February 2)
            1,000m: 2:54.73 - 7th
            4x400m: 4:02.19 - 15th
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (January 24-26)
            Mile: 5:12.72 - 23rd
            DMR: 11:53.43 - 8th
Great Dane Classic (January 12)
            1,000m: 2:57.46 - 5th
            4x800m: 9:45.35 - 3rd
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (December 1)
            Mile: 5:02.91 - 6th
            4x400m: 3:55.84
 
Cross Country
NCAA Northeast Regional XC Championships (November 9)
            6K: 25:21.8 - 192nd
America East XC Championships (October 27)
            5K: 17:46.9 - 11th
R.K. Munsey UAlbany XC Invitational (October 12)
            5K: 18:12.1 - 4th
Paul Short Run (September 29)
            6K: 22:25.5 - 135th, Gold
Riverhawk Invite (September 8)
            3.11M: 18:08.6 - 7th
UVM Meet 1 (September 1)
            3.1M: 19:11.5 - 14th
 
2017-18
 
Outdoor
America East Indoor Championships (May 5-6)
            800m: 2:17.89 - 15th
            4x800m: 9:06.81 - 2nd 
Capital District Classic (April 29)
            800m: 2:22.82 - 4th
UAlbany Spring Classic (April 19-21)
            800m: 2:30.47 - 11th
            1,500m: 5:00.14 - 7th
Northeast Challenge (April 14)
            8,00m: 2:18.55 - 10th
            1500m: 4:52.80 - 16th
Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 15-17)
            800m: 2:22.50 - 13th
            4x400m: 4:05.46 - 10th
 
Indoor
ECAC Indoor Championships (March 2)
            4x800m: 9:38.68 - 18th
America East Indoor Championships (February 23-24)
            4x800m: 9:02.03 - 2nd
            DMR: 11:47.29 - 2nd
Fastrack National Invitational (February 9)
            800m: 2:18.72 - 35th
Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational (February 3)
            1,000m: 2:58.16 - 14th
            4x400m: 4:01.33 -15th
Middlebury Winterfell (January 20)
            Mile: 5:16.97 - 6th
            4x400m: 4:05.62 - 3rd
Great Dane Classic (January 13)
            800m: 2:20.65 - 11th
            4x800m: 9:31.51 - 1st
Boston University Season Opener (December 2)
            1,000m: 3:05.51 - 8th
 
Cross Country
Did not compete

High School
Four-year letter winner at Port Jervis High School... Placed eighth in the 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter at the New York State Championships (2017)... USATF 1,500-meter National Champion at the Junior Olympics (2016, 2015)... Placed fourth in the 1,000-meter at the New York State Championships (2016)... had a personal best 2:14 (800m), 2:55 (1,000m), 4:38 (1,500m) and 5:00 (mile).

Personal
Kaylah Quarshie... daughter of Nathan and Bernice... majoring in communications with a minor in journalism.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2019-20Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'4"