The University of Mississippi Athletics
2022 Track and Field Roster
Vissa, Sintayehu
Sintayehu Vissa
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- Jr. * / Jr. ^
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Bertiolo, Italy
- High school:
- Giacomo Ceconi
- Prev. School:
- Saint Leo
Bio
TFRRS Bio
at Saint Leo University (Division II)
Freshman (2020)
All-American (800-Meter)
USTFCCCA All-South Region (800-Meter, Mile)
USTFCCCA All-American Indoor Track in the 800m ... USTFCCCA All-South Region Indoor Track in the 800m and mile ... 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championship Qualifier … Competed in six indoor meets and no outdoor meets during the COVID-19 shortened season … Posted six top-10 finishes … Won the 800m crown at the UAB Green and Hold Invitational (1/25) in 2:16.34 … Won the 800m at the USC Indoor Open (2/22) in 2:13.34 … Part of the second place distance medley relay squad at the South Carolina Invitational (2/8) … Finished fourth in the mile at both the Emory Crossplex Showdown (1/19) and the KMS Invitational (1/26) … Posted season-best mile time of 5:05.06 at KMS … Placed sixth in the 800m at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational (2/2) … Also placed 18th in the 400m at the Jaguar Invitational (2/2) while posting a season best time of 1:00.11 … Earned top 800m time at the South Carolina Invitational in 2:12.98 while taking 11th overall.
Personal
Born on July 29 in Bahirdar, Ethiopia … Daughter of Giuseppe Vissa and Annetta Bertolini and has two sisters, Chiara and Arianna.
at Saint Leo University (Division II)
Freshman (2020)
All-American (800-Meter)
USTFCCCA All-South Region (800-Meter, Mile)
USTFCCCA All-American Indoor Track in the 800m ... USTFCCCA All-South Region Indoor Track in the 800m and mile ... 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championship Qualifier … Competed in six indoor meets and no outdoor meets during the COVID-19 shortened season … Posted six top-10 finishes … Won the 800m crown at the UAB Green and Hold Invitational (1/25) in 2:16.34 … Won the 800m at the USC Indoor Open (2/22) in 2:13.34 … Part of the second place distance medley relay squad at the South Carolina Invitational (2/8) … Finished fourth in the mile at both the Emory Crossplex Showdown (1/19) and the KMS Invitational (1/26) … Posted season-best mile time of 5:05.06 at KMS … Placed sixth in the 800m at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational (2/2) … Also placed 18th in the 400m at the Jaguar Invitational (2/2) while posting a season best time of 1:00.11 … Earned top 800m time at the South Carolina Invitational in 2:12.98 while taking 11th overall.
Personal
Born on July 29 in Bahirdar, Ethiopia … Daughter of Giuseppe Vissa and Annetta Bertolini and has two sisters, Chiara and Arianna.
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