2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Tessa Constantine
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- Manly Selective Campus
2021-22 (Jr.)
Indoor Season- Finished first during the 500m at the Marty Pushkin Opening, earning a personal best time of 1:19.94
- All-Big 12 Indoor First Team
- 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Set a career best 200m sprint time, crossing the finish line at 25.45
- Earned first in the 400m sprint at the WVU Stan Romanoski Open with a personal best time of 57.38
- Recorded a career best 400m hurdles time of 59.31 during the Mountaineer Twilight
- Competed at the Outdoor East Preliminary Round
- 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020-21 (COVID)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- All-Big 12 Indoor First Team
- Earned a first-place finish at the conference championship in the women's distance medley relay, with the team of Hayley Jackson, Ceili McCabe and Jo-Lauren Keane who crossed the finish line in a time of 11:21.35 to gain the team’s first title since joining the conference
- Placed first in the 200-meter dash at the Thundering Herd Invitational in a time of 25.94
- She also placed second in the 400-meter dash at the Thundering Herd Invitational in a time of 58.79
- Finished in third at the Marshall Classic in the 400-meter-dash (58.41)
- Participated in the 4x400 relay with the team of Macey Crawford, Lilly McMullen and Jo-Lauren Keane, who finished in second at the Marshall Classic (3:53.95)
- Participated in the 4x400 relay with the team of Amber Dombrowski, Lilly McMullen and Jo-Lauren Kean, who finished 10th at the Big 12 Championship (3:52.27) and second at the Thundering Herd Invitational (3:57.47)
Outdoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Recorded a team-best time in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.45 to finish in third place at the Stan Romanoski Open
- Finished in first place at the Stan Romanoski Open in the 400-meter dash in a time of 58.21
- Completed the 400-meter dash at the Virginia Challenge in 1:01.29, good for fifth place
- Recorded a team season best time of 1:01.25 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mountaineer Twilight to take second place
- Finished in seventh place (1:01.30) at the Raleigh Relays in the 400-meter hurdles
- At the Mason Spring Invitational, she finished in second with a time of 1:01.33
- Took 12th place (1:01.60) in the 400-meter hurdle at the Big 12 Championship
2019-20 (So.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Member of the distance medley relay team that placed third at the Big 12 Championship with a season-best time of 11:28.39
- Finished second in the 400-meter dash after posting a new personal best time of 57.55 at the Penn State Tune-Up
- Competed as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed second (12:06.45) at the Akron Invitational; also competed in the 200-meter dash (17th – 25.88) and the 400-meter dash (5th – 57.82)
- Competed in the 400-meter dash and placed 11th (58.43) at the Penn State National Open
- Earned a pair of victories in the first meet of the season, the Marty Pushkin Open, placing first in the 500 meters (1:19.94) and as a member of the 4x400-meter relay (4:10.87)
2018-19 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Redshirted
- Competed in the 4x400-meter relay, helping the team place 14th in 3:55.69 at the Penn State National Open; also competed in the 200 meters (blue division) and finished 29th in 27.29
- Helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a victory in 4:06.56 at the Marty Pushkin Classic
High School
- Attended Manly Selective Campus and ran for coach Matt Beckenham
- Vice-Captain
- 2017 Manly Sportsmanship Award winner
- Represented Australia at the 2016 Melanesian Games
- 2015 Australian All Schools 400-meter hurdles champion
- Also was a competitive swimmer
Personal
- Daughter of Greg Constantine
- Has one sister
- Birthday is March 16
- Majoring in general business
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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