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April                              Rotilio

April
Rotilio
Class: Sr.
Hometown: Bellaire, Ohio
Height: 5-3
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Biography

All-America sprinter ... vital part of DMR team … BIG EAST and NCAA competitor … fierce athlete who is one of the team’s top sprinters … runs events from 60-to 400-meters … one of the team’s leaders.

At West Virginia in 2010: Was named an All-American after aiding the DMR team to an eighth-place finish (11:16.39) at the NCAA Indoor Championships … posted a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (54.34) …also placed third as a member of the DMR team … finished 12th in the 200-meter dash at the PSU Northeast Challenge … also helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a 10th-place finished (3:53.01) … posted a BIG EAST qualifying time in the 55-meter dash at the WVU Holiday Classic … finished first with a time of 7.11 … also qualified for BIG EAST in the 200-meter dash (24.98) … redshirted during the outdoor season.

At West Virginia in 2009: Finished 15th (54.99) in the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash at NCAA Regionals … placed sixth (55.12) in the 400-meter dash at the ECAC Outdoor Championships … also posted an NCAA Regional qualifying time in the preliminaries with a time of 54:23 … took sixth (54.91) overall in the 400-meter dash at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships … part of the 4x100 relay team that finished 33rd and the 4X400 team that finished 35th at the Penn Relays … finished first (24.96) in the 200-meter dash at the Bill Van Horne Invitational … ran as a part of the DMR team that finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … broke a school record in the 400-meter dash at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a time of 54.29 … posted an NCAA qualifying time in the 400-meter dash with a third-place showing (54.38) … on the 4x400 team that finished fourth (9:45.62) at the Sykes-Sabcock Challenge Cup, meeting BIG EAST and ECAC qualifying times … set school record in the 400-meter dash with a first-place showing (54.64) at the Penn State National Invitational … won the 300-meter event (38.09) at the WVU Invitational … took first in the 400-meter dash at the WVU Holiday Classic.

At West Virginia in 2008: Took first in the 60-meter dash (7.66) and the 200-meter dash (25.03) at State Farm Games … placed second at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a time of 55.60 in the 400-meter dash … set BIG EAST indoor record en route to winning the DMR event at BIG EAST Indoor Championships (11:16.98) with Keri Bland, Karly Hamric and Marie-Louise Asselin … DMR took fourth place with a time of 11:07.64 to break a school record at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., with team of Hamirc, Asselin and Bland earning All-America honors … ran a career-best 55.51 in the 400-meter dash to qualify for the finals at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships … took fifth in the 200-meter dash at 24.86 at the Stanford Invitational … won the 200-meter dash at the Bennie Benson Invitational with a time of 24.95 … ran a 24.47 in the 200-meter dash at WVU Invitational … placed 33rd at 3:47.61 in the 4x400 relay at Penn Relays along with Halimah Bashir, Chelsea Carrier and Brittany Hohn … ran the 4x100-meter relay to a 37th place finish at 47.28 … placed ninth at BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:46.93 with the team of Katelyn Williams, Hohn and Carrier.

At West Virginia in 2007: Helped the 4x100 relay team take sixth at the outdoor BIG EAST Championships … also finished 17th in the 200-meter dash (24.90) ... qualified for the indoor BIG EAST Championships, but had to withdraw when she suffered an ankle injury ... opened Mountaineer career with a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash and a third place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Holiday Classic ... earned first victories of career at the Doug Raymond Invitational, winning the 60-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and the 4x400 relay ... took ninth in the 200-meter at the Razorback Invitational ... won the 400-meter at the State Farm Shell Games ... finished third in the 200-meter at the Mountaineer/Mohigan Invitational.

Prep: Outstanding high school athlete at St. John Central ... Eastern Ohio Athlete of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Cathy Rotilio ... has two brothers ... birthday is June 2 ... majoring in exercise physiology … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll … EAST Academic All-Star.

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