Personal Records:
55 hurdles: 8.94
60 hurdles: 9.78
200meters: 26.60
400 meters: 57.97
400 hurdles: 1:00.57
800 meters: 2:25.19
Shot put: 7.93meters (26’20”)
Long Jump: 5.00meters (16’5”)
High Jump: 1.63 meters (5’4”)
Pentathlon: 3,095 points
2011 NCAA ALL-AMERICAN (400 hurdles)
Runner up at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Member of Indoor School Record 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams
Member of Outdoor School Record 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams
Holds NJAC Conference Record in 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay
2011 Montclair State University Sophomore Student Athlete of the Year
2011 NJAC Indoor Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year
2011 NJAC Outdoor Rookie of the Year
5-Time NJAC Conference Champion
5-Time 1st Team All-Conference, 2nd Team All-Conference
5-Time NJAC Athlete of the Week
4-time MSU Athlete of the Week
Nationally recognized for academic excellence holding over a 3.0 GPA
United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coach’s Association Academic All- American (2011)
Dean’s List (2010-2011)
2010-2011: Outdoor- NCAA All-American placing 2nd in 400hurdles with personal best time of 1:00.57 and anchored qualified 4x400 … Anchored school record and NCAA provisional qualifying 4x400 at Swarthmore Last Chance… Became a 3-time NJAC Champion placing 1st and setting new Championship meet records in the 400hurdles (1:01.68) and 4x400 relay (NCAA Qualifier), ran first leg on 1st place and school record 4x100 and competed in high and long jump…Posted season best and number one DIII 400 hurdle time (1:01.21-NCAA automatic) as a heat winner at the PENN Relays, also ran on school record 4x200… At Roadrunner Invite, set meet records in 400hurdles(1:04.23) and 4x400 relay...Personal best of 26.60 in 200meters at Dick Shea Open. Indoor: Scored personal best and NCAA provisional mark of 3,095 points in pentathlon including a 2:25.19 800meters at Columbia Last Chance… Anchored school record and NCAA provisionally qualified 4x400 at Armory Collegiate Challenge… NJAC Conference Champion in 400meters(57.97) and 4x400 relay while hitting NCAA provisional marks, ran on 2nd place and school record 4x200, placed 5th with a personal best leap of 5.00meters in long jump and high jumped…Placed 3rd in the pentathlon with a personal best of 8.94 in the 55HH at the CTC Championships…Ran a personal best in 200 (26.68) at the Terrier Classic
First Year (2009-2010): Indoor- Richard Stockton College transfer; Competed in one meet posting marks in the 55HH (9.72) and high jump (1.52meters) at CTC Relay Carnival. Outdoor- Did not compete.
Prep: Three-time 1st Team All-Bergen County for High Jump and the Pentathlon--Broke the Bergen County meet record in the Pentathlon (2009)--Holds School Records in the High Jump, 55meter hurdles and as a member of the 4x200 (along with MSU teammate Antonietta Altilio), 4x400 and Sprint Medley teams
Personal: Majoring in Biology—Aspires to become a Physical Therapist—Her favorites are the color red, Caesar salad, volleyball, football and the movie “10 Things I Hate About You.”—Lists Lolo Jones and Ahmad Bradshaw as her favorite athletes and her sister as an inspiration in her life. Heather Jean Gearity is the daughter of Timothy and Carol Gearity—Born June 17, 1991 in Hackensack, NJ.
