{"id":4430,"date":"2019-04-05T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2019-04-05T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:00:17","slug":"rooneys-senior-roundup-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4430","title":{"rendered":"Rooney’s Senior Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Kaelyn Spickler<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Calascione<\/span><\/p>\n

Track and Field<\/span><\/p>\n

Thrower<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Jessica Calascione is the perfect role model for any athlete who suffers a tragic injury but hopes to bounce back. During her senior year of high school, she injured her shoulder and faced a long road of recovery. \u201cI didn’t compete my first two years here because I had shoulder surgery. It was so bad that I couldn\u2019t even hand write any more, so I had to reteach myself that. Last year I was rehabbing the whole time. I couldn\u2019t brush my own hair, so I was just trying to get back into it. This is the first year that I\u2019ve actually been healthy, so I was just trying to have fun,\u201d Calascione said. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year has been a lot of fun and certainly rewarding. \u201cI threw my best shot put in outdoor at High Point a couple of weekends ago. I\u2019m chasing that outdoor record right now. In discuss I am so close to the school record. I\u2019m just a quarter of an inch away, and discuss is a game of feet. It\u2019s looming in me that I only have three or four more meets left to leave my impact and get that record. I definitely want to make my mark, \u201c Calascione said. <\/span><\/p>\n

The senior currently throws 40.65 meters in discuss which equates to 133 feet and nine inches. In shot put she throws about 40 feet and nine inches. She hopes to be able to increase those distances just enough to break the record. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her coach as been there for her this whole time and has seen the rehabilitation process. Calascione says she would not be where she is at today without her encouragement and support. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Calascione is Roanoke College Track and Field\u2019s perfect Cinderella story, and we are excited to see what the remaining meets have in store for her. This weekend Calascione and the rest of the team will travel to Elon University, and then there is only one more meet until ODACs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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