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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

Anna Cestari

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Indoor Elig. Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. Sr.
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • High School St. John's College HS

Biography

2022-23 Season 
Cross Country: Notched a top-40 finish at the Christopher Newport Regional Preview (09/16/22)… Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction.... Received William & Mary Provost Award for Academic Excellence
 
2021 Season 
Cross Country: Finished top-75 at the Virginia XC23 Invitational (10/15/23)… Posted a top-70 finish at the Virginia Invitational on Sept. 17… Opened the season with an 8th-place showing of 20:57.81 at the William & Mary Invitational (09/11/21)… Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction.
 
2020-21 Season 
Cross Country: Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction. 

2019-20 Season
Cross Country: Ran three times ... Finished 17th overall at the home meet ... Also ran at the Richmond Spider Alumni Open and at the Panorama Farms Invitational.
Indoor: Ran three times individually ... Best performance of the season was 2:27.19 in the 800m at the CNU last chance meet, taking fourth overall ... Also ran the 4x800m relay at VMI.
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prep
Led St. John's College HS to back-to-back conference championships in both cross country and track & field her final two years ... Helped win three D.C. "state" team championships over her final five semesters, track & field in 2017 and 2019, and cross country in 2017 ... Individually, named all-conference in cross country as a junior and as a senior ... MVP of the team in 2017 ... Won the D.C. title in the 1,600m, 4x400m, and 4x800m as a sophomore in 2017 ... Added another D.C. championship in the 4x800m as a senior in 2018 ... AP Scholar ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Editor-in-Chief of the school newspaper ... Participated in the Harvard Model Congress ... Class secretary in her freshman and sophomore years.

Personal
Daughter of Kimberly and Kenneth Cestari ... Fourth member of her family to attend W&M ... Mother graduated in 1993 ... Grandfather, Wade Johnson, was a member of the class of 1963 ... Great-uncle, Roy Charles, graduated from W&M back in 1932 ... Enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, cooking, and baking.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Middle Distance