Melissa Kurzdorfer
Winner of the 2012 Doriane Lamblelet Award

Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame Annual Awards

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Melissa Kurzdorfer

2012 Performances

• Indoor Track & Field:
• Won the 20lb Weight at the
• Penn State Relays (18.33, 60-1 3/4)
• PSU National (19.77, 64-10 1/2), and
• Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (19.43, 63-9)
• Placed 8th in the weight at the Big Ten Championships (19.40, 63-7 3/4)
• Outdoor Track & Field:
• Second Team All-America, 12th Place (Women's Hammer Throw) (60.84, 199-7)
• Big Ten Runner Up (Women's Hammer Throw) (63.35, 207-10)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (63.33, 207-9)
• Penn Relays Champion (Women's Hammer Throw) (62.53, 205-2)
• Big Ten Scorer, Discus (7th Place) (50.53, 165-9)
• Ranks 2nd in Hammer on PSU All-Time Top 10 (63.35, 207-10)

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Doriane Lambelet Award

Presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding NCAA Division 1 College Female Athlete of the Year in or from the Niagara Association.

Doriane Lambelet

This award is named for Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 2006. A Cornell University graduate, Lambelet was an indoor AIAW Champion at 800 meters and won one US Championship. She is a five-time All-American, six-time Ivy League (Heptagonal) Champion (three times indoor and three times outdoors), and set five Cornell University records. While holding dual citizenship, she was a two-time Swiss National Champion at 800 meters and set numerous Swiss records on the track.