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Stephanie Izard
Winner of the 2012 Cynthia J. Wyatt Award

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Stephanie Izard
Stephanie Izard
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Stephanie Izard)

Stephanie Izard

  • Senior at Sweet Home High School, Amherst, NY
  • Attending Cornell University in Fall 2012
  • Event: Combined Events (Heptathlon and Pentathon)

2012 Performances

  • Indoor Track & Field:
    • NYS Champion in the High Jump
    • All American in the High Jump (4th place at nationals)
    • All American in the Pentathlon (2nd place at nationals)
    • State medalist (6th place) in the long jump
    • Won the Virginia Tech HS invite-high jump
    • Scored 28 points at the league champs (1st LJ and TJ, 2nd HJ)
    • School records:
      • Indoor Triple Jump-37'1"; Long Jump-18'2.5"; High Jump -5'7"
      • Part of school record 4 x 200-1:53.22- record stood since 1982
  • Outdoor Track & Field:
    • NYS Champ in the pentathlon
    • Section champ in the pentathlon
    • Finished 8th at nationals in the heptathlon
    • Scored 34 points at the Conference Champs (1st TJ, 1st-HJ, 2nd-lj, 4th-100H)
    • Undefeated in the High Jump and triple jump all season
    • Won the "Coach Wyatt 4x100" at the AdPro Sports Panther relays
    • School records:
      • High Jump-5'7.25"
      • Long Jump 18'3"
      • Pentathlon-3374

Cynthia J. Wyatt
Cynthia J. Wyatt
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Cynthia J. Wyatt)

Cynthia J. Wyatt Award

Presented annually by the Niagara Track & Field Hall of Fame to the outstanding Female High School Athlete of the Year in the Niagara Association.

Cynthia J. Wyatt

This award is named for Dr. Cynthia J. Wyatt, a member of the Hall of Fame's Class of 1998, our inaugural class, was a pioneer in the sport. A two-time National Indoor Champion in the Shot put, Wyatt competed in shot put at the 1963 Pan American Games and was on six United States teams which competed against the Soviet Union teams in the 1960's. Wyatt, who is a graduate of Williamsville High School, Williamsville, NY, is one of the first women to get a college scholarship to compete in Track and Field (University of Hawaii).

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