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Boardman, Ohio

Boardman High

Breanne Romeo
Career-Best Times
Indoor Outdoor
60m - 8.05 (2008) 100m - 12.71 (2008)
200m - 25.50 (2008) 200m - 25.28 (2008)
400m - 56.06 (2008) 400m - 55.36 (2008)

Career Highlights: Was named the Horizon League Running Newcomer of the Year following the end of both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2008 ... became the fourth student-athlete in school history to qualify for the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2008 (400m) ... won the 400m an ran on the winning 4x400m relay at the 2008 Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... on YSU's all-time indoor top 10 list, ranks second in the 400m and fifth in the 200m ... ranks second in the 400m and 10th in the 200m on the outdoor career chart.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Named the Horizon League Running Newcomer of the Year at the conference championship meet and qualified for the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in her first year ... won the 400m with a personal-best time of 55.36, placed sixth in the 200m and led off the winning 4x400m relay ... missed breaking the meet record by .01 seconds ... ran a personal-best 200m time of 25.28 in the prelims at the league meet ... qualified for the USA junior national meet and set the meet record in the 400m at the Red Flash Open with her time of 55.63 ... finished 17th at the championships with a time of 56.93 ... ran the 100m in 12.71 at the Sparky Adams Invite.

2007-08 Indoor (Freshman): Became the second Penguin in the last three years to earn Running Newcomer of the Year honors, joining Kate Betts' 2006 effort ... placed second in the 400m (56.54), seventh in the 200m (26.24) and anchored YSU's 4x400 relay that finished second by .01 seconds at the Horizon League Championships ... won the 400m with a personal-best time of 56.06 at her first collegiate meet ... ran the 200m a personal-best 25.50 at the Kent State Tune-Up to place fourth ... ran the 60m dash in 8.05 at the Akron Quad.

High School: Earned five letters and was a two-time team captain for the Boardman Spartans ... finished seventh in the 400m at the Division I Ohio state championship meet as a junior ... competed in the 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals where she placed 30th in the 400m ... set the school record in the 400m (56.4) ... named the Federal League MVP in 2007 after winning the 400m with a league-record time of 56.46 ... was the MVP at the Mahoning County meet ... was the top point scorer in meets at Austintown Fitch and Boardman.

Personal::
Daughter of Matt and Tammy Romeo ... has two brothers (Matt and NIck) and two sisters (Taylor and April) ... both of her parents and her sister April attended YSU ... her father works on campus in Facilities Maintenance ... born March 4, 1989 ... awarded the Clarence R. Smith Jr. Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic school year...academic interest is exercise science/physical therapy...2009-10 Sokolov Family Scholarship.

Team Information
Horizon League Indoor Championsip
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