Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Humboldt Univ.
Hometown: Berlin, Germany
2005 Outdoor: Finished in 22nd place of the heptathlon with 5,094 points at the NCAA Championships ... Provisionally qualified in the heptathlon to compete at the NCAA Championships twice ... Finished third in the heptathlon with 5,367 points at the ACC Championships, earning All-ACC honors ... Won the heptathlon at the Ole Miss Invitational with 5,323 points ... Qualified for the NCAA East Region Championships in the javelin with a throw of 143'1" (43.62m) in the event of the heptathlon at the ACC Championships ... Won several events of the heptathlon during the season ... Took first place in the 800 meters of the heptathlon with a time of 2:19.71 and placed first in the javelin throw with 143'1" (43.62m) at the ACC Championships ... Finished first in the shot put of the heptathlon at the Ole Miss Invite with a throw of 42'1.25" (12.83m). 2005 Indoor: Earned All-America honors at the 2005 NCAA championships at Arkansas for a sixth-place finish (4,048 points) out of the 17-competitor field in the women's indoor pentathlon event ... Triesscheijn is Virginia Tech women's track & field first indoor All-American since 2001 ... Scored 929 points in the first event of the women's indoor pentathlon, the 60-meter hurdles, with a time of 8.91 ... Then cleared a school season best of 5'7" (1.70m) in the high jump for 859 points, which was the second event of the pentathlon ... In the third event, the shot put, she finished in second place (733 points) with her throw of 42'11.50" (13.09m) ... Had a mark of 17'7.50" (5.37m) in the long jump ... Concluded the event running a personal-best 800 meter time of 2:16.74 for fifth place (868 points) in the race ... Broke Tech's seven-year school record in the pentathlon with a season best and NCAA automatic of 4,058 points at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Invite.
2004 Outdoor: Finished 14th in the heptathlon with 5,216 points at the NCAA Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships by winning the California Invitational heptathlon with her season best of 5,292 points ... Was third at the BIG EAST Championships in the hep... Also an NCAA Regional qualifier in the javelin with a throw of 143'2" (43.64m) ... Named BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
2004 Indoor: Provisionally qualified in the pentathlon for the NCAA Championships with 3,783 points at the Tech Challenge ... Finished ninth in the long jump and 14th in the shot put at the BIG EAST Championships.
Prior to Tech: Represented Germany in the 2003 European Cup, competing in the heptathlon ... Has recorded personal bests of 5,559 points in the heptathlon, 4,065 points in the pentathlon, and 156'4" (47.66m) in the javelin.
Personal: Has traveled extensively through Europe and is fluent in three languages ... Born June 16, 1981 ... Daughter of Paul and Ute Triesscheijn ... Biology major.
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