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Kateema Riettie

  • Class
    2003
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Student-Athlete
Kateema Riettie was a two-time NCAA national champion (2001 and 2002) in the javelin for the Owls and finished as the runner-up in that event in 2003. Riettie is one of only four female student-athletes in the school's history to win a NCAA individual national championship.

She was also a two-time Northeast-10 Conference and New England champion in the javelin, and still holds the school record for the javelin throw at 166 feet, one inch. Riettie was a United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team selection and also represented the Jamaican National Team in international competition. She was also a multiple All-American and school record holder in the shot put.

A seven-time Jamaican national champion in the javelin, she was also previously inducted into the Northeast-10 Conference Hall of Fame in 2011.

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