Colleen Farley
Colleen Farley

Player Profile
Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Williamstown, Mass.

High School:
Mt. Greylock

Height:
5-4

Event:
Middle Distance/Hurdles

Junior Year: Scored at the indoor ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish in the 800 • Placed 10th in the 400-meter hurdles at outdoor ACC Championships • Also competed in the 100 and 200 • Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year: Scored points in the 400-meter hurdles at the outdoor ACC Championships, placing fifth • Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll • Made Dean's List both semesters • Completed the Carolina Leadership Academy.

Freshman Year: Ran the 200 and 400 during the indoor season, placing 15th in the 400 at the ACC Championships • Added the 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season and finished 10th at the ACC Championships in that event

Prep: Three-sport captain during her senior year • Member of the track and field Western Massachusetts championship team 1999-2004 • State champion in the 800-meter run in 2000 and in the 300-meter hurdles in 2003 and 2004 • New England champion in 2003 and 2004 in the 300-meter hurdles • Qualifying champion of the Junior Olympic Region 1 in the 400-meter hurdles • Played in the band for six years • Member of the National Honor Society, Junior Classical League and the Spanish Club.

Personal: Majoring in studio art • Lists father Richard and brother Scott Farley - who both played in the NFL - as the people who have had the most influence on her athletic career • Favorite book is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" • Favorite movie is "Alice in Wonderland" • Colleen Rose Farley is the daughter of Richard and Suzanne Farley • Born October 1, 1985, in North Adams, Mass.