The Irish qualify 60 students for Big East at the season opener on December 2nd.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Mary Fiona Paladino graduated from Montgomery High School in the spring of 2011 ... lettered all four years in indoor and outdoor track and field, competing in the high jump, long jump, high hurdles and sprint events ... leapt 5-10 in the high jump at the Meet of Champions outdoor track and field meet to claim the title as a junior ... finished fifth in the high jump at the New Balance Nationals outdoor track and field meet as a junior ... at the indoor New Balance Nationals, claimed third in the high jump and sixth in the pentathlon ... won the indoor hurdles at the Meet of Champions as a senior ... won the outdoor high jump at the Meet of Champions as a senior ... finished fifth at the USATF Nationals in the high jump as a senior ... career included a plethora of conference, sectional and state titles ... also earned all-county, all-state and All-American honors throughout career ... named team MVP all four years and team captain as a junior and senior ... also ran for the club track and field team, Shore AC ... born August 22, 1993, to Chris Paladino and Erin Dolan in Princeton, N.J. ... has an older brother, Connor, and a younger sister, Faelen ... grandfather, Patrick Dolan, graduated from Notre Dame and played football for the Irish ... brother, Connor, is a fellow Irish track and field student-athlete ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
