Notre Dame looks to defend their championship titles.
2012 Cross Country Season:Competed in one meet for the Irish during the cross country season ... finished 10th out of 24 runners in the JV 5K race at the Notre Dame Invitational (20:02).
PREP AND PERSONAL: Graduated from Smithtown High School East (Nesconset, N.Y.) in the spring of 2012 ... a three-sport participant and letter winner in soccer (two), indoor track (three) and outdoor track (four) ... placed second at the county meet in the 1,500m, earning all-county honors ... finished third in the county at the state qualifier meet in the 800m run ... set a personal record in the 800m (2:15.51) and the 1,500m run (4:40.26) senior year ... broke the school record in 4x400m (4:01.10) and qualified for state with a first-place finish at the county meet (2009) ... ... a member of the Dix Hill Stars and HBC Kosmos Fire club teams ... named team captain of the Stars ... active in the National Honor Society, the National English Honor Society, the National Math Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and DECA ... was awarded as a U.S. History Award recipient and the National Conference of Teachers of English Achievement in Writing Competition school representative ... full name is Kelsey Lynn Amarosa ... born to Robert and Debra Amarosa in Minneola, N. Y. ... has an older sister, Ashley, who will join her as a student at Notre Dame in the fall ... enrolled in First Year Studies.
