Josefa Benzoni '88

At Rochester:

• Won NCAA Division III National Championships three times—in the indoor 1,500 meters twice (junior and senior year) and in the 3,000 meters indoors (senior year)
• Earned nine individual All-America honors—two in cross country (1988, 1989); seven for track and field
• Set an NCAA Division III record in the 1,500 when she won the title in 1987-88
• Led team to a second place finish nationally in 1989, the best in school history
• Won the University's Merle Spurrier Award in 1987-88
• Named Rochester Press-Radio Club's College Sportswoman of the Year in 1989

Post-Graduate:

• Completed on year of her MAT, then went to Togo, West Africa with the Peace Corps.
• Stayed there from September, 1989 to December, 1991 and spent three months travelling in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lesotho
• Returned to the United States and completed her MAT at Rochester in Spring, 1992
• Assisted with the men's and women's track teams at Colgate for two years