2017 Outdoor: Ran the 200m and the 400m … Had a season-best time of 1:01.53 in the 400m at Towson (4/15) and a season-best finish of 19th in the event at Rider (4/8) … Ran 16th in the prelims of the 400m at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/6) … Was 21st in the prelims of the 200m at the NEC Championships …
2016-17 Indoor: Second Team All-Northeast Conference member as part of the 4x400 relay … Ran the 200m, 300m and 400m … Set a PR in the 400m (1:00.54) in the prelims at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/17) … Had a season-best time of 26.38 in the prelims of the 200m at NEC Championships … Best finish of the season in the 400m was 19th at the Metropolitan Championships (2/3) …
2016 Cross Country: Member of the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll (min. 3/2 GPA) … Ran at all six meets … Had a best finish of 54th at the season-opening Saint Francis U Invitational (9/2) … Clocked a 27:26.5 at the Ted Owen Invitational (9/24) for a season-best time on a 5k course … Registered a 65th-place finish at the Northeast Conference Championships (10/29) …
2016 Outdoor: Ran the 200m, 400m, 4x100 and 4x400 relays … Was 15th in the prelims in the 200m and 16th in the 400m (1:00.67) at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/8) … Ran the 400m two other times; at Wake Forest (3/19) and at High Point (4/2) …
2015-16 Indoor: Individually ran the 200m and 400m and appeared on the 4x200, 4x400 and DMR relays … Helped the Knights win the 4x200 at the Knight Indoor Classic (12/6) … Finished 5th in the 200m (27.75) at the Sean Atkinson Invite (1/15) … Finished 16th in the prelims of the 200m (26.67) and 18th in the 400m (1:00.91) at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/20) …
2015 Outdoor: Ran at eight meets for Fairleigh Dickinson in the 200 and 400-meter and the 4x100 and 4x400 relays … Opened the season with a season-best time of 25.83 in the 200 and a 59.38 in the 400 at the Wake Forest Open (3/21) … Helped the Knights finish 8th in the 4x100 relay at Wake also … Finished 2nd in the 400 (59.97) at the Towson Invitational (3/29) … Part of the 4x100 and the 4x400 relays in 2nd and 5th respectively at Towson … Finished 6th in the 400 (1:00.43) at Ramapo (4/4) … Member of the 4x400 team that finished 5th at North Carolina A&T (4/11) … Also at NC A&T, clocked a 1:00.70 in the 400 and a 26.59 in the 200 … Member of the 4x100 relay that finished 7th at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/18) … Part of the 4x400 team that score points with a 7th place finish at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/3) … Also ran the 4x40 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships where the Knights finished 14th in 3:53.87.
2014-15 Indoor: Ran at 10 events for the Knights in the 200, 300 and 400-meter and the 4x200 and 4x400 relays … Started the season with a 5th place finish in the 200 at the Christmas Classic (12/5) in a time of 27.80 … Part of the 4x200 team for Fairleigh Dickinson that finished 3rd (1:47.08) at the Knight Indoor Classic (12/7) and finished 4th in the 300 there as well … Came home 4th (1:01.55) in the 400 at the Knights Indoor Classic #2 (1/10) … Ran a season-best time of 1:00.83 in the 400 at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/16) … Clocked a season-best 25.91 in the 200 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/31) … Finished 9th in the 400 (1:01.50) at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open (2/14) … Finished on the bottom step of the podium as part of the 4x400 at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/22) … Helped the Knights finish 2nd in the 4x400 at the Boston University Last Chance Meet (3/1) … Ran on the 4x400 team at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (3/8) and finished 19th in a time of 3:54.71.
2014 Outdoor: Competed at nine meets for the Knights, including the ECAC/IC4A Championships, in the 200 and 400-meter and the 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relays … Started the season with a 1:02.50 in the 400 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/15) … Helped the Knights finish 7th in the 4x200 and 10th in the 4x100 at Coastal as well … Ran a season-best 26.62 in the 200 at the Wake Forest Open (3/22) … Member of the Knights’ 4x100 and 4x400 relays that finished in the Top 15 at Wake … Crossed the line in 9th in the 400 at the FDU Knight Classic (3/29) … Clocked a 1:01.23 in the 400 at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/5) … Part of the 4x100 and 4x400 teams that finished 2nd at the TCNJ Invitational (4/12) … Ran a season-best 1:00.31 in the 400 also at TCNJ … Clocked a 1:00.58 in the 400 and finished 26th at Morgan State (4/19) and helped the Knights finish 10th in the 4x100 relay … Ran the 4x100 and 4x400 at the Penn Relays (4/26) … Member of the 4x100 and 4x400 relays that finished 5th and 7th respectively at the Northeast Conference Championships (5/4) … Was 16th in the prelims of the 400 with a time of 1:01.81 at NECs … Part of the 4x100 relay that finished 17th at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/18).
2013-14 Indoor: Competed in the 200 and 400-meter and the Long Jump at eight events for the Knights … Finished 2nd in the Long Jump at the Fordham Season Opener (12/6) with a distance of 4.85m … Also at Fordham finished 6th in the 400 in a time of 1:02.00 … Helped the Knights finish 3rd in both the 4x200 and 4x400 at the Knight Indoor Classic (12/8) … Finished 4th in the Long Jump (4.80m) at the Knight Indoor Classic … Clocked a 1:02.86 in the 400 at the NYC Gotham Cup (1/10) … Member of the 1600SMR team that finished 9th at the Saturday Night Shootout (1/18) … Shaved off a second in the 400 at the Saturday Night Shootout with a 1:01.87 … Ran a season-best 1:00.94 in the 400 at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/25) and a season-best 26.47 in the 200 as well … On the 4x400 team that finished 10th (4:06.13) at the Metropolitan Championships (1/31) … Finished 17th (1:01.93) in the 400 and 20th (26.69) in the 200 there as well … Scored points at the Northeast Conference Championships (2/9) as member of the 4x400 team that finished 6th … Ran a 1:01.61 in the 400 and a 27.03 in the 200 prelims at the NEC Championships.
Prior to Fairleigh Dickinson: On the varsity track team for four years under head coach Omar Wilkins.
Personal: Born September 23 … Criminal Justice Major.
Serwaa Syers' Fairleigh Dickinson Career Bests
Indoor
200m: 25.91 - Boston University John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/31/15)
300m: 44.83 - Knight Indoor Classic (12/7/14)
400m: 1:00.83 - NYC Gotham Cup (1/16/15)
Long Jump: 4.85m - Fordham Season Opener (12/6/13)
Outdoor
200m: 25.83 - Wake Forest Open (3/21/15)
400m: 59.38 - Wake Forest Open (3/21/15)
