STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. and SELINSGROVE, PA. – Danielle Fisk (Honeoye Falls/Honeoye Falls-Lima) moved into the Division III women's indoor track and field top 20 nationally in the high jump with her winning performance at the Susquehanna University Invitational.
 
The Red Dragons sent part of its squad to Susquehanna on Saturday and part to the Fasttrack National Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island Friday.
 
Susquehanna Invitational Highlights:
 
Fisk finished first out of 37 competitors in the high jump by clearing 1.63 meters (5' 4.25"). She is currently tied for 20th place nationally and is tied for second in the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC).
 
Sarah Parr (Cooperstown) finished second of 42 in the weight throw at 13.64 meters (44' 9") and 17th of 50 in the shot put at 9.81 meters (32' 2.25"). Liz Spencer (Somers) was 14th in the shot put (9.88 meters/32' 5") and sixth in the weight throw (12.83 meters/42' 1.25").
 
Laura Suppa (Canastota) registered three top-10 finishes at the meet. She was fifth of 66 in the 200-meter dash (27.52), sixth of 38 in the 60-meter hurdles (prelim time of 9.83 seconds; 11.57 in the finals), and 10th of 31 in the long jump (5.00 meters/16' 5"). Suppa just missed qualifying for the finals in the long jump - her top two distances matched those of the final qualifier, but her third distance was just a few inches shorter than the other person's third-best attempt.
 
Alyssa LaBelle (Poughquag/Arlington) placed 12th in the 200 meters in 28.08 seconds. Faith Nelson (Rensselaer/Columbia) was 15th in the 200 meters (28.18) and 24th of 65 in the 60-meter dash (8.45), while Autumn Pittman (Spring Valley/Ramapo) was 13th in the 60 meters (8.28) and 25th in the 200 meters (28.65). Other highlights included Rebecca Salim (White Plains) finishing 26th in the 200 (28.69) and Lauren Anderson (Saratoga Springs) finishing 12th in the long jump (4.89 meters/16' 0.5").
 
Fasttrack National Invitational Highlights:
 
Cat Zamroz (Levittown/Island Trees) finished eighth of 36 in the mile in 5:19.93, followed by Marlee Angus (Penfield) in 16th (5:26.27). Vanesssa Burkard (Newfane) placed 12th of 45 in the 3,000 meters (10:53.74), with Khalifah Tracey (Greenville) in 14th (10:54.52).
 
Elizabeth Liriano (New York/Manhattan Ctr. for Science and Math) turned in a 32nd-place time of 1:01.11 in a field of 100 competitors in the 400 meters. Three Red Dragons placed in the top half of the field in the 200-meter dash. Taylor Hunter (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) was 35th of 144 in 26.47 seconds, Liriano finished 50th (26.87), and Abby McDowell (Tappan/Tappan Zee) was 62nd (27.32).
 
Cortland will send competitors to both Nazareth and Cornell next weekend.

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick:

We're really fortunate to have the support as a program to have two overnight meets this weekend. Having that flexibility does wonders for us in terms of allowing our folks to compete where the opportunities are best for them. One of the biggest challenges for us is that this was the first overnight track and field meet for most of the team in two years. The travel and excitement associated with being in big meets can also be stressful; a lot of our performances while strong weren't quite what we were looking for. The good aspect is that we are getting those jitters out of the way now before the championship meets coming up.

We did have some performers that really excelled at both meets. Marlee Angus had a really strong mile for us at Ocean Breeze, while Clay Santiago excelled in his efforts in both the mile and 800 at Susquehanna. Our jumpers and vaulters at Ocean Breeze put together a great day in terms of how we approached the competition, and all did quite well. They are putting the pieces together to have some big performances!

At Susquehanna, Roland Zanger hit a big PR in the long jump to move well up the conference list, while Laura Suppa opened her collegiate career with a strong jump to reach the 5-meter barrier.

Our men's 1600 relay at Ocean Breeze won in pretty dominant fashion, which is always fun to do. And we saw some excellent performances at Susquehanna in the throws, as Sarah Parr hit a big PR in the weight while Mitchell Makowski had a career best in the shot.