VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. – Danielle Fisk (Honeoye Falls/Honeoye Falls-Lima) earned first-team All-America honors for the second straight day with her tie for seventh place in the high jump at the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The two-day event was held at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
 
One day after placing eighth nationally in the pentathlon, Fisk came out strong and cleared the first three heights on the first attempt, the last at 1.68 meters (5' 6"). She missed on all three of her tries at 1.71 meters and tied for seventh with Coast Guard's Allie Wildsmith. The top four finishers each cleared 1.74 meters, with Grace Alley of Loras winning the title based on fewest total misses. Alley also was the pentathlon national champ.
 
Fisk's high jump finish is her highest in five combined indoor/outdoor national appearances in the event. Her previous best was 12th place at the 2022 outdoor championship.
 
Cortland finished the meet with 2.5 team points as a result of Fisk's two top-eight finishes and tied for 55th place nationally.

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

This was a pretty exciting morning for us! Within about a 2-minute span Amarian earned 7th in the triple jump, moving up a spot in his final jump, and Danielle's second podium finish of the weekend became official.

I can't stress enough how well both of these folks competed. Amarian had the challenge of a mild strain over the past couple of weeks, to the point where we were concerned if he should even compete; for Danielle coming off the pentathlon yesterday is a pretty tall order.

They both maintained their composure and maintained a high level of focus to earn that podium spot.

Spring break is going to be good for everybody; on the 23rd of March we'll send a few 'outdoor only' folks to Houghton for a small meet and we host our annual Learn By Doing Cljnic on the 24th so things will get busy quickly!