SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024-25: Deirdre was named to the Div. III Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District team by College Sports Communicators...Two-time SUNYAC champion and earned first team All-SUNYAC honors in two events at the conference championship meets...Placed first in the 5,000 meters with a personal-best time of 18:18.49 at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships...Finished first in the 5,000 meters (18:31.38) at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships...Posted personal-best times in the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters at the Paul Kaiser Classic...Recorded a personal-best time in the 400 hurdles (1:15.11) at the Cortland Classic...Finished the 3,000 steeplechase with a personal-best time of 11:41.61 at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic...Placed 12th in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 10:46.36 at the Big Apple Invitational...Ran a personal-best 5:34.94 in the mile at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational...Competed in 12 meets during the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Red Dragons.

2023-24: Deirdre competed at 10 meets for the Red Dragons during the indoor and outdoor seasons...Registered a season-best time of 5:55.82 in the mile at the Bomber Invitational...Had a season-best in the 1,500 meters (5:15.97) at the Cortland Red Dragon Open...Posted a season-best in the steeplechase (11:49.07) at the Big Red Invite.

2022-23: Deirdre finished 14th in the 5,000 meters (personal-best 19:55.81) at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships...Posted a personal-best 11:37.03 in the 3,000 meters at the Bomber Invitational...Finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (personal-best 12:19.80) at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships...Posted a personal-best 5:24.32 in the 1,500 meters at the Cortland Qualifier.

2021-22: Did not compete.

High School: A 2021 graduate of Tappan Zee...Seven-year member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams...Earned second team indoor all-county honors...Five-year member of the cross country team...Individual league champion three straight years.

Other: Red Letter Award winner in 2024-25 for women's cross country at the C-Club Athletic Awards Ceremony...Also a member of the cross country team at Cortland...Sister Tara is a Cortland graduate.