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2015 Women's Cross Country Roster

Sarah Sisk

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Psychology (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Bayonne, NJ
  • High School Saint Dominic Academy

Biography

2014-15: Member of the Violets’ second-place 4x800m relay (NYU-record, 9:12.69) and third-place 4x400m relay (3:55.14) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/25-26)…made her cross country season debut with a personal best in the 5k (19:31) at the Saratoga Invitational (9/13)…placed fourth among all non-Division I runners and first among her Violet teammates in the 5k (20:57) at the Monmouth Invitational (9/20)…recorded a season best in the 500m (22nd place, 1:24.84) at the NYC Metropolitan Championships (2/6)…member of the Violets’ first-place 4x800 relay team (9:38.28) and also placed second in the 800m (2:20.75) at the Rider Invitational (4/11/15)…UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
2013-14: Placed 25th in the 4k race (15:49.0) at the Dickinson Invitational (10/11)…set a season best and placed second in the 1,000m (3:06.99) at the Lafayette-Rider Winter Games (2/14)…finished second in the 800m (2:21.89) at the Keogh Invitational (2/22)…took seventh place and achieved a personal best in the 800m (2:19.54) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2-28-3/1) …helped the Violets to victory and a school record (9:29.26) in the 4x800m relay at the ECAC Division III Indoor Championships (3/7-8)…helped the Violets post a school record in the sprint medley relay (4:11.53) and an outdoor season best in the 4x800m (9:29.52) at the Raleigh Relays (3/28-29)…member of the winning 4x400m relay squad (4:00.47) at the Widener Invitational (4/18-19)…recorded second-place finishes in the 800m (2:17.44) and as a part of the 4x400m relay (school- record 3:54.32) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/26-27)…set the team record in the 800m (2:14.38) at the Swat Final Qualifying Meet (5/12) while also helping the 4x400m squad to a school record (3:51.77)…UAA Athlete of the Week (5/5)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…USTFCCCA All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.
 
2012-13: Ran a season-best 5k (20:41.65) at the Metropolitan Championship (10/5)…posted a season-best time in the 6k (22:53.6) at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble (10/13)…member of NYU’s 4x800m relay that set a then-indoor team record (9:43.21) at the Metropolitan Championships (1/25)…also a member of the indoor 4x800m relay that took third place (9:49.08) at the NYU Team Challenge (1/19)…won the 1,000m (personal-best 3:02.30) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/1-2)…ran a season-best mile (5:18.79) and was a member of the distance medley relay squad that took third (12:18.9) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/23-24)…set a personal best in the 1,500m (4:54.99) at the Raleigh Relays (3/29-30)…took sixth in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:49.13) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/27-28).
 
High School: Four-year track & field and two-year cross country team member…two-year captain of each…named the News 12 NJ Scholar Athlete of the Week in November 2011…helped lead her teams to city and country championships in indoor and outdoor track in three seasons…best athletic memory was becoming the first freshman in school history to reach 5’0” in the high jump at the New Jersey State meet…also competed in soccer for two-years…valedictorian of her class and treasurer of the National Honor Society…participated in a Habitat for Humanity trip to help tornado victims in Leeds, AL, in the summer of 2011…soup kitchen volunteer.
 
Personal: Inspired by her parents James and Eileen “because of their hard work as police officers in Bayonne, NJ”…enjoys running, traveling, spending time with family and friends, playing frisbee, and baking…plans to earn a higher degree in psychology and work as a child psychologist.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2013Sophomore

    5'7"
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    2014Junior

    5'8"
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    2015Senior

    5'7"
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