Records fall for Sage women at Roadrunner Invitational

Posted: Apr 02, 2016

Mahwah, NJ –The Sage women's outdoor track and field team travelled to New Jersey to compete in the 2016 Roadrunner Invitational at Ramapo College.

Sophomore Sabrena Smith (Woodburne, NY/Tri-Valley Central) had a time of 1:21.49 and was 17^th in the 400 meter hurdles. She broke Sage's school record with her mark as she better the mark of Sarah Montgomery from 2015 (1:30.6). In the 100 meter hurdles, sophomore Sarah VanAernem (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) was 23^rd with her mark of 18.81.

Another Sage record fell in the pole vault as rookie Hannah French (Berlin, NY/Berlin) finished in 12^th with her mark of 2.30 meters. She broke the record held by Adrienne Dudla (2015) with a 2.16 meters.

Junior Nyasia Irby (Great Neck, NY/Manhasset) posted a time of 13.47 in the 100 meter dash and picked up 24^th place. Joining her in the race were junior Krystal Lambert (Brooklyn, NY/John Dewey), junior Kelly DiBiaso (Bristol, CT/Saint Paul Catholic) and rookie Kadedra Allen (Troy, NY/Troy). Lambert finished in 49^th in 14.36, while DiBiaso was next with her time of 16.22 to take 62^nd and Allen posted a time of 17.13 and finished 66^th.

In the 800 meter run, junior Lauren Belfast (Ilion, NY/Ilion) posted a time of 2:55.91 and took 53^rd, while junior Melissa Grimaldi (Nassau, NY/Columbia) picked up 70th in 3:26.70.

In the women's 4 x 100 relay, Sage took home 12th place in 53.88 as they were paced by the fancy footwork of junior Krystal Lambert (Brooklyn, NY/John Dewey), rookie Jordyn Logan (Canajoharie, NY/Canajoharie), her twin sister Ariannah Logan (Canajoharie, NY/Canajoharie), and Irby.

In the javelin, rookie Logan Thayer (South Glens Falls, NY/S. Glens Falls) was 17^th with her throw of 20.05 meters. Freshman Madeline Herring (Goshen, NY/John Burke Catholic) picked up 26^th with a throw of 12.76 meters.

In the long jump, Ariannah Logan was 14^th with her performance of 4.58 meters, while Lambert was next in 23^rd (4.25 meters). Smith was 28^th with her mark of 4.09 meters, while VanAerem was next in 30^th with a performance of 4.03 meters.

In the 1,500 meter run, Belfast was 53^rd in 6:08.64, while senior Ellyn Fisher (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) was next in 6:25.49 to take 65^th. French was next in 66^th place in 6:40.99.