Geneseo Cross Country and Track & Field

School Record by over 3 seconds!! Splits: 57.64-55.73-55.55-55.91

Last night produced some pretty amazing results, despite the rain and 42 degree temps, no wind though! Emily Pomainville runs a blazing lifetime best by 13 seconds to run 4:22.47, breaking the school record in the 1500 and leads the country right now! (She is also number two in the country in the 800 from last week with her 2:11.51!) Matt Sayre smashes his lifetime best and runs 14:17.52 in the 5k and is also number one in the country! ... Other lifetime PRs from last night: Men’s 5k Sophomore Nicky Andrews 14:37.18 Senior Matt Blauvelt 14:41.40 Freshman Charlie Wilson 14:58.24 Freshman Nick Bauman 15:20.26 Sophomore Ryan Mitchell 15:22.19 Freshman Will Hall 15:24.87 Women’s 5k Senior Missy Graham 17:46.56 Freshman Emily Miller 18:16.53 Freshman Fiona Haegeland 18:28.05 Men’s 1500 Sophomore Ezra Ruggles 3:55.10 Men’s 800 Junior Kieran Sheridan 1:56.31 Season Bests from last night: Women’s 800 Senior Roisin O’Neill 2:18.65 Sophomore Tori Fears 2:20.65 Men’s 1500 Junior Riley Grossman 4:05.99 Senior Brad Farnham 4:09.57 SUNY B Believe! Onto another track and field meet today at home at SUNY Geneseo!

Excited to get back out there at 1pm this Saturday! We haven’t had a meet on the Geneseo track with other teams since 2019. Tune in to geneseoknights.com later this week for more info on how to follow along.

We are back in action on our home track! The Geneseo Early Season Invitational kicks off at 1pm tomorrow, April 3rd. Live Stream: https://geneseoknights.com/links/l5aus6 Live Results: www.leonetiming.com

Post 1/2: SUNY Geneseo alumni Alexa Wandy '17 was named SUNYAC Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Decade to lead 21 Knights selected to the women’s SUNYAC All-Decade Team. Coach Popovici was named SUNYAC Coach of the Decade as well.

PSA: @geneseoknights athletes, @alejo_timothy will now demonstrate how to keep at least 6 feet between you and your practice mates during the Spring 2021 semester.

Congratulations to Isaac Garcia-Cassani '18 for being named SUNYAC Cross Country Runner of the Decade, Coach Dan Moore for Coach of the Decade, as well as Ryan O'Connor '11, Lee Berube '12, Eddie Novara '12, Alex Brimstein '13, Luke Holtzman '20, Sean McAneny '20, and current runner Matt Sayre '21 for making the All-Decade SUNYAC Cross Country Team! A huge thank you to Coach Mike Woods, Coach Chris Popovici, Coach Matt Jorgensen, Coach Ben Wach, Coach Alyssa Smith, Coach Prevosti, Coach Dave Mead, and all the other coaches who came before that built the foundation of success unto which the program is built. SUNY G Believe!

Parents, Alums and Supporters, If you have the means, please participate in the Geneseo Annual Day of Giving this December 1st (or sooner). You can give directly to the XC or T&F programs using the links below: Donate to T&F:... https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1648/rd/interior.aspx Donate to Cross Country: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1648/rd/interior.aspx With your support, we've been able to build a treadmill and spin bike room for just athletes of our teams and we've added resistance training equipment to the T&F storage building adjacent to the track but neither project is complete. Can't afford much? You can also sign up for monthly or annual donations in any amount (much like a subscription service).

Week 4 of fall practice has been bananas but we’ve been navigating the little hurdles as they come!

Remember that before any bird knew how to fly it had to dare to jump. Week 3 of fall practices and we are in the pit. Short approach drill work for the long jumpers to promote lower leg stiffness and rhythm through the final three steps.

Mid D’s moto to live by: I feel the need...the need for speed. This weeks speed session was all uphill accelerations.

It’s week 2 for official practice and our event group pods are all about getting to work. Whether it’s XC on the hills, or the technical events shaking the rust off like today’s hurdle group, we are happy to be back feeling apart of this team. It’s obvious many have worked hard in their 6 months away from organized practice. Groups of 10 for two more weeks. We are happy to #wearamask to have a season! Wear yours so we can #keeppracticing

Exciting to have this outstanding group enter the hall of fame together! Congrats ladies!