Thursday, January 08, 2015

Sarah Disanza (High Point Regional HS, Sussex, NJ; Wisconsin) breaks Big Ten 5000 meters record in indoor debut

by Keith Conning
 
Sarah Disanza (Wisconsin) set an American Collegiate Record and an American Junior
Record (old American Collegiat Record 15:28.11 Abby D'Agostino (Dartmouth) 2013; 
old American Junior Record 15:42.81 Lindsay Scherf (Harvard) 2005 (also superior to
outdoor American Junior Record). 
 

Disanza

Dec. 6, 2014


 Results

BOSTON -- Riding the momentum of her runner-up finish at the 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championship two weeks ago, Wisconsin sophomore Sarah Disanza shattered the Wisconsin and Big Ten Conference 5000-meter record in her indoor track debut at the Boston University Opener on Saturday.

Disanza won her race on the 200-meter banked track at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center in 15 minutes, 20.57 seconds, shattering the school and conference record of 15:37.02, which UW’s Kathy Butler ran back in 1997. 

Disanza’s time marks the fourth-fastest time ever by a collegian as Kim Smith of Providence holds the collegiate record with a time of 15:14.18 set on March 12 at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships. Sonia O’Sullivan of Villanova is second on the all-time collegiate list with a time of 15:17.28 while Smith also ran the third-best time of 15:18.54 at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center in 2004. The fastest collegiate time is 15:01.70, run by Olympian Jenny (Barringer) Simpson in 2009 but that was run the 307-meter oversized track at the Dempsey Indoor in Seattle. 

“Over the last month, Sarah has taken her performance to another level,” Wisconsin director of track and field and cross country Mick Byrne said. “Her runner-up race at NCAAs has given her a new level of confidence and we felt that it was smart to run her in Boston because she is so fit right now. 

“Today’s run was out of the ball park. I’m very happy for Sarah and coach (Jill) Miller, and I’m excited for Sarah’s future in 2015.” 

In addition, Disanza’s time ranks second in the world this year behind only Molly Huddle’s time of 15:13.86. 

The Badgers resume indoor competition on Saturday, Jan. 17 with their Badger Indoor Triangular against Tennessee State and Marquette at The Shell. 


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