Women's Track & Field
Trisha Ippolito
Class: Senior
Hometown: Angola, N.Y.
High School: Lake Shore
Highlights -- 2008-09 indoor T&F: Team captain. 2008 XC: Team captain ... No. 2 runner for her team and 71st overall at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Nov. 15 with a time of 25:21 for 6,000 meters ... team's No. 1 runner -- 30th overall -- with a time of 23:51 for 6,000 meters at the SUNYAC meet Nov. 1 ... No. 1 Blue Devil at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational Oct. 18 ... 10th overall and second for her team Oct. 11 at the Nazareth Invitational ... first Blue Devil Oct. 4 at the Genese Invitational ... No. 2 for her team at the Blue Devil Invitational at Lake Erie State Park on Sept. 20 ... fourth team finisher at the season-opening Daniel Walker Invitational on Aug. 30.
2008 T&F outdoors: Ran personal-best 4:59.24 in the 1,500 meters April 26 at the SUNYAC championship meet ... second in the 800 meters in 2:29 at the U.B. Invitational April 19. 2007-08 T&F indoors: Started season off with SUNYAC qualifier at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala when she covered one mile in 5:45.04 ... personal-best 3:10.94 in the 1,000 meters March 1 at the New York State Collegiate Track Conference championship meet.
2007 XC: Consistently No. 2 and No. 3 runner ... 29th at SUNYAC Championships ... ran 5K personal-best of 19:10 at the NYSCTC meet ... team's No. 1 runner at Nazareth College Invitational with 16:07 4,000 meters; third overall of 88 runners ... ninth at a four-team meet at Genesee Valley Park with a 21:08 5,000 meters. 2006-07 T&F: Ran lifetime PRs at the Wake Forest Invitational in North Carolina ... covered 1,500 meters in 5:05.36 ... became the school-record holder in the 800 meters while running a leg of the distance medley relay at the indoor NYSCTC Championships at St. Lawrence. The quartet set a school record of 12:44.74. 2006 XC: Participated on the NCAA qualifying team; the team did not receive a bid. Personal: Education major ... attended Lake Shore Central H.S. in Angola, N.Y., where she was a team MVP and sportsmanship award winner ... team won four ECIC titles and one Section VI title ... daughter of Colleen and Gary Ippolito.