Strong Start To Outdoor Season For Fisher
The St. John Fisher College men's and women's track & field teams started the outdoor season off on the right foot on Friday at the Danny Curran Invitational at Widener University, setting the stage for what should be a record-setting season.
Freshman
Sammy Van Gee placed sixth overall in the 5,000 meters, setting a Fisher-record time of 18:59.52 for the women's team.
Freshman
Alyssa Mountain, competing in her first meet at the collegiate level, advanced to the finals in the discus and placed eighth overall with a distance of 31.08 meters.
On the men's side, first-year standout
Kyle Blessing qualified for ECACs and broke the Fisher record by nine meters with a throw of 43.74 meters in the discus.
Fisher returns to action to action on at 9 a.m. on Saturday for the second day of competition.