Sarah Yensan - of the Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field programs - has been named the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete for the 2019-20 year. Yensan is a two-time SUNYAC Conference Champion in the long jump, having won the outdoor title in 2019 and the indoor title in 2020.
The Lockport, N.Y. native is a five-time All-Conference award winner, having earned First Team All-Conference honors for her long jump championships in 2019 and 2020. In 2018, Yensan earned Second Team All-Conference in the indoor high jump and then Third Team All-Conference in the outdoor high jump event later that year. During the 2019 indoor season, Yensan earned Second Team-All-Conference in the long jump.
Yensan is a three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) All-Region selection with awards in 2018 for the indoor long jump, 2019 for the outdoor long jump and 2020 for the indoor long jump.
After jumping 5.56 meters (18' 3") coming out of high school, she began to flourish under the coaching of Assistant Track CoachÂ
Curtis Merrick who came on board in her sophomore year. She improved her personal best at the 2018 Outdoor All-Atlantic Regional Meet with a leap of 5.68 meters (18' 7.75"). In her junior year, again on the biggest stage at the Outdoor All-Atlantic Regional, she set a new Oswego State school record in the long jump with a mark of 5.74 meters (18' 10") in qualifying for her first NCAA Division III National Championship. She followed that up in her senior year by breaking the Oswego State indoor long jump mark in February at Brockport with a leap of 5.80 meters (19' .5") and qualifying for her second NCAA Division III National Championship.
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