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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Liam Sakakeeny

Liam Sakakeeny

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    First Year
  • Hometown:
    Newton, MA
  • Highschool:
    Newton South

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Rookie hit the track six times during the indoor season...Qualified for and competed in both the 800 meters and mile at the Liberty League Championships, placing 12th in the mile and 20th in the 800 meters...Ran the mile at the All-Atlantic Region Indoor Championships and finished 13th...Notched five top-10 finishes, including a season-best second-place in the 3,000 meters at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Feb. 8...Clocked in with a season-best time in the mile (4:21.07) at the D3 Elite Meet on Feb. 15 to finish eighth...Ran a season-best time in the 800 meters (9th, 1:59.49) at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up on Feb. 21...Also helped UR's 4x400-meter relay to sixth-place result at Brockport.

Outdoor: Competed in six meets outdoors...Earned a top-eight finish for the Yellowjackets in the 1,500 meters (7th, 3:57.25) at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, setting season-best times in both the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters (20th, 15:20.55)...Earned a spot at the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships in the 1,500 meters and came in 15th at regionals...Had five top-10 results, including a pair of event wins...Took home first place in the 1,500 meters, as well as fifth as a member of UR's 4x400-meter relay, at the Rochester Spring Twilight on April 14...Won the 5,000 meters at the UR Alumni Invitational the following weekend on April 19...Came in second in the 1,500 meters at the Cardinal Classic on April 26.

HS: Graduated from Newton South High School...Ran cross country and track and skied for the Lions...Senior captain of the Nordic Ski Team...Five-time All-League selection, earning two honors each in cross country and track and three in Nordic Skiing...Was also a three-time All-State selection, a Boston Globe All-Star and the Boston Globe Athlete of the Year in Nordic Skiing...Personal-best times of 16:03 in the 5K, 4:23.7 in the mile, 9:53 in the two-mile and 1:57 in the 800 meters...Helped the Lions' cross country team to a DCL Championship, Division 1A Championship and a D1 All-State Runner-Up...Two-time League Champions in Nordic Skiing...State Runners-up in 2022-23 and State Champions in 2023-24...Also skied for Freedom Trail Nordic.

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