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2012-13 Women's Track and Field

Sarah Burke

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown South Yarmouth, Mass
  • High School Dennis-Yarmouth Regional
  • Position Hurdles
  • Major Criminology

Biography

IndoorSeason

2011-12: NE-10Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring Semester).Edwin H. Sutherland Honor Society.Competed in three individual events on the season. Posted a time of9.50 seconds in the 55 meter hurdles in the prelims at the NewBalance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12). Ran a time of10.31 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles at the Charley TorpeyMemorial Invitational (2/4/12).  Posted a time of 9.32 secondsin the prelims at the NE-10 Championships (2/18/12).

2010-11: NE-10Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. Finished 11th overallin the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 10.03 at the TuftsStamepede. Also posted a time of 10.60 in the 60 meter hurdles atthe Harvard Invitational. Ran the 55 meter hurdles three timesduring the season highlighted by a season-best performance of 9.24in the prelims of the NE-10 championships. Had a time of 9.40 atthe University of New Hampshire Tri-Meet and a time of 9.42 at theReebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games. Ran a split of 29.8 in the4x200 meter relay at the Tufts Stampede (1:54.43). Ran a split of67.2 in the 4x400 meter relay at the Tufts Stampede. Alsoparticipated in the pole vault during the season.

2009-10: Placedninth in the 60m hurdles (9.82 seconds) at the HarvardInvitational. Finished third in the 55m hurdles at the WheatonInvitational in 9.28 seconds. Placed second overall in the 55mhurdles with a time of 9.05 seconds at the Tufts Stampede. Memberof the 4000m distance medley relay team which finished second atthe NE-10 Championships in 12:47.67. Also finished sixth overall inthe 55m hurdles in 9.01 seconds.

OutdoorSeason

2010-11:Athletic Director's Honor Roll SpringSemester. NE-10 Commissioner's SpringHonor Roll. Posted a personal bst time of 16.06 inthe 110 hurdles at the Bridgewater State University Invitationalfinishing in second place. Also competed in the 110 hurdles sixother times during the season at the Bryant University Invitational(16.63, 12th overall), at the George Davis Invitational (17.15),the UMass Minutemen Invitational (16.17, sixth overall), the LarryEllis Invitational (16.94), the Skyhawk Invitational (16.34,seventh overall) and the NE-10 championships (16.70). Finishedeighth overall at the NE-10 championships in the 400 hurdles in1:09.87, a personal best. Competed in the 400 hurdles five othertimes during the season highlighted by a fourth place finish at theBridgewater State University Invitational (1:14.94). Ran a time of1:11.68 at the George Davis Invitational, a time of 1:11.05 at theUMass Minutemen Invitational (seventh overall), an 1:11.16performace at the Larry Ellis Invitational and a 1:10.02 time atthe Skyhawk Invitational (fifth overall).

High School: 2009honors graduate of Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Four-yearletterwinner for outdoor and indoor track and cross country,serving as captain for two years. Earned MVP during spring seasonand Coaches Award. Atlantic Coast League (ACL) 100 meter championher senior year, 300 meter champion her junior year. Earned ACLSportsmanship Award for cross country. National Honor SocietyMember. Student Ambassadors member.

Personal: BornSeptember 19, 1990, Attleboro, Mass. Daughter of John and RosannaBurke of South Yarmouth, Mass. Has two siblings, Bailey (18) andAnthony (16). Majoring in criminology and foreign languages(Italian/Spanish). Grandfather played golf at Stonehill. Supportsthe Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and the Boston Celtics.Lists Lo Lo Jones as favorite athlete. Track team's Student-AthleteAdvisory Committee representative. Completed a semester at theGranada Institute of International Studies in Spain (Fall2011).

PERSONAL BESTS
 
Indoor
55m hurdles
8.96
NE-10 Championships (2/18/2010)
60m hurdles9.82Harvard Open (12/11/2010)
200m28.30Boston Indoor Games (1/29/2010)
4x200m1:54.43Tufts Stampede (2/5/2011)
  (Olivia Dyson, Angelina Comei, Danielle Wheeler)
4x400m4:07.65Tufts Stampede (2/6/2010)
  (Danielle Wheeler, Kathryn O'Leary, ChristenCarrier)
   
Outdoor
100m hurdles
16.06
Bridgewater State Bears Invitational (3/26/2011)
400m hurdles1:09.87NE-10 Championships (5/7/2011)

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'7"
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'7"
  • 2011-12Junior

    Hurdles
    5'7"
  • 2012-13Senior

    Hurdles
    5'7"