Susan Bansbach

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Fayetteville, N.Y.
High School:
Fayetteville-Manlius
Position:
Sprints
Major:
Sport Management

Collegiate PR | Indoor: 60m - 7.87; 200m - 25.25; 400m - 55.68; 800m - 2:20.22 | Outdoor: 100m - 12.40; 200m - 24.59; 400m - 54.48; 800m - 2:12.84; 400H - 1:07.48; LJ - 4.80m (15'9.0")

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

Graduate Student (2023-24)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 56.61 in the 400-meter dash for 20th and 3:37.56 in the 4x400-relay at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran 24.76 in the 200-meter dash for eighth at the Len Paddock Open (April 27)
• Ran 25.72 in the 200-meter dash for 49th and 56.11 in the 400-meter dash for 15th at the Jim Green Invitational (April 19-20)
• Ran 56.56 in the 200-meter dash for 17th at the Tom Jones Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran 25.55 (not wind legal) in the 200-meter dash for 48th and 55.97 in the 400-meter dash for 21st at the Battle on the Bayou (March 29-30)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 57.78 in the 400-meter dash for second at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)

Senior at Rochester (2022-23)

Outdoor Track & Field
• All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing 7th in the 400 meters (56.58 seconds) and 2nd on the 4x400 meter relay (school record, 3:41.17)
• Competed at NCAA's on the 4x100 meter relay team that finished 11th
• Named All-Region in four events
• Liberty League Co-Track Performer of the Year
• 4-time 1st Team All-League honoree after winning four events (200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m) at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships while also setting three new conference meet records
• Conference Performer of the Meet award at the Liberty League meet
• School records and Liberty League Conference Records in the 200 meters (:24.59), 4x100 meter relay (:46.69) and 4x400 meter relay
• Triple-winner at the All-Atlantic Region Championships
• Ended the regular season ranked in the top-25 in four events on the Division III performance list (#2 4x400m, #6 400m, #10 4x100m, #22 200m)
• 5-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and Academic All-America 2nd Team
• NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
• Liberty League All-Academic
• Named Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar in the fall
• Earned Merle Spurrier Award from Rochester Athletic Department in the spring
• USTFCCA All-Academic honoree for the third-straight season.

Indoor Track & Field
• Helped the 4x400 meter relay team capture the ninth national title in program history at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships
• The All-America relay team set a Division III national record time of 3:44.84 in the finals
• Earned All-America honors in the 400 meters, finishing fourth at NCAA's with a UR school-record time of 55.68 seconds
• USTFCCCA Niagara Region Track Athlete of the Year and Liberty League Track Performer of the Year
• Four All-Liberty League honors, and three wins at the conference championships (200 meters, 400 meters and 4x400 meter relay)
• Named Performer of the Meet at the conference championships, adding a third place finish in the 60 meters (PR 7.87 seconds)
• USTFCCCA All-Niagara Region in three events
• Ended the regular season ranked in the top-25 in Division III in three events, coming in the 4x400 meter relay (6th), the 400 meters (10th) and the 200 meters (25th)
• 4-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week.

Junior at Rochester (2021-22)

Outdoor Track & Field
• USTFCCCA All-America honors in the 400m (4th, :54.58) and the 4x400 meter relay (6th, 3:44.93)
• USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays
• 4th-fastest 400 meter (:55.23) and 4x400 meter relay (3:44.63) in NCAA Division III
• Ranked 20th in the 4x100 relay (47.31), 30th in the 800 meters (2:12.84) and 34th in the 200 meters (24.81)
• Named Liberty League Outdoor Track Performer of the Year
• 1st Team All-Liberty League honors in the 200 meters (1st, :24.81), 800 meters (1st, 2:12.84) and the 4x100 meter relay (1st, 48.27) and 2nd Team All-Liberty League honor in the 100 meters (2nd, :12.40)
• Twice broke the school record in the 400 meters at the Nazareth ROC City Final Qualifier (:55.23) on May 15 and then again at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (:54.48) on May 26-28
• Helped break the school 4x100 meter relay record three times as well as the 4x400 meter relay record (3:45.24) at the UR Alumni Invitational
• 5-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week
• Awarded Sylvia Fabricant Award for Sportsmanship
• Member of both the Liberty League and USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection
• 2022 Lysle “Spike” Garnish Scholar Award winner.

Indoor Track & Field
• Earned All-America honors in both the 400 meters (5th, :57.12) and UR's 4x400 meter relay (5th, 3:52.48)
• Earned All-Region honors in the 200 meters, 400 meters and the 4x400 meter relay
• Ranked 2nd in NCAA Division III with her 400 meter time (:56.44), 15th in the 4x400 meter relay (3:54.92) and 33rd in the 200 meters (:25.70)
• Earned 1st Team All-Liberty League honors after winning both the 400 meters (:57.01) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:59.47), setting a Liberty League Championship meet record with her 400 meter time, and 2nd Team honors in the 200 meter (2nd, 25.70)
• Two-time Liberty League Track Performer of the Week (12/31, 2/14)
• Broke a school record with her 400 meter time of 55.70 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/12)

Sophomore at Rochester (2020-21)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Earned All-America honors on UR's 3rd place 4x400 meter relay at the NCAA Division III Championships
• School record 4x400 meter relay time of 3:46.33
• Finished 16th at nationals individually in the 400 meters, clocking in 57.61 seconds
• Ranked top-50 in NCAA Division III in the 4x400 meters (9th), 400 meters (16th, 56.69) and 800 meters (50th, 2:16.44)
• Earned 1st Team All-Liberty League honors after winning titles at the conference championship in the 4x400 meters and 400 meters
• Liberty League Performer of the Week on May 3 along with relay team and was conference Rookie of the Week on May 10
• All-Region honors in 400 meters and 4x400 meter relay from the USTFCCCA
• Liberty League All-Academic selection
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors

Indoor Track & Field
• Finished 5th in the 200 meters in 28.27 seconds and was on Rochester's 'B' relay in the 4x400 meter relay which was 4th in 4:25.35 at the Nazareth Triangular

First Year at Rochester (2019-20)

Indoor Track & Field
• Two-time NCAA qualifier before the national meet was canceled, earning USTFCCCA All-American honors twice for her qualification
• Set the 400 meter school record of of 57.43 seconds and the 4x400 meter relay record of 3:49.43
• Finished top-2 a total of four times at the Liberty League and All-Atlantic Region championships
• Earned 1st Team All-Conference honors in the 4x400 meter relay and was 2nd Team in the 400 meters
• Liberty League Rookie of the Year following the season
• Ranked #11 individually in Division III in the 400 meters, and on UR's #5 ranked relay
• Two-time All-Region selection by the USTFCCCA
• Honored with weekly awards three times from the Liberty League, including twice as Track Performer of the Week (2/10, 3/9) and once as Rookie of the Week (2/3)

High School

Attended Fayetteville-Manlius HS...Lettered in field hockey (3x) and indoor (5x) and outdoor (5x) track and field for the Hornets...Co-Captain of field hockey team as a senior and was MVP of two tournaments during her career...1st Team All-League and All-Section in field hockey as a junior and senior, earning All-Central New York honors during 2018 season...Named All-Central NY three times in track and field, twice outdoors and once indoors as a sprinter/middle-distance runner...200 meter PR of 26.55 seconds and 400 meter PR of 57.56 seconds...Made multiple appearances at state and national competitions on the track, finishing 9th in state in the 400 meters as a senior, winning 4x800 meter relay, while also running on national runner-up distance medley relay team...DMR also won Penn Relays title in 2019...Hornets won indoor and outdoor team and league sectional titles for three straight seasons in both indoor and outdoor track...Member of Model UN.