2026 YSU Cross Country Roster
Sage Vavro
- Year:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Butler, Pa.
- High School:
- Butler
- Major:
- Education
2025 (Junior): Horizon League All-League Second Team...Competed in five races...Ran a personal-best 8K time of 24:15.0 to place 11th at the Horizon League Championship (11/1)...Was one of seven Penguins to compete at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships where he placed 57th with a 10K time of 31:45.5 (11/14)...Placed 10th at the YSU Cross Country Meet with an 8K time of 26:17.4 (9/27).
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in four races during the season…Placed 20th at the Horizon League Championships with an 8K time of 25:21 (11/2)…Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:40 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/18)…Clocked an 8K time of 24:54 at the Joe Piane Invitational Blue Race (10/4)…Ran an 8K time of 28:20 at the Roy Griak Invitational Gold Race (9/20).
2023 (Redshirt Freshman): Named Horizon League Freshman of the Year and Second-Team All-League…Competed in five races on the season…Placed ninth at the Horizon League Championships with the 10th-fastest 8k time in YSU history, clocking a 24:36.3, helping the Penguins win their second-consecutive Horizon League title (10/28)…Was YSU’s fourth-fastest finisher at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, clocking the sixth-fastest 10k time in YSU history of 31:24.5 (11/10)…Clocked a 24:49.6 in the 8k at the Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/13)…Competed at the Bill Lennox Slippery Rock Invite, running an 8k time of 27:15 (10/7)…Ran a 5-mile time of 25:29.1 in the Open Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/29).
2022 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:39.00 at the SRU XC Bill Lennox Invitational...On the track, owns a personal-best time of 4:13.64 in the mile and 9:36.39 in the 3200m.
Personal: Is a 2024-25 recipient of the George M. and Helen L. Kohut Memorial Athletic Scholarship.
