ITHACA, N.Y. – Cortland turned in 14 top-10 finishes at the Upstate Challenge, hosted by Cornell University. The meet featured four Div. I schools (Cornell, Buffalo, Colgate and Binghamton) along with Cortland and Ithaca.
The 4x800-meter relay team of freshman Alexis Fairbanks (Apalachin/Owego Free Academy), senior Lisa Holt (Phoenix/John C. Birdlebough), freshman Jordan Naylon (Fairport) and sophomore Alyson Dalton (Sherrill/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) qualified for the ECAC Div. III Championships with its fifth-place time of 10:10.98. The same quartet also competed in the 4x400-meter relay and finished sixth in 4:29.72.
Three Red Dragons finished in the top 10 of the pentathlon, which was conducted on Friday. Freshman Nikki Schafer (Troy/Columbia) finished in sixth place with 2,799 points. Her time of 9.61 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles is an ECAC qualifier. Sophomore Brenna Filipello (Delmar/Bethlehem) placed eighth with 2,553 points, including the fourth-best long jump of 4.90 meters (16’ 1”), and freshman Michelle Thomas (Greenville) placed 10th with 2,331 points. Freshman Katie Darling (Delhi/Delaware Academy) competed in only three of the five pentathlon events, but did record an ECAC-qualifying time of 9.53 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.
Freshman Christi Nassauer (Mount Sinai) placed seventh in the pole vault at 3.15 meters (10’ 4”) and freshman Joy’a Green (Syracuse/Corcoran) was seventh in the triple jump at 10.68 meters (35’ 0.5”). Junior Barbara Green (Levittown/Division Avenue) finished eighth in the 800 meters (2:29.77), followed by sophomore Valerie Basciano (New City/Albertus Magnus) in ninth place (2:30.52).
Senior Mallory Baker (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) placed ninth in the 400 meters (1:03.34), just ahead of 10th-place sophomore Veronica Montrose (Clintondale/Highland) (1:03.87). Freshman Chelsea Lachman (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) was ninth in the shot put (10.01 meters – 32’ 10.25”). Freshman Alana Hotchkiss (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) finished ninth in the triple jump (10.31 meters – 33’ 10”), with freshman Amber Stephens (Stony Point/North Rockland) in 10th place (10.26 meters – 33’ 8”).
Complete Results (PDF)
Pentathlon Results (PDF)