SUNY Cortland Athletics

One of Cortland's most accomplished women's track and field athletes, Andrea Spaulding earned eight All-America honors, including two national championships, along with 10 state crowns and seven SUNYAC titles during her four years as a Red Dragon.
 
A native of Tully, N.Y., Spaulding won the 400-meter hurdles at both the 1985 and 1987 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She was also national runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles and fifth in the triple jump at the 1985 nationals to help Cortland win the national team title by one point. During that meet she established the national record in the 400-meter hurdles that stood for three years.
 
At the 1985 indoor nationals, Spaulding earned a pair of All-America awards with a fourth-place effort in the 55-meter hurdles and a fifth-place showing in the triple jump as Cortland was the national team runner-up. She also finished third in the 400-meter hurdles and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at the 1986 outdoor national meet.
 
Spaulding won SUNYAC titles in the javelin and triple jump twice apiece along with single crowns in the 400 meters, 100-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay. Cortland won both indoor and outdoor SUNYAC team championships in Spaulding's sophomore and junior years. She still holds the SUNYAC conference record in the indoor 500-meter run. Also, as a senior, Spaulding played on the women's basketball team, earned the women's track and field Red Letter Award, and captured the Cortland's women's bodybuilding contest title.
 
Spaulding earned a bachelor's degree in education from Cortland in 1987 and a master's degree from Eastern Illinois University in 1988. She embarked on a teaching and coaching career that included five years at Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Middle School in Central New York, one year at North Carolina State University, and the last 20 years in the Wake County (N.C.) Public School system. A national board certified teacher since 1999, Spaulding has coached numerous sports, including basketball for 14 years and track and field for 20 years. She authored and was awarded three grants for heart-rate monitors used in physical education classes.
 
Spaulding's community service efforts have included hunger awareness and relief projects to provide Thanksgiving dinners for local families, and work with Brothers Keeper Quilts to help students make sleeping bags for the homeless.