CANTON, N.Y. – SUNY Cortland junior Sarah Kimball (Liverpool) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in the pole vault and was one of five Red Dragons to win events at the St. Lawrence University Women's Track and Field Holiday Relays.

Kimball cleared 11' 3.75” to take top honors in the pole vault. She also finished second in the 55-meter hurdles in 9.13 seconds. Sophomore Erin Gallagher (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) won the 55-meter hurdles with an ECAC Division III Championship qualifying time of 8.97 seconds.

Other Cortland winners were sophomore Kristen Serikstad (Oyster Bay) in the high jump (5' 2.25”), senior Christa McGough (Remsen) in the long jump (16' 7.25”) and senior Ashley Wirges (Hopewell Junction/Arlington) in the 400 meters (1:02.28). Serikstad's and McGough's performances were ECAC qualifiers.

Junior Keri Laviska (Binghamton/Susquehanna Valley) was runner-up to Kimball in the pole vault, clearing 10' 10”. Sophomore Katie Taber (Montour Falls/Odessa-Montour) finished third in the 55-meter hurdles (9.15) and was fourth in the long jump (15' 5.5”). Junior Alanna Hollborn (Islip Terrace/East Islip) and sophomore Lisa Holt (Phoenix/John C. Birdlebough) each qualified for the ECAC's in the 5,000 meters. Hollborn finished third in 18:17.18 and Holt was fourth in 18:29.71.

Other highlights included an ECAC-qualifying, third-place time of 1:49.33 by Gallagher, sophomore Mallory Baker (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa), McGough and Wirges in the 4x200-meter relay, a third-place finish by freshman Valerie Winberry (Bay Shore) in the shot put (34' 6.25”) and a fourth-place effort by junior Kara Cangemi (Central Square/Paul V. Moore) in the high jump (4' 10.25”).

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