OSHKOSH, WIS. – Cortland sophomore Seth DuBois (Altamont/Guilderland) earned All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meter run during the first day of action at the NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Wisconsin-Oshkosh is hosting the three-day meet at its on-campus J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.

DuBois finished seventh out of 17 runners with a time of 30:43.59. The top eight finishers are All-Americans. DuBois improved on his 10th-place finish in the event from last season. Junior Shamus Nally (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) finished 10th (30:50.15) and sophomore Jerry Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley) was 14th (31:05.62). Wisconsin-Platteville's Tyler Sigl successfully defended his national title in 30:34.51, just two hundredths of a second ahead of the runner-up.

Both of Cortland's entrants in the 1,500-meter run qualified for Saturday's finals. Junior Niko Viglione (Purdys/Somers) finished second in both his heat and overall with a time of 3:54.86. Sophomore Justin Wager (Guilderland) placed fifth in his heat and 11th overall in 3:57.98. Twelve of the 16 runners in the prelims qualified for the finals.

Senior Amaan Siddeeq (Goshen) earned one of nine spots in Saturday's 200-meter dash. He won his heat and was sixth overall with a time of 21.48 seconds. Senior J.J. Riese (Central Square/Paul V. Moore) finished 16th out of 17 runners in 21.88 seconds and did not qualify for the finals.

Siddeeq also anchored Cortland's 4x100-meter relay that advanced to Saturday's finals with a sixth-place overall (and third in its heat) time of 40.98 seconds.  Senior Kevin Ma (Cornwall) led off the relay, followed by Riese, senior Matt Bieringer (Center Moriches) and Siddeeq. Nine of the 15 relay teams that competed earned spots in the finals.

Cortland's 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Gino Bisceglia (Norwood/Norwood-Norfolk), Riese, freshman Adam Groesbeck (Kirkville/East Syracuse-Minoa) and Bieringer was unable to qualify for the finals. They finished fifth in their heat and 11th overall with a time of 3:16.01.

Competing for Cortland on Friday will be Siddeeq in the 100-meter dash preliminaries and sophomore Kyle O'Brien (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

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