ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior
Will Razzano (Manorville/Riverhead) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Div. III Championships in the triple jump and seven other Red Dragons qualified for the ECAC Div. III Championships as the Cortland men's indoor track and field team opened its season at the Cornell Relays.
Razzano finished third in the triple jump with a distance of 14.36 meters (47' 1.5”). Sophomores
Dash Ellis (Tomkins Cove/North Rockland) and
Mike Ofosu (Latham/Shaker) qualified for ECACs in the event. Ellis was seventh at 14.00 meters (45' 11.25”) and Ofosu finished 12th at 13.59 meters (44' 7”).
A pair of Red Dragons qualified for ECACs in the long jump. Junior
Tomas Velasquez (Catskill) finished third at 6.78 meters (22' 3”) and freshman
Tim Scheftic (Dryden) tied for sixth at 6.74 meters (22' 1.5”). Junior
Ryan Pericozzi (Lancaster) met ECAC standards with his seventh place pole vault of 4.65 meters (15' 3”). His height was actually tied for the third best, but he finished seventh due to number of misses.
Also qualifying for ECACs were junior
Kyle Fitzpatrick (Washingtonville) in the 500-meter dash (sixth place, 1:07.86) and sophomore
Justin Torres (Rome/Rome Free Academy) in the shot put (seventh place, 14.57 meters/47' 9.75”).
Two of Cortland's 4x400-meter relay teams finished in the top 10. Sophomore
Eric Banks (Westbury), junior
Zac Farnham-Haskell (Essex Junction, VT/Essex), senior
Phill Wiltshire (Vestal) and senior
Gino Bisceglia (Norwood/Norwood-Norfolk) placed third in 3:26.18. Freshman
Stephan Linton (Roosevelt), Fitzpatrick, freshman
Cody Amengual (West Babylon) and freshman
Ryan Ainsworth (Bath/Bath Haverling) finished ninth in 3:31.40. The 4x800-meter relay unit of freshmen
Jack McNamara (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury),
Craig Nevins (Hurley/Kingston), Michael Kelly (Coram/Longwood) and
Matt McNamara (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury) finished in sixth place (8:23.25).
Bisceglia finished fifth in the 300-meter dash (35.37), with Farnham-Haskell placing 10th (35.92) and Banks 15th (36.34). Sophomore
Brent Pavlick (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) finished fifth (16:01.05) and junior
Jon Tuttle (Hopewell Junction/Arlington) was seventh (16:18.20) in the 5,000 meters. Amengual was seventh in the 500-meter dash (1:08.37).
Senior
Nick Wilson (Seneca Falls/Mynderse Academy) finished eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.65), with junior
Alex Williams (Baldwin) placing 10th (8.80). Junior
Sean Twomey (Cornwall) finished 10th in the 5,000 meters (16:45.88) and freshman
Ryan Perry (Amherst/Williamsville North) was 15th in the 3,000 meters (9:21.58).
Torres, in addition to his shot put showing, finished 12th in the weight throw at 12.86 meters (42' 2.25”). Freshman
Tyler Prendergast (Waterford/Shenendehowa) finished ninth in the weight throw at 13.79 meters (45' 3”) and 14th in the shot put at 12.86 meters (42' 2.25”). Sophomore
Shawn Wilson (Seneca Falls/Mynderse Academy) was 10th in the weight throw at 13.31 meters (43' 8”) and 13th in the shot put at 13.08 meters (42' 11”).
In addition, freshman
Jared Thomson (Syracuse/Cicero-North Syracuse) finished 11th in the shot put (13.29 meters/43' 7.25”) and freshman Kenny Sinclair (Rochester/James Monroe) was 14th in the triple jump (13.38 meters/43' 10.75”). Freshman
Paul Cuthbert (Churchville/Churchville-Chili) and sophomore Daniel Fugazot (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury) tied for 14th place in the pole vault, each clearing 4.35 meters (14' 3.25”).
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