CORTLAND, N.Y. – Six Red Dragons won events and four others place second to highlight Cortland's performances at its own Cortland Classic. The meet was held on Friday and Saturday in rainy and cold weather conditions at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
Freshman Lex Grable (Pine Bush) won the 400-meter dash in 1:00.2 and sophomore
Veronica Montrose (Clintondale/Highland) was the 200-meter dash champion in 27.2 seconds. Freshman
Chelsea Lachman (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) captured the shot put with a distance of 11.09 meters (36' 4.75”), freshman
Amber Stephens (Stony Point/North Rockland) won the triple jump at 10.27 meters (33' 8.25”) and freshman Jessica Andrianos (Camillus/West Genesee) won the discus with an effort of 38.60 meters (126' 8”). In addition, sophomore
Jenna Evarts (West Islip) tied for first in the 100-meter dash in 13.2 seconds.
Freshman
Alexis Fairbanks (Apalachin/Owego Free Academy) was the runner-up in the 800 meters (2:23.9) and freshman
Caitlin Triantafillou (Getzville/Williamsville North) was second in the 400-meter hurdles (1:12.0). Sophomore
Ashley Gansle (Loudonville/Shaker) took second-place honors in the shot put at 10.62 meters (34' 10.25”) and freshman
Alana Hotchkiss (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) was second in the triple jump at 10.17 meters (33' 4.5”). In addition, freshman
Christi Nassauer (Mount Sinai) finished second in the pole vault at 3.06 meters (10' 0.5”).
Cortland's third-place finishers included sophomore
Brittani Sahm (Phoenix/John C. Birdlebough) in the 100-meter dash (13.6), freshman
Nikki Schafer (Troy/Columbia) in the heptathlon (3,649 points) and senior
Mallory Baker (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) in the 400-meter dash (1:01.0). Grable finished third in the 200 meters (27.7), Gansle was third in the javelin (27.82 meters – 91' 3.25”) and Lachman placed third in the discus (35.38 meters – 116' 1”). Junior Sarah WIgnall (Weedsport) and senior
Nicole Ragard (Binghamton/Susquehanna Valley) tied for third in the pole vault, each clearing 2.76 meters (9' 0.75”).
Complete Results
