COLUMBUS, OHIO - Three members of Cortland's men's indoor track and field team competed during the opening day of competition at the NCAA Div. III Championships, hosted by Capital University.

Junior Ryan Pericozzi (Lancaster) tied for 10th place in the pole vault with a height of 4.72 meters (15' 5.75") and junior Tomas Velasquez (Catskill) finished 12th in the long jump at 6.58 meters (21' 7.25"). Senior Gino Bisceglia (Norwood/Norwood-Norfolk) finished 13th in the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash (50.64 seconds) and did not qualify for Saturday's finals.

On Saturday, Bisceglia will compete with sophomore Eric Banks (Westbury), junior Zac Farnham-Haskell (Essex Junction, VT/Essex) and freshman Stephan Linton (Roosevelt) in the 4x400-meter relay. Freshman Aaron Green (Riverhead) will be in action Saturday in the triple jump.

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