ITHACA, N.Y. – Five Cortland individuals and one relay team reached ECAC qualifying standards at the season-opening men's indoor track and field Cornell Relays.

The distance medley relay quartet of freshman Chris Landi (Merrick/Calhoun), junior Rob Schenke (Kings Park), freshman Bailey Imbo (Bayport/Bayport-Blue Point) and junior Tim Odin (Northport) finished second in an ECAC time of 10:27.97.

Cortland's top two finishers in both the 60-meter dash and 3,000-meter run posted ECAC qualifying times. Senior Melique Garcia (Watervliet) finished third out of 66 sprinters in the 60 meters in 6.86 seconds and sophomore Jerel Williams (East Islip) finished eighth in 7.08 seconds. In the 3K, senior Tom Hopkins (Syracuse/West Genesee) placed third of 30 in 8:45.68 and junior Jarred Iacovelli (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) was fourth in 8:47.43.

Junior Nick Avossa (Kingston) was the Red Dragons' other ECAC qualifier. He finished third of 32 in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles in 8.35 seconds before placing seventh in the finals.

In the 5,000-meter run, junior Steven Pungello (Washingtonville) finished sixth (15:41.58) and senior Brent Pavlick (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) was seventh (16:00.24). In the pole vault, junior Connor Ten Eyck (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) cleared 4.50 meters (14' 9") to finish eighth and sophomore Aaron Anderson (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) finished ninth at 4.20 meters (13' 9.25").

Other Cortland top-10 finishers included senior Casey Austin (Pine Plains) with a seventh-place showing in the 3,000 meters (8:55.82), sophomore Keewan Rondinello (Liverpool) with a 10th-place effort in the 60-meter dash (7.16) and freshman Nate Wicks (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) with a 10th-place placement in the 500 meters (1:08.72). Wicks missed ECAC qualifying by less than three-quarters of a second.

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