NEW YORK CITY – Cortland athletes registered 11 ECAC Div. III Championship qualifying performances at the NYU Fastrack Team Challenge at the New Balance Armory in Manhattan. Despite the event name, there was no team scoring at the event.

Junior Sarah Bonnell (Norwich) finished second in the 60-meter dash in 7.89 seconds (7.88 in prelims) and finished third in the long jump at 5.64 meters (18' 6”). Senior Nikki Schafer (Troy/Columbia) placed fourth in the high jump at 1.60 meters (5' 3”) and sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.37).

Junior Alexandra Budd (Riverhead) matched Schafer's high jump of 1.60 meters (5' 3”) and finished fifth due to number of misses. Sophomore Taylor Hudson (Victor) finished fifth in the long jump at 5.50 meters (18' 0.5”).

Senior Jordyn Naylon (Fairport) finished fifth in the mile (5:08.38) and freshman Kerri Culhane (Sayville) was sixth in the 3,000-meter run (10:32.65). Junior Colleen Fischman (Orchard Park/Hamburg) placed ninth in the 3,000 meters (10:35.16) and freshman Kailyn Balzano (East Greenbush/Columbia) was 15th in the 800 meters (2:20.68).

Also hitting an ECAC standard was the 4x400-meter relay team of junior Africa Harper (Bronx/John F. Kennedy), senior Alexis Grable (Pine Bush), senior Caitlin Triantafillou (Getzville/Williamsville North) and senior Abby Vander Veen (Duanesburg/Faith Bible Academy) with its second-place time of 3:56.56.

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