CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland women's outdoor track and field team won its third straight SUNYAC title and its 16th overall at the league's championship meet Friday and Saturday at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.

Cortland convincingly won the meet with 244 points. Buffalo State finished second with 129 points and Brockport was third with 116 points. Rounding out the field were Geneseo (103.5), Plattsburgh (71), Oneonta (67), Fredonia (49.5) and Oswego (37).

Five Cortland individuals won league titles, three with meet records. Junior Sarah Bonnell (Norwich) won the long jump with a meet record leap of 5.69 meters (18' 8”). Sophomore Taylor Hudson (Victor) broke the meet record in the high jump at 1.67 meters (5' 5.75”) and senior Nikki Schafer (Troy/Columbia) established a new meet record in the heptathlon with her winning score of 4,524 points.

Junior Africa Harper (Bronx/John F. Kennedy) won the 400-meter dash in 56.81 seconds (56.80 in prelims) and senior Amber Stephens (Stony Point/North Rockland) won the triple jump at 11.51 meters (37' 9.25”). Cortland also won the 4x400-meter relay as Harper, senior Alexis Grable (Pine Bush), senior Caitlin Triantafillou (Getzville/Williamsville North) and senior Abby Vander Veen (Duanesburg/Faith Bible Academy) were clocked at 3:53.48.

The individual league champions earn first-team All-SUNYAC honors, while individual runners-up are recognized as second-team all-conference. Earning second-team honors with runner-up showings were Triantafillou in the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.09), junior Dayna Eikeseth (Staten Island/Tottenville) in the 5,000 meters (18:11.18), senior Christi Nassauer (Mount Sinai) in the pole vault (3.40 meters – 11' 1.75”), sophomore Valerie Vancol (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) in the shot put (11.74 meters – 38' 6.25”) and junior Alexandra Budd (Riverhead) in the high jump (1.53 meters – 5' 0.25”).

Harper finished as the third-leading individual track scorer at the meet with 18.5 points. Stephens was the third-best field scorer with 16 points and Hudson was fourth in field scoring at 15 points.

Cortland will compete at the ECAC Div. III Outdoor Championships on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, at Springfield College.


Complete Results

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Below is a list of Cortland's athletes who scored at the meet with top-eight finishes, with ECAC Div. III Championship qualifiers noted. Also listed below are ECAC qualifiers who did not finish in the top eight of their events or who accomplished those marks in the heptathlon.


Cortland's Top-Eight Scoring Finishers

1st place:
Sarah Bonnell, Long Jump, 5.69 meters (18' 8”) (ECAC) (Meet Record)
Taylor Hudson, High Jump, 1.67 meters (5' 5.75”) (ECAC) (Meet Record)
Nikki Schafer, Heptathlon, 4,524 points (Meet Record)
Africa Harper, 400-meter dash, 56.81 (56.80 prelims) (ECAC)
Amber Stephens, Triple Jump, 11.51 meters (37' 9.25”) (ECAC)
4x400-meter relay (Africa Harper, Alexis Grable, Caitlin Triantafillou, Abby Vander Veen), 3:53.48 (ECAC)

2nd place:
Caitlin Triantafillou, 400-meter hurdles, 1:04.09 (ECAC)
Dayna Eikeseth, 5,000 meters, 18:11.18 (ECAC)
Christi Nassauer, Pole Vault, 3.40 meters (11' 1.75”) (ECAC)
Valerie Vancol, Shot Put, 11.74 meters (38' 6.25”) (ECAC)
Alexandra Budd, High Jump, 1.53 meters (5' 0.25”)

3rd place:
Jordyn Naylon, 1,500 meters, 4:39.50 (ECAC)
Kenya Outram, 100-meter hurdles, 15.01 (14.87 prelims) (ECAC)
Sarah Bonnell, 100-meter dash, 12.36 (12.16 prelims) (ECAC)
Africa Harper, 200-meter dash, 25.08 (25.04 prelims) (ECAC)
Colleen Fischman, 5,000 meters, 18:12.92 (ECAC)
Amber Stephens, Long Jump, 5.50 meters (18' 0.5”) (ECAC)
4x100-meter relay (Hannah Anthes, Angelique Jean-Charles, Lisa Bodratti, Whitney Ford), 49.72 (ECAC)
(tied) Megan O'Regan, High Jump, 1.53 meters (5' 0.25”)
Kayla Koelbel, Heptathlon, 3,614 points

4th place:
Nicole Bermudez, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 11:47.87 (ECAC)
Kayla Blomback, 1,500 meters, 4:48.18 (ECAC)
Lisa Bodratti, 100-meter hurdles, 15.25 (ECAC)
Alexis Grable, 400-meter dash, 58.83 (ECAC)
Sarah Bonnell, 200-meter dash, 25.50 (25.23 prelims) (ECAC)
Taylor Hudson, Long Jump, 5.45 meters (17' 10.75”) (ECAC)
Alana Hotchkiss, Triple Jump, 11.03 meters (36' 2.25”) (ECAC)
Alex Seymour, Pole Vault, 3.10 meters (10' 2”)
Gina Hofle (Campagna), Heptathlon, 3,517 points

5th place:
Abby Vander Veen, 400-meter dash, 59.27 (ECAC)
Erica Wharton, Long Jump, 5.39 meters (17' 8.25”) (ECAC)
Abbey Gray, 10,000 meters, 41:48.90
(tie) Kelly Hugo, Pole Vault, 3.10 meters (10' 2”)

6th place:
Taylor Hudson, 100-meter hurdles, 15.55 (15.30 prelims) (ECAC)
Trisha Clark, 800 meters, 2:17.12 (2:17.09 prelims) (ECAC)
Kenya Outram, Long Jump, 5.35 meters (17' 6.75”) (ECAC)
Valerie Vancol, Discus Throw, 37.56 meters (123' 3”) (ECAC)
Kelly Bromm, 10,000 meters, 41:50.72
(tied) Brittany Krivicich, High Jump, 1.43 meters (4' 8.25”)

7th place:
Angelique Jean-Charles, 100-meter hurdles, 15.71 (ECAC)
Jordyn Naylon, 800 meters, 2:18.64 (2:15.15 prelims) (ECAC)
Alana Hotchkiss, Long Jump, 5.18 meters (17' 0”) (ECAC)
Liz Henry, 400-meter hurdles, 1:07.47
Nicole Bell, Pole Vault, 3.10 meters (10' 2”)
Michelyn Little, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 12:10.26

8th place:
Saige Thomas, 400-meter dash, 1:00.56 (59.72 prelims) (ECAC)


Other ECAC qualifiers outside if top-8 finishers:
Kailyn Balzano, 10th place, 800 meters, 2:18.51
Kenya Outram 13th place, 200-meter dash, 26.40
Whitney Ford, 14th place, 200-meter dash, 26.41
Lisa Bodratti, 15th place, 200-meter dash, 26.45

ECAC qualifiers during heptathlon:
Nikki Schafer, 100-meter hurdles, 14.69
Nikki Schafer, High Jump, 1.61 meters (5' 3.25”)
Nikki Schafer, 200-meter dash, 26.26
Kayla Koelbel, 100-meter hurdles, 15.23
Gina Hofle (Campagna), 100-meter hurdles, 16.08