BROCKPORT, N.Y. – SUNY Cortland boasted three individual champions and finished second as a team at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The meet was held at Brockport's Special Events and Recreation Center.

Oneonta won its second league title in three years with 152 points. Cortland finished second with 110.5 points, followed by Brockport (107), Fredonia (83.5), Geneseo (82), Buffalo St. (77.5), Oswego (38) and Plattsburgh (11.5).

Junior Joe Shinn (New Rochelle) set a new SUNYAC and meet record and broke his own school record with his winning time of 8.05 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles. The effort currently ranks fifth nationally in Div. III. He also teid for sixth in the pole vault at 4.35 meters (14' 3.25"). Senior Melique Garcia (Watervliet) repeated as SUNYAC 60-meter dash champion with a time of 6.95 seconds (6.88 in prelims) and senior Andre Green (Watertown/Indian River) won the long jump with a distance of 7.06 meters (23' 2").

Sophomore Connor Christopherson (Morrisonville/Saranac) broke his own school record in the heptathlon with a second-place score of 4,739 points. The heptathlon was conducted at the SUNYAC indoor championships for the first time this winter. Christopherson scored 811 points in the 60-meter hurdles (8.71) and 782 points in the 60-meter dash (7.29). He trailed by 203 points after the first four events Friday, but closed the gap before losing by just 22 points. Junior Jerel Williams (East Islip) finished second in the 400-meter dash (49.82) and was eighth in the 200-meter dash (22.95, 22.88 in prelims.

The individual league champions earn first-team All-SUNYAC honors, while individual runners-up are recognized as second-team all-conference.

Senior Connor Ten Eyck (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) cleared 4.65 meters (15' 3") to finish third in the pole vault. Freshman Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) was third in the triple jump at 13.59 meters (44' 7") and sophomore Nick Vachon (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) finished third in the high jump at 1.98 meters (6' 6"). Vachon was among the top four in the high jump who all cleared the same height to tie a facility record, but he finished third due to number of misses at that height and the number of misses overall.

Senior Nick Marcantonio (Glens Falls) finished fourth in the 5,000 meters (15:07.14), junior Jimmy Moyer (Oneida) was fourth in the triple jump (13.54 meters – 44' 5.25"), senior Nick Avossa (Kingston) placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.35, 8.34 in prelims), and senior Jarred Iacovelli (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional) was fourth in the mile (4:19.60).

Freshman Charlie Kollmer (Mount Sinai) finished fifth in the pole vault (4.50 meters – 14' 9") and junior Marcus Alston (Wappingers Falls/Roy C. Ketcham) was sixth in the 60-meter dash (7.14, 7.08 in prelims). Sophomore Mitch Ryan (Plattsburgh/Seton Catholic) turned in a sixth-place time of 8:43.79 in the mile and sophomore Mike Cruz (West Haverstraw/North Rockland) was seventh in the long jump at 6.60 meters (21' 8").

Rounding out Cortland's individual scorers were three eighth-place finishers: sophomore Corey Fitchett (East Islip) in the pole vault (4.20 meters – 13' 9.25"); sophomore Kyle Bettex (East Meadow) in the 60-meter hurdles (8.67); and junior Keewan Rondinello (Liverpool) in the 400-meter dash (51.72, 51.63 in prelims).

Cortland's two relays each finished in fifth place. The 4x400-meter relay of junior Romain Saint Germain (Westbury), freshman Richard Taylor (Westbury), sophomore Nate Wicks (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) and sophomore Bailey Imbo (Bayport/Bayport-Blue Point) finished in 3:26.21, while the Distance Medley Relay of freshman Aaron Granger (Delevan/Pioneer), Taylor, junior Nate Ashton (Norwich) and freshman Jesse Perrone (East Syracuse/East Syracuse Minoa) was clocked at 10:42.27.

Cortland will compete at the ECAC Div. III Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, at the New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory in New York City. The Red Dragons' ECAC qualifiers during the SUNYAC Championships were:

4x400-meter relay
Ashton, 60-meter dash
Avossa, 60-meter hurdles
Christopherson Pentathlon (currently 6th on ECAC list; top 12 qualify)
Cruz, Long Jump
Garcia, 60-meter dash
Green, Long Jump
Iacovelli, Mile
Jones, Triple Jump
Kollmer, Pole Vault
Marcantonio, 5,000 meters
Moyer, Triple Jump
Ryan, 3,000 meters
Shinn, 60-meter hurdles
Ten Eyck, Pole Vault
Vachon, High Jump
Williams, 400-meter dash

Complete SUNYAC Results:
Men
Women