BROCKPORT, N.Y. – SUNY Cortland senior Taylor Hudson (Victor) won both the long jump and high jump and junior Kayla Koelbel (Bradford, PA/Kings Park (NY)) captured the league title in the pentathlon at the 2015 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The meet was held Friday and Saturday at Brockport's Special Events and Recreation Center.

Cortland finished in fourth place out of eight schools in a tightly contested team race. Buffalo State won the league title with 115.5 points, followed by Geneseo (109), Brockport (102.5), Cortland (100), Oneonta (92) and Fredonia (81) in the top six. Plattsburgh (45) and Oswego (16) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Hudson tied a meet and facility record in the long jump, previously set by former teammate Sarah Bonnell, with a personal-best distance of 5.77 meters (18' 11.25"). She currently ranks third nationally in Div. III with that performance. Hudson also tied her own school record in the high jump by clearing 1.70 meters (5' 7"). She also won the SUNYAC indoor high jump title as a freshman in 2012. Hudson was the top field scorer at the meet with 20 points. She also finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.21 seconds) and was third in the 200-meter dash prelims (25.87), but did not run in the finals.

Koelbel won the pentathlon, conducted at the SUNYAC meet for the first time this winter, with a score of 3,115 points. She scored 881 points with her 60-meter hurdle time of 9.14 seconds and 678 points with her high jump of 1.55 meters (5' 1").

Three Red Dragons earned runner-up honors. Junior Kenya Outram (Brooklyn/Victory Collegiate) was second in the 60-meter hurdles with a school record-tying time of 9.05 seconds. Junior Kayla Blomback (Orchard Park) finished second in the mile (5:05.23) and junior Kailyn Balzano (East Greenbush/Columbia) was second in the 800-meter run (2:17.04).

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

Junior Angelique Jean-Charles (Elmont/Valley Stream), who now shares the school record with Outram in the 60-meter hurdles, finished third in the event in 9.16 seconds. Senior Valerie Vancol (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) was third in the shot put at 12.26 meters (40' 2.75"). Senior Ameena Dye (DeWitt/Jamesville-DeWitt) finished fourth in the 5,000 meters (18:02.96).

Freshman Brenda Perrella (Hamburg/Frontier) finished fifth in the shot put (12.12 meters – 39' 9.25") and seventh in the weight throw (13.91 meters – 45' 7.75"). Freshman Nicole Hoffman (Farmingdale) placed fifth in the pentathlon (2,818 points), sophomore Midge Moore (Massapequa) was fifth in the 60-meter dash (7.96, 7.88 in prelims), and junior Kerri Culhane (Sayville) finished seventh in the mile (5:14.40).

Cortland's 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Dana Kupiec (Salem), sophomore Christine LaVoie (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius), senior Gabrielle Conant (Tully) and freshman Sydney Chaffee (Norwich) finished fourth in 4:03.86. The Distance Medley Relay unit of freshman Megan Wagner (Niskayuna), Chaffee, freshman Melissa Emilio (Oneonta) and freshman Stephanie Carrier (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) placed sixth in 12:49.84.

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:

Distance Medley Relay
4x400-meter relay
Balzano, 800 meters
Blomback, Mile
Culhane, Mile
Dye, 5,000 meters
Hudson, High Jump
Hudson, Long Jump
Hudson, 60-meter hurdles
Hudson, 200-meter dash (prelims)
Jean-Charles, 60-meter hurdles
Koelbel, Pentathlon (currently 6th on ECAC list; top 12 qualify)
Koelbel, 60-meter hurdles (during pentathlon)
Moore, 60-meter dash
Moore, 200-meter dash (26.30 in prelims; 9th place)
Outram, 60-meter hurdles
Perrella, Shot Put
Vancol, Shot Put


Complete SUNYAC Results:
Women
Men