The Cortland women's outdoor track and field team sent a majority of its competitors to the Moravian College Coach P Open, while some Red Dragon throwers competed at Nazareth's Roc City Classic and some distance runners ran at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. None of the three events featured team scoring. Cortland posted nine ECAC qualifying efforts at Moravian and four at Bucknell.

The Red Dragons are scheduled to host the Cortland Classic Friday and Saturday, April 17-18.

BETHLEHEM, PA. – Senior Taylor Hudson (Victor) hit ECAC marks in four individual events at Moravian and also ran on an ECAC-qualifying relay. She was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the long jump at 5.56 meters (18' 3"), which currently ranks eighth nationally in Div. III. She finished second in the high jump by clearing 1.64 meters (5' 4.5"), was second in the 200-meter dash in 25.62 seconds, and placed fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.50 seconds (15.25 prelims).

The tandem of sophomore Midge Moore (Massapequa), sophomore Dana Kupiec (Salem), junior Kenya Outram (Brooklyn/Victory Collegiate) and Hudson finished third in the 4x100-meter relay in an ECAC time of 48.63 seconds. Moore registered two individual ECAC times with her third-place effort in the 100-meter dash (12.61) and fourth-place time in the 200-meter dash (25.88). Outram placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.99 seconds, with junior Kayla Koelbel (Bradford, PA/Kings Park (NY)) fifth in the 15.66 seconds (15.55 prelims), with both hitting ECAC standards.

Other Cortland top-10 finishes at Moravian were:

4x400-meter relay - Christine LaVoie (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius), Tasha Almonacy (Brentwood), Kiersten Duroe (Horseheads), Sydney Chaffee (Norwich), 4th, 4:12.97

Alex Seymour (Dryden), 3rd, Pole Vault, 3.20 meters (10' 6")
Jane Martinez (Latham/East Lyme (CT)), tied 4th, Pole Vault, 3.05 meters (10' 0")
Nicole Piccinich (Emerson, NJ), tied 4th, Pole Vault, 2.90 meters (9' 6.25")
Koelbel, tied 5th, High Jump, 1.54 meters (5' 0.5") and 9th, Long Jump, 5.11 meters (16' 9.25")
Heather Eriksson (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), tied 6th, Pole Vault, 3.05 meters (10' 0")
Mackenzie Meehan (Amsterdam), tied 8th, Pole Vault, 2.90 meters (9' 6.25")
Kupiec, 8th, 200-meter dash, 26.42 and 9th, 400 meters, 1:00.83
LaVoie, 10th, 400 meters, 1:01.06
Outram, 10th, 200-meter dash, 26.51

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Senior Valerie Vancol (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) turned in two top-10 finishes at Nazareth. She was third in the discus at 36.81 meters (120' 9") and ninth in the shot put at 10.48 meters (34' 4.75"). Sophomore Diamond Jackson (Farmingville/Sachem East) finished fifth in the discus at 34.92 meters (114' 7").

LEWISBURG, PA. – Junior Kailyn Balzano (East Greenbush/Columbia) recorded two of Cortland's four ECAC efforts at Bucknell. She was 11th in the 800 meters in 2:13.56 and 16th in the 5,000-meter run invitational in 4:38.05. Balzano ranks 13th nationally in the 1,500 meters and 16th in the 800 meters with those performances.

Senior Ameena Dye (DeWitt/Jamesville-DeWitt) finished 16th in the unseeded 5,000 meters in 18:17.44 and junior Michelyn Little (Voorheesville/Clayton A. Bouton) was 24th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:40.30, both ECAC efforts. Junior Kayla Blomback (Orchard Park) narrowly missed ECAC qualifying status in the 800 meters – her time of 2:20.37 was only 0.37 seconds slower than the standard.


Results Links:
Moravian (women)
Moravian (men)
Bucknell (men/women)
Nazareth (men/women)