BETHLEHEM, PA. – Mitch Couch (Oneonta) finished second in two events and Jack Flood (Blue Point/Bayport-Blue Point) placed second in the heptathlon during Cortland's competition at the Lehigh University Fast Times Before Finals men's indoor track and field meet.

Couch and four heptathletes were the lone Red Dragons to participate at Lehigh. Cortland did not have any women compete.

Couch finished second out of 21 athletes in the shot put with a distance of 15.48 meters (50' 9.5") and second of 20 in the weight throw at 16.02 meters (52' 6.75"). Both are ECAC qualifiers. Couch currently ranks seventh nationally in Division III in the shot put, and he still ranks first nationally in the weight throw based on his performance of 17.16 meters at the Cornell Greg Page Relays last week.

Flood finished second out of 14 in the heptathlon with 5,031 points, narrowly missing his own school record of 5,054 points set last season. He presently ranks first nationally with his score. Flood scored 848 points with his first-place time of 8.55 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles and 803 points for his first-place high jump of 2.00 meters (6' 6.75"). In addition to his top ranking in the heptathlon, Flood also ranks 10th nationally in the high jump, and 12th in the 60-meter hurdles based on a time of 8.44 seconds from last week.

Zach Kashmer (Chili/Churchville-Chili) finished seventh in the heptathlon with 4,119 points - a score that places him eighth in the latest national rankings. His best event scores were 759 points in the 60-meter dash (7.36 seconds) and 696 points in the high jump (1.88 meters/6' 2").

Also for the Red Dragons, Thomas Towner (Lansing) finished 13th in the heptathlon with 3,118 points, including 772 points in the 60-meter dash (7.32), and Kevin Diaz Lopez (Haverstraw/North Rockland) finished 14th with 2,936 points that included 659 points in the 60-meter dash (7.67).

Cortland will return to action on January 20-21 at the Cornell University Upstate Challenge.

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