BROCKPORT, N.Y. – SUNY Cortland senior Kayla Koelbel (Bradford, PA/Kings Park (NY)) repeated as league champion in the pentathlon with a meet and facility record score, and in the process broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles, to highlight the Red Dragons' performance at the 2016 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 sixth in the final team standings with 57.5 points. Oneonta won the league crown with 142.5 points, followed by Geneseo with 138. Buffalo St. (112), Brockport (105.5), Fredonia (74.5), Cortland, Plattsburgh (21) and Oswego (11) rounded out the eight-team field.

Koelbel posted a winning pentathlon score of 3,343 points, which currently ranks 10th nationally in Division III. She set a facility and meet record, and barely missed the conference and school record of 3,384 points set by Nikki Schafer in 2013. Koelbel scored 908 points in the 60-meter hurdles with her school-record time of 9.01 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 9.05 seconds set by both Kenya Outram in 2015 and Angelique Jean-Charles in 2014. Koelbel currently ranks 18th nationally in the 60-meter hurdles with her performance.

Senior Kailyn Balzano (East Greenbush/Columbia) finished second in the 800 meters in 2:15.13. That performance presently ranks her 19th nationally in Division III.

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

Junior Dana Kupiec (Salem) finished fourth in the 200-meter dash in 26.08 seconds (25.92 in prelims) and was fifth in the 400 meters in 59.80 seconds (59.72 in prelims). Junior Midge Moore (Massapequa) ended fifth in the 60-meter dash in 7.99 seconds (7.91 in prelims) and sixth in the 200-meter dash in 26.08 seconds.

Senior Kayla Blomback (Orchard Park) finished sixth in the mile (5:14.65), junior Diamond Jackson (Farmingville/Sachem East) was sixth in the shot put (11.54 meters - 37' 10.5"), and sophomore Nicole Hofmann (Farmingdale) placed sixth in the pentathlon (2,908 points). Hoffman scored 695 points in the 60-meter hurdles and 666 points in the high jump.

Senior Jane Martinez (East Lyme, CT) and freshman Emily Taylor (Huntington/John H. Glenn) were among a group of six athletes from third to eighth place who cleared 3.35 meters (10' 11.75") in the pole vault. Due to number of misses at that height, plus other misses, Martinez officially finished seventh and Taylor eighth. Sophomore Gabriella Czerw (Holbrook/Sachem North) tied for seventh place in the high jump at 1.58 meters (5' 2.25").

Two Cortland relays each finished in fourth place. The 4x400-meter relay of graduate student Hannah Anthes (Liverpool), sophomore Melissa Emilio (Oneonta), freshman Valerie Moise (Central Islip) and junior Jennifer Jelic (Oneonta) was clocked in 4:06.77, while the Distance Medley Relay of senior Jackie Boyce (Greenwich), Anthes, Emilio and freshman Megan Wagner (Niskayuna) finished in 12:46.79.

Cortland will compete at the ECAC Div. III Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, at the Ocean Breeze Park in Staten Island. The Red Dragons' ECAC qualifiers during the SUNYAC Championships were:

Balzano, 800 meters
Mary Baughman, 5,000 meters (14th place, 18:43.08)
Blomback, Mile
Czerw, High Jump
Koelbel, Pentathlon (currently 3rd on ECAC list; top 15 qualify)
Koelbel, 60-meter hurdles (during pentathlon)
Kupiec, 200-meter dash
Kupiec, 400 meters
Martinez, Pole Vault
Moore, 60-meter dash
Moore, 200-meter dash
Allison Schumann, 5,000 meters (12th place, 18:37.13)
Taylor, Pole Vault
4x400-meter relay
Distance Medley Relay

Complete Results (Women)
Complete Results (Men)

Final Results (Leone Timing Site)