UTICA, N.Y. – Cortland won six events and posted five top-15 nationally ranked performances at the Utica College Men's Indoor Track and Field Pioneer Invitational. In all, the nationally fifth-ranked Red Dragons registered 13 ECAC-qualifying efforts at the meet.

C.J. White (Middletown) and Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) took the top two spots in the triple jump. White's distance of 14.36 meters (47' 1.5") currently ranks seventh nationally and Jones' 14.33 meters (47' 0.25") ranks ninth. Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.25 seconds, which ranks 11th in the nation, Dev Williams (Syracuse/Corcoran) won the long jump at 7.04 meters (23' 1.25"), currently 12th nationally, and Nick Vachon (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) took top honors in the high jump by clearing 2.03 meters (6' 8"), which ranks 13th nationally.

Charlie Kollmer (Mount Sinai) won the pole vault with an ECAC height of 4.50 meters (14' 9"). Two other hurdlers in addition to Malone met ECAC standards. Connor Christopherson (Morrisonville/Saranac) finished second in 8.49 seconds and Jack Flood (Blue Point/Bayport-Blue Point) was third in 8.51 seconds.

Jones hit an ECAC mark in the long jump as well as the triple jump with his third-place leap of 6.77 meters (22' 2.5"). Enoch Jemmott (Brooklyn/South Shore) also finished the day with two ECAC performances as he finished third in the 200-meter dash (22.86) and fourth in the 60-meter dash (7.09). Cortland's other individual ECAC qualifier was Romain Saint Germain (Westbury), who placed second in the 60-meter dash in 7.01 seconds.

Cortland's winning 4x400-meter relay team of Jemmott, Austen Johnson (Jamestown), Andrew Yarde (Valley Stream/Holy Trinity) and Noah Serrette (Lawrence) recorded an ECAC-qualifying time of 3:27.64.

Cortland's other top-eight placewinners at the meet were:

Christopherson, 2nd, Pole Vault (4.35 meters/14' 3.25")
Matt Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley), 3rd, Pole Vault (4.20 meters/13' 9.25")
Brent DiVittorio (Brewster), 4th, 60-meter hurdles (8.74)
Mike Cruz (West Haverstraw/North Rockland), 4th, Long Jump (6.63 meters/21' 9")
Saint Germain, 4th, 200-meter dash (22.95)
Serrette, 4th, 400-meter dash (51.75) and 8th, 200-meter dash (23.48)
James Forte (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun), 4th, 800 meters (2:00.05)
Cabel McCandless (Lindenhurst), 4th, Mile (4:31.20)
Tyler Hochadel (Hamburg/Frontier), 4th, Weight Throw (14.36 meters/47' 1.5") and 5th, Shot Put (13.23 meters/43' 5")
Mehamed Abdurahim (Rochester/Rush-Henrietta), 5th, Mile (4:31.59)
Flood, 5th, Long Jump (6.59 meters/21' 7.5") and 8th, Pole Vault (4.05 meters/13' 3.5")
Johnson, 5th, 400-meter dash (51.98)
Mitch Ryan (Plattsburgh/Seton Catholic), 6th, Mile (4:31.79)
Corey Fitchett (East Islip), 6th, Pole Vault (4.20 meters/13' 9.25") (place decided by misses)
Zach Meszler (Altamont/Herkimer), 6th, 60-meter dash (7.23) and 6th, 200-meter dash (23.14)
Yarde, 7th, 400-meter dash (52.71)
Andrew Granger (Delevan/Pioneer), 7th, Mile (4:35.12)
Chris Thorpe (Pine Bush), 7th, 5,000 meters (16:27.86)
Connor Lewis (Glen Ridge), Forte, Nate Wicks (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker), Kyle Crescenzo (Bay Shore/St. John the Baptist) - 7th, 4x400-meter relay (3:37.09)


Cortland will compete next Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 4-5, at the Ithaca College Bomber Invitational and Multi.


Complete Results:
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