BOSTON, MASS. and ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cortland men's indoor track and field team, ranked 12th nationally in Division III and second in the Atlantic Region, recorded numerous regional-qualifying performances in two meets over the weekend. The Red Dragons sent mainly middle distance runners to the Boston University Hemery Valentine Invitational and Friday and Saturday, and field event performers and short sprinters closed the weekend at the Cornell University Sunday Invitational.

Cortland met three individual and two relay standards for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) at Boston University. Richard Samuels (Wallkill) was 47th out of 230 runners in the 800 meters in 1:54.54, Easton Reagan (Schenectady/Schalmont) finished 56th of 182 in the 400 meters in 49.41 seconds, and Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) placed 120th of 347 in the mile in 4:17.47.

The Red Dragons had two different 4x400-meter relay teams meet AARTFC standards. The quartet of Reagan, Ricky Castello (New Rochelle), Samuels and Austen Johnson (Jamestown) finished 19th of 53 in 3:19.71. Noah Serrette (Lawrence), Adam Perilli (Lockport), Amauris Olivo (Bronx/Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports) and Connor Lewis (Glen Ridge) placed 26th in 3:22.24.

Other highlights at Boston University included Johnson finishing 84th in the 400 meters (50.26) and Brent DiVittorio (Brewster) finishing 81st of 198 in the 200-meter dash (22.67).

At Cornell on Sunday, Micheal Outing (Farmingdale) and Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) claimed the top two spots out of 27 competitors in the 60-meter hurdles, both with AARTFC marks. Outing nipped Malone in the finals with a time of 8.26 seconds compared to Malone's 8.27 seconds.

Dev Williams (Syracuse/Corcoran) currently ranks 14th nationally in Division III in the long jump after his winning distance of 7.07 meters (23' 2.5"). Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) finished third at 6.99 meters (22' 11.25") and is ranked 22nd in the nation.

Also hitting AARTFC levels were C.J. White (Middletown) in the triple jump with his second-place distance of 13.89 meters (45' 7"), Nick Vachon (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) in the high jump with his third-place height of 2.00 meters (6' 6.75"), and Luke Shively (Canandaigua/Marcus Whitman) in the pole vault with his third-place clearance of 4.65 meters (15' 3").

Tyler Hochadel (Hamburg/Frontier) finished fifth of 24 in the shot put at 13.24 meters (43' 5.25"). Pat Carew (Levittown/Division Avenue) placed eighth of 24 in the 3,000 meters (9:34.61) and Jake Anweiler (New Hartford) was 11th of 23 in the 800 meters (2:12.05).

Cortland boasted five finishers in the top half of the field in both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes. Malone led the 200-meter contingent with a ninth-place effort out of 42 in 23.36 seconds. Liam Joyce (Dryden) finished 12th (23.66), Outing was 13th (24.00), Chjuvaughn Cameron (Riverhead) ended 17th (24.06), and Jonny Polo Rankin (Nichols/Tioga) was 18th (24.25).

In the 400, Tim Hawley (Binghamton/Susquehanna Valley) placed ninth of 35 in 53.62 seconds, followed by Cameron in 10th (53.65), Rankin in 11th (53.79), Isaiah Brooks (Minoa/East Syracuse Minoa) in 14th (54.12) and Kellen Martin (Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley) in 16th (54.53). In addition, Brooks was ninth (8.84) and John Martin (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) finished 11th (9.00) in the 60-meter hurdles.

Cortland will compete in a tri-meet with Ithaca College and Utica College on Friday at Ithaca, and will also send competitors to the Cornell Deneault Invitational on Saturday.

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick on the men's and women's meets at Boston University and Cornell
 
We had an excellent range of performances at BU on Friday and Saturday highlighted by some strong 800 meter PRs for Melissa Emilio, Shannon Imbornoni, and Richard Samuels, as well as a huge performance from Nolan Vest in the mile. Sara Billings ran a real tough 3k to have a big PR, and the depth of our men in the 400 was outstanding as evidenced by having our first 4x4 relay run 3:19 and our second run 3:22!

We realize how fortunate it is to have our short sprinters and field event folks able to compete at Cornell on Sunday.  Kelly Gardner was a superstar with lifetime bests in both the long jump and triple jump. The men's long jump group clearly excelled as well with Dawan Jones hitting a lifetime best and Dev Williams leaping his furthest of the year. Of course seeing Micheal Outing and Storm Malone sweep the top two spots in the 60HH was quite a treat as well.


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