BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) and Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) each repeated as conference champions and Dev Williams (Syracuse/Corcoran) set a school record in the long jump to help Cortland finish second out of nine teams at the 2018 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships. The meet was held Friday and Saturday at Brockport's Special Events and Recreation Center.

Geneseo won the team crown with 169 points, followed by Cortland with 150. Brockport (120), Fredonia (64.5) and Buffalo St. (61.5) in the top five.

Jones won the league's triple jump title for the third straight season with a distance of 14.60 meters (47' 11"). Malone is the league champ in the 60-meter hurdles for the second consecutive year with his winning time of 8.15 seconds.

Williams set the school long jump record with his second-place distance of 7.25 meters (23' 9.5"). The previous mark was 7.23 meters (23' 8.75") by Andre Green in 2015. Williams currently ranks sixth nationally in the event with his performance.

Cortland earned 15 All-SUNYAC honors, including the three already mentioned. The top three finishers in each event earn All-SUNYAC honors. Winners are first team, runners-up are second team, and third-place finishers are third team.

Brent DiVittorio (Brewster) placed second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.30), in addition to a tie for fifth in the high jump (1.90 meters/6.275") and a seventh-place showing in the long jump (6.70 meters/21' 11.75"). Easton Reagan (Schenectady/Schalmont) was runner-up in the 400-meter dash (50.52), C.J. White (Middletown) finished second in the triple jump (13.87 meters/45' 6.25"), and Nick Vachon (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) tied for second in the high jump (1.95 meters/6' 4.75").

 Zach Kashmer (Chili/Churchville-Chili) was second in the heptathlon with 4,657 points. Kashmer's top events in the heptathlon were the 60-meter dash (755 pts./7.37 seconds), the 60-meter hurdles (724 pts./9.10 seconds) and the high jump (714 pts./1.90 meters/6' 2.75"). Cortland also finished second in two relays. The Distance Medley Relay of Ryan Konotopskyj (East Amherst/Williamsville North), Jonny Polo Rankin (Nichols/Tioga), Amauris Olivo (Bronx/Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports) and Cabel McCandless (Lindenhurst) finished in 10:32.00, and the 4x400-meter relay of Reagan, Ricky Castello (New Rochelle), Austen Johnson (Jamestown) and Noah Serrete (Lawrence) was clocked in 3:21.43 and currently ranks 15th nationally.

Cortland had five third-place finishers to round out its all-conference list - Richard Samuels (Wallkill) in the 800 meters (1:57.32), Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) in the mile (4:21.94), Micheal Outing (Farmingdale) in the 60-meter hurdles (8.33), Tyler Hochadel (Hamburg/Frontier) in the weight throw (15.18 meters/49. 9.75"), and Isaiah Brooks (Minoa/East Syracuse Minoa) in the heptathlon (4,433 points). Brooks totaled 825 points in the 60-meter hurdles (8.65) and 749 points in the 60-meter dash (7.39).

Luke Shively (Canandaigua/Marcus Whitman) placed fourth in the pole vault (4.55 meters/14' 11"), followed by Matt Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley) in fifth (4.40 meters/14' 5.25"), Matt DeLorenzo (Wallkill) in sixth (4.40 meters/14' 5.25"), and Charlie Kollmer (Mount Sinai) tied for seventh (4.25 meters/13' 11.25"). John Martin (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) was fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.81).

Konotopskyj earned a sixth-place finish in the mile (4:24.87), Adam Perilli (Lockport) was sixth in the 400-meter dash (51.07), followed by Johnson in seventh place (51.31, 51.08 prelims). Kellen Martin (Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley) finished sixth in the heptathlon (3,950 points). Martin's heptathlon score was highlighted by 791 points in the 1,000-meter run (2:47.54). Rounding out Cortland's scorers were three eighth-place finishers: McCandless in the 3,000 meters (8:51.03); Wendell Brand (Sleepy Hollow) in the triple jump (13.69 meters/44' 11"); and Kevin Diaz Lopez (Haverstraw/North Rockland) in the heptathlon (3,793 points, including 668 points in the 60-meter hurdles at 9.36 seconds).

Cortland will compete at the inaugural All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday, March 2-3 at Ithaca College. Cortland's AARTFC qualifiers during the SUNYAC Championships were:

Brand, Triple Jump
Brooks, Heptathlon, 60-meter hurdles (8.65 time during heptathlon)
DeLorenzo, Pole Vault
DiVittorio, 60-meter hurdles, Long Jump
Greenlaw, Pole Vault
Hochadel, Weight Throw
Jones, Triple Jump
Kashmer, Heptathlon
Kollmer, Pole Vault
Malone, 60-meter hurdles
Kwaku Ofosu (Latham/Shaker), Triple Jump (9th place, 13.56 meters/44' 6")
Outing, 60-meter hurdles
Reagan, 400-meter dash
Samuels, 800 meters
Shively, Pole Vault
Vachon, High Jump
Vest, Mile
White, Triple Jump
Williams, Long Jump
DMR (Konotopskyj, Polo Rankin, Olivo, McCandless)
4x400 Relay (Reagan, Castello, Johnson, Serrette)

(NOTE: Heptathlon at the AARTFC Championships is limited to top 12 qualifiers. As of Saturday night, Kashmer is ranked seventh and Brooks is 10th based on their performances at the SUNYAC Championships.)

Complete Results:
Men
Women

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick on the Men's and Women's SUNYAC Indoor Championships

Track and field is a really strange sport, in that it such a collection of mostly individual efforts. We had a lot of great individual efforts (as well as some stellar relay efforts) over the two days at the SUNYAC Championships! We are quite proud of what the team accomplished over the weekend!
 
While our efforts on the weekend didn't result in the team placing where we had hoped for, there were so many more positive surprise performances through the weekend than negatives. The negatives have some value for us, in that they are great learning experiences for the future!
 
While I'm worried that I will miss one, I'd like to highlight the amazing improvements so many of our student-athletes had over the weekend. On the men's side from Dev Williams in the long jump (which broke a school record), Brent DiVittorio in the 60HH, Tyler Hochadel in the weight throw, our men's DMR (Ryan Konotopskyj, Jonny Polo Rankin, Amauris Olivo,and Cabel McCandless), both of our men in the 200 (Peyton Lalone and Easton Reagan), Adam Perilli in the 400, and our men's 4x4 (Easton Reagan, Ricky Castello, Austen Johnson and Noah Serrette. Ryan (Konotopskyj) and Cabel (McCandless) both came back from Friday night's DMR with excellent scoring performances – and season bests – in the mile and 3000, respectively.  The heptathletes (Zach Kashmer, Isaiah Brooks, Kellen Martin, Kevin Diaz Lopez and Jesse Haynes) put together a great weekend as well, with four men earning spots on the podium, and all five recording lifetime personal bests!
 
The Lady Red Dragons were led by huge improvements from Cat Lutjen and Harley Buczkowski in the shot put, as both improved drastically on their season's best to score. Maya Campbell had a huge PR to make finals in the 60HH – over the past week she has improved by nearly a full second in the event!  In the finals she was in a great position but crashed the final hurdle pretty hard.  We were happy she toughed it out to the finish line!  Our women's DMR of Eliza Nichols, Hayley Palmer, Megan Wagner and Sam Himes did a great job on Friday night; Megan and Sam returned to run great 3000 meter races on Saturday. Both ladies ran season bests.  Senior Melissa Emilio and freshman Shannon Imbornoni both did outstanding work in the trials of the 800 – the fastest efforts ever for both – to make the finals on Saturday, and freshman Nicole Wise had a great pentathlon to earn eighth place with a new lifetime best point total.
 
It's also very important that we thank the many folks that travelled great distances to support the team. We had so many parents, friends, and alumni in attendance that it was a fantastic event to be a part of! We are excited to have a group of the team continuing on to the Regional Championship meet next weekend, as well as the NCAA Championships in two weeks. The part of the team that is finished with the indoor track and field season is excited to make a big push for the upcoming outdoor season!