CHESTER, PA. - The Cortland men's outdoor track and field team recorded seven All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) qualifying performances at the Danny Curran Invitational Friday and Saturday. The meet was hosted by Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Matt Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley) and Matt DeLorenzo (Wallkill) tied as the top collegiate finishers in the pole vault, and were tied for second overall. They each registered heights of 4.40 meters (14' 5.25"). In the triple jump, C.J. White (Middletown) met a regional mark with a distance of 13.74 meters (45' 1").

The final four Cortland regional qualifiers came from hurdlers. Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) finished second out of 20 in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.02 seconds, with Micheal Outing (Farmingdale) third in 15.50 seconds. In the 400-meter hurdles, Austen Johnson (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) finished third and Adam Perilli (Lockport) was fourth out of 20 with times of 56.10 seconds and 56.19 seconds, respectively.

Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) was second out of 25 in the long jump with a distance of 6.67 meters (21' 0.75") and Wendell Brand's (Sleepy Hollow) 6.58 meters (21' 7.25") was good for fourth.

Easton Reagan (Schenectady/Schalmont) registered three top-20 performances for Cortland. He was fifth out of 20 in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.10 seconds, eighth of 64 in the 200-meter dash in 22.98 seconds, and 17th out of 50 in the 100-meter dash in 11.73 seconds.

Tyler Hochadel (Hamburg/Frontier) and Cole Clemons (Ithaca) both had top-10 finishes in throwing events. Hochadel was third of 15 with a hammer throw of 46.37 meters (152' 1") and finished 10th out of 24 in the shot put at 12.52 meters (41' 1"). Clemons was sixth out of 18 in the discus with a throw of 38.16 meters (125' 2") and seventh in the hammer in 39.81 meters (130' 7").

The Red Dragons put out two 4x400-meter relay teams that were among the top-three collegiate teams. The team of Zach Kashmer (Chili/Churchville-Chili), Perilli, Connor Lewis (Glen Ridge), and Jonny Polo Rankin (Nichols/Tioga) were second in 3:24.01 and the team of Reagan, Noah Serrette (Lawrence), Johnson, and Ricky Castello (New Rochelle) clocked in at 3:26.98 and finished third. Cortland also had two top-three collegiate finishers in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Cabel McCandless (Lindenhurst) was second in 9:54.13 and Grant Boyd (Newburgh/Newburgh Free Academy) finished third just over 10 seconds later in 10:04.26.

In the high jump, Isiah Brooks (Minoa/East Syracuse Minoa) was fourth out of 15 at 1.85 meters (6' 0.75") and Kashmer was seventh at 1.80 meters (5' 10.75"). Also, James Forte (Merrick/Sanford M. Calhoun) was ninth, Ryan Konotopskyj (East Amherst/Williamsville North) finished 10th, and Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) was 12th in the 1,500-meters with times of 4:03.52, 4:03.77, and 4:04.99, respectively.

Cortland will send competitors to both the Hamilton Invitational and the TCNJ Invitational next weekend.

Complete Results (PDF)

(Recap by Cortland sports information student intern Kyle Lancto)

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick

Our Red Dragons took advantage of the combination of nice weather, a good facility, and good competition this past weekend. With the outdoor season being so short and with Mother Nature dictating a lot of what we are doing, we need to step up and produce big results when given the opportunity. Considering that our meet last weekend was canceled, we're really quite proud of the overall effort the team produced this past weekend!
 
Normally I'd tell you a few things about specific athletes, but we saw great attitudes, efforts and results from our sprinters, our jumpers, and hurdlers, our throwers, and our distance runners!  We are looking forward to our meets this weekend, as well as to host our annual 'learn by doing' clinic on Sunday the 8th.