LEWISBURG, PA. - The Cortland men's track and field team earned five individual and one relay All Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference (AARTFC) qualifying marks throughout the two-day Bison Outdoor Classic, hosted by Bucknell University Saturday and Sunday.

Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) edged out 33 competitors in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.89 seconds for his second win and second AARTFC qualifying time of the weekend in the event. John Martin (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) finished eighth in 15.66 seconds.

Austen Johnson (Jamestown) was 15th out of 38 in the 400-meter hurdles at a time of 56.44 seconds for a qualifier. He was also on the 4x400-meter relay squad with Adam Perilli (Lockport), Easton Reagan (Schenectady/Schalmont), and Ricky Castello (New Rochelle) that finished third out of 18 teams (3:22.60) and obtained the AARTFC standard. The second 4x400-meter relay team of Noah Serrette (Lawrence), Connor Lewis (Glen Ridge), Chjuvaughn Cameron (Riverhead), and Jonny Polo Rankin (Nichols/Tioga) was seventh in 3:27.05.

Reagan was also 10th of 63 in the 400-meter dash in 49.96 seconds, where Castello finished 24th in 51.06 seconds. Perilli was 18th in the 400-meter hurdles in his solo event, finishing in 56.65 seconds.

Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) hit an AARTFC mark in the 1,500-meters in 3:57.25 and finished in 52nd place in the loaded field. The remaining two individual qualifiers were in the pole vault where Matt Greenlaw (Warwick/Warwick Valley) and Matt DeLorenzo (Walkill) finished tied for 17th with equal marks of 4.35 meters (14' 3.25").

Additionally, James Forte (Marrick/Sanford F. Calhoun) was 51st in the crowded 800-meter run that saw 143 participants. His time was 1:57.13. He was also 77th out of 112 in the 1,500-meter in 4:07.24, with Ryan Konotopskyj (East Amherst/Williamsville North) 52nd in 4:03.99.

The Red Dragons will host the Cortland Classic Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22.

(Recap by Cortland sports information student intern Kyle Lancto)

Complete Results:
Men
Women


Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick

The thing we're most proud of with the team is the toughness and character they showed this weekend. Saturday's portion of the meet at Bucknell was really hot and sunny, while Sunday's portion was breezy and 40 degrees.  It's one of the coldest meets I have ever been to in my career!

The high hurdles went really well for us today, highlighted with a great PR of 15.48 from Maya Campbell and Storm Malone taking first place overall. Our men's mid distance runners, led by Nolan Vest in the 1,500 and James Forte in the 800, represented us really well, while our women's 4x400 relay closed things out for us well with one the faster times we have had in a few seasons.

We look forward to hosting a large number of college programs, as well as some Special Olympians, this upcoming weekend for the Cortland Classic.