BROCKPORT, N.Y. - Storm Malone (Harrison/Highland) set a school record in the 110-meter hurdles as the Cortland men's outdoor track and field team finished fourth out of 24 schools at the inaugural All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Championships Wednesday and Thursday at the College at Brockport.
 
Cortland finished with 66.5 points as 13 individuals and one relay team earned top-eight scoring finishes. Rowan won the team title with 130 points, followed by Brockport (70.5), Utica (70), Cortland, and St. John Fisher (64) in the top five.
 
Malone bested his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles with a third-place time of 14.12. He previously set the record in 2017 in 14.24 seconds, and he is now ranked third-nationally. Micheal Outing (Farmingdale) placed fourth in 14.51 seconds and is 14th-ranked in Division III.
 
Dev Williams (Syracuse/Corcoran) won the long jump with a distance of 7.22 meters (23' 8.25"), which currently is ranked 18th in Division III. Dawan Jones (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter) placed third (6.83 meters/22' 5"). C.J. White (Middletown) placed third in the triple jump (14.19 meters/46' 6.75") and Wendell Brand (Sleepy Hollow) earned points by finishing sixth (14.03 meters/46' 0.5").
 
Zach Kashmer (Chili/Churchville-Chili) finished third in the two-day decathlon with 5,997 points, while Isaiah Brooks (Minoa/East Syracuse Minoa) scored 5,808 points and finished fifth.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Easton Reagan (Schenectady/Schalmont), Connor Lewis (Glen Ridge), Austen Johnson (Jamestown) and Noah Serrette (Lawrence) placed third with a time of 3:13.73. Nolan Vest (Coram/Longwood) finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run in 4:00.64.
 
Nick Vachon (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) was fifth in the high jump with a high jump of 1.88 meters (6' 2"), while Matt DeLorenzo (Wallkill) placed fifth in the pole vault with a height of 4.46 meters (14' 7.5"). James Forte (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) earned points in the 800-meter run where he placed seventh in 1:56.29.   
 
The NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 24-26 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The top 22 women and 20 men in each individual event, including the decathlon and heptathlon, respectively, as well as the top 16 relay teams for both genders, will qualify for nationals.

(recap by Cortland sports information student intern Kyle Lancto)

Complete Results

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick

We're quite happy with our performances at the inaugural AARTFC meet!  To have two of our folks (Micheal Outing in the high hurdles and Dev Williams in the long jump) achieve performances that will get them into the NCAA Championships next weekend is a great achievement, to go along with a number of really well done efforts by other folks!

Kim White (high hurdles) and Kaylee Uhl (400 hurdles) both had season best performances for the women, as did Isaiah Brooks (decathlon), Wendell Brand (triple jump), and our men's 4x400 relay (Easton Reagan, Connor Lewis, Austen Johnson, and Noah Serrette), who ran a time that puts them in the top 40 of the nation for Division III institutions. Of course, that doesn't even acknowledge a new school record set by junior Storm Malone – which is now the 3rd best time in the country!
 
We had a number of other great performances, and are certainly quite pleased with the men's team finishing fourth!
 
Micheal, Devlen, and Storm will be joined by teammate Dawan Jones (triple jump) next weekend for the NCAA Championships hosted by the University of Wisconsin @ La Crosse. We're excited for the opportunity for a bit of fine-tuning in each of their events through the weekend before we depart!