MILLERSVILLE, PA. and CLINTON, N.Y. – The Cortland women's outdoor track and field team finished in fourth place out of 20 schools at the 37th Millersville Metrics meet, hosted by Millersville University. The Red Dragons also sent competitors to Hamilton College for the Hamilton Continental Invitational.

Cortland finished in fourth place with a total of 61 points at Millersville. East Stroudsburg took home the team crown with 161.5 points followed by Millersville (143), Messiah (74), Cortland (61), and Bloomsburg (56) rounding out the top five.

Senior Maya Campbell (Valley Stream/Valley Stream South) placed first in the triple jump with an AARTFC qualifying distance of 11.44 meters (37' 6.5"). Campbell also hit an AARTFC qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles placing second with a time of 15.40 seconds.

The relay unit of Jesse Correale (Staten Island/Notre Dame Academy), Kaylee Uhl (Waverly), Shannon Imbornoni (Bethpage/Our Lady of Mercy Academy) and Steffany Batista (Spring Valley/Ramapo) placed second in the 4x400-meter relay hitting an AARTFC qualifying time of 4:05.18. Batista also helped the 4x100-meter relay team, along with Kelly Gardner (Lake Ronkonkoma/Sachem North), Bridget Bennett (Castleton/Maple Hill) and Taylor Hunter (Buffalo/Tapestry Charter), to a third-place finish in 49.60 seconds.

Hunter and Gardner each placed in the top 10 in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash as well. Hunter finished fifth in the 200-meter dash with an AARTFC qualifying time of 25.99 seconds and sixth in the 100-meter dash at 13.02 seconds. Gardner placed seventh in the 200-meter dash (26.16) and ninth in the 100-meter dash (13.10). Gardner was also seventh in the triple jump at 10.29 meters (33' 9.25").

In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Madison Ciuffetelli (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills East) placed second with a time 12:17.78. Taylor McClay (Eastport/Eastport South Manor) placed fourth in 12:26.34.

Gabby Moncada (Tully) and Imbornoni were Cortland's top two scorers in the 1,500-meter run. Moncada finished sixth out of 43 competitors in 4:59.17 while Imbornoni finished eighth in 5:00.46. Eliza Nichols (Smithtown/Smithtown West) finished in 18th (5:12.03). Uhl placed ninth out of 33 participants in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.36.

Batista was Cortland's top finisher in the 400-meter dash, placing eighth in 1:01.73. Correale (1:01.93) and Bennett (1:01.95) finished 10th and 11th, respectively.

In the long jump, Campbell placed 13th with a distance of 5.00 meters (16' 5"). Riley Wood (Wallkill) followed in 14th at 4.84 meters (15' 10.5"). Kim White (Marathon) finished 18th (4.65 meters/15' 3.25") and Molly Baker (Newark Valley) finished 20th (4.7 5meters/15' 0").

Rachel Whitcomb (Tioga) finished 20th in the high jump with a height of 1.38 meters (4' 6.25"). Abby Feyerabend (Syracuse/Westhill) followed in 23rd place, clearing a height of 1.33 meters (4' 4.25").

At Hamilton, two Red Dragons reached AARTFC qualifying marks in their respective events. Cat Lutjen (Sound Beach/Miller Place) placed second out of 44 competitors in the javelin throw with an AARTFC qualifying distance of 34.89 meters (114' 5"). Harley Buczkowski (Holland Patent) hit an AARTFC qualifying mark in the hammer throw with a distance of 44.34 meters (145' 6"), helping her to a fourth-place finish.

Sarah Norris (Ballston Spa) finished 10th in the javelin throw with a distance of 30.98m (99' 8"). Athena Johnson (Port Washington/Paul D. Schreiber) and Liz Spencer (Somers) also competed in the javelin throw, finishing 17th and 28th, respectively. Johnson recorded a distance of 26.10 meters (85' 7") while Spencer finished with a distance of 22.82 meters (74' 10").

Johnson and Spencer also represented the Red Dragons in the discus throw and shot put. Johnson finished 26th in the discus throw (24.29 meters/79' 8") and 28th in the shot put (8.91 meters/29' 2.75"). Spencer finished 33rd in the discus (20.79 meters/68' 2") and 31st in the shot put (8.63 meters/28' 3.75"). Catherine Zamroz (Levittown/Island Trees) finished 54th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:44.06.

The Red Dragons will travel to Kutztown, Pennsylvania next Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, for the Kutztown Mondschein Multi meet and will host the Cortland Friday Under the Lights Invite on Friday, April 12. Cortland will also be sending some competitors to the Bucknell Outdoor Classic Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14.

(Recap by sports information intern John Nocco)

Results:
Hamilton Invitational (PDF)
Millersville Metrics (TFRRS)

Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:

To start off at Hamilton, we had some really nice work in the javelin with both Cat Lutjen and Sarah Norris over 30 meters!  That was especially great for Sarah's first collegiate meet!  Also on the throws, hammer was pretty strong for us, as evidenced by David Bernstein's win, a 41 meter toss from freshman Mitchell Makowski (beating his big brother in the process), and a season's best from Harley Buczkowski.  Finally for the throwers, Cole Clemons had s great effort today in the discus. Dane Sorensen's huge leap in the pole vault was exceptional, especially given the windy conditions.  He's also showing himself to be a strong competitor as he won the meet!

The bulk of the team, competing at Millersville, showcased some excellent efforts, especially from the mid distance events and the horizontal jumps.  Any time you can take 3 out of the 4 horizontal jumps, things are going well.  We had initially planned on using this as more of a training day but the conditions in Pennsylvania were pretty great, so all of the athletes we had in those events that were able to adjust their plans and expectations should be commended!  The 1500 in particular was a successful event for us today as well, with numerous Red Dragons racing near the front! While we aren't trying to rack up the points at a meet like this, we are certainly pleased with how the team scores finished up for us!