CORTLAND, N.Y. – Four Cortland athletes registered All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) performances at the Cortland CNY College Challenge, hosted by the Red Dragons on Tuesday. The meet included Division I schools Cornell, Binghamton and Colgate along with Ithaca and Oswego.
 
Autumn Pittman (Spring Valley/Ramapo) won the 100-meter dash in a field of 17 sprinters with an AARTFC time of 12.46 seconds. Sam Becker (Narrowsburg/Sullivan West) won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.29 and Becca Bready (Rochester/Gates Chili) was fifth in the pole valut at 3.30 meters (10' 10"), both AARTFC marks. Cortland's other AARTFC effort came in the 4x100-meter relay as Kendall Sobczyk (Wheatfield/Niagara Wheatfield), Alyssa LaBelle (Poughquag/Arlington), Faith Nelson (Rensselaer/Columbia) and Pittman were clocked at 48.66 seconds as the lone entry.
 
LaBelle led a sweep of the top three spots in the long jump with a distance of 5.15 meters (16' 10.75"). Caitlin Maher (Hartsdale/Ardsley) placed second (4.99 meters/16' 4.5") and Lauren Anderson (Saratoga Springs) was third (4.84 meters/15' 10.5"). AnJalyna Talmadge (Pine Bush) won the javelin throw with a toss of 26.55 meters (87' 1"), followed by Suzy Conners (Cortlandt Manor/Walter Panas) in second at 23.40 meters (76' 9"). Talmadge also placed fifth in the shot put (10.80 meters/35' 5.25").
 
Sobczyk finished second in the 100-meter dash in 12.90 seconds and Julia Ross (Sloatsburg/Suffern) was fifth in 13.48 seconds. Elizabeth Liriano (New York/Manhattan Ctr. for Science and Math) and Yasmine Peralta (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) finished second (1:06.21) and third (1:08.43), respectively, in the 400-meter hurdles, while Avery Hebert (Stillwater) and Savannah Adami (Guilderland) were second (1:00.96) and fourth (1:04.70), respectively, in the 400-meter dash. Khaleah Ollivierre-Ryner (Brooklyn/South Shore) was fourth in the 200-meter dash (27.80) and Megan Spencer (Somers) finished fifth in the discus (34.52 meters/113' 3").

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

April 25th should be a pretty perfect day to host a meet…"it's not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket." If you understand that reference, you were most likely born before 1990!
 
Today was not perfect, but we were pretty effective. It can be hard to come back out and compete on short notice, but we certainly saw a lot of great things happening today! The chill and the headwind can influence results in a negative way, but for the most part our effort was where it should be.
 
Speaking of things older than 1990, I think it's pretty cool that the two oldest records on the books prior to the start of the season on the men's side are now gone, after Isaiah Brunache uncorked a huge toss in the shot put today! In general the shot, disc, and hammer went quite well on the men's side today; the other really strong events on the men's side would have to be the 100 (despite the headwind) and the 400.
 
The women's 4x100 relay may have had the most impressive performance of the day on the track, as they set a new season's best while running by themselves! That's quite an impressive achievement! Khaleah Ollivierre-Ryner had a huge improvement in her PR for the 200, and both Maris Seabury and Helena Trackey posted big PRs in the 400 hurdles.
 
We have a split squad this upcoming weekend, as some of the team competes Saturday at Shippensburg University and we will also close out the season at home on Sunday.