WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. and PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Cortland women's outdoor track and field team sent competitors to the Williams College Farley Inter-Regional (F.I.R.E.) meet on Saturday and the St. John Fisher University Last Chance meet on Sunday as the Red Dragons draw closer to regional and national competition.
 
Williams Highlights:
 
Autumn Pittman (Spring Valley/Ramapo) finished fourth out of 34 athletes in the 100-meter dash (12.06) and fourth of 35 in the 200-meter dash (25.04) to highlight Cortland's performances at Williams. Alexia Prince (Spring Valley/Clement Howell) finished sixth in the 200 meters (25.19) and 10th in the 100 meters (12.53).
 
AnJalyna Talmadge (Pine Bush) earned a sixth-place finish in the shot put (11.84 meters/38' 10.25") and was 14th in the 100-meter hurdles (16.35). Lillian Swyers (Peru) finished 11th in the long jump (5.12 meters/16' 9.75") and 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (16.00).
 
St. John Fisher Highlights:
 
Cheyenne McPeek (Johnson City) won the hammer throw at St. John Fisher with a toss of 51.18 meters (167' 11"). Hannah McMasters (Homer) finished fourth (47.58 meters/156' 1") and Jennifer Ndukwu (Queens/Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School) placed eighth (44.57 meters/146' 2"). In addition, Kayla Tretola (Levittown/Island Trees) was 11th in the discus (35.86 meters/117' 8").
 
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Cortland athletes who met All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) qualifying standards over the weekend were Pittman (100 and 200), Prince (200), McPeek (Hammer) and McMasters (Hammer).

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Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:
 
It was great to have the opportunity to get out to Williams College for their Farley Inter-Regional Extravaganza meet, and we even got lucky with the weather later in the day. With this time of year, we're obviously battling not only the effects of a long season, but also the stresses of classes coming to an end, and final projects/papers/exams looming in front of us. This alone makes our roster much smaller at this time of year.
 
We certainly had some notable highlights besides Evan's new school record: AnJalyna Talmadge had a nice series in the finals for shot put, Amarian Hughes and our men's 4x100 got some critical aspects addressed over the course of the day, Alexia Prince set a new PR in the 200 just outside of our all-time top 5 list, and Roland Zanger had his best series of long jumping ever – including two new personal best marks!
 
At St. John Fisher, we really were fortunate with a great day to throw! Obviously Isaiah took advantage of the day with his new personal, school, and conference record in the shot put, but a lot of credit goes to Ryan Joule who battled through some injuries to set his lifetime best and earn a trip to the AARTFC meet. Overall it was a good day with some learning about how to throw better, which is always a positive for us!
 
We're looking forward to being back at Williams this week for the AARTFC Championships, focused on preparing for the NCAA Championships at the end of the month.