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Photos of Cortland's 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field qualifiers
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Ten Red Dragons Heading to NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Ten members of the Cortland men's and women's outdoor track and field teams have qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held Thursday through Saturday, March 22-24, at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Cortland's qualifiers are:

MEN:
Isaiah Brunache, Jr. Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony Union) - Shot Put
Amarian Hughes, Gr. (Newburgh/Marlboro) - Triple Jump
Josh Jeffes, Gr. (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) - 400-meter dash
Evan Jensen, Sr. (Red Hook) - 400-meter dash
Evan Collette, So. (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) - Hammer Throw
4x100-meter relay: LeBron Richardson, Fy. (Pelham/Pelham Memorial), Harrison Gavalas, Jr. (Southampton), Zion Cheatham, So. (Lockport), Matthew Schaffert, Jr. (Lockport)
4x400-meter relay: Zion Cheatham, So. (Lockport), Evan Jensen, Sr. (Red Hook), Harrison Gavalas, Jr. (Southampton), Josh Jeffes, Gr. (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville)

WOMEN:
Cheyenne McPeek, So. (Johnson City) - Hammer Throw


The field in each individual event consists of the top 22 declared performers. For relays, the top 16 (maximum one per school) qualified.

Previous NCAA history for each qualifier:

Brunache:
2025 indoors: 7th place (First Team All-American), Weight Throw and 8th place (First Team All-American), Shot Put
2024 outdoors: 18th place, Discus and 20th place, Shot Put
2024 indoors: qualified for shot put and weight throw; did not compete due to injury
2023 indoors: 20th place, Shot Put
2023 outdoors: 2nd place (All-American), Shot Put

Hughes:
2025 indoors: National Champion (First Team All-American), Triple Jump
2024 outdoors: 6th place (First Team All-American), Triple Jump
2024 indoors: 7th place (First Team All-American), Triple Jump
2023 indoors: 11th place, Triple Jump
2023 outdoors: 18th place, Triple Jump

Gavalas:
2025 indoors: National Champion (First Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay
2024 outdoors: 12th place (Second Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay
2024 indoors: 11th place, 4x400-meter relay
2023 indoors: 10th place, 4x400-meter relay
2023 outdoors: 8th place (All-American), 4x400-meter relay

Cheatham:
2025 indoors: National Champion (First Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay
2024 outdoors: 12th place (Second Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay
2024 indoors: 11th place, 4x400-meter relay

Jensen:
2025 indoors: National Champion (First Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay, and 19th place, 400-meter dash
2023 indoors: 10th place, 4x400-meter relay

Jeffes:
2025 indoors: National Champion (First Team All-American), 4x400-meter relay, and 6th place (First Team All-American), 400-meter dash
At SUNY Delhi:
2024 outdoors: 5th place (First Team All-American), 400-meter dash
2024 indoors: 7th place (First Team All-American), 400-meter dash
2023 outdoors: 18th place, 400-meter dash
2023 indoors: 14th place, 400-meter dash
2022 outdoors: 15th place, 400-meter dash
2022 indoors: 8th place (All-American), 400-meter dash

Richardson:
First NCAA appearance

Schaffert:
First NCAA appearance

Collette:
First NCAA appearance

McPeek:
First NCAA appearance

The schedule for Cortland's events is as follows:

Thursday, May 22:
5:15 p.m. - Men's 4x100-meter relay prelims (Richardson/Gavalas/Cheatham/Schaffert)
8 p.m. - Men's 4x400-meter relay prelims (Cheatham/Jensen/Gavalas/Jeffes)

Friday, May 23:
11:30 a.m. - Men's Shot Put prelims/finals (Brunache)
3 p.m. - Men's 400-meter dash prelims (Jeffes, Jensen)

Saturday, May 24:
11 a.m. - Women's Hammer Throw prelims/finals (McPeek)
11 a.m. - Men's Triple Jump prelims/finals (Hughes)
1:05 p.m. - Men's 4x100-meter relay finals
1:45 p.m. - Men's Hammer Throw prelims/finals (Collette)
2:10 p.m. - Men's 400-meter dash finals
4:50 p.m. - Men's 4x400-meter relay finals


Coverage Links:

NCAA Selection Release
Results Page (Leone Timing)
Video (Day 1)
Video (Day 2)
Video (Day 3)

Official NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Web Sites:  MEN  |  WOMEN
 
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