Ithaca Women's Indoor T&F Wins NYSCTC Title

2/28/2015 10:11:06 PM

ITHACA, N.Y.—The Ithaca College women's track & field team claimed its 14th NYSCTC crown on Saturday Feb. 28 at RIT. The Bombers recorded 204.5 points over two days to take the state title.

Over the course of the meet, Ithaca met ECAC standards 26 times across 15 events.

Sarah Werner took third in the 60-meter dash with an ECAC time of 8.05 seconds. Lizzi Dowling finished in 8.13 seconds taking fourth overall.

Eliza Dewart placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.48 seconds. Dowling, Christine Kelly and Rose Paskoff finished in fifth, sixth and eighth place. Dowling clocked a time of 27.00 seconds, while Kelly crossed the finish line in 27.12 and Paskoff in 28.03 seconds.

In the 400-meter dash, Dewart ranked third and met ECAC qualifying standards with a time of 59.81 seconds. Sophia Feuer took fifth in 60.04 seconds and Colleen Smith finished eighth in 61.21 seconds.

Senior Leigh Martino led the Bombers with a fourth place finish in the 500-meter dash. Martino qualified for ECACs with her finish of 77.93 seconds. Sierra Grazia followed in eighth, clocking a time of 1:20.60 to also meet the ECAC time.

Sophomore Kristin Lynn and junior Michaela Cioffredi finished the 800-meter run in 2:23.50 and 2:24.15. Lynn placed fourth and Cioffredi took sixth.

In the 100-meter run, Rachelle Sartori and Anna Fay ranked in sixth and seventh, both meeting ECAC requirements. Sartori completed the race in 3:06.92 and Fay earned a time of 3:07.12.

Senior Alexa Rick surpassed ECAC marks by securing fourth place finishes in both the mile and 3000-meter run. Rick clocked a time of 5:12.23 in the mile and 10:24.39 in the 3000-meter.  
Freshman Taryn Cordani followed Rick in the mile by taking fifth and hit ECAC marks with a finish of 5:13.80.

Christine Benway and Amber Edwards ranked in second and third in the 60-meter hurdles. Benway and Edwards posted ECAC finishes of 9.24 seconds and 9.41 seconds. Allie Nugent earned a seventh place finish in the hurdles with a time of 9.82 seconds.

The Bombers earned a second place relay finish of 9:45.32 in the 3200-meter relay. The 3200-meter relay team that consisted of Cioffredi, Fay, Grazia and Lynn also qualified for ECACs.
In the 1600-meter relay Ithaca took seventh overall. The relay team made up of Brittany Greene,Christine Kelly, Brianna Hayes and Anissa Ash clocked a finish of 4:14.82.

Natalie Meyer placed second in the high jump by clearing 1.55 meters. Martino tied for fifth by reaching a height of 1.50 meters.

Emilia Scheemaker led Ithaca in the triple jump with a length of 11.63 meters to qualify for ECACs and take third. Grace Ryan earned a fourth place finish by jumping 10.94 meters, which also surpassed championship marks.

Sophomore Brandy Smith and senior Corrine Taylor secured sixth and eighth place finished in the shot put. Smith threw a distance of 12.14 meters and Taylor reached 11.75 meters, both of which surpassed the ECAC distance.

Click here to see the recap from day one of the NYSCTC Championship on Feb. 27.

The Bombers return to competition on March 6 for the ECAC Indoor Championship. The championship is being held at the New York Armory and is set to begin at 1 p.m.
 
ROCHESTER, NY – Alfred University senior Miasia Hillman (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech) swept the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash Saturday on the second and final day of the New York State indoor track and field championships, held at RIT.
 
The AU women scored 38 points to place eighth among the 12 teams competing in the state championships, while the Alfred men finished tied for 10^th with 23 points.
 
Hillman, the defending state indoor champ in the 60-meter dash, won that race in 7.74 seconds. She won her first state indoor 200-meter title, blowing away the field in a school-record 25.63 seconds, which was nearly a second faster than the runner-up from Ithaca. For her efforts, Hillman was named Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the women's state championships.
 
Hillman was one of several members of the AU men's and women's teams turn in solid performances on Saturday. Sophomore Mary Baughman (Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta), the winner of the women's 5,000-meter race on Friday, ran the 3,000-meter race on Saturday and placed fifth in 10:25.26. On the men's side, AU junior Gregory Matos (Bronx, NY/ELLIS Prep) was second in the 400-meter dash (50.60 seconds).
 
With the ECAC indoor championships (March 7 and 8) still on the schedule, Hillman stands a solid chance of qualifying for NCAA Division III national championships in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Her 60-meter dash time ranks 10th in the country and her 200-meter time ranks 11th. The top 16 in each event qualify for the national championship meet, which is  is March 14 and 15 in Lincoln, NE.
 
Other top performers for the AU women's Saturday were: freshman Mijoi Powell (Rochester, NY/Mercy), seventh in the 60-meter dash (8.29 seconds); and senior Corine Pettit (Strykersville, NY/Holland), 11^th in the triple jump (10.45 meters). The team of freshman Rachel Houghton (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads), Powell, Pettit and sophomore Marissa Colburn (Bridgeport, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) took ninth in the 4X400-meter relay (4:22.69).
 
For the Saxon men, sophomore D'Mitri Simmons (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) was 14^th in the triple jump (12.11 meters), while junior Ethan Foster (Bolivar, NY/Bolivar-Richburg) was 14^th in the 800-meter run (2:04.48).
 
The AU men ran two relays Saturday. The team of freshman Matt Roder (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park), sophomore Kyle Gallo (Ontario, NY/Wayne), and freshmen Alexander Kenney(Trumansburg, NY/Dickerson) and Erik Diehl (Clarence Center, NY/Clarence) took 10^th in the 4X800-meter relay (8:25.32); Matos, seniors Sean Locker (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post West) and Eddie Potter (Lansing, NY/Lansing) and Foster took ninth in the 4X400-meter relay in 3:34.22.
 
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth freshman Nick LaBarbera was named Rookie of the Meet after posting a record-breaking time Saturday to win the 500-meter dash as the Golden Flyers' track and field teams completed the second day of competition at the NYSCTC Championships at RIT's Gordon Field house.

LaBarbera's winning time of 1:05.58 was more than a second faster than the previous Nazareth record of 1:06.78, set by Jake Lafaver at RIT two years ago. Nazareth finished in ninth place in the men's team standings with 37 points. The University of Rochester won the event with 147 points. Nazareth placed seventh in the women's competition with 47 points. Ithaca finished first with 204.5.

In the men's meet, junior Khiary Gayle won the triple jump with a leap of 13.86 meters (45 feet, 5 3/4 inches). Sophomore Matt Battaglia finished seventh in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.17, a couple of ticks shy of his personal-best time of 1:58.03, from the Empire 8 Conference meet two weeks ago. Junior Brandon Vuolo competed for Nazareth in the shot put and finished seventh with a toss of 13.58 meters (44 feet, 6 3/4 inches).

LaBarbera also ran for the Golden Flyers in the 4 x 400-meter relay that finished fifth in 3:30.60. Battaglia and fellow sophomore Jacob Murray also competed along with freshman Martin Dearaway.

In the women's competition, senior Michaela Gildemeyer repeated as champion in the 800-meter run with a personal-best indoor time of 2:18.21. Freshman Kimmy Lovett placed fifth in the same event in 2:23.73, nearly 10 seconds faster than her time from the Empire 8 meet two weeks ago. Gildemeyer also helped Nazareth post a school-record time of 4:03.62 to place second in the 4 x 400-meter relay. Freshmen Samantha Goble and Andrea Larnard also ran along with senior Hannah Brackley.

Goble also had a personal-best time of 1:19.85 to finish fifth in the 500-meter dash and Brackley finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of :58.56 after running :58.38 in Friday's prelims.
 
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The St. John Fisher College women's track and field team enjoyed its best finish at the New York State Collegiate Track Championship over the weekend, as the Cardinals placed fifth overall with 57.5 points.

Morgan Mastin completed a stellar day with a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash in an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.01 seconds.  She also secured third place in the 200 in 26.29.

Fisher had strong performances from its relay team.  The 4x400 relay team of Jess Colmerauer, Chelsea Grupp, Chelsea Cleveland, and Mastin clocked a 4:07.07 to place third, qualifying for ECACs and breaking the Fisher record.  That same squad teamed up to finish in fifth in the 4x200.

The Cardinals got another strong output from their 4x800 relay squad of Katlin Shippy, Sammy Van Gee,Sydney Sacconey, and Sarah Coon who earned a fifth-place finish in an ECAC-qualifying time of 9:57.96.

Coon also ran an ECAC-qualifying time in the 1,000 with a time of 3:08.79.

Taylor Youngkrans and Paige Willson earned a pair of second-place finishes in the weight throw and shot put, respectively, with ECAC-qualifying throws.

Lisa Knab picked up a fifth-place finish in the high jump.

Several Fisher athletes will take part in ECACs next weekend at Armory Track and Field in New York City.
 
ROCHESTER, NY - The Utica College men's and women's track and field team wrapped up the 2015 New York State Collegiate Track Conference Championships Saturday at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The men finished seventh (57 points), out of 13 teams, while the women placed ninth (23 points), out the 12 team field.

UC returns to action this weekend as the squads head downstate for the 2015 ECAC Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships.  The championships will be held on Friday Mar. 6^th and Saturday Mar. 7^th at the New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory in New York, NY.

Junior Corey Zlatniski was victorious in the 800 meter run as he collected 10 points while setting a new school-record with a clock of 1:55.72.

Zlatniski also led the 4x800 meter relay team to a school-record time as he was accompanied by freshmen Erik Gleba, Karsten Barbagelata and sophomore Patrick Claffey. The squad etched a clock of 8:17.98 into the record books.

The UC throwing unit totaled 16 points in the shot put as all three throwers made the podium.  Sophomore standout Sam Kaczmarek took first place (10 points) with a toss of 14.94 followed by Sam Bonk who placed fourth (five points) and Andrew Russell who finished eighth (one point).

Freshman Nicodemus Gambill grabbed four points for the men in the 60 meter dash while registering a time of 7.17, placing fifth.

Freshman jumper Michael Visco posted five points, in two events, as he garnered fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.36 meters.  Visco also placed sixth in the long jump on Friday with a leap of 6.68 meters, collecting three points.

On the women's side, junior star jumper Sarah Wiatr (Poland, NY/West Canada Valley)combined for 12 points in her two respective events.  Wiatr placed second in the triple jump on Saturday with a soar of 11.78 meters and also grabbed four points on Friday in the long jump as she soared 5.35 meters, placing fifth.

Throwers Alexis Edwards (Ilion, NY/Ilion) and Bria Hilliard (Bronx, NY/Mother Cabrini)combined for seven of the women's 13 points on day one.  Edwards placed fifth with a toss of 15.05 meters while Hilliard hurled the weight 14.57 meters for a sixth place finish.

Junior distance Ashton Villeneuve (Holland Patent, NY/Holland Patent) posted a seventh place finish in the 5000 meter run on Friday as she totaled two points with a clock of 18:37.88.