E8 Sending 12 Individuals to NCAA's
The NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced the participants in the 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The Empire 8 will be represented by four men and eight women.
For each men’s individual event contested, including the decathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each women’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the competition.
The championships will be held May 25-27 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
| Name (Women) |
Institution |
Event |
Rank |
Seed |
| Katherine Pitman |
Ithaca |
Pole Vault |
1 |
4.30m |
| Bethany Cripps |
Ithaca |
Pole Vault |
16 |
3.78m |
| Brandy Smith |
Ithaca |
Discus |
2 |
50.93m |
| Brandy Smith |
Ithaca |
Shot Put |
12 |
14.00m |
| Gina Dello Russo |
Stevens |
400 meter |
16 |
56.39 |
| Denise Ibarra |
Ithaca |
3000 meter Steeple |
16 |
10:53.27 |
| Amy Regan |
Stevens |
5,000 meter |
2 |
16:33.62 |
| Taryn Cordani |
Ithaca |
5,000 meter |
3 |
16:35.71 |
| Taryn Cordani |
Ithaca |
10,000 meter |
1 |
34:27.37 |
| Amy Regan |
Stevens |
10,000 meter |
3 |
34:42.02 |
| Amber Edwards |
Ithaca |
100 meter Hurdles |
18 |
14.53 |
| Name (Men) |
Institution |
Event |
Rank |
Seed |
| Seth Spicer |
Alfred |
Decathlon |
7 |
6471 |
| Mark VanMarter |
St. John Fisher |
Long Jump |
1 |
7.64m |
| Nicodemus Gambill |
Utica |
100 meter |
6 |
10.55 |
| Nicodemus Gambill |
Utica |
200 meter |
15 |
21.38 |
| Peter Girardi |
St. John Fisher |
400 meter Hurdles |
2 |
51.34 |
| Peter Girardi |
St. John Fisher |
110 meter hurdles |
10 |
14.46 |