Section 9 track and field graduates produced a trio of SUNY Athletic Conference outdoor championship titles at SUNY Cortland on May 1-2.
Newburgh Free Academy graduate Natalia Sweat won the 1,500 meters in 4 minutes, 32.11 seconds. Valley Central grad Emily Frank won the 3,000 steeplechase in 11:35.93. Webutuck grad Amanda Intrieri won the 800 in 2:10.29.
Cornwall graduate Charles Cypress placed second at 100 meters (10.69 seconds) and 200 (22.05) for SUNY Plattsburgh.
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Team: 1. Cortland (Cor) 240points; 2. Penn State-Behrend (PSB) 125.5; 3. Buffalo State (BufSt) 92; 4. Oneonta (One) 79.5; 5. Plattsburgh (Platt) 79, 6. Fredonia (Fred) 73.5; 7. Alfred State (AlfSt) 52.5; 8. Delhi (Del) 39; 9. Oswego (Osw) 18; 10. Cobleskill (Cob) 8; 11. Morrisville (Mor) 5; 12. Potsdam (Pot) 3.
100-meters: 2. Charles Cypress (Platt, Cornwall grad) 10.69; 11. Josh Bishop (Cor, Highland grad) 11.14; 17. Milo Pearsall (Platt, Haldane grad) 11.28; 200: 2. Charles Cypress (Platt, Cornwall grad) 22.05; 17. Amir McEachin (One, Middletown grad) 22.56.; 400: 14. Ethan Cypress (Platt, Cornwall grad) 51.09; 1,500: 11. Isaiah Kirk (Del, Fallsburg grad) 4:29.94; 5,000: 6. Landon Fracasse (Cor, New Paltz grad) 15:40.91; 10,000: 9. Vincent Smaldone (Cor, Red Hook grad) 34:19.82; 110 hurdles: 4. Thomas Clark (Plat, Rondout Valley grad) 15.19 (15.07 prelims); 400 hurdles: 3. Drew Miller (Cor, Cornwall grad) 56.80; 3,000 steeplechase: 7. Zander Brown (Platt, Ketcham grad) 10:06.07.
400 relay: 2. Oneonta (Amir McEachin, Middletown grad) 42.01; 6. Plattsburgh (Ethan Cypress, Cornwall grad; Charles Cypress, Cornwall grad; Brian Shannon, Goshen grad; Milo Pearsall, Platt, Haldane grad)) 3:29.77; 7. Morrisville (Aaron Greaves, Warwick grad) 44.42; DQ. Potsdam (Alex Acocella, Rondout Valley grad); DQ. Cortland (Josh Bishop, Highland grad); 1,600 relay: 6. Plattsburgh (Ethan Cypress, Cornwall grad) 3:29.77; 7. Delhi (Joshua Alfonso, Roosevelt grad) 3:30.23; 11. Potsdam (Alex Acocella (Rondout Valley grad) 3:48.14.
Shot put: 9. William Mann (Cob, Pawling) 14.07m; 13. Elijah Cruz (One, Pine Bush grad) 13.85m; 17. Jared Nerone (AlfSt, Kingston grad) 12.98m; Discus: 10. Elijah Cruz (One, Pine Bush grad) 41.39; 14. William Mann (Cob, Pawling) 39.55m; Javelin: 4. William Mann (Cob, Pawling grad) 46.08m; Hammer: 9. Elijah Cruz (One, Pine Bush grad) 50.13m.
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Team: 1. Cortland (Cor) 250 points; 2. Oneonta (One) 167; 3. Fredonia (Fred) 98; 4. Delhi (Del) 87; 5. Buffalo State (BufSt) 44; 6. Penn State-Behrend (PSB) 42; 7. Plattsburgh (Plat) 39; 8. Alfred State (AlfSt) 33; 9. Oswego (Osw) 29; 10. Cobleskill (Cob) 13; 11. Potsdam (Pot) 10; 12. Morrisville (Mor) 3.
100-meters: 18. Yasmine Peralta (Cor, Monroe-Woodbury grad) 13.43; 200: 16. Anna Miller (Cor, Cornwall grad) 27.70; 17. Yasmine Peralta (Cor, Monroe-Woodbury grad) 27.75; 400: 3. Zoe Rodi (Del, Pine Bush grad) 58.50; 9. Anna Miller (Cor, Cornwall grad) 62.31; 800: 1. Amanda Intrieri (Del, Webutuck grad) 2:10.29; 3. Natalia Sweat (One, Newburgh grad) 2:17.54; 1,500: 1. Natalia Sweat (One, Newburgh grad) 4:32.11; 100 hurdles: 14. Aniyah Green (One, Port Jervis grad) 17.00; 400 hurdles: 12. Claudia Ossman (Del, Washingtonville grad) 1:15.76; 3,000 steeplechase: 1. Emily Frank (Fred, Valley Central grad) 11:35.93; 5. Anna Kern (One, Monroe-Woodbury grad) 12:12.55.
400 relay: 8. Delhi (Claudia Ossman, Washingtonville grad; Zoe Rodi, Pine Bush grad) 53.51; 1,600 relay: 3. Oneonta (Natalia Sweat, Newburgh grad) 4:10.46.
Triple jump: 16. Aniyah Green (One, Port Jervis grad) 9.56m; Shot put: 12. Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Cob, Fallsburg grad) 9.73m; Discus: 12. Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Cob, Fallsburg grad) 31.80m; Hammer: 11. Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Cob, Fallsburg grad) 39.26m; Pentathlon: 4. Molly VanEtten (Cor) 3,321 points; 9. Kellee Knuschke (Cor, Red Hook grad) 2,564.
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Local trio win gold at SUNYAC track and field championships
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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