SUNYAC OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, May 1 through Saturday, May 2, 2026
SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex - Cortland, NY
 
SUNYAC RELEASE (Includes Event Schedule and Meet Information)
 
TICKET INFORMATION…
-Available for purchase online only - DAY 1 LINK |  DAY 2 LINK
-Adults - $6 per day 
-Children Ages 5-17 - $4 per day
-Children under the age of 4 – FREE
-Students of SUNYAC schools with ID – FREE
 
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THE BREAKDOWN… The Cortland women's and men's outdoor track and field teams will look to defend their conference titles from last year at the SUNYAC Championships on Friday and Saturday, hosted by the Red Dragons at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. 
 
The meet will have the same teams competing as last year. Eight full conference members - Buffalo State, Cortland, Fredonia, Morrisville, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, and Potsdam - are joined by associate members Alfred State, Penn State-Behrend, Cobleskill, and Delhi to make up a 12-team championship meet. Alfred State, Cobleskill, and Delhi will become full members of the SUNYAC next school year. 
 
On the women's side, Cortland is looking for its 19th team title. The Red Dragons have the most titles of any SUNYAC school, with Fredonia (3) the only other current member to claim conference titles.
 
The Cortland men are in search of a 16th title this year. The Red Dragons trail only Fredonia (23 titles) for the most team titles of current members. Oneonta (1) and Plattsburgh (1) are the only other current members to have won a conference title.  
 
RETURNERS FROM LAST YEAR'S MEET… Cortland won conference titles on both the men's and women's sides at last year's SUNYAC Outdoor Championships, also hosted by Cortland. The Red Dragon men scored 246.5 team points, more than 100 points ahead of runner-up Penn St. Behrend (138). The Cortland women scored 238 points to finish almost 70 points ahead of second-place Oneonta (170).
 
WOMEN:

The Cortland women return three SUNYAC champions from last year – Reilly Quinn (Morrisonville/Beekmantown) in the high jump, Kayla Tretola (Levittown/Island Trees) in the discus and Cheyenne McPeek (Johnson City) in the hammer throw.
 
Other Cortland women who earned All-SUNYAC honors with top-three finishes included: Jennifer Ndukwu (Queens/Metropolitan Expeditionary School) second in the hammer throw and third in the shot put; Melissa Innocent (Elmont/Valley Stream North) second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Katie Ball (Smithtown/Smithtown East) third in the heptathlon; Lillian Swyers (Peru) third in the 100-meter hurdles and third in the long jump; Alexa Wolcott (Wyoming/Pavilion) third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase; and Abby Hardy (Johnson City) and Yasmine Peralta (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), who were part of a third-place 4x400-meter relay team.
 
Other returning top-eight finishers for the Red Dragon women include:
 
Innocent, 4th place, 800 meters
Jewel Jones (Long Beach), 4th place, 1,500 meters
Caitlin Maher (Hartsdale/Ardsley), 4th place, Triple Jump and 6th place, Long Jump
McPeek, 4th place, Shot Put
Hardy, 5th place, 400-meter dash
Anne Barney (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills), 5th place, 5,000 meters
Bri Ostheller (Penfield), 5th place, 10,000 meters
Amelia Konstanty (Lockport/Royalton Hartland), 5th place, 400-meter hurdles
Swyers, 5th place, Triple Jump
Tretola, 5th place, Hammer Throw
Grace Reed (South Windsor, CT), 6th place, High Jump
Hannah McMasters (Homer), 6th place, Shot Put and 6th place, Discus
Mia Hannan (Lynbrook/Sacred Heart Academy), 7th place, 1,500 meters
Phoebe Peer (Saranac Lake), 7th place, 5,000 meters
Hannah Nolan (Montour Falls/Odessa-Montour), 7th place, Triple Jump
Jess Neubert (Buffalo/Kenmore East), 8th place, Hammer Throw
 
MEN:
 
The Cortland men return five individual champions - John Anderson (Ithaca) in the decathlon, Jordan Wingert (Verona/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) in the 800 meters, Declan Kennedy (Lakewood/Southwestern) in the 400-meter hurdles, Isaiah Brunache (Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony Union) in the shot put, and Evan Collette (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) in the hammer throw. Brunache also claimed the shot put title as a freshman in 2023.
 
Other returning Red Dragons who placed in the top three to earn All-SUNYAC honors included Brandon Mulholland (Syracuse/Westhill) second in the 5,000 meters, Brunache second in the discus, Daniel Cruz (Bronx/St. Raymond for Boys), Aidan Garafola (Bayport/Bayport-Blue Point) and Lassad Richards (Wheatley Heights/Half Hollow Hills West) as part of the second-place 4x100-meter relay team, and Richards, Aidan Aguirre (Hicksville), Kennedy and Garafola as part of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team. Cruz and Garafola also were part of the winning 4x100-meter relay team in 2024.
 
Other returning top-eight finishers for the Red Dragon men include:
 
Zion Cheatham (Lockport), 4th place, 200-meter dash and 5th place, 400-meter dash
Carter Naginey (Groton), 4th place, 800 meters
Andrew Farnsworth (Rotterdam/Mohonasen), 4th place, High Jump
Matthew Breslin (Islip), 4th place, Pole Vault
Brunache, 4th place, Hammer Throw
LeBron Richardson (Pelham/Pelham Memorial), 5th place, 200-meter dash
Travis Iwuagwu (Suffern), 5th place, 110-meter hurdles
Sean Keane (Riverhead), 5th place, Shot Put
Travis Firkins (Hilton), 5th place, Hammer Throw
Collette, 6th place, Shot Put
Taoig Cypher (Irvington), tied 6th place, High Jump
Joffre Proano (Hampton Bays), 7th place, Polt Vault
Lucas Chamberlain (Copake/Taconic Hills), 7th place, Shot Put
Vegas Petersen (Bardonia/Clarkstown South), 8th place, Pole Vault
Brady Melious (Tribes Hill/Fonda-Fultonville), 8th place, Triple Jump
Cabe Hogue (Corning/Corning Painted Post), 8th place, Discus
 
THE CORTLAND CAPSULE… Cortland began outdoor action with a few competitors at the King's Monarch Invitational, followed by a larger squad at the Widener Danny Curran Invitational where Brunache won the shot put on the men's side and Wolcott claimed the title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The men won six titles at the Cortland Red Dragon Open - Brunache in the shot put and hammer throw, Manuel Sepulveda (East Rochester) in the triple jump, Marcello Mastrocco (West Islip) in the 100-meter dash, Farnsworth in the high jump and Elliott Supley (Peru) in the discus. On the women's side of that meet, Ndukwu won the hammer.
 
Kyler Alston (Latham/Shaker) won the 400-meter hurdles for Cortland's men at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic. The following week at the Cortland Classic, the men registered 11 victories and the women won six events. Last week, Brunache won the discus at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic.
 
RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCES… Ndukwu set the school record in the hammer throw with her toss of 53.69 meters (176' 2") for her win at the Cortland Red Dragon Open.
 
SUNYAC WEEKLY WINNERS… Cortland's SUNYAC Weekly Award Winners this spring on the men's side have included Brunache as Field Athlete of the Week twice and Alston as Track Athlete of the Week twice. For the women, Ndukwu won Field Athlete of the Week honors twice and Wolcott was Track Athlete of the Week once. 
 
SEEDED FIRST, OR SECOND, OR THIRD…The following Red Dragons are ranked in the top three in their events in the SUNYAC:

MEN
Zion Cheatham - 400-meter dash (1st)
Carter Naginey - 800 meters (1st)
Kyler Alston - 400-meter hurdles (1st)
4x100-meter relay (Joshua Bishop, LeBron Richardson, Zion Cheatham, Deontae Bennett) (1st)
4x400-meter relay (Daniel Kahler, Zion Cheatham, Daaron Harrell, Kyler Alston) (1st)
Skylar McFarling - Pole Vault (1st)
Manuel Sepulveda - Triple Jump (1st)
Isaiah Brunache - Shot Put (1st)
Evan Collette - Hammer Throw (1st)
John Anderson - Decathlon (1st)
Declan Butler - 5,000 meters (2nd)
Carter Naginey - 1,500 meters (2nd)
Marcello Mastrocco - 100-meter dash (2nd)
Declan Kennedy - 400-meter hurdles (2nd)
Jonathan Slick - 3,000-meter steeplechase (2nd)
Andrew Farnsworth - High Jump (2nd)
Isaiah Brunache - Hammer Throw (2nd)
Nicholas Malette - Decathlon (2nd)
LeBron Richardson - 100-meter dash (3rd)
Daaron Harrell - 200-meter dash (3rd)
Kyle Friedel - 1,500 meters (3rd)
Brandon Mulholland - 5,000 meters (3rd)
Brandon Mulholland - 10,000 meters (3rd)
Elliott Supley - Shot Put (3rd)
Isaiah Brunache - Discus (3rd)
 
WOMEN
Melissa Innocent - 5,000 meters (1st)
Alexa Wolcott - 3,000-meter steeplechase (1st)
Reilly Quinn - High Jump (1st)
Georgie Spuches Jwaskiewicz - High Jump (1st)
Jennifer Ndukwu - Hammer Throw (1st)
Kendall Sobczyk - 100-meter dash (2nd)
Melissa Innocent - 1,500 meters (2nd)
Phoebe Peer - 5,000 meters (2nd)
Eilise Marino - 100-meter hurdles (2nd)
Faith Hoyt - Pole Vault (2nd)
Annabelle Schuck - Long Jump (2nd)
Jennifer Ndukwu - Shot Put (2nd)
Cheyenne McPeek - Hammer Throw (2nd)
4x100-meter relay (Eilise Marino, Brianna Gabbidon, Sophia Hotaling, Kendall Sobczyk) (2nd)
Brianna Gabbidon - 200-meter dash (3rd)
Cheyenne McPeek - Discus (3rd)
4x400-meter relay (Sophia Hotaling, Kelly Newman, Melissa Innocent, Brianna Gabbidon) (3rd)
 
NATIONALLY NOTEWORTHY...The following Red Dragons are ranked in the top 30 nationally in Division III:
 
MEN
Kyler Alston - 400-meter hurdles (5th)
Isaiah Brunache - Shot Put (8th)
Manuel Sepulveda - Triple Jump (17th)
Evan Collette - Hammer Throw (22nd)
Isaiah Brunache - Hammer Throw (24th)
4x400-meter relay (Daniel Kahler, Zion Cheatham, Daaron Harrell, Kyler Alston) (28th)
 
WOMEN
Jennifer Ndukwu - Hammer Throw (8th)
Cheyenne McPeek - Hammer Throw (17th)

 
SCHEDULES/RESULTS (click team to access online schedules)…

CORTLAND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
 
CORTLAND MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD