Three national champions and 18 All-America in NCAA track & field championships
The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) had three national champions and 18 honored as All-America at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which ran May 25-27 at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Geneseo's Alexa Wandy won the national title in the triple jump after she posted the five best jumps during Saturday's competition, including the second-longest effort in Division III history (13.00m - 42'8") on the final jump of the day. She also became the second Division III student-athlete to ever hit the 13-meter plateau and was the first since McMurray's Darcell Edwards set the Division III record (13.45m/44'2") in 2004. Wandy also finished second in the long jump.
Geneseo's women's team finished tied for fifth overall with 29 points.
The top eight finishers listed below were honored with all-america status
WOMEN
1st in the triple jump, Alexa Wandy SR, Geneseo, 13.00m (a new conference record)
2nd in the long jump, Alexa Wandy, SR, Geneseo 5.95m
3rd in 800 meter, Stephanie Boucher, JR Plattsburgh 2:08.22 (a new conference record)
3rd in the hammer throw, Meghan Serdock, SR, Oneonta 58.07m (a new conference record)
3rd in the shot put, Victoire Kothor,JR, Brockport 14.51m (a new conference record)
5th in the heptathlon, Shayna Held, SO, Geneseo 4651
6th in 800 meter, Mackenzie Ross, SR, Geneseo 2:10.57
7th in 400 meter, Brittany Feldman, JR Fredonia, 55.39
8th in the 5000 meter, Marissa Cossaro, SR, Geneseo 17:14.28
8th in the long jump, Camille Wutz, JR, Geneseo 5.62m
7th in the 4x100 meter relay, Geneseo 47.71
1) Hannah Madden, SO
2) Camille Wutz, JR
3) Alexa Wandy, SR
4) Lauren Bamford, JR
Geneseo's Isaac Garcia-Cassani capped the year with his second national championship and his fourth All-America honor after clocking a 3:52.59 time to best the field in the 1,500. He also won the mile and added a leg to the national runner-up distance medley relay during the NCAA Indoor Championships while placing fourth during the NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall. He will enter his final season in Blue and White a nine-time All-American in cross country and track & field.
Cortland's Jack Flood won the national title in the decathlon with 6,998 points. Flood also won the national title in the heptathlon during the indoor season. Flood is Cortland's first-ever decathlon national champ, and he's now a four-time All-American after finishing fourth in the decathlon and third in the heptathlon in 2016. Cortland now has 105 individual national champions spanning all of its sports.
Cortland men's team finished tied for fifth overall with 24 points.
The top eight finishers listed below were honored with all-america status
MEN
1st in the 1500 meter, Isaac Garcia-Cassa, JR, Geneseo 3:52.59
1st in the decathlon, Jack Flood, SR, Cortland 6998
2nd in the hammer throw, Mitchel Couch, SR, Cortland 58.06m
3rd in the decathlon, Connor Christopher, SR, Cortland 6818
3rd in the shot put, Jon Rogers, SR, Brockport 17.08m
5th in the 800 meter, Ben Griffin, SR, Oswego 1:51.92
7th in the pole vault, Josh Steinman, SR, Brockport 4.90m
