One week after racking up another impressive performance with 13 first place finishes at Hamilton College, the Pioneers will be heading back to Cortland on Friday and Saturday, this time as a much larger unit, to compete at the Cortland Classic at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.

CORTLAND, NY - On Friday, April 3rd and Saturday, April 4th, the Utica University men's and women's track and field team will travel to Cortland State to compete in the Cortland Classic at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The events will start at 3:00 PM on Friday and 9:00 AM on Saturday.

Follow along with the results for the meet on Leone Timing. The results page, complete with this weekend's entries, will be available in the "Schedule" or "Results" tab of the Leone Timing website either the day before, or the day of the events. You can find those links by heading here: https://www.leonetiming.com/results/

Last Time Out -  the Pioneers had some long-distance runners participate on Saturday at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, while the majority of the team would participate in the Continental Spring Invite at Hamilton College. The weekend would result in 13 first-place finishes for the Pioneers. Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) (2x), Forest Martin (Poland, NY/Poland Central), Hailey Hrouda (Wappingers Falls, NY/Roy C. Ketcham), Jack Rathburn (Clarendon Hills, IL/Westmont), Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), Olivia Jensen (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook), Patrick Wands (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), Spencer Borghardt (Smithtown, NY/St.Anthony's), Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), Tanner Warren (Mohawk, NY/Central Valley Academy), Timothy Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central), and Wayne Spencer (Rochester, NY/Padilla (Franklin Campus)) all took home top scores in their respective events.
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Last Saturday at Bucknell
Melita competed in the 3000m Steeplechase. He would break the program record with a time of 9:03.22. That would give him the #1 rank in the region and the #6th-best mark in all of DIII.

Townsend would compete in the 10000m. She would finish with a time of 38:15.88. This would give her a third-place finish and would net her the program's #2 all-time mark while also giving her the 12th-best mark in the region.

Last Saturday at Hamilton
Warren competed in the 400m. He would get a first-place finish with a time of 49.26. This would give him the #9 rank in the region.

Jensen would compete in the 100m Hurdles. She would finish with a time of 15.26. This would give her a third-place finish, the #3 program time for the 100m Hurdles, and the #7-best mark in the region.

CORTLAND CLASSIC TENTATIVE EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, April 17 – Multi-Events 
3:00 PM - Decathlon 100m (followed by Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, & 400m)
3:15 PM - Heptathlon 100MH (followed by High Jump, Shot Put, & 200m) 

Friday, April 17 – Field Events 
3:00 PM - Men's Hammer Throw (followed by Women's Hammer Throw) 
3:30 PM – Women's Javelin Throw (followed by Men's Javelin Throw) 
3:30 PM – Women's Pole Vault (followed by Men's Pole Vault) 
4:30 PM – Men's Long Jump (followed by Women's Long Jump) 

Friday, April 17 – Track Events 
4:15 PM – Men's 3000m Steeplechase 
4:30 PM – Women's 3000m Steeplechase 
5:00 PM – Men's 100M Trials 
5:15 PM – Women's 100M Trials 
5:30 PM – Men's 1500m 
5:50 PM – Women's 1500m 
6:10 PM – Women's 100m Hurdles Trials 
6:30 PM – Men's 110M Hurdles Trials 
6:50 PM – Men's 10,000m 
7:40 PM – Men's 4 x 400m Relay 
8:00 PM – Women's 4 x 400m Relay 
8:20 PM – Women's 10,000m 

Saturday, April 18 – Multi-Events
9:00 AM – Decathlon 110m Hurdles (followed by Discus Throw, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw, & 1500m) 
9:00 AM – Heptathlon Long Jump (followed by Javelin Throw & 800m) 

Saturday, April 18 – Field Events 
10:00 AM – Women's Shot Put (followed by Men's Shot Put) 
10:30 AM – Men's Discus Throw (followed by Women's Discus Throw) – starting immediately after the conclusion of the Dec. Discus Throw 
11:00 AM – Men's High Jump (followed by Women's High Jump) 
11:30 AM – Women's Triple Jump (followed by Men's Triple Jump) 

Saturday, April 18 – Track Events 
10:00 AM – Men's 5,000m 
10:30 AM – Women's 5,000 
11:00 AM – Men's 4 x 100m Relay 
11:15 AM – Women's 4 x 100m Relay 
11:30 AM – Men's 800m 
11:50 AM – Women's 800m 
12:10 PM – Men's 110m Hurdles Final 
12:20 PM – Women's 100m Hurdles Final 
12:30 PM – Men's 400m 
12:50 PM – Women's 400m 
1:10 PM – Men's 100m Final 
1:15 PM – Women's 100m Final 
1:20 PM – Men's 400m Hurdles 
1:40 PM – Women's 400m Hurdles
2:00 PM – Men's 200m 
2:20 PM – Women's 200m 
2:40 PM – Men's 4 x 800m Relay 
3:00 PM – Women's 4 x 800m Relay 

AARTFC Qualified to date:
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 100m
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 200m
Tanner Warren (Mohawk, NY/Central Valley Academy), 400m
Arianna McClendon (Rome, NY/New York Mills), 400m
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 5000m
Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), 5000m
Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), 10000m
Olivia Jensen (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook), 100mH
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 3000m Steeplechase
Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), High Jump
Aaron Johnson (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit Valley), Pole Vault
Justin Couture (Sherrill, NY/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), Triple Jump
Wayne Spencer (Rochester, NY/Padilla (Franklin Campus)), Triple Jump
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Shot Put
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Discus
Spencer Borghardt (Smithtown, NY/St.Anthony's), Hammer
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Hammer

NCAA Top 50 Ranked to date
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 3k Steeplechase #6
Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), High Jump #36
Aaron Johnson (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit Valley), Pole Vault #43
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Shot Put #34
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Discus #14
Spencer Borghardt (Smithtown, NY/St.Anthony's), Hammer #13

Following the Cortland Classic: The Pioneers are heading to RPI next weekend before gearing up for the Empire 8 Outdoor Championships, which will take place on May 1st and 2nd at St. John Fisher.