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GENESEO — The Fredonia women’s track and field team had a pair of conference champions crowned on Day 2 of the SUNYAC Championships on Saturday. Sarah Couperus won the high jump and Brittany Feldman took home the top spot in the 400 m dash.

Couperus won with a jump of 1.67 m (5’5 3/4”). Teammate Amy Tichacek earned points with an eighth-place finish, clearing with 1.47 m (4-9 §).

Feldman won the 400-meter dash in a time of 57.28. She was 0.20 seconds ahead of the next competitor. Feldman also finished seventh in the 200 m in a time of 25.45.

Sarah Kurbs was fifth in the 5,000 m in a time of 18:14.07, and sixth in the 3,000 m steeplechase at 12:04.11.

Rachel Williams also earned points in two events, finishing sixth in both the shot put ( 11.64 m / 38′ 2 ™”) and the discus (35.98 m / 118′ 0”).

Macy Brooks was seventh in the heptahlon with 3,191 points.

In the 4×100 relay, Ayana Bursie, Cassie Serafin, Sarah Buckley, and Feldman were fifth in a time of 50.80.

Fredonia earned fifth place with 55 points. Geneseo was crowned champion with a total of 296.5 points.

Men’s Track and Field

Dunkirk’s DeLand competes at SUNYAC Championship Meet

GENESEO — The Fredonia men’s track and field team finished in sixth at the SUNYAC Championship Meet in Geneseo on Saturday. Damone Brown was the top performer for Fredonia, finishing second in the shot put and third in the weight throw.

Brown recorded a distance of 14.85 m (48′ 8 3/4”) in the shot put. He threw the discus 43.36 m (142′ 3”). He was 3.46 meters from the top throw of 46.82 by Brockport’s Tony DeYoung.

Fellow Blue Devil Jordan Toland earned points with a seventh-place throw of 39.77 m (130′ 5”).

Nick Serafin and Mitchel Paciga both pointed in the high jump. Serfin was third with a jump of 1.95 m (6′ 4 3/4”), and Paciga went 1.85 m (6′ 0 3/4”).

Paciga was fifth in the decathlon with 5,301 points. The top score was 6,111 by Cortland’s Zachary Kashmer.

Dan Sudyn 13.55 in the triple jump, seventh place.

The 4×400 relay team of Michael Salvati, Marcus Torres, Merlin Joseph Jr., Mike DeLand (Dunkirk) were sixth in 3:26.28.

The 4×100 squad of Salvati, Sudyn, Torres, and Justyn Haines finished seventh in 44.21.

Fredonia earned 48 points in the meet. Geneseo won the team championship with a score of 208.16.