Results l Meet site
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth senior Robby Castor placed first in the 800-meter run (1:55.59) and third in the 1500-meter run (4:01.32) to help the Golden Flyers' men's track and field team earn 43 team points at the Empire 8 Track and Field Championships, hosted by Nazareth. Junior Matt Case added a second place finish in the 400-meter dash (49.69 seconds) and a third place finish in the 200-meter event (22.95 seconds). The Golden Flyers finished the meet in fifth place.

Ithaca won the men's team title with a total of 222 team points. RIT finished second with 186 points, followed by Stevens Institute of Technology with 76 points, Alfred University with 58 points, and Nazareth with 43 points. Ithaca's Jeff Wetmore was voted as the Men's Track Athlete of the Meet, and his teammate, Corey Petermann, was voted the Men's Field Athlete of the Meet.

In the 400, Case was edged by teammate Ryan Ingram, who placed first with a time of 49.58 seconds. Freshman Peter Fekete added a sixth place finish in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:25.97.

Other top performers for the Golden Flyers included sophomore Matt Morales, who finished eighth in the 5000-meter run in 15:57.88. Freshman Dan Polino also added a ninth place finish in the triple jump and an 11th place finish in the long jump. Polino's mark for the triple jump was 40 feet, 1 1/2 inches, and in the long jump, Polino reached 18 feet, 9 1/4 inches.

In the women's meet, Nazareth senior Lauren Glaser placed first in the 800-meter run (2:20.69) and second in the 400-meter dash (1:00.90) to help lead Nazareth's track and field team to a third place finish at the Empire 8 Track and Field Championships, hosted by Nazareth. Sophomore Kristi Custer also turned in a first place performance in the triple jump (35 feet, 5 inches) and a seventh place finish in the 100-meter dash (13.98 seconds).

Ithaca won the women's meet as the Bombers tallied 322 team points. RIT finished second with 129 points, followed by the Golden Flyers in third place with 75 points. Stevens Institute of Technology finished in fourth place with 34 points, and Alfred University was in fifth place with 22 points. Ithaca's Marcia McCord was voted as the Women's Track Athlete of the Meet, and her teammate, Jessica Hoeffner, was voted as the Women's Field Athlete of the Meet.

Other top performers for Nazareth included seniors Melissa Cutcliffe and Katie Adams. Cutcliffe placed second in the 100-meter dash (13.24 seconds), fourth in the long jump (16 feet, 10 3/4 inches) and fifth in the 200-meter dash (28.54 seconds). Adams recorded fifth place finishes in the discus (90 feet, 3 inches) and hammer throw (116 feet, 8 inches), and ninth place finishes in the shot put (28 feet, 8 1/2 inches) and javelin throw (68 feet, 10 inches).

Graduate student Jessica Brown finished third in the 1500-meter run (5:04.21) while freshman Deborah Morey placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (17.24 seconds) and sixth in the long jump (16 feet, 3 inches). The Golden Flyers had three finishers in the top six places in the 3000-meter steeplechace as junior Shannon Bradley placed third (12:35.85), freshman Michelle Gillette placed fifth (12:32.72), and sophomore Sarah Wilcox finished sixth (13:40.01). Junior Jill Egmond also scored points for Nazareth with her fifth place finish in the pole vault (8 feet, 2 1/2 inches).

The Golden Flyers' next competition will be at the Geneseo Invitational April 25th.

2009 Empire 8 Honors
Track Athlete of the Meet: Jeff Wetmore, Ithaca
Field Athlete of the Meet: Corey Petermann, Ithaca

2009 Empire 8 All-Conference Honors
# denotes E8 Championship meet record

100-Meter Dash
1st Team - Jeff Wetmore, Ithaca :11.08
2nd Team - Matt Orenstein, Ithaca :11.15

100-Meter Hurdles
1st Team - Matt Joseph, RIT :15.56
2nd Team - Michael Wodarski, Ithaca :15.70

200-Meter Dash
1st Team - Matt Orenstein, Ithaca :22.17
2nd Team - Jeff Wetmore, Ithaca :22.22

400-Meter Dash
1st Team - Ryan Ingram, Nazareth :49.58
2nd Team - Matt Case, Nazareth :49.69

400-Meter Hurdles
1st Team - Matt Marion, RIT :54.48
2nd team - Kevin Morgera, Stevens :56.47

800-Meter Run
1st Team - Robby Castor, Nazareth 1:55.59
2nd Team - Sean Vazquez, Stevens 1:57.08

1,500-Meter Run
1st Team - Mike Hardbarger, RIT 3:59.43
2nd Team - Jared Burdick, RIT 4:01.09

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
1st Team - Tom Shea, Ithaca  9:37.95
2nd Team - Mike Kurvach, RIT 9:47.87

5,000-Meter Run
1st Team - Drew Hodge, Ithaca 15:18.54
2nd Team - Mike Brindak, RIT 15:27.06

400-Meter Relay
1st Team - Ithaca (Jon Lin, Chris Covino, Matt Orenstein, Jeff Wetmore) :42.20#
2nd Team - RIT (Zach Loughery, Anthony Shiavone, Jon Sealander, Brecht Moulin) :43.56

1,600-Meter Relay
1st Team - RIT (Matt Marion, Jon Sealander, Ryan Warner, Brecht Moulin) 3:19.64#
2nd Team - Ithaca (Doug Koury, Joel Trager, Matt Orenstein, Jeff Wetmore) 3:22.23

High Jump
1st Team - Roman Drymalski, RIT 1.95m#
2nd Team - Chris Stahlmann, Ithaca 1.95m

Pole Vault
1st Team - Trevor Currie, Stevens 4.60m
2nd Team - Andrew Brown, Ithaca 4.45m

Long Jump
1st Team - Kyle Devins, Ithaca 6.68m#
2nd Team - Nicholas Lowe, Stevens 6.44m

Triple Jump
1st Team - Kyle Devins, Ithaca 13.36m
2nd Team - Travis Johnson, Ithaca 13.31m

Shot Put
1st Team - Tim Wesley, RIT 14.34m#
2nd Team - Shawn Ross, Alfred 14.10m

Discus
1st Team - Corey Petermann, Ithaca 39.44m
2nd Team - Travis Cox, Alfred 38.72m

Hammer Throw
1st Team - Travis Cox, Alfred 46.78m#
2nd Team - Chris Batdorf, RIT 45.69m

Javelin Throw
1st Team - Corey Petermann, Ithaca 57.63m
2nd Team - Matt Joseph, RIT 51.75m