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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- 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 place third 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).

In the men's meet, 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. 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.

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

2009 Empire 8 Honors
Track Athlete of the Meet: Marcia McCord, Ithaca
Field Athlete of the Meet: Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca

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

100-Meter Dash
1st Team - Samantha Mitchell, RIT :12.50
2nd Team - Melissa Cutcliffe, Nazareth :13.24

100-Meter Hurdles
1st Team - Lauren Koppel, Ithaca :15.50
2nd Team - Emma Dewart, Ithaca :16.05

200-Meter Dash
1st Team - Marcia McCord, Ithaca :25.62
2nd Team - Samantha Mitchell, RIT :26.35

400-Meter Dash
1st Team - Marcia McCord, Ithaca :59.24
2nd Team - Lauren Glaser, Nazareth 1:00.90

400-Meter Hurdles
1st Team - Jillian Putney, RIT 1:06.93#
2nd team - Lauria Barito, Stevens 1:09.14

800-Meter Run
1st Team - Lauren Glaser, Nazareth 2:20.69
2nd Team - Nicole Varber, RIT 2:21.12

1,500-Meter Run
1st Team - Megan Crimmins, Alfred 4:57.60
2nd Team - Danielle Sisti, Ithaca 5:02.56

3,000-Meter Steeplechase
1st Team - Heidi Baumbach, Ithaca  12:02.51
2nd Team - Cathy Ortiz, Ithaca 12:18.78

5,000-Meter Run
1st Team - Melanie McCormick, Ithaca 18:44.04
2nd Team - Bridget Hastings, Ithaca 18:54.04

400-Meter Relay
1st Team - RIT (Alison Dupra, Samantha Mitchell, Caitlyn Peterson, Abby Arday) :49.36
2nd Team - Ithaca (Hannah Evans, Emma Dewart, Diamondo Stratakos, Marcia McCord) :50.56

1,600-Meter Relay
1st Team - RIT (Samantha Mitchell, Alison Dupra, Kat Springate, Jillian Putney) 4:07.85
2nd Team - Ithaca (Emily Moran, Lindsay Harris, Emily Ondrejka, Molly Brown) 4:09.18

High Jump
1st Team - Emma Dewart, Ithaca 1.63m
2nd Team - Laura Koppel, Ithaca 1.58m

Pole Vault
1st Team - Kristen Destefano, Ithaca 3.10m
2nd Team - Shona Craig, Ithaca 2.95m

Long Jump
1st Team - Marcis McCord, Ithaca 5.55m#
2nd Team - Lauren Koppel, Ithaca 5.30m

Triple Jump
1st Team - Kristi Custer, Nazareth 10.79m
2nd Team - Caroline Pawalowski, Stevens 10.57m

Shot Put
1st Team - Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca 10.09m
2nd Team - Michelle Uberbacher, Ithaca 9.97m

Discus
1st Team - Lindsey Clark, RIT 35.75m
2nd Team - Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca 33.96m

Hammer Throw
1st Team - Jamie Morey,. RIT 45.83m
2nd Team - Anna Lawrence, Ithaca 42.66m

Javelin Throw
1st Team - Ashley Dlubac, Ithaca 37.02m
2nd Team - Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca 34.08m