Results
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nazareth's men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Empire 8 Conference Championships at Ithaca. The men's team finished in fifth place in the team standings with 38 points. The women's team placed fourth with 45 points.

Ithaca won the team titles in both meets. The women's team amassed 317.50 points. Utica was a distant second with 99, followed by Stevens (52.50), Nazareth (45), Alfred (31) and St. John Fisher (30). In the men's meet, Ithaca scored 230 points and was followed by Stevens (126), Utica (96), Alfred (67), Nazareth (38) and St. John Fisher (31).

In the women's meet, freshman Hannah Brackley won the 400-meter dash and broke her own school record with a winning time of :59.48. Junior Katie Wyant was fourth in the same efvent in 1:01.67.

Brackley and Wyant also ran on Nazareth's winning 4 x 400-meter relay that crossed the finish line in 4:11.90. Freshman Michaela Gildemeyer and junior Keaghlan Morrissey also competed in that event. Brackley also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in :26.80 and was followed by Wyant, who finished 11th in :28.15.

In other events, Gildemeyer finished third in the 800-meter run (2:25.02) and junior Lauren Jamieson was fourth in the 1,500-meter run (5:05.94). Morrissey placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:10.90) and junior Kelsey Ryan was fifth in the 5,000-meter run (19:37.44).

In the men's meet, freshman Ira Griffin was second in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. He broke his own school record in the 100 with a time of :11.04. He ran :22.63 in the 200. Griffin also ran on the 4 x 100-meter relay that placed third in :44.01. Sophomores Jake Lafaver and Zach Lafaver also ran in that event with junior Phil Schierer.

Jake Lafaver also finished third in the 400-meter dash (:50.37) and sixth in the 200 (:23.20). Senior Tim Rutan ran fifth in the 800-meter run (2:03.87) and sophomore Matt Fedrizzi was sixth in the 1,500-meter run (4:21.97).

Empire 8 2012 Honors
Track Athlete of the Meet: Lauren DeLude, Utica
Field Athlete of the Meet: Amanda Rissmeyer, Ithaca
 
Empire 8 2012 Women's Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference
# - denotes Empire 8 Championship meet record
 
100 Meter Dash
1st Team – Lauren DeLude, Utica :12.83 
2nd Team – Rebecca Coffman, Ithaca :13.03
 
100 Meter Hurdles
1st Team – Jess Ciraulo, Utica  :15.82
2nd Team – Christine Benway, Ithaca :15.89
 
200 Meter Dash
1st Team – Lauren DeLude, Utica :26.12
2nd Team – Rebecca Coffman, Ithaca :26.46             
 
400 Meter Dash
1st Team – Hannah Brackley, Nazareth :59.48
2nd Team – Lauren Penc, Utica :59.96
 
400 Meter Hurdles
1st Team – Ebonie Howard, Ithaca 1:05.78#
2nd Team – Leigh Martino, Ithaca 1:05.94
 
800 Meter Run
1st Team – Jennifer Randall, Ithaca 2:17.54
2nd Team – Alexa Rick, Ithaca 2:24.40
 
1,500 Meter Run
1st Team – Molly Quinn, Ithaca 4:56.94
2nd Team – Heidi Baumbach, Ithaca 4:57.02
 
5,000 Meter Run
1st Team – Anastasia Diamond, Ithaca 18:52.52         
2nd Team – Meghan Cass, Ithaca 19:20.06
 
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
1st Team – Kaitlyn Day, Utica 11:55.01         
2nd Team – Allison Bartkowiak, Ithaca 12:12.34
 
400 Meter Relay
1st Team – Ithaca :49.71 
Rachel Friedman, Harmony Graves, Cassie Clark, Rebecca Coffman
2nd Team – Utica :50.69
Anea Isom, Lauren DeLude, Anastasia Bowden, Lauren Penc
 
1,600 Meter Relay
1st Team – Nazareth 4:11.90                       
Katie Wyant, Michaela Gildemeyer, Keaghlan Morrissey, Hannah Brackley
2nd Team – Utica 4:12.98           
Jaimee Balloni, Anastasia Bowden, Lauren DeLude, Lauren Penc
 
High Jump
1st Team – Amanda Rissmeyer, Ithaca 1.58m
2nd Team – Amira Dardir, Stevens  1.53m
 
Pole Vault
1st Team – Rebecca Graudons, Alfred 3.25m
2nd Team – Rebecca Tylock, Stevens  3.10m
 
Long Jump
1st Team – Lauren DeLude, Utica 5.03m
2nd Team – Hannah Evans, Ithaca 4.68m
 
Triple Jump
1st Team – Emilia Scheemaker, Ithaca 10.60m
2nd Team – Christine Benway, Ithaca 10.45m
 
Shot Put
1st Team – Katie Middleton, Ithaca 12.06m
2nd Team – Paige Willson, St. John Fisher 11.49m
 
Discus Throw
1st Team – Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca 37.14m           
2nd Team – Elaine Abdulky, Ithaca  34.95m
 
Hammer Throw
1st Team – Jessica Hoeffner, Ithaca 50.45m           
2nd Team – Grace Python, Stevens 46.81m
 
Javelin Throw
1st Team – Ashley Dlubac, Ithaca 38.39m           
2nd Team – Maggie Kowalska, Stevens 35.82m