Brockport, NY – The men's and women's indoor track and field teams are set to travel to Utica University for the Empire 8 Championships on Friday, February 28^th starting at 2pm and Saturday, March 1^st for a 10am start. 

Live Results: https://results.leonetiming.com/?mid=7721

Last Time Out – Last weekend the Golden Eagles finished up at the Nazareth Conference Tune-Up meet and posted strong results on the day. 

Men's Team: 
Starting the day with a first-place finish in the finals of the men's 60m sprint was Derek Grimshaw at a quick 6.98 seconds also an AARTFC qualifying time. 

Jonathan Zavala also brought the heat in the 800m securing a second-place finish and a new school record of 1:53.77 while also making an AARTFC qualifying time. 

Cole Ferris ran a quick 200m race taking third with a time of 22.50 seconds, which is also an AARTFC qualifier

In the men's high jump, Jake Galley had a jump of 1.77m for a fifth-place finish.

Adam Curtis had a day in the long jump placing first from a 6.72m leap while Gabe Giannini took a close second place from a 6.69m jump. 

Finishing out the day in the men's pole vault was Daniel Reinhart clearing the pole at 4.46m and clinching third place.
 
Women's Team: 
Starting out the day in the women's 5000m race, Jennifer Reagan had a hard earned second place finish crossing the line at a time of 19:37.44.

Emily Leo achieved fourth place in the 800m finishing at just 2:24.13. 

Julianne Wilson fought for a second-place victory in the women's 1000m putting a time on the board of 3:06.32. 

In the women's 200m sprint, Lexi Rodriguez pushed for an AARTFC qualifying time of 26.26 seconds good for second place. 

Finishing in eighth place in the women's 3000m was Leah Lloyd at a time of 11:03.11. 

Taking sixth on the day in the pole vault was Isabel Swyers sailing over the pole at 3.16m. 

Finishing in fourth in the women's weight throw with a throw of 15.17m was Katrina Chandler. 

The women had a day in the high jump with Sasha Schramm clinching third with a 1.53m leap. 

Following E8's – After championships, the Golden Eagles will prep for Regionals which will be hosted by Ithaca College on Friday, March 7^th and Saturday, March 8^th.