Cobleskill Wraps Up SUNYAC Championships - Mann Sets Shot Put Record

Above photo: Anneliese Klein

BROCKPORT – The SUNY Cobleskill men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams wrapped up competition at the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at SUNY Brockport’s Special Events Recreation Center, highlighted by a record-breaking performance from sophomore thrower Will Mann and a strong showing from local athlete Anneliese Klein.

Mann (Pawling, NY) delivered the top performance for the Fighting Tigers on the final day of the championships, breaking his own SUNY Cobleskill program record in the shot put with a toss of 14.06 meters (46-1½). The mark earned him an eighth-place finish and scoring position for Cobleskill after setting the previous record earlier this season.

Klein (Carlisle, NY) turned in a standout meet for the Tigers, scoring points in two events. She placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles final with a time of 9.71 seconds and added an eighth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.17 meters (16-11½).

Following two days of competition, Cobleskill finished 11th overall at the championships.

Klein advanced to the hurdles final on the opening day after placing seventh in the prelims with a time of 9.68 seconds. Trinity Grant (Albany, NY) narrowly missed qualifying for the final, finishing ninth overall in 9.97 seconds—just 0.02 seconds outside of advancement.

Cobleskill also saw strong distance performances as Gabrielle Waite (Pulaski, NY) placed 14th in the women’s 5,000 meters in 19:39.23, while Nik Recore (Peru, NY) just missed scoring for the men with a ninth-place finish in the 5,000 meters in 16:09.64.

In the field events, Finley McArdle (East Aurora, NY) earned points for the Tigers with a seventh-place tie in the pole vault after clearing 2.30 meters (7-6½). In the women’s weight throw, Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Fallsburg, NY) led Cobleskill with a 10th-place finish with a toss of 13.22 meters (43-4½).