Mann Breaks Shot Put Program Record, Klein Posts Pair of Fourth-Place Finishes at Utica Winter Opener

UTICA – The SUNY Cobleskill men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams opened the 2026 season on Friday night at the Utica Winter Opener, hosted by Utica University, highlighted by a program-record performance in the shot put and multiple top-five finishes across events.

Will Mann (Pawling, NY) delivered the standout performance of the meet, placing second overall in the shot put while setting a new SUNY Cobleskill program record with a throw of 13.98 meters (45-10½). Mann eclipsed the previous school mark of 13.23 meters, set by Jeff Miliron in 2010. Jesus Sarda (Colonie, NY) followed with a 13th-place finish at 11.60 meters (38-0¾), while Connor Rinas (Ontario County, NY) placed 26th with a throw of 10.56 meters (34-7¾). Cal Marks added a 28th-place finish at 10.42 meters (34-2¼), Zachary Russell (Deposit, NY) finished 30th with a toss of 10.25 meters (33-7½), and Mark Temp rounded out the group in 34th at 9.53 meters (31-3¼).

Rinas also led the Tigers in the weight throw, earning a fifth-place finish with a mark of 14.76 meters (48-5¼). Marks followed closely behind in seventh place after a toss of 14.33 meters (47-0¼), while Temp placed 17th with a distance of 12.42 meters (40-9).

On the women’s side, Anneliese Klein (Carlisle, NY) highlighted the meet for Cobleskill with a pair of fourth-place finishes. Klein placed fourth overall in the 60-meter hurdles with a finals time of 9.89 seconds after advancing out of the prelims in seventh place at 10.01 seconds. She later added another fourth-place effort in the long jump, recording a leap of 4.99 meters (16-4½).

Trinity Grant (Albany, NY) competed in multiple events for the Tigers, finishing ninth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.12 seconds. Grant also turned in an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter run, crossing the line in 1:08.75. Foune Keita (Harlem, NY) followed in the 400 meters, placing 11th with a time of 1:15.25, while Finley McArdle (East Aurora, NY) represented Cobleskill in the 60-meter dash, finishing 31st at 9.75 seconds.

In the middle- and long-distance events, Gillian Miner (Saranac, NY) placed 20th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:47.25, while Gabrielle Waite (Pulaski, NY) delivered a strong performance in the 5,000 meters, finishing sixth overall in 20:28.79.

The women’s throws group was led by Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Fallsburg, NY), who placed sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 12.64 meters (41-5¾) and followed with a ninth-place finish in the shot put at 9.71 meters (31-10¼). Dory Gosselin (Whitehall, NY) finished 10th in the weight throw at 11.80 meters (38-8¾) and placed 13th in the shot put with a distance of 9.07 meters (29-9¼). Sidney Glover (Cincinnatus, NY) rounded out the group with a 13th-place finish in the weight throw at 11.10 meters (36-5) and a 14th-place result in the shot put at 8.97 meters (29-5¼).

On the men’s track events, Patrick Ponzo (Albany, NY) posted a 22nd-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.482 seconds. Zander Fortune (South Kortright, NY) finished 38th at 7.71 seconds, while Daniel Wiltshire (Troy, NY) crossed the line in 7.89 seconds for 39th place. In the 60-meter hurdles, Russell led the Tigers with a 16th-place finish at 9.67 seconds, followed by Uriel Lopez Navarro (Brewster, NY), who placed 20th with a time of 10.20 seconds. Lopez Navarro also competed in the 400-meter run, finishing 20th overall at 1:01.24.

Wiltshire capped the meet for the Tigers in the field events, placing sixth in the long jump with a leap of 6.23 meters (20-5¼).

Up Next

The Fighting Tigers return to action on January 31 as they travel to Nazareth University for the Conference Challenge Cup, with competition beginning at 10:00 a.m