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Emily Yousey runs during the 2022-23 season.
Timothy Petty

Men's Track and Field

Bears close SUNYAC Championships with more school records

Complete Results

ONEONTA, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's and women's track and field teams set six program records on the final day of competition at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships in Oneonta. SUNY Geneseo easily defended both the men's and women's titles, while both Bears teams finished eighth.
 
Potsdam's 4x100m relay team of freshman Madison Wagner (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango), sophomore Emily Yousey (Lacona, N.Y./Sandy Creek), sophomore Emma Robbins (Newark, N.Y./Newark) and sophomore Hailey von Ahn (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) ran a program record and regional qualifying time of 50.01 to finish fourth. The same four then set the program record in the 4x400m with a time of 4:10.47, finishing fifth. In the 400m finals, Yousey finished fifth with Potsdam's third best time of 1:01.14. She set the program record and qualified for regionals in yesterday's preliminaries. Wagner finished eighth and topped her program record in the 100m finals with a time of 12.79.
 
The 4x400m relay team of sophomore Ryan Orcutt (East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia), freshman Eli Siracusa (Penfield, N.Y./Penfield), junior Harper Barrett (Lowville, N.Y./Beaver River) and sophomore Sam Renaud (Lagrangville, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling) finished eighth with an program record time of 3:42.07. In the 4x100m, sophomore Junior Oduro (Watertown, N.Y./Watertown) and freshman Calvin Hitzsche (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) teamed with Siracusa  and Orcutt to finish seventh with Potsdam's second best time of 46.69. Senior Jady Sylvain (Jamaica, N.Y./Pathways College Prep) was 12th in the shot put with the program's 10th best distance of 12.10m. Senior Zaire Rogers (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Cheektowaga) was just short of his school record in the discus, finishing 13th, with a distance of 34.15m. Junior Timothy Petty (Highland, N.Y./Highland) exceeded his own Potsdam mark in the decathlon, with an overall score of 4935. He had three Potsdam top-10 performances in his five events today, including a record in the decathlon pole vault. Petty launched himself to a height of 2.70m, 0.1m better than his old mark, for a seventh place finish. He was sixth in the decathlon discus, throwing Potsdam's fifth best distance of 28.79m. Petty ran time of 18.34 in the decathlon 110m hurdles, the Bears sixth best time, placing ninth in the event. He closed out his day with a sixth place finish in the decathlon 1500m (4:52.71) and an eighth place finish in the decathlon javelin (24.95m).
 
The Bears are back in action on May 17-18, when they travel to the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships at Susquehanna University.
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Players Mentioned

Harper Barrett

Harper Barrett

Distance
Junior
Junior Oduro

Junior Oduro

Sprints/Jumps
Sophomore
Timothy Petty

Timothy Petty

Multi
Junior
Sam  Renaud

Sam Renaud

Middle Distance
Sophomore
Zaire Rogers

Zaire Rogers

Jumps
Junior
Jady Sylvain

Jady Sylvain

Throws
Senior
Eli Siracusa

Eli Siracusa

Distance
Freshman
Hailey von Ahn

Hailey von Ahn

Sprints/Jumps
Sophomore
Emily  Yousey

Emily Yousey

Distance
Sophomore
Madison Wagner

Madison Wagner

Sprints
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Harper Barrett

Harper Barrett

Junior
Distance
Junior Oduro

Junior Oduro

Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Timothy Petty

Timothy Petty

Junior
Multi
Sam  Renaud

Sam Renaud

Sophomore
Middle Distance
Zaire Rogers

Zaire Rogers

Junior
Jumps
Jady Sylvain

Jady Sylvain

Senior
Throws
Eli Siracusa

Eli Siracusa

Freshman
Distance
Hailey von Ahn

Hailey von Ahn

Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Emily  Yousey

Emily Yousey

Sophomore
Distance
Madison Wagner

Madison Wagner

Freshman
Sprints
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