HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Hartwick Track and Field program completed the final day of the Empire 8 Indoor Championships, hosted by Houghton University.

 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

MEN'S RECAP

• The Hawks began their afternoon with the 200 meter, Patrick Conteh (Salisbury, Md.) was the lone Hawk, clocking in at 23.61 seconds.

• Marquis Jones-McKinney (Astoria, N.Y.) scored 1.73 in the high jump to wrap up the field events for Hartwick.

• The 4x400 relay capped off the day for the men as Conteh, Jones-McKinney, Hans Higgins (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Joe Catalano (Chester, N.Y.) combined for a time of  three minutes and thirty seven seconds.

• The Men wrapped up the Empire 8 Indoor Championships with an overall sixth place finish.

WOMEN'S RECAP
 

• Hartwick started Day two of the championships with Stephanie Cohen (Westtown, N.Y.) placing fifth in the 60 meter hurdle finals with a time of 9.97 seconds.

• Pepita Graham (Schenectady, N.Y.) placed fifth in the 60 meter final, crossing the finish line in 8.27 seconds for a strong start to the day for the Hawks.

• Graham followed up with a top ten finish in the 200 meter, clocking in at 27.65 seconds.

• Destiny Carter (Rensselaer, N.Y.) completed the 200 meter in 29.06 seconds.

• Brynita Haas (Red Creek, N.Y.) represented Hartwick in the 3000 meter race with a finishing mark of eleven minutes and 54 seconds.

• The 4x400 relay marked the last event of the Empire 8 Indoor Championships as Cohen, Carter, Giovanna Wall (West Hurley, N.Y.) and Atti Dinsmore (Burkburnett, Tex.) combined for a time of four minutes and twenty seven seconds.

• The Hawks finished the meet in seventh place, results from the meet can be found here.

UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS

Hartwick will prepare for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Regional Indoor Championships beginning on March 1st at 12 PM.

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