Meet Results

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Three Cardinals posted runner-up finishes, as the Plattsburgh State women's track and field team placed fifth out of nine teams with 54 points following the second and final day of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Outdoor Championships hosted by SUNY Brockport on Saturday.
 
Senior Aislyn McDonough (Rouses Point, N.Y./Northeastern Clinton) took second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:18.17, senior Janyll Barber (Dannemora, N.Y./Saranac) placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a standard of 1:02.03 and senior Journey Myricks (Westbury, N.Y./Shaker) finished as runner-up in the discus throw (35.61 meters – 116' 10").
 
Junior Jasmine Piper (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Plattsburgh) scored points for the Cardinals in the discus throw with a fourth-place toss of 33.47 meters (109' 9"), Myricks and senior Kaitlyn Bjelko (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Beekmantown) finished fourth (11.67 meters – 38' 3.5") and fifth (11.64 meters – 38' 2.25"), respectively, in the shot put, sophomore Michaela Schaffer (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) took fifth in the triple jump (10.79 meters – 35' 4.75") and senior Kristen Boerke (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) ranked eighth in the high jump (1.47 meters – 4' 9.75"). The 4x400-meter relay team of McDonough, Barber, first-year student Morgan Thompson (Porter Corners, N.Y./Corinth) and sophomore Hannah Cluck (Johnson City, N.Y./Johnson City) took fifth (4:13.75), while the 4x100-meter relay squad of Thompson, Boerke, junior Deanna Zoch (Nassau, N.Y./Columbia) and Cluck placed sixth (54.44).
 
Other Cardinals who competed on Saturday included senior Rebecca Block (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (ninth, 12:32.16), first-year student Sarah Smith (Lake Pleasant, N.Y./Wells) in the 5,000-meter run (10th, 19:46.84), sophomore Katie Bergé (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) in the heptathlon (10th, 2,480 points), senior Bliss Rhoads (Copake, N.Y./Taconic Hills) in the shot put (10th, 10.82 meters – 35' 6") and junior Mikayla Osmer (Cutchogue, N.Y./Mattituck) in the heptathlon (11th, 1,970 points).
 
Plattsburgh State next competes at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships from Wednesday-Thursday, May 18-19, at Moravian College.
 
AARTFC Qualifiers:
 
Janyll Barber – 400-meter hurdles (1:02.03)
Aislyn McDonough – 800-meter run (2:18.17)
Journey Myricks – Shot put (11.67 meters – 38' 3.5")
Kaitlyn Bjelko – Shot put (11.64 meters – 38' 2.25")