Zach Nyhart Pole Vault All-American During NCAA Opening Day
Cortland Sports Information Department
Saturday's men's action features Isaiah Brunache (Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony Union) in the shot put at 11 a.m. and Amarian Hughes (Newburgh/Marlboro) and Jean-Andre Sassine (Queens Village/The Lawrenceville School) in the triple jump at 2 p.m., and on the women's side Danielle Fisk (Honeoye Falls/Honeoye Falls-Lima) in the high jump at 12:30 p.m. (all times Central). Cortland did not have any women's competitors during Day 1.
Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:
Brett's hurdle race was pretty tough. He had probably the worst start of the year, but really came back in the middle of the race. He was working back up into potential qualifying position but just crept up into hurdle 5 and lost his momentum. It's certainly frustrating for him, but we're quite proud of the indoor season he put together, and are excited for where he is in his overall development.
Coltrane certainly put together a strong day. He had a tough draw, but showed up big and competed well. He also came back and ran an excellent anchor leg for the relay, and was a big part of that team beating their seed time to be 10th in the country!
The rest of the relay put together strong legs, especially by our leadoff Evan Jensen. He made a smooth and aggressive move that was necessary to have us in contention, and it paid off. Having that relay here to gain experience of what competing at the NCAA Championships is like is certainly valuable.
Having Zach earn All-American honors was certainly something special! He's put together a great senior season of indoor track and field, and has worked very diligently to earn this level of success. He had a series of great jumps today - possibly his most consistent competition of the year - and performed very relaxed and focused while under pressure. I'm thrilled for him and for our beloved vault coach, Dr. Peter McGinnis!
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