ITHACA, N.Y. – The throwers stole the show at Saturday's Upstate Challenge at Cornell's Kane Track & Field Complex, setting three facility records and a new school record in the hammer throw. The Big Red men posted 17 IC4A-qualifying marks and three all-time, Top-10 performances in school history.  Cornell hosted Buffalo, Canisius, and a small group of unattached competitors.
 
Senior Stephen Mozia set a new facility record in the shot in 66' 2 ½" (20.18m, IC4A), winning by over nine feet.  Freshman Andrew Robinson was fifth in 46' ½" (14.03m) and David Karabinos was sixth in 38' 2" (11.63m). 
 
Mozia then returned to the discus to set yet another facility record (199' 10", 60.91m, IC4A) to win by an astounding 31 feet.  Freshman Jacob Shaffer was the runner-up (158' 8", 48.37m, IC4A), freshman Rudy Winkler was third (158', 48.17m, IC4A), Andrew Robinson was fifth (144' 3", 43.96m), Karabinos was seventh (130' 8", 39.84m), and sophomore Austin Jamerson was eighth (118' 5", 36.10m). 
 
In the hammer, Rudy Winkler set a new school record for the third time in seven days, setting a new facility record as well in 216' 4" (65.94m, IC4A) in a one-through-four place sweep for Cornell.  Mozia was the runner-up (177' 2", 54.01m, IC4A), sophomore Martin Murillo was third (175' 10", 53.59m, IC4A), and sophomore Matt Casbarro was fourth (143' 4", 43.69m).  Freshman Mark Zavrl won the javelin in 196' (59.75m, IC4A) to move to #10 all-time in school history.  Sophomore Vince Harnett was second in 174' 11" (53.32m).
 
Senior Keith Rayburn continued his great senior year, winning the pole vault at 16' 8 ¾", moving into a tie for fifth-best all-time at Cornell (IC4A, 5.10m).  Senior Steven Pawlak was third in 14' 11" (4.55m).  Freshman Myles Lazarou notched another win in the high jump at 6' 8 ¼" (IC4A, 2.04m), above sophomore Joe Mankovecky in third (6' 4 ¼", 1.94m) and junior Logan Kreglow in fifth (6' 2 ¼", 1.89m).
 
In the long jump, sophomore Justin Love flew to second place in 24' 4 ¼" (IC4A, 7.42m, 5.5 mph tailwind).  Ryan Hynes was sixth (23' ½", 7.02m), freshman Alex Rodriguez seventh (22' 3 ¾", 6.80m), and Logan Kreglow eighth (21' 10 ¾", 6.67m).  Sophomore Bobby Plummer made a fine return from injury, taking the triple jump win in 49' ¾" (IC4A, 14.95m), while sophomore Sean Waterton (46' 11 ½", 14.31m) and freshman Oseoba Airewele (46' 1 ¼", 14.05m) completed the sweep of the Top-3 places.
 
Taking advantage of favorable tailwinds, freshman Brailin Paulino placed second in the 100 in a fine 10.65 (IC4A, 3.2 mph tailwind,) as junior Ryan Hynes was fifth in 10.88 and freshman Blake Smith was seventh in 11.19.  In the 200, junior Larry Gibson was fifth in 22.55 and Blake Smith was seventh in 24.01. 
 
A slew of Cornellians competed at 400, sweeping places three-through-eight: senior Francisco Olloqui (49.97), Larry Gibson (50.33), sophomore Will Gibson (50.57), freshman Lionel Chambers (51.32), freshman Ross Clarke (51.36), and freshman James Smith (52.16).  Junior Max Hairston continued his comeback, winning the 110 hurdles in 14.15 (IC4A, 2.7 mph tailwind, 14.54 prelims).  Sophomore Rachid Zidani was third in 14.80 (IC4A, 2.7 mph tailwind, 14.97 prelims), while: sophomore Wynn Curtis was fourth in 14.92 (14.82 prelims, IC4A), sophomore Austin Jamerson was fifth in 15.15 (15.04 prelims), and sophomore Jordan Sherwood was seventh in 15.18 (15.23 prelims).   Sophomore David Karabinos was ninth in the prelims at 16.62, as he prepares for next week's Penn Relays decathlon. 
 
Hairston completed the hurdle double with another win the 400 hurdles at 54.54, ahead of Zidani (55.61) in second and Sherwood in third (55.83).
 
In the relays, the 4x100 quartet of Ryan Hynes, Larry Gibson, Michael Smith, and Brailin Paulino was runner-up in 42.06 (IC4A). The second Cornell squad of Ryan Weigel, James Smith, Blake Smith, and Alex Rodriguez placed third in 43.99. 
 
In the 4x400, Cornell's three squads placed second-through-fourth:
Second Place: Tobenna Attah (49.8), Max Hairston (51.8), Cisco Olloqui (49.1), Michael Smith (48.9) = 3:19.61.
Third Place: Lionel Chambers (51.2), Will Gibson (49.3), Larry Gibson (49.9), James Smith (51.0) = 3:21.56
Fourth Place: Sebastian Roemer (51.6), Ross Clarke (53.5), Phelan McCormack (53.1), Tim Boston (52.8) = 3:31.13
 
In the 800, sophomore Sam Baxter  took the field through the 400 in 54.9 in the wind, before senior Sebastian Roemer took over before finishing second in 1:56.75, ahead of freshman Tim Boston (third, 1:57.07) and freshman Alex Clapacs (fourth, 1:58.40).  At 1500, sophomore David Taylor got the pace going with a 2:02 for the first 800 before yielding to classmate Mark Tedder, who took the win in 3:53.22.  Seniors Phelan McCormack and Sam Belcher were third and fifth in 3:59.99 and 4:03.72, respectively, as alumnus Adam Custer placed eighth in 4:07.63 and freshman Will Ronchetti was ninth in 4:08.61.        
 
Full results here: http://cornellbigred.com/documents/2015/4/18//2015_Outdoor_Upstate_Challenge_Results.pdf?id=6859
 
Cornell travels to Philadelphia next week for the Penn Relays, which is set to begin on Thursday April 23. The squad will return home to host the Big Red Invitational at Cornell next Sunday, April 26.