Utica, NY – The SUNY Cobleskill women's indoor track and field team opened the 2026 season on Friday night at the Utica Winter Opener, hosted by Utica University.

Anneliese Klein (Carlisle, NY) highlighted the meet for the Fighting Tigers with a pair of fourth-place finishes. Klein placed fourth overall in the 60-meter hurdles with a finals time of 9.89 seconds after advancing out of the prelims in seventh place at 10.01 seconds. She later added another fourth-place effort in the long jump, recording a leap of 4.99 meters (16-4½).

Trinity Grant (Albany, NY) competed in multiple events, finishing ninth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.12 seconds. Grant also turned in an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter run, crossing the line in 1:08.75. Foune Keita (Harlem, NY) followed in the 400 meters, placing 11th with a time of 1:15.25. Finley McArdle (East Aurora, NY) represented Cobleskill in the 60-meter dash, finishing 31st with a time of 9.75 seconds.

In the middle-distance events, Gillian Miner (Saranac, NY) placed 20th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:47.25. On the distance side, Gabrielle Waite (Pulaski, NY) delivered a strong performance in the 5,000 meters, finishing sixth overall in 20:28.79.

The Tigers saw solid results in the throws, led by Adira-Virginia Greer-Padilla (Fallsburg, NY). Greer-Padilla placed sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 12.64 meters (41-5¾) and followed with a ninth-place finish in the shot put after a throw of 9.71 meters (31-10¼). Dory Gosselin (Whitehall, NY) finished 10th in the weight throw at 11.80 meters (38-8¾) and placed 13th in the shot put with a distance of 9.07 meters (29-9¼). Sidney Glover (Cincinnatus, NY) rounded out the group with a 13th-place finish in the weight throw at 11.10 meters (36-5) and a 14th-place result in the shot put at 8.97 meters (29-5¼).

Up Next
The Fighting Tigers return to action on January 31 as they travel to Nazareth University for the Conference Challenge Cup, with competition beginning at 10:00 a.m.

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