Reilly Quinn First-Team All-American in High Jump During Second Day of NCAA Championships
Cortland Sports Information Department
La CROSSE, WIS. – Cortland senior Reilly Quinn (Morrisonville/Beekmantown) earned first-team All-America honors with a tie for seventh place in the high jump during Day 2 of the 2026 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The three-day event is being hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Quinn, in her first appearance at nationals, was one of six competitors between seventh and 12th place to clear 1.67 meters (5' 5.75"). She finished tied for seventh officially, along with Wartburg's Ema Roberts, since they both cleared the first three heights (1.59, 1.65 and 1.67 meters) on their first attempts, while the others had misses either at 1.67 meters or previous heights.
The top eight finishers earn first-team All-America recognition, while spots 9-16 are second-team honorees. Avery Baker-Schlendering of Ohio Northern won the national title by clearing 1.79 meters (5' 10.5").
On the men's side Friday, senior Isaiah Brunache (Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony Union) finished in 18th place in the shot put with a distance of 16.16 meters (53' 0.25"), missing second-team All-America recognition by two spots. Gage Stankiewicz of Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the national title at 18.77 meters (61' 7").
Brunache finished his stellar Red Dragon career with seven All-America honors (three outdoors, four indoors), including an eighth-place showing in the discus on Thursday. Brunache was the national shot put runner-up at both the 2023 and 2025 outdoor nationals.
Cortland concludes action at nationals Saturday with junior Cheyenne McPeek (Johnson City) and senior Jennifer Ndukwu (Queens/Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School) competing in the women's hammer throw at 12 p.m. (11 a.m. CT), junior Manuel Sepulveda (East Rochester) in the men's triple jump at 12 p.m. (11 a.m. CT), and junior Evan Collette (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) in the men's hammer throw at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT).
Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Steve Patrick:
What a performance by Reilly! To have a clean sheet over the first three heights is a big deal, especially because that can (and did) determine the ultimate finish place. It's hard to overestimate the impact nerves can have on you, especially for your first NCAA meet, but you wouldn't have known watching Reilly today that it was her first time at the meet. Even more impressive in a display of her focus today, she had three strong attempts at 1.70, brushing it off on her second attempt and barely nudging it off on her final attempt: It stayed up long enough that we thought she had it!
While it certainly wasn't the storybook ending we dreamt about for Isaiah, that also just illustrates how strong the depth of competition at this meet is. When you look his career, he leaves us as one of the most decorated athletes to ever put on a Cortland uniform for any sport, let alone as a track and field athlete, or specifically as a thrower. School records, conference records, athlete of the year at the regional and conference level, All American, Academic All American, Chancellor's Award winner: the list goes on, and is pretty darn unbelievable. We appreciate who he is and all that he has done for us during his time as a Red Dragon.
Tomorrow is hammer time (and triple jump time), as Cheyenne McPeek and Jennifer Ndukwu compete in the women's hammer, Manuel Sepulveda competes in the men's triple jump, and Evan Collette closes the year for us in the men's hammer throw.
