Tracey Armstead, SUNY Cortland: NCAA DIII Athlete Hall of Fame, Class of 2014

The 1985 track & field season was one to remember for Tracey Armstead and her SUNY Cortland women’s squad, capping a career that no one associated with the program will soon forget. In leading the Red Dragons to their lone outdoor team title in program history, the Monticello, N.Y., native won the Division III outdoor long jump title and earned All-America honors both at 100 and 200 meters. In winning the long jump title, she qualified to compete at the NCAA Division I National Championships. Even before that outdoor season started, she dominated the indoor competition to win both the 55-meter and long jump titles at the Indoor Championships, qualifying for the Division I Championships in the former. All told, that 1985 season produced three of her five career national titles and five of her 13 total All-America honors between the AIAW and NCAA, as well as indoor and outdoor long jump records that still stand to this day. She also set outdoor school records at 100 and 200 meters – events in which she won 1983 national titles – and an indoor 55 meters record that all still stand as of publication. Armstead was inducted into the SUNY Cortland Hall of Fame in 2012.