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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Haley Cole '25

Cortez Garrett

  • Position Sprints / Hurdles
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Dameron, MD

Biography

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2026 Outdoor: Logged a season-best time of 11.20 seconds in the 100 meters at the RPI Under the Lights ... Finished the 400 meters in a season-best time of 50.25 seconds at the Capital District Classic @ RPI ... Turned in a season-best time of 14.73 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles at the Liberty League Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Completed the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 53.44 seconds at the Liberty League Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Helped the 4x400 relay register a season-best time of 3:33.22 at the Amherst Spring Fling ... Placed second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.73 seconds and won the 400-meter hurdles in 53.44 seconds at the Liberty League Championships ... Recorded one first-place finish and nine top-three performances across the listed meets ... Named First Team All-Liberty League in the 400-meter hurdles ... Named Second Team All-Liberty League in the 110-meter hurdles.

2025-26 Indoor: Recorded a season-best time of 7.33 seconds in the 60 meters at the Dartmouth December Invite ... Crossed the line in a season-best time of 23.09 seconds in the 200 meters at the Middlebury's New England Small College Invitational ... Posted a season-best time of 37.63 seconds in the 300 meters at the Dartmouth December Invite ... Logged a season-best time of 8.43 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Liberty League Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Ran on the 4x400 relay that posted a season-best time of 3:34.17 at the Blue & Orange Invite and Multi ... Recorded one first-place finish and two top-three performances across the listed meets.

2025 Outdoor: Finished the 200 meters in a season-best time of 22.97 seconds at the Wesleyan Swanson Invitational ... Turned in a season-best time of 49.87 seconds in the 400 meters at the Wesleyan Swanson Invitational ... Completed the 110-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 14.73 seconds at the Liberty League Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Registered a season-best time of 53.68 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2025 Widener Final Qualifier ... Won the 110-meter hurdles in a championship-record 14.73 seconds and placed second in the 400-meter hurdles in 54.55 seconds at the Liberty League Championships ... Recorded five first-place finishes and seven top-three performances across the listed meets ... Named Second Team All-Liberty League in the 400-meter hurdles.

2024-25 Indoor: Posted a season-best time of 22.94 seconds in the 200 meters at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational ... Logged a season-best time of 8.40 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Liberty League Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Helped the 4x200 relay cross the line in a season-best time of 1:30.71 at the Blue & Orange Invite and Multi ... Won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.40 seconds at the Liberty League Championships ... Recorded three first-place finishes and three top-three performances across the listed meets ... Named First Team All-Liberty League in the 60-meter hurdles.

2024 Outdoor: Entered in 110m hurdles, 200m, 400m hurdles, and 4x400 ... Posted top times of 14.87 seconds in the 100 hurdles (Liberty League Outdoor Championships), 22.55 seconds in the 200 (Amherst Spring Fling), and 53.31 seconds in the 400 hurdles (MIT) ...

2023-24 Indoor: Ran the 60m, 60m hurdles, 200m, 4x200, and 4x400 ... Registered best marks of 7.43 seconds in the 60 (Tufts), 8.56 seconds in the 60 hurdles (Liberty League Indoor Championship),  and 22.97 seconds in the 200 (Utica CNY Valentine Alternative) ...

2023 Outdoor: Competed in 100, 200, 110H, 400H, and relays ... Season-bests of 11.36 (100) and 22.87 (200) at Hamilton ... Season-bests of 15.32 in 110H and 54.70 at Liberty League Championship, finishing fifth and second, respectively ... First in 110H at Hamilton, Farley Invitational, and Capital District Classic ... Won 400H at Wesleyan and Capital District Classic ... First in 4x100 at Farley and Capital District Classic ... Won 4x400 at Hamilton ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week three times ...

2022-23 Indoor: Competed in 60, 60H, 200, 4x400 ... First in 60H at Utica ... Career-bests of 7.43 in 60 at Tufts, 23.11 in 200 at BU, and 8.56 in 60H at Liberty League Championship ... 

High School: Four years of football (DB, WR) ... Three-year starter ... Two-time captain ... 

Personal: Business and Management major ... Competes on RPI football team (DB) ... Son of Tanita Thompson.

On attending Rensselaer: "It gave me an opportunity to use football to further my education." - August 2023

Benefits of undergraduate community: "I’m around people that make me a better student athlete everyday." - August 2023

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sprints / Hurdles
    6'1" 185 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    Sprints / Hurdles
    6'1" 185 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sprints / Hurdles
    6'1" 185 lbs
  • 2025-26Graduate Student

    Sprints / Hurdles
    6'1" 185 lbs