2008-09 Indoor Track and Field
Athletes of the Week

Date
Athlete
School
Honor
Eric Thiess
Oneonta
Men's Track
Melissa Scorse
Brockport
Women's Track
Mike DeVasto
Oneonta
Men's Field
Julia Hopson
Fredonia
Women's Field
Josh Guarino
Fredonia
Men's Track
Amanda Elias
Brockport
Women's Track
Matt Hand
Brockport
Men's Field
Sarah Kimball
Cortland
Women's Field
Eric Thiess
Oneonta
Men's Track
Melissa Scorse
Brockport
Women's Track
Ryan Pericozzi
Cortland
Men's Field
Shannon O'Keeffe
Brockport
Women's Field
Eric Thiess
Oneonta
Men's Track
Liz Montgomery
Geneseo
Women's Track
Jake Zanetti
Cortland
Men's Field
Julia Hopson
Fredonia
Women's Field
Tim Diegelman
Buffalo State
Men's Track
Melissa Scorse
Brockport
Women's Track
Dom Gonzalez
Brockport
Men's Field
Shannon O'Keefe
Brockport
Women's Field
Mike Heymann
Plattsburgh
Men's Track
Melissa Scorse
Brockport
Women's Track
Ryan Pericozzi
Cortland
Men's Field
Julia Hopson
Fredonia
Women's Field
Gino Bisceglia
Cortland
Men's Track
Laura Iafrati
Geneseo
Women's Track
Ryan Pericozzi
Cortland
Men's Field
Jacki Majka
Fredonia
Women's Field
Eric Thiess
Oneonta
Men's Track
Andi Palen
Cortland
Women's Track
Mike Chamberlain
Oswego
Men's Field
Keri Laviska
Cortland
Women's Field
Joe Keleher
Cortland
Men's Track
Andi Palen
Cortland
Women's Track
Jake Zanetti
Cortland
Men's Field
Shannon O'Keeffe
Brockport
Women's Field

March 2
MEN'S TRACK
Eric Thiess (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Oneonta senior
Thiess was named the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field Championships' Most Outstanding Men's Track Athlete for his performance in the meet this past Saturday. Thiess finished 8th in the 55m dash, 4th in the 200m dash, won the 400m race, and was a member of the winning 4X400 relay team.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Melissa Scorse (Pittsford/Mendon), Brockport sophomore
Melissa Scorse was named the Most Outstanding Women's Track Athlete at the Championship meet. Scorse won the 55m dash with a time of 7.18 seconds, which is both a SUNYAC meet and conference racord, and also an ECAC qualifying time and NCAA provisional qualifying time. Scorse also won the 200m dash, with an ECAC qualifying time of 25.99.

MEN'S FIELD
Mike DeVasto (Hastings/Hastings), Oneonta senior
Mike DeVasto was named the Most Outstanding Men's Field Athlete at the SUNYAC Championship meet. He won the shot put event with a distance of 14.38m, which is an ECAC qualifying distance. DeVasto also placed third in the 35 lb. weight throw competition, with a distance of 16.19m, also an ECAC qualifier.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Julia Hopson (Poughkeepsie/Arlington), Fredonia senior
Julia Hopson was named the Most Outstanding Women's Field Athlete at the Championship meet. Hopson won the shot put with an ECAC qualifying throw of 12.86m and also won the 20 lb. throw with an ECAC and NCAA automatic qualifying, SUNYAC meet and conference record of 17.62m.

February 23
MEN'S TRACK
Josh Guarino (Bergen/Byron-Bergon), Fredonia sophomore
Fredonia sophomore Josh Guarino finished fourth in the mile run at Cornell's Deneault Invitational with a time of 4:28.26.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Amanda Elias (Belmont/Genesee Valley) Brockport sophomore
Brockport sophomore Amanda Elias took second in the 800 meters in a time of 2:19.14 at Kent State and anchored the 4X400 relay to a school-record time of 4:01.15.

MEN'S FIELD
Matt Hand (Belmont/Genesee Valley), Brockport senior
Brockport senior Matt Hand placed 10th in the weight throw at the Kent State meet with an NCAA provisional toss of 16.69 meters and finished 39th in the shot put with a distance of 11.48 meters.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Sarah Kimball (Liverpool/Liverpool), Cortland senior
Cortland senior Sarah Kimball finished second in the pole vault at the Deneault Invitational at Cornell with an NCAA provisional height of 3.45 meters.

February 16
MEN'S TRACK
Eric Thiess (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Oneonta senior
Thiess finished second in the 400 meters at the Boston University Valentine Invitational with a SUNYAC record and NCAA automatic qualifying time of 47.62 and anchoring the NCAA provisional qualifying 4X400 meter relay.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Melissa Scorse (Pittsford/Mendon), Brockport sophomore
Melissa Scorse broke her own school record in the 55-meter dash at the Boston University Valentine Invitational with a time of 7.25 in the prelims.

MEN'S FIELD
Ryan Pericozzi (Lancaster/Lancaster), Cortland freshman
Pericozzi won the pole vault at the Cornell Kane Invitational with an NCAA provisional height of 4.80 meters and finishing third in the long jump with a distance of 6.64 meters.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Shannon O'Keeffe (Boston/Springville-Griffith), Brockport senior
O'Keeffe captured the triple jump at the Cornell Kane Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 11.49 meters and finishing third in the long jump with a distance of 5.28 meters.

February 9
MEN'S TRACK
Eric Thiess (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Oneonta senior
Oneonta senior Eric Theiss set a school record in winning the 200-meter dash at the Syracuse Invitational on Saturday with a time of 21.87 and running an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.47 in the 55-meter dash.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Liz Montgomery (Glenville/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), Geneseo senior
Geneseo senior Liz Montgomery won the 5,000 meters at the Syracuse University Invitational on Saturday with a time of 17:47, just five seconds off an NCAA provisional qualifying time.

MEN'S FIELD
Jake Zanetti (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Cortland senior

Cortland senior Jake Zanetti broke his own SUNYAC and school record in the pole vault with his winning and NCAA provisional height of 4.90 meters at the Syracuse Invitational.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Julia Hopson (Poughkeepsie/Arlington), Fredonia senior
Fredonia senior Julia Hopson placed 12th in the weight throw with an NCAA provisional toss of 16.32 meters at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

February 2
MEN'S TRACK
Tim Diegelman (Clarence/Clarence), Buffalo State senior
Buffalo State senior Tim Diegelman placed third at the pentathlon at the Findlay Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying score of 3,401. His finishes in the events were as follows: 6th in 60m hurdles - 8.97, 4th in long jump - 6.54m, 3rd in shot put - 11.42m, 4th in high jump - 1.90m, 4th in 1000m run - 3:00.76.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Melissa Scorse (Pittsford/Mendon), Brockport sophomore
Brockport sophomore Melissa Scorse claims the award for the second week in a row after breaking the school record in the 60-meter dash with an NCAA provisional time of 7.82 seconds, which was good enough for second place in the event at the Colgate Invitational.

MEN'S FIELD
Dom Gonzalez (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury), Brockport senior
Brockport senior Dom Gonzalez finished in first place in the weight throw with an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 16.64 meters at the Colgate Class of 1932 invitational.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Shannon O'Keeffe (Boston/Springville-Griffith), Brockport senior
Brockport senior Shannon O'Keefe finished in second place in the triple jump at the Colgate Invitational with an NCAA Provisional jump of 11.27 meters. She also took third in the 60-meter dash with a 9.56 finishing behind a pair of Division I sprinters.

January 26
MEN'S TRACK
Mike Heymann (Norwood/Norwood-Norfolk), Plattsburgh sophomore
Plattsburgh sophomore Mike Heymann won first place in the 3000-meter run in an ECAC Championship-qualifying time of 8:42.82 at the St. Lawrence Invitational.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Melissa Scorse (PIttsford/Mendon), Brockport sophomore
Brockport sophomore Melissa Scorse finished first in the 55-meter dash, breaking her school record twice and qualifying provisionally for the NCAA Division III championships with times of 7.37 in the prelims and 7.28 in finals. Scorse finished third in 200-meter dash with 27.68 and ran the third leg of the winning 4x200 meter relay to an ECAC-qualifying time of 1:49.54 at the St. Lawrence Invitational.

MEN'S FIELD
Ryan Pericozzi (Lancaster/Lancaster), Cortland freshman
Pericozzi finished first in the pole vault at the Upstate Challenge, hosted by Cornell with an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying height of 4.68 meters (15' 4.25").

WOMEN'S FIELD
Julia Hopson (Poughkeepsie/Arlington), Fredonia senior
Fredonia senior Julia Hopson finished second in the weight throw with an NCAA provisional qualifying toss of 16.75 meters and second in the shot put with a throw of 12.60 meters at the Mary Phillips Invitational at Fredonia. Hopson finished second in both events to Olympic Trials competitor, Adriane Blewitt.

January 19
MEN'S TRACK
Gino Bisceglia (Norwood/Norwood-Norfolk), Cortland junior
Bisceglia won the 400 meter dash with a time of 51.31 and came in fourth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.25 at the Syracuse University Welcome Back meet.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Laura Iafrati (Hilton/Hilton), Geneseo senior
Iafrati won the 3000 meter run at the RIT Tiger Invitational with a time of 10:31.04.

MEN'S FIELD
Ryan Pericozzi (Lancaster/Lancaster), Cortland freshman
Pericozzi won the pole vault event at the Syracuse University Welcome Back meet with a height of 4.6 meters.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Jackie Majka (Depew/Depew), Fredonia sophomore
Majka finished third in the long jump with a jump of 5.12 and fourth in the triple and high jump at the RIT Tiger Invitational.

December 15
MEN'S TRACK
Eric Thiess (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Oneonta senior
Thiess set a new SUNYAC record this weekend in the 400 meter run at the St. Lawrence University Holiday Relays. He won the event with a time of 48.62 seconds. This provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Andi Palen (Gardiner/Wallkill), Cortland sophomore

Palen set a meet record at the St. Lawrence University meet in the 5000 meter run with a time of 17:31.09.

MEN'S FIELD
Mike Chamberlain (Gates/Gates-Chili), Oswego freshman
Chamberlain won two individual events and finished second in a third event at the St. Lawrence University Holiday Relays. He won the triple jump with a leap of 13.25 meters, the high jump with a height of 1.82 meters, and placed second in the long jump with a leap of 6.18 meters.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Keri Laviska (Binghamton/Susquehanna Valley), Cortland senior
Laviska won the pole vault event at the St. Lawrence meet with a height of 3.35 meters.

December 8
MEN'S TRACK
Joe Keleher (New Fane/New Fane), Cortland junior

Keleher won the 60m hurdles event at the Cornell Relays with a time of 8.24 seconds. He defeated 25 other competitors, including ten Divison I athletes.

WOMEN'S TRACK
Andi Palen (Gardiner/Wallkill), Cortland sophomore

Palen finished second in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:19.15 at the Cornell relays.

MEN'S FIELD
Jake Zanetti (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), Cortland senior

Zanetti finished second overall in the pole vault at 4.8m (15'9"). This provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Division III Championships.

WOMEN'S FIELD
Shannon O'Keeffe (Boston/Springville-Griffith), Brockport senior

O'Keeffe finished second in the triple-jump, tops among Division III contenders, with an 11.31 meter jump. This provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III Championships.



Dr. Patrick R. Damore, Commissioner
Phone: (716) 673-3105
Fax: (716) 673-3135
Hotline: 1-877-299-4011

Site maintained by Megan McLaughlin, SUNYAC Publicist