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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2004
CONTACT: Chris Gondek, SUNYAC Publicist
MIKE WOODS, JOHN CRAWFORD EARN SUNYAC
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS
FREDONIA, NY - Geneseo's Mike Woods and Cortland's John Crawford
have been named the 2004 State University of New York Athletic Conference
(SUNYAC) Outdoor Track & Field Coaches of the Year. The award is voted
on by the conference coaches and given out annually at the conclusion of the
championships.
Woods, now in his 11th season, earns the Women's Outdoor Track and Field Coach
of the Year award for the second straight year after leading the Knights to
their second consecutive SUNYAC title last weekend. Geneseo outdistanced Cortland
141-126 to claim the team crown. The Knights, under the guidance of Woods,
earned four individual titles in the 5,000 meters, long jump, triple jump,
and high jump at this year's meet.
Crawford, in just his second year at the helm in Cortland, led the Red Dragons
to their seventh SUNYAC Outdoor title and third in the last four years to
earn SUNYAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. Cortland ran
away with the 2004 trophy with a 63-point (192-129) margin of victory over
second-place and defending champion Geneseo. Crawford's athletes claimed seven
individual titles and two relays en route to this year's team championship
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