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For Immediate Release: April 20, 2004
Contact: Chris Gondek, SUNYAC Publicist
SUNYAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
CHAMPIONSHIPS UP FOR GRABS THIS WEEKEND IN CORTLAND
Teams from Brockport, Buffalo State, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, New Paltz,
Oneonta, Oswego and Plattsburgh will compete in this year's 37th annual men's
and 21th annual women's competitions.
Geneseo will be defending its men's title after narrowly defeating Cortland
in last year's championships 157-151. This will be a tall task as the Red
Dragons return five athletes that claimed seven individual titles at the 2003
meet. The Red Dragons had a tremendous indoor season as they took both the
SUNYAC and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) crowns. SUNYAC Cross
Country and men's indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter champion Ted Turner (Wappingers
Falls/John Jay) is back as the sole returning individual champion for
the Knights in the 5,000 and 10,000. The Red Dragons' Jonathan Frechette
(Oswego/Oswego), Paul Zalewski (Solvay/Solvay), Tyler Gutierrez
(Waverly/Waverly), and Marcus Matyas (Hamburg/Hamburg) all captured
titles a year ago.
The Geneseo women's team will attempt to win its second straight championship
in 2004. The Knights took the trophy last year by a wide margin 160-111 over
second-place Cortland. Kim DePrez (Fairport/Fairport) captured the
title in the high jump in 2003 while Mary Kosloski (Tonawanda/Kenmore East)
earned the top prize in the triple jump for the Knights. This year, Kerri
Gannon (Sparkill/Tappan Zee) is the lone Cortland athlete attempting to
defend a 2003 title. Gannon won the 400 meters with a time of 59.34.
The two-day event begins at 2 p.m. on Friday with the men's long jump, men's
hammer throw and women's shot put. Friday concludes at 6:30 p.m. with the
men's 10,000 meters. Saturday, the action begins at 10:00 a.m. with the men's
javelin and concludes at 2:35 p.m. with the men's 4x400 relay. For more information
and up-to-date performance lists and full daily results, click on Outdoor
Track on the SUNYAC web page at www.sunyac.com.
| 2003 Women's Results | 2003 Men's Results | |||||
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1
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Geneseo
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160
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1
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Geneseo
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157
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2
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Cortland
|
111
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2
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Cortland
|
151
|
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3
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Oswego
|
86
|
3
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Buffalo
State
|
76
|
|
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4
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Brockport
|
68
|
4
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Plattsburgh
|
59
|
|
|
5
|
Buffalo
State
|
61
|
5
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Brockport
|
50
|
|
|
6
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New Paltz
|
53
|
6
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Oswego
|
41
|
|
|
7
|
Plattsburgh
|
40
|
New Paltz
|
41
|
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8
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Oneonta
|
25
|
8
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Oneonta
|
29
|
|
|
9
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Fredonia
|
16
|
9
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Fredonia
|
13
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