Men’s Track & Field
May 3rd & 4th at SUNYAC Championships (at Cortland), 2nd place with 198 points
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field squad battled to the end, but came up two points short of the SUNYAC team title to rival SUNY Cortland. Oneonta scored 198 points while Cortland scored 200 points, as both teams were well ahead of the other six teams that were competing.
In all, Oneonta won a total of five individual SUNYAC titles while the 4x100m relay captured a conference championship as well. The Red Dragons had 15 individual medalists while both relays earned medals.
Leading the way for Oneonta was senior
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker), who successfully defended his conference titles in the 100m and 200m dashes. He also ran the second leg of the 4x100m relay that won as well in a school and conference meet record time of 41.22. The time currently sits as the third fastest time recorded in Division III this spring.
Rounding out the foursome that won the 4x100m relay was a trio of freshmen, which included
Joe Carr (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake),
Jake Alviene (East Greenbush/Columbia) and
Thomas Wheeler (Rocky Point/Rocky Point). Carr, who scored the second most points on the track for the meet right behind Bernstein, medaled in the 100m (3rd), 200m (2nd) and both relays.
Wheeler also earned a second medal with his third place finish in the 400m hurdles, which was won by classmate,
Steve Kuznia (Saratoga Springs/Saratoga Springs), in a time of 54.71. Kuznia also medaled in the 100m high hurdles with a third place finish.
Claiming their first conference outdoor titles were sophomores
Patrick Weinert (Schenevus/Schenevus) and
J.D. Roth (Pearl River/Nanuet) in the throws. Weinert won the hammer throw with a school record throw of 54.95m (180'3”). Weinert also placed eighth in the javelin.
Roth had a solid all-around two days in the throws, scoring points in two of the four throwing events. He claimed the SUNYAC crown in the shot put with a distance of 15.15m (49'8 1/2”). He also placed third in the hammer throw with a distance of 51.47m (168'10”).
Rounding out the athletes that medaled for Oneonta included, senior
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park), junior
Joe Fox (West Nyack/Clarkstown South), sophomores
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville),
David Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell),
Michael Clancy (Shoreham/Shoreham-Wading River) and
Charles Remillard (Peru/Peru) and freshmen
Jim Bernstein (Grahamsville/Tri-Valley) and Micah Paterson.
Harvey earned his medal with his second place finish in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:28.74.
Bernstein and Remillard earned their medals with second and third place finishes respectively in the 10000m run on Friday night.
Paterson, Gallant and Bohunicky earned their medals as part of the 4x400m relay that took second place overall in a time of 3:19.47.
Fox and Clancy both contributed points in the throws this weekend, as they went 2-3 in the discus throw respectively. Fox was second with a throw of 44.68m (146'7") while Clancy was third with a throw of 44.42m (145'9").
Women’s Track & Field
May 3rd & 4th at SUNYAC Championships (at Cortland), 6th place with 67 points
The SUNY Oneonta women's track & field team competed this past weekend at the 2013 SUNYAC championship meet at SUNY Cortland and came away with a sixth place finish overall with 67 points. The overall team championship went to the host, who amassed 244 points for the two-day event.
Leading Oneonta was senior
Kate Parsons (Valatie/Ichabod Crane), who won the lone SUNYAC title for the women in the hammer throw. It was the first conference title of her career and she won the event with a throw of 50.10m (164'4”), setting a school record in the process. Parsons also scored in the discus throw with an eighth place finish in the event.
The only other individual to medal for the women was junior
Allison Ryley (LaGrangeville/Arlington), who placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase in a time of 11:40.61.
Both of Oneonta's relays medaled, as the 4x100m relay finished second and the 4x400m relay was third.
Junior
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern) ran a leg on both relays. The 4x100m foursome crossed the line in a time of 49.11 while the 4x400m relay broke the four-minute mark for the first time this spring, coming across in 3:59.93.
Juniors
Kaitlyn Brandt (West Islip/West Islip) and
Shana Ventresca (Niagara Falls/Niagara Falls) and freshman
Amanda Rosenberger (Callicoon/Sullivan West) rounded out the 4x100m relay. Seniors
Carolyn Nasr (LaGrangeville/Arlington) and
Shannon Hopkins (Fort Salonga/Kings Park) along with sophomore
Chelsea Christonikos (New City/Clarkstown South) were the other three legs for the 4x400m relay.
Brandt scored in both the 100m (5th) and 200m (6th) dashes. Christonikos and Hopkins were fifth and sixth respectively in the 400m hurdles. Ventresca was seventh in the javelin while Nasr was eighth in the 800m run.
