Erie Community College, State University of New York

May 3, 2008

Region III Championships

Kats bring home four Region III titles

The Erie track teams completed competition in the Region III Outdoor track and field championship on Friday and Sturday and left with four Region III championships, three individual and one relay.

The Lady Kats finished 6th with 66 points.  Herkimer won the meet with 163.6 points; followed by Mohawk Valley (115), Cobleskill (108), Finger Lakes (101), and Alfred State College (92).

The team won three individual titles led by Anna Bogdanets (Kenmore/Kenmore West) who won the 1,500 meters.  She also ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 800 meter relay team that won by over 20 seconds.  Jamie Schlierf (Eden/Eden), Kylie Reach (Cheektowaga/Maryvale), and Sarah Furman (West Burn/West Burn) were the other members of the realy team.

Furman also won the 5,000 meters with a time of 19:32.01, followed immediately by Bogdanets with a time of 19:32.73.

The men's team finished in 4th with 64 points.  SUNY-Cobleskill won the meet with 195.5 points; followed by Alfred State College (160) and SUNY-Delhi (147).

The only individual champion on the men's side was Cameron Gallson (Hamburg/Frontier) who won the Decathalon last week.

The squad did get a second place finsh from Nick Jackson (Cleveland/Friendly) in the 100 meters and third place finishes from Seth Yernye (Angola/Lake Shore) in the 5,000, Matt Santarsiero (Amherst/Amherst) in the 800, Gallson in the high jump, and the 4 x 100 relay.

Both teams will be represented at the NJCAA National meet to be held at SUNY-Delhi next weekend.

May 2, 2008

Region III Championships

Women's  4 x 800 Relay wins Regional title

The Erie Community College track and field teams have completed day one of the Region III meet being held at Alfred State College.

The women opened the meet by winning the 4 x 800 meter relay by over 20 seconds.  Jamie Schierf (Eden/Eden), Anna Bogdanets (Kenmore/Kenmore West), Sarah Furman (West Burn/West Burn), and Kylie Reach (Cheektowaga/Maryvale) were the members of the Region III champion team than ran a time of 10:06.60.

Destiny Lewis (Bronx/JFK) finished fifth in the long jump with a jump of 4.51 meters. Schlierf also finished fifth in the javelin as well.  Lisa Czosek (Cheektowaga/Cheektowaga) scored Erie's other point, finishing fifth in the heptathalon, held last week.

The women's team stands in fifth place with 15 points.  Herkimer leads with 53 points, followed by Cobleskill (40), Mohawk Valley (38), and Alfred State (25). 

The men's team stands in fourth place with 20 points.  They trail Alfred State College with 50 points, followed by Cobleskill (47), and Delhi (43).

The men were paced by a win the decathalon from Cameron Gallson (Hamburg/Frontier) last week. 

On Friday, the 4 x 800 relay finished in fourth and Mike Brown (Hamburg/Frontier) finished third in the javelin throw.

The meet conlcudes today.

April 21, 2008

Region III Decathalon

Gallson wins Region III Decathalon

Erie Community College sophomore Cameron Gallson (Hamburg/Frontier) won the Region III Decathalon event held at Alfred State College April 20 and 21 with 5,230 points.

With the victory, Erie is awarded ten points in the Region III outdoor track and field meet to be held May 2-3 at SUNY-Delhi.