Tigers' teams finish second

Staff Report

May 12, 2008 04:00 am

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Emille Barnett earned first-team All-American honors Saturday by winning the 800-meter run, helping SUNY Cobleskill's men to a program-best second-place finish at the NJCAA Division III Track and Field Championships at SUNY Delhi.

The Fighting Tigers, who are in their final year at the NJCAA level, scored 116 points to tie the College of DuPage. Harper College scored 143 points to win its second straight championship. The host Broncos placed fourth with 86 points.

"I'm proud of our guys," said Delhi coach Bob Backus, whose program has hosted four national meets. "We've never run poorly at nationals here. I thought we'd be fifth or sixth, but our guys stepped up and we scored real well in 10 events. ... And hats off to Cobleskill as they ride off into the four-year ranks with two solid second-place finishes."

Barnett won the 800 in 1 minute, 56.41 seconds to earn one of two national crowns for area men. Delhi's Eric Stermer won the 3,000 steeplechase in 9:48.89.

The top two finishers in each event earn All-American honors. Delhi's Josh Schultheis just missed in the 800, finishing third in 1:57.31 _ .02 seconds behind Alfred State runner-up Hector Cuero.

Cobleskill received a third-place finish from Joseph Appah in the 400 (49.48) and from its 400 relay team of Leon Thompson, Brad Boice, Jon Figueroa and David Suarez (42.81).

Delhi's Claude Davis, an Edmeston graduate, placed sixth in the discus with a throw of 125 feet, 10 inches.

Delhi's Chris Mason, who won the 10,000 on Thursday and the 5,000 on Friday _ both in meet-record times _ earned male track athlete of the meet honors.

Cobleskill's women finished second for the third time in the past four seasons, scoring 86 points. Herkimer, which features Unadilla Valley graduates and sisters Sarah and Theresa Lazarus, won the championship with 153 points. Delhi finished 13th with 17.

The Fighting Tigers won two national championships Saturday as Jennifer Villanova won the pole vault before running the first leg for the winning 1,600 relay team.

Villanova cleared 8-11 in the pole vault. She tied College of DuPage's Leah Kuzmicz, but cleared 8-11 before her opponent to win the crown and earn All-American.

Villanova joined Brittany Armstrong, Regina Morgan and Tamarra Jenkins in winning the 1,600 (4:16.39). Villanova also placed third in the 400 hurdles (1:13.14), finishing behind Herkimer's Amanda Davey (1:07.99) and Theresa Lazarus (1:12.1).

Cobleskill's Meghan LaPoint placed third in the 1,500 (5:09.68).

Sarah Lazarus placed second in the high jump (4-8 1/4), which was won by Finger Lakes' Jessica Marianacci (5-0 1/4).

Kristal McGreggor, of Bronx Community College, set a meet record in the shot put (42-7).

NJCAA Division III Championships

Saturday at SUNY Delhi

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Team scores: Harper 143, SUNY Cobleskill 116, DuPage 116, SUNY Delhi 86, Bergen 77, Alfred State 75, Middlesex 54, Kingsborough 54, Gloucester County 32, Mohawk Valley 19, Erie 17, Bronx 15, Finger Lakes 14, Herkimer 11, Montgomery 10, Nassau 10, CC of Rhode Island 8, Thaddeus Stevens 8, Northern Essex 5, Cumberland 2, Roxbury 1, Queensborough 1.

100 meters: 1, Jamal Roper (Har) 10.83; 2, Derval Thomas (Ber) 10.84; 3, Yves Didier (Mon) 11.01; 4, Shane Lee (NE) 11.19; 5, David Suarez (Cob) 11.2; 6, Kwame Banahene (Ber) 11.26; Wm Buehring (Har) 11.29; Beraiah Yisrael (Kin) 11.35.

200: 1, Dan Brenton (DuP) 21.83; 2, Derval Thomas (Ber) 21.88; 3, Jamal Roper (Har) 21.97; 4, Jamie Wilson (Kin) 22.18; 5, Yves Didier 22.38; 6, Leon Thompson (Cob) 22.41; 7, Kwamew Banahene (Ber) 22.49; 8, David Suarez (Cob) 23.07.

400: 1, Dan Benton (DuP) 47.93; 2, Jamie Wilson (Kin) 48.21; 3, Joseph Appah (Cob) 49.48; 4, Nate Lovik (DuP) 49.65; 5, Brad Boice (Cob) 50.31; 6, Ricardo Garcia (Ber) 51.31; 7, Carlton Wildman (Cob) 1:19.35; 8, Cameron Sharps (Ber) 1:19.93.

800: 1, Emille Barnett (Cob) 1:56.41; 2, Hector Cuero (Alf) 1:57.29; 3, Josh Schultheis (Del) 1:57.31; 4, Eric Graber (Cob) 1:57.99; 5, Rich Esposito (Del) 1:58.6; 6, Matt Santarserio (Eri) 1:58.97; 7, Justin Jones (DuP) 1:59.48; 8, Jonathan McFaul (Glo) 2:10.75.

1,500: 1, Justin Jones (DuP) 4:08.32; 2, Josh Schultheis (Del) 4:09.21; 3, Nicholas O'Neil (Cob) 4:12.29; 4, Ron Hall (Mid) 4:12.83; 5, Justin Koodish (Mid) 4:15.41; 6, Richard Garnett (Cob) 4:16.68; 7, Zak Williamson (Alf) 4:19.13; 8, Eric Stermer (Del) 4:20.71.

3,000 steeplechase: 1, Eric Stermer (Del) 9:48.89; 2, Zak Williamson (Alf) 9:54.84; 3, Alan D'Ambrogio (DuP) 9:59; 4, Chris Mason (Del) 10:03.46; 5, Kevin Wippel (Cob) 10:07; 6, Kevin Mulcahy (MV) 10:25.78; 7, Jose Aguirre (Ber) 10:26.57; 8, James Sylvestre (RI) 10:44.17.

110 hurdles: 1, Joe Pruckno (MV) 14.79; 2, Andrew Omoregie (Alf) 14.9; 3, Reginald Perry (Mid) 15.30; 4, Bradley Williams (Mid) 15.61; 5, Cedric Crowder (Alf) 15.62; 6, Jason Naugle (Del) 15.99; 7, Jon Figueroa (Cob) 16.38; 8, Ryan Reynolds (FL) 16.45.

400 hurdles: 1, Ricardo Garcia (Ber) 55.34; 2, Adam Modzelewski (Mid) 56.16; 3, Reginald Perry (Mid) 56.38; 4, Patrick Crawford (Thad) 56.67; 5, Anthony Simone (Har) 56.91; 6, Ben Kerrigan (DuP) 57.03; 7, Jon Figueroa (Cob) 57.84; 8, Caslon Cato (Que) 58.32.

400 relay: 1, Bergen 42.23; 2, DuPage 43.34; 3, Cobleskill (Leon Thompson, Brad Boice, Jon Figueroa, David Suarez) 42.81; 4, Kingsborough 42.81; 5, Harper 43.67; 6, Alfred 43.79; 7, Mohawk Valley 44.15; 8, Erie 43.47.

1,600 relay: 1, DuPage 3:22.12; 2, Kingsborough 3:23.29; 3, Harper 3:26.64; 4, Middlesex 3:26.92; 5, Delhi 3:27.69; 6, Gloucester County 3:28.8; 7, Bergen 3:29.41; 8, Roxbury 3:31.

Discus: 1, Ryan Asta (Har) 47.28 meters; 2, Anthony Minter (Bro) 44.70; 3, Trak Myers (Har) 43.25; 4, Shamar Jackson (Ber) 40.44; 5, Joe Valentin (Cob) 38.43; 6, Claude Davis (Del) 38.36; 7, Keenan Hall (Alf) 38.31; 8, Dan Testa (Glo) 36.83.

Shot put: 1, Matt Royer (Har) 14.64; 2, Ryan Asta (Har) 13.95; 3, Nik Hardy (Glo) 13.18; 4, Markus Papa (Har) 13.17; 5, Eric Spangler (DuP) 12.88; 6, Faisal Muhammad (Kin) 12.39; 7, Clentsall Logan (Cum) 12.38; 8, Keenan Hall (Alf) 12.18.

Track athlete of the meet: Chris Mason (Delhi).

Field athlete of the meet: Ryan Asta (Harper).

Coach of the Year: Randy Brazil (Bergen).

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Team scores: Herkimer 135, SUNY Cobleskill 86, Mohawk Valley 79, Gloucester County 74, Alfred State 70, Finger Lakes 66, Erie 64, DuPage 62, Bronx 55, Harper 46, CC of Rhode Island 34, Middlesex 26, SUNY Delhi 17, Nassau 12, Kingsborough 11, Roxbury 6, Queensborough 3.

100 meters: 1, Najia McGee (Alf) 12.77; 2, Shamita Aycock (Nas) 12.92; 3, Yanigue Folkes (Mid) 13.08; 4, Hedyana Piearu (FL) 13.14; 5, Jessica Jenkins (MV) 13.15; 6, Keisha Brown (Kin) 13.30; 7, Caitlyn Peterson (Alf) 13.42; 8, Krysta Estey (Her) 14.12.

200: 1, Najia McGee (Alf) 26.23; 2, Lauren Penc (MV) 26.43; 3, Yanique Folkes (Mid) 26.52; 4, Morgan Regina (C0b) 26.88; 5, Shatima Ayock (Nas) 26.89; 6, Keisha Brown (Kin) 27.42; 7, Krysta Estey (Her) 27.59; 8, Caitlyn Peterson (Alf) 27.63.

400: 1, Lauren Penc (MV) 58.8; 2, Claudette Hetmeyer (Bro) 1:00.10; 3, Krysta Estey (Her) 1:01.88; 4, Morgan Regina (Cob) 1:02.99; 5, Tamarra Jenkins (Cob) 1:04.17; 6, Shannon Hernek (Eri) 1:04.78; 7, Theresa Lazarus (Her) 1:05.89; 8, Brittany Armstrong (Cob) 1:10.48.

800: 1, Claudette Hetmeyer (Bro) 2:23.19; 2, Brianna Mueller (Har) 2:27.24; 3, Callie Ayers (Alf) 2:28.77; 4, Cassandra Harrington (FL) 2:30.12; 5, Lisa Jones (Glo) 2:31.59; 6, Kylie Reach (Eri) 2:33.56; 7, Emily Rodenhouse (FL) 2:43.20; 8, Terra Herman (FL) 3:05.71.

1,500: 1, Emily Rodenhouse (FL) 5:03.08; 2, Cassandra Harrington (FL) 5:04.24; 3, Meghan LaPoint (Cob) 5:09.68; 4, Lisa Jones (Glo) 5:10.51; 5, Anna Bogdanets (Eri) 5:12.8; 6, Brianna Mueller (Har) 5:15.29; 7, Heather Celbulko (Har) 5:15.69; 8, Sara Pick (MV) 5:24.4.

5,000: 1, Kristen Heckert (DuP) 18:52.94; 2, Anna Bogdanets (Eri) 19:19.32; 3, Sarah Furman (Eri) 19:26.42; 4, Emily Rodenhouse (FL) 19:27.26; 5, Cassandra Harringron (FL) 19:28.48; 6, Tabitha Thomas (Har) 19:39.56; 7, April Ackermann (Cob) 19:42.81; 8, Ashley Majors (DuP) 19:52.73.

100 hurdles: 1, Chantal Salamone (Her) 16.02; 2, Sakinah Scott (Glou) 16.35; 3, Diana DeJesus (MV) 16:59; 4, Amanda Davey (Her) 16.62; 5, Lisa Cosek (Eri) 17.28; 6, Amanda Cade (Del) 18.07; 7, Monica Roman (Que) 18.46; 8, Jessica Marianacci (FL) 18.52.

400 hurdles: 1, Amanda Davey (Her) 1:07.99; 2, Theresa Lazarus (Her) 1:12.1; 3, Jennifer Villanova (Cob) 1:13.14; 4, Lisa Jones (Glo) 1:13.71; 5, Tiffany Ovieda (MV) 1:14.58; 6, Chantal Salamone (Her) 1:16.37; 7, Megan Donahue (Cob) 1:19.57; 8, Monica Roman (Que) 1:20.4.

400 relay: 1, Alfred 50.65; 2, Mohawk Valley 51.83; 3, Herkimer (Chantal Salamone, Krysta Estey, Theresa Lazarus, Amanda Davey) 52.59; 4, 4, Roxbury 53.82; 5, Cobleskill (Jennifer VIllanova, Brittany Armstrong, Tamarra Jenkins, Morgan Regina) 54.10; DuPage 59.05.

1,600 relay: 1, Cobleskill (Jennifer Villanova, Brittany Armstrong, Regina Morgan, Tamarra Jenkins) 4:16.39; 2, Mohawk Valley 4:17.8; 3, Erie 4:20.72; 4, Herkimer 4:24.47; 5, Alfred 4:35.81; 6, DuPage 4:40.73; 7, Finger Lakes 4:43.45; 8, Roxbury 4:50.04.

High jump: 1, Jessica Marianacci (FL) 1.53 meters; 2, Sarah Lazarus (Her) 1.43; 3, Chantal Salamone (Her) 1.43; 4, Diana DeJesus (MV) 1.38; 5, Shantel Dunston (MV) 1.38.

Shot put: 1, Kristal McGreggor (Bro) 12.98 (NJCAA Record); 2, Amanda Kelley (RI) 11.51; 3, Shernette Richardson (Bro) 11.27; 4, Bethany Jennings (Her) 11.19; 5, Dani Jake (Del) 11.14; 6, Claire Bitto (Har) 10.76; 7, Vanessa Mensie (Har) 10.33; 8, Habi Lieffi (Glo) 8.99.

Javelin: 1, Amanda Kelley (RI) 33.40; 2, Jessica Jenkins (MV) 31.92; 3, Denisa Belz (Glo) 30.53; 4, Cassidy Gertis (FL) 27.51; 5, Gabi Lieggi (Glo) 26.89; 6, Diana DeJesus (MV) 26.75; 7, Deb Youngs (DuP) 24.56; 8, Jamie Schlierf (Eri) 23.75.

Pole vault: 1, Jennifer Villanova (Cob) 2.72; 2, Leah Kuzmicz (DuP) 2.72; 3, Heather Sears (Alf) 2.27; 4, Chantal Salamone (Her) 2.27; 5, Nicole D'Andrea (Alf) 2.12; 6, Amanda Link (Her) 1.97; Kylie Reach (Eri) 1.82.

Track athlete of the meet: Kristen Heckert (College of DuPage).

Field athlete of the meet: Kristal McGreggor (Bronx).

Coach of the Year: Monica Stevens (Bronx).