Track News
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Track and Field Competes at SUNYAC Championships; Men Take Third, Women Place Eighth
Buffalo State competed at the SUNYAC Championships today in Cortland, with the men placing third of nine teams with 84 points, while the women finished eighth with 29 points.
On the women's side, Mercedes Roper (Buffalo/City Honors) crossed first in the 100m dash with a time of 12.90. She also earned a championship with the 4x100m relay team with Desi Gibson (Rochester/Edison Tech), Linda Williams (Rochester/Edison Tech) and Keyia Thompkins (Rochester/Edison Tech), clocking 49.12.
Saturday, April 03, 2004
Track and Field Competes at Brockport Invitational
Buffalo State joined Brockport, Fredonia, RIT, Rochester and St. Lawrence today at the Brockport Invitational, as its athletes earned victories in eight events in the non-team scored meet.
Ken Ciolek (Bradford Area) led the Bengals with four first place showings, capturing the long jump (6.26m), triple jump (13.21m), high jump (1.87m) and javelin (51.64m). Justin Muise (Kenmore West) crossed first in the 400m hurdles in 56.73. Mike Taylor (Maryvale) placed second in the triple jump (12.51m), and Rob Kozlowski (Iroquois) was second in the discus (38.79m). Chris Lape (Millbrook) added a pair of third place showings in the 400m dash (52.97) and the javelin (45.13), and Tim Giagios (Gates-Chili) was third in the 400m hurdles (58.10).
On the women's side, Mercedes Roper (City Honors) won the 100m dash in 12.78, and Desi Gibson's (Edison Tech) leap of 4.92m was enough to win the long jump. Roper and Gibson also teamed with Linda Williams (Edison Tech) and Keyia Thompkins (Edison Tech) to win the 4x100m relay with a time of 49.71. Jackie Kirsch (East Aurora) and Sarah Gedraitis (Akron) finished third in the triple jump (9.45m) and the discus (34.12m) respectively.
Both teams will return to action on April 17 at the Penn State Open.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Track Athletes Roper, Gibson, Williams and Thompkins
Track athletes Mercedes Roper (City Honors), Desi Gibson (Edison Tech), Linda Williams (Edison Tech), and Keyia Thompkins (Edison Tech) were named the Buffalo State Athletes of the Week.
The 4x100-meter relay team eclipsed an 18-year-old Buffalo State record, clocking 49.65 at the Emory Classis on the campus of Georgia Tech on Saturday. The previous mark was 50.90, set in 1986.
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Basketball News
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Women's Basketball Edges Oswego, 66-63
Monique Hanks’ (Liverpool/Liverpool) career-high 23 points, eight rebounds and eight steals led Buffalo State (2-2/1-0) past Oswego (1-1/0-1), 66-63, tonight in the SUNYAC opener for both teams.
Buffalo State took the lead trailed by as many as five points down the stretch, but Desi Gibson (Rochester/Edison Tech) finally gave the Bengals the lead for good with a 15-foot jumper with 17.7 seconds remaining, and Jacey Brooks (Machais/Franklinville) iced the win with a pair of free throws in the closing seconds.
Brooks finished the game with 10 points and six rebounds. Freshman Darnika Moseley (Liverpool/Liverpool) recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 14 boards. Gibson added six points in the win.
Amanda McLaughlin (Groton/Groton) led Oswego with 14 points, six rebounds and six steals. Kelly Mraz (Johnstown/Johnstown) added 13 points, and Jessica Tremblay (Albany/Colonie) chipped in 10 points. |