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
Monday, February 09, 2004
Bengal Beat - Volume 12, Issue 17
Recapping events from Monday, February 2 – Sunday, January 8
TRACK & FIELD – Bengals Post Strong Showing at Mt. Union
Buffalo State's track and field teams competed in their second meet of the year on Saturday at the Mt. Union Invitational, and both teams posted several impressive showings. The men's team placed second of 10 teams with 132 points, and the women finished sixth of nine teams.
Justin Muise (Kenmore/Kenmore West) helped propel the men's team to the second place showing, as he finished first in the 400m dash with a time of 49.52, second in the 300m dash in 35.77, and ran a leg of the winning 4x400m relay (3:32.87). Rookie Ken Ciolek (Limestone/Bradford Area) also posted multiple top finishes, winning the triple jump (42' 3.75"), and placing second in the high jump (6' 4.75") and second in the long jump (20' 6.75"). Buffalo State's Michael Taylor (Cheektowaga/Maryvale) earned the victory in the long jump, leaping 21' 6.25". Tim Giagos (Rochester/Gates-Chili) added a second place showing in the 500m dash (1:08.54) and James Howze (Amherst/Sweet Home) crossed second in the 800m run (2:02.00).
On the women's side, sophomores Linda Williams (Rochester/Edison Tech) and Keyia Thompkins (Rochester/Edison Tech) finished first and third respectively in the 55m dash in 7.49 and 7.82. Other top finishes included Jackie Kirsch (East Aurora/East Aurora) in the triple jump (2nd/31' 10") and Jennifer Vacanti (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) in the 1500m run (6th/5:18.20).
Both teams will compete this Friday at the Ohio Northern Invitational
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