February 9, 2021

SUNYAC Presents Men's Track & Field All-Decade Accolades

CORTLAND, N.Y. - The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) announces its Men's Track and Field Athlete of the Decade, Coach of the Decade and All-Decade Team as nominated and voted on by the institution's sports information directors.

To be eligible for the All-Decade Team, athletes must have competed in the SUNYAC at least one season during the 2009-10 academic year through 2019-20. All-SUNYAC honorees, conference/meet record holders, Athlete of the Year, All-American honorees, national champions or athletes that qualified for nationals in more than one season were considered. Athlete and Coach of the Decade recipients were previously named SUNYAC Athlete of the Year or Coach of the Year.

SUNYAC Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Decade - Nick Guarino
Guarino won five national titles over two seasons, two as a junior (indoor mile and indoor 1,500), and three as a senior (indoor mile, and outdoor 800 and 1,500). His double championship wins at the 2011 outdoor meet came over a span of 90 minutes. Guarino was a five-time All SUNYAC team member and a two-time winner of the SUNYAC's Dr. Sam Molnar Award (2010, 2011). He was also the 2011 SUNYAC Chancellor's Award winner in men's track and field and a 2018 inductee into the Fredonia Athletics Hall of Fame. Guarino graduated with a degree in computer information systems with a concentration in systems management.

SUNYAC Men's Track & Field Coach of the Decade - Steve Patrick, Cortland
Patrick is in his 14th year as the Cortland men's and women's track and field head coach. Over the last decade he was honored as the SUNYAC Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year four times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017) and was named the SUNYAC Men's Indoor Coach of the Year in 2016. Patrick was the 2012 and 2013 Atlantic Region Outdoor Coach of the Year and two-time the 2016 and 2017 Indoor Coach of the Year. His team was tied for fifth nationally outdoors in 2017 and tied for 10th in 2016. Under Patrick's leadership the Red Dragons scored at outdoor nationals in nine of the 10 years, while indoors the team was ninth nationally in 2017 and scored at nationals in eight of the 10 years. Patrick led his teams to four SUNYAC outdoor titles (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017) and finished second five times. During the indoor season his team won the 2016 title and finished second six times (team was never worse than third during the decade either indoors or outdoors). Patrick's team won the 2013 ECAC indoor title, tied for second in 2015 and was fourth in 2017. In the outdoor season, his team was third at the 2019 AARTFC championships and fourth in 2018, and was also fourth at 2013 ECAC championships. In the last 10-years, Patrick's athletes earned a total of 27 All-America honors in individual events, plus two in relays (14 individual, one relay indoors, 13 individual, one relay outdoors) Those All-Americans included three national champions (Jack Flood indoor heptathlon and outdoor decathlon in 2017, Nick Vachon outdoor high jump in 2016), three national runners-up (Melique Garcia indoor 200-meter dash in 2015, Mitch Couch outdoor hammer throw in 2017, Micah Assibey-Bonsu indoor triple jump in 2019), and four third-place finishers.

2010's SUNYAC Men's Track & Field All-Decade Team (PDF)

Name	School	Hometown / High School	Event(s)	Years Competed
Zach Brown	Brockport	Breweton, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse	Sprints/Relays	2012-15
Tony DeYoung	Brockport	Lancaster, N.Y. / Lancaster	Throws	2018-Current
Zach Ferrara	Brockport	Rochester, N.Y. / Irondequoit	Pole Vault	2010-13
Dorian Hayden	Brockport	East Northport, N.Y. / Northport	Sprints/Relays	2013-15
Antoine Keels	Brockport	Rochester, N.Y. / East	Throws	2012-15
Whitman Oehler-Marx	Brockport	New Paltz, N.Y. / New Paltz	Pole Vault	2014-17
Jon Rogers	Brockport	Averill Park, N.Y. / Averill Park	Throws	2014-17
Cameron Shaughnessy	Brockport	Cicero, N.Y. / Cicero-North Syracuse	Pole Vault/Javelin/Relays	2013-16
Josh Steinman	Brockport	Millsboro, Del. / Lockport	Pole Vault	2014-17
Sam Taft	Brockport	Schenectady, N.Y. / Schenectady	Hurdles/Relays	2012-15
Cory Cox	Buffalo State	Rochester, N.Y. / East	Sprints/Jumps	2012-16
Benjamin Ezike	Buffalo State	Staten Island, N.Y. / Susan Wagner	Jumps	2014-16
Robert Liebel	Buffalo State	Tonawanda, N.Y. / Tonawanda	Sprints	2014-18
Xavier Mateen	Buffalo State	New Rochelle, N.Y. / New Rochelle	Sprints	2007-11
Rich Pete	Buffalo State	Utica, N.Y. / TR Proctor	Jumps	2012-14, 15-16
Cody Amengual	Cortland	West Babylon, N.Y. / West Babylon	Steeplechase/Distance	2010-13
Micah Assibey-Bonsu	Cortland	Central Islip, N.Y. / Central Islip	Jumps	2018-20
Eric Banks	Cortland	Westbury, N.Y. / Westbury	400m/Relays	2009-13
Gino Bisceglia	Cortland	Norwood, N.Y. / Norwood-Norfolk	400m/400HH/Relays	2007-11
Connor Christopherson	Cortland	Morrisonville, N.Y. / Saranac	Multi	2013-17
Mitch Couch	Cortland	Oneonta, N.Y. / Oneonta	Throws	2015-17
Brent DiVittorio	Cortland	Brewster, N.Y. / Brewster	Hurdles/Multi	2015-20
Jack Flood	Cortland	Blue Point, N.Y. / Bayport-Blue	Multi	2015-17
Glen Forsythe	Cortland	Uniondale, N.Y. / Uniondale	Jumps	2013-14
Melique Garcia	Cortland	Watervliet, N.Y. / Watervliet	Sprints	2012-15
Jarred Iacovelli	Cortland	Manahawkin, N.J. / Southern Regional	Steeplechase	2011-13, 14-15
Dawan Jones	Cortland	Buffalo, N.Y. / Tapestry Charter	Jumps	2014-18
Zach Kashmer	Cortland	Chili, N.Y. / Churchville-Chili	Multi	2016-20
Peyton Lalone	Cortland	Ogdensburg, N.Y. / Ogdensburg Free Academy	Sprints	2017-20
Stephan Linton	Cortland	Roosevelt, N.Y. / Roosevelt	400m/Relays	2010-13
Storm Malone	Cortland	Highland, N.Y. / Highland	Hurdles	2015-19
Kyle O'Brien	Cortland	Monroe, N.Y. / Monroe-Woodbury	Steeplechase	2006-10
Ryan Pericozzi	Cortland	Lancaster, N.Y. / Lancaster	Pole Vault	2008-12
Rich Samuels	Cortland	Wallkill, N.Y. / Wallkill	800/Relays	2017-20
Joe Shinn	Cortland	New Rochelle, N.Y. / New Rochelle	Hurdles	2014-15
Nick Vachon	Cortland	Johnson City, N.Y. / Maine-Endwell	High Jump	2014-18
Justin Wager	Cortland	Guilderland, N.Y. / Gulderland	Middle Distance	2006-10
Phill Wiltshire	Cortland	Vestal, N.Y. / Vestal	400HH/Relays	2008-12
Nick Guarino	Fredonia	Bergen, N.Y. / Byron-Bergen	800/1500/Mile	2007-11
Spencer Lefort	Fredonia	Java Center, N.Y. / Pioneer	Decathlon	2010-13
Collin Mulcahy	Fredonia	Batavia, N.Y. / Batavia	Middle Distance	2012-16
Broncho Rollins	Fredonia	Ithaca, N.Y. / Ithaca	Pole Vault	2011-12
Alex Brimstein	Geneseo	Webster, N.Y. / Webster Thomas	Distance	2010-13
Lee Berube	Geneseo	Putnam Station, N.Y. / Ticonderoga	Distance	2009-12
Chris Carter	Geneseo	Grand Island, N.Y. / Grand Island	Distance	2011-14
Gillan Faulkner	Geneseo	Farmingville, N.Y. / Sachem East	Sprints	2016-19
Isaac Garcia-Cassani	Geneseo	Holbrook, N.Y. / Sachem North	Distance	2014-18
Zack Hannahoe	Geneseo	Commack, N.Y. / Commack	Sprints	2016-19
Luke Holtzman	Geneseo	New Rochelle, N.Y. / New Rochelle	Distance	2016-19
Wenley Louis	Geneseo	Rochester, N.Y. / Irondequoit	Jumps	2009-12
Lorenzo Mazzuca	Geneseo	New Paltz, N.Y. / New Paltz	Distance	2016-19
Sean McAneny	Geneseo	Greenville, N.Y. / Greenville	Distance	2017-20
Mike McManus	Geneseo	Delmar, N.Y. / Bethlehem	Jumps	2008-11
Nwana Okafor	Geneseo	Rochester, N.Y. Irondequoit	Sprints/Jumps	2009-12
Matt Sayre	Geneseo	Garrison, N.Y. / Walter Panas	Distance	2018-Present
Jake Alviene	Oneonta	East Greenbush, N.Y. / Columbia	Hurdles/Sprints/Relays	2012-16
Sean Bernstein	Oneonta	Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker	Sprints/Relays	2009-13
Joe Carr	Oneonta	Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake	Springs/Relays	2012-16
Sean Daly	Oneonta	Weedsport, N.Y. / Weedsport	Middle Distance/Relays	2007-11
Rob Farrell	Oneonta	Carmel, N.Y. / Mahopac	Hurdles/Relays	2011-15
Tyler O'Bryant	Oneonta	New York, N.Y. / Ellenville	Sprints	2017-19
Fred Romer	Oneonta	Garrison, N.Y. / Walter Panas	Middle Distance/Relays	2006-10
JD Roth	Oneonta	Pearl River, N.Y. / Nanuet	Throws	2011-15
Patrick Weinert	Oneonta	Schenevus, N.Y. / Schenevus	Throws	2011-15
Sean Wren	Oneonta	Delanson, N.Y. / Duanesburg	Hurdles/Relays	2008-12
Ben Griffin	Oswego	Sterling, N.Y. /	Middle Distance	2015-17
Matt Wagenhauser	Oswego	Greenlawn, N.Y. /	Middle Distance	2011-15
Mike Heymann	Plattsburgh	Tully, N.Y. / Tully	Distance	2007-11