David Bernstein, MT&F, Field Athlete of the Week, Cortland

Bernstein won the hammer throw at two different meets over the weekend. He finished first out of 42 competitors at Shippensburg's Paul Kaiser Classic with a career-best throw of 56.22 meters (184' 5"), which increases his lead in the event in the SUNYAC and is ranked first regionally and 20th nationally. The following day at the Cornell Big Red Invitational he won with a distance of 55.93 meters (183' 6"), which is also better than any other SUNYAC athlete this spring.