March 9, 2012
USTFCCCA Announces Regional Awards
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the region award winners for the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field season as voted by the region-specific coaches. SUNYAC student-athletes and coaches claimed seven of the eight Atlantic Region Awards.
Men's Track Athlete of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Sean Bernstein - SUNY Oneonta
Bernstein, a junior from Baldwinsville, N.Y., earned SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet honors after winning titles in the 60 Meters and 200 Meters and helping the Red Dragons to a second place finish in the 4x400 Relay. His time in the 200 Meters was a conference record. Bernstein will compete in the 60 Meters at this weekend’s NCAA Championships.
ATLANTIC REGION - Sean Bernstein - SUNY Oneonta
Bernstein, a junior from Baldwinsville, N.Y., earned SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet honors after winning titles in the 60 Meters and 200 Meters and helping the Red Dragons to a second place finish in the 4x400 Relay. His time in the 200 Meters was a conference record. Bernstein will compete in the 60 Meters at this weekend’s NCAA Championships.
Men's Field Athlete of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Wenley Louis - SUNY Geneseo
Louis, a senior from Rochester, N.Y., is the NCAA’s No. 1 seed in the long jump with a season’s best jump of 25-6 (7.77m) which is also the second-best all-time in DIII history. He was the SUNYAC champ of the long and triple jump and was named the league’s Field Athlete of the Championship Meet.
ATLANTIC REGION - Wenley Louis - SUNY Geneseo
Louis, a senior from Rochester, N.Y., is the NCAA’s No. 1 seed in the long jump with a season’s best jump of 25-6 (7.77m) which is also the second-best all-time in DIII history. He was the SUNYAC champ of the long and triple jump and was named the league’s Field Athlete of the Championship Meet.
Men's Coach of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - David Prevosti - SUNY Geneseo
Prevosti guided SUNY Geneseo to the SUNYAC Championship with 152 points. He coaches Wenley Louis who jumped 25-6, the second longest jump in DIII history and three centimeters off the Olympic Trials "B" standard. Prevosti also coaches Nwana Okafor who has the 30th ranked jump on the NCAA list. Prevosti’s Knights are ranked No. 1 in region and No. 15 nationally and will have three entries in the NCAA championship meet.
ATLANTIC REGION - David Prevosti - SUNY Geneseo
Prevosti guided SUNY Geneseo to the SUNYAC Championship with 152 points. He coaches Wenley Louis who jumped 25-6, the second longest jump in DIII history and three centimeters off the Olympic Trials "B" standard. Prevosti also coaches Nwana Okafor who has the 30th ranked jump on the NCAA list. Prevosti’s Knights are ranked No. 1 in region and No. 15 nationally and will have three entries in the NCAA championship meet.
Men's Assistant Coach of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Joe Reed - SUNY Oneonta
The Red Dragons placed fourth at the SUNYAC Championships, a three-spot improvement, with the help of 49 points from Reed’s athletes. After winning the 60 and 200, one of his athletes was named SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet.
ATLANTIC REGION - Joe Reed - SUNY Oneonta
The Red Dragons placed fourth at the SUNYAC Championships, a three-spot improvement, with the help of 49 points from Reed’s athletes. After winning the 60 and 200, one of his athletes was named SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet.
Women's Track Athlete of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Sasha Henry - Buffalo State
Henry earned SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet honors after earning conference titles in the 60 Meters and 200 Meters. She also won the ECAC title in the 60 Meters earlier this season. The junior from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., will compete in the 60 Meters at this weekend’s NCAA Championships. Her season-best time of 7.65 seconds is tied for the third-best entering time in the event.
ATLANTIC REGION - Sasha Henry - Buffalo State
Henry earned SUNYAC Track Athlete of the Meet honors after earning conference titles in the 60 Meters and 200 Meters. She also won the ECAC title in the 60 Meters earlier this season. The junior from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., will compete in the 60 Meters at this weekend’s NCAA Championships. Her season-best time of 7.65 seconds is tied for the third-best entering time in the event.
Women's Coach of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Stephen Patrick - SUNY Cortland
Now in his fifth season as the Red Dragons’ head coach, Patrick led his team to the SUNYAC title. Patrick coaches distance, sprints, hurdles, relays, multi events and high jump. He has three individuals that will be competing at the NCAA championship meet in Jordyn Naylon (Mile), Alyson Dalton (5000) and Sarah Bonnell (long jump). The Red Dragons tied for fourth at ECAC meet – with only a four-point difference between second and fourth – and Patrick was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year. The team completed the regular season ranked No. 2 in the region.
ATLANTIC REGION - Stephen Patrick - SUNY Cortland
Now in his fifth season as the Red Dragons’ head coach, Patrick led his team to the SUNYAC title. Patrick coaches distance, sprints, hurdles, relays, multi events and high jump. He has three individuals that will be competing at the NCAA championship meet in Jordyn Naylon (Mile), Alyson Dalton (5000) and Sarah Bonnell (long jump). The Red Dragons tied for fourth at ECAC meet – with only a four-point difference between second and fourth – and Patrick was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year. The team completed the regular season ranked No. 2 in the region.
Women's Assistant Coach of the Year
ATLANTIC REGION - Markus Allen - Buffalo State
Allen’s athletes dominated the sprint events at the SUNYAC Championships, taking the top two spots in the 60 hurdles, 200, 400 and sweeping the top three in the 60. The sixth-year Bengal coach has athletes seeded first and third in the 60 and fifth in the 60 hurdles, as the team rounded out the regular season ranked eighth in the nation.
ATLANTIC REGION - Markus Allen - Buffalo State
Allen’s athletes dominated the sprint events at the SUNYAC Championships, taking the top two spots in the 60 hurdles, 200, 400 and sweeping the top three in the 60. The sixth-year Bengal coach has athletes seeded first and third in the 60 and fifth in the 60 hurdles, as the team rounded out the regular season ranked eighth in the nation.
