USTFCCCA recognizes four from SUNYAC
Each of the regions, which are the same as those used during the Division III cross country season, honored both genders' top track athletes and field athletes and the top men's and women's head coaches and assistant coaches. Award winners were determined by a vote of USTFCCCA member coaches.
Men's Track Athletes
ATLANTIC REGION – Austin Becker — Buffalo State
Becker—a redshirt sophomore from Broadalbin, New York—ran 1:49.74 for 800 meters, a new Buffalo State school record. He won the National Athlete of the Week award for that performance at the Allegheny Gator Invitational, a week after running 1:50.98 to win and break the meet record at the SUNYAC championships. He has the top 800 time heading into the NCAA championships.
Men's Field Athletes
ATLANTIC REGION – Pat Weinert — SUNY Oneonta
Weinert launched the hammer 64.28 meters (210-11) out of his home ring, which makes him the eighth best hammer performer in DIII history and the SUNYAC record holder. He's ranked second in the event and will contest it at the NCAA championships. He also has top-three regional marks in the shot put and discus. Weinert is a senior from Schenevus, New York.Â
Men's Head Coaches
ATLANTIC REGION – Ed Jaskulski — Brockport
Jaskulski, in his 13th year at the helm, led his team to its highest-ever national team ranking in mid-May at No. 10. Brockport captured the SUNYAC title with 204½ points with five event titles. His team came back the following weekend to take the ECAC DIII Championships title with 72 points. Throughout the season his athletes achieved seven top-20 national rankings in their respective events with five breaking school records and one conference record. Brockport finished the season No. 1 in the Atlantic Region and has six qualifiers to the NCAA Championships.
Women's Assistant Coaches
ATLANTIC REGION – Michael Woods — SUNY Geneseo
Woods—in his twenty-third and final year as the distance coach at Geneseo—had his distance runners play a major part in the Knights' first SUNYAC team title since 2010. The distances contributed 82 out of their 154.5 winning total, including a win in the steeplechase and runner-up finishes in the steeple, 10k, 5k, and 1500. Ashton Hughes will race the 10k at the NCAA championships and Jacquelin Huben and Sara Rosenzweig will compete in the steeple there.
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