Central Islip, N.Y. - George Erazo (North
Babylon, N.Y.) of St. Thomas Aquinas, Alyssa Hudgins (Highland
Park, N.J.) of Georgian Court, and Kaydian Jones (Kingston,
Jamaica) of University of the District of Columbia have been named
the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the
Year, as voted on by the conference's coaches.
Erazo, a two-time ECC Athlete of the Week, is one of top runners
in the East Region. Erazo is ranked in the top six in the region in
the 400 meter run, the 4 x 100 meter relay, and the 4 x 400 meter
relay. Erazo's standout spring season included coming in first in
the 400 meter run at the CTC Spring Meet and winning four events in
the ECC Championship. His first place finishes included winning the
400 meter run (49.71) and the 400 meter hurdles (59.41), while also
being part of the 4 x 100 (43.46) and 4 x 400 (3:24.83) meter
relays.
Erazo also came in second in the 200 meter run (22.80) and third
in the 100 meter dash (11.82) to bring his individual point total
to 54 to help lead the Spartans to a Co-Championship at the ECC
meet. His outstanding effort earned him a share of Most Outstanding
Athlete of the meet award.
The other half of the Co-Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Meet
duo was Joe Johnson (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) of Molloy. Johnson
competed in eight events for the Lions, earning points in seven of
them. His best showing came in the 110 meter hurdles and the Triple
Jump, coming in first in each. Johnson also finished third in the
high jump, long jump, and pole vault, and also had a fourth place
showing in the javelin throw.
Alyssa Hudgins of Georgian Court is the first of the Women's
Outdoor Track and Field Co-Athletes of the Year. The senior thrower
was a four-time ECC Athlete of the Week and qualified provisionally
for three events (shot put, discus throw, hammer throw at the NCAA
Division II Championships. At the ECC Championship meet, Hudgins
swept all three events by tossing the shot put 13.85 meters, the
discus 40.01 meters, and the hammer 46.32 meters to help the Lions
to their first ever ECC title.
UDC's Jones is the second Co-Athlete of the Year. Jones standout
spring saw her ranked No. 4 in the region in the 200 meter run, No.
6 in the 400 meter hurdle, No. 3 in the 4 x 100 meter relay, and
No. 3 in the long jump. Jones also ranks No. 34 in all of Division
II in the long jump. At the ECC Championship meet, Jones scored in
six different events for the Firebirds, winning four of them. Jones
won individual titles in the long jump ( ), 100 meter dash ( ), 200
meter run ( ), and also helped the 4 x 400 meter relay team to a
first place showing in a time of . Jones' outstanding showing in
the ECC meet also earned her the Most Oustanding Female Athlete of
the Meet award.
Mike Murawski from Georgian Court is the Women's Outdoor Track and
Field Coach of the Year while Greg Welch of Queens College and
Lorne Marcus of St. Thomas Aquinas share the Men's Coach of the
Year honor after their teams were named Co-Champions at the ECC
Championship meet..
In addition, the ECC also announces the first ever All-Conference
finishers from the championship meet. The top two finishers in each
event were named First Team All-Conference, while the third and
fourth place finishers earned Second Team All-Conference
distinction. A list of all winners can be found below.
2013 ECC Outdoor
Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Men's First Team
400m hurdles – George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Ed
Oswald, St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 100m relay – Ed Oswald, Mike Abelard, Frankie Colon, and
George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas
3,000m steeplechase – Joe Chegwiden, St. Thomas Aquinas
& Kevin Brown, Roberts Wesleyan
110m hurdles – Joe Johnson, Molloy and Nicholas Harran,
Queens
100m dash – Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan & Mike
Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500m run – Justin Bender, Roberts Wesleyan & Garvenchy
Nicolas, St. Thomas Aquinas
400m run – George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Kyle
Legere, Queens
800m run – Kurt Samuel, Queens & Garvenchy Nicolas, St.
Thomas Aquinas
200m run – Mike Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas & George
Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000m run – Tyler Bay, Queens & Peter Kramer,
Queens
4 x 800m relay – Joe Chegwiden, Michael Kraus, Matt Buell,
and Nicolas Garvenchy – St. Thomas Aquinas
4 x 400m relay – Mike Abelard, Frankie Colon, Ed Oswald, and
George Erazo – St. Thomas Aquinas
10,000m run – Tyler Bay, Queens & Michael Galonski, St.
Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put – Vincent Fratto, Queens & Mark Fox, Daemen
Discus – Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens & Vincent Fratto,
Queens
Long Jump – Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan & Samuel
Rugg, Daemen
Triple Jump – Joe Johnson, Molloy & Desmond Guidroz,
Molloy
High Jump – Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan & Aaron
McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan
Pole Vault – Michael Pignotti, Molloy & Andrew
Stapleton, Daemen
Javelin – Charles Artino, Molloy & Kerome Bramwell,
Queens
Hammer – Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens & Taylor Isselhard,
Roberts Wesleyan
Men's Second Team
400m hurdles – Daniel Brennan, Molloy & Nicholas Harran,
Queens
4 x 100m relay – John Knight, Ross Doucette, Issac Zerbe,
Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000m steeplechase – Michael Galonski, St. Thomas Aquinas
& Joseph Capolino, St. Thomas Aquinas
100m dash – George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Issac
Zerbe, Roberts Wesleyan
1,500m run – Michael McShane, Molloy & Joseph Mayer,
Queens
400m run – Mike Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas & Frankie
Colon, St. Thomas Aquinas
800m run – Tyler Capozzoli, Molloy & Justin Bender,
Roberts Wesleyan
200m run – Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan & Kyle Legere,
Queens
5,000m run – Nick DiBenedetto, Molloy & Max Gazzara,
Queens
4 x 800m relay – Joseph Mayer, Kerome Bramwell, Andrew
Mayer, and Kurt Samuel, Queens
4 x 400m relay – Mario Buscemi, Joe Johnson, Desmond
Guidroz, and Tyler Capozzoli, Molloy
10,000m run – Max Gazzara, Queens & Joseph Capolino, St.
Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put – Liam O'Connor, Queens & Angel Alers-Rosario,
Queens
Discus – Liam O'Connor, Queens & Taylor Isselhard,
Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump – Joe Johnson, Molloy & Lanier Mason,
Molloy
Triple Jump – Lanier Mason, Molloy & Frankie Colon, St.
Thomas Aquinas
High Jump – Joe Johnson, Molloy & Ed Oswald, St. Thomas
Aquinas
Pole Vault – Joe Johnson, Molloy
Javelin – Michael Pignotti, Molloy & Joe Johnson,
Molloy
Hammer – Hayden Jurius, Roberts Wesleyan & Vincent
Fratto, Queens
Women's First Team
400m hurdles – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court & Kaydian
Jones, District of Columbia
4 x 100m relay – Jasmine Smith, Shauna-Kay Creary, Atiya
Amis, and Simone Grant, District of Columbia
3,000m steeplechase – Megan Kelly, Georgian Court &
Rebecca Rogers, Roberts Wesleyan
100m hurdles – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court & Octavia
Booker, Georgian Court
100m dash – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia & Susan
Lora, Georgian Court
1,500m run – Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan & Indira
Avila, Queens
400m run – Callister Jones, District of Columbia &
Jerily Benjamin, District of Columbia
800m run – Rachel Cannon, Roberts Wesleyan & Allison
Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
200m run – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia & Simone
Grant, District of Columbia
5,000m run – Indira Avila, Queens & Kim Mills, Roberts
Wesleyan
4 x 800m relay – Rachel Putman, Racheal Brush, Megan Hulton,
and Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 400m relay – Marlena Wright, Jerily Benjamin, Simone
Grant, and Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia
10,000m run – Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan & Laura
Amdur, Georgian Court
Shot Put – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court & Shelby
Frink, Georgian Court
Discus – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian & Tiffany Okieme,
Georgian Court
Long Jump – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia &
Octavia Booker, Georgian Court
Triple Jump – Atinuke Adebowale, Molloy & Simone Grant,
District of Columbia
High Jump – Shauna-Kay Creary, District of Columbia &
Lauren Calorel, Georgian Court
Pole Vault – Ashley Mayer, Queens
Javelin – Laura Gemignani, Georgian Court & Sharon
Howell, Roberts Wesleyan
Hammer – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court & Tiffany
Okieme, Georgian Court
Women's Second Team
400m hurdles – Cassandra Lenkowski, Georgian Court &
Kayla Green, Georgian Court
4 x 100m hurdles – Moriah Jennings, Octavoia Booker, Lauren
Calorel, and Susan Lora, Georgian Court
3,000m steeplechase – Sarah Phelan, Roberts Wesleyan &
Jamie Hand, Georgian Court
100m hurdles – Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Lauren Calorel,
Georgian Court
100m dash – Shauna-Kay Creay, District of Columbia &
Simone Grant, District of Columbia
1,500m run – Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Keeley
Bateman, St. Thomas Aquinas
400m run – Kimoy Mais, District of Columbia & Rochelle
Nelson, District of Columbia
800m run – Kimoy Mais, District of Columbia & Isalin
Howard, Georgian Court
200m run – Rochelle Nelson, District of Columbia &
Shauna-Kay Creary, District of Columbia
5,000m run – Jordan Weir, Daemen & Hannah Taft, Roberts
Wesleyan
4 x 800m relay – Megan Kelly, Jamie Hand, Cynthia Cuiule,
and Isalin Howard, Georgian Court
4 x 400m relay – Cassandra Lenkowski, Octavia Booker, Kayla
Green, and Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court
Shot Put – Diane Etinne, Queens & Katy Perry, Roberts
Wesleyan
Discus – Kaitlyn Brunner, Georgian Court & Ashley
Pinette, Daemen
Long Jump – Shauna-Kay Creary, District of Columbia &
Stephanie Meyer, Molloy
Triple Jump – Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Octavia Booker,
Georgian Court
High Jump – Katie Gallagher, Molloy & Octavia Booker,
Georgian Court
Javelin – Julie Kerber, Georgian Court & Crystal London,
Roberts Wesleyan
Hammer – Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Katy Perry,
Roberts Wesleyan
