Central Islip, N.Y. - Enock Bor (Eldoret,
Kenya) of Roberts Wesleyan 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.
Bor is no stranger to winning major conference awards, having been
named the ECC Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year and ECC Men's
Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year already this year.
Bor's dominance continued into the spring outdoor season, as he won
four out of the five individual races he was entered in. In the one
he did not win, he came in second place and set a school record in
the 5,000 meter run in the process. His victories included winning
the 1,500 meter run at the California (Pa.) Early Bird
Invitational, the 800 meter run at the University of Rochester
Alumni Invitational, and both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter runs at
the East Coast Conference Championship.
Bor's effort in the ECC Championship was also enough to earn the
coaches' vote as the Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Meet.
Like Bor, Jones is now a winner of multiple ECC major awards after
repeating as the ECC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of
the Year. A two-time ECC Women's Track Athlete of the Week, Jones
ranked in the top-seven in the East Region in five different events
during the outdoor season. Jones' best 100 meter dash (12.24) and
200 meter dash (24.80) times, were also the best posted by an ECC
student-athlete this season.
Jones is also a co-recipient of the Most Outstanding Female Athlete
of the ECC Championship Meet, sharing the honor with Molloy's
Stephanie Meyer (Seaford, N.Y.). Jones helped the Firebirds win the
championship by contributing 48 of their 158 total points. She
contributed 28 points individually by winning both the 100 and 200
meter dashes with her aforementioned best times and also finishing
second in the long jump (5.31 meters). Jones was a key member of
both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relay teams that crossed the
finish line first, as well.
Meyer is the other Co-Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the ECC
Championship Meet honoree. She scored in six different events at
the meet, including winning the 100 meter hurdles in a time of
15.68 seconds. Her outstanding day included finishing second in the
triple jump (10.89 meters), third in the long jump (5.41 meters),
fourth in the high jump (1.50 meters), and second in the 4 x 100
meter relay (51.55).
Jerry Wimberley and Nicole Vann from Queens College are the Men's
Outdoor Track & Field Co-Coaches of the Year after their team
earned its second straight ECC Outdoor Championship.
Roberts Wesleyan's Merl McGinnis earns the Women's Outdoor Track
& Field Coach of the Year honor after the Redhawks finished
first at the ECC Championship Meet with 214 points. Despite
finishing with the highest point total, Roberts Wesleyan was
ineligible to win the ECC title due to their status as a NCAA
Provisional Member.
In addition, the ECC also announces the 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.
2014 ECC Outdoor
Track and Field All-Conference Awards
Men's First Team
100 meter dash - Winslow Dorsainvil, St. Thomas Aquinas & Gabe
Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan
200 meter dash - Winslow Dorsainvil, St. Thomas Aquinas & Gabe
Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter dash - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Niko
Jemmison, Daemen
800 meter run - Kurt Samuel, Queens & Zaccary Ekdahl,
Daemen
1,500 meter run - Thomas Rodger, Roberts Wesleyan & Keith
Pease, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Enock Bor, Roberts Wesleyan & Tyler Bay,
Queens
10,000 meter run - Enock Bor, Roberts Wesleyan & Tyler Bay,
Queens
110 meter hurdles - Robert Watson, Molloy & Nate Sturgeon,
Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter hurdles - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Joseph
Johnson, Molloy
3,000 meter steeplechase - Kevin Brown, Roberts Wesleyan & Matt
Watson, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Anthony Henry, Travis
Abelard, Frankie Colon, Winslow Dorsainvil)
4 x 400 meter relay - Queens (Skandal Delince, Kurt Samuel, Wilfred
Ruck, Donovan Stewart)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Joseph Cegwidden, Matt
Buell, Michael Kraus, Nicolas Garvenchy)
High Jump - Tristan Holmgren, St. Thomas Aquinas, Robert Watson,
Molloy, & Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan
Pole Vault - Michael Pignotti, Molloy & Joseph Johnson,
Molloy
Long Jump - Aaron McGinnis, Roberts Wesleyan & Alex Reid,
Daemen
Triple Jump - Joseph Johnson, Molloy & Lanier Mason, Molloy
Shot Put - Gregory Gromling, Queens & Vincent Fratto,
Queens
Discus - Christopher Pensa, Queens & Michael Glanz, Queens
Hammer - Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens & Christopher Pensa,
Queens
Javelin - Charles Artino, Molloy & Kerome Bramwell, Queens
Men's Second Team
100 meter dash - Donovan Stewart, Queens & George Erazo, St.
Thomas Aquinas
200 meter dash - George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas & Niko
Jemmison, Daemen
400 meter dash - Skandal Delince, Queens & Sammy Abdallatif,
St. Thomas Aquinas
800 meter run - Garvenchy Nicolas, St. Thomas Aquinas & Tyler
Capozzoli, Molloy
1,500 meter run - Conor Gallagher, Molloy & Garvenchy Nicolas,
St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Zach Eustance, Daemen & Michael Galonski, St.
Thomas Aquinas
10,000 meter run - Eric Haslbauer,, Molloy & Mike Darnell,
Molloy
110 meter hurdles - Joseph Johnson, Molloy & Wilfred Ruck,
Queens
400 meter hurdles - Wilfred Ruck, Queens & Nate Sturgeon,
Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Michael Galonski, St. Thomas Aquinas
& Justin Bender, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Queens (Skandal Delince, Wilfred Ruck, Eli
Joseph, Donovan Stewart)
4 x 400 meter relay - Molloy (Jacob Loscano, Joseph Johnson, Conor
Gallagher, Tyler Capozzoli)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Justin Bender, Stephen
Stewart, Thomas Rodger, Keith Pease)
High Jump - Ed Oswald, St. Thomas Aquinas & Joseph Johnson,
Molloy
Pole Vault - Kerome Bramwell, Queens & Robert Watson,
Molloy
Long Jump - Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan & Joseph Johnson,
Molloy
Triple Jump - Alex Reid, Daemen & Lance Mason, Molloy
Shot Put - Christopher Pensa, Queens & Angel Alers-Rosario,
Queens
Discus - Liam O'Connor, Queens & Angel Alers-Rosario,
Queens
Hammer - Gregory Gromling, Queens & Michael Glanz, Queens
Javelin - Lance Mason, Molloy & Mitchell Jurius, Roberts
Wesleyan
Women's First Team
100 meter dash - Kaydian Jones, Dist. Columbia & Simone Grant,
Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Kaydian Jones, Dist. Columbia & Simone Grant,
Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Rebecca
Wright, Molloy
800 meter run - Rachel Hust, Roberts Wesleyan & Allison
Borriello, St. Thomas Aquinas
1,500 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Rachel
Hust, Roberts Wesleyan
5,000 meter run - Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Hannah Taft,
Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Kellie Lawton, Roberts Wesleyan & April
Sablan, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Nicole Natland,
Molloy
400 meter hurdles - Brianna Calderon, Roberts Wesleyan & Heidi
Riegel, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Meaghan Ventarola, St. Thomas Aquinas
& Rachel Brush, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Kaydian Jones, Shauna-Kay
Creary, Jasmine Smith, Simone Grant)
4 x 400 meter relay - Dist. Columbia (Charmaine Sweeney, Jerily
Benjamin, Marlena Wright, Kaydian Jones)
4 x 800 meter relay - Roberts Wesleyan (Rachel Brush, Kennedy
Lewandowski, Rachel Hutchinson, Rachel Hust)
High Jump - Katie Gallagher, Molloy & Shanua-Kay Creary, Dist.
Columbia
Pole Vault - Kasey Semmler, Roberts Wesleyan & Hope Olsen,
Roberts Wesleyan
Long Jump - Simone Grant, Dist. Columbia & Kaydian Jones, Dist.
Columbia
Triple Jump - Shanua-Kay Creary, Dist. Columbia & Stephanie
Meyer, Molloy
Shot Put - Toria Williams, Daemen & Tatyana Calhoun, Dist.
Columbia
Discus - Diane Etienne, Queens & Katy Perry, Roberts
Wesleyan
Hammer - Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Katy Perry,
Roberts Wesleyan
Javelin - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Casey Beckwith, Roberts
Wesleyan
Women's Second Team
100 meter dash - Jasmine Smith, Dist. Columbia & Brittany Okon,
Dist. Columbia
200 meter dash - Jerily Benjamin, Dist. Columbia & Shauna-Kay
Creary, Dist. Columbia
400 meter dash - Gabriela Sloezen, St. Thomas Aquinas & Marlena
Wright, Dist. Columbia
800 meter run - Rachel Hutchinson, Roberts Wesleyan & Brittany
Denton, Daemen
1,500 meter run - Megan Hulton, Roberts Wesleyan & Keeley
Bateman, St. Thomas Aquinas
5,000 meter run - Mackenzie Donahue, Daemen & Brittany Ward,
Roberts Wesleyan
10,000 meter run - Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan
100 meter hurdles - Jeania Bagley, Dist. Columbia & Ashley
Andrews, Roberts Wesleyan
400 meter hurdles - Jeania Bagley, Dist. Columbia & Sharon
Howell, Roberts Wesleyan
3,000 meter steeplechase - Cecelia Pfleging, St. Thomas Aquinas
& Rebecca Rogers, Roberts Wesleyan
4 x 100 meter relay - Molloy (Stephanie Meyer, Katie Gallagher,
Nicole Natland, Heather Van Patten)
4 x 400 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquians (Gabriella Sloezen,
Catherine Sandkuhl, Gina Funaro, Allison Borriello)
4 x 800 meter relay - St. Thomas Aquinas (Keeley Bateman, Rebecca
Fortoul, Jumana Khatib, Meaghan Ventarola)
High Jump - Ashley Mayer, Queens & Stephanie Meyer, Molloy
Pole Vault - Callie O'Connor, Daemen & Nicole Natland,
Molloy
Long Jump - Stephanie Meyer, Molloy & Samantha Gabriel, St.
Thomas Aquinas
Triple Jump - Samantha Gabriel, St. Thomas Aquinas & Breanna
Lyn, St. Thomas Aquinas
Shot Put - Brittany Sepe, Molloy & Katy Perry, Roberts
Wesleyan
Discus - Victoria Houser, Roberts Wesleyan & Ashley Pinette,
Daemen
Hammer - Ashley Pinette, Daemen & Danely Rodriguez, Queens
Javelin - Sharon Howell, Roberts Wesleyan & Mariah Burkhard,
Daemen
