Cadinals Soar Above the Rest At Oudoor Track & Field Championship

The York Cardinals captured their second consecutive CUNYAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship, held Sunday at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. York (184 points) outdistanced runner-up Medgar Evers (116), Hunter (85), CCNY (84), and Lehman (61).

"This was a total team-effort, and that's what it takes to win a conference championship," said York head coach Tom Pope.  "The guys were able to band together despite some injuries and great competition from our opponents."

York senior Michael Brown was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the meet after winning the 200 meters (22.71), 400 meters (48.69), and the 800 meters (1:56.75, new meet record). He was also a member of the Cardinals’ 4 x 400 relay team that took the gold medal in 3:20.01.  Teammate John McCollin, a junior, added gold medals in the 110 meter hurdles (17.59) and the 400 meter hurdles (1:03.04).  Sophomore Omar Anderson took first-place in the 1,500 meters (4:08.55) and junior Michael Song took the discuss (34.66 meters). 

“I would like to say that I enjoyed the passion, excitement, and pain of running for York College Track,” said Brown. “My main goal was to put the men’s team back on the map and all of this would not of happen if it wasn’t for Coach Pope, Coach Johnson, Coach Cherry, Coach St. Johns and the rest of the York college staff. I also wanted to show that Division III is just as good as Division I, if not better.”

Runner-up Medgar Evers received three gold medal performances on the day.  Foulhel Bakayoko took the triple jump (13.81 meters) and the javelin (45.32 meters).  Jonn Lloyd Gill added a gold in the high jump (1.71 meters).

Hunter’s Omri Holzman closed out his storied CUNYAC career with a pair of record-setting performances in the 5,000 meters (15:13.82) and the 10,000 meters (33:10.31), en route to gold medals.  Teammate Israel Burns captured gold medals in the shot put (12.93 meters) and the hammer (43.93 meters).

CCNY’s Rinaldy Alverez won the 100 meters (11.38) and the long jump (6.78 meters), and the Beavers’ 4 x 100 relay team won in 43.48.

       Hy-Tek's Meet Manager 5/14/2006 04:29 PM
                       CUNYAC Men's & Women - 5/14/2006                        
                      Outdoor Track & Field Championship                       
                                 Ichan Staduim                                 
                                    Results    
Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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    1) York College               184        2) Medgar Evers              116   
    3) Hunter College              85        4) CCNY                       84   

    5) Lehman                      61        

                               
 Men 100 Meter Dash
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    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
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Preliminaries
  1 Brown, Orhys                 Ccny                     11.29q  2 
  2 Williams, Cardain            Medger Evers             11.36q  1 
  3 Alverez, Rinaldy             Ccny                     11.37q  2 
  4 Richards, Darren             Medger Evers             11.61q  2 
  5 Middleton, Chris             Qcc                      11.63q  1 
  6 Hoyte, Hadley                Ccny                     11.68q  1 
  7 Saint Dic, Alain             Ccny                     11.70q  2 
  8 Joseph, Jon-Erik             Qcc                      11.71q  1 
  9 Salhoobi, Ala                Lehman                   11.72   2 
 10 Blunte, Kerron               York College             11.89   1 
 11 Rhoden, Duane                Lehman                   12.27   1 
 12 Sydial, Taylon               York College             12.70   2 
 13 Spies, William               Lehman                   13.12   2 
 
Men 100 Meter Dash
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals
  1 Alverez, Rinaldy             Ccny                     11.38    10  
  2 Brown, Orhys                 Ccny                     11.52     8  
  3 Hoyte, Hadley                Ccny                     11.65     6  
  4 Richards, Darren             Medger Evers             11.67     4  
  5 Middleton, Chris             Qcc                     X11.74  
  6 Joseph, Jon-Erik             Qcc                     X11.80  
  7 Saint Dic, Alain             Ccny                     11.81     2  
 -- Williams, Cardain            Medger Evers               DNF  
 
Men 200 Meter Dash
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 Brown, Michael               York College             22.71   1   10  
  2 Hoyte, Hadley                Ccny                     23.64   1    8  
  3 Middleton, Chris             Qcc                     X23.71   1 
  4 Francis, Michael             Lehman                   23.72   1    6  
  5 Joseph, Jon-Erik             Qcc                     X24.04   2 
  6 Salhoobi, Ala                Lehman                   24.57   2    4  
  7 Saint Dic, Alain             Ccny                     24.62   2    2  
  8 Blunte, Kerron               York College             25.25   2    1  
  9 Basetieu, Petterson          York College             26.07   2 
 10 Rhoden, Duane                Lehman                   28.44   2 
 
Men 400 Meter Dash
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 Brown, Michael               York College             48.69   1   10  
  2 Shephard, Germaine           York College             49.66   1    8  
  3 Tall, Issa                   Lehman                   51.23   1    6  
  4 Walton, Dane                 Qcc                     X53.31   2 
  5 Blunte, Kerron               York College             53.85   1    4  
  6 Francis, Michael             Lehman                   53.91   1    2  
  7 Marshall, Rondell            York College             54.72   1    1  
  8 James, Richard               Lehman                   54.91   2 
  9 Lyashenko, Valentine         Ccny                     55.05   2 
 10 Fernandez, Alan              Ccny                     56.26   2 
 
Men 800 Meter Run
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Brown, Michael               York College           1:56.75    10  
  2 Anderson, Omar               York College           1:58.58     8  
  3 Gordon, Derek                York College           2:00.61     6  
  4 Shephard, Germaine           York College           2:00.99     4  
  5 Lee, Dewayne                 Ccny                   2:04.21     2  
  6 Stahl-David, Andrew          Ccny                   2:06.58     1  
  7 Berthe, Ousman               Qcc                   X2:07.98  
  8 Ayafor, Azi                  Qcc                   X2:09.82  
  9 Bodden, Joseph               Lehman                 2:11.07  
 10 Lawrence, Javal              Qcc                   X2:11.62  
 11 Tall, Issa                   Lehman                 2:12.16  
 12 Villafana, Lennox            Qcc                   X2:12.26  
 13 Ortiz, Erick                 Ccny                   2:14.54  
 14 James, Richard               Lehman                 2:16.43  
 15 Agosto, Bill                 Lehman                 2:31.69  
 16 Wettenstein, Gary            Hunter College         3:05.21  
 
Men 1500 Meter Run
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Anderson, Omar               York College           4:08.55    10  
  2 Stahl-David, Andrew          Ccny                   4:11.16     8  
  3 Gordon, Derek                York College           4:15.06     6  
  4 Ollivierre, Ashton           Medger Evers           4:38.71     4  
  5 Agosto, Bill                 Lehman                 4:46.85     2  
  6 Reyes, Rocky                 Qcc                   X4:52.37  
  7 Sanchez, Raul                Lehman                 4:58.65     1  
  8 Romero, Marco                Qcc                   X5:08.37  
  9 Thompson, Patrick            Lehman                 5:14.10  
 10 Wettenstein, Gary            Hunter College         6:21.94  
 
Men 5000 Meter Run
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Holzman, Omri                Hunter College        15:13.82    10  
  2 Alcaide, Ceferino            Qcc                  X16:21.10  
  3 Valitov, Aleksander          Hunter College        16:25.20     8  
  4 Sanchez, Raul                Lehman                16:32.21     6  
  5 Duncan, Pernell              York College          17:05.86     4  
  6 Romero, Marco                Qcc                  X19:02.53  
  7 Thompson, Patrick            Lehman                19:16.88     2  
  8 Agosto, Bill                 Lehman                19:20.47     1  
  9 Yepez, Chris                 Lehman                19:41.21  
 
Men 10000 Meter Run
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Holzman, Omri                Hunter College        33:10.31    10  
  2 Alcaide, Ceferino            Qcc                   36:13.14  
  3 Sanchez, Raul                Lehman                37:14.15     8  
  4 Agosto, Bill                 Lehman                38:19.13     6  
  5 Reyes, Rocky                 Qcc                   39:26.62  
  6 Duncan, Pernell              York College          40:13.62     4  
  7 Romero, Marco                Qcc                   40:18.61  
  8 Thompson, Patrick            Lehman                43:35.25     2  
  9 Correa, Juan                 Qcc                   43:38.30  
 10 Yepez, Chris                 Lehman                45:37.36     1  
 
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 McCollin, John               York College             17.59    10  
  2 Edwards, Robert              York College             18.99     8  
  3 Culpepper, Jonathan          Medger Evers             20.62     6  
  4 Bolivar, Oscar               Hunter College           22.04     4  
 
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 McCollin, John               York College           1:03.04   1   10  
  2 Brown, Orhys                 Ccny                   1:03.10   1    8  
  3 Lloyd Gill, Jonn             Medger Evers           1:03.45   1    6  
  4 Edwards, Robert              York College           1:03.87   2    4  
  5 Richards, Darren             Medger Evers           1:06.26   1    2  
  6 Culpepper, Jonathan          Medger Evers           1:08.50   1    1  
  7 Bolivar, Oscar               Hunter College         1:10.84   2 
  8 Joseph, Erwin                Ccny                   1:16.14   2 
 
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
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    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 Ccny  'A'                                             43.48    10  
     1) Brown, Orhys                    2) Jean-Baptiste, David           
     3) Hoyte, Hadley                   4) Alverez, Rinaldy               
  2 York College  'A'                                     44.42     8  
     1) Edwards, Robert                 2) Brown, Michael                 
     3) Shephard, Germaine              4) Blunte, Kerron                 
  3 Qcc  'A'                                              44.47  
     1) Middleton, Chris                2) Walton, Dane                   
     3) Jones, Justin                   4) Joseph, Jon-Erik               
  4 Medger Evers  'A'                                     45.06     6  
     1) Richards, Darren                2) Williams, Cardain              
     3) Lloyd Gill, Jonn                4) Allan, Ian                     
 -- Lehman  'A'                                              DQ  
     1) Salhoobi, Ala                   2) Rhoden, Duane                  
     3) Spies, William                  4) Francis, Michael               
 
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
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    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 York College  'A'                                   3:20.01    10  
  2 Qcc  'A'                                           X3:27.81  
  3 Lehman  'A'                                         3:32.43     8  
  4 Ccny  'A'                                           3:36.56     6  
  5 Medger Evers  'A'                                   3:38.98     4  
  6 York College  'B'                                  x3:41.20  
 
Men High Jump
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Lloyd Gill, Jonn             Medger Evers             1.71m    5-07.25   10  
  2 Jean-Louis, Moliens          York College             1.66m    5-05.25    6  
  2 Almonacy, Lee                Hunter College           1.66m    5-05.25    6  
  2 Richards, Darren             Medger Evers             1.66m    5-05.25    6  
  5 Saint Dic, Alain             Ccny                    J1.66m    5-05.25    2  
 
Men Long Jump
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Alverez, Rinaldy             Ccny                     6.78m   22-03.00   10  
  2 McCollin, John               York College             6.21m   20-04.50    8  
  3 Lloyd Gill, Jonn             Medger Evers             6.15m   20-02.25    6  
  4 Bakayoko, Foulhel            Medger Evers             6.11m   20-00.50    4  
  5 Richards, Darren             Medger Evers             5.92m   19-05.25    2  
  6 Hoyte, Hadley                Ccny                     5.90m   19-04.25    1  
  7 Lawrence, Javal              Qcc                     X5.83m   19-01.50 
  8 Saint Dic, Alain             Ccny                     5.66m   18-07.00 
  9 Joseph, Jon-Erik             Qcc                     X5.55m   18-02.50 
 10 Bodden, Joseph               Lehman                   5.41m   17-09.00 
 11 Ortiz, Erick                 Ccny                     4.89m   16-00.50 
 12 Culpepper, Jonathan          Medger Evers             4.74m   15-06.75 
 
Men Triple Jump
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Bakayoko, Foulhel            Medger Evers            13.81m   45-03.75   10  
  2 Lawrence, Javal              Qcc                     12.10m   39-08.50 
  3 Almonacy, Lee                Hunter College          11.91m   39-01.00    8  
 
Men Shot Put
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Burns, Israel                Hunter College          12.93m   42-05.25   10  
  2 Marc, K Marcus               Medger Evers            10.95m   35-11.25    8  
  3 Song, Michael                York College            10.79m   35-05.00    6  
  4 Garcia, Keegan               Medger Evers            10.71m   35-01.75    4  
  5 Boone, Jeffrey               York College            10.62m   34-10.25    2  
  6 Bakayoko, Foulhel            Medger Evers            10.20m   33-05.75    1  
  7 Webber, Alton                York College             9.73m   31-11.25 
  8 DeRise, Michael              Hunter College           9.51m   31-02.50 
  9 Brown, Orhys                 Ccny                     9.35m   30-08.25 
 10 Lyashenko, Valentine         Ccny                     9.19m   30-02.00 
 11 Lugo, Walter                 Lehman                   8.85m   29-00.50 
 12 Thomas, Stephen              Hunter College           8.16m   26-09.25 
 13 Alava, Nelson                Hunter College           7.33m   24-00.75 
 -- Ricks, T. Christ             Medger Evers              FOUL            
 
Men Discus Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Song, Michael                York College            34.66m     113-08   10  
  2 Marc, K Marcus               Medger Evers            32.50m     106-07    8  
  3 Burns, Israel                Hunter College          32.48m     106-07    6  
  4 DeRise, Michael              Hunter College          30.94m     101-06    4  
  5 Garcia, Keegan               Medger Evers            30.16m      98-11    2  
  6 Thomas, Stephen              Hunter College          27.68m      90-10    1  
  7 Webber, Alton                York College            25.74m      84-05 
  8 Alava, Nelson                Hunter College          25.26m      82-10 
  9 Boone, Jeffrey               York College            25.02m      82-01 
 10 Lyashenko, Valentine         Ccny                    24.44m      80-02 
 10 Daniels, Kosi                Medger Evers            24.44m      80-02 
 12 Lugo, Walter                 Lehman                  22.48m      73-09 
 13 Bernard, Keron               York College            21.38m      70-02 
 14 Culpepper, Jonathan          Medger Evers            19.00m      62-04 
 
Men Hammer Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Burns, Israel                Hunter College          43.93m     144-01   10  
  2 DeRise, Michael              Hunter College          38.15m     125-02    8  
  3 Song, Michael                York College            33.79m     110-10    6  
  4 Webber, Alton                York College            31.02m     101-09    4  
  5 Garcia, Keegan               Medger Evers            25.29m      83-00    2  
  6 Boone, Jeffrey               York College            24.52m      80-05    1  
  7 Alava, Nelson                Hunter College          19.51m      64-00 
 
Men Javelin Throw
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
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  1 Bakayoko, Foulhel            Medger Evers            45.32m     148-08   10  
  2 Marc, K Marcus               Medger Evers            43.14m     141-06    8  
  3 Bodden, Joseph               Lehman                  43.08m     141-04    6  
  4 Milton, Anthony              York College            36.62m     120-02    4  
  5 Garcia, Keegan               Medger Evers            36.56m     119-11    2  
  6 Boone, Jeffrey               York College            33.54m     110-00    1  
  7 Lugo, Walter                 Lehman                  32.12m     105-04 
  8 Alverez, Rinaldy             Ccny                    30.40m      99-09 
  9 Lyashenko, Valentine         Ccny                    28.46m      93-04 
 10 Bernard, Keron               York College            28.00m      91-10 
 11 Alava, Nelson                Hunter College          26.78m      87-10 
 12 DeRise, Michael              Hunter College          24.36m      79-11 
 13 Bolivar, Oscar               Hunter College          23.64m      77-07 
 14 Burns, Israel                Hunter College          21.96m      72-00 
 15 Grogan, Rawle                Medger Evers            21.22m      69-07 
 
                    Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
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    1) York College               184        2) Medger Evers              116   
    3) Hunter College              85        4) CCNY                       84   

    5) Lehman                      61