Track and Field News

Alfred State track & field athlete Briana Dorsey (Rochester/School of the Arts) and football player Devin Simmons (Elmira Free) have been named the athletic department senior athletes of the year.

Longtime cross country and track & field coach Gary Moore was inducted into the NJCAA Division III Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame this past weekend.  Moore was inducted in a ceremony during the 2012 Outdoor Track & Field Championships that were held at Pioneer Stadium.

Alfred State had a strong showing at the 2012 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend. The men's team finished 3rd out of 20 teams that competed while the women were 4th out of 21 teams. Pioneer athletes won five events and earned All-American status in eight total events.

Shawn Charles (Rochester/Greece Olympia), David Miller (Elmira Southside), and Alex Hewlett (Wellsville) won individual titles. Charles won the 100 m dash in 10.79, Miller won the pole vault with a leap of 4.70 m, and Hewlett won the javelin with a toss of 51.46 m.

The Mohawk Valley CC women's team and the Harper College men's team clinched NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship titles on Saturday during day three of competition at Pioneer Stadium on the campus of Alfred State.  MVCC ran away with the title while Harper edged up SUNY Delhi by five points.

The Mohawk Valley CC women's team continues to lead while the SUNY Delhi men's team leads after day two of the 2012 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Pioneer Stadium on the campus of Alfred State.  MVCC has a 13 points lead over Gloucester County College after nine events scored while Delhi has a four point lead over Harper College after ten events.

The Mohawk Valley CC women's team and the Harper (IL) College men's team lead after day one of the 2012 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  MVCC has scored 42 points after four events while Harper holds a slight one point lead with 32 points after five events.

Alfred State is ready to host the 2012 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  The three-day event begins on Thursday morning and runs until Saturday afternoon when the National Champion is crowned.  In total 22 teams and 335 athletes are slated to compete in the competition held at Pioneer Stadium.

Track and Field sprinter Briana Dorsey (Rochester/School of the Arts) has been named the Region III co-female athlete of the week after a solid performance at the Region III Championships of the weekend.

Dorsey won both the 100 meters (12.78) and the 200 meters (26.27) and was also part of the 4x100 relay that finished 2nd (51.89).  For her solid effort she was named the track athlete of the meet.

Alfred State will host the 2012 NJCAA Division III Track and Field Championships this week with action beginning on Thursday and running until Saturday afternoon.

The Alfred State outdoor track & field team registered ten victories in day two of the Region III Championships held at SUNY Delhi.  The Pioneer men finished 2nd in the standings out of five teams while the women placed 4th.

Briana Dorsey (Rochester/School of the Arts) and Tara Murphy (Rochester/Wilson) were double winners.  Dorsey won the 100 in 12.78 and the 200 in 26.27 while Murphy won the 400 in 59.73 and the 800 in 2:26.04. 

The Alfred State track & field team two three 2nd place finishes in day one of the 2012 Region III Championships held at SUNY Delhi.

Megan Votava (Alfred Almond) was 2nd in the women's javelin competition with a national qualifying toss of 26.88 m.  The men's 4x800 relay team of Tyler Lehman (Wellsville), Garrison Koehler (Bath), Brian Tubbs (Chemung/Waverly), and Jordan Friedman (West Nyack/Clarkstown South) earned a 2nd place finish with a finish of 8:35.5.