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Devils Set Season Bests At Two Venues
Contributed Article
FSU Sports Information Dept.
Fredonia State studentathletes established several
team season-best times and
performances while competing over the weekend at
two collegiate track & field
meets.
One group of Blue Devils
went to the two-day Bison
Outdoor Classic, hosted
by Bucknell University in
Lewisburg, Pa., to compete
against most NCAA Division I teams. Another group
competed Saturday at the
ROC City Invitational held
at Nazareth College.
On the women's side, Anna
Dambacher (Soph.; Divernon, Ill.) put her name
atop the team's 2014 top
all-performance lists in the
100 meters (12.69 seconds)
and the 200 meters (25.69
seconds). Emily Cummiskey
(Sr.; Clarence, N.Y.) did likewise with ECAC-qualifying
distances in the long jump
(17 feet, 2.25 inches) and the
triple jump (36 feet, onequarter inch). Dambacher
competed at Bucknell, Cummiskey in Rochester, where
she won the triple jump.
Lauren Kotas (Soph.; Lancaster, N.Y.), Anna Hourihan (Sr.; Buffalo, N.Y.),
and Hailey Griewisch ( Jr.;
Dunkirk, N.Y.) competed
at Bucknell and lowered
the bar in their respective
events -- Kotas in the 1,500
meters (4:51.45); Hourihan in the 10,000 meters
(40:30.61); and Griewisch in
the 100-meter high hurdles
(15.84 seconds). Jenna Fiacco
( Jr.; Verona, N.Y.) tossed
MEREDITH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31
In the past three high
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"These awards are
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said JoAnna Jacob, who
oversees the Society's
community engagement.
"As a volunteer-driven
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performance was an ECACqualifying time in the 4-by100 meter relay of 50.08
seconds. The quartet was
comprised of Devinne Arnold
(Fr.; Cuba, N.Y.), Griewisch,
Alexis Perez (Sr.; Hamburg,
N.Y.), and Dambacher.
Among the men, Collin
Mulcahy (Soph.; Batavia,
N.Y.) turned in top team
times in the the 800 meters
Dunkirk High School graduate (1:55.77) and the 1,500 meHailey Griewisch lowered
ters (4:03.99) competing at
her season-best time in the
Bucknell, and Kevin Geiser
100-meter high hurdles to
(Soph.; Corning, N.Y.) had
15.84 seconds.
team-best throws in the
a season-best 139 feet, 2
discus (125 feet, 5 inches)
inches in the hammerthrow and the javelin (141 feet, 8
at Rochester. Kotas's time
inches) at Rochester. In addiplaced her at No. 4 while
tion, Ben Goebel (Sr.; Victor,
Hourihan moved up to No. N.Y.) cleared a season-best
6 on the Fredonia State Top 14 feet, 3.25 inches in the
10 all-time performance lists pole vault and moved up to
in those respective events.
No. 8 on Fredonia State's
all-time Top 10 outdoor
Fredonia State's other top
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performance list.
Other 2014 team-bests at
Bucknell were recorded by
Jeremy Kozlowski (Soph.;
Dunkirk, N.Y.) in the 400
meters (51.76 seconds), Chris
Shartrand ( Jr.; Ballston Spa,
N.Y.) in the 10,000 meters
(34:06.39), Jesse Mintz
(Sr.; Ontario, N.Y) in the
3,000-meter steeplechase,
and Alex Brennan (Sr.;
Wilson, N.Y.) in the long
jump (21 feet, 6.75 inches).
Additional season team-bests
at the Rochester meet came
from Chris Bagno (Fr.; Syosset, N.Y.) in the 400-meter
hurdles (1:02.59), and Hsin
Chin (Soph.; Pleasant View,
N.Y.) in the hammerthrow
(146 feet, 11 inches).
All-performance lists at
viewable on each team's
respective webpages located
at TFRRS.org.
Devils Drop Two Duels
Contributed Article two of the three Blue
Devil hits including a
double. Ricky Mendiola (Williamsville/
Will. South) reached
The Fredonia State
baseball team dropped base safely in all three
at bats with a hit by
a double-header
pitch, walk and a
against conference
single.
opponent New Paltz
on Saturday. The Blue New Paltz scored the
Devils dropped the
game's only run in the
fi rst game 1-0 despite bottom of the third
a complete game
inning. Tom Diekoff
from Steve Sturm
stole third base, then
(Amherst/Amherst)
took home on the erwho did not give up
rant throw.
an earned run. The
Game 2 was tied at
Devils led the second
two going into the top
game, 4-2, heading
of the sixth. Freshman
into the fi nal inning
Mike Prentice (West
before falling 6-4.
Seneca/St. Francis)
In Game 1, Fredonia
lead off the inning
State was able to get
with his fi rst collegiate
a runner on base in
home run over the
each inning of the
left field fence. Bobby
contest. Anthony
Frantz (Webster/
Schiro (Sanborn/NiWebster Thomas)
agara Wheatfield) had followed it up with
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a double in the next
at-bat and later came
around to score on a
Scott Schuster (Livonia/Livonia) fielder's
choice.
Frantz and Mendiola
each had three hits in
the game. Schiro also
added a pair of hits.
Thomas Morris (Syosset/Syosset) went fi ve
strong for Fredonia
State giving up one
earned run and al-
lowing three hits. Joey
Tingue (South Dayton/Pine Valley) also
added two innings of
scoreless relief.
Down two runs in the
ninth, the Blue Devils were able to load
the bases with three
singles but were not
able to push across a
run. The losses drop
Fredonia State to 8-11
on the year and 3-4 in
SUNYAC play.
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