By: Brian Savard, Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications
Meet Results
ONEONTA, N.Y. – Senior
Brexton Montville (Cadyville, N.Y./Saranac) scored 13 points across a pair of events, as the Plattsburgh State men's track and field team finished sixth out of nine teams with 29 points after the second and final day of competition at the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Outdoor Championships hosted by SUNY Oneonta on Saturday.
Montville finished as the runner-up in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.71, just .01 off of his program record that he set earlier this year. He followed that up with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (22.20).
First-year student
Charles Cypress (New Windsor, N.Y./Cornwall) scored in a pair of events as well, taking fourth in the 100-meter dash (10.87) and eighth in the 200-meter dash (22.45). First-year student
Jordan Williams (Bronx, N.Y./Cardinal Hayes) and sophomore
Noah Bonesteel (Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park) each placed seventh in their respective events, with Williams running the 100-meter dash (11.02) and Bonesteel contesting the 1,500-meter run (3:59.86). First-year student
Erik Kucera (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai) took eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:54.38) to round out the Cardinals who finished among the top eight.
In the relays, the 4x100-meter relay team of Williams, Cypress, senior
Cameron Giuliano (Shokan, N.Y./Onteora) and
Aidan Masten (Peru, N.Y./Seton Catholic) finished sixth with a time of 43.83, while the 4x400-meter relay quartet of sophomore
Justin Kumrow (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac), first-year student
Nick Gelsomino (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point), Cypress and Bonesteel placed seventh (3:30.01).
Other Plattsburgh State student-athletes who competed on Saturday included first-year student
Thomas Gilbo (Champlain, N.Y./Northeastern Clinton) in the decathlon (ninth, 4,889 points) and junior
Logan Van Buren (Port Henry, N.Y./Moriah) in the 5,000-meter run (16th, 16:21.31).
Bonesteel and Masten also earned the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award along with SUNY Cortland's sophomore Ryan Joule, all of whom maintain a 4.0 cumulative GPA. The Elite 20 Award recognizes the individual or individuals with the highest cumulative GPA and are at least a sophomore academically at the championship site. Bonesteel is an art studio major, while Masten is an adolescence education major.
Plattsburgh State next competes at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships from Wednesday-Thursday, May 17-18, at Susquehanna University.
AARTFC Qualifiers:
Erik Kucera – 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:54.38)
Noah Bonesteel – 1,500-meter run (3:59.86)
Brexton Montville – 100-meter dash (10.71), 200-meter dash (22.20)
Charles Cypress – 100-meter dash (10.87)
Jordan Williams – 100-meter dash (11.02)