FIGHTING TIGER MENS INDOOR TRACK FIELD PLACES SEVENTH AT 2021 UTICA HOLIDAY CLASSIC

The SUNY Cobleskill men’s indoor track & field team posted a team score of 37 points to place seventh in a field of 12 teams at the 2021 Utica Holiday Classic hosted by Utica College at the Pioneers Todd & Jen Hutton Sports & Recreational Center on Saturday.  

The Fighting Tiger mid-distance/distance runners did the bulk of the team’s scoring led by first-year Eamonn Sullivan, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Fordham Preparatory School, who won the 3000-meter run in a new program record time of 8:45.55 while placing fourth in the mile run with a time of 4:30.46. 

Cobleskill also received strong efforts from sophomore Nick Logan, Queensbury, N.Y., Queensbury High School, who placed third in the mile-run in 4:28.50 and third in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:50.15 and from Dillon VanDemortel, Newark, N.Y., Newark High School, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run in 2:04.49 and fifth in the mile run in 4:33.69. First-year Shane Viscosi, Fultonville, N.Y., Fonda-Fultonville High School, also turned in a ninth-place finish in the mile-run at the meet with a time of 4:38.16. 

The Fighting Tigers will next be in action after the holiday break on Saturday January 15th when they return to Utica, N.Y. for the 2022 Winter Opener hosted by Utica College beginning at 10:30 a.m.