Mens Track and Field Ends Season at Armory

New York, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men’s indoor track & field team closed their 2017-18 regular season over the weekend competing at the Armory Last Chance College Invitational hosted by Armory Track & Field at The New Balance Armory Track Center. The Fighting Tigers brought home several significant finishes from the non-scoring qualifying event.

Junior multi-event athlete Zach Haskin, Warnerville, N.Y., Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, continued his strong campaign placing second overall in the pole vault clearing a height of 13’5” to go with a third place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.81 seconds.

Cobleskill also received a fourth place effort in the 500-meter dash from junior Brandon Booker,  Beacon, N.Y. , Beacon High School, in a time of 1:09.38 and a ninth place finish in the 400-meter dash from freshman Alex Hitchcock, Cobleskill, N.Y., Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, in 51.68 seconds.

Sophomore thrower Thomas Coene, Ontario, N.Y., Thomas Webster High School, also had a strong outing taking fourth place in the weight throw with a toss of 49’2”

Qualified Fighting Tiger athletes will next be in action at the 2017-18 NCAA Division III Atlantic Indoor Regional Meet hosted by Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. on Friday March 2nd and Saturday March 3rd beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Friday and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.