SUNY COBLESKILL MENS TRACK FIELD OPENS SEASON AT 2022 HOUGHTON DECEMBER CLASSIC

Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill men’s indoor track & field team opened the 2022-23 season in impressive fashion at the Houghton December Classic hosted by Houghton University in Houghton, N.Y. over the weekend. 

Fighting Tiger junior distance runner Nick Logan, Queensbury, N.Y., Queensbury High School, was the team’s top performer at the event posting wins in the Mile Run in a time of 4:22.58 and the 3000-Meter Run with a time of 8:56.89.  

Cobleskill also received strong outings from sophomore jumper Gonyzer Foster, Bayshore, N.Y., Bayshore High School, who placed second overall in the Triple Jump with a mark of 41’3 ¼ and from first-year sprinter Charlie Foote, Cobleskill, N.Y., Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, who placed third in the 400-Meter Dash in 51.58 seconds and ninth in the 300-Meter Dash in 37.69 seconds. 

Other individual efforts of note saw first-year distance runner Will Seamans, Fayetteville, N.Y., Fayetteville-Manlius High School, bring home ninth place finishes in the Mile Run in 4:45.92 and the 3000-Meter Run in at 10:06.44 and from fellow first-year Jacob Rhinesmith, Sommerset, N.J., Nation Ford High School (S.C.), finishing 10th overall in the 5000-Meter Run in 17:25.62. First-year hurdler Kameron Cusmano, Oakfield, N.Y., Oakfield-Alabama High School, started his college career off strong placing 10th overall in the 60-Meter Hurdles in 9.07 seconds.  

In the relays the Fighting Tigers’ 4 X 200-Meter Relay of Gonyzer Foster, Charlie Foote, first-year Jeffery Alvarado, Amsterdam, N.Y., Amsterdam High School, and sophomore Michael Masocco, Eden, N.Y., Eden High School, brought home an eighth place finish with a time of 1:39.39. 

Cobleskill will next be in action on Saturday December 10 when they travel to Utica, N.Y. for the 2022 Utica Holiday Classic to be hosted by the Pioneers of Utica University at the Todd and Jen Hutton Sports & Recreation Center beginning at 10:00 a.m.