BROCKPORT, N.Y.—Freshman
Aly Ceesay, sophomore
Timothy Petty (Highland, N.Y./Highland) and junior
Mikayla Myers (Gloversville, N.Y/Gloversville) each set records for the SUNY Potsdam track and field teams on the final day of competition at the SUNYAC Outdoor Championships. Petty and senior
Stephanie Dunlap (Bath, Mich./Bath) also recorded more Potsdam top-10 performances. The Bears men finished seventh and the women were ninth.
Ceesay was seventh in the high jump with a height of 1.80m, topping his school record by .03 meters. Petty was 10th in the decathlon pole vault, besting his Potsdam mark by .1 meters. Myers was ninth in the high jump with a height of 1.42m, .02 meters better than her previous school record.
Petty posted Potsdam's second best finish in the decathlon 110 hurdles a time of 19.85, and finished 10th. He was ninth in the decathlon discus with a distance of 20.70m, the program's 10th best distance. Dunlap was seventh in the discus with Potsdam's third best distance of 32.12m.
The men's 4x100M team of freshman
Sam Renaud (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling), sophomore
Luke Favata (Lake Placid, N.Y./Lake Placid), junior
Zaire Rogers (Cheektowaga, N.Y./Cheektowaga) and Ceesay finished seventh with a time of 50.08. They were the first Bears to complete in the event. In the 4x400M, the team of freshman
Junior Oduro (Watertown, N.Y./Watertown), junior
Colton Huestis (Ticonderoga, N.Y./Ticonderoga), freshman
Evan Howe (Peru, N.Y./Peru) and Renaud were ninth with a time 3:54.69. They were the first Potsdam athletes to compete in the event at an outdoor meet.
Next, SUNYAC javelin champion and sophomore
Josh Bifolchi (Ottawa, Ontario/Sir Robert Borden) heads to the Atlantic Regionals at Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pa. on May 18.