Oneonta
State

ncaa ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP @ The College of New jersey - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2002

Oneonta State completed the 2002 season with a respectable 18^th place finish out of 33 teams with 472 points at the Atlantic Region Championship.  This marked another huge improvement over last year, where the Red Dragons finished 28^th out of 32 teams with 776 points.  They were led once again by junior Brian Suozzo, who placed 45^th in a time of 27:30 over the extremely muddy 8 km course at Washington Crossing State Park near Trenton, NJ.  Turning in a big race and a personal best time, despite the poor conditions, was freshman Joe Melanson, who placed 108^th in a time of 28:58.

45^th – Brian Suozzo, Jr. – 27:30
86^th – Bryan Reles, So. – 28:25
108^th – Joe Melanson, Fr. – 28:58
112^th – James Jones, Fr. – 29:02
121^st – Dan Verdi, Jr. – 29:07
143^rd – Andy Wahila, Fr. – 29:44
147^th – Kyle Walcott, Fr. – 29:57

ECAC Championship @ Williams College - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002

The Red Dragons finished 12^th out of 37 teams with 348 points.  This marked a huge improvement over last year where they finished 21^st out of 28 teams with 529 points.  “I am very happy with where we finished,” said head coach Matt LoPiccolo.  “We are a much better team than the past 2 years, and we showed that today.”  Oneonta State got big races from sophomore Bryan Reles, who placed 50^th in a time of 28:31 and freshman Joe Melanson, who placed 91^st in a time of 29:23 over the 8 km course.  The Red Dragons also welcomed the return of junior captain Dan Verdi.  He finished in 68^th place in a time of 28:57.  Dan has been battling a hip injury and the death of his father, but ran tough in his first race since the Oneonta State Invitational on October 5^th.

32^nd – Brian Suozzo, Jr. – 28:07
50^th – Bryan Reles, So. – 28:31
68^th – Dan Verdi, Jr. – 28:57
91^st – Joe Melanson, Fr. – 29:23
108^th – James Jones, Fr. – 29:47
130^th – Andy Wahila, Fr. – 30:23
212^th – Kyle Walcott, Fr. – 33:43

SUNYAC CHAMPIONSHIP @ LAKE ERIE STATE PARK - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2002

ONEONTA STATE INVITATIONAL - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2002

CODFISH BOWL @ FRANKLIN PARK - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2002

Oneonta State placed 10th out of 17 teams with 268 points, just 2 points out of 9th place.  They were led by juniors Brian Suozzo and Dan Verdi, who placed 37th and 47th with times of 27:35 and 27:47, respectively.  For Verdi, it was a personal best time by 30 seconds.  Also, running a personal best, was sophomore Bryan Reles, who placed 54th in a time of 28:05.  It was a PR by 48 seconds.  Running great races and stepping up into scoring positions were freshmen Kyle Walcott and Andy Wahila, who placed 81st and 88th with times of 28:53 and 29:04, respectively.

37th - Brian Suozzo, Jr. - 27:35
47th - Dan Verdi, Jr. - 27:47
54th - Bryan Reles, So. - 28:05
81st - Kyle Walcott, Fr. - 28:53
88th - Andy Wahila, Fr. - 29:04
96th - Mike Ferguson, Fr. - 29:19
99th - Joe Melanson, Fr. - 29:24
115th - James Jones, Fr. - 29:50
124th - Eric Duffy, Sr. - 30:11
138th - Matt Valcik, So. - 30:42
154th - Lee Lurie, Sr. - 31:22
165th - Anthony Cordero, So. - 32:27