Fresman Angiel Vailas (Wichita, Kan.) was named the KCAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week and fellow freshman Zack Griffiths (Desoto, Kan.) was named the KCAC Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week for their performances at the Missouri Southern State University Lion Invitational.

Vailas finished 4th out of 48 competitors in the 60m dash, meeting the NAIA B Qualifying Standard with a time of 7.83 seconds. She also placed 13th out of 63 runners in the 200m dash with a time of 26.57. Vailas currently ranks #1 in the KCAC and #14 in the NAIA in the 60m dash and #2 in the KCAC and #35 in the NAIA in the 200m dash.

Click here for the conference release for the women's awards.

 

Griffiths set a new Friends record by scoring 4,016 points in the heptathlon, and eclipsed the National Qualify Standard by more than 250 points. He placed 2nd among the NAIA participants in the event at MSSU. Griffiths currently ranks #1 in the KCAC and #18 in the NAIA in the heptathlon.

Click here for the conference release for the men's awards.

 

Friends heads to Manhattan for the KCAC Championships on Friday and Saturday this week.

The City College of New York athletics department concluded its 69th Annual All-Sports Nite on Wednesday night at the Faculty Dining Room of the North Academic Center on the CCNY campus. The department honored its most accomplished student-athletes not only for the 2013-2014 academic year, but for our outstanding graduating seniors, for their athletic careers at CCNY as well.