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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Five athletes from the Golden Flyers' men's and women's track and field teams have been named to the Niagara Region all-star team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
The top-5 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top-3 relay teams. The regions used for this award – East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South, and West – match those used during the cross country season.
Representing the Golden Flyers were junior Kaleb Luton and senior Christopher Perez from the men's team and grad student Anna Ahlquist, senior Brenna Johnson and sophomore Lea Richard from the women's team.
Luton, of Amherst, N.Y., has excelled for the Golden Flyers in the 60-meter hurdles as he broke the school record in that event with a time of 8.13 seconds at the Fastrack Invitational at Staten Island on Feb. 11. He will be competing in that event starting Friday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Perez, of New York City, improved steadily during the indoor season in the weight throw as he won the Empire 8 Conference title in that event. His personal-best throw of 16.78 meters (55 feet, 3/4 inch) came at the Conference Tune-up meet at Nazareth on Feb. 18.
Ahlquist, of Henrietta, N.Y., narrowly missed qualifying for the national meet in the pole vault after setting a school record by clearing 3.67 meters (12 feet, 1/2 inch) at the Empire 8 Conference meet on Feb. 25.
Johnson, of Cortland, N.Y., made the all-region team in the 60-meter dash and the long jump. She set a school record with a time of 7.85 seconds in finish third in the 60-meter dash at the All-Atlantic Championship meet at Nazareth last week. He also won the E8 title in the long jump last month with a personal-best indoor leap of 5.66 meters (18 feet, 7 inches). She will be competing in that event Friday at the national meet in North Carolina.
Richard, of Gansevoort, N.Y., was among the Golden Flyers' top competitors at last weekend's All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships. She shattered her own school record in the weight throw with a second-place throw of 16.24 meters (53 feet, 3 1/2 inches). Richard's performance culminated a strong indoor season in which she won the E8 Conference title in the weight throw and broke the school record four times.
