Empire 8 Announces 2010 Men's Indoor Track and Field All-Conference Team
ROCHESTER, NY – Juniors Kyle Devins and Jeff Wetmore of conference champion Ithaca College were named Field Athlete of the Meet and Track Athlete of the Meet, respectively, at the 2010 Empire 8 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship at held at RIT on Sunday.
Devins captured the long jump and triple jump, setting Empire 8 championship records and provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in both events. His leap of 14.16 meters in the triple jump bettered his own mark of 14.14 set last year. Devins easily topped the previous conference mark of 6.82 meters with his 7.20-meter mark in the triple jump.
Wetmore won the 200-meter dash in 22.63 seconds and finished second in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.58 seconds, .03 seconds faster than his winning time in 2009. He qualified for the ECAC Championships in both events. Wetmore also ran on the Bombers’ 1,600-meter relay team that won the conference title in 3:24.44.
Empire 8 2010 Honors:
Track Athlete of the Meet: Jeff Wetmore, Ithaca College
Field Athlete of the Meet: Kyle Devins, Ithaca College
Empire 8 Men's Indoor Track and Field All-Conference Release