General | 5/19/2025 10:59:06 AM
Below are the Empire 8 Players of the Week, released on May 19, 2025, for games played from May 12-May 18. It is the 37th and final Empire 8 weekly honors release of the 2024-25 season. Sports featured include men's and women's outdoor track and field.
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Emerson Comer, SUNY Geneseo, So., Distance, South Kortright, NY/South Kortright
Comer shattered the all-time Empire 8 record and broke the meet record in winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the All-Atlantic Region Championship hosted by Williams College on Wednesday, May 14, as he crossed the finish line in a time of 8:54.32. That time is the 13th best in all of Division III to date this season and allowed him to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships in the event. It is Comer’s second E8 weekly honor this spring.
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Gabriel Giannini, SUNY Brockport, Jr., Multi Events, Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute
Giannini finished second overall in the decathlon at the All-Atlantic Region Championship hosted by Williams College on Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15. Giannini finished with a personal-best score of 6,446, which moved him into 25th nationally in Division III. He was the top finisher in the 100-meter dash and long jump and was the runner-up in the javelin throw. It is Giannini’s second E8 weekly honor of the 2025 season.
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Alexis Rodriguez, SUNY Brockport, Jr., Sprints/Hurdles, Williamson, NY/Williamson
Rodriguez won the 400-meter hurdles at the All-Atlantic Region Championship hosted by Williams College on Thursday, May 15 in a time of 1:01.36 which moved her into 10th nationally in the event and clinched a berth into the NCAA Division III Championships in the event.
FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK – Isabel Morse, Nazareth, Jr., Pole Vault, Ithaca, NY/Charles O. Dickerson
Morse won the pole vault at the All-Atlantic Region Championship hosted by Williams College on Wednesday, May 14 with a personal-best vault of 3.89 meters (12’ 9”), which moved her into 13th nationally and clinched a berth into the NCAA Division III Championships in the event. It is Morse’s second E8 weekly honor of the 2025 season.
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