SUAREZ NAMED FIGHTING TIGER ATHLETE-OF-THE-WEEK 1/21/08

The SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department announced today that senior David Suarez, Hauppauge, NY, Hauppauge High School, a member of the men’s indoor track & field program has been named the athletic program’s Fighting Tiger Athlete-of-the-Week.

The senior sprinter was the team’s top individual performer at the 2008 RIT Indoor Track & Field Invitational hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY on Saturday. Suarez won the 55 Meter Dash with a time of 6.58 seconds then captured the 200 Meters by establishing a new Fighting Tiger program record in the event with a time of 22.87 seconds.

The Fighting Tigers will next be in action on Saturday January 26th when they travel to Hamilton, NY, to compete in the Class of ’32 Invitational hosted by Colgate University beginning at 9:00 AM.