Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill men's cross country coach Mitchell Tomaszkiewicz has been named the 2021 NAC Men's Cross Country Coach-of-the-Year by the conference's coaches.
Under his direction the Fighting Tigers captured the 2021 NAC Men's Cross Country Championship in the team's first year of conference affiliation on Saturday October 31 by posting a team score of 31 points to outdistance a 10-team field at the event. Five team members earned All-NEAC Team honors paced by first-year harrier Eamonn Sullivan, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Fordham Preparatory School, winning the league's individual title on his way to being named the 2021 NAC Rookie-of-the-Year and Runner-of-the-Year.

During the 2021 season to date, Cobleskill has now won a program single season record during its NCAA membership time of six invitational titles while currently being ranked sixth in the latest NCAA Division III Niagara Regional United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Coaches' Poll.

Now in his 29^th year at the helm of the program at both the NJCAA and NCAA levels of competition, Tomaszkiewicz has guided the Fighting Tigers men's and women's teams to 19 conference championships, 106 invitational wins, three NJCAA Region III Division III Championships and the 2000 NJCAA Division III Women's National Championship. During this time, he has earned Coach-of-the-Year honors for his men's and women's teams in the: Mountain Valley Conference, North Eastern Athletic Conference and now the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) 16 times.

Upon notification the Fighting Tiger Head Coach was quick to point out the many people who helped make the team's championship and his coach-of-the-year honors possible.

"While it is always nice to be honored by your peers for the accomplishments of the young people who run for you, when it comes to this type of award I am merely the front man for many people who work behind the scenes to make this possible. I owe a great deal to my assistant coach and our head track coach Zach Haskin who is a tireless worker and a great young mind in terms of workouts and strength training. I am also grateful to our head athletic trainer Matt Rote and his staff for their efforts on our behalf as well as our equipment managers Mike Jorgensen and Ryan Gunzinger who do a great deal of work for us. Finally, I once again have to thank the boss our athletic director Marie Curran-Headley for allowing me to continue to serve as the program's head coach while working as our Sports Information Director. She has made it possible in terms of staffing and support for me to perform both jobs which in the modern world of college athletics cannot be done effectively without such a commitment."

 The Fighting Tigers will next be in action on Saturday November 13 when they travel to Geneseo, N.Y. for the 2021 NCAA Division III Niagara Regional Cross Country Championship hosted by SUNY Geneseo at the National War Plane Museum beginning at 11:00 a.m.