The Bengals are set to continue their championship season at AARTFC Regionals hosted by Ursinus College. After a strong showing at SUNYAC Championships, the Bengals will look to keep the momentum going into this year's regional meet. Last season, the men finished tied for 33rd overall while the women finished tied for 22nd overall.
The Bengal men breakdown
The Bengal men are ready to race the regional meet this week following a third-place finish at SUNYAC Outdoor Championships. Terrell Price (Depew, NY/Depew) will race the 200-meter dash for Buffalo State while Sidney Morris (Tonawanda, NY/Kenmore East) will race the 800-meter run. Ricky Curiel (East Amherst, NY/Clarence) will race the 10,000-meter run, fresh off a SUNYAC championship in the event.
The 110-meter hurdles will feature the duo of Jalil Coppedge (Bronx, NY/Ralph R. McKee) and Julius Arias (Lackawanna, NY/Lackawanna), with Christian Chance (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream) competing in the triple jump. Buffalo State will also race the men's 4x400-meter relay that finished third at SUNYAC Outdoor Championships.
Rounding out the field for the Bengal men will be Bryan Honan (Cortland, NY/Cortland), Ethan Mitrano (Penfield, NY/Penfield), and Matthew Thompson (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) in the throws. Mitrano and Thompson will compete in the shot put, and Mitrano will be joined by Honan in the hammer throw.
The Bengal women breakdown
Four Bengal women will be competing at the regional meet in Natalia Sawyer (Schenectady, NY/Schalmont), Madison MacNeill (Buffalo, NY/West Seneca West), Heidi House (Sanborn, NY/Starpoint), and Nyla Wilson-Epps (Buffalo, NY/Tapestry).
Fresh off winning the 400-meter hurdles at SUNYAC Outdoor Championships, Sawyer will switch things up and race both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, while MacNeill and House will both compete in the high jump. Wilson-Epps will handle the throws for the Bengal women as she will compete in the discus throw and the hammer throw.
Assessing the competition
Buffalo State will see the likes of over 60 teams across the region. Last season, Susquehanna took home the team title on the men's side while Geneseo came home with the win on the women's side. Among the SUNYAC schools, the Cortland men finished second while the Delhi women were sixth.
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