National Championship Title for Women’s Track & Field
Pollucci and Donegan win national titles.
The Suffolk CC Men's and Women's teams both won their first team National Championship at the NJCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 7-8, 2016 at Westfield State University. The men's team brought home four individual champions and five All-Americans and the women's team had two national champions and ten All-Americans.
On the track sprinter Sam Pollucci won the 100m dash in 12.69 seconds and earned All-American status placing second in the 200 with a time of 25.74 seconds. Ryleigh Donegan won the women's 5,000 meter run in 19:20.63. Sophomore Leana Wiebelt broke the school record in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 41:31.12, earning All-American status. Menely Genao earned All-American in the 1500 running 4:57.94.
In the field events Taylor Van Nostrand earned All-American vaulting 2.91m (9'6.5") in the pole vault. All-American Ebonie Lewis placed second in the shot put with a throw of 10.58m (34'8.5").
The women's 4x100 and 4x800 relay teams earned All-American status running season best times. The 4x100 (Tasmere Lee, Ashley Mack, Ebonie Lewis, Sam Pollucci) ran 48.94 and the 4x800 ran 10:10.90.