BCC student-athlete Kristal McGreggor won three events at last week's National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Her incredible run in winning the Women's shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw by large margins was highlighted by several shot put marks that were all further than the previous NJCAA record. Kristal's achievements showed the other junior colleges just how dedicated to improvement BCC's student-athletes can be; at the 2007 NJCAA Championships, she had placed 2nd in the discus, 3rd in the shot put, and 10th in the hammer throw.

Kristal's three wins, together with Claudette Hetmeyer's convincing win in the 800 meter run, led the BCC women's team to a 9th place finish among the 17 colleges in the women's team competition. Despite being small in numbers, the men's team finished a respectable 12th out of 21 colleges in the men's competition.

2008 NJCAA Division III Championships - 5/8/2008 to 5/10/2008 
SUNY Delhi
Women Shot Put
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Top 9 to finals
NJCAA Record: ! 12.48m 1999 Doris Thompson, Erie 
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 McGreggor, Kristal Bronx CC 12.98m! 10 
2 Kelley, Amanda CC Rhode Island 11.51m 8 
3 Richardson, Shernette Bronx CC 11.27m 6 
4 Jennings, Bethany Herkimer County 11.19m 5 
5 Jake, Dani Delhi 11.14m 4 
6 Bitto, Claire Harper College 10.76m 3 
7 Mensie, Vanessa Harper College 10.33m 2 
8 Lieggi, Gabi Gloucester Count 8.99m 1 
9 Youngs, Deb DuPage 8.19m 

Women Discus Throw
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Top 9 to finals
NJCAA Record: ! 42.09m 2003 Orlagh Cullen, CC Rhode Island 
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 McGreggor, Kristal Bronx CC 41.23m 10 
2 Kelley, Amanda CC Rhode Island 36.05m 8 
3 Bitto, Claire Harper College 32.28m 6 
4 Lieggi, Gabi Gloucester Count 30.26m 5 
5 Mensie, Vanessa Harper College 29.93m 4 
6 Fields, Emily Alfred State 28.71m 3 
7 Jennings, Bethany Herkimer County 27.09m 2 
8 Stephens, Julie Finger Lakes CC 26.66m 1 
9 Gertis, Cassidy Finger Lakes CC 26.57m 
10 Youngs, Deb DuPage 25.40m 
11 Jake, Dani Delhi 24.65m 
12 Smith, Lindsay Delhi 24.12m 
13 Hilaire, Naomie Kingsborough CC 18.06m 

Women Hammer Throw
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Top 9 to finals
NJCAA Record: ! 51.72m 2005 Jasmine Jennings, CC Rhode Island 
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 McGreggor, Kristal Bronx CC 44.63m 10 
2 Kelley, Amanda CC Rhode Island 41.75m 8 
3 Bitto, Claire Harper College 36.42m 6 
4 Evers, Kayla Cobleskill 33.70m 5 
5 Youngs, Deb DuPage 33.41m 4 
6 Smith, Lindsay Delhi 31.72m 3 
7 Fields, Emily Alfred State 31.10m 2 
8 Jennings, Bethany Herkimer County 29.27m 1 
9 Guardi, Katy Mohawk Valley CC 28.96m 
10 Lieggi, Gabi Gloucester Count 23.12m 
11 Hilaire, Naomie Kingsborough CC 15.33m 
-- Mensie, Vanessa Harper College FOUL 

Women 800 Meter Run
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NJCAA Record: ! 2:19.41 1998 Terra Sarnicki-Royer, Cobleskill 
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Hetmeyer, Claudette Bronx CC 2:23.19 10 
2 Mueller, Brianna Harper College 2:27.24 8 
3 Ayers, Callie Alfred State 2:28.77 6 
4 Harrington, Cassandra Finger Lakes CC 2:30.12 5 
5 Jones, Lisa Gloucester Count 2:31.59 4 
6 Reach, Kylie Erie 2:33.56 3 
7 Rodenhouse, Emily Finger Lakes CC 2:43.20 2 
8 Herman, Terra Finger Lakes CC 3:05.71 1 

in Garden City, New York, on Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11 2008. With that title, Nassau Community College with a final record of 12-3, now has 21 NJCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships.

Nassau CC avenged regular season losses to both Onondoga CC and Essex CC by beating both of those schools in consecutive days during the national championship tournament, including Sunday's 11-6 win over Essex (10-7) at Mitchel Athletic Complex to collect its 21st national title and first since winning four straight from 1999-2002. Bill Kingston scored a game-high three goals for Nassau CC, and Bryan Renneisen and Richard Born each netted two. But the Lions' star was goalie Charlie Paar, who made 20 saves and was named the defensive MVP of the tournament.

2008 NJCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

Defending NJCAA DIII and Region 15 Champs Nassau Community College cruised to another Region 15 title on Friday as the Lions outdistanced five other teams to gain a return to trip to the DIII Nationals hosted by Jamestown CC on June 2-6 at Chautauqua Golf Course in Chautauqua, NY.

Behind the strong play of 2008 Individual Champ and Medalist Colin Dolph and Region 15 Coach of the Year Larry DellAquila, Nassau posted a two day score of 665 while runner up Orange finished with a final score of 743. Nassau boasted the next two top finishers after Dolph (77, 82) with Dan Carr (164) and Matt Livolsi (168) having fine tournaments as well. Along with Nassau, five individuals from 4 different schools also qualified for the national championships. Congratulations to Nassau on another great performance and good luck to all in the nationals.

      Team Scores:   
Nassau      665   
Orange      743   
Ulster      765   
uffolk      766   
Dutchess    777   
Sullivan    779   
Rockland and WCC (did not finish with full teams)      

2008 Region 15 Top Individual Finishers and First Team All Region Members      
Colin Dolph         Nassau      159   
Dan Carr            Nassau      164   
Matt Livolsi        Nassau      168   
Erik Hendrickson    Sullivan    173#   
Erik Mahany         Orange      175
David Steiglitz     Nassau      178  
John Magurno        Rockland    182#   
Kevin Sheehan       Rockland    183 #   
Paul Latino         Dutchess    183#   
John Savani         Ulster      183   

#National Individual Qualifiers 

Sullivan CC earned their first Region 15 DII Baseball championship on Tuesday May 6, defeating Dutchess CC by a score of 12-3 to earn a trip to the District Playoffs being hosted by Rockland CC on May 9, 10, 11. The winner of that playoff (Sullivan will face Monroe CC in their first game on May 9) will move on to the national championships starting May 24 in Millington Tennessee.

Mike Marra, Head Coach at Sullivan CC, was named the Region 15 DII Coach of the Year and Melvin Simmons of Sullivan was named Tournament MVP2008 Region XV
DII All-Tournament Team Rob Gomez OF Ulster Ryan Spicer OF Rockland Billy Ribiero 1B Rockland Mike LaTempa OF Dutchess Erik Hartling 3B Dutchess Eduardo Ochoa 2B Dutchess Clinton Boettcher OF Dutchess Jess Kelly P Sullivan Mike Prunka P Sullivan Wellington Vargas P Sullivan Ali Ferrerias OF Sullivan John DeGroodt 1B Sullivan	Tournament Final Results Game 1 - Dutchess 13 Ulster 12, 12 innings Game 2 - Sullivan 8 Rockland 5 Game 3 - Rockland 14 Ulster 13, 11 innings Game 4 - Sullivan 15 Dutchess 3 Game 5 - Dutchess 12 Rockland 4 Game 6 - Sullivan 12 Dutchess 3