Olean Star

OLEAN — A disorderly conduct charge against a man who attempted to speak twice during the public comment section of the Olean Common Council on March 25 was dismissed in Olean City Court Thursday in the interests of justice by the Cattaraugus County District Attorney’s office.

Carlos Andres, 43, of Salamanca, wasn’t in City Court because he had been arrested Wednesday in Salamanca at his place of employment by Salamanca Police on a warrant issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Andres was ordered by Council President John Crawford to sit down when he approached the podium to speak for a second time and attempted to leave rolled coins to help the city pay to stop sewage overflows into the Allegheny River.

In widely circulated videos — including the City of Olean’s YouTube channel which recorded the meeting — Andres was going back to his seat when police approach him from three sides. Police handcuffed him and took him out of the Common Council’s meeting room as Council President John Crawford gaveled the public comment session closed. Crawford told the Olean Star later that he gaveled Andres because his first concern “was to ensure everyone got a first chance to speak, thus I did not recognize him.”

A new video featuring Andres, a tall Black man with long hair, could be found streaming widely on social media Wednesday night and Thursday morning. In this video, Andres is being arrested by Salamanca Police at Ava Marie Cafe on Broad Street.

Police said they received a warrant to detain Andres from ICE. He was later turned over to ICE agents and is believed to be housed at the ICE detention facility in Batavia. It’s unclear what charge ICE listed on their warrant to detain him.

In Olean City Court on Thursday, Assistant Public Defender Dillon Lauricella informed City Court Judge Nicholas A. Dicerbo Jr., that the prosecutor had withdrawn the disorderly conduct charge, a violation.

Afterward, Lauricella told the Olean Star that from his perspective, after watching the city’s YouTube video from the March 25 meeting, Andres’ arrest was not warranted.

Assistant District Attorney Sara Zaprowski said she was “was prepared to withdraw the charge based on the interest of justice.”

Mayor Bill Aiello said his understanding was that the judge dismissed the case in the interest of justice. “I’m OK with that,” he added. “It is what it is.”

The mayor said he heard of Andres’ arrest by ICE, but declined to comment further.

A friend of Andres, Kathi Gimbrone of Salamanca, said she knows Carlos from the Salamanca Library. She wasn’t at the March 25 meeting, but saw it the next day on YouTube and called the mayor’s office to talk about it.

She talked to the mayor’s secretary and told her the arrest “was not a good look for the city.” Carlos “has a good heart. What I saw on that video does not show disorderly conduct.”

Gimbrone was in City Court to show support for Carlos, but was unaware he would not appear because he was detained by ICE. She still doesn’t know why.

City officials should make a public apology to Carlos, Gimbrone said. “He genuinely wanted to help the city. He had good intentions.”

Salamanca Mayor Sandy Magiera told WGRZ-TV in Buffalo that Andres had offered a similar monetary donation at a Salamanca Common Council meeting, but she told him the city couldn’t accept it.

Magiera said Andres had been in the U.S. for about six years and had spent the last two or three years living in Salamanca. He had met with her in her office in the past to ask where he could camp because he was homeless for a while.

The Salamanca mayor told WGRZ-TV that Andres “does little things that the police have to talk to him about, right? He likes to praise God. He’ll stand on the street corners and sing and things like that, doesn’t really bother anybody with it.”

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Hilda Rosalie Padlo Kosciol, loving wife, mother, and grandma H

Olean- Hilda Rosalie Padlo Kosciol, of Franklin St., Olean, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Pines of Olean surrounded by loved ones after a short illness.

Hilda was born in Olean on April 19, 1925, the daughter of the late Michael and Rosalie Bysiek Padlo. On October 1, 1942, at the Sacred Heart Church in Portville, she married Michael J. Kosciol, Sr., who predeceased her in 2008.

She attended Hinsdale Schools, then worked at the Oasis Restaurant, which was owned and operated by her family and Icky’s Cookies. She later worked for and retired from AVX-Olean Advanced Products. Hilda was a member of the Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church and the Pulaski Club. She loved her family and spending time with them. Her pastimes included baking, ceramics, sewing, visiting the casino, and enjoying the sun while rocking on her swing.

Hilda is survived by her sons, Michael (Kathleen Masi) Kosciol Jr., and Robert (Ann DeArmitt) Kosciol; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Michael Sr.; an infant son; a daughter, Suzanne Kosciol Thomas and son-in-law Raymond Thomas; her siblings, Michael, John (Yock), Julian, Florence, Walter, infant Bernice, and Bernice Wojcik.

Family will receive friends Sunday, April 6, 2025, from 2 pm to 5 pm, at Guenther Funeral Home, Inc. 1303 East State Street, Olean. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, April 7, 2025, at noon at St. John’s Church 931 N. Union, Olean. Burial will follow in St. Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany.

Memorials if desired, may be made to Roswell Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.

Online condolences may be expressed at guentherfh.com.

Stuart “Michael” Bowles, 68, of Drake Run, Little Valley, NY died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at home.

Born March 12, 1957 in Salamanca, NY, he was the son of the late Stuart and Phyllis “Jean” Hall Bowles. He was married in Las Vegas, NV on June 30, 1979 to the former Christie Opferbeck, who survives.

Mike was the owner and operator of Mike’s Gun Shop and had previously been employed with the Cattaraugus County DPW’s bridge crew and the Town of Salamanca Highway Department.

He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He was an avid outdoorsman, and especially enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Surviving besides his wife are: a daughter, Brooke (Shane Hunt) Bowles, Wellsville, NY; a son, Kiel (Gloria) Bowles, Salamanca, NY; a granddaughter, Zoe Alvarez-Fluent, Salamanca, NY; three grandsons, Owen Grabowski, Quinn Bowles, both of Wellsville, Everett Bowles, Salamanca, NY; a brother, Roy Bowles, Henderson, NV; several nieces and nephews.

There will be no visitation.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the convenience of the family and will be announced.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the O’Rourke & O’Rourke Inc Funeral Home, 25 River Street, Salamanca, NY.

E-condolences can be sent to orourke.orourkefh@gmail.com or posted to facebook.com/onofh.

Patrick C. Campbell Jr., 30, of Salamanca, NY died unexpectedly Thursday, March 27, 2025.

Born November 12, 1994 in Olean, NY, he was the son of the late Patrick C. Campbell Sr. and Margaret Stechenfinger Jadlowski.

He attended Salamanca High School and had been employed as the night auditor at the White Pine Lodge, Salamanca. Previously, he had been employed with Lake Erie Tobacco, Kill Buck, and Sander’s Market, Salamanca.

Patrick enjoyed the outdoors, kayaking, and playing video games.

Surviving are: three brothers, Joseph Campbell, Brevard, NC, Damian (Amber Gilbert) Campbell, Salamanca, NY, Malaki Harrison, Salamanca, NY; a sister, Sarina Jadlowski, Lockport, NY; several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

There will be no visitation.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the convenience of the family and will be announced.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the O’Rourke & O’Rourke Inc Funeral Home, 25 River Street, Salamanca, NY.

E-condolences can be sent to orourke.orourkefh@gmail.com or posted to facebook.com/onofh.

Kailey Truman led the way with a perfect 3-for-3 day at the plate, scoring one run and batting three more in. Peyton Truman recorded two RBIs, going 1-for-4 while Kk Honeck rounded home plate three times with one hit in the win. 

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Randolph                    000 002 0 2 4 0         

Allegany-Limestone   412 101 0 9 9 1                   

Randolph: N/A

A-L: K. Truman (13 SO, 0 BB) P. Truman

Tennis

Bradford 4, St. Marys 3

BRADFORD, PA – In the battle of the last unbeaten teams in District 9, the Owls were able to keep their record unblemished, improving to 5-0 with a narrow win over the Dutch.

Losing in the first doubles match, the duos of Owen Manion and Landon Lohrman (8-3) and Carter Colley and Trey Curcio (8-4) picked up two wins in the second and third doubles. Bradford fell in the first two singles but once again responded in the final two matches. Manion (6-4, 6-4) and Lohrman (6-1, 0-6 11-9) pulled out clutch wins to put the Owls over the top. 

Girls Lacrosse

Williamsville South 15, Salamanca 9

SALAMANCA, NY – The Warriors fell to 0-2 with a blowout loss to Will South. 

Leilene McComber led Salamanca with four goals and two assists while Keira Bova ended with two goals and one assist. Aubrey Domres, Myla Galante and Maliyah Foster all ended with goals as well. 

Salamanca will play next on Saturday when they take on West Seneca West at 1 p.m.

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OLEAN —  It was a tough day at the plate for the Olean softball team as it remains in search of its first win of the new campaign.

The Huskies only managed the sporadic hit against a strong Depew side and, in turn, was never truly able to get its offense producing at the rate coach Steve Anastasia would have liked. But where the offense struggled, a solid effort defensively prevented the visiting Wildcats from running away with the game as the Huskies were shutout 3-0.

The biggest obstacle that stood in the path of Olean was the caliber of pitching it faced from Depew’s Bella Hill, who recorded 15 strikeouts and just one walk throughout the full seven innings.

“She had a little movement on her ball,” Anastasia said. “She was throwing a rise ball. And when you see a rise ball, you have two choices: you can move up in the box, or you can keep your hands up. That’s the only two choices and we didn’t do a good job doing either. So yeah, we struggled with that pitch. But hopefully we’ll see this team down the road in the playoffs.”

But what only compounded the problem for the Huskies was that they did not adjust to Hill’s pitching over the course of the game. And having only tallied five hits on the night, according to Anastasia, that was what did the most damage and what he will hope his players can change in the games to come

“We had three problems: we weren’t keeping our hands up, we weren’t moved up in the box — and with a rise ball, that’s what you got to do — (and) they got to keep their eye on it. Some of (our players) were pulling their heads. They have to move up in the box or keep their hands up. That’s all. We just got to make an adjustment when it doesn’t work the first time. You can’t do the same thing. You got to adjust.”

But as for the production that Olean did manage to get at the plate, two of its five hits came from the bottom of the lineup. Amelia Jones and Riley Sudbrook, a freshman and eighth-grader respectively, were the first two Huskies to put a ball in play, a positive sign for Anastasia who noted just how difficult the jump straight into varsity can be for those on the younger side.

“Being an eighth-grader and playing in this, it’s tough, (these are) tough situations they’re being thrown in,” Anastasia said. “Riley Sudbrook hasn’t played JV, she just moved right up to varsity. That’s a huge jump. People don’t understand, even from JV ball to varsity ball, what it is. The pitches are faster, everything just moves faster. Situations are different, situations happen quicker. But I’m liking what I’m seeing out of the young girls.”

But on a positive note, Anastasia knows that it is very early in the year, and while he has been pleased with the production from the younger members of his team, he knows there is plenty of room for them, and the rest of his roster for that matter, to grow.

“I tell everybody on the team, ‘you’re going to make a mistake,’” Anastasia said. “You’re going to strike out. It is what it is. You just got to play the next play. And we seem to be doing a good job of that, even though we make some mistakes here and there. We’re still young, we have people in new positions. We’ll learn what to do. … These non-league games are kind of like scrimmages just to get us ready for the league next week. So, yeah, I like the way they are progressing. We just got to start getting more hits in key situations.”

Olean’s Anna Bates (15) just misses on a pitch against Depew. (Spencer Bates)

The Huskies were out-hit on the night 12-5, but if they had simply dropped their heads and given up on the result, that tally would have ended 12-3.

Olean managed to get two runners on base and bring the tying run to the plate, in an attempt to rally, in the bottom of the seventh inning. While their efforts eventually fell short, that fight and perseverance was exactly what Anastasia was looking for.

“I tell them right at the beginning every game, we play seven innings, no matter what,” Anastasia said. “Even if we’re way down, we try to win each inning after that, it doesn’t matter. I said, ‘your effort, your attitude, your body language, speaks volumes.’ So we preach that, and the girls have been doing a good job. The leaders have been leading.”

Anastasia will hope the positive signs that he did see against Depew will continue to compound and turn into tallies in the win column. His team’s next chance at picking up its first win of the year will be in another non-league “tune-up” game at home against East Aurora on April 7 at 5:30 p.m.

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Depew       000 201 0    3 12 0

Olean       000 000 0    0 5 1

Depew: Bella Hill (15 SO, 1 BB) and Avery Smolarek

Olean: Emma Edwards (6 SO, 1 BB) and Anna Bates

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ALLEGANY, NY – Despite a massive fourth frame, the Bradford baseball team’s comeback hopes were dashed with a late-game error, allowing Portville to sneak out a 7-6 win in the first round of the Allegany-Limestone tournament.

While Bradford had gotten a few reps into their campaign before meeting the Panthers, entering Thursday’s contest at 2-2, Portville’s season had just begun. On Monday, they traveled to Gowanda for their season opener, ultimately losing 9-0.

“That was a tough first game, a tough way to start the season,” said Portville head coach Joe Plekias. “We just wanted to play our game (against Bradford.) I think it was important for our guys not to get rattled and not think something was wrong.”

Coming in against Bradford, the Panthers were eager to get out in front early. After suffering a strikeout on their initial batter, Portville put two men on base with consecutive walks, then moved both to second and third off a dropped pitch before a third man loaded the bases off yet another walk. From there, the Panthers began to cycle men around home. 

Kicking things off was Dylan Chudy who drove in the first run of the day off a sacrifice grounder. Then, with a man on second and third, Braedon Carter hit an RBI single before a steal and subsequent scramble around the diamond allowed Ty Kosinski to tack on Portville’s third run. Going down early, Bradford failed to retaliate, instead being dispatched in four batters or less through the next two innings. 

Aidan DeFazio scores during the Panthers’ win over Bradford. DeFazio ended 1-for-1 at the plate with three runs scored. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Portville would further the lead in the top of the third. Although they faced a new man on the mound – Tarren Reese replaced Brody Haviland at the top of the third – the Panthers were unfazed. Getting two men on with two more walks, Chudy would drive in another run off a deep single to center field. One batter later, Carter would do the same for his second RBI single of the day before Bradford would suffer another self-inflicted wound, allowing Portville to go up 6-0 on an overthrown pass to second. 

Limping out of the frame, Bradford would finally find some production at their next appearance at the plate. Ben Woodhouse and Braylon Austin would make it to second and third from a walk and subsequent Austin double, reaching the furthest the Owls had up to that point. AJ Lama would then put his team on the scoreboard with a sac-grounder that drove in Woodhouse. Although that would be the lone score of the inning, the Owls were beginning to pick up steam, which first manifested on defense. 

The beginning of the top of the fourth looked bleak for the Owls. With one out, Bradford consecutively hit the next two batters before walking the next, loading the bases. However, they were able to fend off the Panthers with a routine pop fly and a made play at first. Then, it would be Bradford’s turn to get hot at the plate. 

Talan Reese started the inning with a single before being immediately brought home off a Tarren Reese double. Haviland would repeat the feat, also tallying a double before Evan Whitmore did the same exact thing to bring the Owls to within two. While the Owls would suffer their first out right after, a Panthers overthrow to third brought in one final fourth-frame run. Heading into the fifth, Bradford had narrowed the gap to just one run.

Brody Haviland slides across home plate during the Owls’ loss to Portville on Thursday. | Photo by Hunter O. Lyle

Holding the newly acquired momentum, Bradford once again found themselves in a hole. After a Portville double and back-to-back full-count walks, the Owls were looking at loaded bases and no outs. Yet once again, they would stave off the Panthers. A pop out and double play at third eased the tension before a play at first ended the scare. Bradford would ride the wave into the fifth, where they tied the game off a Talan Reese sac-fly, driving in Maksim Demic to even the score at 6-6. 

For the moment, it seemed as if Bradford was surging. However, it would all be for nought in the top of the sixth. 

After striking out the Panthers’ lead-off batter, Aidan DeFazio reached first on a single before making his way to third by way of steal and Bradford overthrow. Then, catastrophe struck for the Owls. On a routine throw back to the pitcher, Bradford’s pass came up short, resulting in a high bounce over the mound. In a mental lapse, the shortstop and second basemen were out of position, leaving just enough time for DeFazio to streak down the sideline for the go-ahead run. Although the Owls ended the inning quickly after, it was evident they had lost the momentum.

“Not being lazy is something that we preach and we just had a little brain fart and our team fell asleep,,” said Bradford head coach Eric Haynoski. “We just didn’t execute a simple play in baseball that should be made 100 percent of the time.” 

Bradford managed to escape the top of the seventh without harm, getting three outs in four batters. However, stepping to the plate in need of some clutch hits, the Owls’ failed to muster any production, going three-and-out as the game fell just out of reach. 

For Portville, Carter went a game-high 3-for-4, recording two RBIs in the win. DeFazio scored three times alongside a perfect 1-for-1 at the plate while Chudy scored one and batted two more runs in. The Owls were led by Tarren Reeses’ two hits in three appearances, tallying one run and one RBI, while Talan Reese and Haviland both went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI. 

The Owls now focus towards the future where they have seven games slated for the next 11 days. With such a jam packed schedule in front of them, moving past a disappointing loss is the first step towards progress.

“We have to keep our arms healthy. I think we’ve done a good job of that the last two days and we’re ready to go tomorrow,” said Haynoski, whose team hosts Elk County Catholic on Friday. “We’re excited to get back out there and turn the page. I think the kids are going to learn a lot from what happened tonight and I think they’ll be ready once the first pitch gets thrown.” 

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Portville       303 001 0 7 5 1

Bradford      001 410 0 6 7 2 

Portville: B. German (3 SO, 2 BB), DeFazio (6) (2 SO, 0 BB) and Chudy

Bradford: Haviland (3 SO, 6 BB), Reese (3) (6 SO, 3 BB) and Demic

Olean Star

For decades, Joe Augustyn of Olean has been among the Cattaraugus County fishermen who make it a habit to go trout fishing on opening day — April 1.

Tuesday morning was no different. While the numbers of fishermen on the first day of trout season have dwindled over the years, at 79, Joe keeps up the tradition. 

The temperature was hovering around 32 degrees on Ischua Creek at Kent Road in Hinsdale. Joe was “You’ve got to be crazy,” Joe said. He often fishes on opening day with his son, Tony, who is 56. Tony is not here today though. On many an opening day there has been snow on the ground. One year when he fished Dodge Creek on opening day fishermen were breaking the ice by throwing tires out on the ice tied to rope so they could pull them back.

“I could be sitting at home in front of the wood stove,” Joe laughed. Instead, he was standing on the bank of Ischua Creek at the Kent Road bridge. He usually walks upstream from the bridge, fishing along the way.

Joe considers himself a bionic fisherman. He’s had one knee replacement and is probably going to get the other knee done too.

Joe had a couple of  brown trout that were just under a foot long. The daily limit for trout is five, with no more than two being 12 inches or longer, he said. Those trout were bound for the frying pan for supper that night. 

Nearby, Ed from Limestone is casting with a Rapella lure into Ischua Creek. “It’s fun to get out on the first day of trout season,” he said.

Ed, who asked that his last name not be used, said he and his friend had “been working our way down the creek from Franklinville. This is our last stop.” Ed said he hadn’t had many bites. “I gave my best Repella to my friend. He’s catching all the fish.”

With many stream open year-round for catch and release fishing, Ed thinks it’s not as much fun anymore.

There are fewer young anglers, Ed said. “Kids these days are either on the computer or their phone.”

The state Department of Environmental Conservation plans to stock Cattaraugus County’s lakes and streams with 82,000 brook, brown and rainbow trout.

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A column by CHUCK POLLOCK, Senior Sports Columnist, Wellsville Sun

Whenever he’s made the statement, in my view it was a joke.

Mark Schmidt, heading into his 19th season as St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball coach, isn’t averse to sharing his sense of humor … though at times it hard to know when he’s kidding.

Over the past three seasons, he’s been heard to say, “I don’t intend to be doing this after I turn 65.”

He always gives a slight turn of the lip so that you’re not quite sure if he’s serious.

But, given the mess that college basketball has become, methinks Mark means it.

He turned 62 in February and should have it made: a salary just short of $2 million a season plus perks, the school record for career victories, seven 20-win seasons, three trips to the NCAAs and four invitations to the NIT. This man is hardly in job jeopardy in this town. His outlook was hardly hurt when he made the phrase “We got Woj” into part of the Bona hoops lexicon after alum Adrian Wojnarowski, the country’s leading NBA insider, was hired away from ESPN to be SBU’s basketball manager.

Unfortunately “Woj” inherited the NCAA mess that is the transfer portal — where virtually every player is a free agent — and the Name Image and Likeness (NIL) statute where the most talented performers go to the highest bidder.

PART OF Schmidt has to be longing for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons when his Bonnies first earned an NCAA berth then, a season later, won games at Colorado, Oklahoma and Virginia to make the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden. 

Those teams started Kyle Lofton, Osun Osunniyi, Jaren Holmes, Dominick Welch and Jalen Adaway and though the portal was open to them and NIL was just getting started, even though they were seniors, and went their separate ways, they owed Schmidt nothing … by his own admission.

The next two years he built new rosters virtually from scratch.

In my naivete I thought this coming season Schmidt would get a break … that loyalty would prevail.

Silly boy.

Ten Bonnies have declared for the portal which was bombarded with over 1,000 requests the day it opened.

Gone for St. Bonaventure are Duane Thompson, he of the on-campus DWI arrest following a single-car crash, Jaxson Edwards, who missed the season with a groin injury, Miles Rose. the victim in Thompson’s crash, Jonah Hinton, Lajae Jones, Noah Bolanga, the freshman from France, Ebrahim Kaba and Michael Folarin.

There are two asterisks as Melvin Council Jr. applied for the portal but insisted he might come back and Chance Moore, bidding for another year of eligibility in the portal though in appears he played in too many games in the season he’s hoping to get back.

So what does that leave Schmidt beside his two walk-ons?

Dasonte Bowen, who missed most of the season with a foot injury, and Xander Wedlow, sidelined by a knee problem, the possible return of Council, and two recruits: Frank Mitchell a 6-foot-8 forward from Minnesota and Canisius and Joe Gerhovac, a 6-10 center from Fullerton County Community College in Califofrnia.

Small wonder Schmidt seemingly can’t wait until he turns 65.

(Chuck Pollock, a Wellsville Sun and Olean Star senior sports columnist, can be reached at cpollock@wnynet.net.)

Simmons earned personal best times in both the 100M (11.68) and 200M (23.98), while also earning gold in the high jump (5-10) and as a part of the 4x400M relay team. Also on a part of that relay team was senior Brayden Frair, who tripled with two other wins in the 800M (2:00.75), the 1,600M (4:45.85). 

“These were exceptional times for this cold and windy day.  Brayden strives to do his best everyday and he sets an example I wish all our team would follow,” said Bradford head coach Tom Tessena. “He really takes pride in everything he does.”  

Junior Danny Marasco had personal bests in all four of his events. He won the long jump with a leap of 21-2 – the was our eleventh best ever in this event – while also taking first  in the 400M at 53.75 hitting his best triple jump ever (42’4.25”).  Marascp also ran a 0:53.5 split in the winning 4x400M relay.  

Junior Logan Kohler also had three first places, winning the 110M High Hurdles (16.46), the 300M Intermediate Hurdles (44.53) and a leg on the 4x100M relay where he combined with Enzo Aiello, Jeremiah Long, and Matt DeCasper to win in 0:46.85.

Bradford swept the long jump and triple jump and also took first and second place in the high jump and pole vault.  Enzo Aliello and Cooper McGee placed first and second in the Pole Vault with 11-6 and 10-0, respectively. Fabian Sherk and Marcus Terwilliger took charge in the long and triple jumps with Sherk reaching 42-5 in the triple – eleventh best all-time – and 19-7 in the long jump while Terwilliger, who had four personal bests on the day, hit 40-2 in the triple and 20-2.5 in the long jump. 

“We scored 34 out of the 36 possible points in the four jumps. We needed this since we only scored eight points in the throws and they usually are one of our top areas,” said Tessena. “We have a lot of work to do here.”

Sophomore Landon Davenport earned bronze  in the shot put (37-11) and a silver in the discus.  Andrew Giordano was second in the javelin (146-10) and Preston Neel was third in the discus.  

Back on the track, Joe Caruso placed third in the 1600M (4:58.08) and first in the 3200M (11:53.11). Evan Troisi was  second in the 3200M and Kadyn Tessena was second in the 400M (56.79) in addition to running on the first place 4x400M relay.  Damino Dac Pos was second in the 200M (26.08) while Matt DeCasper was third to go along with a leg on the 4x100M relay.

“I thought that our guys who ran in the invitational on Saturday were still tired for today and that hurt their performances,” said Tessena. “We did well in the sprints, jumps, hurdles and relays so that was encouraging.”