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SBU athletes: Seawolves in the pros and on the global stage

SBU athletes: Seawolves in the pros and on the global stage

Kenny Spurrell February 25, 2024

Despite not being regarded as a top NCAA Division I athletics program, Stony Brook University has a famed history of its athletes competing on higher levels of their sports.  This past summer,...

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Carlos Santos Jr. (foreground) runs in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Santos Jr. earned a bronze medal in the competition. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE EL SALVADORAN NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAM

Carlos Santos Jr. putting himself and Stony Brook on the global map

Nayden Villorente September 24, 2023
From becoming a hometown hero to carrying the weight of a nation on his shoulders, Long Island native Carlos Santos Jr. has already been on the winner's podium and is living his childhood dream. Over the summer, Santos represented El Salvador in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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The parking lot adjacent to Kenneth P. Lavalle stadium.ABIGAIL HENTZE/THE STATESMAN

Shawn Heilbron’s contract still has not been renewed

Mike Anderson April 23, 2023
This past academic year, questions were raised regarding the contract situations of two head coaches of marquee Stony Brook University teams. The irony in it all is that Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron — the man negotiating these contracts — is working without one himself.
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Statesman Sports Spotlight ft. Nick Cipolla

Statesman Sports Spotlight ft. Nick Cipolla

Mike Anderson December 1, 2022
Sports Editor Mike Anderson heads off to the track field to talk with recent Stony Brook graduate Nick Cipolla, whose 2022 cross country team became the first Stony Brook team to win a CAA championship.
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Womens cross country runners wearing masks at practice in the fall of 2020. SARA RUBERG/THE STATESMAN

SBU athletes adjust during COVID-19 pandemic

Kelly Alvarado September 22, 2020
Stony Brook University fall sports athletes are adjusting to the new normal, as they prepare for their upcoming season due to its postponement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Junior Darian Sorouri strides to the finish at the Wolfie Invitational earlier this season.  PHOTO COURTESY OF STONY BROOK ATHLETICS

Stony Brook Men’s Cross Country places 15th in final meet of season

Chris Parkinson November 19, 2017
The last time Stony Brook was in the IC4A Championships was in 2015, where the team placed fourth in team standings, marking this year’s 15th place performance a regression.
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Cameron Avery (No. 441, left) at the America East Track and Field 2017 Outdoor Championships. AMERICA EAST/BRIAN SCHNEIDER

Cross Country team looking to build on strong 2016 showing

Mike Adams September 4, 2017
The Seawolves are poised for a big 2017 season.
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Senior cross country runner Christine Eisenberg in a meet on Sept. 3, 2016. ERIC SCHMID/ STATESMAN FILE

Cross Country has top-20 finishes at Paul Short Run

Christian Cangiano October 2, 2016
In their first road tests of the season, both the Stony Brook Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams ended with top-20 finishes in the Paul Short Run.
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