Men's Track & Field Wins National Championship
Chimezie, Langdon, Nix, and Assibey-Bonsu are national champions.
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.
Fan favorite Micah-Assibey Bonsu won the triple jump with a jump of 14.30 meters (46'11"). Cordell Nix won the men's high jump with a jump of 1.95m (6'4.75"). School record holder Connor Langdon won the decathlon, placing first in the decathlon 100, long jump, high jump, 400, 110 hurdles and 1500m run. Langdon also placed second in the high jump with a jump of 1.95m (6'4.75"), earning All-American status. Sophomore Jesse Mattera earned All-American in both the decathlon and the pole vault. Mattera won the decathlon shot put, discus, javelin and pole vault with a personal best vault of 4.05m (13'3.5").
Sam Chimezie ran a 54.22 to win the 400m hurdles by one second. Chimezie also placed second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.19 seconds, earning his second All-American title.