Buffalo State’s Edwards, Hicks Sweep SUNYAC Runners of the Week

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Buffalo State’s Latoya D. Edwards (Brooklyn/ Clara Barton) and Mario Hicks (Corning/ Corning West) were named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women’s and Men’s Track Athletes of the Week respectively.

Edwards won three individual titles and ran a leg of a championship relay. The sophomore health and wellness major set a pair of individual school records, winning the 200 (25.51) and 500-meter runs (1:19.30). She also won the 55-meter dash with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.26 seconds, and teamed with Katya Marin (Mt. Vernon/ Mt. Vernon), Taniqua Hollingsworth (Buffalo/ East) and Anika Niles (Brooklyn/ Samuel J. Tilden) to win the 4x200-meter relay with a new school and State record time of 1:45.23.

Hicks won the State title in the 55-meter hurdles with an NCAA provisional time of 7.60 seconds and was third in the 55-meter dash (6.62). The senior English major helped lead the Bengals to their best-ever finish at the NYSCTC meet, placing second, just 0.5 points behind St. Lawrence.

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