Women's Track and Field Athlete Celestine Coney
Women's track and field athlete Celestine Coney (Lyons) was named the Buffalo State Athlete of the Week.
Coney helped lead the Bengals to their best-ever finish at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships on Saturday, as Buffalo State placed third of nine teams. She earned 36 of the Bengals 52 points and also ran a leg of the 4x400m relay that captured two additional points. She won a SUNYAC Championship in the long jump with a school record leap of 5.40 meters. She also set Buffalo State bests as she cleared 1.60 meters to earn second in the high jump, and ran 59.90 in the 400-meter run to place third. Coney also placed second in the triple jump and fourth in the 55-meter hurdles.
On Sunday, she placed second at the New York State Pentathlon, scoring a personal best 3,082 points.
Coney helped lead the Bengals to their best-ever finish at the SUNYAC Indoor Championships on Saturday, as Buffalo State placed third of nine teams. She earned 36 of the Bengals 52 points and also ran a leg of the 4x400m relay that captured two additional points. She won a SUNYAC Championship in the long jump with a school record leap of 5.40 meters. She also set Buffalo State bests as she cleared 1.60 meters to earn second in the high jump, and ran 59.90 in the 400-meter run to place third. Coney also placed second in the triple jump and fourth in the 55-meter hurdles.
On Sunday, she placed second at the New York State Pentathlon, scoring a personal best 3,082 points.
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