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Athlete of the Week

B. Melita 2025 Headshot

Bennett Melita

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/2/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
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In Utica's first cross country action of the 2025 season, Melita took the chance to further put his name in the record books by setting the course record at the SUNY Poly Short Course Invitational. Melita finished the six kilometer course with a time of 18:49.5. The previously standing record was set in 2015 by Zakaria Djouma, a runner from Mohawk Valley Community College.

Men's cross country will next lace up on Saturday, September 13th when the team competes in the Hamilton Short Course Invitational. The race is currently scheduled to start at 11:45am.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/28/2019 Ka'Sean Watlington Men's Track & Field
1/21/2019 Keanu Heedram Men's Track & Field
1/21/2019 Hannah Durant Women's Track & Field
1/14/2019 Kyle Swiecki Men's Track & Field
1/14/2019 Olivia Hirschy Women's Ice Hockey
12/10/2018 Emily Fales Women's Track & Field
12/10/2018 Kevin Gangemi Men's Track & Field
12/3/2018 Zach Borsoi Men's Ice Hockey
12/3/2018 Sydney Przygoda Women's Basketball
11/26/2018 Olivia Hirschy Women's Ice Hockey
11/26/2018 Justin Strielkauskas Men's Basketball
11/12/2018 Kaitlyn Stinson Women's Cross Country
11/12/2018 Malcolm Stowe Football
11/5/2018 Michalyn Winkler Women's Swim & Dive
11/5/2018 Josh Haskin Men's Ice Hockey
11/5/2018 Antonio Scala Football
10/29/2018 Kaitlyn Stinson Women's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Liam Rodgers Men's Cross Country
10/22/2018 Rylee Meelan Field Hockey
10/22/2018 Mitchell Marlow Men's Cross Country
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