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Nine baseball players set for summer action
Old Westbury, N.Y. (June 23, 2009) – Nine NYIT baseball student-athletes have been signed to play in NCAA sanctioned summer leagues this year...Details

Senior Matt Messina selected in Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft

Hoboken, N.J. (May 27, 2009) – NYIT lacrosse player Matt Messina (Sayville, N.Y.) was selected...Details

Cross Country Headlines

Banton Named ECC Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Central Islip, NY (March 13, 2009) - Senior cross country runner Christopher Banton (Christiana, Jamaica) has been voted the 2008 East Coast Conference Men's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Details

Kipkosgeie and Toek named to USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete Academic Team
New Orleans (March 1, 2009) – Freshmen Amos Kipkosgei (Kapsabet, Kenya) and Jackline Toek (Eldama Ravine, Kenya) have been named the 2008 NCAA Division II U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Cross Country (USTFCCCA) Scholar Athlete Academic Team....Details

Koiyet finishes in 68th and Toek places 101st at NCAA DII national championship
Slippery Rock, Pa. (Nov. 22, 2008) - NYIT freshman Nicholas Koiyet finished in 68th place with a time of 32:56 and freshman Jackline Toek finished in 101st place for the women with a time of 23:46. at the Division II NCAA cross country national championships...Details

Today's Player

Nicholas Koiyet
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Freshman Nicholas Koiyet was named the East Coast Conference men’s cross country Runner of the Week as announced by the conference office. This is the second time this season Koiyet has earned the honor.

Koiyet took home second place with a time of 25:42 to lead the NYIT men's cross-country team to a seventh place finish at the 41st annual Codfish Bowl at Franklin Park in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday.