Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Women's Track

Tory has served as the editor of the NYSCTC Men's Performance List Newsletter, and currently serves on the ECAC Women's Track Committee. TEAMS ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Mens Indoor Track: League Championship titles: 4 (2000, 2005, 2009, 2010) New York State Championship titles: 5 (2000, 2004, 2005, 2010 & 2012) Womens Indoor Track: League Championship titles: 2 (2004, 2010) STUDENT-ATHLETES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Men: National All-Americans: 8 Dwaine Alleyne 04 Second Place (2003) Triple Jump Derek McGough 04 Seventh Place (2003) Long Jump Dwaine Alleyne 04 Second Place (2004) Triple Jump Joe Otto 05 Fourth Place (2004) 800m Run Joe Otto 05 Sixth Place (2005) 800m Run Kemar Brown 06 Fourth Place (2006) 55m Dash Justin Metzger '10 Sixth Place (2009) Pole Vault Justin Metzger '10 Eighth Place (2010) Pole Vault Academic All-League selections: 242 League Track Performer of the Year: 4 Kemar Brown 07 (2006) Kemar Brown 07 (2007) Kyle Barden '10 (2010) Austin Drexler '12 (2011) League Field Performer of the Year: 3 Dwaine Alleyne 04 (2004) Trevor Tersmette 05 (2005) Ja'Mar Watson '11 (2011) League Rookie of the Year: 3 Kyle Barden 10 (2007) David Kastner '13 (2010) Stephen Silber '14 (2011) NYSCTC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year: 4 Dwaine Alleyne 04 (2001) Derek McGough 04 (2002) Dwaine Alleyne 04 (2003) Trevor Tersmette 05 (2005) NYSCTC Indoor Rookie of the Year: 2 Kyle Barden 10 (2007) Stephen Silber '14 (2011) NCAA Atlantic Region Indoor Male Athlete of the Year: 1 Dwaine Alleyne 04 (2001) Women: National All-Americans: 4 Allison Benson 04 Eighth Place (2003) Pole Vault Felicia Tsai 07 Sixth Place (2006) Weight Throw Felicia Tsai 07 Seventh Place (2007) Weight Throw Connor Ahlborn '11 Fifth Place (2009) Weight Throw Academic All-League selections: 166 League Track Performer of the Year: 3 Jennifer Dias 07 (2004) Jennifer Dias 07 (2005) Jennifer Dias 07 (2006) League Field Performer of the Year: 4 Felicia Tsai 07 (2004) Felicia Tsai 07 (2006) Connor Ahlborn '11 (2011) Ivy Muchuma '14 (2012) League Rookie of the Year: 3 Alysia Evanitsky 05 (2003) Sue Madden 07 (2004) Cheryl Tran '14 (2011) NYSCTC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year: 1 Sue Madden 07 (2004) OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD TEAMS ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Mens Outdoor Track: League Championship titles: 8 (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012) New York State Championship titles: 7 (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011 & 2012) Womens Outdoor Track: League Championship titles: 5 (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) STUDENT-ATHLETES ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Men: National All-Americans: 12 Dwaine Alleyne 04 Eighth Place (2001) Triple Jump Josh Black 01 Fifth Place (2001) Hammer Throw Bill Monette 01 Sixth Place (2001) Hammer Throw Mike Johnson 03 Fifth Place (2003) Hammer Throw Jimmy Motzkin 06 Third Place (2003) Javelin Throw Dwaine Alleyne 04 Sixth Place (2003) Triple Jump Jimmy Motzkin 04 Third Place (2004) Javelin Throw Dwaine Alleyne 04 Second Place (2004) Triple Jump Trevor Tersmette 05 Fifth Place (2005) Decathlon Kemar Brown 07 Eighth Place (2006) 100m Dash Erik Whiting '10 Eighth Place (2010) Hammer Throw Garrett Harms 11 Seventh Place (2011) Decathlon Academic All-League selections: 245 League Track Performer of the Year: 2 Kemar Brown 07 (2005) Kemar Brown 07 (2006) League Field Performer of the Year: 6 Bill Monette 01 (2001) Trevor Tersmette 05 (2004) Trevor Tersmette 05 (2005) Erik Whiting '10 (2010) Ja'Mar Watson '11 (2011) Zac Borrelli '14 (2012) League Rookie of the Year: 4 Derek McGough 04 (2001) Ben Nagler 08 (2005) David Kastner '13 (2010) Stephen Silber '14 (2011) NYSCTC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year: 2 Kemar Brown 07 (2005) Kemar Brown 07 (2006) NYSCTC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year: 4 Bill Monette 01 (2001) Trevor Tersmette 05 (2005) Erik Whiting '10 (2010) Ja'Mar Watson '11 (2011) NCAA Atlantic Region Outdoor Male Athlete of the Year: 1 Bill Monette 01 (2001) Women: National All-Americans: 7 Allison Benson 04 Seventh Place (2003) Pole Vault Jennifer Dias 07 Seventh Place (2004) 400m Hurdles Jennifer Dias 07 Fourth Place (2005) 400m Hurdles Jennifer Dias 07 Second Place (2006) 400m Hurdles Felicia Tsai 07 Fourth Place (2006) Hammer Throw Jennifer Dias 07 Third Place (2007) 400m Hurdles Felicia Tsai 07 Fifth Place (2007) Hammer Throw Academic All-League selections: 180 League Track Performer of the Year: 6 Jennifer Dias 07 (2004) Jennifer Dias 07 (2005) Jennifer Dias 07 (2006) Jennifer Dias 07 (2007) Marion Albert '08 (2008) Kristiina Baker '09 (2009) League Field Performer of the Year: 6 Melissa Coppola 02 (2001) Jo Alexander 03 (2003) Allison Benson 04 (2004) Felicia Tsai 07 (2006) Felicia Tsai 07 (2007) Connor Ahlborn '11 (2011) League Rookie of the Year: 3 Felicia Tsai 07 (2003) Lindsay Dubas '12 (2009) Marie Ferro '13 (2010) NYSCTC Track Athlete of the Year: 1 Jennifer Dias 07 (2006) NYSCTC Field Athlete of the Year: 1 Felicia Tsai 07 (2007) NYSCTC Rookie of the Year: 2 Jennifer Dias 07 (2004) Marie Ferro '13 (2010) NCAA Atlantic Region Outdoor Female Athlete of the Year: 1 Felicia Tsai 07 (2007) MISCELLANEOUS TRACK & FIELD: The New York State Senate passes a resolution in 2004 in honor of the Engineers Mens & Womens Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams on their outstanding seasons. The Track & Field squad has seen ten student-athletes earn the Institutes Bellesian Prize under the direction of Coach Tory. The Award is given annually to a graduating senior student-athlete with the highest GPA.  AS A PLAYER: Ran both cross country and track & field PERSONAL: Tory and his wife, Anne reside in Troy.

Lutes serves as an assistant coach on the Rensselaer track & field team, working primarily with the javelin athletes. Prior to his position as an assistant, Lutes was the head coach of the track & field squad from 1961-1971 and 1986-2000, during which time he coached several All-Americans. He was named the 2000 Indoor Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and 2000 Indoor and Outdoor NYSCTC Coach of the Year.

Lynch was named the head coach of the Rensselaer men's and women's cross country teams in September of 2011.  He joined the RPI staff after serving as a head coach at Plattsburgh State for the past six years.  A native of Clifton Park, N.Y., Lynch guided the Cardinals cross country programs from 2005-2011, including his final three seasons as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Plattsburgh State. In his career, Lynch has coached 24 NCAA All-Americans, 38 automatic and provisional qualifiers, over 100 all-conference honorees and 54 league champions in cross country and track. In July 2007, he earned endorsement as a Level 1 coach by USA Track and Field. In his first season at the helm of the Engineers, Lynch saw his squads produce solid results.  Both teams finished third at the Liberty League Championships, while the men and women took home third and fourth, respectively, at the NYSCTC Championships. The RPI men had a strong outing at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship, finishing sixth overall.  Leading the way was senior Jeff Corelli, who finished 12th at the 2011 NCAA Atlantic Regionals, becoming the first runner in program history to garner All-Region First Team.  Additionally, Corelli - who competed at the 2011 NCAA Championhips for Rensselaer - also placed 12th at the New York State meet and was sixth at Liberty Leagues, earning All-State Second Team and All-League First Team. Overall, four student-athletes earned All-League honors, while three took home All-State recognition.  Academically, a combined 10 individuals were named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team and six of his distance runners were named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Teams.  Two student-athletes went on to earn National Academic All-America, including Corelli - a First Team selection. Among the success during his tenure at Plattsburgh State came in 2010-11 as student-athlete Mike Heymann earned three more All-American honors to finish his Cardinal career with seven total. Heymann finished fitth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, sixth at the 5000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships and fourth in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  Lynch, who will also serve as an assistant coach for the Engineers indoor and outdoor track & field teams,  also sent his biggest squad of Cardinal athletes to the NCAA Championships in his Plattsburgh tenure with eight individuals competing at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  During the 2009-10 season, Lynch his student-athletes add to their success, including Heymann, who was a National All-American at the cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field nationals.  His mens cross country squad finished 28th in the nation in 2008, marking the squads first appearance at the NCAA Championship since 1999. Lynch led Plattsburgh to its best women's cross country season ever in 2007, when the Cardinals were the national runner-up in NCAA Division III. The program also set a school record with a No. 5 national ranking in the final poll and appeared in every poll during the season. The Cardinals captured their first Atlantic championship and third regional title in school history behind All-American performances from Allison Busby (6th), Toni Wiszowaty (7th) and Alyssa Recny (17th).  Additionally, Wiszowaty won the 10,000-meter race at the 2007 Penn Relays, posting a mark that ranked fourth all-time in the events history and was also an Olympic Trials qualifying time. The squad was also named an All-America Scholar Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, while Lynch was tabbed as the 2007 USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year.  Lynch received a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and sport studies from Cortland State in 2005. He was an accomplished distance runner for the Red Dragons' track squad, setting school records in the distance medley relay while participating on several indoor and outdoor SUNYAC championship teams. John Lynch was named the head coach of the Rensselaer men's and women's cross country teams in September of 2011.  He joined the RPI staff after serving as a head coach at Plattsburgh State for the past six years.