St. John Fisher College’s Eric Riley (Wampsville/Oneida) of the men’s track and field team has been named as the College’s Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending February 2, 2014.
At the 2014 Empire 8 Conference Championship at Ithaca on Saturday, Riley won the long jump with a school record distance of 6.80 meters, breaking his own record and also qualifying him for the ECAC Championships on March 7-8 in Boston, Mass.
He also placed second and qualified for ECACs in the high jump at 1.93 meters.
For his performance, Riley was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Field Athlete of the Meet for the second straight year.
Fisher will return to action this weekend at the Valentine Invite in Boston, Mass.
