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Dom Gonzalez Earns Another All-America Award
Kaitlin Breed and Shannon O'Keeffe also compete at the NCAA Championships for the Golden Eagles
May 23, 2009
 Dom Gonzalez earns All-America honors at National Championships
Gonzalez had six scoring throws all over 50 meters in distance but had his best effort on his second attempt with a heave of 53.53 meters (175’7”). The final throw of his career was nearly as far, traveling a distance of 53.22 meters. Gonzalez also earned All-America honors a year ago at the NCAA Championships with a seventh-place finish.
Also competing at the championship meet were freshman Kaitlin Breed (Manchester, NY/Manchester-Shortsville) in the high jump and the 400-meter hurdles and senior Shannon O'Keeffe (Boston, NY/Springville-Griffith) in the triple jump.
Breed competed in preliminary round of the 400-meter hurdles. She finished with a time of 1:07.48 seconds but failed to qualify for the finals to be run Saturday. She also cleared the first height in the high jump competition but did not advance to the final round after failing to clear the second height. She cleared a height of 5'2-1/2".
In the triple jump, O'Keeffe had her best jump of the meet with a 36'7" leap but failed to advance to the final round of the championship, finishing eighth in the first flight of competitors.
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