Local Athletes to Represent Long Island in Empire State Games

Thirty-six local athletes will be representing the Three Village area at the 2010 Empire State Games finals July 21 through July 25 in upstate New York.

There are three divisions of competitors. The Open Division are age 18 and older as of Aug. 31 of the year of the Games. Scholastic Division are age 17 and younger as of Aug. 31 of the year of the Games. Qualified finalists in the Scholastic Division will be provided with campus housing, breakfast and dinner, regional bus transportation to the finals locations. The Masters Division of the Empire State Games is a program conducted for New York State residents consisting of 13 sports for men and women. Athletes compete against others in age brackets determined by the individual sports for gold, silver and bronze medals. Each sport has its own minimum age requirement.

According to the website, Empire State Games is the largest competition of its kind in the nation. The Games is a multi-sport event for amateur athletes, patterned after the Olympic program. Athletes must be NYS residents. Following competition (Regional Trials) in each of six regions of NYS, winners numbering some 6,000 will participate in finals competition.

For complete schedules and ticket information, visit http://www.empirestategames.org/summer/sched/.

Three Village residents participating in the Empire State Games include:

Dave Coley, Stony Brook, open men's basketball

Chris Martin, Stony Brook, open men's basketball

Robyn Percyz, South Setauket, open women's boxing

Jennifer Solomon, East Setauket, open women's cycling

Peter Freiss, Stony Brook, open men's fencing

Alexa Antipas, Stony Brook, scholastic women's fencing

Alexa Rohan, Stony Brook, scholastic women's fencing

Travis Quinn, Setauket, scholastic men's fencing

Devon Reina, Stony Brook, scholastic men's fencing

Jaclyn Arbour, South Setauket, scholastic women's ice hockey

Lindsay Voigt, East Setauket, scholastic women's ice hockey

Kerrin Maurer, East Setuaket, scholastic women's lacrosse

Zach Zanone, Stony Brook, scholastic men's lacrosse

Cara Digirolamo, Setauket, masters women's rugby

Kylie Holdnack, Stony Brook, masters women's rugby

Theresa Leong, Stony Brook, masters women's rugby

Ellen Myers, East Setauket, masters women's rugby

Shannon O'Leary, East Setauket, masters women's rugby

Joseph Garlow, Stony Brook, masters men's rugby

Peter Molloy, Stony Brook, masters men's rugby

Jasper Wilson, Stony Brook, masters men's rugby

Rachael Bertini, East Setauket, scholastic women's swimming

Alexandra Donnelly, East Setauket, scholastic women's swimming

Jessica Fabrizio, East Setauket, scholastic women's swimming

Jaclyn Ouzounian, East Setauket, scholastic women's swimming

Kristin Pozmanter, East Setauket, scholastic women's swimming

Liuben Chipev, Stony Brook, scholastic men's swimming

Luis Romero, East Setauket, scholastic men's swimming

Kurt Johns-Harris, Stony Brook, open men's track & field

Mathias Burner, Setauket, scholastic men's track & field

Kristy Nix, East Setauket, open women's volleyball

Xiomara Ortiz, South Setauket, open women's volleyball

Chris Holden, Stony Brook, open men's volleyball

Alexa Stonish, Stony Brook, scholastic women's volleyball

Ryan Lilley, Stony Brook, scholastic men's volleyball

Eric Rizzo, Stony Brook, scholastic men's volleyball