BUFFALO, NY – Noah Holden (Clarence Center, NY/Clarence) and Ricky Curiel (East Amherst, NY/Clarence) of the Buffalo State cross country team each earned First Team All-SUNYAC following their respective performances at SUNYAC Championships over the weekend. In addition, Holden was enshrined into the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame and Luke Triplet (Depew, NY/Depew) earned the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award for his academic accomplishments.

Holden and Curiel each repeat as First Team All-SUNYAC selections. Holden finished fourth overall with a time of 26:12 while Curiel finished right behind at fifth overall with a tim of 26:17. With his third top-15 finish at the conference championship meet, Holden became the 13th member of the SUNYAC Cross Country Hall of Fame in program history. Curiel earned the honor last season following his top-five finish overall.

For Triplet, he earned the SUNYAC Elite 20 Award for his outstanding academic accomplishments. Triplet joins Lexi Quagliana (Softball), current teammate Josh Mayer (Cross Country), and Rose Kory (Women's Volleyball) as the only Bengals to earn the honor. Triplet is a speech pathology major with a 4.00 GPA.

The cross country team returns to action in two weekends as they will head to Fredonia for the NCAA Regional Meet.