Suffolk’s 2014 High Jump Champion Takes First Place In Upstate SUNY Athletic Conference Meet
SUNY Oswego freshman Alex Ladouceur at his grandfather’s Whisper Vineyards book signing event held earlier this year Photo by Debbie Lange Fifer In his first year competing as a collegian, Smithtown’s Alex Ladouceur provided his Oswego track and field teammates with a resounding victory in the SUNY Athletic Conference high jump event.
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The freshman sensation from Smithtown West High School led 15 upstate SUNY jumpers with his leap of six feet – six inches! Ladouceur’s winning effort was good enough to prevail over senior Phil Longo of Geneseo, and No. 1 seed, Nick Vachon of Cortland. The hotly contested meet was held at the Special Events & Recreation Center in Brockport, New York, on February 27 & 28.
Known primarily for its champion Ice Hockey teams, the Oswego Lakers (so called because the campus is situated on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in upstate New York) look to newly enrolled scholar athletes like the 19-year-old Ladouceur to usher in a new era of excellence in Track & Field … both for Oswego and the entire SUNY conference. Said one observer of the heroics turned in by the underclassman Smithtown resident, “If the SUNYAC Meet, and Alex Ladouceur’s performance, are any indication, Oswego will be a force to keep any eye on in the foreseeable future. Both indoor and outdoor track and field seasons will certainly bear watching.”