B U F F A L O N E W S
Local athletes who won gold medals at the 2008 Empire State Games.
ARCHERY (women): Scholastic -Charlene Roe (Buffalo/ all-around overall).
BASKETBALL (men): Scholastic -Kelvin Agee (Niagara Falls), Aaron Davis (North Tonawanda), Davon Marshall (Niagara Falls), Jason Norsen (Hamburg), Grant Wrap (Hamburg).
BOXING (men): Justin Keith (Buffalo/welterweight 152 pounds).
DIVING (women): Open - Teresa MacInnes (Tonawanda/1 meter, 3 meter).
GYMNASTICS (men): Scholastic -Jimmy Pezzino (Grand Island/horizontal bar, vault), Jonathan Zirna (East Amherst/horse).
GYMNASTICS (women): Scholastic -Kaitlyn Lopez (Buffalo/ vault), Sarah Nadrowski (Buffalo/uneven bars, all-around individual).
SOCCER (women): Scholastic -Nicole Borner (North Tonawanda), Adele Jackson- Gibson (Amherst), Paula Jones (Buffalo), Emily Novak (Williamsville), Jamie Raepple (Grand Island), Jenna Raepple (Grand Island), Jenna Rickan (Kenmore), Brianna Smith (North Tonawanda), Brianna Zangara (East Amherst), coach Kevin McNamara (Getzville).
SWIMMING (men): Open - Tyler Carver (Kenmore/200 breaststroke, 100 backstroke), Scholastic -Sean Ledford (Medina/ 200 butterfly).
SWIMMING (women): Open -Paige Gutowski (Amherst/100 breaststroke, 200 IM).
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING: Jessica Bagley (Kenmore/
team, trio, duet), Alyssa Baumgartner (Tonawanda/ team), Christine Gibbons (Orchard Park/team), Cassandra Grizanti (Tonawanda/team), Jessica Grogan (Orchard Park/team, trio, solo, figures), Trisha Melber (Tonawanda/ team, trio, duet), Meaghan O’Shei (West Seneca/team), Lauren Spatzer (Kenmore/ team).
TRACK AND FIELD (men): Open -Bradley Bogdan (Buffalo/ 10,000 meters), Steve Esler (Amherst/decathlon), Michael Giordano (Springville/shot put), Andrew Hart (Buffalo/ 5,000 meters), Paul Riley (Buffalo/800 meters), Reggie Rucker (Buffalo/110 high hurdles), Morris Taylor (Albion/ 400 meters). Scholastic - Brian Archie Jr., (Niagara Falls/long jump), Christopher Buck (Lake View/shot put).
TRACK AND FIELD (women): Open -Shannon O’Keeffe (Boston/triple jump). Scholastic -Kala Allen (East Amherst/400 meters), Taylor Eldridge (Cheektowaga/discus), Alexandra Van Buren
(Williamsville/400 meters).
VOLLEYBALL (men): Open - Eric Honsberger (Lancaster), Jonathan Meyer (Hamburg), Andrew Murtha (Orchard Park), Hans Schroeder (Kenmore). Scholastic -Craig Freier (Lancaster), Derek Jansma (Lancaster), Daniel Miranda (Amherst), Bryan Proch (North Tonawanda).
VOLLEYBALL (women): Scholastic -Kelsey Maving (Tonawanda), Samantha Palka (North Tonawanda), Sydney Palka (North Tonawanda), Allyson Severyn (Lancaster), Staceylyn Smith (Eden).
WEIGHTLIFTING (men): Jacob Brant (Lockport/2314 pounds), Michael Graber (Lancaster/ 136 1/2 pounds), Tony Kalisz (Hamburg/207 pounds), Jonas Westbrook (Buffalo/169 3/4 pounds).
WEIGHTLIFTING (women): Jill Burzynski (West Seneca/1654 pounds).
WRESTLING: Open -Matt Mariacher (Elma/152 pounds). Source: empirestategames.org