Coach Jeoffrey York Inducted in USTFCCCA Hall of Fame

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FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Hudson Valley Community College head men's and women's track and field coach, Jeoffrey York, was inducted into the NCAA Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2021.

The USTFCCCA Hall of Fame is the second Hall of Fame honor Coach York has received in the last 12 months. Coach York was inducted into the Greater Capital Region Track, Field, and Cross Country Hall of Fame in June of 2020. 

Coach York was also recently selected as one of 39 individuals from the NJCAA membership as an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Region Ambassadors. These ambassadors will actively collaborate with the NJCAA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council and the Racial Equality Subcommittee to promote and advance equity, diversity, and inclusion within the NJCAA.

Coach York enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Vikings men's and women's track and field programs. Coach York and his coaching staff brought instant success and national attention to the programs as the Vikings have won back-to-back NJCAA Region 3 Men's Track and Field Championships in his first two seasons at the helm. 

The Vikings men's track and field program finished the 2019 season as the top-ranked program in the USTFCCCA Northeast Regional rankings and earned a fourth-place finish at the 2019 NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships. 

Coach York has grown the women's track and field program into a national contender as well. The Vikings women's track and field team placed fifth overall out of 23 teams at the 2019 NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships. 

Following the successful 2019 season, Coach York was named the was named the USTFCCCA Men's Northeast Region Head Coach of the Year.The men ranked as highest as No. 3 in the national polls in 2019. 

A native of New York City and graduate of Troy High School, York is familiar with the high schools and programs in the area, and plans to begin recruiting this spring semester in preparation for the 2019-20 season.

By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA: The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is pleased to announce the NCAA Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2021!

Paul Conlin of UW-Platteville, Debbie Thometz of St. Thomas (Minn.), Janet Williams of Springfield College and Jeoffrey York of Albany will all be inducted later this evening during a virtual ceremony prior to the start of the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Upon his induction into the University of Albany Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010, it was written that "[Jeoffrey] York is the most celebrated men's track & field athlete in University history."

Well, now York can be considered one of the most celebrated men's hurdlers in NCAA Division III history with his induction into the NCAA Division III Track & Field Athlete Hall of Fame.
York left a legacy with his barrier-clearing prowess.

After a dynamic debut as a freshman in 1991 when he won the 110H crown at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships in Berea, Ohio, York turned it up a notch the following year. York swept the sprint-hurdling titles in 1992, but it's what he did at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships that still resonates to this day. He won the 110H in a wind-aided 13.56 (+2.7), which remains the fastest all-conditions mark in the event in NCAA DIII history.

York completed the indoor-outdoor double once again in 1995 to join Maynard Hurd of Frostburg State as the only male athletes in NCAA DIII history to do so twice. That was not the only history York made that year, though, as his 7.31 in the 55H would remain the meet-record emeritus (55H would be discontinued in 2011) and his 13.85 outdoor winner was the all-conditions meet best until 2014.

All told, York ended his career with five NCAA titles. At the time, he and Hurd were the only hurdlers with that many crowns to their credit in NCAA DIII history.

York is currently the head track & field coach at Hudson Valley Community College.

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