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CUNYAC Winter Stars Competing For National ChampionshipsSwimmers, Track & Field Stars, Hoopsters & Wrestlers Set to Score!CUNYAC Stars Danila Novikov (CSI) and Gerale Middleton (QCC) look to Shine this Winter!Flushing, NY -- The first of two winter weekends of postseason sports season starts today, as the best and brightestaround the City University of New York Athletic Conference get ready to compete for Regional and National glory.Eight swimmers, 18 track stars and one wrestler will aim to become the Conference's first All-American of 2011, asCUNYAC student-athletes will try to top the stunning 30 All-American honors in 2010."We're extremely excited to have our student-athletes competing at the highest level, which is what they work for allyear long, a National Championship," said CUNYAC Executive Director Zak Ivkovic. "Our goal is to surpass the thirtyAll-Americans we enjoyed last year."First off, the NJCAA National Swimming & Diving and Indoor Track & Field Championships get underway inBuffalo, NY and Lubbock, TX, respectively. The two concurrent events are constituted of all Junior College Divisions,I, II and III, while in the spring, there is a dedicated Division III Outdoor Track Championship in May.Three members of the Queensborough Commmunity College swimning team have qualified for the NJCAANational NJCAA event, Matthew Makower-Brown, Nutteda Getgavipak and freshman sprinter Shirley Falconi,who won the CUNYAC Championship races in both the 50 Yard and 100 Yard Freestyle. setting a new meet recordin the fifty.At the NJCAA Indoor Track Championships, CUNYAC will have a huge presence, with all three CommunityCollege that just starred at the Conference Indoor Meet making the trip to Texas. While, all three schools are hopingfor All-Americans and National titles, Bronx Community College may have the best shot at achieving those goalswith freshman sensation Ashley Armand setting the pace. Armand, the CUNYAC Cross Country Champion last fall,finished second at the NJCAA Championships and recently won the CUNYAC Indoor 400 and 800 Meter titles.Throwers Natasha Hill and Errol Jeffries (CUNYAC Champ, Weight Throw & Shot Put) will also contend for theBroncos.Kingsborough, the Community College Men's Team champs at this week's CUNYAC Champs, will once again send aslew of student-athletes to the NJCAA's, with nine participants: Tashaka Adolph. Devon Alexander, BosedePage 72 of 179