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Raider hockey forward Ethan Cox ’10 (left)
accepts the Hockey Humanitarian Award
recognizing college hockey’s finest citizen
at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four.
collegiate hockey player from any
NCAA Division — is given out annually
to college hockey’s finest citizen.
The recipient is a player who embraces
humanitarian efforts that help out
a community, a certain philanthropy,
or a cause.
“This recognition speaks volumes
to the following and dedication that
the Colgate men’s ice hockey team
and fans have to the betterment of
their community. To be recognized for
such an award is truly an honor and I
hope that it will inspire other people
to get involved within their local communities,”
said Cox.
Jim Rosvold
Cox has been involved in local and
national philanthropic events since
arriving on campus in 2006. In his
first year, he organized a weekendlong
fundraising benefit through the
Make a Wish Foundation for eightyear-old
Miranda Hadlock, who was
battling cancer. The girl’s mother,
Holli Hadlock, works in the university’s
mailroom.
During the last three holiday
seasons, Cox arranged canned food
and toy drives to help local families
in Hamilton and Madison County.
Proceeds went directly to the Hamilton
Food Cupboard and the Interfaith
Holiday Council. Overall, Cox and his
teammates have raised more than
$14,000 in cash and donated items
for various local and national charities.
Cox was also active in helping the
campus raise $25,000 for the American
Cancer Society, worked with the
football team to encourage students
to be tested for potential bone marrow
matches, assisted the women’s
soccer team in raising funds to help
with the costs of a student-athlete’s
cancer treatment, and was involved
in several “Facing off against Cancer”
and “Drink4Pink” events promoting
cancer awareness.
Raider catcher Nicole Siedhof ’11 makes a play at the plate in a match-up against the
Binghamton Bearcats in April. Although the Raiders did not win that game, they finished
the season 27-23 and upset the top-seeded Army Black Knights in the opening round of the
Patriot League Tournament.
Bob Cornell
In the summer of 2009, Cox was
honored with the Hamilton Business
Alliance Community Service Award
for his efforts.
Olympian on board
Colgate head women’s ice hockey
coach Scott Wiley announced the
hiring of 2010 Winter Olympian Karen
Thatcher as an assistant coach.
“The addition of Karen Thatcher is
a great step forward for our program,”
stated Wiley. “She is a dynamic and
energetic person who has a true passion
for the sport. She has excelled at
every level, been a great ambassador,
and understands what it takes to be a
successful student-athlete. Karen adds
After four decades, Colgate track record broken at IC4As
A 41-year-old Colgate men’s track and field team record was broken at the IC4A
Championship at Boston University on Sunday, March 7. Ed Boulat ’11, Tim Metivier
’12, Jon Knowlton’11, and Andy Smith ’11 ran a 7:33.25 in the 4 x 800-meter
relay, finishing seventh overall and earning all-East honors.
Greg Lavin ’70 had recently penned this reminiscence about the day his team
set the previous record (7:35.10) at Madison Square Garden. We couldn’t resist
sharing his account of how it went down in 1969:
At that time, we lacked indoor track facilities and
home meets, but made up for it with charcoal heat
in a tiny trackside hut next to the tennis courts.
Of the four of us (Jim Andrews ’69, holder of
the Colgate 2-mile indoor record; Hank Skewis
’69, 1000-yard record holder; and Lionel “Skip”
Meno ’69, mile record holder), I was the neophyte,
a soccer player with one season of indoor track
experience. Coach Bob Milner, an ex-Marine officer,
tailored our workouts; mine was the shortest,
befitting one who didn’t know that a 5-mile warmup was to be done on the roads
around Hamilton, not on the wooden, banked 160-yard track.
Before we won the Boston Athletic Games’s Two-Mile Relay, the highlight of
my athletic experience at Colgate had been a soccer win over 8th-ranked Hartwick.
But the Boston relay win landed our track squad on a national stage at the
U.S. Olympic Invitational, against invitees to the Olympic Trials. We showed our
passes at the gate and entered the infield of Madison Square Garden in maroon
warm-ups. Tuxedoed officials were everywhere. Wide World of Sports TV cameras
were located at each corner.
We watched Olympians compete: decathlon hero Bill Toomey, long jumper
Ralph Boston, pole vaulter Bob Seagren, hurdler Willie Davenport, 400-meter runners
Larry James and Vince Mathews, and miler Marty Liquori. Finally, our turn
came.
Andrews ran a blazing opening leg, handing me a lead. I took off on what felt
like my fastest start ever, but one-third of the way into my half-mile leg, Ron
Stonitsch of CW Post passed me as if I were standing still. I had never experienced
such speed in close quarters. Stonitsch had a near-sub-4-minute mile to his credit.
So did Manhattan’s Brian Kivlan, who ran the third leg against Skewis. By the end
of the straightaway, I had picked up the pace faster than I had ever run. Would I
last until the hand-off to Hank?
I remember handing off, but not much else until Skip was nearing the finish.
Skewis had brought us back against Kivlan, and now Skip drew even with Manhattan’s
anchor, Tom Donahue, passing him briefly in the last lap. Donahue held
on for the win. We finished in second place, 8/10 of a second behind.
Coach Milner collected our silver Olympic trophies at trackside, smiling
brightly. It was a school-record performance.
The capstone was being greeted by the entire track team the next night in
Albany, where Colgate was entered in an open meet at the Armory. We went
jogging downtown, where we noticed a television playing in the window of an
appliance store. Wide World of Sports was broadcasting the prior night’s Olympic
Invitational. We could see ourselves in our sweat suits on the infield, awaiting our
race. It was a magic, pre-video-recording-era moment, a reminder of having met
our challenge.
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