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Michael Collyer
  • Glens Falls, NY

Queensbury Native Michael Collyer Helps SUNY Potsdam Canoe Team Take State Championship

2010 Oct 4

The student intramural canoe racing team at the State University of New York at Potsdam recently paddled its way to victory in the Long Lake Long Boat Regatta's New York State Collegiate C-4 championships. The 10-mile race was held in Long Lake, N.Y., and the SUNY Potsdam team completed it with a winning time of one hour, 33 minutes and 22 seconds.

Among the four students on the championship canoe team were Michael Collyer, a graduate student studying science education from Queensbury, N.Y..

The event, which took place Sept. 25 and is organized by the Adirondack Watershed Alliance, included six boats represented by Potsdam, Hamilton and Paul Smith's. Bill Beauchamp, Potsdam's director of intramurals and recreation, started the team last year after getting the idea from Adam Wheeler, a wilderness education program instructor.

With help from paddlers in the community – and support from Potsdam's student government and Grass River Boat Works in Canton – the group has evolved into a competitive team of regulars and first-timers.

For more information on the variety of intramural sports offered at SUNY Potsdam, visit www.potsdam.edu/athletics/im/index.cfm.

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Founded in 1816, and located on the outskirts of the beautiful Adirondack Park, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of America's first 100 colleges. SUNY Potsdam currently enrolls approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students. Home to the world-renowned Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam is known for its handcrafted education, challenging liberal arts and sciences core, excellence in teacher training, and leadership in the performing and visual arts.

-www.potsdam.edu-