SUNY Brockport Athletics

Senior Zach Ferrara (Rochester, NY/Irondequoit) won the 2013 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Pole Vault National Championship on Friday night and has been named The College at Brockport Male Athlete of the Week. The championship is the first pole vault title in Brockport history.

Competing at North Central College in Naperville, IL, Ferrara cleared a personal best and school record height of 5.09 meters (16’ 8 ¼”) to claim the championship. The senior set the previous school record of 5.01 meters (16’ 5 ¼”) during the 2012 indoor season. Ferrara’s personal best this year prior to the NCAA Championships was 4.92 meters (16’ 1 ¾”) set at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships on March 2.

Ferrara was crowned an All-American during the 2012 season and has won back-to-back State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Pole Vault Championships.