Edison, NJ (Dec. 14, 2022) – Rider’s Jerome Boyer and Niagara’s Sydney Sarkis have been named the Hercules Tires Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Student-Athletes of the Week.
 
Jerome Boyer
Rider
Men’s Track & Field
 
Boyer ranks first in the MAAC in the 200 meters (21.98) and seconds in the 400 meters (48.31) following the Broncs' indoor-season-opening performance at the Rutgers Holiday Classic. Boyer is a five-time All-East honoree with a seventh-place finish in the 400 in the 2020-21 indoor season and four relay honors. He has also achieved in the classroom, having graduated from Rider with a degree in psychology with a 3.25 grade-point average. He's currently pursuing his Master's in Organizational Leadership. 
 
Sydney Sarkis
Niagara
Women’s Swimming & Diving
 
Sydney Sarkis is a four-year member of the Niagara swimming and diving program and a three-time MAAC All-Academic honoree. This season she has continuously been one of Niagara's top divers, posting the conference's fourth-best score of 245.05 on the 1-meter board at the Magnus Cup last month. She also holds the league's sixth-best 3-meter performance, scoring a 229.13 in NU's home tri-meet with Youngstown State and Saint Francis. In the classroom, Sarkis is pursuing a degree in Psychology. 
 
 
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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