Complete Results
Championship Central
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State men's golf team won the Skyline Conference Championship for the fifth consecutive time and 16th time in program history on Monday at Bethpage State Park's Red Course.
FSC fired a tournament-low round of 283 in today's final round and finished with a two-day total of 582, 48 strokes ahead of runner-up Mount Saint Mary (630).
The Rams round of 283 on Monday marked a new Skyline Championship record. The previous record of 289 was held by the Farmingdale State squad at the 2013 Championship.
In addition, FSC became the first program in Skyline history to sweep the major awards and earn all five First Team All-Conference spots (below).
-Photos: Dominic Suhovsky
Farmingdale State sophomore CJ Merritt (below with Commissioner Melissa Reilly) claimed medalist and Player of the Year honors for the second straight season. He followed his 73 (+3) in round one with an even score of 70 on Monday for a total of 143. Merritt recorded three birdies on the back nine and finished three strokes ahead of teammates Mackenzie Kim and Brad Castaldy, who had matching scores (75-71) in both rounds and were six-over par (146).
FSC sophomore Padruig Douglas and freshman Rishi Talwar produced matching scores as well (76-71-147), each firing a 71 (+1) on Monday.
Talwar registered an even front nine before tallying a pair of birdies on the back half. He claimed Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year honors (below), finishing tied for fourth place, and was seven strokes ahead of the next freshman, Ruslan Makarenko of Mount Saint Mary.
Mount Saint Mary finished second as a team, St. Joseph's-Long Island took third and SUNY Old Westbury and Yeshiva rounded out the top five, respectively.
On a side note, the conference's newest award, the Elite 19 Award was presented during the championship awards ceremony. The Skyline's Elite 19 Award, modeled off of the NCAA's Elite 90 Award, is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average competing in each of the Skyline's 19 championships. In the event of a tie, the award is given to the student-athlete who has completed the highest number of credits. This year's honoree for men's golf is senior Liam Dall (below) from SUNY Old Westbury. He compiled a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a Business Administration major.
FSC earned the Skyline's automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Division III Golf Championship at Midvale Country Club in Penfield, New York from May 20-23. The Rams will continue their fall season with the 36-hole Adelphi Invitational on Thursday, October 10th.
2024 Skyline Conference Golf Championship
First Team All-Conference:
CJ Merritt, Farmingdale State
Mackenzie Kim, Farmingdale State
Brad Castaldy, Farmingdale State
Padruig Douglas, Farmingdale State
Rishi Talwar, Farmingdale State
Second Team All-Conference (Pictured below):
Max Duenow, Mount Saint Vincent
Trevor Zamudo, Mount Saint Mary
Ruslan Makarenko, Mount Saint Mary
Corey Popowcer, Manhattanville
John Del Bene, Mount Saint Mary
All-Sportsmanship Team:
Raymond Howard, Farmingdale State
William Billequey, Manhattanville
Ruslan Makarenko, Mount Saint Mary
Gerard Novello, Mount Saint Vincent
Robert Martini, Old Westbury
Dan Knipscher, Purchase
Dominick Glatz, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Judah Rolnick, Yeshiva
Player of the Year: CJ Merritt, Farmingdale State
Rookie of the Year: Rishi Talwar, Farmingdale State
Co-Coach of the Year: Ryan Williams, Farmingdale State & Donald Massmann, Old Westbury
Elite 19 Award Winner: Liam Dall, Old Westbury
-With Farmingdale State Sports Information