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Coach Eamon Sheerin is entering his second year as Head Coach of the Cross Country, Track and Field teams at Nassau Community College. In his first year as head Cross Country/Track and Field Coach Sheerin made an immediate impact on the program. During the Outdoor Track season Eamon brought ten athletes to nationals, almost everyone on the roster competed at the National meet. This included Eleni Torres and Madison Sohl in the women’s 400, Madison also competed in the 800. Madison secured a fifth-place finish in the 800 and eighth place finish in the 400, while Eleni finished seventh in the 400. On the men’s side the Lions were represented in the 100, 200, 800, 4*100, and 4*800. Highlights included a sixth-place finish in the 4*800 and a seventh-place finish in the 4*100. The culture of the program is focused on competing with passion and scoring highly on the national level. Team members are close and root loudly for each other feeding off the team’s success. Coach looks forward to another successful Outdoor season. 

Coach Sheerin is a proud alumni of Nassau and former LION.  During his athletic career at Nassau Eamon ran personal records of 4:16 in the 1500 and qualified for the NJCAA Outdoor National Championship. Eamon continued his education and athletic career at Adelphi University running personal records of 16:49 in the 5000 and 28:07 in the 8000. Eamon earned his Masters of Social Work at Adelphi University and earned his social work license. Coach Sheerin looks forward to the contributing to the continued success of the NCC Cross Country and Track & Field teams at the national level and to his student-athletes’ continued success in their academic pursuits.