This week’s Athlete of the Week is Keene State College senior Ryan Widzgowski. Widzgowski is no stranger to this list—he has been dominating Little Eastern Conference opponents for a few years now, having won All-American honors in track last season.
Now, Widzgowski has his eyes on cross country, and so far the transition has been a smooth one. While other KSC students were leisurely taking in Pumpkin Fest, Widzgowski was running eight kilometers in 25 minutes and 28 seconds, which was good for fifth overall in the Connecticut College Championship.
Widzgowski led all other KSC runners and was a big reason why the Owls were able to win the meet, edging Coast Guard by just three points. This was a good confidence booster for the Owls, who had not yet won a meet this season. It was a timely win as well, their next stop is the LEC Alliance Meet on November 2.
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Our runner-up this week is sophomore middle blocker Angela Silveri. Silveri is another veteran of Athlete of the Week after exploding onto the scene to lead a young Owls team as a freshman last season.
After not playing well on last year’s Pumpkin Fest, the volleyball team proved they have matured with a four-set victory over Mount Holyoke last Saturday.
As usual, Silveri led the team in kills with 17 and accounted for nearly a third of the teams total points with 20. After losing the first set, the game seemed to be in doubt, that is until KSC rallied to take the next three sets easily.
That kind of up-and-down game is common for the volleyball team, with a young team inconsistency is always a problem.
But as the Lady Owls have hovered around .500 all season, Silveri has been a constant force that they know they can rely on in close games. Hopefully that doesn’t change as they enter the final stretch of the regular season.
Zach Winn can be contacted at zwinn@keene-equinox.com