Lehman College Athletics

The Lehman College women’s basketball team took break from its pre-season practices to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday morning at Orchard Beach Park. Registration began at 9:00am, and the walk started at 10:30am. The walk was one of many which were held throughout the country to fight against breast cancer. Members of Lehman's cross country and cheerleading teams also participated in the walk.

Student-athletes from Lehman College's women’s basketball, cross country, and cheerleading teams, as well as coaches from all of those programs, walked the 3.2 miles of the beach course. The walk enables the American Cancer Society to fund groundbreaking breast cancer research, provide up-to-date cancer prevention and early detection information, help ensure that all women have access to mammograms and follow-up care, and provide free programs and services that improve the quality of life for people facing breast cancer.

The City University of New York Athletic Conference announced its weekly award winners late Tuesday afternoon, and Lehman College was well represented. In soccer, Lightning standout Amirouche Ait-Hamouda Rookie of the Week honors, while Oscar Kamalu of the men’s cross country team was tabbed as Runner of the Week.

Hamouda was praised as soccer’s Rookie of the Week after his phenomenal showing in the Lightning’s two contests last week against New York City Tech and Baruch College. Against the Yellow Jackets back on Wednesday, September 23rd, Hamouda broke a 2-2 tie with a goal in the 64th minute to give his a team a one-goal lead, an advantage the Lightning would not relinquish as Lehman won its first game of the season. Then, three days later against the Bearcats at the Met Oval, Hamouda was at it again, netting two goals in a losing effort as the Lightning gave Baruch all it could handle despite falling 3-2 in the contest. Soccer head coach Joe Andre’ gave his thoughts on Hamouda receiving the honor.

Women's 6K Results
Men's 8K Results

The Lehman College men’s and women’s cross country teams returned to action yesterday as the units competed in the Baruch College Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The Lightning women finished 10th overall out of 12 participating teams that scored, while the men’s team finished 10th out of 13 units that scored.

The best performance on the day on either side came from Lehman’s men’s crew, as Oscar Kamalu followed up his strong performance from the previous weekend at the Vassar Invitational by finishing third overall in the men’s 8K event at the Baruch College Invitational, as he clocked in at a time 31:15. Kamalu finished just seven seconds behind the first place finisher who was Ian Scott of FDU Florham (31:08). 83 total runners scored in the event.