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Essex County Executive and Essex County College President Honor Essex County College Graduates who Competed in the Beijing Olympics

Michael M. Shapiro

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 • 11:57am

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (center in back row) and Essex County College President A. Zachary Yamba (third from left) honored 11 Essex County College graduates who competed in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. The celebration on Wednesday, October 29th began with an afternoon ceremony at the Essex County Hall of Records in Newark and continued in the evening with a reception at Essex County College Gymnasium at the Newark campus.

Recognized were (from left) Andrea Bliss, Melaine Walker, Kerron Stewart, Allison George, Kenia Sinclair, Alleyne Francique, Marian Burnett, Novlene Williams-Mills, Ayanna Hutchinson, Trish Bartholomew, Coach Michael Smart and Korine Hinds. The ECC alumni were members of the track and field teams of Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.

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