Cornell University Athletics

Chrysostomou was a five-time All-Ivy performer as a jumps specialist on the track and field team. A co-captain of the squad in 1984-85, he was a three-time Heptagonal champion, winning the triple jump indoors and outdoors in 1984 and the long jump outdoors in 1985. He also scored points for the team by finishing second in the long jump at the outdoor Heps in '84 and in the triple jump outdoors in '85. He set the existing school and Ivy League record in the outdoor long jump with a distance of 26-2 in winning the outdoor Heps in '85, crushing a 36-year-old school record and Heps mark of 25-9 ¾ held by Olympian Meredith Gourdine '52. Chrysostomou's mark stands to this day. He qualified for the 1985 NCAA Championship after posting the 11th-best college long jump that season. Chrysostomou earned All-East honors with his fifth-place finish in the long jump at the 1985 IC4A championships. During the 1983-84 season, Chrysostomou was the top point scorer (88) for the men's track team, 32 points ahead of the second-leading scorer. During the 1984-85 championship season, he was the No. 2 point scorer on the team. He was the recipient of the team's best jumper award in 1984 and '85. Chrysostomou matriculated to Cornell for his junior and senior years following mandatory military training in Cyprus and was a member of the Greek National Junior Team in 1977 and the Greek National Team in 1978.