Track Results from UMass Meet

[McFan]

Great Job yesterday for both teams!!!!!!!

 

 

 

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD VICTORIOUS AT MASSACHUSETTS SPRING MEET

 

Amherst, Mass. -- Freddie Wills posted a distance of 22-feet, 10-inches to win the long jump, while also finishing first in the high jump with a leap of 6-feet, 3.25-inches, to lead the UAlbany men's track and field team to a first-place finish at the Massachusetts Spring Meet on Saturday, March 31. Jennifer Gurrant was first in the long jump, triple jump and finished second in 200-meter dash to highlight the women's first-place performance at event. UAlbany's men and women were first among five teams.

 

The men's 4x100-meter relay team was victorious for the Great Danes, who scored 218 points as a team. The team of Junior Burnett, Pat Weider, Raphael Jean-Baptiste and Dieuseul Joseph ran an IC4A-qualifying time of 42.02. In addition, the 4x400 relay team of Gered Burns, Joe Greene, Weider and Burnett won their race with an IC4A-qualifying time of 3:16.67.

Michael Lynch recorded a second place finish in the discus throw with an IC4A-qualifying distance of 157-feet, 3-inches.

Marc Pallozzi won the javelin for the third straight meet with a throw of 213-feet, 4-inches. Luke Schoen won the pole vault with a leap of 14-feet, 7.25-inches, 6-inches farther than second-place finisher David Parker. Other individual winners for the men's team included Jean Juste in the 110-meter hurdles and Joe Greene in the 400m hurdles. Juste finished in a time of 15.62 while Greene ran a time of 53.07.

In the women's competition, Jessica Ortman placed first in the 1,500m with a time of 4:40.66 to help the women post a first-place overall showing at the meet with a total of 166 points. Adanna Andrews took first in the 400m dash, while her twin sister Anisha was second with 57.14 and 57.58, respectively. Sarah Charles turned in a first-place showing in 100m dash crossing the line in 12.61 seconds, while Kamilah McShine captured the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.78. Helene Abiola won the 800m run in 2:20.63, and Ashley Vives ran the 200m dash in 25.70 to win the event.

In addition, the 4x100 relay of Charles, Jenn Gurrant, McShine and Anisha Andrews won the event with a time of 48.88, while Anisha Andrews teamed with Zuliana Fontanez, Vives, and Adanna Andrews to win the 4x400 relay in 3:53.04.

 

MEN'S TEAM:

1. University at Albany 218, 2. University of Massachusetts 142, 3. Sacred Heart 124, 4. Holy Cross 56, 5. University of Vermont 38.

 

WOMEN'S TEAM:

1. University at Albany 166, 2. Sacred Heart 165.5, 3. Holy Cross 133, 4. University of Massachusetts 65.5, 5. University of Vermont 49.