Recent T&F results

[McFan]

Fayetteville, Ark. – University at Albany’s Ricardo Estremera and Aaron Lozier each broke the school’s mile run record that had stood for more than 17 years to highlight their team’s performance at the 10th annual Tyson Invitational on Friday, Feb. 13. The two-day competition is being held at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center.

 

Lozier, a transfer from Hudson Valley Community College, broke the school mark in the mile run in the first heat of the day. Lozier, who finished sixth overall, ran 4:09.77 to eclipse Joe McMullen’s record of 4:10.57 that was established in 1992. Estremera lowered that standard in the second heat with a time of 4:08.43 en route to a fourth-place showing. Estremera was 14th in the mile run at last week’s New Balance Invitational in New York City.

 

In the men’s long jump, Valete Graham placed third with a school-record leap of 24-feet, 5-inch on his first attempt. Graham, who qualified for the IC4A indoor championships, went 24-3.75 at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 23.

 

All-American Joe Greene and Kamilah McShine had season-best efforts in the men’s 400-meter dash and women’s 60-meter hurdles, respectively. Greene was clocked in 47.74 seconds to finish 14th overall and improve his existing IC4A qualifying standard. McShine, a two-time America East Conference 55-hurdles champion, sprinted 8.53 seconds in the preliminary round of her event and lowered her qualifying time for the ECAC meet in March.

 

In addition, Tyler Fogarty took fourth in the Olympic Development 800-meter run with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:49.60. Joe Belokpitsky placed 12th in 1:53.61 and qualified for the IC4A championships. Jean Juste sprinted 8.07 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles preliminary round. He ended up in 12th place overall and bettered the IC4A standard.

 

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Tenth Annual Tyson Invitational

 

Men’s Mile Run

 

1. Jordan Powell (Oklahoma Christian), 4:06.63; 2. Silas Kisorio (Oklahoma Christian), 4:06.72; 3. Tony Jordanek (Kent State), 4:07.79; 4. Ricardo Estremera (UAlbany), 4:08.83; 5. Alan Sticker (LSU), 4:08.55; 6. Aaron Lozier (UAlbany), 4:07.77.

 

Men’s Long Jump

 

1. Will Claye (Oklahoma), 24-9.25; 2. Eric Walder (unattached), 24-9; 3. Valete Graham (UAlbany), 24-5; 4. Leron Williams (Nebraska), 24-0.75; 5. Scott Jorgenson (Nebraska), 23-9.25.

 

Men’s 400-Meter Dash

 

1. Torrin Lawrence (Georgia), 46.18; 2. Terrance Reid (unattached), 46.50; 3. Robert Simmons (LSU), 46.55. Top UAlbany Finisher: 14. Joe Greene, 47.74.

 

Men's Olympic Development 800-Meter Run

 

1. Carolos Phillips (Florida), 1:49.01; 2. Ken Jesensky (unattached), 1:49.10; 3. Kyle Smith (unattached), 1:49.58. Top UAlbany Finishers: 4. Tyler Fogarty, 1:49.60; 12. Joe Belokopitsky, 1:53.61.

 

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles – Preliminary Round

 

1. Tiffany Ofili (Michigan), 8:05; 2. Nickiesha Wilson (adidas), 8.23; 3. Tiki James (Central Florida), 8.29. Top UAlbany Finisher: 18. Kamilah McShine, 8.53.

 

Men's 60-Meter Hurdles - Preliminary Round

 

1. Shawon Harris (unattached), 7.78; 2. Jerome Miller (unattached), 7.86; Kallinka Pitt (Florida), 7.88. Top UAlbany Finisher: 12. Jean Juste, 8.07.

[McFan]

Note that many top athletes were at the Arkansas meet (results above and below) competing against the top performers in the country so the team results are not a big concern.

 

Vestal, N.Y. – University at Albany’s Kadine Johnson took first in both the shot put and weight throw to lead her team to victory in a triangular meet at Binghamton’s Events Center. The Great Danes scored 239 points to finish ahead of Binghamton and Syracuse. In the men’s competition, Binghamton edged UAlbany in the team standings by four points.

 

Johnson, the runner-up in the shot put at last year’s America East Conference indoor championship, threw a season-best 42-feet, 8.75-inches at the Binghamton tri-meet and won the weight throw with a toss of 52-feet. The Great Danes had five other individual champions, including pole vaulter Celine Cauderlier. She cleared the bar at 11-1.75, the second-best height in the program’s history. Laura Cummings was first in the mile run with a time 5:14.09. Sprinters Fey Adaramola (55-dash), Melissa Lee (400) and Esperanza Bianco (500) also posted victories.

 

 

 

In the men’s meet, Mike Dempsey won the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 16-feet, 0.75-inches. Dempsey, one of our individual winners, improved his IC4A qualifying standard. Brian Yurkewecz (Fonda-Fultonville) was first across the line in the mile run (4:19.01), while Nick Santos (Colonie Central) won the 800-meter run in 1:56.01. Freshman Jon Juleus went 2:34.10 in winning at 1,000-meters. Kyle Nadler (Colonie Central) qualified for the IC4A championships with a second-place mark of 23-0.75 in the long jump. Nadler was also second in the triple jump (44-4.75).

 

 

 

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MEN – 1. Binghamton 246, 2. UAlbany 242, 3. Syracuse 178.

 

Individual Winners: 55 – Dan Walker (, 6.57; 200 – Cazal Arnett (, 22.15; 400 – Christian Smith (, 50.72; 500 – Jesse McCormick (, 1:06.26; 800 – Nick Santos (A), 1:56.01; 1,000 – Jon Juleus (A), 2:34.10; Mile – Brian Yurkewecz (A), 4:19.01; 3,000 – Craig Coon (, 9:04.91; 5,000 – Jon Peffley (, 15:35.85; 55-Hurdles – Terry Marshall (S), 7.66; 4x400 Relay – Binghamton, 3:19.42; High Jump – Nelson Hall (, 6-4.25; Pole Vault – Mike Dempsey (A), 16-0.75; Long Jump – Bernard Bush (S), 23-10; Triple Jump – Bernard Bush (S), 45-6.50; Shot Put – Joanel Lopez (, 51-5.50; Weight Throw – Joanel Lopez (, 57-11.

 

 

 

WOMEN – 1. UAlbany 239, 2. Binghamton 235, 3. Syracuse 173.

 

Individual Winners: 55 – Fey Adaramola (A), 7.32; 200 – Jess Conter (, 26.14; 400 – Melissa Lee (A), 58.40; 500 – Esperanza Bianco (A), 1:19.00; 800 – Anastasia Boyle (S), 2:19.98; 1,000 – Olivia Beane (S), 3:08.87; Mile – Laura Cummings (A), 5:14.09; 3,000 – Lisa Giacometti (S), 10:31.87; 5,000 – Stefanie Slekis (S), 18:11.05; 55-Hurdles – Uhunoma Osazuwa (S), 8.35; 4x400 Relay – Binghamton, 3:57.93; High Jump – Uhunoma Osazuwa (S), 5-6; Pole Vault – Celine Cauderlier (A), 11-1.75; Long Jump - Uhunoma Osazuwa (S), 19-8.25; Triple Jump – Ieva Staponkute (S), 39-2.25; Shot Put – Kadine Johnson (A), 42-8.25; Weight Throw – Kadine Johnson (A), 52-0.

 

Complete Results

[McFan]

Fayetteville, Ark. – University at Albany’s Luke Schoen placed second in the men’s pole vault and Wilfredo de Jesus Elias finished third in the men’s weight throw in leading their squad’s performance at the 10th annual Tyson Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 14. The two-day meet was held at the University of Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center.

 

Schoen, the school record-holder in this event, cleared the bar at 17-feet, 0.75-inches to end up in the runner-up position. He missed on all three attempts at the winning height of 17-6.50. Indiana’s Jeff Coover won the competition by reaching the first-place mark on his first try. Texas’ Maston Wallace, the current NCAA outdoor champion, tied for seventh.

 

de Jesus Elias threw 60-feet, 0.50-inches, one of his best efforts of the season, on his second attempt. He placed behind LSU’s Walter Henning (72-3.75) and Oklahoma’s K.P. Singh (64-3). de Jesus Elias, a sophomore from Puerto Rico, eclipsed the school record at last week’s New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York City when he posted a mark of 63-6.75.

 

In the women’s 800-meter run, Zuliana Fontanez ran an ECAC-qualifying time of 2:11.31 to earn ninth place. Nasim Siddeeq leaped 51-0.25 in the men’s triple jump, his second-best performance of the year, to finish eighth overall. Michael McCadney was 11th in the same event by jumping 48-9.25. Jenn Gurrant took 12th in the women’s triple jump (38-9.50).

 

UAlbany was eighth across the finish line in the men’s 4x400-meter relay. The Great Danes’ squad of Joe Greene, Pat Weider, Jeffrey Barnes and Alie Beauvais were clocked in 3:15.55. Arkansas, the host team, was first in 3:09.49.

 

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Tenth Annual Tyson Invitational

 

Men’s Weight Throw

 

1. Walter Henning (LSU), 72-3.75; 2. K.P. Singh (Oklahoma), 64-3; 3. Wilfredo de Jesus Elias (UAlbany), 60-0.50; 4. Eric Petersen (Nebraska), 58-8, 5. Matt Wernke (Florida State), 58-5-.25; 6. Adam Pinckney (Northern Iowa), 57-4.75.

 

Men’s 4x400 Relay

 

1. Arkansas, 3:09.49, 2. LSU, 3:10.93, 3. Kent State, 3:11.06; 4. Florida State, 3:11.26; 5. Northern Iowa, 3:11.62; 6. Auburn, 3:13.93; 7. Rend Lake C.C., 3:14.08; 8. UAlbany (Joe Greene, Pat Weider, Jeffrey Barnes, Alie Beauvais), 3:15.55, 9. South Carolina, 3:15.63.

 

Men’s Triple Jump

 

1. Shardae Boutte (Oklahoma), 53-5.75; 2. Will Claye (Oklahoma), 53-5.50; 3. Tydree Lewis (unattached), 53-3.75; 4. Nkosinza Balumbu (Arkansas), 52-9.50; 5. Christian Taylor (Florida), 52-4.50); 6. Alphonso Jordan (Georgia Tech), 52-0.50; 7. Clarence Smith (Penn State), 51-10.50; 8. Nasim Siddeeq (UAlbany), 51-0.25; 9. Austin Davis (North Carolina), 50-9.25.

 

Men’s Pole Vault

 

1. Jeff Coover (Indiana), 17-6.50; 2. Luke Schoen (UAlbany), 17-0.75; t3. Jordan Scott (Kansas), 17-0.75; t3. Phil Hanson (Northern Iowa), 17-0.75; t3. Josh Dominguez (LSU), 17-0.75; 6. Will Paine (Texas), 17-0.75: t7. Maston Wallace (Texas), 16-6.75; t7. Gonzalo Barroilhet (Florida State), 16-6.75; 9. Daniel Gooris (Northern Iowa), 16-6.75.

 

 

 

Complete Results

[haggyland]

Men’s Weight Throw

 

1. Walter Henning (LSU), 72-3.75; 2. K.P. Singh (Oklahoma), 64-3; 3. Wilfredo de Jesus Elias (UAlbany), 60-0.50; 4. Eric Petersen (Nebraska), 58-8, 5. Matt Wernke (Florida State), 58-5-.25; 6. Adam Pinckney (Northern Iowa), 57-4.75.

Nice update McFan, but the men's weight throw really sticks out. The LSU kid bbeat the second place guy by over eight feet? I would be curious where that puts him in terms of his future.

[haggyland]

I looked up last year's winning NCAA indoor results and Walter Henning (then of North Carolina) came in third in the weight throw with a distance of 72'3". The winning throw was 74' 6 1/4", so I guess it was very possible that UA lost to this year's national champion in the weight throw.

 

NCAA T&F Results

[haggyland]

Looking at UA's sophomore Tyler Fogarty's time in the 800m (1:49.60) at the Tyson Invitational, it looks like that time would have been good for fourth at last year's indoor T&F Championships. He has already qualified for this year.

[GreatDanes06]

conference indoor t&f championships are this weekend...hopefully some positive outcomes from this winter season in UA Athletics.

[McFan]

Cambridge, Mass. – UAlbany’s Tyler Fogarty (Shenendehowa) was named the America East Conference Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Feb. 17. This marks the first time this season that the sophomore is being honored with the weekly award.

 

One week after running the 800-meter leg on the distance medley relay team that broke the school record by seven seconds, Fogarty provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 800-meter run at the Tyson Invitational hosted by the University of Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 13. In a meet that featured 14 of the 25 nationally-ranked men’s teams, including the top-ranked Razorbacks, he clocked in a fourth-place time of 1:49.60 in the Olympic Development division. It was also the best mark in America East this season by over two seconds. He became the first Great Dane to provisionally qualify for NCAAs in a track event this season and the third overall after Luke Schoen in the pole vault and Nasim Siddeeq in the triple jump.

 

Fogarty and the men’s and women’s indoor track and field programs will look to sweep the team titles for the first time ever at the America East Conference Championships hosted by Boston University on Feb. 20-21. The men’s team will also aim to win the program’s fourth straight championship and sixth in seven years.

[McFan]

Info on the bus trip to the AE T&F Championship. I'm not sure if space is available, but believe the price has been reduced to $25 due to an alumni donation.

 

This could help get you out of the BB fan funk. The men will repeat and women with a good shot. Some truly spectacular athletes on these teams. And if you haven't spent time around Coach Vives, it's worth it to make the trip.

 

UAlbany Athletic Department

 

Invites all students, alumni, family and friends to

 

THE AMERICA EAST

 

MEN’S & WOMEN’S INDOOR

 

TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP

AT

BOSTON U. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CENTER

 

 

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bus leaving at 8 a.m.

 

 

 

Price: $35

 

 

 

Price includes: Round trip Transportation on chartered bus

 

Continental Breakfast

 

Boxed Lunch

 

UAlbany Track & Field T-Shirt

 

 

 

WATCH THE MEN DEFEND THEIR

 

CHAMPIONSHIP

 

AS THE WOMEN WIN THEIR FIRST

 

Reserve your seats now!!!!!!!!

 

Contact Eric at 518-442- 4683

 

 

 

Please note admission to the Championship is $7.00 for Adults and $2.00 for UAlbany students with college ID and children under 14 years old.

[bleedpurple101]

Looking at UA's sophomore Tyler Fogarty's time in the 800m (1:49.60) at the Tyson Invitational, it looks like that time would have been good for fourth at last year's indoor T&F Championships. He has already qualified for this year.

 

 

Depending on who elects to compete in the 800, it may take a time 1 second faster to make NCAAs. There are two or three 2008 olympians still running the 800 in college, its probably the most loaded collegiate event.

[UA_MA_2000]

Looking at UA's sophomore Tyler Fogarty's time in the 800m (1:49.60) at the Tyson Invitational, it looks like that time would have been good for fourth at last year's indoor T&F Championships. He has already qualified for this year.

 

 

Depending on who elects to compete in the 800, it may take a time 1 second faster to make NCAAs. There are two or three 2008 olympians still running the 800 in college, its probably the most loaded collegiate event.

 

 

1:49.6 ... my goodness that's fast!

 

My best time EVER in the 800m was maybe 2:07-12, somewhere in there (and maybe only 56 seconds for the 400m). Just for perspective, for any of us who are in reasonable shape, and have run before, we'd have a tough time even sprinting at that pace for 50 meters. If we could even hit that pace at all! Consider this, a 1:48 800m is a pace of 13.5 seconds per 100m!! That's fast!!! And this athlete is doing it 8 times without stopping. Amazing ... .

[uofalbany]

Info on the bus trip to the AE T&F Championship. I'm not sure if space is available, but believe the price has been reduced to $25 due to an alumni donation.

 

This could help get you out of the BB fan funk. The men will repeat and women with a good shot. Some truly spectacular athletes on these teams. And if you haven't spent time around Coach Vives, it's worth it to make the trip.

 

UAlbany Athletic Department

Invites all students, alumni, family and friends to

 

THE AMERICA EAST MEN’S & WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP

AT BOSTON U. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CENTER

 

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bus leaving at 8 a.m.

 

Price: $35

 

Price includes: Round trip Transportation on chartered bus

Continental Breakfast

Boxed Lunch

UAlbany Track & Field T-Shirt

 

WATCH THE MEN DEFEND THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE WOMEN WIN THEIR FIRST

Reserve your seats now!!!!!!!!

Contact Eric at 518-442- 4683

 

Please note admission to the Championship is $7.00 for Adults and $2.00 for UAlbany students with college ID and children under 14 years old.

 

 

Is there a link to this bus trip offer?

[bleedpurple101]

Info on the bus trip to the AE T&F Championship. I'm not sure if space is available, but believe the price has been reduced to $25 due to an alumni donation.

 

This could help get you out of the BB fan funk. The men will repeat and women with a good shot. Some truly spectacular athletes on these teams. And if you haven't spent time around Coach Vives, it's worth it to make the trip.

 

UAlbany Athletic Department

Invites all students, alumni, family and friends to

 

THE AMERICA EAST MEN’S & WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP

AT BOSTON U. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CENTER

 

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bus leaving at 8 a.m.

 

Price: $35

 

Price includes: Round trip Transportation on chartered bus

Continental Breakfast

Boxed Lunch

UAlbany Track & Field T-Shirt

 

WATCH THE MEN DEFEND THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP AS THE WOMEN WIN THEIR FIRST

Reserve your seats now!!!!!!!!

Contact Eric at 518-442- 4683

 

Please note admission to the Championship is $7.00 for Adults and $2.00 for UAlbany students with college ID and children under 14 years old.

 

 

Is there a link to this bus trip offer?

 

Contact Eric at 518-442- 4683

[McFan]

Looking at UA's sophomore Tyler Fogarty's time in the 800m (1:49.60) at the Tyson Invitational, it looks like that time would have been good for fourth at last year's indoor T&F Championships. He has already qualified for this year.

 

 

Depending on who elects to compete in the 800, it may take a time 1 second faster to make NCAAs. There are two or three 2008 olympians still running the 800 in college, its probably the most loaded collegiate event.

 

 

1:49.6 ... my goodness that's fast!

 

My best time EVER in the 800m was maybe 2:07-12, somewhere in there (and maybe only 56 seconds for the 400m). Just for perspective, for any of us who are in reasonable shape, and have run before, we'd have a tough time even sprinting at that pace for 50 meters. If we could even hit that pace at all! Consider this, a 1:48 800m is a pace of 13.5 seconds per 100m!! That's fast!!! And this athlete is doing it 8 times without stopping. Amazing ... .

 

Even more difficult on the short indoor tracks. He could take another 1-2 seconds off outdoors. And he's a sophomore.