CORINNA HENGEN ESTABLISHES NEW UALBANY POLE VAULT RECORD AT RALEIGH

     Raleigh, N.C. - Corinna Hengen broke her own UAlbany pole vault record at the Raleigh Relays, held at Paul Derr Track. Eight UAlbany athletes traveled to the meet, hosted by N.C. State on March 24-25.

     Hengen, a sophomore, recorded a vault of 10-feet, 10-inches, six inches better than her previous UAlbany standard. Danielle Trimpop also had a personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, crossing the line fourth in her heat with a time of 11:23.05.

     Robbie Freeman, a senior, covered the 5,000m in a personal-best 14:44.74 to finish 29th overall in a field of 53 runners. He finished less than one minute back of the leader, Norfolk State's David Kemboi, who crossed the line in 13:58.51. Ryan Gaedje, who placed fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at last year's America East Conference championship, recorded a time of 9:32.45 at Raleigh.

     Nick Jones, David Parker and Mike Reynolds were set to compete in the pole vault, but only three men in the entire competition cleared the starting height as swirling winds picked up at the start of the event.