Philadelphia, Pa. ? UAlbany's Mike McCadney finished second in the men's college triple jump with a wind-aided distance of 50-feet, 9.25-inches at the 113th Penn Relays on Saturday, April 28 at Franklin Field. He lowered his NCAA-qualifying mark with the performance. St. Augustine's Andre Tillman won the event with a leap of 51-3.75.
Gered Burns ran the anchor leg as the men's sprint medley set a school record and placed second. The relay finished right behind champion Florida State with a time of 3:17.09, more than four seconds better than the previous UAlbany standard.
Burns' 800-meter split was 1:47.4, while Pat Weider and Junior Burnett sprinted the first 200m legs and Joe Greene ran sub-47 seconds on the 400m leg in leading their unit to the fastest finish by an IC4A squad. The Great Danes' women's sprint medley relay also shattered a UAlbany record that was established earlier this season to take seventh place in 3:55.87. Jessica Ortman ran the final 800 meters in 2:08.9, as her team eclipsed the old mark by more than seven seconds. Anisha Andrews and Ashley Vives ran the 200m legs, while Adanna Andrews handled the 400-meter third leg.
In the men's eastern triple jump, Gabriel Lopez finished 16th with a distance of 45-feet, 0.25-inches. Marc Pallozzi placed eight overall in the javelin with a toss of 209-feet, 1-inch. Freddie Wills leaped to a seventh-place finish in the eastern long jump with a mark of 23-feet, 4.75-inches, while Felipe Reyes finished ninth with a leap of 22-feet, 10-inches.
