Results

Photo Credit: Doug Austin

Meet: America East Indoor Championships

Location: Boston University Track and Tennis Center – Boston, Mass.

Women's Scores: 1. UAlbany (213), 2. UMass Lowell (135.50), 3. Binghamton (108), 4. Stony Brook (102), 5. Vermont (63), 6. UMBC (58), 7. New Hampshire (53) 8. Maine (32.50), 8. Hartford (14)

Short Story: Leading by nearly 40 points after Day One, the UAlbany women's track & field team won their seventh consecutive America East Indoor Championship title behind 213 points and nine event wins.

Award Winners

• Chidinma Matthew earned the Coaches' Award for compiling the most points by a female student-athlete during the weekend.
• Shelby Bigsby was tabbed the Most Outstanding Rookie after winning the shot put and placing second in the weight throw.
• Lynda Brundige was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer after winning the triple jump.
• The UAlbany Coaching Staff was named the Coaching Staff of the Year.

How It Happened

• Lynda Brundige won the women's triple jump in 40-02.25 (9th all-time); Hailey Thornton placed sixth in 37-08.75 (17th all-time); Alexis Toth jumped 36-04.00 (23rd all-time).
• Anika Hibbard won the women's high jump in 5-07.00. This is Hibbard's third straight indoor title and fifth overall high jump title.
• Shelby Bigsby won the women's shot put in 48-01.25. Her distance set a new freshman record and is second all-time; Adelaide Cooke placed fourth in 45-01.00 (7th all-time); Samantha Ferrero placed sixth in 42-03.25.
• Chibugo Ike placed third in the women's 60 meter hurdles in 8.66; Sophia Myers placed fifth in 8.69; Asia Jinks placed eighth in 9.05.
• Jinks placed third in the women's 400 meter dash in 55.31 (4th all-time); Jonel Lacey placed sixth in 57.04.
• Solange Wright placed fourth in the women's 500 meter dash in 1:16.08 (22nd all-time).
• Chidinma Matthew won the women's 60 meter dash in 7.58; Jahari Coleman placed second in 7.70.
• Samantha Rutt placed eighth in the women's 800 meter run in 2:15.89 (12th all-time).
• Kaylah Quarshie placed third in the women's 1000 meter run in 2:52.30 (5th all-time); Kait Butterfield's time of 3:00.94 is 23rd all-time.
• Matthew won the women's 200 meter dash in 24.12 (2nd all-time); Coleman placed third in 24.63 (8th all-time).
• Hannah Reinhardt won the women's 3000 meter run in 9:33.67 (3rd all-time); Cara Sherman placed second in 9:42.15; Kelly Iocca placed eighth in 9:59.76 (14th all-time).
• The women's 4x800 meter relay team of Alicia Grady, Rutt, Kaitlyn Butterfield and Quarshie placed seventh in 9:24.21.
• The women's 4x400 meter relay team of Jinks, Matthew, Wright and Lacey won in 3:46.28, missing the meet record by 0.02 seconds.

Day One Recap