Meets: Virginia Challenge | Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic
 
Locations: Charlottesville, Va. | Albany, N.Y.
 
Results: Virginia Challenge | Spring Classic
 
Athletes of the Meets: Dominique Clarke, Jade Foster, Nicardo Blake, Louis Gordon
 
Short Story: UAlbany hosts its first true home track & field meet in nearly 1,100 days and breaks school records in the women's 100m and men's long jump.
 
Virginia Challenge

• Adrian Mitchell placed ninth in the men's javelin in 215-01.00.
• Keveroy Venson placed 54th in the men's 1,500m in 3:54.77.
• Travis Robinson placed second in the men's discus in 176-05.00; Bryan Nicholson placed sixth in 168-01.00.
• Robinson placed 12th in the men's shot put in 53-01.00.
• Venson tied for 48th in the men's 800m in 1:55.11.

Spring Classic

• Ludith Campos won the women's hammer in 178-08.00; Shiana Galette-Rowe placed second in 163-07.00, Lynne Gbadamosi placed fourth in 153-00.00, and Zanaya Cooper placed fifth in a personal-best 137-04.00.
• Alex Payne placed second in the women's javelin in a personal-best 118-02.00; Shayla Tillman placed third in a personal-best 112-06.00, Brianna Thier placed fourth in 103-03.00, and Steph Hyde placed seventh in 71-08.00.
• Cole Heintzelman placed second in the men's javelin in a personal-best 180-04.00.
• Shelby Bigsby won the women's shot put in 38-09.75; Galette-Rowe placed second in 34-11.75.
• Bigsby won the women's discus in 153-10.00; Shania Scott placed second in 153-07.00, and Jewel Collins placed fourth in 99-04.00.
• Jade Foster won the women's long jump in 19-06.75, equaling her personal best; Efe Omokeni placed second in a wind-aided 19-02.50, Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha placed fourth in a personal-best 18-03.00, Olivia Nelson Chevry placed fifth in 18-00.50, Shannon Bailey placed sixth in an outdoor-best 17-06.75, Thier placed seventh in 17-00.75, and Jada Pepanio placed eighth in 16-11.25.
• UAlbany swept the top four places of the men's long jump. Louis Gordon placed first in a personal-best and program-record 25-04.75, followed by Stephan Farquharson in 23-06.75, Daniel Cephus in a wind-aided 22-10.50, and Marcus McFadden in 22-01.00.  Isaiah Allen placed sixth in 20-05.00.
• Sam Martinez won the women's pole vault, clearing 10-10.00; Hannah Solomon-Hollander placed second, clearing 10-04.00.
• Michael Baker won the men's pole vault, clearing 13-03.50; Jason McDonough tied for second, clearing 12-09.50.
• Barrientos Alpha won the women's triple jump in 38-04.00.
• Robert Blue won the men's triple jump in 47-11.75; Tyler Charles placed second in 46-02.75.
• Payne and Bailey tied for second in the women's high jump, clearing 5-03.00; Hyde placed fourth, clearing 4-07.75, and Thier placed sixth, clearing a personal-best 4-06.00.
• Elijah Harris placed second in the men's high jump, clearing 6-04.00.
• The women's 4x100m relay 'A' team of Imani Gray, Brynley McDermott, Rori Lowe, and Dominique Clarke placed first in 45.31; the 'B' team of Pepanio, Efe Omokeni, Barrientos Alpha, and Jade Foster placed second in 51.24.
• The men's 4x100m relay team of Lucas Casab, Shak Williams, Travis Williams, and Nicardo Blake placed first in 40.90.
• Sam Rutt won the women's 1,500m in a personal-best 4:35.97; Erin Hayes placed third in a personal-best 4:41.88, Sydney Coddington placed fourth in a personal-best 4:45.07, Amanda Chambers placed fifth in a personal-best 4:52.78, and Katie Iocca placed sixth in 4:54.92.
• Charlie Ragone won the men's 1,500m in 3:56.06; Jared Rogalski placed second in 3:59.71.
• UAlbany swept the top-four spots in the women's 100m hurdles.  Dee Denis placed first in 14.33, followed by Hyde in a personal-best 14.80, Nelson Chevry in 15.18, and Payne in 15.30.
• Easton Reagan won the men's 110m hurdles in a personal-best 14.96; Antwone Messado placed second in 15.01.
• UAlbany swept the top four spots in the women's 400m.  Lowe placed first in 55.70, followed by Gray in a personal-best 55.84, Emily Brown in 57.40, and Alicia Grady in 59.14.  Tyler Howard placed sixth in 1:00.55, and Payne placed seventh in 1:01.96.
• Blake won the men's 400m in 48.17; Raiden Guialdo placed second in 49.73, Garry Munro placed third in 50.32, and Rashad Hames placed fifth in 52.24.
• Kait Butterfield placed second in the women's 800m in 2:20.27.
• Rogalski placed second in the men's 800m in 1:57.21; Dean Athanailos placed third in a personal-best 1:57.52, Liam Danaher placed sixth in 1:59.15, and Lenny Diaz placed seventh in 1:59.99.
• Clarke won the women's 100m in a personal-best and program-record 11.56; Adaliz Hunt placed third in 12.50
• T. Williams and Casab placed third and fourth, respectively, in the men's 100m in 10.79, with T. Williams displacing Casab by seven one-thousandths of a second.
• Messado placed second in the men's 400m hurdles in a personal-best 59.72; Guialdo placed third in 59.92.
• UAlbany swept the top five places in the women's 200m.  Gray placed first in a personal-best 24.15, followed by McDermott in a personal-best 24.35, Denis in a personal-best 24.80, Lowe in an outdoor-best 24.88, and Brown in 25.96.
• Yourry Tapande-Ngombe placed second in the men's 200m in 21.76; Reagan placed fifth in a personal-best 22.05, Blake placed seventh in 22.13, and S. Williams placed eighth in 22.20.
• Mercedes Planavsky won the women's 3,000m steeplechase in a personal-best 11:56.65; Lejla Hrelja placed second in 12:13.57.
• The women's 4x400m relay 'A' team of Grady (1:00.5), Rutt, (58.8) Howard (1:00.7), and Renee Baker (1:01.0) placed first in 4:01.69; the 'B' team of Hayes (1:03.1), Coddington (1:03.2), Chambers (1:04.9), and Butterfield (1:03.1) placed second in 4:14.53.
• The men's 4x400m relay team of Athanailos (53.1), Diaz (54.6), Danaher (53.0), and Rogalski (52.4) placed first in 3:33.47.
• Tess Fitzmaurice won the women's 5,000m in a personal-best 17:43.91; Noreen Guilfoyle placed second in 18:01.03.

Meet Notes

• Dominique Clarke surpassed the previous program record in the women's 100m of 11.60 set in 2018 by Stephanie Osuji.
• Louis Gordon surpassed the previous program record in the men's long jump of 24-10.00 set in 2021 by teammate Robert Blue.
• Travis Robinson recorded a personal-best time of 10.70 in the preliminary round of the men's 100m.
• Lucas Casab recorded a personal-best time of 10.76 in the preliminary round of the men's 100m.
• UAlbany alumnus and volunteer assistant coach Jan Michael Gutierrez Almedina won the men's 200m in 21.46.  He also ran the fastest qualifying time in the men's 100m, 10.67, but did not participate in the finals.

Meet Records

• Women's 100m: Dominique Clarke (11.56)
• Women's 4x100m: UAlbany-A (45.31)
• Women's Long Jump: Jade Foster (19-06.75)
• Men's Long Jump: Louis Gordon (25-04.75)
• Women's Hammer: Ludith Campos (178-08.00)

Facility Records

• Women's 4x100m: UAlbany-A (45.31)
• Men's Long Jump: Louis Gordon (25-04.75) 

Next: UAlbany competes in three meets next week: the West Point Twilight meet on April 28, Penn Relays April 28-30, and the Capital District Classic on April 30.