Meet: America East Outdoor Championships
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Location: Frank H. Livak Facility in Burlington, Vt.
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Results
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Scoring: 1. UAlbany, 235; 2. UMass Lowell, 195; 3. Binghamton, 112; 4. New Hampshire, 82.5; 5. UMBC, 76; 6. Maine, 54.5; 7. Vermont, 49; 8. NJIT, 39; 9. Hartford, 10
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Short Story: Men's track & field wins its 17th-straight America East outdoor title with 235 points and 12 event victories.
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Track Events
- The men's 4x100m relay team of Lucas Casab, Shak Williams, Travis Williams, and Garry Munro placed first in a season-best 40.64, setting a new meet record.
- Nicardo Blake won the 400m in 47.41; Yourry Tapande-Ngombe placed second in a personal-best 47.61.
- Antwone Messado placed second in the 110m hurdles in 14.56; Easton Reagan placed third in a personal-best 14.62.
- Keveroy Venson won the men's 800m in a personal-best 1:51.35.
- S. Williams won the men's 100m in a 10.17; T. Williams placed second in 10.43, Casab placed third in 10.50, Munro placed fifth in 10.66, and Rashad Hames placed seventh in 10.80. All times were wind-aided.
- Reagan won the 400m hurdles in a personal-best 51.58.
- Munro won the 200m in a personal-best, program record, and meet record 21.10; S. Williams placed second in a personal-best 21.19, Blake placed third in a personal-best 21.24, T. Williams placed seventh in 21.86, and Tapande-Ngombe placed eighth in 22.03.
- The men's 4x800m relay team of Dean Athanailos (1:56.52), Jared Rogalski (1:54.91), Liam Danaher (1:56.46), and Venson (1:54.10) placed second in 7:41.97.
- The men's 4x400m relay team of Tapande-Ngombe (50.2), Munro (49.8), Reagan (47.8), and Blake (46.9) placed first in 3:14.90.
Field Events
- Tino Mancabelli placed third in the men's decathlon, scoring a personal-best 5,881 points; Peter Meehan placed sixth with a personal-best 5,406 points.
- Travis Robinson won the discus in a personal-best, meet record, and program record 186-08.00; Bryan Nicholson placed third in a personal-best 172-07.00.
- Robert Blue won the triple jump in 51-00.25; Tyler Charles placed fifth in 46-02.00.
- Louis Gordon placed second in the high jump, clearing 6-07.00.
- Travis Robinson won the men's shot put in 54-02.75.
Meet Notes
- Shak Williams was named men's Outstanding Track performer, and received the men's Coaches' Award, signifying the meet's highest individual scorer.
- Travis Robinson was named men's Outstanding Field Performer.
- Garry Munro was named the men's Outstanding Rookie.
- The men's coaches were named Coaching Staff of the Year.
- The men's team wins its 17th-straight America East outdoor title, and 18th overall.
- The men's active outdoor championship streak is longest among Division I programs.
- The men's 12 event victories are a program record, exceeding the previous record of 11, done twice, first in 2007 and later in 2009.
- The UAlbany women won their 13th-straight title, scoring 246 points and winning 11 events.
- The men's 4x100m relay team broke the previous meet record of 41.00 set by UMBC in 2013.
- Keveroy Venson is UAlbany's first outdoor champion in the 800m since Greg Kiley in 2011.
- Eight of the nine competitors in the men's 100m final were either freshmen or sophomores.
- Shak Williams' 10.17w in the 100m exceeded the meet record of 10.37 set in 2014 by UMBC's Dennison Long, and represents a new all-conditions best time in UAlbany program history.
- Garry Munro breaks the UAlbany 200m freshman record of 21.37 set in 2006 by Patrick Weider, and the varsity record and championship meet record of 21.13 set in 2019 by Jan Michael Gutierrez Almedina.
- Travis Robinson breaks UAlbany's program record in the discus of 184-00.00 set in 2004 by Brandon Howlett and breaks the America East Championship meet record of 185-06.00 set in 2004 by Northeastern's Derek Anderson.
- Robert Blue is UAlbany's first outdoor champion in the long jump since Kareem Morris in 2014.
Next: Qualifiers will continue on to the IC4A Outdoor Championships May 13-15 at William & Mary.
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