Meet: Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic
 
Location: University Field in Albany, N.Y.
 
Results
 
Short Story: The UAlbany track & field program wins 23 events at the 2023 Bobbi Palma Spring Classic two weeks ahead of conference championships.
 
Athletes of the Meet: Jazmen Newberry, Shannon Bailey, Easton Reagan, Louis Gordon
 
Track Events

• The women's 4x100m relay team of Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Toni Galloway, and Jazmen Newberry placed first in 45.91.
• Noreen Guilfoyle placed fourth in the women's 1,500m in a personal-best 4:55.40; Maria Grijalva placed fifth in 5:07.02.
• Ryan Russell placed third in the men's 1,500m in 4:12.00; Tyler Sturomski placed seventh in a personal-best 4:28.90.
• Brianna Browne placed second in the women's 400m in a personal-best 1:00.02; Abiyah Yahudah-Edwards placed fourth in a personal-best 1:01.10.
• Easton Reagan won the men's 400m in a personal-best 48.14; Julio Martinez placed third in a personal-best 48.74, Jabari Barriffe placed fourth in a personal-best 50.07, and Pete Meehan placed eighth in a personal-best 53.67.
• Galloway won the women's 100m in a personal-best 13.89; Olivia Nelson Chevry placed second in a personal-best 14.16, Donnell Hartley placed fourth in a personal-best 14.76, and Grace Adeyeye placed sixth in a personal-best 15.65.
• Antwone Messado won the men's 110m hurdles in 14.16; Quincy Chery placed fourth in 15.34, Kendall Mariacher placed fifth in 15.34, and Jack Gallagher placed seventh in 16.15.  All times were wind-aided.
• Newberry won the women's 100m in a wind-aided 11.45; Hunt placed second in wind-aided 11.62, Kate Del Gandio placed third in a wind-aided 12.20, Efe Omokeni placed fifth in a personal-best 12.96, and Eva Edery placed eighth in 13.76.
• Michael Hermance III placed fifth in the men's 100m in a wind-aided 10.80.
• UAlbany swept each of the top-five spots in the women's 800m.  Alesia Douglas placed first in 2:15.14, Skyler Smith placed second in a personal-best 2:16.30, Alicia Grady placed third in a personal-best 2:17.24, Tyler Howard placed fourth in 2:17.65, and Alondra Cruz-Delgado placed fifth in 2:18.88.  Additionally, Hannah Steiner placed seventh in an outdoor-best 2:25.60.
• Gianni Henry won the men's 800m in 1:50.13; Giovouni Henry placed second in a personal-best 1:50.95, Jared Rogalski placed fourth in a personal-best 1:53.87, Brandon Garcia placed fifth in a personal-best 1:54.88, Antonio Beltran placed sixth in a personal-best 1:55.52, and Dean Athanailos placed seventh in an outdoor-best 1:56.98.
• Reagan won the men's 400m hurdles in 53.11; Chery placed second in a personal-best 54.93, and Gallagher placed third in 56.19.
• UAlbany swept the top-seven places in the women's 200m.  Dominique Clarke placed first in 23.31, Rori Lowe placed second in 23.63, Hartley placed third in 25.18, Nelson Chevry placed fourth in 25.73, Yahudah-Edwards placed fifth in 25.96, Renee Baker placed sixth in 26.35, and Jade Foster placed seventh in 26.74.  All times were wind-aided.
• Travis Williams placed second in the men's 200m in 20.77; Shak Williams placed third in 21.24.  Both times were wind-aided.
• The women's 4x400m relay 'A' team of Browne, Jysian Addison, Howard, and Lia Soares placed first in 4:06.04; the 'B' team of Cruz-Delgado, Douglas, Grijalva, and Smith placed second in 4:08.73.
• The men's 4x400m relay team of Athanailos, Beltran, Elias Bowie, and KJ Dawkins placed first in 3:24.93.

Field Events

• Shannon Bailey won the women's high jump, clearing 5-07.00; Galloway placed second, clearing a personal-best 5-01.00, and Adeyeye placed third, clearing an outdoor-best 4-07.00.
• Ja'Lil Reynolds placed second in the men's high jump, clearing 6-06.75.
• Edery won the women's pole vault, clearing 10-02.00; Hannah Solomon-Hollander placed second, clearing 9-08.00.
• Luke Stinga won the men's pole vault, clearing 11-05.75.
• Omokeni won the women's long jump in a wind-aided 19-05.25; Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha placed second in a wind-aided 18-10.50, and Jade Foster placed third in 18-09.25.
• UAlbany swept the top-six places in the men's long jump. Louis Gordon placed first in a wind-aided 25-00.00, Stephan Farquharson placed second in a wind-aided 24-06.25, Daniel Cephus placed third in a personal-best 24-00.75, Christian Quinn placed fourth in a wind-aided 23-08.75, Marcus McFadden placed fifth in an outdoor-best 23-02.50, and Tyler Charles placed sixth in a wind-aided 21-11.50.
• Leann Nicholas placed second in the women's triple jump in 42-00.50; Barrientos Alpha placed third in 39-05.25.
• Isaiah Allen placed second in the men's triple jump in a wind-aided 45-09.00.
• Kiki Nosile won the women's shot put in 43-07.75; Steph Green placed second in a personal-best 35-10.00.
• Isaiah Williams placed second in the men's shot put in a personal-best 44-04.25.
• UAlbany swept the top-four places in the women's discus. Shania Scott placed first in 152-01.00; Abigail Rhodes placed second in 136-00.00, Nosile placed third in 113-08.00, and Skylar Rosenberg placed fourth in a personal-best 108.03.00.
• Alex Saltsman won the men's discus in 155-01.00; I. Williams placed third in a personal-best 129-07.00.
• Green won the women's hammer in a personal-best 173-05.00; Rhodes placed third in a personal-best 138-02.00, and Nosile placed fourth in a personal-best 133-05.00.
• Saltsman placed third in the men's hammer in 151-08.00.
• Jewel Collins won the women's javelin in 135-07.00.
• Cole Heintzelman won the men's javelin in 173-02.00.

Meet Notes

• Toni Galloway set a new meet record in the women's 100m hurdles, surpassing the previous mark of 14.09 set in 2015 by UAlbany's Michelle Anthony.
• Messado tied Syracuse's Nasseem Smith to the hundredth in the men's 110m hurdles.
• Jazmen Newberry set a new all-conditions freshman-class best in the women's 100m.
• Edery tied UAlbany's Jon-Bonet Prendergast to the hundredth in the women's 100m.
• Lionel Muteba, competing unattached, set a new meet record in the men's 100m of 10.41, surpassing the previous mark of 10.61 set in 2007 by UAlbany's Junior Burnett.  It also surpasses the all-conditions meet record of 10.43w set in 2016 by UAlbany's Robert Harris III.
• UAlbany alumnus Matthew JeanPierre served as a rabbit in the men's 800m.
• Gianni Henry set a new University Field (est. 2014) record in the men's 800m, surpassing the previous mark of 1:50.37 set in 2014 by John DeLallo.
• Easton Regan tied the meet record in the men's 400m hurdles, originally set by Buffalo's Brian Williams in 2000.
• Travis Williams set a new all-conditions program best in the men's 200m, surpassing the previous mark of 20.95w set in 2019 by Jan Michael Gutierrez Almedina.
• UAlbany alumnus Ricardo Estremera won the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:13.82.
• Kensey May, competing unattached, set a new meet and University Field (est. 2015) record in the women's 5,000m of 17:09.13, surpassing the previous mark of 17:10.73 set in 2016 by Vermont's Anna Kaplan.
• UAlbany alumnus Kingsley Ogbonna tied Ja'Lil Reynolds for first place in the men's high jump, clearing 6-06.75.
• UAlbany alumnus Matthew Campbell placed third clearing 6-00.75.
• Efe Omokeni set a wind-legal personal best of 19-04.25 in the long jump.
• Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha set a wind-legal personal best of 18-08.00 in the long jump.
• Stephan Farquharson set a wind-legal personal best of 24-05.00 in the long jump.
• Tyler Charles set a wind-legal outdoor-best of 21.05.25 in the long jump.
• Alexa Wandy, competing for Tracksmith, set a new meet record in the women's triple jump in 42-03.50, surpassing the previous mark of 41-02.50 set in 2007 by UAlbany's Sarah Charles, and the previous all-conditions meet record of 41-04.25w set in 2015 by UAlbany's Alexandra Baum.  She also set a new University Field (est. 2014) record, surpassing the previous mark of 41-01.75 set in 2015 by Binghamton's Keishorea Armstrong, as well as Baum's previous all-conditions facility record.

Next: UAlbany brings a select group to Penn Relays starting April 27, and visits RPI on April 29.  America East Outdoor Championships begin at Albany on May 6.