Meet: America East Indoor Championships
 
Location: The TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Mass.
 
Results
 
Team Scores: 1. UAlbany, 191; 2. Binghamton, 134; 3. UMass Lowell, 114; 4. Bryant, 93; 5. UMBC, 78; 6. Vermont, 50; 7. Maine, 48; 8. NJIT, 39; 9. New Hampshire, 33
 
Short Story: UAlbany women's track & field wins six event titles and scores 191 points to reclaim their America East Indoor title for the first time since 2022.
 
Track Events

• Skyler Smith placed sixth in the mile in a personal-best 4:59.27.
• Alondra Cruz-Delgado placed fourth in the 800m in 2:14.92.
• Toni Galloway won the 60m hurdles in a personal-best 8.25; Kate Del Gandio placed third in 8.59, Donnell Hartley placed fourth in 8.76, Oliva Nelson Chevry placed fifth in 8.81, and Brinesha Derrick-Bain placed eighth in 8.96.
• Dominique Clarke led a top-four sweep in the 60, placing first in 7.41; Shenequa Vassell placed second in 7.63, Jazmen Newberry placed third in 7.64, and Shantae Pryce placed fourth in 7.66.
• Thalia Benoit placed eighth in the 400m 59.05.
• Derrick-Bain placed sixth in the 500m in 1:16.98.
• Smith won the 1,000m in 2:57.33; Cruz-Delgado placed second in 2:57.58.
• Clarke placed second in the 200m in 23.96; Newberry placed third in 24.09, Vassell placed sixth in 24.94, and Pryce placed seventh in 24.96.
• The women's 4x800m relay team of Erin Hayes (2:25.77), Cruz-Delgado (2:21.56), Tyler Howard (2:18.96), and Smith (2:15.22) placed second in 9:21.45.
• The women's 4x400m relay team of Derrick-Bain (58.86), Benoit (57.45), Hartley (58.31), and Newberry (55.66) placed fourth in 3:50.25.

Field Events

• Amelia Benjamin won the high jump, clearing a personal-best 5-10.75.
• Shania Scott placed fourth in the shot put in 45-11.75; Abbee Rhodes placed fifth in 43-07.00, and Kiki Nosile placed eighth in 42-00.50.
• Leann Nicholas won the triple jump in 41-02.50; Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha placed second in 38-11.75.

Meet Notes

• Amelia Benjamin was named Outstanding Rookie Performer.
• The women's 191 points are their highest total since scoring 213 during the 2019 championship.
• The women won their 12th America East indoor title, and their 10th in the last 11 seasons.
• Since 2009, the women have never placed lower than second at the America East indoor championship meet.
• Benjamin breaks her own program varsity and freshman class record in the indoor high jump, the former held jointly by Anika Hibbard, of 5-08.75.  She also ties the outdoor event record set by Hibbard in 2019.
• Toni Galloway sets a new UAlbany program record in the 60m hurdles, surpassing the previous mark of 8.38 set in 2015 by Michelle Anthony.  She also sets a new America East indoor championship meet record, surpassing the previous mark of 8.39 set in 2011 by Maine's Jesse Labreck.
• The men won their 17th indoor title, and first since 2020, scoring 165 points and winning seven events.

Next: UAlbany will visit the Ocean Breeze facility on Staten Island on February 23 for the Fastrack Last Chance Invitational.