Meets: Black & Gold Invitational | Spring Break Classic
 
Locations: Orlando, Fla. | Carolina, Puerto Rico
 
Short Story: Two school records fall, including the 40-second barrier in the men's 4x100m relay, and the Great Danes win four total events across two meets to open the 2024 outdoor season.
 
Athletes of the Meets: Dominique Clarke, Ludith Campos, Shavar Staats Jr., Shak Williams, Lucas Casab, Rajay Morris, Quincy Chery, Travis Robinson
 
Black & Gold
 
Full Results
 
Friday

• Shania Scott placed sixth in the women's discus in 159-07.00.
• Travis Robinson placed third in the men's discus in 180-00.00.
• Shelby Bigsby placed seventh in the women's shot put in 46-11.75.
• Robinson placed second in the men's shot put in a personal-best 61-04.75.
• Jared Rogalski placed second in the men's 1,500m in a personal-best 3:48.15; Hassan Abidi placed eighth in 3:54.67.

Saturday

• Ludith Campos won the women's hammer in 192-04.00; Steph Green placed seventh in 175-04.00.
• Amelia Benjamin placed third in the women's high jump, clearing 5-08.00.
• Leann Nicholas placed fourth in the women's triple jump in 40-10.50.
• Tyler Charles won the men's triple jump in an outdoor-best 50-00.50.
• The women's 4x100m relay team of Shantae Pryce, Dominique Clarke, Shenequa Vassell, and Jazmen Newberry placed fifth in 45.47.
• The men's 4x100m relay team of Shavar Staats Jr., Shak Williams, Lucas Casab, and Rajay Morris placed first in a new school-record 39.72.
• Abidi won the men's 800m in 1:49.92; Steve Hines placed third in 1:52.06, and Rogalski placed fourth in a personal-best 1:53.80.
• Newberry placed eighth in the women's 400m in a personal-best 54.88.
• Clarke tied for third in the women's 100m in 11.59.
• Williams placed second in the men's 100m in 10.34. 

Meet Notes

• Travis Robinson breaks Eric DelVescovo's outdoor shot put program record of 55-00.00, and his own overall program record of 60-09.50 set indoors at the 2024 America East Indoor Championship.  Robinson improved his outdoor best by seven feet, two inches.
• Jared Rogalski moves into seventh place in program history in the men's outdoor 1,500m.
• Steph Green moves into sixth place in program history in the women's hammer; Kiki Nosile, who placed 10th on Saturday, moves into ninth place.
• Amelia Benjamin moves into a tie for third place in program history in the women's outdoor high jump.
• Tyler Charles moves into sixth place in program history in the men's outdoor triple jump, and becomes just the sixth Great Dane in program history to exceed 50' in the event outdoors.
• The men's 4x100m relay breaks the previous school record of 40.47 set in 2023 by Michael Hermance III, Shak Williams, Travis Williams, and Easton Reagan.  It is the first time UAlbany has broken 40 seconds in the event, and believe to be the first time an America East school has broken 40 seconds.
• Hassan Abidi moves into seventh place in program history in the men's outdoor 800m.
• Jazmen Newberry moves into eight place in program history in the women's outdoor 400m.

Spring Break Classic
 
Results
 
Friday

• Kate Del Gandio placed seventh in the women's 200m in a personal-best 24.94.

Saturday

• Brinesha Derrick-Bain placed fourth in the women's 400m hurdles in 1:01.60.
• Quincy Chery placed eighth in the men's 400m hurdles in a personal-best 52.78.
• Alicia Grady placed sixth in the women's 800m in 2:24.83; Tyler Howard placed seventh in 2:25.44.
• Chery placed fifth in the men's 400m in a personal-best 47.64.
• Toni Galloway placed sixth in the women's 100m hurdles in 13.86.
• The women's 4x400m relay team of Derrick-Bain (58.5), Thalia Benoit (1:00.8), Howard (59.7), and Grady (58.4) placed second in 3:57.67.

Meet Notes

• Quincy Chery moves into ninth place in program history in the men's 400m hurdles.
• Kate Del Gandio, who placed ninth in the women's 100m hurdles in 14.00, moves into 10th place in program history in the event.
• UAlbany alumna Grace Claxton, competing for Puerto Rico, placed second in the women's 400m hurdles in 56:38, surpassing her own meet record of 56.91 set in 2021.  Michelle Smith, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, won in 56.06. 

Next: UAlbany visits UConn for The Dogfight on March 30.