Meets: Under the Lights Invitational | Friar Invitational | Northeast Challenge
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Locations: Troy, N.Y. | Providence, R.I. | Storrs, Conn.
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Short Story: Travis Robinson breaks his own program record in the men's discus and
Amelia Benjamin ties the program's freshman class record in the women's high jump to highlight track & field's three-meet weekend.
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Athletes of the Meets: Dominique Clarke,
Shelby Bigsby,
Amelia Benjamin,
Shak Williams,
Travis Robinson,
Tino Mancabelli
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Under the Lights
Scoring: Women – 7th, 42 points | Men – 10th, 18 points
Results
- After the first day of competition at RPI, Tino Mancabelli and Pete Meehan ranked first and second, respectively, in the men's decathlon through the first five events. Mancabelli had scored 3,142 points and won the 100m, shot put, and 400m, and Meehan had scored 2,965 points, earning second place in the 400m and a trio of third-place finishes in the long jump, shot put, and high jump. Krishmar Powell competed in the first two events and did not continue.
- In the women's heptathlon, Brianna Thier was first after the first day and first four events, winning the 100m hurdles and the 200m and taking second in the high jump and shot put to score 2,298 points. Grace Adeyeye won the high jump and shot put, placed second in the 100m hurdles, and placed third in the 200m to score 2,148 and was second overall behind Thier.
- On Friday, Mancabelli held hislead in the decathlon to win the full event with 5,754 points. He won the 110m hurdles, placed second in the discus, javelin, and 1,500m, and third in the pole vault. Meehan finished second with 5,269 points after winning the discus and javelin and placing third in the 110m hurdles.
- Thier also held on to win the women's heptathlon, scoring a personal-best 3,963 points and placing first in the long jump and javelin on the second day, and second in the 800m. Adeyeye placed second overall with 3,220 points, and placed third in the javelin and the 800m.
- Eva Edery won the women's pole vault, clearing 10-04.00; Charlotte Moscovici placed second clearing 9-10.00, and Hannah Solomon-Hollander placed third clearing 9-04.25.
Friar Invitational
Results
Northeast Challenge
Scoring: Women – 2nd, 113 points | Men – 2nd, 73 points
Results
- Shelby Bigsby won the women's discus in 160-10.00; Shania Scott placed fourth in 153-04.00.
- Jewel Collins placed fifth in the women's javelin in 127-01.00.
- Travis Robinson won the men's discus in a personal-best 186-10.00; Alex Saltsman placed fifth in 154-08.00.
- Marcus McFadden placed eighth in the men's long jump in 23-00.00.
- Efe Omokeni placed seventh in the women's long jump in 18-07.75; Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha placed eighth in 18-05.25.
- Ja'Lil Reynolds placed fourth in the men's high jump, clearing 6-09.75; Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie placed sixth clearing 6-08.00, and Amar Brown placed eighth clearing a personal-best 6-06.00.
- Scott placed fourth in the women's shot put in 45-10.50; Bigsby placed fifth in 45-09.25.
- Katie Iocca placed second in the women's 3,000m steeplechase in 11:21.56.
- Nikolas Christian placed third in the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:59.99.
- The women's 4x100m relay team of Shantae Pryce, Dominique Clarke, Shenequa Vassell, and Jazmen Newberry placed first in 45.50.
- The men's 4x100m relay team of Shavar Staats Jr., Shak Williams, Lucas Casab, and Isaac Dacres placed first in 40.43.
- Toni Galloway placed third in the women's 100m in a wind-aided 13.84; Kate Del Gandio placed sixth in a wind-aided 14.14, and Olivia Nelson Chevry placed eighth in 14.45.
- Newberry placed eighth in the women's 400m in 57.29.
- Clarke won the women's 100m in 11.57; Pryce placed fifth in a personal-best 11.98.
- Williams won the men's 100m in 10.34.
- Amelia Benjamin won the women's high jump clearing an outdoor-best 5-09.25.
- Robinson placed second in the men's shot put in 58-06.00.
- Bigsby placed fourth in the women's hammer in a personal-best 183-09.00.
- Gabe Snyder placed seventh in the men's pole vault, clearing 14-07.50.
- Leann Nicholas won the women's triple jump in 42-03.00; Barrientos Alpha placed fourth in a wind-aided 38-11.00.
- Jared Rogalski won the men's 800m in 1:53.84.
- Lejla Hrelja placed sixth in the women's 5,000m in 18:59.36.
- The women's 4x400m relay 'A' team of Del Gandio (59.5), Alicia Grady (58.5), Thalia Benoit (1:01.49), and Tyler Howard (1:01.88) placed sixth in 4:01.65.
- The men's 4x400m relay 'A' team of Gio Gonzalez (52.6), Malachi Brown-El (49.9), Jabari Barriffe (50.48), and Raiden Guialdo (50.27) placed fifth in 3:23.47.
Notes
- Skyler Smith moves into third place in program history in the women's outdoor mile.
- Jared Rogalski moves into second place in program history in the men's outdoor mile.
- Travis Robinson breaks his own program record in the men's discus, previously 186-08.00 set in 2022.
- Amelia Benjamin's mark in the women's high jump ties the previous freshman class program record of 5-09.25 set in 2016 by Anika Hibbard. Benjamin moves into a tie for second in program history in the event.
- Ja'Lil Reynolds moves into a five-way tie for sixth place in program history in the men's outdoor high jump.
- Shelby Bigsby moves into fifth place in program history in the women's hammer throw, and is the fifth woman to exceed a mark of 180-00.00 in the event.Â
Next: UAlbany hosts the 2024 Bobbi Palma Spring Classic on April 19.
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