ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany track and field teams are prepared to compete in the America East Outdoor Championships, hosted by New Hampshire
 
MEET INFORMATION
 
America East Outdoor Championships
DATE: Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4
SITE: Wildcat Stadium - Durham, N.H.
RESULTS: LancerTiming
STREAMS: Saturday Track (USA) | Saturday Track (Int'l) | Saturday Throws | Sunday Track | Sunday Throws 
TICKETS: USNH.Evenue.net
MORE INFO: AmericaEast.com
 
Direct links will be provided for all live videos as soon as they are available. The throwing streams will be on AmericaEast.TV and the track events, as well as jumps, will be streamed on ESPN+. A live stream of the track events will be available to international viewers on AE.TV.
 
LAST TIME AT AMERICA EAST OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women

• The UAlbany women won their 15th consecutive, 17th overall, championship title in 2024 with eight event titles.
• The 4x100m relay, Toni Galloway (110mH), Dominique Clarke (100m, 200m), Shelby Bigsby (shot put), Leann Nicholas (triple jump), Amelia Benjamin (high jump), and Jewel Collins (javelin) each earned the event title to lead the pack.
• As event groups, UAlbany swept the 100m and 100mH podiums with two on the podium for the 200m, triple jump, and hammer throw.
• Sixteen student-athletes added podium finishes with five returning for the 2025 Outdoor Championships.
• Overall, 36 finishes contributed to the score - some Great Danes scored in multiple events - for their team.

Men

• The UAlbany men finished second with 153 points behind a 167-point performance from UMass Lowell.
• The 4x100m relay, Shak Williams (100m, 200m), Antwone Messado (110mH), Gabriel Snyder (pole vault), and Travis Robinson (shot put, discus) tabbed event titles to lead the pack for the Great Danes.
• The 100m sprinters, high jumpers, and long jumpers put two athletes on the podium.
• Eleven student-athletes tallied podium finishes with eight returning for the 2025 Outdoor Championships.
• Overall, 24 finishes contributed to the score - some Great Danes scored in multiple events - for their team.

 
AMERICA EAST OUTDOOR HISTORY

• The UAlbany women have won 17 outdoor titles. They currently hold a 15-year win streak.
• Historically, the women have had the most success in the 400m hurdles with a total of 13 event titles.
• The UAlbany men have won 18 men's outdoor titles overall.
• Historically, the men have seen the most success in the triple jump with 15 event titles.
• Combined, the Great Danes currently hold 11 men's and six women's America East Outdoor Championship meet records. 
• Overall, UAlbany has won 283 event titles at America East Outdoor Championships.
  • The men have won 159, including 97 track events and 62 field events
  • The women have won 124, including 76 track events and 48 field events.

 
AMERICA EAST OUTDOOR EVENT LEADERS (W/M)
100m: Shantae Pryce / X
800m: X / Hassan Abidi
110mH: Toni Galloway / Antwone Messado
High Jump: Miyanah Robinson / Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie & Ja'Lil Reynolds 
Long Jump: X / Louis Gordon
Discus: Lalenii Grant / X
Hammer Throw: Stephanie Green / X
Javelin: Beatriz Mora Herencia / X
Heptathlon: Kate Del Gandio / X
4x100 relay: A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce / Staats Jr., Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris 
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NORTHEAST OUTDOOR RANKINGS
Week 1: Men (8) | Women (5)
Week 2: Men (6) | Women (5)
Week 3: Men (7) | Women (5)
Week 4: Men (5) | Women (5)
Week 5: Men (5) | Women (5)
 
Full Rankings
 
NORTHEAST OUTDOOR TOP TEN
Hassan Abidi: 800m (2, 1:47.60)
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump (8, 1.71m)
Kate Del Gandio: 100mh (5, 13.72)
Brinesha Derrick-Bain: 400mh (9, 59.86)
Toni Galloway: 100mh (1, 13.17w)
Louis Gordon: Long Jump (2, 7.73m)
Lalenii Grant: Discus (2, 54.48m)
Stephanie Green: Hammer (5, 59.33m)
Adaliz Hunt: 100m (9, 11.76)
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie: High Jump (T4, 2.06m)
Simone Menchini: Long Jump (3, 7.56m) 
Beatriz Mora Herencia: Javelin (1, 49.52m)
Rajay Morris: 200m (7, 21.11)
Jasir Parker: Triple Jump (10, 14.91m)
Shantae Pryce: 100m (5, 11.69)
Ja'Lil Reynolds: High Jump (T4, 2.06m)
Miyanah Robinson: High Jump (3, 1.77m) 
Shavar Staats Jr.: 100m (6, 10.39) 
Tooni Ogunyeye: 100m (1, 10.27)
Antwone Messado: 110mH (7, 14.21)
4x100 relay: 3, 39.73
                Staats Jr., Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris
4x100 relay: 1, 44.97
                Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce 
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NCAA EAST QUALIFIERS (Top 48 Individuals, Top 24 Relays)
Hassan Abidi: 800m (19, 1:47.60)
Toni Galloway: 100mH (13, 13.17w)
Lalenii Grant: Discus (16, 54.48m)
Stephanie Green: Hammer (31, 59.33m)
Louis Gordon: Long Jump (T12, 7.73m)
Simone Menchini: Long Jump (T29, 7.56m)
Beatriz Mora Herencia: Javelin (18, 49.52m)
Tooni Ogunyeye: 100m (37, 10.27) 
Miyanah Robinson: High Jump (T18, 1.77m)
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NCAA TOP 50 
Hassan Abidi: 800m (37, 1:47.60) 
Toni Galloway: 100mH (T24, 13.17w) 
Louis Gordon: Long Jump (T22, 7.73m)
Lalenii Grant: Discus (38, 54.48m)
Beatriz Mora Herencia: (40, 49.52m) 
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
RETURNING AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONS - 2024 OUTDOOR
Women
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump
Toni Galloway: 100mH
Leann Nicholas: Triple Jump
Shantae Pryce: 4x100m
Shenequa Vassell: 4x100m
Men
Lucas Casab: 4x100m
Antwone Messado: 110mH
Gabriel Snyder: Pole Vault
Shavar Staats Jr: 4x100m
 
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE

• The UAlbany cross country/track and field program claimed their first America East Championship victory in 2003 when the men won the indoor championship. Since then, each of the six programs have claimed at least one America East crown.
• The program's six teams have collectively won 68 of UAlbany's 136 Division I championship titles with their most recent coming during the indoor season with both teams winning titles.

 
AE OUTDOOR PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25

• Men: Simone Menchini (Field) | Jed Elmbarki (Track) | Tooni Ogunyeye (Rookie)
• Women: Toni Galloway (Track) | Lalenii Grant (Field & Rookie)

Apr. 8

• Men: Hassan Abidi (Track) | Tooni Ogunyeye (Rookie)
• Women: Toni Galloway (Track) | Miyanah Robinson (Field & Rookie)

Apr. 22

• Men: Tooni Ogunyeye (Rookie)
• Women: Toni Galloway (Track)

Apr. 28

• Women: Leann Nicholas (Field)

 
2025 AMERICA EAST INDOOR CHAMPIONS
Women
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump
Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha: Triple Jump
Shenequa Vassell: 60m
Men
Tooni Ogunyeye: 60m
Hassan Abidi: 800m
Antwone Messado: 60mH
Ja'Lil Reynolds: High Jump
Simone Menchini: Long Jump
Travis Robinson: Shot Put
 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes will compete at the West Point Twilight before the postseason begins at NCAA East Prelims on May 28.
 
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