FINISH: 1st - 155 points - out of 6 teams
RESULTS
LOCATION: Barton Hall - Ithaca, N.Y.
SHORT STORY: The UAlbany men came together to win the Cornell Invite by a small four-point margin, Saturday.
ATHLETES OF THE MEET: Jacob Smith (Track) |
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie (Field) |
Nick Sealey (Rookie)
KEY NOTES
- UAlbany finished first with 155 total points. The host, Cornell, was just four points behind with 151. Queen's University finished third with 43 points. Colgate (18), Syracuse (14), and Binghamton (8) also competed.
- Mid-year transfer Jacob Smith continued to impress as he added another mark in the program's top 10. With a first place finish in the 800m, Smith is now fourth in program history - 1:49.62 on a flat track. With an adjusted mark of 1:48.08 for a banked indoor track, Smith is ranked 19th in the nation.
- As of the time of publish, three Great Danes are newly ranked or improved upon their ranking in the Northeast:
- As a team, the Great Danes tabbed seven first-place finishes - Tooni Ogunyeye (60m), Kenan Grant (200m), Nick Sealey (400m), Jacob Smith (800m), 4x400m (UAlbany 'A'), Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie (HJ), and Leonard Durau (TJ)
- In total, 17 finished with a top-three mark.
ALL PERFORMANCES
60m
Prelims
1.
Tooni Ogunyeye - 6.79Q
5.
Rajay Morris - 7.02Q
8.
Shayne Spiteri - 7.07Q (personal record)
10.
Matthew DeCicco - 7.14 (personal record)
12.
Arlan Wright - 7.38
Finals
1.
Tooni Ogunyeye - 6.75
4.
Shayne Spiteri - 7.07
5.
Rajay Morris - 7.20
200m
1.
Kenan Grant - 22.13
2.
Amari Alcindor - 22.43
3.
Gunnar Williams - 22.64
400m
1.
Nick Sealey - 49.14 (personal record)
3.
Julio Martinez - 49.97
8.
Jose Davis-Whittaker - 50.71
9.
Kyaire Lawson - 50.72
10.
Anthony Couch - 51.06
11.
Matai Hazel - 53.9
800m
1.
Jacob Smith - 1:49.62 (fourth best in program history)
3.
Mikolaj Gancarz - 1:54.90
5.
Connor Hashim - 1:56.04
7.
Ben Jones - 1:56.67
Mile
2.
Isaac Graber - 4:14.27 (personal record)
8.
Steve Hines - 4:24.13
3000m
7.
Jerry Lewis - 8:41.44 (personal record)
60mH
Prelims
3.
Quillar Baidy - 8.26Q
6.
Kendall Mariacher - 8.32Q (personal record)
7.
Matthew DeCicco - 8.32Q
8.
Krishmar Powell - 8.67Q
9.
Arlan Wright - 8.99
Finals
4.
Quillar Baidy - 8.29
6.
Matthew DeCicco - 8.35
7.
Kendall Mariacher - 8.38
8.
Krishmar Powell - 8.52
4x400m
1. UAlbany A - 3:20.26
Gunnar Williams,
Julio Martinez,
Kyaire Lawson,
Nick Sealey
3. UAlbany B - 3:32.35
Amari Alcindor,
Anthony Couch,
Ben Jones,
Connor Hashim
High Jump
1.
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie - 2.02m (6-7.5)
2.
Krishmar Powell - 1.93m (6-4)
Long Jump
2.
Brooks Robson - 6.96m (22-10)
3.
Austin Deler - 6.81m (22-4.25) (personal record)
4.
Samir Gardner - 6.70m (21-11.75)
6.
Taehyeong Kim - 6.42m (21-0.75)
Triple Jump
1.
Leonard Durau - 14.17m (46-6)
2.
Alister Njenga - 13.63m (44-8.75)
Shot Put
5.
Frankie Gonzalez - 15.11m (49-7)
6.
Shane O'Neill - 14.82m (48-7.5)
Foul - Showayne Lumsden
NEXT: The Great Danes are set to compete in one final meet before the America East Championship in three weeks (Feb. 20-21).
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