ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany track and field teams are set for the 2025-26 America East Indoor Championships.
MEET INFORMATION
America East Indoor Championships
DATE: Friday-Saturday, February 20-21
SITE: Track & Tennis Center - Boston, Mass.
STREAM:
ESPN+:
Day 1 |
Day 2
Int'l Stream (AmericaEast.TV):
Day 1 |
Day 2
Throws (AmericaEast.TV):
Women's WT |
Men's WT |
Shot Put
RESULTS:
Lancer Timing
TICKETS:
Ticketmaster
AE CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL:
AmericaEast.com
LAST TIME AT AE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Both the men and the women won the America East Indoor Championship. For both, it was their second consecutive title which brings the men to their 18th overall indoor title and the women to their 13th.
- At last season's meet, the men's team led with 170 points, which was enough to beat the runner ups, UMass Lowell, by 34.5 points (135.5).
- On the women's side, the Great Danes scored 164 total points, which put them ahead of Bryant by 22.5 points (141.5 total).
- The men's team had six individual champions and ten overall medalists, while the women's teams had three individual champions and 16 medalists overall.
- Each team swept a podium - on the women's side, it was the sprinters in the 60m and on the men's side, it was the long jumpers.
- The Great Danes combined for 41 personal records.
- On the men's side, the coaching staff was named Most Outstanding Coaching Staff of the Year, while Tooni Ogunyeye rounded off a standout freshman season with the Most Outstanding Rookie award. On the women's side, Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha was named Most Outstanding Field Performer.
BROKEN RECORDS
The 2025-26 indoor season has seen two new program records set by
Adaliz Hunt and
Jacob Smith as well as one new freshman record from
Ivanna De La Cruz Flores.
60m -
Adaliz Hunt
- Time: 7.35
- Date: February 13, 2026
- Meet: Crimson Open | Harvard's Gordon Indoor Track | Cambridge, Mass.
- The previous record was 7.38, held by Dominique Clarke who set it on February 4, 2023.
Mile -
Jacob Smith
- Time: 4:00.88
- Date: February 6, 2026
- Meet: Scarlet Knights Open | NYC Armory | New York, N.Y.
- Paul Lagno set the previous record, 4:01.86, in 2012.
600m -
Ivanna De La Cruz Flores
- Time: 1:36.43
- Date: February 6, 2026
- Meet: Scarlet Knights Open | NYC Armory | New York, N.Y.
- The previous record (1:37.69) was set by current senior Brinesha Derrick-Bain in 2023.
SETTING THE BAR HIGHER
Since this season began, 16 Great Danes have either entered the program's top 10 or improved their previous mark/ranking.
AMERICA EAST EVENT LEADERS (W/M)
60m:
Adaliz Hunt /
Tooni Ogunyeye
800m: X /
Jacob Smith
Mile: X /
Jacob Smith
High Jump: X /
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie
Triple Jump: X /
Leonard Durau
Weight Throw:
Nattaly Lindo / X
DMR: X / Hines, Alcindor, Smith, I. Graber
Full Performance Lists:
Women |
Men
NORTHEAST INDOOR RANKINGS
Week 1: Women (17) | Men (13)
Week 2: Women (15) | Men (12)
Week 3: Women (15) | Men (11)
Week 4: Women (14) | Men (13)
Full Rankings:
Women |
Men
NORTHEAST INDOOR TOP EIGHT
Tooni Ogunyeye: 60m (3, 6.72)
Adaliz Hunt: 60m (1, 7.36)
Jacob Smith: 800m (3, 1:48.08)
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie: High Jump (T8, 2.03m)
Leonard Durau: Triple Jump (4, 15.38m)
Nattaly Lindo: Weight Throw (2, 19.26m)
Lalenii Grant: Weight Throw (3, 19.14m)
DMR (3) - Hines, Alcindor, Smith, I. Graber: 9:47.81
Full Performance Lists:
Women |
Men
NCAA INDOOR TOP 16
DMR (15) - Hines, Alcindor, Smith, I. Graber: 9:47.81
AE PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK
Dec. 9
Jan. 20
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 17
RETURNING 2025 AMERICA EAST INDOOR MEDALISTS
- Women
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
- Men
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
- Since UAlbany's first America East Championship in 2003 (men's indoor), the men and women's cross country and track and field programs have combined for 70 titles.
- Combined, the UAlbany track and field teams have totaled 31 indoor titles and 37 outdoor titles in the last 22 years. This equates to 68 of the available 88 indoor and outdoor titles that have been up for grabs.
- The women's outdoor team currently holds the longest active winning streak with 16 consecutive America East Championships.
- The program's six teams have collectively won 70 of UAlbany's 140 Division 1 championship titles after they swept both their indoor and outdoor conference championships last season.
- Since the Great Danes' first title in 2003, at least one program has won an America East Championship every year since then.
AMERICA EAST INDOOR HISTORY
- The women's indoor track and field team won nine-straight conference titles from 2013-22. Extending to the 2010 championship, the women's team has won 13 in 15 seasons.
- The men's team has won 18 since their first in 2003, including 12 consecutive wins from 2006 to 2017.
- In 2017, the men set a single-meet program record with 10 event victories. The women's team set theirs in 2019, the year of their Triple Crown, with nine event victories.
AMERICA EAST INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET RECORDS
UAlbany
Women
60mH:
Toni Galloway - 8.25 - 2024
55mH: Kamilah McShine - 7.93 - 2009
200m: Stephani Osuji - 23.64 - 2018
400m: Grace Claxton - 53.05 - 2017
500m: Sherez Mohamed - 1:12.29 - 2012
Weight Throw: Ludith Campos - 20.71m (67-11.5) - 2022
Men
60m: Travis Williams - 6.64 - 2023
55mH: Jean Juste - 7.43 - 2008
200m: Travis Williams - 20.89 - 2023
500m: Matthew LeLieve - 1:02.06 - 2017
DMR: 9:42.99 - 2009
High Jump: Alexander Bowern Jr. - 2.22m (7-3.25) - 2013
Triple Jump: Robert Blue - 15.76m (51-8.5) - 2022
Shot Put:
Travis Robinson - 18.53m (60-9.5) - 2024
Heptathlon: David Parker - 5,262 - 2008
Pentathlon: Paul Roche - 3,618 - 2003
Other
Women
60m: Mercedes Jackson (UMBC) - 7.36 - 2013
55m: Jackie Smith (Northeastern) - 6.98 - 1992
800m: Emily Mackay (Binghamton) - 2:03.49 - 2022
1000m: Holly Manning (Stony Brook) - 2:47.21 - 2018
Mile: Lucy Van Delen (Stony Brook) - 4:36.43 - 2012
3000m: Emily Mackay (Binghamton) - 8:54.45 - 2022
5000m: Emily Mackay (Binghamton) - 15:44.93 - 2022
4x400m Relay: Binghamton - 3:44.26 - 2022
4x800m Relay: New Hampshire - 8:50.67 - 2022
DMR: Stony Brook - 11:13.20 - 2011
High Jump: Allison Barwaise (Boston) - 1.82m (5-11.5) - 2012
Long Jump: Keishorea Armstrong (Binghamton) - 6.21m (20-4.5) - 2018
Triple Jump: Tahari James (Boston) - 12.89m (42-3.5) - 2007
Shot Put: Zara Northover (Northeastern) - 16.09m (52-9.5) - 2004
Pole Vault: Alyssa Armitage (Binghamton) - 4.05m (13-3.5) - 2024
Pentathlon: Jesse Labreck (Maine) - 3,959 - 2012
Men
55m: Arel Gordon (Maine) - 6.25 - 2007
60mH: Tre Proctor (UMBC) - 7.87 - 2013
400m: Idris Payne (Northeastern) - 46.76 - 2005
800m: Kevin Murphy (Boston) - 1:48.37 - 1998
1000m: Erik Nedeau (Northeastern) - 2:22.50 - 1992
1500m: Alex Adam (Boston) - 3:51.50 - 1990
Mile: Rich Peters (Boston) - 3:59.24 - 2012
3000m: Derek Holmes (UMass Lowell) - 8:10.07 - 2022
5000m: Karl Rasmussen (Boston) - 14:03.82 - 1998
4x400m Relay: UMBC - 3:11.38 - 2025
4x800m Relay: Boston University - 7:30.56 - 2012
Long Jump: Terrel Davis (Hartford) - 7.67m (25-2) - 2020
Pole Vault: Rory Quiller (Binghamton) - 5.41m (17-8.75) - 2007
Weight Throw: Michael Shanahan (New Hampshire) - 22.15m (72-8) - 2018
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