FINISH: 1st - 285 points - out of 16 teams - RESULTS
 
LOCATION: Ned Harkness Field & Track - Troy, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes saw vast improvements with seven entering the top 10 or improving upon their top-10 mark at RPI's Under the Lights, Friday & Saturday.
 
ATHLETES OF THE MEET: Skyler Smith (Track) | Marissa Gordon & Keegan Collins (Field) | Fega Eruotor & Sierra Anderson (Rookie)
 
KEY NOTES

• The women's hammer throwers highlighted the meet as all four recorded personal records with three entering the program's top 10. 
  • Keegan Collins led the group with a 59.46m throw for second in program history.
  • Nattaly Lindo and Sierra Anderson followed in ninth and 10th, respectively. 
  • Anderson made her mark as a rookie and broke the freshman record previously set by Ludith Campos in 2019. She threw for 53.80 meters.
• The long jumpers also saw a burst in competition as five of seven recorded a personal best. Marissa Gordon led the group with a first-place finish and the program's third-best jump in history (6.11m).
• All five mid/distance runners competing in the 1500m seeded race ran for a personal record. Skyler Smith led the group as she improved to third in program history with a 4:25.53.
• Lindo made it two marks in the program's top 10 with her first-place shot put. The 13.83 meter throw is eighth in program history.
• Sophomore Ryan Stark vaulted to the sixth-best mark in program history (3.40m) with a first-place finish.
• All four freshmen competing in the 400m hurdles improved upon their first collegiate races.

 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
Prelims
1. Fega Eruotor - 12.09Q
DNF - Evanni McDuffie
Finals
1. Fega Eruotor - 12.14w
 
200m
Seeded
1. Shantae Pryce - 24.53w
2. Grace Murray - 24.78w
3. Thalia Benoit - 24.99w
4. Taylor Rogers - 25.07w
6. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 25.41w 
8. Victoria Daniel - 25.45w
9. Amelia Sade DeJoie - 25.69w 
10. Ivanna De La Cruz Flores - 25.70w 
 
400m
1. Taylor Rogers - 56.63 (personal record)
2. Jaymee Yelton - 57.13
3. Amelia Sade DeJoie - 57.98 (personal record)
4. Skyler Smith - 58.13
5. Aiva Pinches - 59.34
10. Gabriella Sperling - 1:02.67
14. Mackenzie Brown - 1:03.80
15. Stephanie Weiner - 1:04.15
 
800m
7. Hannah Steiner - 2:25.28
13. Cara Mastan - 2:31.71
15. Jurnee Tuttle - 2:37.32 (personal record)
16. Naomi Burinska - 2:40.06
17. Bonnieta Supaul - 2:40.47
 
1500m
Seeded
2. Skyler Smith - 4:25.53 (personal record) (3rd in program history)
4. Arianna Verardi - 4:35.42 (personal record)
6. Jaymee Yelton - 4:43.60 (personal record)
8. Aiva Pinches - 4:45.17 (personal record)
18. Hannah Steiner - 4:56.69 (personal record)
Unseeded
10. Naomi Burinska - 5:17.60
 
5000m
Seeded
DNF - Scarlett Rose
 
100mH
Prelims
1. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 14.35wQ
2. Marissa Gordon - 14.44wq
4. Donnell Hartley - 14.66wQ
7. YvonneMae Campbell - 15.54q
9. Nya Thomas - 15.83w
21. Victoria Daniel - 21.92w
Finals
1.  Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 14.24
2. Marissa Gordon - 14.62
3. Donnell Hartley - 14.66
DNF - YvonneMae Campbell
 
400mH
1. Thalia Benoit - 1:03.87
2. Grace Murray - 1:04.98 (personal record)
3. Ivanna De La Cruz Flores - 1:05.34 (personal record)
4. Nikki Stark - 1:05.72 (personal record)
6. Sienna Pimentel - 1:09.51 (personal record)
 
3000mS
3. Cara Mastan - 12:05.66
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany A - 46.15
     Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Shantae Pryce, Fega Eruotor
 
4x400m
1. UAlbany A - 3:49.02
     Taylor Rogers, Ivanna De La Cruz Flores, Amelia Sade DeJoie, Brinesha Derrick-Bain
2. UAlbany B - 3:53.50
     Grace Murray, Aiva Pinches, Skyler Smith, Jaymee Yelton
3. UAlbany C - 4:08.07
     Gabriella Sperling, Mackenzie Brown, Nikki Stark, Sienna Pimentel
5. UAlbany D - 4:28.64
     Naomi Burinska, Hannah Steiner, Bonnieta Supaul, Cara Mastan
 
High Jump
2. Audrey Gaines - 1.58m (5-2.25) (personal record)
4. Karla Hill - 1.53m (5-0.25)
7. Sanai Bassett - 1.43m (4-8.25)
 
Pole Vault
1. Ryan Stark - 3.40m (11-1.75) (6th in program history)
 
Long Jump
1. Marissa Gordon - 6.11m (20-0.5) (personal record) (3rd in program history)
3. Nya Thomas - 5.68m (18-7.75) (personal record)
4. Daniela Hunt - 5.39m (17-8.25) (personal record)
5. Lindsay Farmer - 5.35m (17-6.75)
6. Karen Augustin - 5.26m (17-3.25) (personal record)
7. Richelle Horsford - 5.22m (17-1.5) (personal record)
8. Melissa Gueye - 5.12m (16-9.75)
 
Triple Jump
3. Karen Augustin - 11.74m (38-6.25)
4. Lindsay Farmer - 10.76m (35-3.75)
 
Shot Put
1. Nattaly Lindo - 13.83m (45-4.5) (8th in program history)
5. Imani Smith - 11.65m (38-2.75)
 
Discus Throw
8. Nattaly Lindo - 35.27m (115-8)
10. Ariel Adams - 32.39m (106-3)
18. Keegan Collins - 29.26m (96-0)
 
Hammer Throw
1. Keegan Collins - 59.46m (195-1) (personal record) (2nd in program history)
2. Nattaly Lindo - 53.85m (176-8) (personal record) (9th in program history)
3. Sierra Anderson - 53.80m (176-6) (personal record) (10th in program history) (freshman record)
7. Lalenii Grant - 44.15m (144-10) (personal record)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes remain local as they host their annual home meet, the Bobbi Palma Spring Classic, on Friday, April 17.
 
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