FINISH: 2nd - 140 points - out of nine teams
 
LOCATION: Cushing Field Complex - Lowell, Mass.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes combined for five individual champions with four top-10 performances at the America East Championship, Saturday and Sunday.
 
AWARDS: Most Outstanding Track Performer - Jed Elmbarki
 
KEY NOTES

• As a team, UAlbany totaled five individual champions.
• Jed Elmbarki took home two titles - the 3000mS and the 5000m - and was voted the Most Outstanding Track Performer.
• Jacob Smith won the 1500m for his first individual outdoor title. 
• Freshman Leonard Durau jumped his way to an individual title in the men's triple jump with a mark of 15.56m (51-0.75). His mark moves him up to sixth in program history. Brooks Robson added the bronze in triple jump to make it two Great Danes on the podium.
• Robson earned his first individual title as a Great Dane in the long jump. His mark (7.47m/24-6.25) also puts him seventh in program history. 
• Qualiar Newton improved to fourth in program history in the weight throw with a mark of 57.67m (189-2).
• Taehyeong Kim entered the program's top-10 with a 15.22m (49-11.25) jump in the triple jump, which puts him eighth all-time. 
• The men's 4x800m relay broke the meet record; however, UMBC overcame them in the final few seconds of the race to record the official record and earn the gold medal.
• Sophomore Kenan Grant was the final of three men's competitors to earn two individual medals with the silver in the 200m and the bronze in the 100m.
• Overall, the Great Danes compiled 14 medalists and 22 scorers. 

 
EVENT CHAMPIONS & MEDALISTS
100m
3. Kenan Grant - 10.45w
 
200m 
2. Kenan Grant - 20.99w
 
800m
2. Steve Hines - 1:51.45
 
1500m
1. Jacob Smith - 3:46.25
 
5000m 
1. Jed Elmbarki - 14:51.74
 
110mH
3. Quillar Baidy - 14.68 (personal record)
 
400mH
2. Kyaire Lawson - 51.47 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
3000mS
1. Jed Elmbarki - 8:56.43
 
4x400m
3. UAlbany A - 3:10.74
          Kyaire Lawson, Anthony Couch, Pierce Graber, Julio Martinez
 
4x800m
2. UAlbany A - 7:25.29
          Isaac Graber, Jerry Lewis, Steve Hines, Jacob Smith
 
Long Jump
1. Brooks Robson - 7.47m (24-6.25) (personal record) (7th in program history)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leonard Durau - 15.56m (51-0.75) (personal record) (6th in program history)
3. Brooks Robson - 15.48m (50-9.5)w
 
Shot Put
2. Frankie Gonzalez - 16.95m (55-7.5)
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
Prelims
3. Tooni Ogunyeye - 10.55Q 
6. Kenan Grant - 10.58q (7th in program history)
25. Shayne Spiteri - 11.07 (personal record)
29. Matai Hazel - 11.29
Finals
3. Kenan Grant - 10.45w
7. Tooni Ogunyeye - 15.69w
 
200m
Prelims
5. Kenan Grant - 21.96Q
9. Jose Davis-Whittaker - 21.91
13. Gunnar Williams - 22.25
20. Rajay Morris - 22.62
23. Amari Alcindor - 22.68
30. Tooni Ogunyeye - 51.73
Finals
2. Kenan Grant - 20.99w
 
400m
Prelims
9. Pierce Graber - 48.80
10. Julio Martinez - 48.86
 
800m
Prelims
5. Steve Hines - 1:50.73q
10. Connor Hashim - 1:54.40
11. Mikolaj Gancarz - 1:54.82
17. Ben Jones - 1:56.45
Finals
2. Steve Hines - 1:51.45
 
1500m
Prelims
8. Jacob Smith - 3:54.55
17. Jerry Lewis - 3:57.33
22. Isaac Graber - 3:58.77
Finals
1. Jacob Smith - 3:46.25
 
5000m
1. Jed Elmbarki - 14:51.74
 
100mH
Prelims
3. Quillar Baidy - 14.85Q
7. Kendall Mariacher - 15.30q
11. Matthew DeCicco - 15.50
Finals
3. Quillar Baidy - 14.68 (personal record)
5. Kendall Mariacher - 14.98
 
400mH
Prelims
3. Kyaire Lawson - 52.79Q (personal record)
16. Anthony Couch - 1:11.12
Finals
2. Kyaire Lawson - 51.47 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
3000mS
1. Jed Elmbarki - 8:56.43
 
4x100m
4. UAlbany A - 41.18
          Kenan Grant, Gunnar Williams, Jose Davis-Whittaker, Julio Martinez
 
4x400m
3. UAlbany A - 3:10.74
          Kyaire Lawson, Anthony Couch, Pierce Graber, Julio Martinez
 
4x800m
2. UAlbany A - 7:25.29 
          Isaac Graber, Jerry Lewis, Steve Hines, Jacob Smith
 
High Jump
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie - NH
Arlan Wright - NH
 
Long Jump
1. Brooks Robson - 7.47m (24-6.25) (personal record) (7th in program history)
4. Samir Gardner - 7.30m (23-11.5) 
13. Taehyeong Kim - 6.80m (22-3.75)
15. Alister Njenga - 6.73m (22-1) (personal record)
17. Austin Deler - 6.59m (61-7.5)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leonard Durau - 15.56m (51-0.75) (personal record) (6th in program history)
3. Brooks Robson - 15.48mw (50-9.5)
5. Taehyeong Kim - 15.22m (49-11.25) (personal record) (8th in program history)
7.  Damani Deloatch - 14.95mw (49-0.75)
11. Alister Njenga - 14.27m (46-10)
13. Samir Gardner - 14.10mw (46-3.25)
 
Shot Put
2. Frankie Gonzalez - 16.95m (55-7.5)
11. Shane O'Neill - 14.98m (49-1.75)
16. Showayne Lumsden Jr. - 14.34m (47-0.5)
 
Discus Throw
9. Shane O'Neill - 47.02m (14-3)
16. Maxim Kruk - 43.53m (142-9)
18. Russell Dada - 41.90m (137-5)
 
Hammer Throw
8. Qualiar Newton - 57.67m (189-2) (personal record) (4th in program history)
 
Decathlon
6. Arlan Wright - 5688
                100m (11.60), LJ (6.28m) (personal record), SP (9.89m), HJ (1.72m), 400m (52.55), 100mH (16.69), DT(28.86m), PV (3.20m) (personal record), JT (37.84m) (personal record), 1500m (4:44.53) (personal record)
 
NEXT: Select Great Danes will look to compete in a last chance meet ahead of NCAA Regionals. Final marks for regionals are due by May 17 (non-championship meets) or May 18 (championship meets only). Qualifiers will be announced on Thursday, May 21.
 
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