Results
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Northeastern men's and women's track and field teams combined for 13 gold finishes at the University at Albany Spring Classic on Saturday, hosted at the UAlbany Track and Field Stadium.
The men set five records on the day, in addition to nine first-place finishes, 17 top-three marks and 42 top-10 spots. The women won four events, notched 12 top-three performances and 26 top-10 finishes.
The throws corps kicked the day off with top-five marks.
Zoe Taitel earned gold in the shot put with 13.04m, and the discus with 45.87m. In the hammer throw,
Alexandra Rose tabbed bronze with 47.32m.
Ryan Kim broke the meet shot put record with his throw of 16.30m. The last record was set 22 years ago with 16.09m by Richard Pulver (unattached).
Connor Fugere won the hammer with 55.22m, while
Christopher Reider (pictured) earned silver in the javelin with 59.27m and
Eric Mellusi placed fourth in the discus with 44.39m.
Kyle Darrow,
Kwame Fordwor Jared Lane and
Donovan Henry also set a new meet record and facility record in the 4x100m relay with their first place finish of 40.59.
Darrow went on to set another Spring Classic record in the long jump (7.67m), while Fordwor did the same in the 200m (21.37). Lane later placed second in the 100m (10.51) and Henry earned fourth in the 400m (48.52).
Katie Hanlon earned silver in the women's 400m with 57.62, while
Ore Akinpelu tabbed a new personal best and third place with 57.65.
The Huskies won the 800m, thanks to
Corinne Myers (2:15.28) and
Paul Duffey (1:50.94).
Marc Rienas registered a new personal best in the event with 1:54.92 – good for third place.
Jay Navin won the 1500m with 3:56.41, while
Dan Paiva crossed the finish line right after him in 3:59.16.
Brooke Wojeski earned second place in the women's portion with a new personal best of 4:37.21.
In the 3000m steeplechase,
Jordan O'Dea came out on top with 10:57.32. In the men's 3000m run,
Dan Romano earned gold with 8:51.04. In the 5000m run,
Craig Hammond came in second with 15:15.85 and
Daniel Condon finished third with 15:19.62.
The Huskies owned one-two punches in the men's 110mH thanks to
Jordan Samuels in first (14.74) and
Shawn Bleichert in second (15.20).
Nick Fofana tied for third place (15.22) with Michael Benson of Saint Rose. Samuels also earned fifth place in the triple jump (13.96m).
Jacilyn Briggs and
Matthew Ferri earned the top marks for NU in the pole vault with second place (3.40m) and 11th place (3.65m), respectively.
Up next
The Huskies travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Penn Relays on Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30.
