Jean Juste Named America East Conference Track Performer of the Week

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – University at Albany’s Jean Juste has been named the America East Conference men’s indoor track performer of the week, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon.

Juste, a junior from Hempstead, N.Y., won the 55-meter hurdles to lead the UAlbany men’s team to a first place finish at UAlbany’s Great Dane Classic on Friday, Jan. 25 at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City. Juste, also a cornerback on the UAlbany football team, crossed the finish line in an IC4A-qualifying time of 7.45 seconds, the fastest in meet history and the America East Conference this season. He was just two-hundredths of a second shy of breaking the Armory collegiate record.

UAlbany returns to the track on Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2 at Yale’s Giegengack Invitational in New Haven, Conn.