David Parker in Third Place in the Heptathlon After First Day of IC4A Championships; Laura Cummings Advances at ECAC Championships

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Boston, Mass. – UAlbany’s David Parker is in third placed through four events in the heptathlon to lead the Great Danes on the first day at the IC4A Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday, March 8 at the Boston U. Track and Tennis Center in Boston, Mass. Through four events, the Great Danes are in 14th place with five points. In the women’s ECAC competition at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass., junior Laura Cummings qualified for the finals in the 1,000-meter run.

Parker, a senior, has 2,879 points for third place, while junior Freddie Wills is tied for fifth with 2,837 points, through the heptathlon’s first four events. Parker’s best showing came in the high jump, in which he placed first by clearing the bar at 6-feet, 6.75-inches. Wills had his top performance in the 55-meter dash, finishing fifth in 6.74 seconds.

A pair of Great Danes qualified for the semi-finals in the 55-meter hurdles. Junior Jean Juste, the America East Conference champion, placed fifth in the trials with a time of 7.48 seconds, while freshman Daniel Avery finished seventh with a time of 7.48 seconds. Senior Dieuseul Joseph, who won the 55-meter dash at the America East Championships, advanced to the 55-meter dash semi-finals with time of 6.47 seconds. Freshman Torshiro Jenkins turned in a season-best time of 22.03 seconds in the 200-meter dash to advance to the finals.

In the long jump, Valete Graham placed fourth with a leap of 23-feet, 5.5-inches to score UAlbany’s five points of the day, while Kyle Nadler finished tenth with a distance of 22-feet, 3-inches. Sophomore Luke Schoen turned in a ninth-place finish in the pole vault at 16-feet, 0.75-inches and freshman Michael Dempsey placed 10th at 15-feet, 9-inches. Freshman Wilfredo de Jesus Elias registered a distance of 57-feet, 4.75-inches in the weight throw. The quartet of Alan Nimblette, Joe Belokopitsky, Jared Jupin and Tyler Fogarty ran a season-best 7:44.18 in the 4x800-meter relay.

At the ECAC meet, Cummings turned in a season-best performance of 2:53.32 to place eighth in the 1,000-meter run and advance to the finals. Sophomore Zuliana Fontanez recorded her best time of the season in the 500-meter dash, finishing in 1:15.51. Junior Kamilah McShine registered the best time of the season by a Great Dane in the 60-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 8.91 seconds.

The men’s IC4A meet resumes on Sunday at 10 a.m., while day two of the ECAC meet starts at 11 a.m.

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Men’s IC4A Results

Heptathlon: 3. David Parker 2,879, T5. Freddie Wills 2,837. 55M Dash: 11. Dieuseul Joseph 6.47. 55M Hurdles: 5. Jean Juste 7.48, 7. Daniel Avery 7.48. 200M Dash: 10. Torshiro Jenkins 22.03, Jeffery Barnes FS. 4x800M Relay: 13. Alan Nimblette, Joe Belokopitsky, Jared Jupin, Tyler Fogarty 7:44.18. 4x400M Relay: 13. Andrew Overbaugh, Torshiro Jenkins, Drew Harrison, Jeffery Barnes 3:18.26. Long Jump: 4. Valete Graham 23-5.50, 10. Kyle Nadler 22-3. Pole Vault: 9. Luke Schoen 16-0.75, 10. Mike Dempsey 15-9. Weight Throw: 11. Wilfredo de Jesus Elias 57-4.75.


Women’s ECAC Results

60 Meter Hurdles: 20. Kamilah McShine 8.91. 500 Meter Dash: 17. Zuliana Fontanez 1:15.51. High Jump: 15. Brenna Militello 5-5. 1000 Meter Run: 8. Laura Cummings 2:53.32. 4 x 400 Meter Relay: 19. Melissa Lee, Zuliana Fontanez, Ashley Vives, Octavia Clarkson 3:54.46.