UAlbany Sends 38 Student-Athletes to 114th Penn Relays Carnival

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. - University at Albany’s track and field program will send 38 student-athletes, including 24 men and 14 women, to the 114th annual Penn Relays Carnival on April 24-26 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tyler Fogarty, who was named the most outstanding male performer at last Sunday’s New York Relays, will compete on the 4x800-meter and sprint medley relays. Fogarty posted an IC4A and USA Junior Nationals-qualifying time of 1:51.65 in the 800-meter run last week. He is joined by Bryan Lasky, Joe Belokopitsky and Jared Jupin on the 4x800 squad, which won the event at the New York Relays.

Jeffery Barnes and Torshiro Jenkins are members of four relay squads, including the 4x100-meter relay that turned in an IC4A-qualifying performance at the New York Relays. Raphael Jean-Baptiste joins the duo in the 4x100 and 4x200, while Dieuseul Joseph rounds out the 4x100 team and Drew Harrison completes on the 4x200 squad. Junior All-America Joe Greene will make his outdoor season debut as a member of the 4x400-meter relay.

Sophomore Luke Schoen, who placed third at the Penn Relays as a freshman, is entered in the championship portion of the pole vault. He recorded a height of 16-feet, 4.75-inches at the New York Relays, the fourth-best vault in school history. He was named the America East Conference men’s field performer of the week for his effort. Freshman Daniel Avery, who ran the fastest 110-meter hurdle time in the school’s Division I history at the Florida Relays earlier this month, is entered in the 110- hurdles and the shuttle hurdle relays.

Ashley Vives and Jenn Gurrant are each slated to compete in three events, including the 4x100-meter relay. Vives is also a member of the 4x400 and sprint medley squads, while Gurrant is competing in the eastern long jump and eastern triple jump, a pair of events that she recorded the second-longest distance in program annals last week. Kamilah McShine will join the duo in the 4x100 relay and will also compete on the sprint medley team. Senior Arina Gerasimova, who recently established a school record in the triple jump with a distance of 41-feet, 10.75-inches, is entered in that event’s championship division.

Laura Cummings will race in Thursday’s 3,000-meter steeplechase competition. The junior posted a time of 10:40.49 in the event at the Duke Invitational on April 5, the second-fastest time in the program’s history. Kadine Johnson and Brenna Militello, who each registered first-place finishes at the New York Relays, are in the shot put and high jump fields, respectively.