University of Albany Men's Track Wins Fourth Consecutive America East Conference Championship, Women Place Third: UAlbany Athletics

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Orono, Maine – University at Albany’s Jean Juste won the 110-meter high hurdles in a conference-record time to lead the men’s track and field team to its fourth consecutive America East Conference championship on Sunday, May 4 at the Beckett Family Track & Field Complex. The men scored 196 points to easily defeat second-place New Hampshire. In the women’s competition, UAlbany registered three individual champions to finish in third with 116.50 points. Boston U. took the team championship with 193 points.

Juste, a junior from Hempstead, N.Y., raced to victory in the 110-hurdles by shattering the conference standard in 14.25 seconds. Juste, the conference indoor 55-meter hurdle champion, turned in the second-fastest performance in the program’s Division I history and qualified for the IC4A and NCAA East Regional meets. The previous conference record was set by Northeastern’s Peter Jasmin in 2005 and tied by UMBC’s Keith Brown in 2007. In the 200-meter dash, sophomore Jeffery Barnes (Albany H.S.) sprinted to a first-place finish in an IC4A-qualifying and personal-best time of 21.62 seconds. Barnes also competed with Andrew Overbaugh, Joe Greene and Drew Harrison on the 4x400-meter relay team, which turned in a season-best time of 3:15.48 to finish in second place, three-hundredths of a second behind first-place Binghamton. Junior Michael McCadney recorded the Great Danes’ third win of the day with a leap of 48-feet in the triple jump.

Greene, who was competing in the 400-meter hurdles for just the second time this season, placed second with an IC4A-qualifying time of 53.89 seconds. Senior Dieuseul Joseph took second in the 100-meter with an IC4A time of 10.79 seconds, just one-hundredth of a second behind Vermont’s Aaron Campbell. Freshman Tyler Fogarty (Shenendehowa) recorded a pair of second-place finishes. Fogarty crossed the finish line in 1:52.58 in the 800-meter run and joined Bryan Lasky, Jared Jupin and Joe Belokopitsky in the 4x800-meter relay, which finished in a season-best time of 7:47.38. Luke Schoen was named the meet’s top field performer after clearing the bar in a league-record 17-feet, 3 inches to win Saturday’s pole vault competition.

Kamilah McShine, this year’s conference women’s indoor hurdles champion, won the 100-meter hurdles for the second time in her career. McShine, who was also first in this same event as a freshman in 2006, raced to an America East-record and ECAC-qualifying time of 13.98 seconds. Senior Brenna Militello won the high jump for the second consecutive season by crossing the bar at 5-feet, 4.25-inches.

Juniors Laura Cummings and Jenn Gurrant each turned in a pair of top-5 finishes on the day. Cummings, who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Saturday, placed third in the 1,500-meter run in an ECAC-qualifying time of 4:33.09 and fifth in the 800-meter run in 2:15.30. Gurrant registered a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a leap of 39-feet, 7.75-inches and finished fifth in the 400-meter dash in 58.44 seconds. Senior Arina Gerasimova leaped 39-feet, 10.50-inches in the triple jump to place third, an ECAC-qualifying distance. Junior Ritshell Verdier (132-7) and sophomore Ashley Lewis (124-10) finished second and third, respectively, in the discus throw.

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Men’s Final Team Scores
1. UAlbany 196, 2. New Hampshire 162, 3. Binghamton 119, 4. Boston U. 115.50, 5. UMBC 93.50, 6. Maine 64, 7. Stony Brook 55, 8. Vermont 39, 9. Hartford 13.

Men’s Individual Results
100 Meter Dash Final: 1. Aaron Campbell (Vermont), 10.78, 2. Dieuseul Joseph (Albany), 10.79, 3. Adrian Arthur (UMBC), 10.85. 110 Meter Hurdles Final: 1. Jean Juste (Albany), 14.25, 2. Garrett Askew (Albany), 14.50, 3. Nick Assini (Albany), 14.53. 200 Meter Dash Final: 1. Jeffrey Barnes (Albany), 21.62, 2. Travis Parker (New Hampshire), 21.82, 3. Cazal Arnett (Binghamton), 21.90. 400 Meter Dash Final: 1. Cazal Arnett (Binghamton), 47.04, 2. Khabir Edwards (Maine), 48.05, 3. Travis Parker (New Hampshire), 48.71. 400 Meter Hurdles Final: 1. Matthew Holman (Maine), 54.13, 2. Joe Greene (Albany), 53.89, 3. David Hanss (Vermont), 54.59. 800 Meter Run Final: 1. David Proctor (Boston U.), 1:51.79, 2. Tyler Fogarty (Albany), 1:52.58, 3. Joe Belokopitsky (Albany), 1:53.21. Men’s 1,500 Meter Run Final: 1. Robert Edgerton (New Hampshire), 3:45.89, 2. Jake Laroe (Boston U.), 3:50.74, 3. Alex Felce (Stony Brook), 3:50.85. 5,000 Meter Run Final: 1. Tim Hodge (Stony Brook), 14:30.06, 2. Jordan Horwitz (New Hampshire), 14:32.54, 3. Iain Whitfield (Stony Brook), 14:44.89. 4x100 Meter Relay: 1. Vermont, 41.97, 2. UMBC, 42.02, 3. New Hampshire, 42.19. 4x400 Meter Relay: 1. Binghamton, 3:15.45, 2. Albany, 3:15.48, 3. Maine, 3:16.27. 4x800 Meter Relay: 1. Boston U., 7:40.21, 2. Albany, 7:47.38, 3. UMBC, 7:48.83. Triple Jump: 1. Michael McCadney (Albany), 48-0, 2. Mubaarak Muhammad (Stony Brook), 47-2.25, 3. Brian Pendleton (UMBC), 46-2. Shot Put: 1. Brice Paey (New Hampshire), 54-10.25, 2. Joanel Lopez (Binghamton), 52-2.75, 3. Renauld Buck (Albany), 49-7.75. Discus Throw: 1. Jan Bicanic (Boston U.), 157-8, 2. Daniel Withrow (Boston U.), 157-4, 3. Justin Miller (Stony Brook), 141-10. Decathlon: 1. Richard Haigh (Boston U.), 6,384, 2. Dominic Dvaud (UMBC), 6,286, 3. Greg Daggett (Boston U.), 5,549.

Women’s Final Team Scores
1. Boston U. 193, 2. New Hampshire 119.50, 3. UAlbany 116.50, 4. UMBC 96, 5. Maine 84.50, 6. Binghamton 80.50, 7. Vermont 65, 8. Stony Brook 60, 9. Hartford 41.

Women’s Individual Results
100 Meter Dash Final: 1. Allyson Howatt (Maine), 11.96, 2. Tahari James (Boston U.), 12.02, 3. Whitney Ford (Boston U.), 12.17. 100 Meter Hurdles Final: 1. Kamilah McShine (Albany), 13.98, 2. Kiah Quarles (New Hampshire), 14.17, 3. Kierra Gregory (UMBC), 14.50. 200 Meter Dash Final: 1. Allyson Howatt (Maine), 24.17, 2. Kim Williams (Binghamton), 24.41, 3. Tahari James (Boston U.), 24.85. 400 Meter Dash Final: 1. Vicki Tolton (Maine), 55.94, 2. Lindsay Burlock (Maine), 56.27, 3. Keisha Short (Binghamton), 57.56. 400 Meter Hurdles Final: 1. Kaycee Martinez (Hartford), 1:01.27, 2. Rebecca Marshburn (Boston U.), 1:01.74, 3. Megan Donohue (New Hampshire), 1:01.84. 800 Meter Run Final: 1. Carmen Lagala (Vermont), 2:10.04, 2. Kat Warden (Boston U.), 2:11.75, 3. Katie Weider (Boston U.), 2:13.47. 1,500 Meter Run Final: 1. Holly Van Dalne (Stony Brook), 4:28.43, 2. Marisa Ryan (Boston U.), 4:29.69, 3. Laura Cummings (Albany), 4:33.09. 5,000 Meter Run Final: 1. Marisa Ryan (Boston U.), 16:24.85, 2. Dana Hastie (Stony Brook), 16:38.07, 3. Andrea Walkonen (Boston U.), 16:58.53. 4x100 Meter Relay: 1. Boston U., 46.51, 2. Binghamton, 47.64, 3. Albany, 48.31. 4x400 Meter Relay: 1. Maine, 3:50.19, 2. Binghamton, 3:53.19, 3. New Hampshire, 3:54.44. 4x800 Meter Relay: 1. Boston U., 9:04.76, 2. Stony Brook, 9:16.05, 3. Vermont, 9:19.70. High Jump: 1. Brenna Militello (Albany), 5-4.25, 2. Karly Neveu (Boston U.), 5-4.25, 3. Latasha Jarrett (Hartford), 5-2.25. Triple Jump: 1. Tahari James (Boston U.), 42-8.25, 2. Whitney Ford (Boston U.), 40-7.75, 3. Arina Gerasimova (Albany), 39-10.50. Discus Throw: 1. Ashley Fauntleroy (UMBC), 146-5, 2. Ritshell Verdier (Albany), 132-7, 3. Ashley Lewis (Albany), 124-10. Shot Put: 1. Ashley Fauntleroy (UMBC), 47-3.50, 2. Rachelle Wright (UMBC), 43-8, 3. Quiteelia Boyd (UMBC), 42-10.75. Heptathlon: 1. Latasha Jarrett (Hartford), 4,068, 2. Kelly Thomas (New Hampshire), 4,047, 3. May Roccio (New Hampshire), 4,043.