University of Albany's Joe Greene & Jenn Gurrant Receive Weekly America East Track and Field Awards - UAlbany Sports

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Cambridge, Mass. – University at Albany’s Joe Greene and Jenn Gurrant have been selected the America East Conference male and female indoor track and field performers of the week, as announced on Tuesday, Jan. 20 by the conference office.

Greene, a senior from Rochester, N.Y., placed first in a field of 61 competitors in the 500-meter dash by clocking in at 1:03.64 in last Friday’s New York City Gotham Cup. The time was good enough to qualify the All-America sprinter for the IC4A championship, the second event he will compete in at that regional competition. Greene also ran the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed third among 25 squads.

A senior from Batavia, N.Y., Gurrant established a school record in the long jump at the New York City Gotham Cup by an inch and a half. Her jump of 19-feet, 3.25-inches placed her third among 31 competitors and qualified her for March’s ECAC championship. She eclipsed a mark set by the late Kimberly Toone, who leaped 19-2 in 1996.

UAlbany will host the Great Dane Classic on Friday, Jan. 23 at the New York City Armory. More than 40 men’s and women’s teams are expected to compete.