University of Albany Men's Indoor Track & Field Sweeps A-East Awards For Third Straight Week - UAlbany Sports 2010

Cambridge, Mass. - University at Albany's Sean Halpin and Luke Schoen and were named America East Conference men's indoor track and field performers of the week, as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Great Danes have swept the conference's weekly honors all three times this season, as five student-athletes have combined to win six awards to date.

Halpin, the league's male track performer of the week, was named the Male Track Athlete of the Meet at the Great Dane Classic for winning the mile in an IC4A-qualifying time of 4:08.77. His first-place performance among 36 competitors, which topped the America East performance list by over four seconds, helped UAlbany win its third straight title at the annual meet. The meet-record mark was the 30th-best time in the country and the fifth-fastest time in the nation among freshmen this winter. In addition, Halpin qualified for USA Junior Nationals in the 1,500-meter run, easily beating the mile standard of 4:14.74. The middle-distance standout is currently the only freshman in the conference to qualify for IC4As in four separate events.

Schoen earned his second straight field performer of the week honor after winning his second consecutive pole vault crown at the Great Dane Classic. The senior cleared 17-feet, 7-inches and became the first America East student-athlete, male or female, to meet an NCAA provisional mark in any event. His winning mark among the field of 15 was tied for seventh-best in the nation this winter along with Clemson's Xavier Tromp and Air Force's Nick Frawley. It also topped the America East performance list by over a foot and earned him Male Field Athlete of the Meet honors.

UAlbany will be sending its men's 4x400- and 4x800-meter relay teams to the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on Friday, Jan. 29. The Great Danes will also send a full squad to the New York Road Runners Saturday Night at the Armory II meet on Saturday, Jan. 30. The scoring meet is slated to include Virginia, Connecticut and Villanova of the Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences.

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information