UAlbany Track & Field's Fogarty, Wills and Adaramola Compete at NCAA East Preliminary Round

Greensboro, N.C. - Junior Tyler Fogarty finished seventh in his heat and 21st overall in the quarterfinal round of the men's 800-meter run to lead the UAlbany track and field teams at the NCAA East Preliminary Round on Friday, May 28 at North Carolina A&T University's Irwin Belk Track. Senior captains Freddie Wills and Fey Adaramola also represented the Great Danes on the second day of the regional competition.

Fogarty, who advanced to tonight's quarterfinal of the men's 800 by running a season-best time of 1:49.02 in the first round last night, registered a mark of 1:50.37 in his final race of the spring this evening. An America East champion in the 1,500 earlier this month, Fogarty was making his second straight appearance at an NCAA regional and improved on his 35th-place performance in the event at last year's meet which was also held at Irwin Belk Track.

Adaramola, a transfer from Central Florida, completed her stellar two-year career at UAlbany by placing eighth in her heat of the women's 200-meter dash in 24.50. In addition to helping the women's program win consecutive America East outdoor crowns, the senior captain was a two-time champion in the 100 and claimed the 200 title at the conference meet in 2009. She also anchored three relays which broke school records this spring, including the victorious 4x100-meter relay at the America East meet.

Wills competed in the men's high jump to start the day. The senior failed to clear the opening height of 6-feet, 7-inches. Despite coming up short, Wills finished his prolific career as a four-time America East outdoor champion. He won the long jump in 2006, the triple jump in 2008, the decathlon in 2009 and the high jump in 2010.

Catie Coxon, the America East women's discus throw champion, will represent UAlbany in her premier event tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. In addition, Laura Cummings and Jenn Pierson's 3,000-meter steeplechase race has been delayed due to weather and was not scheduled until later this evening.
Paw Prints: The top-12 finishers in each individual and relay event automatically advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be hosted by the University of Oregon, on June 9-12 ... No at-large bids are being awarded under the NCAA's newly-adopted format this year ... Laura Cummings, Jenn Pierson and Catie Coxon all have an opportunity to become the program's first women in six years to advance to NCAAs ... Teresa Covert, the school's record holder in the 100-meter high hurdles, competed in her premier event at the national meet in 2003 and 2004.


Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information