Univeristy of Albany's Wilfredo de Jesus Elias Wins Third Weight Throw Title on A-East Indoor Meet's First Day - UAlbany Sports 2011

Boston, Mass. - University at Albany's Wilfredo de Jesus Elias won the weight throw for the third consecutive year on the first day of competition at the America East Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at Boston University's Track and Tennis Center on Friday, Feb. 18. In the men's standings, Binghamton has the opening-day lead with 57 points, while the Great Danes are second with 47.

de Jesus Elias threw 64-feet, 10-inches on the first of six attempts to win the event by nearly six feet over New Hampshire's Paul DeTurk. A senior from Arroyo, Puerto Rico, de Jesus Elias is the third conference athlete to win three straight weight throw championships, joining Northeastern's Anders Halvorsen (1989-92) and Boston U.'s Benjamin Gary (1999-01).

UAlbany's Fred Casimo, a senior competing for the first time this season, and Kareem Morris went one-two in the long jump. Casimo reached a distance of 23-feet, 2.50-inches on his fifth attempt to win the competition. Morris posted a career-best mark of 22-10.50. The freshman had a solid first day, as he qualified for Saturday's finals in the 60-meter dash in 6.90 seconds and 200-meters in 21.81. Each time met the IC4A-qualifying standard.

For the third year in a row, UAlbany was a winner in the distance medley relay. The team of Greg Kiley, Peter Rowell, Aaron Lozier and Paul Lagno broke the tape at the finish line in 9:48.80. In addition, Jonathan Santana qualified for the championship races in the 200- and 400-dashes. Santana sprinted the 200 in 21.91 and the 400 in 48.74, both IC4A-qualifying efforts. Tristan Akong had the best 60-dash time and won his preliminary heat in 6.84.


America East Conference Track & Field Championships (First Day)

MEN (after five events) - 1. Binghamton 57, 2. UAlbany 47, 3. New Hampshire 27, 4. UMBC 23, 5. Boston U. 20, 6. Maine 9, 7. Stony Brook 5, 8. Vermont 4, 9. Hartford 3.
Individual

Weight Throw - 1. Wilfredo de Jesus Elias (UAlbany), 64-10.00; 2. Paul DeTurk (New Hampshire), 58-00.50; 3. Cameron McDearmon (UMBC), 55-11.25.
5,000-Meter Run - 1. Erk van Ingen (Binghamton), 14:25.08; 2. Daniel Decrescenzo (New Hampshire), 14:28.75; 3. Jeff Martinez (Binghamton), 14:32.57.
Distance Medley Relay - 1. UAlbany (Greg Kiley, Peter Rowell, Aaron Lozier, Paul Lagno), 9:48.80; 2. UMBC, 9:49.52; 3. Boston U., 9:54.90.
Long Jump - 1. Fred Casimo (UAlbany), 23-02.50; 2. Kareem Morris (UAlbany), 22-11.75; 3. Blake Edwards (Boston U.), 22-11.00.
Pole Vault - 1. Adam Helman (Binghamton), 16-02.75; 2. Martin Nevarez (UMBC), 15-09.00; t3. Eric VanAerman (Binghamton), 15-09-00; t3. Robb Quiller (Binghamton), 15-09.00.


Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information