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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The University at Albany men and the Boston University women will each look to capture their fifth-consecutive Indoor Track and Field conference titles at the 2010 America East Championship, which take place this weekend (February 19-20). The meet, which will be held at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center, begins on Friday at 10 a.m. and will conclude Saturday with the awards ceremony.
The Great Dane men, who have won four straight league crowns, will look to extend their dynasty with the help of seniors Luke Schoen (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) and Jonathan Moore (Fort Johnson, N.Y./Fonda-Fultonville) and junior Tyler Fogarty (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa). Schoen, three-time All-American, has dominated the pole vault this season and is seeded first with a mark a foot better than the closest competitor. He also provisionally qualified for the NCAA championship with a mark of 5.36m and has repeatedly met the IC4A-qualifying standard. Moore and Fogarty are the only two athletes in the conference to have qualified for IC4As in five different events. In the 1,000m, Moore also boasts the fourth-fastest time in the country and is seeded first for the conference meet. Fogarty will compete in the 800m in which he is seeded first. Both Moore and Fogarty are also members of the 4x800m relay team that posted the seventh-fastest time in the country.
University of New Hampshire, predicted to finish second at the championship in the preseason coaches’ poll, will be a threat in the field events, boasting shot put NCAA provisional qualifier junior Brice Paey (Milton, N.H./St. Thomas). Paey will look to defend his 2009 championship shot put title and better his America East record of 17.13m set at last year’s meet. Paey, who has qualified for the IC4A championship in March, recorded an NCAA provisional mark of 59 feet 3.5 inches this season, which is over seven feet better than the next conference competitor. Graduate student Jeffrey Kaste (Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane) also seeks to capture a title for the Wildcats, ranked first in the weight throw ahead of 2009 champion Albany junior Elias Wilfredo de Jesus (Arroyo, P.R./Natividad Rodriguez Gonzalez).
Binghamton University and University of Maine are the only other two squads to have men post NCAA provisional marks this season. Both Bearcat junior Erik van Ingen (Marathon, N.Y./Marathon) and Black Bear sophomore Riley Masters (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) posted NCAA provisional marks in the mile run after posting sub four-minute finishes. However, of the two, only van Ingen, who boasts the sixth-fastest time nationally and is seeded first in the event, will compete. Masters will instead compete in the 3,000m in which he is seeded second.
UMBC, predicted to finish fourth, will depend on IC4A-qualifying seniors Adrian Arthur (Bowie, Md./Bowie) and Victor Gilreath (Catonsville, Md./Western Tech/Maryland) to capture major points for the squad. Arthur is ranked first in the 55m dash while Gilreath, who won the high jump last year with a mark of 1.98m, is seeded first in his event. Gilreath, ranked second in the triple jump this year looks to improve on his silver medal finish from last year.
The duo of Boston U. sophomore Balint Horvath (Budapest, Hungary) and senior Jeff Moreau (Hanson, Mass.) will be a threat for the Terriers is the middle distance events. Both Horvath and Moreau have posted IC4A-qualfying times in the 800m and are seeded second and third, respectively.
University of Vermont will look to do better than its seventh-place predicted finish, boasting two strong senior sprinters Justin Scricca (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) and Aaron Campbell (Bend, Ore./Summit). Campbell, who won the 55m dash title last year, is ranked second this season after posting an IC4A-qualifying time. Campbell will also be a threat in the 200m, seeded fourth behind Scricca, who is the second seed with an IC4A-qualifying mark.
Senior distance runner Alex Felce (Stroud, England/Archway Comp.) hopes to be a major point earner for Stony Brook University. Felce is the third seed in the mile run and will look to challenge Albany’s Moore and Binghamton’s van Ingen for the title.
University of Hartford sophomore Anderson Emerole (Jamaica, N.Y./Manhattan Center for Math and Sciences) and junior Warren Lane (Brooklyn, N.Y./Murry Bergtraum) posted IC4A marks in the 400m and 500m, respectively. Emerole is ranked sixth in the 400m while Lane is fifth in the 500m. Both runners hope to continue their record-breaking seasons and help the University of Hartford finish better than ninth place.
On the women’s side, the Terriers look to capture their fifth-consecutive title with the help of freshman Nikko Brady (New Castle, Del.), who was one of three female conference competitors to post an NCAA provisional mark. A strong field competitor, Brady qualified for the ECAC championship and provisionally qualified for the NCAA championship in the 55m hurdles. She is seed first in the event for the conference meet. Brady is also seeded first in the long jump after posting an ECAC-qualifying leap in the event. Sophomores Katie Matthews (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Jackie Dim (Sicklerville, N.J.) will be strong competitors for Boston U. on the track. Matthews is ranked second in the 5,000m and second in the 3,000m with ECAC marks while Dim is seeded first in the 400m also with an ECAC mark.
Matthews will face tough competition in the 3,000m in the form of Stony Brook junior Holly Van Dalen (Wanganui, New Zealand/Wanganui Collegiate). Van Dalen posted a NCAA provisional mark in the 3,000m and is seeded first for the conference meet. Stony Brook will depend on Van Dalen to earn the squad major points.
The Black Bears have high hopes to finish better than their predicted fourth and challenge Boston U. for the title with strong performances from sophomore Jesse Labreck (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) and freshman Cearha Miller (Waldorf, Md./Oxon Hill). Labreck will be tough competition for Boston U.’s Brady in the 55m hurdles. She posted a NCAA provisional mark of her own in the event last weekend and her time is also the top time in the nation in the 55m, 33 inch hurdles. Labreck is also poised to claim titles in the high jump and triple jump, seeded first heading into the meet. The rookie Miller, seeded first in the 200m, hopes to impress in her first conference championship. To win the race, Miller will need to beat defending 200m champion Albany senior Fey Adaramola (Bronx, N.Y./Trevor/Central Florida).
Albany is seeking its first title after coming in the runner-up for the past four years. The squad has competitors in the top-10 of almost every event and six athletes seeded first in their event. Adaramola will be a major point earner for the team in the sprints and will seek to defend her 200m indoor title. Adaramola is seeded first in the 55m and second in the 200m and boasts the seventh-fastest time in the nation in the 55m. In the middle distance and distance races, senior Laura Cummings (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore/North Carolina) will be a threat for the Great Danes, posting ECAC-qualifying times and ranking first in the 1,000m, mile and 5,000m run. In the throwing events, junior Kadine Johnson (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) has been a dominate force, ranking first in weight throw and second in shot put.
Defending weight throw champion Wildcat senior Ashlee Lathrop (Sherburne, N.Y./Sherburne-Earlville) will challenge Albany’s Johnson and help the Wildcats earn points in the field events. Lathrop, who is seeded second in the event, posted an ECAC-qualifying mark earlier this season. Junior Allison Letourneau (Kingston, Nova Scotia/Berkshire Prep School) will be a force for New Hampshire on the track, seeded first in the 800m.
Vermont’s Aly Millett (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) will be another contender in the middle distance and distance events, qualifying for the ECAC championship in three different events. Millett will only race in the 1,000m and mile run at the conference meet and is ranked second in both events. Millett is in perfect position to capture major points and two victories for the Catamounts.
With the graduation of New Hampshire’s two-time pole vault champion, the field is wide open and Binghamton freshman Jenna Marrione (Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley) has a great opportunity to capture a title in her rookie season. Marrione is seeded second, but has posted a season-best mark that ties the mark posted by top-seeded Great Dane junior Celine Cauderlier (Entzhein, France/Lycee Louis Pasteur/Université Louis Pasteur).
UMBC will depend on senior distance runner Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) to help the squad do better than its predicted eighth-place finish. Parkinson will compete in three distances events, the mile, the 3,000m and the 5,000m. She is seeded fourth in the mile and third in the 3,000m and 5,000m. Freshman Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) is poised to capture a title for the Retrievers in the shot put, ranked first with a mark three feet better than the closest competitor.
Hartford sophomore Diana Kornberg (Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe Woodbury/Wheaton) has posted top marks in the shot put this season and will challenge Deller for the title. In her first season as a Hawk, freshman Brittney Lawson (Woonsocket, R.I./Woonsocket) will also look to earn points for the team in the weight throw. Lawson, who has set a new school record in the event, is ranked third heading into the conference meet.
The America East Championship begins Friday at 10 a.m. with the women’s pentathlon followed by the men’s heptathlon. Other finals on the first day of competition are the men’s and women’s 5,000m run, weight throw, pole vault, long jump and distance medley.
Saturday’s events begin at 10 a.m. with the conclusion of the men’s heptathlon. Other Saturday finals are: shot put, high jump, triple jump, mile run, 55m dash, 400m dash, 500m dash, 55m hurdles, 800m run, 1000m run, 200m dash, 3000m run, 4x800m relay, and the 4x400m relay. The event’s will conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. and will be followed by the presentation of the Championship and Runners-up trophies along with the Most Outstanding Track Performers, Most Outstanding Field Performers, Most Outstanding Rookies, Coaches’ Awards and Coaching Staffs of the Year.