BOSTON – Many America East indoor track & field teams competed last week. UMass Lowell’s women’s team placed first in the Jumbo Invitational while the men took second. The Albany women placed fourth at the Great Dane classic and the men took fifth. Stony Brook men and women both defeated FDU and Fordham at the Atkinson Invitational. Read about the conference's fourth weekly award winners of the season.
Men's Track Performer of the Week
Taariq Jones, Albany - Sr., Kingston, N.Y.
- Placed third overall in the 400-meter race with a time of 48.09-seconds, ranking him 36th-best in the nation last week.
- He led off the men’s 4x400 running a collective 3:14:91 placing them in 3rd overall.
Women's Track Performer of the Week
Jessica Donohue, Albany - Jr., Glenn Head, N.Y.
- Placed first overall in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:10:87.
- Her run was 34th-best in the nation last week.
Men's Field Performer of the Week
Matthew Campbell, Albany - Jr., Spanish Town, Jamaica
- Placed first in the high jump clearing 6-feet 10 ¼- inches.
- His jump was the 43rd-best in the nation last week.
Women's Field Performer of the Week
Kerstin Darsney, UMass Lowell – So., Rowley, Mass.
- Won the high jump clearing 5-feet 9 ¼-inches, ranking her 29th-best in the nation last week.
- Placed first in the pentathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet.
Notes:
- Albany’s 4x400 team, which Taariq Jones is a part of, has the leading tie in the America East.
- Stony Brook’s Kaylyn Gordon won the long jump at the Sean Atkinson Invitational ranking her 58th-best in the nation last week.
- Kerstin Darsney scored a personal best on all 5 events earning her first place in the pentathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet.
Weekly Performers of the Week
Jan. 19 – Men’s Track: Taariq Jones, Albany; Women’s Track: Jessica Donohue, Albany; Men’s Field: Mattew Campbell, Albany; Kerstin Darsney, UMass Lowell
Jan. 12 – Men’s Track: Tunde Ogunleye, UMass Lowell; Women’s Track: Jaclyn Solimine, UMass Lowell; Men’s Field: John Fiorello, UMass Lowell; Women’s Field: Kerstin Darsney, UMass Lowell
Dec. 15 – Men’s Track: Ryan Chiesa, New Hampshire; Women’s Track: Elinor Purrier, New Hampshire; Men’s Field: Michael Shanahan, New Hampshire; Women’s Field: Celeste Pipia, UMass Lowell
Dec. 8 - Men's Track: Jon Alkins, Binghamton; Women's Track: Laura Rose Donegan, New Hampshire; Men's Field: Ian Weider, Vermont; Women's Field: Keishorea Armstrong, Binghamton