American East Conference

Albany Hosts Great Dane Classic, Receives Three #AETF Awards

1/16/2018 11:00:00 AM

BOSTON – A busy week in #AETF included Albany hosting the 2018 Great Dane Classic, a meet that had no team scoring but welcomed both Binghamton and UMBC to Albany for competition. Vermont and Maine competed in a quad meet at Dartmouth with Maine's men’s team totaling 128 points, just two shy of first place. The men for UMass Lowell also had a successful weekend, finishing second in the Beantown Challenge at Harvard.
 
Here are this week’s award winners:

Female Track Performer of the Week
Dayleen Santana Rodriguez, Albany – Sr., Sprints, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico

• Placed fourth in the 60m in time of 7.50.
• Rodriguez broke her own school record, which she set last year.
• It is her first #AETF Female Track Performer award this season.

 
Male Track Performer of the Week
Sidney Gibbons, Albany – Jr., Hurdles, St. Albans, N.Y.

• Placed fourth in the 60m hurdles at the Great Dane Classic.
• Time of 7.96 is a personal best and ties the school record set in 2009.
• His time also ranks 25^th in the country.

 
Female Field Performer of the Week
Samantha Beyar, Binghamton – So., Pole Vault, Monroe, N.Y.

• Won the pole vault at the Great Dane Classic.
• Cleared a height of 12’3.5”.
• It is the highest vault in the conference this season.

 
Male Field Performer of the Week
Kingsley Ogbonna, Albany – Sr., High Jump, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.

• Placed fifth in the high jump, clearing 6’10.25”.
• The performance ranks first in the conference.
• It is his first Indoor #AETF weekly award of the season.

 
Weekly Award Winners
Dec. 5 – Female Track Performer: Elinor Purrier, New Hampshire; Male Track Performer: Myles Banfield, Albany; Co-Female Field Performer: Anika Hibbard, Albany; Co-Female Field Performer: Rachel Morrison, New Hampshire; Male Field Performer: Michael Shanahan, New Hampshire
Dec. 12 – Female Track Performer: Hannah Kimball, New Hampshire; Male Track Performer: John Hassett, Maine; Female Field Performer: Rachel Morrison, New Hampshire; Male Field Performer: Michael Shanahan, New Hampshire
Jan. 9 – Female Track Performer: Chelsea Owusu, UMass Lowell; Male Track Performer: Brian Nelson, UMBC; Female Field Performer: Kerstin Darsney, UMass Lowell; Male Field Performer: Nick Villa, Binghamton
Jan. 16 – Female Track Performer: Dayleen Santana Rodriguez, Albany; Male Track Performer: Sidney Gibbons, Albany; Female Field Performer: Samantha Beyar, Binghamton; Male Field Performer: Kingsley Ogbonna, Albany
 
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