American East Conference

Albany Women, New Hampshire Men Lead after Day 1 of #AETF Championships

2/23/2018 7:22:39 PM

BOSTON – The 2018 America East Track and Field Championships returned to Boston University on Friday. The University at Albany entered as defending champions on both sides. At the conclusion of the opening day, New Hampshire leads the men's standings and the Great Danes top the field on the women’s side.
 
Day 1 Results
 
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Team Standings through Day 1
Women

1. Albany (53 points)
2. Binghamton (48)
3. New Hampshire (32)
4. Vermont (28)
5. Stony Brook (25)
6. UMass Lowell (23)
7. Maine (14)
8. Hartford (6)
9. UMBC (5)

 
Men

1. New Hampshire (39 points)
2. Binghamton (31.50)
3. Stony Brook (29)
4. UMass Lowell (27)
5. Albany (27)
6. Maine (19)
7. Hartford (10)
8. Vermont (8.50)
9. UMBC (4)

 
Day 1 Highlights

• The first medals were handed out to winners of the women’s weight throw and men’s pole vault. Binghamton junior Oyin Adewale wore gold in the weight throw after tossing 56’9.5”. UMass Lowell junior Vladimir Popusoi cleared 16’2.75” in the pole vault.
• Keishorea Armstrong broke the first record of the 2018 championships with her mark of 20’1.75” in the women’s long jump. The record was previously set in 2011 by Maine’s Jesse Labreck.
• In a thrilling finish, the men’s 5000 came down to the final lap as Stony Brook senior Daniel Connelly overtook the lead and won gold with his time of 14:05.17.
• The women’s distance medley was a photo finish as the Wildcats edged out the Great Danes by six one-hundredths of a second to win gold.
• Michael Shanahan broke his own meet record in the men’s weight throw. The New Hampshire senior’s toss of 72’8” was the first in conference history to exceed 70-feet and more than 11 feet farther than the pack.
• Albany senior Stephanie Osuji broke the meet record in the women’s 200m preliminary sprint. She aims to defend her title in the finals Saturday after clocking in at 23.64.
• Samantha Beyar tied the meet record in the women’s pole vault. The Binghamton junior cleared 12’5.5” which was nearly six inches higher than the field.
• The pentathlon gold medalist was Vermont senior Pearl Abiti, who tallied 3,433 points. Abiti earned top-five finishes in all five events, led by a victory in the long jump portion.
• Albany took three of the top four finishes in the women’s 5000-meter run as sophomore Hannah Reinhardt led the pack with a time of 16:45.16.
• Hartford sophomore Terrel Davis repeated as champion in the men’s long jump, marking 23’8.25”.
• The night concluded as the men’s distance medley relay team for Binghamton gold in the event for the first time since 2014.

 
Competition resumes at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and can be streamed throughout the day on AmericaEast.TV.