BOSTON - A busy weekend of competition for week 2 of the America East track & field season. This week America East schools competed in six different meets, including the Seahawk Shootout, URI Pentathlon, Joe Donahue Games Opener, Beacon Invitational and Maine’s first home meet of the season. 
 
Both UAlbany’s men’s and women’s team placed 2nd overall in the meet taking home 6 event victories at the Joe Donahue Games Opener. New Hampshire men and women placed 4th at the meet as well. The Bryant men’s team took home 3rd at the URI Pentathlon, while UMass Lowell men and women finished 6th and 5th, respectively. 
 
Here are the second #AETF weekly awards of the season: 
 
#AETF Weekly Award Winners - Dec. 13
 
Female Track Performer of the Week 
Amanda Chambers, UAlbany - Gr., Mid-Distance/Distance, Schenectady, N.Y.

• Took home 1st in the 5,000m with a PR of 17:07.50, breaking the meet record of 18:29.21 set in 2019
• With this time Chambers is ranked 4th in the conference and is also ranked 7th all-time indoors at UAlbany

 
Female Field Performer of the Week 
Shelby Bigsby, UAlbany - Sr., Throws, Montclair, N.J.

• Finished 1st in the shot put with a distance of 46’6.75” putting Bigsby first in the conference for the event 
• She also placed 4th in the weight throw with a throw of 61’3.50”. She is now ranked 2nd in the conference for the weight throw

 
Male Track Performer of the Week 
Travis Williams, UAlbany - So., Springs, Bronx, N.Y. 

• Took 1st place in the 60m, tying his PR time of 6.67. Williams is ranked 2nd in the conference and 4th in the nation with this time 
• Finished 2nd in the 300m with a time of 34.97 

 
Male Field Performer of the Week 
Jonathan Prell, Maine - Sr., Throws, West Simsbury, CT

• Placed 1st in the shot put with a throw of 52’8.25”
• Prell’s throw puts him on top of the conference leaderboard for shot put. 

 
2022-2023 #AETF Weekly Award Winners
Dec. 6 - Female Track: Jenna Chan, Binghamton; Female Field: Ludith Campos, UAlbany; Male Track: Shak Williams, UAlbany; Male Field: Louis Gordon, UAlbany 
Dec. 13 - Female Track, Amanda Chambers, UAlbany; Female Field: Shelby Bigsby, UAlbany; Male Track: Travis Williams, UAlbany; Male Field: Jonathan Prell, Maine
 
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