Meets: Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational; 13th Annual Spring Break Classic

Locations: Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Shamrock Women's Scoring: 1. Hampton (36), 2. UAlbany (30), 3. Indiana Tech (21), 4. North Dakota (12), 5. Manhattan (11), t-6. American (10), t-6 Mount St. Mary's (10), 8. Maryland-Eastern Shore (8), 9. Coastal Carolina (6), 10. Tennessee St. (5), 11. UNC-Wilmington (4), 12. Slippery Rock (2), 13. UMass Lowell (1)

Shamrock Men's Scoring: 1. Hampton (41), 2. Indiana Tech (26), 3. UMass Lowell (20), 4. Rowan (11), t-5. Coastal Carolina (10), t-5. Tennessee St. (10), 7. UNC-Wilmington (8), 8. American (7), t-9. UAlbany (5), t-9. Slippery Rock (5), t-11. Manhattan (3), t-11. Maryland-Eastern Shore (3), t-11. Mount St. Mary's (3), 14. Heidleberg (2), t-15. North Dakota (1), t-15. Salisbury (1)

Spring Break Classic Scoring: No team scoring

Athletes of the Meet: Stephanie Osuji, Tara Belinsky, Harmodio Cruz III, Adrian Mitchell

Short Story: The UAlbany track & field team kicked off the outdoor season with two meets over Spring Break in Myrtle Beach and Puerto Rico.

Shamrock Invitational

• Stephanie Osuji won the women's 100m in 11.60; Taahira Butterfield placed second in 11.92
• Osiris Nicholson placed seventh in the men's 100m in 10.83 after running 10.80 in the preliminary round
• Kiyah Owens won the women's 400m in 56.30
• Águeda Muñoz Marqués placed seventh in the women's 800m in 2:18.81
• Evan DeGraw placed third in the men's 800m in 1:54.56; Jonathan Gay placed second in the open division in 1:59.04
• Cara Sherman placed second in the women's mile in 5:02.87; Holly Machabee placed fifth in 5:07.86
• Ryan Udvadia placed fifth in the men's mile in 4:14.69
• Colleen Maloney placed seventh in the women's 3,000m in 10:34.11
• Kyle Gronostaj placed fourth in the men's 3,000m in 8:36.55
• Maloney won the women's 3,000m steeplechase in 11:01.54
• Tyler Ranke won the men's 3,000m steeplechase in 9:13.13
• The women's 4x100m relay of Osuji, Chanel Smith, Butterfield, and Jahari Coleman won in 46.48
• The men's 4x100m relay of Nicholson, Garfield Napier, Elliott Everett, and Dawshawn Williams placed seventh in 41.71
• The women's 4x400m 'A' relay of Owie (55.42), Jonel Lacey (1:00.03), Tiguida Toure (57.41), and Kiyah Owens (56.77) won in 3:49.61
• The men's 4x400m 'A' relay of Evan DeGraw (49.20), Joey Somerville (51.04), Jonathan Gay (49.87), and Jordan Lawrence (52.01) placed sixth in 3:22.10
• The women's 4x800m relay of Nira Lovick, Sherman, Machabee, and Muñoz Marqués won in 9:11.36
• Victor Cotto placed sixth in the 'A' long jump in 22-04.25
• Lynda Brundige placed sixth in the women's triple jump in 38-07.00
• Tara Belinsky placed seventh in the women's shot put in 43-09.25
• Belinsky placed sixth in the women's discus in 128-08.00; Amiynah Campbell placed seventh in 128-03.00
• Adrian Mitchell placed second in the men's javelin in 215-06.00

Spring Break Classic

• Asia Jinks placed fifth in the women's 400m hurdles in 1:04.61
• Andres Echeandia placed 22nd in the men's 400m hurdles in 1:04.46
• Dayleen Santana Rodriguez placed second in the women's 100m in 12.21 into a -5.2 headwind
• Niamani Morrison placed third in the women's 100m hurdles in 14.80
• Sidney Gibbons placed third in the men's 110m hurdles in 14.57
• Harmodio Cruz III won the men's 400m in 47.61, satisfying the IAAF World Junior qualifying standard.  Cruz III will represent Puerto Rico at the Junior World Championships in Finland.
• Victor Ortiz Rivera placed second in the men's 1,500m in 3:54.01
• Jinks placed ninth in the women's 200m in 25.60; Morrison placed 12th in 26.49
• Gibbons placed 15th in the men's 200m in 22.42
• UAlbany alumna Grace Claxton won the 400m hurdles in 58.07
• UAlbany alumnus Ricardo Estremera placed third in the men's 1,500m in 3:54.34

Next: In two weeks, the Great Danes will visit the University of Florida for the Pepsi Florida Relays, and Stanford University for the Stanford Invitational.