FINISH: No Team Score
 
LOCATION: The Track and Field Center at the Armory - New York, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: Three student-athletes and a relay finished first to lead the men's track and field team in their first two-day meet of the season.
 
ATHLETES OF THE MEET: Tooni Ogunyeye | Qualiar Newton | Tooni Ogunyeye (rookie)
 
KEY NOTES

• Qualiar Newton threw 20.18m in the weight throw* for a personal record and the second-longest throw in program history. His throw was good for third place.
• Tooni Ogunyeye (60m*) and Jasir Parker (triple jump*) tabbed first place finishes in their respective events. A rookie, Ogunyeye tabbed his second consecutive 60m dash win while Parker notched a personal record.
• A mid-distance quartet, UAlbany's 4x400m relay won the race in 3:20.68.
• Three Great Danes - Shavar Staats Jr. (60m*), Kendall Mariacher (60mH^), and Jed Elmbarki (mile^) - ran for second place in their respective events. Mariacher and Elmbarki finished with personal records.
• The DMR relay^, Thomas Acosta (pole vault^), and Hassan Abidi (800m*) added top four finishes. Acosta, with a personal record, and the relay finished third while Abidi finished fourth.
• Five distance runners ran for a personal record - Nikolas Christian (5000m*), Chris Bertola (5000m*), Elmbarki (mile^), Steve Hines (mile^), and Mikolaj Gancarz (800m*).

 
NOTABLE UALBANY FINISHES
60m* (finals)
1. Tooni Ogunyeye - 6.77
2. Shavar Staats Jr. - 6.81
 
60mH^
2. Kendall Mariacher - 8.49 (personal record)
 
200m~
7. Jose Davis-Whittaker - 22.08 (personal record)
 
400m~
7. Julio Martinez - 49.88
11. Jack Gallagher - 50.33 (personal record)
 
800m*
4. Hassan Abidi - 1:50.12
12. Mikolaj Gancarz - 1:52.87 (personal record)
 
Mile^
2. Jed Elmbarki - 4:12.20 (personal record)
55. Steve Hines - 4:29.69 (personal record)
 
5000m*
14. Nikolas Christian - 14:55.52 (personal record)
17. Chris Bertola - 15:25.97 (personal record)
 
4x400mR^
1. UAlbany A - 3:20.68
                Gallagher, Barriffe, Martinez, Hines
 
DMR^
3. UAlbany A - 9:59.93
                Rogalski, Abidi, Hines, Elmbarki
 
High Jump*
T5. Ja'Lil Reynolds - 2.01m (6-7)
 
Long Jump*
6. Stephan Farquharson - 7.21m (23-8)
 
Pole Vault^
3. Thomas Acosta - 4.23m (13-10.50) (personal record)
 
Shot Put*
7. Travis Robinson - 17.46m (57-3.5)
 
Shot Put^
7. Shane O'Neill - 14.68m (48-2)
8. Frankie Gonzalez - 14.47m (47-5.75)
 
Triple Jump*
1. Jasir Parker - 14.65m (48-0.75) (personal record)
 
Weight Throw*
3. Qualiar Newton - 20.18m (66-2.5)
 
*Invitational
^Open
~Seeded
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
60m* (finals)
1. Tooni Ogunyeye - 6.77
2. Shavar Staats Jr. - 6.81
 
60m* (prelims)
1. Shavar Staats Jr. - 6.76
2. Tooni Ogunyeye - 6.78
25. Kenan Grant - 7.11
 
60mH* (prelims)
12. Antwone Messado - 8.14
 
60mH^
2. Kendall Mariacher - 8.49 (personal record)
 
200m~
7. Jose Davis-Whittaker - 22.08 (personal record)
25. Kenan Grant - 22.70
 
400m~
7. Julio Martinez - 49.88
11. Jack Gallagher - 50.33 (personal record)
29. Jabari Barriffe - 51.84
 
800m*
4. Hassan Abidi - 1:50.12
12. Mikolaj Gancarz - 1:52.87 (personal record)
25. Isaac Graber - 1:54.99
35. Chris Jernigan - 1:56.10
 
Mile*
25. Jared Rogalski - 4:10.94
 
Mile^
2. Jed Elmbarki - 4:12.20 (personal record)
16. Chris Jernigan - 4:17.39
38. Isaac Graber - 4:24.74
55. Steve Hines - 4:29.69 (personal record)
 
5000m*
14. Nikolas Christian - 14:55.52 (personal record)
17. Chris Bertola - 15:25.97 (personal record)
 
4x400mR^
1. UAlbany A - 3:20.68
                Gallagher, Barriffe, Martinez, Hines
 
DMR^
3. UAlbany A - 9:59.93
                Rogalski, Abidi, Hines, Elmbarki
 
High Jump*
T5. Ja'Lil Reynolds - 2.01m (6-7)
T16. Krishmar Powell - 1.91m (6-3.25)
T16. Amar Brown - 1.91m (6-3.25)
 
Long Jump*
6. Stephan Farquharson - 7.21m (23-8)
11. Christian Quinn - 6.90m (22-7.75)
12. Daniel Cephus - 6.89m (22-7.25)
21. Jasir Parker - 6.47m (21-2.75)
Simone Menchini - Foul
 
Pole Vault^
3. Thomas Acosta - 4.23m (13-10.50) (personal record)
Gabriel Snyder - No Height
 
Shot Put*
7. Travis Robinson - 17.46m (57-3.5)
 
Shot Put^
7. Shane O'Neill - 14.68m (48-2)
8. Frankie Gonzalez - 14.47m (47-5.75)
 
Triple Jump*
1. Jasir Parker - 14.65m (48-0.75) (personal record)
 
Weight Throw*
3. Qualiar Newton - 20.18m (66-2.5)
 
*Invitational
^Open
~Seeded
 
NEXT: The track and field teams will be back in action at the Greg Roy-al Rumble hosted by UConn (Feb. 1).
 
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