FINISH: 2nd - 156 points - out of 12 teams - RESULTS
 
LOCATION: Ned Harkness Field & Track - Troy, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Dane men tabbed eight individual winners for a second-place finish at RPI's Under the Lights meet, Thursday and Friday.
 
ATHLETES OF THE MEET(S): Tom Ragone (Track) | Christian Quinn (Field) | Shane O'Neill (Rookie)
 
KEY NOTES

• Hassan Abidi (1500) and Tom Ragone (10k) combined for the first two events win on Thursday night. Running his first 10k in track and field, Ragone entered the UAlbany top ten at sixth with a 30:38.36 time.
• The hurdlers put up two scorers in second- and third place in both the 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles.
• With two competitors in the shot put, Isaiah Williams and Shane O'Neill wrapped up the competition in first and second place, respectively. O'Neill and Williams combined for a second- and third place finish, respectively, in the discus.
• Qualiar Newton and John Coddington did exactly the same in the hammer throw. Newton entered the UAlbany top ten at fifth with a personal record of 56.66m.
• Julio Martinez (400m), Devin Finn (3000mS), and Christian Quinn (long jump) added three event wins to make it eight throughout the meet.

 
EVENT WINS & PERSONAL RECORDS
400m
1. Julio Martinez - 49.61
 
1500m
Seeded
1. Hassan Abidi - 3:55.36
9. Jerry Lewis - 4:04.60 (personal record)
 
10,000m
1. Tom Ragone - 30:38.36 (sixth in program history)
 
110mH
3. Krishmar Powell - 15.28 (personal record)
 
400mH
2. Kyaire Lawson - 56.05 (personal record)
 
3000mS
1. Devin Finn - 9:57.01
 
Pole Vault
1. Noah Otto - 3.95m (12-11.5)
 
Long Jump
1. Christian Quinn - 7.21m (23-8)
3. Jasir Parker - 7.01m (23-0) (personal record)
10. Damani Deloatch - 6.29m (20-7.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
1. Isaiah Williams - 14.26m (46-9.5) (personal record)
 
Hammer
1. Qualiar Newton - 56.66m (185-11) (personal record) (fifth in program history)
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
400m
1. Julio Martinez - 49.61
 
800m
5. Jerry Lewis - 1:55.33
 
1500m
Seeded
1. Hassan Abidi - 3:55.36
8. Steve Hines - 4:04.03
9. Jerry Lewis - 4:04.60 (personal record)
 
10,000m
1. Tom Ragone - 30:38.36 (sixth in program history)
 
110mH
2. Kendall Mariacher - 15.17
3. Krishmar Powell - 15.28 (personal record)
 
400mH
2. Kyaire Lawson - 56.05 (personal record)
3. Anthony Couch - 57.05
 
3000mS
1. Devin Finn - 9:57.01
 
4x100m
DNF - UAlbany A
                Staats Jr, Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris
 
High Jump
4. Amar Brown - 1.85m (6-0.75)
 
Pole Vault
1. Noah Otto - 3.95m (12-11.5)
NH - Gabriel Snyder
 
Long Jump
1. Christian Quinn - 7.21m (23-8)
3. Jasir Parker - 7.01m (23-0) (personal record)
10. Damani Deloatch - 6.29m (20-7.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
1. Isaiah Williams - 14.26m (46-9.5) (personal record)
2. Shane O'Neill - 14.25m (46-9)
 
Discus
2. Shane O'Neill - 42.77m (140-4)
3. Isaiah Williams - 40.79m (133-10)
 
Hammer
1. Qualiar Newton - 56.66m (185-11) (personal record) (fifth in program history)
2. John Coddington - 50.36m (165-3)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue with the two-meets-one-weekend schedule as most of the team stays home for the Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic (Apr. 18) and a select few head to the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 18-19).
 
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