FINISH: 2nd - 194 points - out of 12 teams - RESULTS
 
LOCATION: Ned Harkness Field & Track - Troy, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Dane women put up 11 event winners on their way to a second-place finish at the RPI Under the Lights meet, Thursday and Friday.
 
ATHLETES OF THE MEET(S): Katie Iocca (Track) | Kate Del Gandio (Field) | Nattaly Lindo (Rookie)
 
KEY NOTES

• The first event win of the meet came from Lalenii Grant in the discus throw Thursday evening. Nattaly Lindo, Keegan Collins, and Kiana Nosile added three scorers in the discus alone.
• The first win of Friday came from All-American Amelia Benjamin in the high jump.
• Shortly after, Lindo and Nosile combined for first and second, respectively, in the shot put.
• On a roll, the sprinters/hurdlers added wins in the 100m, 100mH, 400mH, and the 4x100m relay.
• All five Great Danes competing in the hammer throw scored with Stephanie Green, Keegan Collins, Nosile, and Lindo sweeping the first four finishes, in order.
• Led by Lanaisha Lubin in first place, the long jumpers added four scorers to the team total.
• In her first attempt at the heptathlon, Kate Del Gandio finished first with 4272 and is now the eighth best in program history. Marissa Gordon finished right behind Del Gandio with 3852, just over 100 points away from the Great Danes' top ten.
• Evangeline Edery rounded out the UAlbany event winners with a pole vault victory in one jump.

 
EVENT WINS & PERSONAL RECORDS
100m
1. Toni Galloway - 12.27 (personal record)
 
100mH
1. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 14.44
 
400mH
1. Thalia Benoit - 1:03.42
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany A - 46.14
                A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce
 
Heptathlon
1. Kate Del Gandio - 4272 pts (eighth in program history)
                100mH (14.28), HJ (1.38m), SP (7.13m*), 200m (24.60*), LJ (5.29m), JT (19.49m*), 800m (2:32.99)
2. Marissa Gordon - 3852 pts
                100mH (15.20), HJ (1.47m*), SP (8.27m), 200m (26.94), LJ (5.24m), JT (13.54m), 800m (2:44.80)
 
*event PR
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin - 1.66m (5-5.25)
 
Pole Vault
1. Evangeline Edery - 3.00m (9-10)
 
Long Jump
1. Lanaisha Lubin - 5.60m (18-4.5)
4. Lindsay Farmer - 5.29m (17-4.25) (personal record)
5. Kerrice Harrison - 5.20m (17-0.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
1. Nattaly Lindo - 12.79m (41-11.5)
 
Discus
1. Lalenii Grant - 47.99m (157-5)
 
Hammer
1. Stephanie Green - 57.36m (188-2)
2. Keegan Collins - 50.75m (166-6) (personal record)
7. Lalenii Grant - 40.57m (133-1) (personal record)
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
1. Toni Galloway - 12.27 (personal record)
 
200m
3. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 26.58
4. Jay Blanchard - 26.59
11. Jada Huffman - 27.39
 
800m
5. Hannah Steiner - 2:26.42
12. Cara Mastan - 2:35.63
15. Bonnieta Supaul - 2:46.29
 
100mH
1. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 14.44
3. Shanise Staats - 15.21
Kiarra Hollis - DNF
 
400mH
1. Thalia Benoit - 1:03.42
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany A - 46.14
                A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce
 
Heptathlon
1. Kate Del Gandio - 4272 pts (eighth in program history)
                100mH (14.28), HJ (1.38m), SP (7.13m*), 200m (24.60*), LJ (5.29m), JT (19.49m*), 800m (2:32.99)
2. Marissa Gordon - 3852 pts
                100mH (15.20), HJ (1.47m*), SP (8.27m), 200m (26.94), LJ (5.24m), JT (13.54m), 800m (2:44.80)
6. Grace Adeyeye - 2851 pts
                100mH (17.16), HJ (1.44m), SP (9.42m), 200m (29.45), LJ (4.16m), JT (23.75m), 800m (DNF)
 
*event PR
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin - 1.66m (5-5.25)
NH - Sanai Bassett
 
Pole Vault
1. Evangeline Edery - 3.00m (9-10)
NH - Hannah Solomon-Hollander
 
Long Jump
1. Lanaisha Lubin - 5.60m (18-4.5)
4. Lindsay Farmer - 5.29m (17-4.25) (personal record)
5. Kerrice Harrison - 5.20m (17-0.75) (personal record)
6. Daniela Hunt - 5.10m (16-8.75)
 
Shot Put
1. Nattaly Lindo - 12.79m (41-11.5)
2. Kiana Nosile - 12.64m (41-5.75)
 
Discus
1. Lalenii Grant - 47.99m (157-5)
3. Nattaly Lindo - 38.15m (125-2)
6. Keegan Collins - 34.96m (114-8)
7. Kiana Nosile - 33.71m (110-7)
 
Hammer
1. Stephanie Green - 57.36m (188-2)
2. Keegan Collins - 50.75m (166-6) (personal record)
3. Kiana Nosile - 47.86m (157-0)
4. Nattaly Lindo - 44.22m (145-1)
7. Lalenii Grant - 40.57m (133-1) (personal record)
 
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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