ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany track and field teams get ready to host the Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic.
 
MEET INFORMATION
 
Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic
DATE: Friday, April 18
SITE: UAlbany Track and Field Complex - Albany, N.Y.
RESULTS: Finish Right Timing
MEET INFO: UAlbanySports.com
 
LAST TIME AT BOBBI PALMA UALBANY SPRING CLASSIC

• The Great Danes won 27 of 40 events they hosted while setting five meet records, one facility record, and one freshman record with multiple athletes earning personal bests.
• Several events held multiple Great Danes in nearly all or all of the top finishes.
• Seven current Great Danes entered the top 10 or improved their top 10 performances - Toni Galloway (4th, 100mH), Kate Del Gandio (6th, 100mH), Antwone Messado (4th, 110mH), Shavar Staats Jr. (3rd, 100m), Evangeline Edery (7th, pole vault), Stephanie Green (2nd, hammer throw), John Coddington (8th, hammer throw).
• Dominique Clarke broke the 100m and 200m meet records. The 100m record being her own.
• Toni Galloway broke both her own wind-legal record and the all-conditions record in the 100m hurdles.
• Shak Williams broke the meet record in the men's 100m.
• Charlotte Moscovici set a new freshman class program record in women's pole vault. 
• Ludith Campos set a new facility record in the women's hammer throw. 
• For more on the 2024 meet, click here.

 
AMERICA EAST OUTDOOR HISTORY

• The UAlbany women have won 17 outdoor titles. They currently hold a 15-year win streak.
• Historically, the women have had the most success in the 400m hurdles with a total of 13 event titles.
• The UAlbany men have won 18 men's outdoor titles overall.
• Historically, the men have seen the most success in the triple jump with 15 event titles.
• Combined, the Great Danes currently hold 11 men's and six women's America East Outdoor Championship meet records. 
• Overall, UAlbany has won 283 event titles at America East Outdoor Championships.
  • The men have won 159, including 97 track events and 62 field events
  • The women have won 124, including 76 track events and 48 field events.

 
AMERICA EAST OUTDOOR EVENT LEADERS (W/M)
100m: Shantae Pryce / X
800m: X / Hassan Abidi
100mh: Toni Galloway / X
400mh: Brinesha Derrick-Bain / X
High Jump: Miyanah Robinson / Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie & Ja'Lil Reynolds 
Long Jump: X / Simone Menchini 
Discus: Lalenii Grant / X
Hammer Throw: Stephanie Green / X
Javelin: Beatriz Mora Herencia / X
Heptathlon: Katelyn Del Gandio / X
4x100 relay: A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce / X
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NORTHEAST OUTDOOR RANKINGS
Week 1: Men (8) | Women (5)
Week 2: Men (6) | Women (5)
Week 3: Men (7) | Women (5)
 
Full Rankings
 
NORTHEAST OUTDOOR TOP TEN
Hassan Abidi: 800m (1, 1:47.60)
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump (9, 1.68m)
Kate Del Gandio: 100mh (5, 13.72); Heptathlon (5, 4272)
Brinesha Derrick-Bain: 100mh (5, 59.86)
Toni Galloway: 100mh (1, 13.25)
Louis Gordon: Long Jump (6, 7.29m)
Lalenii Grant: Discus (1, 52.37m)
Stephanie Green: Hammer (5, 59.07m)
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie: High Jump (4, 2.06m)
Simone Menchini: Long Jump (3, 7.40m) 
Beatriz Mora Herencia: Javelin (5, 45.36m)
Rajay Morris: 200m (10, 21.28)
Shantae Pryce: 100m (5, 11.69)
Christian Quinn: Long Jump (9, 7.21m)
Ja'Lil Reynolds: High Jump (4, 2.06)
Miyanah Robinson: High Jump (2, 1.77m) 
Gabriel Snyder: Pole Vault (10, 4.65m)
Shavar Staats Jr.: 100m (7, 10.53) 
Tooni Ogunyeye: 100m (3, 10.39)
4x100 relay: 3, 40.23
                Davis-Whittaker, Ogunyeye, Grant, Morris
4x100 relay: 1, 45.28
                Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce 
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NCAA EAST QUALIFIERS (Top 48 Individuals, Top 24 Relays)
Hassan Abidi: 800m (12, 1:47.60)
Toni Galloway: 100mH (11, 13.25)
Lalenii Grant: Discus (20, 52.37m)
Stephanie Green: Hammer (29, 59.07m)
Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie: High Jump (T45, 2.06m)
Simone Menchini: Long Jump (36, 7.40m)
Beatriz Mora Herencia: Javelin (45, 45.36m)
Ja'Lil Reynolds: High Jump (T45, 2.06m)
Miyanah Robinson: High Jump (T12, 1.77m)
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
NCAA TOP 50 
Hassan Abidi: 800m (18, 1:47.60) 
Toni Galloway: 100mH (T24, 13.25w) 
Miyanah Robinson: High Jump (T34, 1.77m) 
 
Full Performance Lists: Women | Men
 
RETURNING AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONS - 2024 OUTDOOR
Women
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump
Dominique Clarke: 100m, 200m, 4x100m
Toni Galloway: 100mH
Shantae Pryce: 4x100m
Shenequa Vassell: 4x100m
Men
Lucas Casab: 4x100m
Antwone Messado: 110mH
Travis Robinson: Shot Put, Discus
Gabriel Snyder: Pole Vault
Shavar Staats Jr: 4x100m
 
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE

• The UAlbany cross country/track and field program claimed their first America East Championship victory in 2003 when the men won the indoor championship. Since then, each of the six programs have claimed at least one America East crown.
• The program's six teams have collectively won 68 of UAlbany's 136 Division I championship titles with their most recent coming during the indoor season with both teams winning titles.

 
AE OUTDOOR PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK
Mar. 25

• Men: Simone Menchini (Field) | Jed Elmbarki (Track) | Tooni Ogunyeye (Rookie)
• Women: Toni Galloway (Track) | Lalenii Grant (Field & Rookie)

Apr. 8

• Men: Hassan Abidi (Track) | Tooni Ogunyeye (Rookie)
• Women: Toni Galloway (Track) | Miyanah Robinson (Field & Rookie)

 
2025 AMERICA EAST INDOOR CHAMPIONS
Women
Amelia Benjamin: High Jump
Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha: Triple Jump
Shenequa Vassell: 60m
Men
Tooni Ogunyeye: 60m
Hassan Abidi: 800m
Antwone Messado: 60mH
Ja'Lil Reynolds: High Jump
Simone Menchini: Long Jump
Travis Robinson: Shot Put
 
UP NEXT: The Great Danes will gear up for prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia (Apr. 24-25).
 
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