FINISH: No Team Score - RESULTS
 
LOCATION: Track and Field Complex - Albany, N.Y.
 
SHORT STORY: Event groups, specifically the long jumpers and throwers, combined to dominate in their respective events on Senior Day at the Bobbi Palma UAlbany Spring Classic, Friday.
 
ATHLETES OF THE MEET: Louis Gordon (Field) | Tooni Ogunyeye (Track & Rookie)
 
KEY NOTES

• The Great Dane throwers combined to win all three events competed in - hammer (Qualiar Newton), discus (Isaiah Williams), and shot put (Frankie Gonzalez).
  • Behind the winners, UAlbany added the runner-up finish in the hammer and shot put. John Coddington tabbed a personal record in hammer that bumped him to seventh in program history.
• Jasir Parker entered the top ten at ninth in program history with a first-place finish in triple jump (14.91m).
• Louis Gordon won the long jump with yet another jump over 25 feet. 
  • Simone Menchini was right behind him with an outdoor best, 24-9.75. He is now ranked fourth in program history.
  • As an event group, the long jumpers swept the top five finishes.
• The 4x100m relay team of Shavar Staats Jr., Tooni Ogunyeye, Jose Davis-Whittaker, and Rajay Morris broke a nearly 10-year-old meet record. Previously 40.59 from a Northeastern relay team, the UAlbany relay team ran the 400-meter event in 39.73.
• In the 200m, Morris' first-place 21.11 is good for fourth in program history. Davis-Whittaker entered the top ten, as a freshman, at eighth with a 21.29 sprint.
• Four 100m sprinters finished in the top five.
• Overall, the Great Danes tabbed 12 event wins - 100m (Ogunyeye), 200m (Morris), 1500m (Jed Elmbarki), 400mH (Kyaire Lawson), 4x100m, 4x400m, pole vault (Gabriel Snyder), long jump (Gordon), triple jump (Parker), shot put (F. Gonzalez), discus (Williams), and hammer (Newton).

 
EVENT WINS & PERSONAL RECORDS
100m
1. Tooni Ogunyeye - 10.27w
 
200m
1. Rajay Morris - 21.11 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
2. Jose Davis-Whittaker - 21.29 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
 
1500m
1. Jed Elmbarki - 3:53.08
2. Chris Bertola - 3:53.88 (personal record)
6. Jerry Lewis - 4:02.26 (personal record)
 
400mH
1. Kyaire Lawson - 55.23 (personal record)

4x100
1. UAlbany A - 39.73 (meet record)
        Staats Jr, Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris

4x400
1. UAlbany - 3:20.53
        Couch, Graber, Lawson, Martinez
 
Pole Vault
1. Gabriel Snyder - 4.40m (14-5.25)
 
Long Jump
1. Louis Gordon - 7.73m (25-4.5)
2. Simone Menchini - 7.56m (24-9.75) (fourth in program history)
4. Jasir Parker - 7.19m (23-7.25) (personal record)
 
Triple Jump
1. Jasir Parker - 14.91m (48-11) (ninth in program history)
2. Damani Deloatch - 14.02m (46-0) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
1. Frankie Gonzalez - 15.74m (51-7.75)
2. Isaiah Williams - 14.47m (47-5.75) (personal record)
 
Discus
1. Isaiah Williams - 43.72m (143-5) (personal record)
 
Hammer
1. Qualiar Newton - 55.69m (182-8)
2. John Coddington - 51.51m (169-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
1. Tooni Ogunyeye - 10.27w
3. Shavar Staats Jr - 10.39w
4. Isaac Dacres - 10.60w
5. Lucas Casab - 10.68w
28. Noah Otto - 12.22w
33. Kenan Grant - 13.34w
 
200m
1. Rajay Morris - 21.11 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
2. Jose Davis-Whittaker - 21.29 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
12. Giovanni Gonzalez - 22.76
 
400m
2. Julio Martinez - 48.73
6. Giovanni Gonzalez - 51.90
 
800m
2. Isaac Graber - 1:53.81
 
1500m
1. Jed Elmbarki - 3:53.08
2. Chris Bertola - 3:53.88 (personal record)
5. Tom Ragone - 4:01.11
6. Jerry Lewis - 4:02.26 (personal record)
 
5000m
3. Nikolas Christian - 15:33.54
T5. Devin Finn - 15:51.04 (personal record)
 
110mH
5. Antwone Messado - 14.36
7. Kendall Mariacher - 15.04
9. Krishmar Powell - 15.62
 
400mH
1. Kyaire Lawson - 55.23 (personal record)
2. Anthony Couch - 56.44

4x100
1. UAlbany A - 39.73 (meet record)
        Staats Jr, Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris
DNF - UAlbany B
        Grant, Casab, Menchini, NA
 
4x400
1. UAlbany - 3:20.53
Couch, Graber, Lawson, Martinez
 
High Jump
2. Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie - 1.96m (6-5)
T3. Amar Brown - 1.91m (6-3.25)
T3. Krishmar Powell - 1.91m (6-3.25)
 
Pole Vault
1. Gabriel Snyder - 4.40m (14-5.25)
NH - Noah Otto
 
Long Jump
1. Louis Gordon - 7.73m (25-4.5)
2. Simone Menchini - 7.56m (24-9.75) (fourth in program history)
3. Stephan Farquharson - 7.21m (23-8)
4. Jasir Parker - 7.19m (23-7.25) (personal record)
5. Christian Quinn - 6.88m (22-7)
 
Triple Jump
1. Jasir Parker - 14.91m (48-11) (ninth in program history)
2. Damani Deloatch - 14.02m (46-0) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
1. Frankie Gonzalez - 15.74m (51-7.75)
2. Isaiah Williams - 14.47m (47-5.75) (personal record)
 
Discus
1. Isaiah Williams - 43.72m (143-5) (personal record)
Shane O'Neill - Foul
 
Hammer
1. Qualiar Newton - 55.69m (182-8)
2. John Coddington - 51.51m (169-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will head on the road for the Penn Relays (Apr. 24-25) and their final meet before the America East Championships.
 
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