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University at Albany Great Danes

2008-09 Track & Field - M Roster

Joe Greene

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 158
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, N.Y.
  • Highschool Edison Tech

Biography

2007-08:

Injured during indoor season and never recovered to full strength ... Outdoors, placed 11th in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 52.62 seconds and ran on the 16th-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:14.92) at the IC4A Championship ... Named all-conference for placing second in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (53.89) and running on the second-place 4x400-meter relay (3:15.48) at the America East Championship ... Competed on the 49th-place 4x400-meter relay squad (3:18.85) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, ran personal-best times of 7.55 seconds in the 55-meter high hurdles and 8.22 seconds in the 60-meter high hurdles at the Valentine Invitational and Puerto Rico Invitational, respectively.

 

2006-07:

Outdoors, set the school record and finished fourth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (49.92) to garner All-America honors at the NCAA Championship ... Named All-East for placing third in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (50.18) and running a leg on the sixth-place 4x100-meter relay (3:08.86) which set a school record at the NCAA East Regional ... Won the IC4A Championship in the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 50.65 seconds ... Also ran on the 4x100-meter relay team (40.78) which broke a school record and finished third as well as the 15th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:15.76) ... Placed sixth in his heat of the 400-meter hurdles (50.44) at the Junior National Championship ... Named all-conference for winning the 400-meter dash in a school and meet-record time of 47.09 seconds and for winning the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in 52.95 seconds ... Indoors, was named all-conference for running on the third-place distance medley relay team (9:55.62) which set a school record ... Also placed fifth in the 400-meter dash (49.13).

 

2005-06:

Outdoors, finished 11th in the 400-meter hurdles (50.52) at the NCAA Championship ... Named All-East for placing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (51.48) at the NCAA East Regional ... Placed 18th overall and eighth in his heat of the 400-meter hurdles (53.24) at the World Junior Championships in China .... Also placed second in the 400-meter hurdles (50.70) at the USA Junior Nationals, earning Junior National All-America laurels ... Won the 400-meter hurdles (51.61) and ran on the eighth-place 4x100-meter relay team (41.81) at the IC4A Championship ... Also competed on the 17th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:16.64) ... Won the 400-meter hurdles in a meet-record time of 51.59 seconds as well as the 400-meter dash in 47.53 seconds at the America East Championship ... Finished 12th in the 400-meter hurdles (51.87) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, factored into a pair of school records for running on the winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:09.39) and finishing third in the 400-meter dash (47.41) at the IC4A Championship ... Named all-conference for finish­ing second in the 400-meter dash (48.50) and running on the second-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:14.09) as well as the third-place distance medley relay squad (10:04.88) at the America East Championship ... Also finished eighth in the 200-meter dash (22.42).

 

High School:

Lettered in track and field all four years and in cross country for one year at Edison Tech High School ... Team captain as a senior ... All-American ... State champion and Empire State Games champion ... Named all-league 13 times and helped the team win six sectional titles and place second at states twice ... Holds nine school records in the 200-meter dash (22.11), 400-meter dash (47.93), 600-meter run (1:20.86), 800-meter run (1:56.83), 1,000-meter run (2:33.88), 1,600-meter run (4:36.25), long jump (23-08.75), 4x200-meter relay (1:33.16) and 4x400-meter relay (3:20.52) ... Two-time indoor MVP as well as outdoor MVP on one occasion ... Served as Class Treasurer.

 

Personal:

Majoring in sociology with a minor in educational studies ... Born Nov. 20, 1987 ... Son of Theopia Greene ... Has three brothers, Dwayne Crane, Carlos Greene and Troy Greene.

 


Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
    6'1" 158 lbs
  • 2007-08Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
    6'1" 158 lbs
  • 2008-09Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles
    6'1" 158 lbs
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