Track & Field - W

The 2017-18 collegiate season has come to a close, but a handful of student-athletes in the University at Albany track & field program will continue to compete well into the summer. First among this group is a trio of freshmen who will compete this weekend at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships at Indiana University.

The University at Albany athletics programs combined to see 11 student-athletes earn Presidential Scholar-Athlete Awards for the 2017-18 academic season, the America East announced Wednesday. The 11 Great Danes were tied for the most in the conference with Binghamton.

UAlbany track & field concluded competition at NCAA East Preliminary Championships with four events on Day Three.

Walter Briggs advances to NCAA Outdoor Championships with a personal-best performance in the 400m hurdles.

Four UAlbany track & field athletes competed in the first day at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships, with one advancing into the next round.

The final stretch of the 2018 outdoor season has begun and the University at Albany track & field team will send a program record 16 student-athletes to this year's NCAA East Preliminary Championships.

The University at Albany track & field program tallied four America East All-Academic selections for the latest outdoor season, the conference offices announced Wednesday. The Great Danes earning the accolades were seniors Tara Belinsky, Kyle Gronostaj, Colleen Maloney, and Tyler Ranke. The quartet was named alongside a collection of 21 student-athletes, 11 women and 10 men, across the conference.

Five student-athletes from the University at Albany were honored as recipients of the 2017-18 Scholar-Athlete Award by SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson. The award recognizes outstanding academic excellence and athletic achievement.

For the third straight week, the University at Albany track & field program remained unmoved in the Northeast regional poll, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday. The men and women both retained their sixth and eighth ranking, respectively.

The UAlbany women win their first-ever ECAC Outdoor title behind four event victories while the men place sixth overall.

Championship season continues for the University at Albany track & field program with a trip to Princeton University this weekend for IC4A and ECAC Outdoor Championships. The Great Danes just swept their 10th straight America East Outdoor Championship meet, with the men claiming their 14th straight outdoor title and the women winning their 10th-straight.

The University at Albany track & field team swept its 10th straight America East Outdoor Championships over the weekend, and for their efforts the men and women retained their regional rankings from last week with the men coming in sixth and the women in eighth.