Osuji Breaks 200m Record for Third Straight Week
UAlbany Sports Information 02-10-2018
Meets: Fastrack National Invitational; Tyson Invitational
Locations: Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y.; Randall Tyson Track in Fayetteville, Ark.
Scoring: No team scoring
Athletes of the Meet: Hannah Reinhardt, Cara Sherman, Victoria Stoffel, Victor Ortiz Rivera, Alex Buczynski
Short Story: The final competition weekend for the UAlbany track & field team before the America East Indoor Championships featured one school record and multiple program-top-10 performances at meets in Arkansas and New York.
Fastrack
Tyson Day One
- Sidney Gibbons qualified sixth in the men’s 60m hurdles in 7.92; he placed sixth in the finals in 7.86
- Dayleen Santana Rodriguez qualified 13th in the 60m hurdles in 7.47; she placed 20th in the prelims in 7.52
Tyson Day Two
- Stephanie Osuji placed fifth in the women’s 200m in 23.53, breaking her own school record for the third straight week
- Kingsley Ogbonna tied for third in the men’s high jump, clearing 6-11.50
- Devon Willis placed second in the men’s triple jump in 51-03.50
- Tara Belinsky placed sixth in the women’s shot put in 49-00.25
- Anika Hibbard tied for sixth in the women’s invitational high jump, clearing 5-05.00
Next: The Great Danes will look to defend their titles at the America East Indoor Championships starting on Friday, February 23.