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Indoor Track & Field Weekly Release

Bulls Finish Second at Cornell Upstate Challenge

The University at Buffalo's men's and women's indoor track teams both took home second-place finishes on Saturday at the Cornell Upstate Challenge at Barton Hall in Ithaca, NY. In the men's meet, the Bulls totaled 164.50 points to finish second to homestanding Cornell's 295. Ithaca was third at 51, followed by Syracuse (41) and Colgate (36.50). UB's women scored 111 points while Cornell took the team title with 295. Syracuse (59), Ithaca (43) and Colgate (32) rounded out the field.

Weight Throwers Come Up Big For Bulls

George Fetchko

The UB weight throwers posted impressive marks at the Cornell meet. George Fetchko (Warren, OH/Howland) scored a victory in the men's weight throw with a toss of 55-5.50 (16.90m) for a personal-best and IC4A mark. He also finished second in the shot put at 53-2.75 (16.22m). Mike Giordano (Springville, NY/Springville) won the shot put competition at 54-6.50 (16.62m), improving his IC4A qualifying mark set at the season-opening Black Squirrel Classic by 17 inches. Alexandros Stamatakis (Hania, Crete, Greece/First Technical & Vocational School of Crete) was second to Fetchko in the weight throw (51-11.25, 15.83m).

Tina Villa

For the UB women, Tina Villa (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) won the shot put at 46-2.75 (14.09m), improving her ECAC qualifying distance and personal-best marks by more than a foot.

Higgins Takes Triple Jump; Richards Wins Long Jump

UB's horizontal jumpers also posted impressive marks with Rayshon Higgins (Buffalo, NY/Bishop Timon-St. Jude) winning the triple jump at 47-9 (14.55m), an improvement of an inch off his previous week's leap. Reggie Rucker (Rochester, NY/Edison Tech) finished second in the event at 46-2.75 (14.09m). Roy Richards (Rochester, NY/Edison Tech) won the long jump at 24-3 (7.39m), improving on his IC4A mark by almost four inches. Richards also placed second in a pair of events on the track, the 60-meters (7.06) and the 200-meters (22.81).

Bulls Also Win Four Events on the Track and Women's Pole Vault

Also posting victories for the UB men were Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) in the 5,000-meter run in 15:27.24. McKenna also anchored the winning 3,200-meter relay squad with a time of 7:59.95. Joining him were Chris McClure (Trumansburg, NY/Charles O. Dickerson), Paul Riley (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) and Andy Leonard (Spencerport, NY/Churchville-Chili). Three other UB women won events, including a pair of personal-bests on the track. Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence) won the 500-meters in 1:17.08 while Mary Veith (Derby, NY/Lake Shore) won the 800-meters in 2:15.82, each improving on their best times. Jessica Lister (Rodman, NY/South Jefferson) won the pole vault at 11-5.75 (3.50m) with Carrie Hinners (Maple Grove, MN/Maple Grove) tying for second (10-11.75, 3.35m).

McRae and Godin Also Establish Regional Marks

Caitlin Godin

Two more regional qualification standards were attained by freshman with second-place finishes. Rob McRae (Rexford, NY/Shenendehowa) finished second in the 500-meter run in 1:04.89, establishing an IC4A qualifying mark, his second of the year. He qualified in the 400-meters at Kent State. Women's freshman Caitlin Godin (Rochester, NY/Greece-Arcadia) finished second in the high jump at 5-8.75 (1.75m) to earn an ECAC qualifying height and establish a new personal-best mark.