BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo men's and women's indoor track and field squads were victorious Friday night at the UB Open at Alumni Arena. In the team scoring meet, UB's women defeated Canisius 127-37 while the men downed the Griffs 86-61.

UB's women's squad set a pair of school records Friday night. Laura Olson (Lyons, NY/Lyons) won the pole vault with a mark of 10-6 (3.20m) breaking the old mark of 10-2 (3.10m) set by teammate Deven Fister (Poughkeepsie, NY/Arlington) last season. Sarah Fletcher (Ridgeway, Ontario/Ridgeway-Crystal Beach) was a double winner for the Bulls setting a new school standard in the shot put with a toss of 43-9.75 (13.35m) breaking her old mark of 40-2 (12.24m) set in 2000. She also won the 20-lb. weight throw with a toss of 57-11.25 (17.66m).

Other double winners for the UB women included Janelle Callender (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Tech) in the 55-meters (7.24) and 200 meters (26.34) and Christina Matthews (Waterford, NJ/Edgewood) in the 55-meter hurdles (8.90) and high jump (5-3.75; 1.62m). The Bulls had winners in all 18 events on the evening.

In the men's meet Andre Forde (Penfield, NY/Penfield) was victorious in both the 55-meters (6.74) and 200-meters (23.74). Pete Otovic (DeWitt, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) won the 400-meters in 52.14 and was part of the victorious 4 x 400 relay squad in 3:32.20 with Rich Juskiewicz (Rochester, NY/Gates Chili), Tom Abbey (Arcade, NY/Pioneer) and Mike Commisso (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley).

Winners for the Canisius men included distance runners Mike Laura (800-meters, 2:04.50), Matt Reilly (1,000-meters, 2:34.90), Pat Leone (mile, 4:28.50) and Chad Bader (3,000-meters, 8:57.50).

"I thought we performed reasonably well for the expectations we had," said head coach Dick Barry. "We're really peaking for our next two meets at Eastern Michigan and Penn State."

The Bulls are at the Eastern Michigan Invitational next Saturday.