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Indoor Track & Field Weekly Release

Bulls Finish 10th at Sykes-Sabock Meet

Both of the indoor track and field teams turned in 10th-place finishes at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup hosted by Penn State University. The UB men scored 25 points in the 13-team meet while the UB women picked up 31 points among 15 squads. The host Nittany Lions won both team titles. The Mid-American Conference was well represented at the meet with Kent State, Central Michigan and Akron in the men's and women's fields as well as women's squads from Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. Programs from the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East also competed.

Men's Jumpers Lead Bulls

In the men's meet, UB's horizontal jumpers led the way as Roy Richards (Rochester, NY/Edison Tech)

Roy Richards

won the long jump with a leap of 24-1.75 (7.36m). Rayshon Higgins (Buffalo, NY/Bishop Timon-St. Jude) finished third in the triple jump at 49-5.75 (15.08m). Higgins' leap improved his season best and IC4A qualifying marks by more than 18 inches. Loic Sebuharara (Vestal, NY/Vestal) also posted a season best in the triple jump at 43-4.50 (13.22m). Higgins leads the MAC in the triple jump, while Richards stands third in the league's long jump.

McKenna, Fetchko, Heim Post Top 10 Finishes

Other men's highlights included a third-place finish by Dan McKenna (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) in the mile. McKenna, who broke his own school record on Penn State's Horace Ashenfelter Track, two weeks ago, finished in 4:11.43.

George Fetchko

George Fetchko (Warren, OH/Howland) finished seventh in the shot put at 52-11.50 (16.14m) and Brian Heim (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville East) improved his IC4A qualifying mark with a 49.23 clocking in the 400-meters to place 11th overall. Heim also ran the opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay along with Paul Riley (Buffalo, NY/Canisius), Babaseyi Olaleye (Lagos, Nigeria/Lagos) and Bryan Weinstein (Getzville, NY/Williamsville North). The foursome finished in 3:19.24.

Jezorski Sets Mile Mark

Jen Jezorski (Elmira, NY/Elmira Southside) broke Christina Keck's 2003 mile record with her second-place finish in the women's meet.

Jen Jezorski

Jezorski, who had established an ECAC qualifying mark on the track at the Penn State National Meet, cut six seconds off her time and eight-tenths of a second off the school record to finish in 4:50.20. Later, Jezorski was part of UB's 4x400-meter relay squad which posted an ECAC qualifying time of 3:53.75 as she teamed with Stacy Downer (Philadelphia, PA/Dobbins/Randolph Tech), Desiree Rudloff (West Falls, NY/East Aurora) and Kate Kohout (Clarence, NY/Clarence). The Bulls finished 10th in the relay. Kohout also earned an ECAC qualifying nod in the 800-meters in 2:11.79 to finish fifth and also paced the distance medley relay to a fifth-place finish.

Women's Horizontal Jumpers Impressive

Freshman Caitlin Godin (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) finished fourth in the high jump at 5-7 (1.70m). Godin has ranked in the top four in each of UB's meets this season.

Carrie Hinners

In the pole vault competition, Carrie Hinners (Maple Grove, MN/Maple Grove) and Jessica Lister (Rodman, NY/South Jefferson) both cleared 11-9.75 (3.60m). Hinners earned the sixth-place finish and was the highest finisher among the seven entrants who finished at the height based on fewest misses in the competition. The height was also a season best for Hinners and qualified the sophomore for the ECAC meet. Lister was credited with an 11th-place finish.