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Sea Ray Relays Produce Top Results
UB's Keith Gentes betters his regional qualifying mark in the hammer throw
KNOXVILLE, TN - The University at Buffalo sent several of its top track and field athletes to
the highly-competitive Sea Ray Relays at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. There was no
team scoring in the meet that featured many nationally-recognized programs and top squads from
throughout the country.
 | | Keith Gentes | Individually, UB athletes achieved four top-ten finishes in their events.
Laura Olson (Lyons, NY/Lyons) placed seventh in the women's pole vault at 11-8 (3.56m). In the men's meet,
Keith Gentes (Warwick, RI/Bishop
Hendricken) took seventh in the open hammer throw at 180-4 (54.97m),
bettering his regional qualifying mark set last week at the McDonald's Invitational by nearly a foot.
Steve Esler (Rochester, NY/Aquinas
Institute) tied for eighth in the open high jump at 6-4.25 (1.94m).
Byron McKinney (Amherst, NY/Sweet
Home) placed ninth in the open shot put competition with a throw
of 53-9 (16.38m). McKinney also placed 19th overall in the open hammer throw at 159-9 (48.08m).
 | | Laura Olson | UB's men's distance medley relay team scored a school record with a finish of 10:03.94 to
place sixth in its race. The time shattered the previous record of 10:19.94 set in 1995.
Other women's results included Faith Thompson (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls)
finishing 14th in the hammer throw (162-7, 49.56m) and 21st in the shot put (43-10, 13.36m).
Biaunca McFarland (Binghamton,
NY/Binghamton) took 15th in the triple jump (39-1.75, 11.93m) and 29th
in the 200-meters (25.28). Christina Keck (Erie,
PA/McDowell) finished 22nd in the 1500-meters
in 4:36.63 and Meagan Rogers (Courtenay, BC/G.P.
Vanier) placed 29th in the 100 hurdles in 15.78.
For the UB men, Joe Clark (Amherst, NY/Sweet
Home) finished 16th in the 400-meters in
48.06 and Jerimie Slick (Rochester,
NY/Greece-Olympia) took 26th in the 1500-meters in 3:55.10.
04/13/2003
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E-Mail:
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Phone: 716-645-6816 |
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Mailing Address:
University at Buffalo
Division of Athletics
Track & Field Office
163 Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY 14260 |
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