UB Track and Field Weekly Release

Bulls Prep at Campbell/Wright Open

High winds dictated the day as the University at Buffalo men’s and women’s track and field teams completed the regular season schedule at the Campbell/Wright Open at Akron’s Lee Jackson Field. There was no team scoring in the meet that also included MAC foes Kent State and Akron as well as Youngstown State and Ashland.

Four Wins for UB Women

Kim Black

The UB women won four events on the day. Jessica Schultz took the 1500-meters in a season-best and personal record time of 4:39.80. Schultz battled through the winds to cut more than a second off her top time of the season, set at last weekend’s Cornell meet. Lataya Dixon equaled her season-best with a victory in the high jump. Dixon cleared 5-7 (1.70m), tying the height she posted at the Northeast Ohio Invitational on the same Lee Jackson complex last month. The height was just shy of the regional qualifying height of 1.75m. Other women’s first places included Kim Black and Katie Weston. Black won the triple jump at 38-9 (11.81m), three-quarters of an inch off her season best, as she won by more than a foot over Kent State’s Andreea Patrasc in a strong cross wind. Weston set a season best in the javelin, taking the event at 142-2 (43.34m), just shy of the regional qualifying distance. Weston won the event by more than 13 feet.

Garbaty Breaks Javelin Mark

Casey Garbaty

Freshman Casey Garbaty placed second in the javelin, but improved on his school record with a throw of 209-9 (63.93m). The throw added five feet onto Garbaty’s record and NCAA East Regional qualifying distance. Garbaty, who was celebrating his 20th birthday on Saturday, finished behind Akron’s Tyler Sweet. Sweet posted a throw of 217-6 (66.29m).

Maskulinski Reaches Regional Qualifying Height

Tiffany Maskulinski

Junior Tiffany Maskulinski took second in the women’s pole vault with a season-best height of 12-7.50 (3.85m) to meet the regional qualifying standard. Maskulinski moved into a second-place tie in the MAC with her vault on Saturday. Akron’s Carrie Keyes won the event with a height of 13-9.25 (4.20m), which now stands as the top mark in the league heading into this weekend’s MAC Championships.

Back to Akron for MAC Championships

Ezekiel Porter

UB returns to the Lee Jackson Field for this weekend’s Mid-American Conference Championships in Akron. The league meet runs Thursday through Saturday, May 14-16. Both squads finished in sixth place in their respective league championships in 2008 at the meets held in Bowling Green, OH. Patrice Coney and Vanessa Roelofsen earned MAC championships with their victories in the women’s heptathlon and javelin, respectively, earning All-MAC first-team honors. Men’s sprinter Ezekiel Porter picked up a spot on the All-MAC second-team following his second-place finish in the 400-meters.