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YPSILANTI, MI - The University at Buffalo's men's and women's track and field teams completed their competition at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday with three more school records. In the three days of competition, UB set eight new school records.

UB's women placed eighth in the 12-team field with 47 while the Bulls' men finished 10th out of 12 with 33 points. Kent State won the women's championship with 133 points and host Eastern Michigan cruised to the men's title with 168 points. Both finishes by the Bulls are improvements on last season's showings when the women finished 12th and the men, although they also finished 10th last season, scored 28 points in the meet.

Biaunca McFarland

Biaunca McFarland (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) broke her own school record to claim a victory in the triple jump. McFarland jumped 42-0.50 (12.81m) to win the title. The leap was eight inches more than her previous record of 41-4.50 (12.61m) set at the UB Open two weeks ago. Teammate Bernadette Boswell (Yonkers, NY/Roosevelt) placed third in the event on Saturday with a mark of 40-11.50 (12.48m).

McFarland and Boswell also combined with Janelle Callender (Brooklyn, NY/Brooklyn Tech) and April Pabilonia (Clarence, NY/Clarence) for an eighth-place finish in the 4x100 relay in 48.09. The UB team of Callender, Christina Keck (Erie, PA/McDowell), Alison Laske (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy) and McFarland also earned an eighth-place finish in the 4x400 relay in 3:52.99.

Sarah Fletcher (Ridgeway, Ontario/Ridgeway-Crystal Beach) completed her final MAC meet with a school-record toss in the discus. Fletcher set the new mark at 156-0 (47.56m) to finish third and break her own record of 147-4 (44.92m) at the Raleigh Relays in March.

Joe Clark

On the men's side, sprinter Joe Clark (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home) eclipsed his own school record in the 400-meters with a time of 46.62 to place third overall. Clark had previously set the mark of 46.97 at the UB Open. Clark also teamed with Pete Otovic (DeWitt, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt), Bryan Weinstein (Getzville, NY/Williamsville North) and Emeka Uche (Rochester, NY/East Rochester) to take sixth-place in the 4x400 relay, finishing in 3:14.91.

Thrower Joe Loiacono (Rochester, NY/Greece-Olympia) placed sixth in the discus competition with a toss of 162-8 (49.58m).

Complete scores follow.

MEN'S SCORES: Eastern Michigan 168, Western Michigan 115, Toledo 86, Kent State 81.5, Central Michigan 81, Akron 76.5, Ball State 73, Bowling Green 38, Marshall 37, UB 33, Miami 23, Ohio 3.

WOMEN'S SCORES: Kent State 133, Eastern Michigan 128, Central Michigan 112, Ball State 93, Western Michigan 67, Toledo 58, Akron 55.5, UB 47, Miami 45, Bowling Green 41.5, Ohio 37, Marshall 2.