Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release
2/20/2012 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Bulls Make Final Tune Ups For MAC Meet
The University at Buffalo men's and women's track and field teams finished the regular season on Saturday at Cornell's Marc Denault Invitational. There was no team scoring in the meet as the Bulls rested many of their top athletes in preparation for next weekend's Mid-American Conference championships.
Woods Earns Field Athlete of the Meet Honors
Kristy Woods earned Field Athlete of the Meet honors as she won two events in leading the Bulls on Saturday. Woods extended her season-best with a victory in the women's weight throw at 61-10.50 (18.86m), adding nearly 4.5 inches onto her previous top mark which she set last weekend. Woods also scored a first-place finish in the women's shot put with a toss of 50-1.75 (15.28m). Rachel Roberts finished second to Woods in the shot put at 47-10 (14.58m) while Erin Miller was third to Woods in the weight throw at 56-5.25 (17.20m), extending her season-best by 5.25 inches.
Women's Hurdlers, Jumpers Post Season-Best Marks
Ayo Ehindero finished second in the women's 60-meter hurdles in 8.79 seconds. Ehindero sliced .16 seconds from her top mark as the Bulls had three entrants in the finals. Kristina Arcury also set a season-best with her 9.01 clocking to finish fifth while Emma Siuciak was seventh in 9.10 after setting a season-best 9.01 in the preliminary heats. Arcury also set a season-best in the women's 200-meters in 26.96 to finish sixth. Siuciak set a season-best in the women's long jump at 17-4 (5.28m) for sixth place. UB's women's triple jumpers also set season-best marks on Saturday. Uwa Omorogbe finished fifth at 35-5.25 (10.80m) and Jasmine Thompson placed sixth at 35-2 (10.72m).
Bell Second, Archie Third in Men's Jumps
Tomarris Bell led the UB men with a second-place finish in the triple jump. Bell cleared 46-10.25 (14.28m) to set a season-best by almost four feet. Bell also finished seventh in the men's 60-meters in 7.11 seconds. Brian Archie also scored a season-best leap in the men's long jump as he took third place at 22-10 (6.96m) as he added 14 inches to his best performance.
MAC Championships Are This Weekend
The Bulls begin the postseason with this weekend's MAC Championships. Competition at the University of Akron is slated for Friday and Saturday, February 24 and 25. At last year's meet, held at Bowling Green, the UB men scored 63 points to finish fourth in a five-team race while UB women finished ninth among the 12 MAC schools with 33 points. UB swept the men's and women's shot put competitions with Rob Golabek and Becky O'Brien claiming their first indoor titles after both won titles at the 2010 outdoor championships. Russell Cameron rallied from second place on Friday to win his first MAC heptathlon title, breaking Steve Esler's 2003 record with his 5,364 point total for the seven events. The Bulls had four individuals earn All-MAC honors as Golabek, O'Brien and Cameon earned first-team honors while John Inzina grabbed a spot on the men's second-team.
