Indoor Track and Field Weekly Release
2/11/2013 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Teams Split Up to Compete at SPIRE, Cornell Meets
University at Buffalo men's and women's track and field athletes were in action on Saturday at both the SPIRE Division I Invitational in Geneva, OH and the Cornell Kane Invitational in Ithaca. There was no scoring in either meet.
Crimmins, Manley Break Mid-Distance Records
At the SPIRE meet, a pair of mid-distance records were broken. Freshman Brian Crimmins was sixth in the men's 1,000-meters in 2:24.16 and broke the UB record previously held by Paul Riley (2004) by more than three seconds. For the UB women, sophomore Meghan Manley had a season-best time in the women's 800-meters in 2:06.97, breaking Asia Henry's 2012 mark (2:07.56).
Lewis Earns Runner-Up Spot
Sprinter Miles Lewis led the Bulls with a second-place finish in the men's 60-meters at the SPIRE meet on Saturday. Lewis turned in a 6.82 clocking in the final to better his preliminary time of 6.86 which placed him sixth of ten qualifiers. Lewis also finished seventh in the men's 200-meters in 21.81.
Field Athletes Finish Near the Top
UB's men's and women's field athletes were well represented at the SPIRE meet. Jonathan Jones scored a fourth-place finish in the men's shot put. Jones had a top throw on Saturday of 60-5.25 (18.42m). Austin Price also had a fourth-place finish in the men's triple jump as he cleared 48-10.25 (14.89m) tying him for the spot with Jarred Gambrell of Michigan State. For the UB women, Shante' White picked up a fifth-place showing in the women's weight throw at 63-3.50 (19.29m). Erin Miller and Rachel Roberts finished ninth and 10th, respectively in the women's shot put. Miller posted a season-best throw of 47-9 (14.55m) while Roberts had a top mark of 45-9.75 (13.96m). Kelly Truppo finished 10th in the women's pole vault at 12-0.50 (3.67m).
High Jumpers Lead Way at Kane Invite
At the Cornell meet, freshman Mike Morgan won the men's high jump at 6-6.25 (1.99m) while Danielle Anderson finished third in the women's high jump at 5-3 (1.60m), adding two inches to her season-best mark. Micah Oliver took fifth in the men's 60-meters final in 7.04 and sixth in the 200-meters in 22.88. Sabrina Bush was seventh in the women's 60-meter hurdles final in 9.18.
