Shevaughn Allen Sets School Record as Bulls Show Flashes at Kent State

Friday, February 14

Kent, OH

4:30 PM

Kent State National Invite

Shevaughn Allen Sets School Record as Bulls Show Flashes at Kent State

2/15/2020 6:45:00 PM | Track and Field

KENT, Ohio – The University at Buffalo track and field team competed at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier hosted by Kent State over the weekend. Over the course of the two-day meet, athletes from across the northeast displayed their talents. Among them, the Bulls showed they could compete with top programs.

DAY ONE RECAP
Shevaughn Allen went into the day undefeated in the men's long jump and it would stay that way after he jumped to a personal-record distance of 7.35m/24-01.50.

Christina Wende showed her versatility as she finished eighth out of 40 runners in the 60-meter hurdles and finishing fourth in the long jump out of 32 athletes. Wende finished the 60-meter hurdles in 8.92 seconds and claimed a distance of 5.60m/18-04.50 in the long jump. Both results mark personal-records.

In the men's 60-meter hurdles, the Bulls had three runners finish in the top-15 in the preliminaries. Chinemerem Ononiwu (10^th place – 8.56), Anthony Clark (14^th place – 8.62) and Joseph Williams (15^th place – 8.63) ran in a competitive field.

Wijitra Burapan claimed second place in the women's pole vault with a personal-record height of 3.82m/12-06.25. Burapan remains eighth in the UB all-time results list.

Asia Hoyte finished fourth in the weight throw as she threw a distance of 17.62m/57-09.75. This distance marks her second-best on the season.

DAY TWO RECAP
Shevaughn Allen's dominance carried over to the second day as he stayed undefeated and won the triple jump with a new school record of 16.09m/52-09.50. Allen won by nearly a full meter.

Benjamin Cardamone claimed second place in the 3,000 meter run in a season-best time of 8:32.26. Scott Loforte (sixth place – 8:43.74), Armani Merlino (eighth place – 8:47.12), Matthew Mercer (ninth place – 8:48.11) and Louis Greco (14^th place – 8:54.23) all had respectable races.

In the women's 3,000m, the team's cross country talents were displayed as Riley Jones (third place – 10:05.67), Meghan LaTuso (fourth place – 10:06.96), Alexia Hecico (11^th place – 10:28.39) and Lily Meek (12^th place – 10:28.66) all had season-best times as Jones and LaTuso add personal-records.

Christopher Nowak (seventh place – 4:16.59), Cal Puskar (11^th place – 4:20.65) and Alex Hislop (13^th place – 4:23.24) finished in the top-15 in the men's mile run. UB and Akron were the only schools to have three runners finish in the top-15 out of 37 runners.

Samantha Vetter had a career day as she knocked six seconds off her mile time to a season-best time of 5:26.97.

Nakia Williams finished in second place in the high jump with a height of 2.09m/6-10.25. In the men's pole vault, Steven Gilfus set a season-best height of 4.00m/13.01.50.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Bulls will head back to Akron, Ohio for the Zips Invite which will be held on Friday, Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m. in the Stile Athletics Field House. This will be the Bulls' last meet before the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships which will be held at the Stile Athletics Field House from Friday, Feb. 28 through Saturday, Feb. 29.

For complete meet results, click here.