Friday, February 26
Mount Pleasant, MI
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Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships
Track and Field Earn Six Medals at MAC Championships
2/27/2021 8:42:00β―PM | Track and Field
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. β The University at Buffalo track and field teams wrapped up the 2021 Mid-American Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships as they earned six medals. The men's team finished fourth as the women's team finished tied for ninth.
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UB MEN
The Bulls had fire in their eyes during the second day of championship competition.
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Jonathan Surdej claimed the men's shot put title as he brought back the dominance of Coach Garnham's throwers. Surdej's throw was a personal-best of 16.92-meters, edging out Eastern Michigan's Chuk Enekwechi with 16.91-meters. Freshman Quinn Smith threw a personal-record to take fourth in just his second meet for UB.
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The men's high jump lived up to the expected high level of competition between Brandon Burke and Nuh Andu of Akron. Burke claimed the Bull's first indoor title since 2014 in the event as he tied his school record of 2.19-meters. Nakia Williams, Jr. claimed bronze with a jump of 2.09-meters. Β
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On the track, Scott Loforte raced to a new personal-record in the mile placing fifth in 4:16.06. Christopher Nowak took the final scoring position in sixth with a seasons best mark of 4:18.02. Β
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The men's 3000-meter was an exciting showdown between Benjamin Cardamone and Eastern Michigan's Baldvin Magnusson. Cardamone raced to another school record mark of 8:11.90 as he would go on and claim the silver medal. Thomas Flannery claimed sixth place and final scoring position for the Bulls. Β
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Michael Wolford completed the heptathlon with a personal-best height in the pole vault (3.90-meters) and finished the seven-event heptathlon with a tough 1,000-meter run in a personal-record time of 3:06.46 for a total 4,696 points.
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UB WOMEN
Samantha Hjelmar had a great championship competition tying for fourth-place with a height of 1.65-meters for her first podium finish. Just one year ago she was recovering from Achilles surgery, and she is now at the top of her game. This bodes well for this upcoming outdoor season.
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Molly McCreedy placed seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.68-meters. Β
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In the triple jump, Kaylah Britt earned the silver medal with a height of 12.30-meters. Christina Wende placed eighth with a height of 11.83-meters.
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"While we had some individual successes the last two days, the team placing is not to our standards or expectations," stated Head Coach Vicki Mitchell. "We have a lot of work to do to raise the level of performance of our men's a and women's teams to be more competitive."
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Click here for final results. For the day one recap, click here.
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UB MEN
The Bulls had fire in their eyes during the second day of championship competition.
Β
Jonathan Surdej claimed the men's shot put title as he brought back the dominance of Coach Garnham's throwers. Surdej's throw was a personal-best of 16.92-meters, edging out Eastern Michigan's Chuk Enekwechi with 16.91-meters. Freshman Quinn Smith threw a personal-record to take fourth in just his second meet for UB.
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The men's high jump lived up to the expected high level of competition between Brandon Burke and Nuh Andu of Akron. Burke claimed the Bull's first indoor title since 2014 in the event as he tied his school record of 2.19-meters. Nakia Williams, Jr. claimed bronze with a jump of 2.09-meters. Β
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On the track, Scott Loforte raced to a new personal-record in the mile placing fifth in 4:16.06. Christopher Nowak took the final scoring position in sixth with a seasons best mark of 4:18.02. Β
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The men's 3000-meter was an exciting showdown between Benjamin Cardamone and Eastern Michigan's Baldvin Magnusson. Cardamone raced to another school record mark of 8:11.90 as he would go on and claim the silver medal. Thomas Flannery claimed sixth place and final scoring position for the Bulls. Β
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Michael Wolford completed the heptathlon with a personal-best height in the pole vault (3.90-meters) and finished the seven-event heptathlon with a tough 1,000-meter run in a personal-record time of 3:06.46 for a total 4,696 points.
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UB WOMEN
Samantha Hjelmar had a great championship competition tying for fourth-place with a height of 1.65-meters for her first podium finish. Just one year ago she was recovering from Achilles surgery, and she is now at the top of her game. This bodes well for this upcoming outdoor season.
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Molly McCreedy placed seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.68-meters. Β
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In the triple jump, Kaylah Britt earned the silver medal with a height of 12.30-meters. Christina Wende placed eighth with a height of 11.83-meters.
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"While we had some individual successes the last two days, the team placing is not to our standards or expectations," stated Head Coach Vicki Mitchell. "We have a lot of work to do to raise the level of performance of our men's a and women's teams to be more competitive."
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Click here for final results. For the day one recap, click here.
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