Bulls Defend Home Turf at UB Invitational

Saturday, April 17

Buffalo, NY

1 p.m.

UB Invitational

Bulls Defend Home Turf at UB Invitational

4/17/2021 9:00:00 PM | Track and Field

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo track and field team hosted the UB Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Bulls had a total of 14 college across New York and Ohio attend this year's invite. The men's team would finish first with a total of 235 points. The women's team also finished in first with a total of 245 points.

In a tough competition, Caleb Nickens would finish in second place in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 56.49-meters.

The Bulls would finish 1-2-3 in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Making their season debut in the event was Thomas Flannery (9:16.67), Benjamin Cardamone (9:38.00) and William Marchant (9:55.35).

In a very exciting race, UB would finish first and second in the women's 4x100-meter relay. The Bulls would push each other to the end as Travasia Singletary, Antoinette Miller, Amy Villarini and Priscilla Faa would take first in 46.98-seconds. Christina Wende, Samantha Spinella, Jalasia Demember and Kaylah Britt finished in second place in a time of 48.40-seconds.

In the women's 1,500-meter run, Riley Jones would win the event in a time of 4:38.53. She would take first place out of a total of 41 runners.

Jaron Meyer and Jeremy Lissade finished in first and second in the men's 100-meter dash. Meyer finished in 11.03-seconds with Lissade on his heels finishing in 11.25-seconds. On the women's side, Faa would win the event in 12.44-seconds with Singletary claiming second in 12.71-seconds.

Samantha Spinella won the women's long jump with a jump of 5.67-meters narrowly beating her teammate Wende with a leap of 5.62-meters.

Wende would also go on to win a highly contested triple jump with a leap of 11.72-meters. She almost beat the runner-up by a full meter.

The relay teams would have a day as Jaron Meyer, Elijah Kerner, Dante Haynes and Jeremy Lissade would win the 4x400-meter relay in 3:22.94. The team of Michael Wolford, Patrick Hazlitt, Christopher Nowak and Evan Hilbert finished right behind in 3:32.77.

For complete invite results, click here.

UP NEXT
The Bulls will host the UB Twilight Invitational on Friday, April 23 at UB Stadium. The invite will mark the third and final home meet of the season. The festivities are set to begin at 3 p.m.

For news and updates about the UB track & field teams, follow them on Twitter and check the official website of the UB Bulls. For this year's media guide, click here.