DURHAM, N.H. - University at Albany's John Moore won his second consecutive 800-meter run in leading his team to a conference-record sixth straight America East Conference Outdoor Track & Field championship on Sunday.
The Great Danes scored 190 points and were 51 ahead of second-place Binghamton.
UAlbany also won its second consecutive America East women's outdoor championship with 197.50 points. The Danes were propelled to victory late in the competition when Catie Coxon finished first in the discus throw with a toss of 147-feet, 11-inches and four UAlbany triple jumpers accumulated 18 points by placing third through sixth in their event.
"Winning four championships (indoor and outdoor) in one year has been our goal from the very beginning," said UAlbany coach Roberto Vives. "For this to become a reality is absolutely unbelievable.
In the men's meet, Moore cruised to victory in the 800-meters with a time of 1:49.97 and also posted a second-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (3:48.66). Tyler Fogarty was first at the 1,500 finish in 3:47.65. Valete Graham jump-started his team by winning his third consecutive long-jump championship on Saturday with a mark of 24-feet, 7.75-inches.
UAlbany was victorious in two relay events on the final day. The 4x100 group of Jake Rachiele, Germain Smith, Earnest Waters and Tristan Akong edged out UMBC by three one-thousandths of a second at 41.654. The Danes also won the 4x800 relay in 7:35.89, with Paul Lagno running the anchor leg for Ryan Florkiewicz, Nick Santos and Sean Halpin. Freddie Wills was UAlbany's fourth individual winner. Wills cleared the high jump bar at 6-feet, 9.75-inches and has won four America East outdoor events during his career.
In the women's championship, Fey Adaramola sprinted 11.86 seconds in winning the 100-meter dash for the second straight year. The senior also anchored the 4x100-meter relay to victory in a school-record time of 46.27 seconds. Christen Griffin, Quante Harris, Alli Rogers and Adaramola became the first UAlbany 4x100 to win an America East crown and broke a five-year old school standard. Adaramola was also second in the 200-meter dash (24.19) and a member of the second-place 4x400-meter relay that eclipsed another UAlbany mark by hitting the tape in 3:45.52.
Kadine Johnson, who was second on the first day in the hammer throw, added another second-place showing in the shot put with a heave of 43-05.25. Jenn Pierson won the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Saturday.
— Courtesy of UAlbany Sports Information
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