Durham, NH – The UMBC men’s outdoor track and field squad finished as the runner-up at the 2025 America East Championships this past weekend at New Hampshire University. The result is UMBC’s best since the 2017 season and the seventh time they have finished second since joining the league in 2004.

UMBC recorded 145 points, finished only behind UAlbany (163.50), and took the gold medal in three different events. Sophomore Alpha Balde set a new meet record in the 200-meter dash, junior losif Papa won the discus, and the Retrievers’ 4 x 800 relay also took first.

Balde, who also grabbed the silver medal in the 100-meter dash at 10:53, turned in the second-fastest time in program history (David Bobb, 20.63) with a time of 20.81 to take the 200-meter dash.

Papa’s throw of 56.65 meters (185’10”) in the discus gave him his second career gold medal at the outdoor championships.

The Retrievers struck gold in the 4 x 800 relay, with freshman Justin Banks, freshman Joseph Ensor, graduate student Mark Unger, and sophomore Tyler Edson winning by nearly two seconds.

Several Retrievers came home with silver medals over the weekend. Senior Marquis Miller grabbed second in the 400 meters (47.52), freshman John Dinnall (110 hurdles, 14.67), Ethan Hart (shot put, 16.53 meters, 54’2.75″), and senior Toren Burr (javelin, 60.77 meters, 199’4″).

UMBC’s 4 x 400 relay also finished second with a time of 40.43. The foursome comprised graduate student Jaeden Burke, Balde, Miller, and freshman Alim Raji.

Edson (800 meters, 1:48.97), Raji (200-meter dash, 21.30), and the 4 x 400 relay (3:12.36, Miller, Fred-Morgan Iheanacho, Raji, Balde) all turned in bronze medal performances. 

Unger just missed a medal with a fourth-place finish in the 1500 meters (3:54.01), as did Ensor in the 800 meters (1:49.86).

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DURHAM, N.H. – Graduate student Marcus Johnson was named the Men’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete and sophomore Brennan Delany was named the Men’s Rookie of the Meet, highlighting Binghamton’s performance at the America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which were hosted by New Hampshire at Wildcat Stadium. The two-day meet concluded on Sunday afternoon with the Bearcat women finishing fourth out of nine teams while the men were fifth.

Johnson was one of four Binghamton individual champions during the weekend. He won his second straight men’s 400 hurdle title with a program-record time of 50.59 and also anchored the men’s 4×400 relay to a first-place time of 3:10.88. In addition, Johnson was second overall in the men’s triple jump (48-0).

Johnson set the previous 400 hurdle school record of 50.82 at Penn Relays one week ago. His performance is currently ranked No. 11 in the NCAA East Region Rankings.

Also on the winning 4×400 relay team were seniors Oliver Madariaga and Joe Cardascia as well as junior Samson Joseph.

Delaney, meanwhile, took top honors in the men’s decathlon, posting a first-place score of 7,049 points. In the process, he ends the year having won both conference multi events. Delany won the heptathlon back at the America East indoor meet in February. 

The other individual winner on the men’s side was graduate student Josh Stone, who repeated as the 5,000 champion. He used his signature kick on the final lap to record a first-place time of 14:15.73. 

For his career, Stone now has four individual conference titles to his name. He has also won the past two America East indoor 5,000 crowns.

On the women’s side, senior Jennifer Mui repeated at the 3,000 steeplechase (SC) champion. Her first-place time of 10:17.89 currently ranks No. 31 in the East Region.

Binghamton also posted three other individual runner-up finishes as well as a second place relay performance. They included junior Alyssa Armitage in the women’s pole vault (12-7 ½), redshirt sophomore Brian Luciano in the men’s weight throw (210-6) and freshman Anna Gansrow in the women’s 1,500 (4:40.50). In addition, the women’s 4×400 relay was second in a time of 3:48.81 and included freshmen Sofia Toepfer, Cassidy Robleno and Savanna Edwards as well as sophomore Tatum Norris.

Earlier in the meet, Norris placed third in the pole vault (12-1 ½) while Edwards took third in the 400 hurdles (1:01.94). Another third-place finish was turned in by sophomore Putu Sutayasa in the men’s long jump (23-4).  

Also placing third was the women’s 4×800 relay team of Mui, Gansrow, sophomore Brynn Hogan and senior Zoe Rose. The Bearcats quarter clocked a time of 9:05.91.

Norris was also fourth in the 400 (55.44) and sixth in the 200 (24.78). Other fourth-place finishes were turned in by junior Sydney Leitner in the women’s 10,000 (36:56.10), Cardascia in the men’s 400 (48.07), Luciano in the men’s discus (152-10) and sophomore Dami Modpupe in the women’s 100 hurdles (14.20)

All conference honors were awarded to the top three finishers in each individual event plus all first-place relay teams. Eight Bearcat men and five women earned the distinction.

Up next on the schedule for Binghamton is the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, which are slated for May 16-18 at George Mason University

TOP MEN’S FINISHERS

Marcus Johnson, 1st, 400 Hurdles (50.49) SR

Josh Stone, 1st, 5,000 (14:15.73)

Brennan Delany, 1st, Decathlon (7,049)

4×400 Relay, 1st (3:10.88)

Joseph, Madariaga, Cardascia, Johnson

Brian Luciano, 2nd, Hammer (210-6)

Marcus Johnson, 2nd, Triple Jump (48-0)

Putu Sutayasa, 3rd, Long Jump (23-4)

Joe Cardascia, 4th, 400 (48.07)

Brian Luciano, 4th, Discus (152-10)

Jaston Ormsby, 5th, Shot Put (50-5 ¼)

Andrew Rosenblatt, 6th, 3,000 SC (9:16.31)

Oliver Jibb, 7th, 3,000 (9:17.39)

Jose Iraola-Ceely, 8th, Hammer (179-11)

Oliver Madariaga, 8th, 400 (48.54)

TOP WOMEN’S FINISHERS

Jennifer Mui, 1st, 3,000 (10:17.89)

Alyssa Armitage, 2nd, Pole Vault (12-7 ½)

Anna Gansrow, 2nd, 1,500 (4:40.50)

Tatum Norris, 3rd, Pole Vault (12-1 ½)

Savanna Edwards, 3rd, 400 Hurdles (1:01.94)

Sydney Leitner, 4th, 10,000 (36:56.10)

Tatum Norris, 4th, 400 (55.44)

Dami Modupe, 4th, 100 Hurdles (14.20)

Gianna Hoose, 5th, Hammer (172-7)

Siena Jacobson, 5th, Pole Vault (11-1 ¼)

Victoria Payne, 5th, 100 Hurdles (14.82)

Kaylen Tenemille, 5th, 100 (12.13)

Deborah Estabine, 5th, Shot Put (42-6 ¾)

Deborah Estabine, 6th, Hammer (160-5)

Tatum Norris, 6th, 200 (24.78)

Gianna Hoose, 6th, Discus (123-11)

Kirsten Lilly, 7th, Pole Vault (11-1 ¾)

Ashlyn Rattray, 7th, 200 (24.92)

Cassidy Robleno, 8th, 400 Hurdles (1:06.54)

Carlea Davis, 8th, Triple Jump (37-3 ¼)

Logan Wheeler, 8th, Heptathlon (4,182)

MEN’S TEAM SCORING

UAlbany 163.5, UMBC 145, UMass Lowell 129, Maine 119, Binghamton 84, New Hampshire 81.50, Bryant 64, Vermont 43, NJIT 29

WOMEN’S TEAM SCORING

UAlbany 187, New Hampshire 128, Bryant 127.50, Binghamton 106.50, UMBC 105, Maine 72, Vermont 55, UMass Lowell 43, NJIT 33

MEN’S ALL-CONFERENCE (8)

Josh Stone, Marcus Johnson, Brennan Delany, Brian Luciano, Putu Sutayasa, Oliver Madariaga, Samson Joseph, Joe Cardascia

WOMEN’S ALL-CONFERENCE (5)

Jennifer Mui, Alyssa Armitage, Tatum Norris, Anna Gansrow, Savanna Edwards

FINISH: 1st – 187 points – out of 9 teams
 
LOCATION: Wildcat Stadium – Durham, N.H.
 
SHORT STORY: The women’s track and field team swept two podiums and landed multiple personal records to tally a 59-point win for the 16th consecutive outdoor track and field championship title.
 
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Shantae Pryce (Coaches’ Award)
 
TEAM SCORES: 1. UAlbany 187, 2. New Hampshire 128, 3. Bryant 127.5, 4. Binghamton 106.5, 5. UMBC 105, 6. Maine 72, 7. Vermont 55, 8. UMass Lowell 43, 9. NJIT 33
 
KEY NOTES

• Due to thunderstorms in the area, day one’s first round track events were canceled after running the 1500m and 100m hurdle prelims. Only the women’s pole vault and men’s and women’s hammer throw completed competition on Saturday.
• The 100m sprinters swept the podium and the 200m sprinters finished with three in the top four. Shantae Pryce won both the 100m and the 200m dash. 
• Adaliz Hunt (second) and Shenequa Vassell (third) joined Pryce in entering the program’s 100m top 10 in fourth through sixth place, respectively. 
• Pryce, Hunt, Vassell, and Toni Galloway opened the track on Sunday with a 4x100m win.
• Galloway (first), Kate Del Gandio (second), and Brinesha Derrick-Bain combined to sweep the 100m hurdle podium. Shanise Staats added a fourth scorer for UAlbany with a sixth-place finish.
• Derrick-Bain tabbed her second medal of the meet with a hard-fought runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles.
• In one of the few events on Saturday, Katie Iocca PR’d and became eighth-best in program history with a fifth-place finish in the steeplechase.
• In the field, the Great Danes landed five individual wins – Amelia Benjamin (HJ), Leann Nicholas (TJ), Lalenii Grant (DT), Stephanie Green (HT), and Beatriz Mora Herencia (JT).
• Repeating their performance at indoor championships, Miyanah Robinson joined Benjamin on the podium with a second-place finish.
• Keegan Collins finished just outside of all-conference contention in the hammer throw with a personal record. She is now seventh in program history with a 55.18-meter throw.
• Chrysanthemum Osorio increased her javelin throw distance and improved her top-10 placement to fourth with a fourth-place finish.
• Tallying three medals and several personal records, Kate Del Gandio was a workhorse with a second-place finish in the heptathlon and 100m hurdles and a third-place finish in the 200m dash.

 
SCORERS & PERSONAL RECORDS
100m
1. Shantae Pryce – 11.68 (personal record) (fifth in program history)
2. Adaliz Hunt – 11.69 (personal record) (sixth in program history)
3. Shenequa Vassell – 11.71 (personal record) (seventh in program history)
24. Evanni McDuffie – 13.32 (personal record)
 
200m
1. Shantae Pryce – 23.95 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
3. Kate Del Gandio – 24.25
4. Shenequa Vassell – 24.34 (personal record)
 
400m
6. Taylor Rogers – 56.50
 
1500m
Prelims
12. Scarlett Rose – 4:43.68q (personal record)
20. Tess Fitzmaurice – 4:49.16 (personal record)
 
100mH
Prelims
5. Shanise Staats – 14.55q (personal record)
 
Finals
1. Toni Galloway – 13.45
2. Kate Del Gandio – 13.73
3. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 13.97
6. Shanise Staats – 15.14
 
400mH
2. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 1:00.44
4. Thalia Benoit – 1:02.44
 
3000mS
5. Katie Iocca – 10:53.10 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany – 45.61
    Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Toni Galloway, Shantae Pryce
 
4x800m
8. UAlbany – 9:47.58
    Scarlett Rose, Hannah Steiner, Tess Fitzmaurice, Katie Iocca
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin – 1.76m (5-9.25)
2. Miyanah Robinson – 1.65m (5-5)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leann Nicholas – 12.12m (39-9.25)
6. Lanaisha Lubin – 11.63m (38-2)
15. Lindsay Farmer – 11.04m (36-2.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
4. Nattaly Lindo – 13.13m (43-1)
 
Discus Throw
1. Lalenii Grant – 49.83m (163-6)
11. Nattaly Lindo – 35.76m (117-4) (personal record)
 
Hammer Throw
1. Stephanie Green – 59.10m (193-10)
4. Keegan Collins – 55.18m (181-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
10. Nattaly Lindo – 46.64m (153-0) (personal record)
 
Javelin Throw
1. Beatriz Mora Herencia – 46.72m (153-3)
4. Chrysanthemum Osorio – 42.43m (139-2) (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
Heptathlon
2. Kate Del Gandio – 4687 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
                100mH (13.91), HJ (1.48m), SP (7.63m), 200m (24.19) (PR), LJ (5.47) (PR), JT (23.51m) (PR), 800m (2:28.32) 
 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
1. Shantae Pryce – 11.68 (personal record) (fifth in program history)
2. Adaliz Hunt – 11.69 (personal record) (sixth in program history)
3. Shenequa Vassell – 11.71 (personal record) (seventh in program history)
24. Evanni McDuffie – 13.32 (personal record)
 
200m
1. Shantae Pryce – 23.95 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
3. Kate Del Gandio – 24.25
4. Shenequa Vassell – 24.34 (personal record)
16. Jay Blanchard – 25.88
 
400m
6. Taylor Rogers – 56.50
 
800m
32. Cara Mastan – 2:31.16
33. Bonnieta Supaul – 2:40.81
 
1500m
Prelims
12. Scarlett Rose – 4:43.68q (personal record)
20. Tess Fitzmaurice – 4:49.16 (personal record)
31. Hannah Steiner – 5:08.16
 
Finals
10. Scarlett Rose – 4:50.41
 
5000m
14. Katie Iocca – 17:58.45
 
100mH
Prelims
1. Toni Galloway – 13.44Q
3. Kate Del Gandio – 14.08Q
4. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 14.08q
5. Shanise Staats – 14.55q (personal record)
 
Finals
1. Toni Galloway – 13.45
2. Kate Del Gandio – 13.73
3. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 13.97
6. Shanise Staats – 15.14
 
400mH
2. Brinesha Derrick-Bain – 1:00.44
4. Thalia Benoit – 1:02.44
 
3000mS
5. Katie Iocca – 10:53.10 (personal record) (eighth in program history)
 
4x100m
1. UAlbany – 45.61
    Adaliz Hunt, Shenequa Vassell, Toni Galloway, Shantae Pryce
 
4x800m
8. UAlbany – 9:47.58
    Scarlett Rose, Hannah Steiner, Tess Fitzmaurice, Katie Iocca
 
High Jump
1. Amelia Benjamin – 1.76m (5-9.25)
2. Miyanah Robinson – 1.65m (5-5)
T11. Sanai Bassett – 1.45m (4-9)
 
Pole Vault
T13. Evangeline Edery – 3.10m (10-2)
NH – Hannah Solomon-Hollander
 
Long Jump
14. Lanaisha Lubin – 5.44m (17-10.25)
20. Daniela Hunt – 5.29m (17-4.25)
22. Kerrice Harrison – 5.26m (17-3.25)
32. Lindsay Farmer – 4.69m (15-4.75)
 
Triple Jump
1. Leann Nicholas – 12.12m (39-9.25)
6. Lanaisha Lubin – 11.63m (38-2)
15. Lindsay Farmer – 11.04m (36-2.75) (personal record)
 
Shot Put
4. Nattaly Lindo – 13.13m (43-1)
9. Kiana Nosile – 12.21m (40-0.75)
 
Discus Throw
1. Lalenii Grant – 49.83m (163-6)
11. Nattaly Lindo – 35.76m (117-4) (personal record)
16. Keegan Collins – 34.52m (113-3)
21. Kiana Nosile – 31.61m (103-8)
 
Hammer Throw
1. Stephanie Green – 59.10m (193-10)
4. Keegan Collins – 55.18m (181-0) (personal record) (seventh in program history)
10. Nattaly Lindo – 46.64m (153-0) (personal record)
11. Kiana Nosile – 46.60m (152-10)
 
Javelin Throw
1. Beatriz Mora Herencia – 46.72m (153-3)
4. Chrysanthemum Osorio – 42.43m (139-2) (personal record) (fourth in program history)
 
Heptathlon
2. Kate Del Gandio – 4687 (personal record) (fourth in program history)
                100mH (13.91), HJ (1.48m), SP (7.63m), 200m (24.19) (PR), LJ (5.47) (PR), JT (23.51m) (PR), 800m (2:28.32) 
13. Marissa Gordon – 4000 (personal record)
                100mH (15.17), HJ (1.48m), SP (8.27m), 200m (25.71) (PR), LJ (5.23m), JT (8.08m), 800m (2:33.70) (PR)
15. Grace Adeyeye – 2719
                100mH (17.12), HJ (1.42m), SP (8.70m), 200m (29.11), LJ (3.82), JT (19.72m), 800m (3:45.54)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will continue the season at the West Point Twilight on Thursday (May 8).
 
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