Men's and Women's Indoor Track Compete at MAC Championship Meet

Selinsgrove, PA - Sophomore Brianne Genter won the 200 meter dash at the MAC Indoor Championship meet Saturday afternoon at Susquehanna University. Genter captured the only title of the day for Albright by covering the 200 meters in 25.15 seconds, edging Misericordia's Sue Bochnovich by three one-hundredths of a second for her first career title. She also placed second in the 55 meter dash, finishing in 7.60 seconds. Genter was responsible for 18 of Albright's 29 team points at the meet.

Freshman Shannon Finley had a good day at MAC's, placing in two events. She placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 15' 7 3/4", and also took sixth in the 55 meter hurdles, finishing in a time of 9.57 seconds. Sophomore De'on Mallory was the final individual place-winner for the Lady Lions, as she finished fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 32' 7 1/2". The Lady Lion 4 x 200 meter relay team of Finley, Genter, Meghan Loos, and Erica Zapata placed fifth with a time of 1:53.69 for Albright's final two team points. The Lady Lions finished sixth out of eight teams in the meet.

The Albright men had a good meet as well, led by senior John Barkley's second-place finish in the mile run. Barkley's time of 4:27.85 was less than a second behind Messiah's Cory Kauffman, and was the Albright men's top individual finish of the meet. Freshmen Chris Donisi and Dwight Savoy each placed in two events for the Lions. Donisi took fifth place in both the long jump and triple jump. In the long jump he cleared 21' 1/2", while in the triple jump he took fifth with a leap of 39' 10 1/2".

Savoy tied for fourth place in the high jump, clearing 5' 10", then captured fifth place in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.61 seconds. Albright was strong in the relay events, scoring points in three different relays. The best relay finish for the Lions came in the 4 x 800 meter relay, as Robert Kellert, Ricky Brown, Dan Dalton, and Alex Rodgers finished with a time of 8:57.82 to cross the line in fourth place. In the distance medley relay, Rodgers and Brown were joined by Jacob Goldberg and Spencer Shaak to take fifth place in 11:27.97. The final relay points for Albright came in the 4 x 400 meter relay, as Savoy, Donisi, and Barkley teamed with Rob Kenney to place sixth in 3:47.66. Albright finished the meet with 24 team points to place seventh out of eight teams.

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