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Track and Field

This weekend the men's and women's track teams each placed in the top three in the McDonald's Invitational held at Ohio University. The women's track and field team placed first overall with 168 points finishing ahead of Ohio (146) and Bowling Green (137). The men finished third overall with 135 points while Eastern Michigan University took home first with 187.50 points and the host Ohio finished second with 150 points.

Faith Thompson earned a spot in the NCAA Regional Meet with her record setting shot put throw of 46-8. Thompson also threw a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 165-3. She won both of those events.

Pole-vaulter Laura Olson came out on top as well as she tied the existing school record of 12-6.

UB women's track team took home all three top spots in the triple jump as Brianna McFarland scored the first place medal with a jump of 38-7.50. Jennifer Anderson and Kate Kohout earned the second and third place medals with jumps of 36-5.75 and 36-5.50 respectively.

Freshman Jokic was the lone UB men's track team winner for the day as he took the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.32. Jokic also placed third in the long jump with a mark of 22-11.50.

Also for the men, Keith Gentes qualified for the NCAA Regional Meet with a second place finish in the hammer throw as he posted a mark of 179-5. Byron McKinney scored a pair of second place finishes as he had marks of 51.90.50 in the shot put and a throw of 144-9 in the discus. Rounding out the men are Rick Stewart and Gary Asbach. Both earned second place finishes in the 5,000-meter event and triple jump respectively. Stewart ran a time of 15:00.85 while Asbach had a jump of 44-9.

Both the men and women go back at it as they compete in the always-competitive Sea Ray Relays this weekend at the University of Tennessee.

Baseball/Softball

Tuesday's home softball game against St. Bonaventure, as well as the baseball game at Niagara, has been postponed due to weather. The softball game will not be rescheduled. The baseball game will be played at date to be announced.

Buffalo Bisons

Thanks to Mother Nature, the Bisons had yet another string of games postponed this week. Monday's scheduled game with the Syracuse SkyChiefs was postponed and was to have been made up Tuesday as a doubleheader. However, the uncooperative weather again forced the two teams to postpone the games again. Tuesday's doubleheader with the SkyChiefs is scheduled to be made up today at 2:05 p.m., as they play two seven-inning games. But with the Buffalo weather, even that is in doubt.