The UB men's and women's track and field teams ran wild over the competition at the Bucknell University's Bison Outdoor Classic on last Friday and Saturday.
While there was no team scoring, the women's team took home 13 individual titles and the men's team took home four.
Senior Allison Laske help lead the Bulls to their dominating performance, as they crushed Christina Keck's 1,500-meter school record, with a time of 4:27.15. Her finish topped the previous record by seven seconds. With that time, Laske qualifies for the NCAA Regional meet by 1.57 seconds.
"Alison Laske is a workhorse, she has been coming in every day with a winning attitude, and it shows," said men's and women's coach Jim Garnham Jr.
Laske also took home the 400-meter title in a time of 57.1 seconds.
"She (Laske) has an incredible work ethic," said Julia Kaufman, assistant strength and conditioning coach, who has been working with Laske to improve her speed. "It happened last summer, that she put her mind to it, and said that this is the year that she was going to work hard no matter what."
Another athlete who has been working closely with Kaufman is Jenny Koeppel, who stepped up to take a victory in the 3,000-meter race. She took the race by more than 12 seconds and with the win, Koeppel is now second in the MAC standings.
In the sprint events, Charrise Everett took the 100-meter dash in 12.35 seconds, Patrice Coney took the 200-meter dash in 25.43 seconds.
The women's victories kept rolling in, as Celestine Coney won the 400-meter hurdles 1:02.65. The team of Everett, Seiling, Pauletta Dickerson, and Dana Ventrone took the 4x100, and the team of Stacy Downer, Celestine Coney, Jackie Cianfarano and Pauletta Dickerson took the 4x400.
Winners in the field events included Sarah Vance, who won the shot put, Laura Olson, who took the pole vault, Jessica Ball, who was victorious in the high jump, Stephanie Conway, who took the long jump at and Jennifer Anderson, who won the triple jump.
The UB men rounded up victories the 110 high hurdles, and the 400 intermediate hurdles. Erich Smithson won the 110-meter race in 14.88 seconds, and Brian Heim took the 400-meter contest in 53.61. Reggie Rucker also won the long jump with a leap of 7.10m.
UB's 4x400 relay also placed first with a team effort from Heim, Tom Abbey, Brian Weinstein and Derrick Frenney with a time of 3:21.03.
The Bulls will be hosting this weekend's UB Open, which will feature teams such as Binghamton and Syracuse, on April 16 and 17.
