Track Competes at UAlbany and Virginia on Friday

Friday, April 17

Charlottesville, VA

Syracuse University

Virginia Challenge

Track Competes at UAlbany and Virginia on Friday

4/17/2026 1:24:00 PM | Track and Field

The Orange will compete at a pair of meets Friday, with entries at the Virginia Challenge and the Bobbi Palma Spring Classic
VIRGINIA CHALLENGE MEET INFO:
Date: Friday, April 17
Location: Charlottesville, Va.
Live Results: Here
Orange Entries
Starting things off for the Orange in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at 4:30 p.m. is Omar Asaldi. Julian Franjieh will also race in the event, competing in the invite section at 8:15 p.m.
At 4:55 p.m. Luise Hitzbleck takes on the women's 1500-meters. Following her, Asher Danielson and Charles Guerrera will compete in the men's race at 5:30 p.m.
Selma Anderson will run at 7:45 p.m. in the invite section of the 1500, before her brother, Benne, and Drew Zundell run in the men's invite section of the event.
Gretta Johnson will run in the women's 5000-meters at 8:40 p.m. Next, the men will compete at 9:00 p.m., with Ruben Rojas Betanzos and Tristan Thurneysen entered.
At 9:20 p.m. Jayden Harberts and Carmen Luisi will compete in the 5000-meter invite. Connell Alford and Ben Gabelman close out the day in the 5000-meter invite at 9:40 p.m.
BOBBI PALMA SPRING CLASSIC MEET INFO:
Date: Friday, April 17
Location: Albany, N.Y.
Live Results: Here
Orange Entries
Blake Parker will start things off in the 1,500-meter run at 4:10 p.m.

Samantha Bloch, Nicea Jones and Kayla Harding will take on the 400-meter dash at 4:35 p.m.

Peyton Rollins and Emeline Clark compete in the 100-meter hurdles at 5 p.m., followed by Isaiah Hayes 10 minutes later in the 110-meter hurdles.

Indie Wallace-Persaud, Sierra Joseph, Esther Ganda, Shayla Ford, Bianca Williams and Jada Williams run in the 100-meter dash at 5:25 p.m. Nasir Adams and Andrew Walton follow for the men immediately after.

Clark, Billie Frazier and Ivana Richards take on the 400 at 6:20 p.m., before the event concludes with the 200 at 6:40 p.m., which will feature Wallace-Persaud, Jones, Ford, Joseph, Ganda, Mia Hernandez Nylah Robinson and Andrea Pomales.