Syracuse To Compete At Albany, Virginia

Friday, April 18

Albany, NY

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Syracuse University

Bobbi Palma Spring Classic

4/17/2025 7:07:00 PM | Track and Field

Syracuse will compete at a pair of meets Friday, with entries at the Virginia Challenge and Bobbi Palma Spring Classic.
Virginia Challenge
Date: Friday, April 18
Location: Lannigan Field | Charlottesville, VA
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Orange Entries
Syracuse will start the meet at Virginia with Heidi Demeo in the women's 1,500-meter run at 7:45 p.m.

Next on track for Syracuse will be Baneet Bains and Justus Holden-Betts running in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at 8:13 p.m. Julian Franjieh and Solomon Holden-Betts will run the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at 8:26 p.m.

Connell Alford, Omar Alsaidi, Sam Ricchiuti and Ruben Rojas Betanzos will compete in the men's 5,000-meter run at 9:05 p.m. Syracuse will end the night with Gabriel Planty and Ethan Wechsler in the men's 10,000-meter run at 10:40 p.m.

Bobbi Palma Spring Classic
Date: Friday, April 18
Location: UAlbany Track and Field Complex | Albany, N.Y.
Live Results: Click here

Orange Entries
Leading things off for Syracuse at Albany will be its 4x100-meter relay teams. The women will race first, with Olivia Garner, Kahniya James, Peyton Rollins and Iaunia Pointer running for the Orange at 4 p.m. The men will follow at 4:05 with James Nmah, Malachi Coleman, Darrell Gill Jr. and Malachi Coleman competing.

Next up at 4:10 p.m. will be the women's 1,500-meter run, with Olivia Joly, Leah Futey, Lizzie Bigelow, Kayla Harding and Lucy Zombek entered for the Orange. Shayla Ford and Mia Hernandez will then take to the track at 4:35 p.m. in the women's 400-meter run.

Syracuse will then have four competitors in the women's 100-meter hurdles, with Rollins, Taleea Buxton, Madison Ceasar and Marissa Saunders running at 5 p.m. In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Naseem Smith, Emanuel Joseph, Isaiah Hayes, Isaiah Lewis and David Peters will run beginning at 5:10 p.m.

Nmah and James return to the track at 5:30 p.m. for the men's 100-meter dash. At 5:45, Bigelow, Blake Parker and Emily Rutkowski will take to the track for the 800-meter run.

Syracuse will have a pair of entries in the 400-meter hurdles. Ceasar will run the event at 6:05 p.m. with Xayvion Perkins running at 6:15 p.m.

Hernandez returns to the track at 6:25 p.m. for the women's 200-meter. Joly will close the day on the track for the Orange in her second event, the women's 5,000-meter run, which will begin at 6:55 p.m.

In addition to the 100-meter hurdles, Buxton will also take part in the long jump, which is slated for a 3:30 p.m. start.