BOSTON, Mass. – Graduate students Dan Schaffer and Emily Mackay, seniors Aziza Chigatayeva and Stephanie Cassens as well as freshman Jenna Chan all won individual titles, highlighting Binghamton's performance at the final day of the America East Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at the Boston Track & Tennis Center. In the final team standings, both the Bearcat men's and women's squads placed third out of 10 teams.

Schaffer and Mackay, who anchored the first-place Distance Medley Relay teams on Friday evening, added to their collection of conference crowns on Saturday. Schaffer repeated as the men's mile champion with a time of 4:07.72. Mackay, meanwhile, broke the meet record in the women's 800 with a time of 2:03.49. The old mark of 2:04.64 was set by Elinor Purrier of New Hampshire in 2018.

Schaffer now has four career individual America East championships in track & field, having also won the past two outdoor crowns in the 1,500. In addition, he captured the men's conference cross country title in the fall.

Mackay, meanwhile, has two career individual titles, having also won the outdoor championship in the 1,500 last spring. She is also the two-time defending America East women's cross country champion.

Cassens, who also ran on the women's Distance Medley Relay Team, won the women's 500 in a time of 1:12.84. It marked the first individual conference title of her career.

Later in the meet, Cassens anchored the women's 4x400 relay which finished a close second place to UMBC. The Bearcat quartet, which also included freshman Hillary Abankwa and graduate students Nia Joyner and sophomore Sophia Morone, clocked a time of 3:45.10. The Retreivers, however, were first in a time of 3:44.49.

Another first-time individual champion was Chan, who took top honors in the women's 60 hurdles with a time of 8.61. It capped an impressive weekend for the rookie, who was second in the long jump on Friday.

Chigatayeva and Mackay closed out the Bearcats haul of titles by going 1-2 in the women's 3,000 with times of 9:38.42 and 9:39.63 respectively. Chigatayeva, who also ran on the Distance Medley Team on Friday, now has three career individual crowns. She has won the past two outdoor championships in the women's 3,000 steeplechase.

Abankwa, who was the final member of the Distance Medley Relay team on Friday, was also second in the 400 on Saturday (55.66).

The Bearcats had two other runner-up finishes on Saturday. Junior Ryan Guerci was a close second in the men's 3,000 (8:10.55) while fellow junior Marcrene Jeannot was second in the triple jump (49-71/4).

Other top-three performances were turned in by redshirt freshman Sean Ryan, who was third in the men's 800 (1:52.13) and Cian Galligan, who was third in the men's 1,000 (2:27.22). In addition, freshman Marcus Johnson was third in the triple jump (49-5 ½).

Graduate student Evan Tuthill was the men's America East's Elite 18 Award recipient. The honor is given based on a combination of a participant's academic and athletic accomplishments. Tuthill was fourth in the men's shot put on Saturday (50-4 ½).

All-conference honors were awarded to the top three finishers in an individual event as well as all first-place relay members. The Bearcats posted 11 men's selections as well as five women's honorees. The 11 selections is the most men's selections for Binghamton at the America East indoor meet since it also posted 11 picks in 2019.

Albany won the women's title followed by UMass Lowell and Albany on the women's side. The River Hawks, however, took the men's title (215 points), followed by the Great Danes (172) and Binghamton (115).

TOP MEN'S FINISHERS
Dan Schaffer, 1st, Mile (4:07.72)
Ryan Guerci, 2nd, 3,000 (8:10.55)
Marcrene Jeannot, 2nd, Triple Jump (49-7 ¼)
Sean Ryan, 3rd, 800 (1:52.13)
Cian Galligan, 3rd, 1,000 (2:27.22)
Marcus Johnson, 3rd, Triple Jump (49-5 ½)
Adrian Rippstein, 4th, 60 Hurdles (8.37)
Nick Malfitano, 4th, Heptathlon (1,494)
Evan Tuthill, 4th, Shot Put (50-3 ½)
Mark Scanlon, 8th, 800 (1:53.36)

TOP WOMEN'S FINISHERS
Emily Mackay, 1st, 800 (2:03.49) MR, SR
Stephanie Cassens, 1st, 500 (1:12.84)
Aziza Chigatayeva, 1st, 3,000 (9:38.42)
Jenna Chan, 1st, 60 Hurdles (8.61)
Hillary Abankwa, 2nd, 400 (55.66)
Emily Mackay, 2nd, 3,000 (9:39.63)
Nia Joyner, 4th, 200 (24.54)
Brittany Korsah, 4th, 400 (55.71)
Mallorie Turner, 4th, Triple Jump (38-8 ¾)
Sophia Morone, 5th, 400 (56.03)
Nia Joyner, 5th, Triple Jump (38-6 ¾)
Dominique Jackson, 6th, 60 (6.77)
Brittany Korsah, 6th, 200 (24.77)
Brittany Korsah, 8th, Triple Jump (38-0 ¾)

FINAL MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
UMass Lowell 215, Albany 172, Binghamton 115, Maine 79, New Hampshire 63, UMBC 55, Vermont 38, NJIT NJIT 20, Hartford 18

FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS
Albany 180, UMass Lowell 126.5, Binghamton 122, New Hampshire 108, UMBC 89, Vermont 59, Maine 50.5, Hartford 32 9, NJIT 11

MEN'S ALL-CONFERNECE (11)
Casey Gribben, Jake Restivo, Brandon Love, Andriy Prokopiv, Sean Ryan, Mark Scanlon, Dan Schaffer, Ryan Guerci, Marcrene Jeannot, Cian Galligan, Marcus Johnson

WOMEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE (5)
Emily Mackay, Aziza Chigatayeva, Hillary Abankwa, Stephanie Cassens, Jenna Chan