The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named the University’s women’s track and field team as one of the finest academic teams in the nation.[read more]

Two members of the University’s women’s track and field team have been honored nationally for a combination of athletic skill and academic excellence.[read more]

Sam Albert (l.) with NYU freshman Kolby Warren.

In this role, Albert will have administrative oversight of the cross country and track & field programs and will take on an event coaching responsibility with the track & field teams. His first day in the office will be July 13.

His appointment was announced by George VanderZwaag, the University’s Director of Athletics.

“Sam obviously brings a close connection to our programs,” said VanderZwaag. “But more than that, he brings professional experience that will allow him to succeed in this important role. I look forward to the growth of our programs under his leadership.”

Albert has long-standing ties to Western New York State. He is a native of North Tonawanda, N.Y. and an alumnus of North Tonawanda High School.

As an undergraduate at Rochester, Albert was a New York State Collegiate Track Conference champion and a four-time University Athletic Association champion, specializing in the sprints and hurdles. He was a two-year team captain. In May of his senior year, he was presented with the John Vitone Award from the Department of Athletics and Recreation for outstanding sportsmanship in the men’s intercollegiate sports program. At the time of his graduation, he held three school records – the indoor 500 meter run, the indoor 4x400 meter relay, and the outdoor 4x400 meter relay.

“I am truly honored and thrilled to return to the River Campus as Director of Track & Field, and I would like to thank George VanderZwaag and his staff for this exciting opportunity,” Albert said. “The University of Rochester has a long and storied tradition of excellence in cross country and track & field, and I am excited about the opportunity to build upon that success going into the future. I am really looking forward to working with the outstanding student-athletes and staff here at Rochester.”

He was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from Rochester in 2001 and a master of science in education from the Margaret E. Warner School of Education and Human Development in 2002.

Albert taught high school biology in the Sodus Central School District from 2002-2004. From the end of his undergraduate career through May, 2004, he served as an assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field. As a member of the Rochester coaching staff, Albert worked primarily with the sprinters. The student-athletes whom he coached broke 20 school records, won four New York State championships, two Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, and three All-America honors.

In August, 2004, he enrolled in a graduate degree program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was awarded a master of arts in Exercise & Sport Science/Sport Administration in May, 2006.

He worked in the Tar Heel Athletic Department as a graduate assistant in Event Operations and Facilities and as a physical education instructor. He was actively involved in the planning and implementation of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track Championships, the 2006 ACC Softball Championships, and NCAA postseason events in soccer, baseball, tennis, field hockey, and volleyball.

Albert returns to Western New York from New York University where he has served as the Coordinator for the Violet Booster Club since August, 2006. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of the development and alumni relations programs for NYU’s 21-sport athletic program. Additionally, he managed the athletics department’s annual fundraising campaign. For the past year, he has been an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s track and field programs at NYU.

He is married to the former Mackenzie Steinkamp.

Jacqueline Cinella and Jonelle Redhead finished in the top eight in their events for the women's outdoor track and field team at the ECAC Championships hosted by Springfield College. [read more]

Latoya Dunbar and Jackie Cinella won individual titles at the New York State Collegiate Track Conferecne outdoor championships at St. Lawrence University.[read more]

University of Rochester junior Melissa Skevington won the long jump in the first field event of the 2009 NY State Collegiate Track Conference Championships.[read more]

The University of Rochester women’s track team had a successful performance Saturday, April 25th, at the SUNY Geneseo Invitational. Numerous athletes qualified for ECACs.[read more]

Yaneve Fonge and Jonelle Redhead have qualified for the ECAC Track and Field Championships in just the second meet of the season.[read more]

For their first opportunity to get outdoors and compete, the University of Rochester women’s track and field team had an outstanding meet at Roberts Wesleyan College over Easter Weekend.[read more]

The UR Invitational - a lrage-scale home outdoor track and field meet for men and women - has been cancelled.[read more]

Seniors Jamie Landry and Jonelle Redhead competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.[read more]

Jamie Landry and Jonelle Redhead will compete in the NCAA Division III National Championships this week after outstanding performances at the ECAC Championships.[read more]

The women’s indoor track and field team broke one school record and had two individual champions plus two relay champions at the NYSCTC Championships.[read more]

Senior Jonelle Redhead provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships based on her weight throw result at the State Championships.[read more]

Rochester's three competitors - Jamie Landry, Melissa Skevington, and Marissa Eccleston - combined for 12 team points in the NY State Penathlon at Cornell.[read more]

Sophomore Yaneve Fonge has improved in the weight throwing events to the point where she is just over a meter shy of a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships[read more]

Two women finished in the top 16 finishers for Rochester’s indoor track and field team at the Valentines’ Day Relays conducted at Boston University.[read more]

Four individuals won titles and the 4x400 relay team was first as well for the women's indoor track and field team which excelled at Colgate's Class of 32 Invitational.[read more]

Four individuals and one relay won their event for the University of Rochester women's indoor track and field team at the St. Lawrence Invitational.[read more]

The University of Rochester Yellowjacket track and field team was back in action at the Rochester Institute of Technology meet on Jan. 17, the first time since Dec 12. The Yellowjacket’s got right into the swing of things with thirty-one qualifying for Ne[read more]