VESTAL, N.Y.- The University at Albany swept the 2009 America East Outdoor Track & Field Championship with the men picking up their fifth-consecutive title and the women dethroning the Terrier women for the crown on Sunday afternoon at Binghamton University.

The Great Dane men led the nine-team field with 243.33 points, ahead of second-place University of New Hampshire (153 points) and Binghamton University (119.33) in second and third, respectively. UMBC was a close fourth-place finisher with 118.50 points, followed by Boston University (81) in fifth and University of Vermont (57) in sixth. Rounding out the field with 44.33 points was University of Maine in seventh, Stony Brook University (16) in eighth and the University of Hartford (15).

The Albany women (176.50) squeaked past second-place New Hampshire (153) with late points in the field events. Boston University (140.5) finished a close third ahead of Maine (111) and Binghamton (80) in fourth and fifth, respectively. Rounding out the field was Vermont (69) in sixth, ahead of Stony Brook (50), Hartford (39) and UMBC (34).

The 4x100-meter relay got the final events started for the second day of competition with the UMBC men earning the victory with a time of 41.17 seconds. Albany crossed second in 41.48 seconds, followed by Maine with a third-place time of 41.94.

In the men’s decathlon, Albany’s Freddie Wills earned a total of 6,250 points, edging out Vermont’s Jared Alvord (6,152) by less than 100 points. Boston’s Richard Haigh finished in third with 3,318 points. New Hampshire earned first and third finishes in the women’s heptathlon with sophomore Kathryn Early earning a total of 4531 points and classmate Kaitlyn Dugan earning 4189. Second-place finisher Marsha Fiesinger from Binghamton earned a total of 4,202 points.