2012 penn state relays preview

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Penn State Relays

Meet Preview:

After a few weeks of at home training, the UMBC Indoor Track & Field teams return to the track to shak

off the rust and start prepping for the major meets at the end of the month. The Penn State Relays are

new addition to the schedule after years of attending the Gulden Relays. With the adjustable banked,

Mondo track in play, everyone who did work over the winter will surely shine right away.

In the sprint events look for freshmen Mercedes Jackson to build off her record setting performance fro

her first meet. Entered in the 200 meter dash along with the top returner Kirsten Jones, expect to see a

assault on the indoor school record with multiple All-Time Top 10 performances on tap. For the men

sprinters, look to the official start of the season for Trae Proctor in the 60 meter hurdles. Running

unattached at Bucknell, Proctor won in a personal best 8.08, which would place him at the top of the

Conference rankings and faster than all his indoor times from last year. Also, be on the watch for

continued improvement by Denny Long and Josh Hewitson.

The distance crew will premier in full force, albeit with a modified event schedule. On the mens side, th

mile looks to be the marquee event with seven entrants including leading cross country runners T.J.

Cowing and Brandan McGee. Joining them will be leading returner Tim Jones who placed 8th

at last yea

Conference meet. On the womens side, the 3,000m will be the stacked event with top cross country

runner Keri Wilson making her debut in her main event. She will be joined by varsity cross country

stalwarts Julie Gessler, Alyse Gibson, and Kirsten McGovern.

The field events will feature the womens throws squad from which Amanda Deller and Chrissy Robinso

garnered ECAC qualifications in their first meet out. The long jump will feature two of the finest in scho

history in Kiki Malamo-Paris and Ebonique Jones. In the mens high jump, Momodou Drammeh will be

looking to get an IC4A qualifying performance as well as Shioma Obmeata in the triple jump.

With an abundance of relays on tap, keep an eye on the womens 4x400 meter relay and the mens

4x800m relay. Both have the talent to get an early season qualifier to the IC4A/ECAC meets.

Ebonique Jones:

While most of the attention went to new school

record holders, Ebonique Jones had the most well

rounded performance of the meet. Jones finished

fourth in the 60 meter dash with a #4 All Time

mark of 7.78 seconds. Additionally, she won the

long jump with a #4 All Time mark of 18 1.

Featured

Athlete


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Meet Recap:

The Retrievers came out of the gate storming with freshman Mercedes Jackson taking the victory and

school record in the 60 meter dash and Chowan Brightful taking second in the high jump with a new All-

Time mark of 5 7. Additionally, both Imani Colbert and Mo Drammeh took victories in the womens 60

meter hurdles and mens high jump respectively.

In other field event action, both junior Amanda Deller and senior Chrissy Robinson garnered ECAC invites

finishing second and third in the shot put. Not to be out done, freshman, Monica Hagenauer finished wit

an All-Time performance as well. Freshman Mary Katherine Kulp finished fourth in the 800 meters while

the process claiming the tenth spot on the All-Time UMBC rankings. Blossom Meteviers performance in

the 60 meter dash put her on the Top Ten list, and fellow freshman Ebonique Jones f inished fourth in the

60 meter dash and second in the long jump, with both taking up a spot in the history books.

In the mens sprints, junior transfer Dennison Long qualified for the IC4A championships with an All-Time

Top Ten performance in the process. Senior Josh Hewitson finished second in the 500 meter dash while T

Cowing, Tim Jones, and Brandan McGee swept second through fourth in the mile.

Athlete

Spotlights

Denny Long:A former Maryland State Champion at Eleanor Roosevelt,

Long first attend Florida International University for two

years where he broke school records in the process.

However, Denny transferred to be under the tutelage of

former All-American, and Head Coach David Bobb in order

to take it to the next level. In his first meet out after a long

layoff from competition due to injury, Long ended 9th

on the

All-Time list in the 60 meter dash with an IC4A qualifying

time

Chowan Brightful:For the past two years, Brightful was a multi-event athlete

first, who occasionally dabbled in individual events. This

year she left the pentathlon, an event where she garnered

an ECAC qualifying mark to concentrate on the hurdles, longjump, and high jump. Her focus did not go unrewarded, as

she became the best high jumper in UMBC history at the

Bison Opener with an ECAC qualifying mark in the event.


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Inside the Numbers:

TRACK EVENTS:10:15 AM Mixed 1 Mile Run NVTC Finals

11:00 AM Women 1 Mile Run Finals

11:10 AM Men 1 Mile Run Finals

11:20 AM Women 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims

11:30 AM Men 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims11:40 AM Women 60 Meter Dash Prelims

11:50 AM Men 60 Meter Dash Prelims

12:05 PM Women 500 Meter Dash Finals

12:20 PM Men 500 Meter Dash Finals

12:30 PM Women 4x800 Meter Relay Finals

12:40 PM Men 4x800 Meter Relay Finals

12:50 PM Women 4x1 Mile Relay Finals

1:20 PM Men 4x1 Mile Relay Finals

1:40 PM Women 60 Meter Hurdles Finals

1:45 PM Men 60 Meter Hurdles Finals



2:05 PM Women 1000 Meter Run Finals

2:15 PM Men 1000 Meter Run Finals



2:55 PM Women 3000 Meter Run Finals

3:15 PM Women Distance Medley Finals

3:30 PM Men Distance Medley Finals

3:45 PM Men 3000 Meter Run Finals

4:00 PM Women 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

4:15 PM Men 4x400 Meter Relay Finals

FIELD EVENTS:10:00 AM Women Weight Throw 20 lb Finals

11:00 AM Women Pole Vault Finals

11:00 AM Men Pole Vault Finals

11:00 AM Women Long Jump Finals

11:00 AM Men Long Jump Finals

11:30 PM Men Weight Throw 35 lb Finals

2:00 PM Women Triple Jump Finals2:00 PM Men Triple Jump Finals

1:30 PM Women Shot Put Finals

3:00 PM Women High Jump Finals

3:00 PM Men High Jump Finals

3:00 PM Men Shot Put Finals

Schedule of

Events

Number of female, freshmen 60 meter dash

runners who cracked the All Time Top Ten in

UMBC history rankings. including Mercedes

Jackson (7.52 - #1), Ebonique Jones (7.78 - #4),

and Blossom Metevier (7.89 - #6).


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Event Tentative Entries: Women/Men (A Relays only)

55m/60m Jackson, E. Jones, Metevier, Ikpeze, Hayes / Long, Cooper, Baker, Balderson, McClendon

66mH/60mH Colbert, Brightful / Proctor, Rybak, Ezenwanne, Bertram

200mJackson, K. Jones, Metevier, E. Jones, Young, Abbey, Ikpeze, Colbert, Hayes / Long, Cooper,

Teyibo, Baker, Proctor, Balderson, McClendon

500m Adelola, Fogle, Mezebish, Leclercq, Ajayi / Hewitson

1000m Kulp / Constantinides

Mile Cowing, T. Jones, McGee, Escobar, Heydrick, Schuler, Wood

3,000m Wilson, Gessler, Gibson, McGovern / Reams, BemisLJ Malamo-Paris, E. Jones /

HJ Brightful / Drammeh, Ezenwanne, Bertram, Obemeata, Rybak

TJ Obemeata, Drammeh

PV Miller, Walker / Kshmetski

SP Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer / McDearmon, Stinsman, Edokobi

WT Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer / McDearmon, Stinsman, Edokobi

4x400m Relay K. Jones, Adelola, Fogle, Abbey / Bertram, Ezenwanne, Rybak, Hewitson

4x800m Relay Bolinger, R. Jones, Hairfield, Smith

DMR R. Jones, Hairfield, Bolinger, Smith

4x1 Mile Relay McGee, Schuler, Escobar, Cowing

Event Mens IC4A Stand. Womens ECAC Stand. Qualified Athletes

55m/60m 6.48/6.98 7.16/7.68 Mercedes Jackson, Denny Long

66mH/60mH 7.75/8.25 8.24/8.80 Imani Colbert

200m 22.24 25.04

400m 49.20 57.04

500m 1:05.20 1:16.04

800m 1:54.90 2:14.44

1000m 2:29.95 2:56.24

Mile 4:14.90 4:59.04

3,000m 8:27.20 9:58.04

5,000m 14:47.40 17:33.64

LJ 7.02 5.70m

HJ 2.04 1.70m Chowan Brightful

TJ 14.30 11.90mPV 4.80 3.60m

SP 15.60 13.50m Amanda Deller, Chrissy Robinson

WT 16.80 16.00m

4x400m Relay 3:19.90 3:52.54

4x800m Relay 7:53.00 9:25.24DMR 10:19.70 12:08.64

Event Entries


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Men Time/Mark Women Time/Mark

60m David Bobb 6.72 Mercedes Jackson 7.52

60mH Negasi Gerima 8.00 Imani Colbert 8.57

200m David Bobb 20.85 Sharon Johnson 24.42

400m Khris Hutson 48.57 Sharon Johnson 55.91

500m Josh Hewitson 1:03.35 Latasha Bost 1:13.89

800m Michael Christmas 1:52.78 Yasmin Fields 2:13.531000m Izudin Mehmedovic 2:25.58 Yasmin Fields 2:58.33

Mile Izudin Mehmedovic 4:08.84 Cara Wettlaufer 4:55.00

3000m Greg Saylor 8:26.00 Sara Parkinson 9:40.12

5000m Michael Sterling 14:39.45 Sara Parkinson 16:47.89

4x400m Powell, Williams,

Ransom, Hawkins

3:15.53 Wilson, Nathaniel,

Ward, Barkley

3:50.08

4x800m Okoniewski, Hart,

Christmas, Snyder

7:36.68 Asein, Fields,

Wettlaufer, Baker

9:06.23

DMR Christmas, Smith,

Albino, Snyder

9:49.52 Asein, Griffin,

Baker, Wettlaufer

12:19.05

HJ Huguens Jean 2.17m (7-1.5) Chowan Brightful 1.7m (5-7)

LJ Marc Haskins 7.11m (23-4) Kiki Malamo-Paris 5.65m (18-6.5)

TJ Victor Gilreath 15.49m (50-10) Tyishua Johnson 11.56m (37-11.25)

PV Dixon/Ludwig 4.85m (15-11) Laura Walker 3.25m (10-8)

SP Aaron Brooks 15.43m (50-7.5) Cleopatra Borel 17.50m (57-5)

WT Mike Zyvoloski 18.77m (61-7) Cleopatra Borel 18.03m (59-2)

Hept./Pent. Keith Onto 5,238 pts Chowan Brightful 3,227 pts

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