TF Meet Preview - Bison Opener 2012

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Bucknell Bison Opener

Meet Preview:

This weekend, the UMBC Indoor Track & Field team opens up the competitive slate

competing at the Bucknell Bison Opener hosted by Bucknell University. This is the

first opportunity for all members of the team to gauge their progress after working

strenuously for the past two months in preparation. This meet is also the only one

in this calendar year, before the real season picks up after Winter Break. With the

Conference meet pushed forward in the calendar, this meet will be more important

than usual in measuring fitness and strengths of the team.

On the mens side, look for seniors Denny Long (60m) and Trae Proctor (60mH) to

lead the sprints, with both in contention for the Conference title in their respective

events. With many of the top distance runners resting after the cross country

season, junior Andrew Smith will look to break into the Top Three at the

Conference meet in the 800 meters, but will be venturing out of his specialty to run

the mile. In the field events, jumpers Shioma Obemeata (triple jump) and Mo

Drammeh (high jump) will be looking to improve upon their runner up finishes at

last years Conference meet. While in the field, senior Cam McDearmon will team

up with transfer Yao Adantor to take control of the early season Conference

rankings in the weight throw and shot put respectively.

On the womens side, watch for the sprint crew to put up some fast early season

times led by sophomores Mercedes Jackson, Ebonique Jones and Paulette Fogle,

and juniors Kirsten Jones and Deborah Adelola. The l imited distance crew will

feature junior Cody Mezebish and sophomore Sarah Daly who will be looking to get

some speed training in for 800 meters later in the season. In the field events

Amanda Deller will hit the circle in her final season at UMBC while Chowan Brightful

will look to improve upon her

Last Meet Highlights:NCAA Mid Atlantic Regional

Mens team finished 14th

, thus will start next year Regionally Ranked, Womens team

finished 26th

Brandan McGee finished 41st

in 31:29.35, #2 All Time UMBC

Jake Albino and Hassan Omar also record Top 10 All Time UMBC 10k times

Julie Gessler led the women with a personal best 23:18.65 6k

Senior Amanda Deller enters her fi

year having claimed every Americ

East Conference title in the shot p

over the past three years. She is

looking to be the first athlete in

Conference history to win all fou

indoor and outdoor shot put titles

Additionally, look for Deller to

become only the second UMBC

athlete to break the 50 foot barrier

the shot and to repeat as Conferen

champion in the weight throw.

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Athlete Spotlights

Sarah Daly:

As a freshman last season, Daly had a late start to the indoor season after a foot injury.

She quickly made up for the lost time, but just missed out on the finals of the 500 meter

dash at the indoor Conference meet. During the outdoor season she transitioned up to

the 800 meters, dropping her time down to 2:17.

This fall Daly joined the cross country team and helped in a supporting role, even leadinthe Retrievers at the first race. With a strong fall of training under her belt and a season

of running the 800 meters, look for Daly to be in contention with junior Cody Mezebish

for a tandem top five finish at the Conference meet in the 800 meters.

Mo Drammeh:

Two seasons ago as a freshman, Drammeh tied for the second best jump in the high

jump at the Conference meet, but slid down to third on a tie breaker. Last season he

moved up a notch to finish second at the Conference meet indoors. With two years of

IC4A qualifications, Drammeh will be looking to take the Conference title that has

remained elusive thus far and push to get over the 6 10 barrier heading into the

outdoor season.

Inside the Numbers:

Percentage of athletes who factored in UMBC s team scoring on the mens and womens

side, who return this year to compete.68


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Schedule of EventsMeet Schedule

Schedule of Events:

Track Events: (women followed by men)

10:30: 3000 Meter Run

11:00: 60 Meter High Hurdles Trials

11:30: 60 Meter Dash Trials

12:05: Mile Run

12:25: 60 Meter High Hurdles Finals

12:40: 60 Meter Dash Finals

12:55: 400 Meter Dash

**OFFICIALS BREAK**2:00: 800 Meter Run


2:40: 1000 Meter Run



4:00: 5000 Meter Run

4:35: 4x400 Meter Relay

Field Events:

9:30: Long Jump (men then women); 20 Min Break; Triple Jump (women then men)

9:30: Weight Throw (women then men); 20 Min Break, Shot Put (women then men)

10:00: High Jump (men then women)

10:00: Pole Vault (women then men)

2012-13 Indoor Schedule

Saturday, Dec. 1st

Bison Opener

Bucknell University

Saturday, Jan. 5th

Penn State Relays

Penn State University

Friday, Jan. 11th

Gotham Cup

NYC Armory

Saturday, Jan. 19th

Terrapin Invite

PGSLC, Landover, MD

Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25th

&

PSU National Invite

Penn State University

Saturday, Jan. 25th

Patriot Games

George Mason University

Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1st

& 2

NB Collegiate Invite

NYC Armory

Mon.-Tues., Feb. 11th & 12

America East Championshi

Reggie Lewis Center, MA

Saturday-Sunday, Mar. 2nd

&

IC4A/ECAC Championship

BU/RLC, Boston, MA


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Event EntriesIC4A/ECAC Qualifiers

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

60m Jackson, E. Jones, Ikpeze, Phillip, Seale / Long, Baker, Balderson, Proctor, Rentzsch

60m Hurdles Brightful, Biggs / Proctor, Rybak, Ezenwanne, Abutaleb, Rentzsch

200m Ajayi, Hayes / Cuomo, McLendon

400m Abbey, Young, Phillip, Metevier, Biggs, Hayes / Cuomo, Martin, Abutaleb, McLendon

500m K. Jones, McClure, Daly, Mezebish, Fredericks, Ajayi / Myers, Coaxum, Carthan

800m Deckel, Johnson, Fogle, Adelola / Constantinides

1,000m Cook /

Mile Kulp / Kereszetes, Smith, Hayslett, Hopkins, Johnson

3,000m Gibson / Semeon, Pickett

5,000m Dawson, Roche / Beacham, Psaltakis

4x400m Fogle, Young, Abbey, K. Jones / Coaxum, Rybak, Martin, Myers

4x800m

DMR

Long Jump E. Jones/ Obemeata, Rentzsch

Triple Jump Davis / Obemeata, Drammeh

High Jump Brightful / Drammeh, Ezenwanne

Pole Vault Davis, Miller / Stott

Shot Put Deller, Edokobi, Nelson, Mayne / Adantor, McDearmon, Stinsman, Rentzsch

Weight Throw Deller, Edokobi, Nelson, Mayne / McDearmon, Adantor, Stinsman

Hept./Pent

Event IC4A Standards (men) ECAC Standards (women) Qualifiers

60m 6.98 7.68

60m Hurdles 8.25 8.80

200m 22.24 25.04

400m 49.20 57.04

500m 1:05.20 1:16.04

800m 1:54.90 2:14.44

1,000m 2:28.95 2:56.24

Mile 4:14.90 4:59.04

3,000m 8:27.20 9:58.94

5,000m 14:45.40 17:33.64

4x400m 3:19.90 3:52.54

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

Long Jump 7.02 m 5.70 m

Triple Jump 14.45 m 11.90 m

High Jump 2.04 m 1.70 m

Pole Vault 4.80 m 3.60 m

Shot Put 15.70 m 13.50 m

Weight Throw 16.90 m 16.00 m

Hept./Pent 5000 Points 3450 Points


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Men Time/Mark Women Time/Mark

60m David Bobb 6.72 Mercedes Jackson 7.49

60mH Negasi Gerima 8.00 Imani Colbert 8.57

200m David Bobb 20.85 Mercedes Jackson 24.00

400m Khris Hutson 48.57 Sharon Johnson 55.91

500m Josh Hewitson 1:03.35 Latasha Bost 1:13.89800m Michael Christmas 1:52.78 Yasmin Fields 2:13.53

1000m 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 Abbey, K. Jones,

Adelola, Fogle

3:48.54

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 (37-11.2

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

SP Aaron Brooks 16.31m (53-6.25) Cleopatra Borel 17.50m (57-5)

WT Cam McDearmon 18.83 (61-9.5) Cleopatra Borel 18.03m (59-2)

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

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