TF Meet Preview - Gotham Cup 2012

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University of Maryland, Baltimore Cou

1000 Hilltop Ci

Baltimore, MD 210

Gotham Cup

Meet Preview:

While it is still very early in the season, UMBC finds itself with two athletes who have had a

quick start to the season and sit in the Top 15 National Rankings. Freshmen Mercedes Jackso

enters the meet with the ninth fastest time in the country in the 60 meter dash. Having f inish

second with a personal best and school record 7.50 seconds at the Penn State Relays, she wil

be working the rest of the season to approach the national automatic mark of 7.23 seconds.

Joining her on the National Rankings is Trae Proctor who will look to better his 8.03 effort in t

60 meter hurdles, good enough for fourteenth in the country at this point in the season. Both

athletes will be entered in their main events in hopes of maintaining or bettering their positioas the season begins to heat up over the next couple weeks.

On the distance side of things, look towards the mens 800 meters for some early fireworks,

with IC4A qualifier from last year Andrew Smith taking the line. He will be looking to garner

another berth this year and potentially put up a conference leading mark. Additionally, the

mens 3,000 meters will show off the talents of Todd Cowing and Brandan McGee, who will

both aim for an IC4A berth as well.

The field events will present the debut of Aaron Brooks in both the shot and weight, where h

will get quite a push from Cameron McDearmon who just threw two feet past his best in the

weight this past weekend. In the jumps, three athletes are nearing post season qualifications

with Momodou Drammeh (High Jump), Aboshioma Obemeata (Triple Jump), and Ebonique

Jones (Long Jump) all merely inches away.

Trae Proctor:

Proctor has seen great improvement from year to

year, gradually taking his 60m hurdles time from

8.49 his freshmen year, 8.19 his sophomore year,

and reaching the cusp of the eight second barrierwith an 8.03 this past weekend. Leading the

conference by .21 seconds, he could run away with

another conference title and possible become a

factor in the finals at the IC4A championships.

Featured

Athlete

In the News:

Trae Proctor and Mercedes

Jackson both win Track

Performers of the Week for

the America East

Conference.


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Meet Recap:

Coming off the long winter break, many athletes showed no signs of rust. Mercedes Jackson picked up where she left

off, bettering her school record to the tune of 7.50 en route to a second place finish. She continued her afternoon with

a #3 All Time Performance and the Conference lead in the 200 meter dash (24.88). Trae Proctor crept closer to the

school record in the 60 meter dash, with a personal best 8.03 in the 60 meter hurdles to tak e the win in that event.Deborah Adelola recorded a personal best in the 500 meter dash en route to a seventh place finish.

In the distance events, TJ Cowing, Tim Jones, and Eric Schuler swept second through fourth in the mile. Mary Katherin

Kulp continued her solid inaugural campaign with a fourth place, #8 All Time effort in the 1,000 meters while senior Ke

Wilson flirted with a personal best time, reaching the line in fourth in the womens 3,000 meters. The mens 4x800

meters relay earned a trip to the IC4A Championships with a fourth place 7:50 clocking. The team consisted of freshm

Charles Bolinger, seniors Roy Jones and Pat Hairfield, and sophomore Andrew Smith.

Highlights from the field events included Cameron McDearmon who finished second in the weight throw with a 57-3.

effort, bettering his previous best by nearly two feet. Ebonique Jones took fourth in the womens Long Jump with an

.25 jump, while Chrissy Robinson was fifth in the shot put with a 41-3 throw. Freshman Monica Hagenauer moved

quickly up the Conference rankings with a 37-1 effort. In the triple jump Aboshioma Obemeata took fourth with a

seasons best 46-7 jump. Momodou Drammeah and Sean Kshmetski both took fifth in the high jump and pole vault

respectively.

Athlete

Spotlights

Cameron McDearmon:

Like almost every high school thrower, McDearmon had

limited to no experience with the weight throw entering

college. He started his career with a 16.12m effort duringhis freshmen year and then quickly progressed to 17.05m

during his sophomore year, good enough for third at the

Conference meet and an IC4A berth. Last weekend, he

quickly took it to the next level with a 17.47m heave and a

second place finish at the Penn State Relays.

Mary Katherine Kulp:

A varsity contributor during the cross country season, Kulp

has shown as the year goes on, she continues to make a

larger impact. Through two low key races she has putherself near the top of the early season America East

leaderboards in both the 800 meters and 1000 meters.

Additionally both efforts put her on the All Time Top Ten

performance list for UMBC. A state qualifier in the 1000

meters in high school, look for her times to drop quickly.


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Inside the Numbers:

TRACK EVENTS:

Events Begin at 1:00 PM:60 Hurdles trials

Mile unseeded

60 meter trials

400m Final

500m Final

800m unseeded

1000m Final

Mile Seeded

800m Seeded

60 Hurdle Finals (top 16 from trials)

60 Dash Final (top 16 from trials)

4x400 relay Final

4x800 relay Final

DMR Final

Womens 3000 Final

Mens 3000 FinalWomens 5000 Final

Mens 5000 Final

FIELD EVENTS:12:30pm Womens Pole Vault, Mens Vault to follow

1:00pm Mens and Womens Seeded LJ (using dual runways)

Unseeded LJ to follow Seeded (

12:30pm Mens Shot seeded (top 24), Mens Unseeded (24) to follow ,

Womens Seeded (top 24) then Unseeded Shot to follow

Weight Throws to follow Shot (top 24 weight throwers)

5:30pm Mens and Womens Seeded Triple Jump Boards

Unseeded Flights of TJ to follow

Following Dash Mens HJ , Womens HJ -dual mats

Schedule of

Events

Number of spots on the America East

Top Ten Leaderboard held by UMBC

female 200 meter runners, including

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

60m Jackson, Young, Ikpeze/Cooper

60mH Colbert, Brightful/Proctor, Rybak, Ezenwanne

200m

400m Adelola, Fogle, Abbey/Hewitson, McClendon

500m Leclercq, Ajayi, Daly

800m Mezebish/Smith, Bolinger, Hairfield

1,000m Kulp/R. Jones

Mile T. Jones, Schuler3,000m Wilson/Cowing, McGee, Bemis

5,000m Gessler/Reams

Long Jump E. Jones/Teyibo, Cooper, Bertram

Triple Jump Obemeata, Teyibo

High Jump Brightful/Drammeh, Obemeata

Pole Vault Walker, Miller/Kshimetski

Shot Put Robinson, Hagenauer/Brooks, McDearmon

Weight Throw Robinson, Hagenauer/Brooks, McDearmon

4x400m Fogle, Young, Abbey, Adelola/Bertram, Ezenwanne, Rybak, Hewitson

DMR

Pent./Hept.

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, Trae Proctor

200m 22.24 25.04 Mercedes Jackson

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 11.90m

PV 4.80 3.60mSP 15.60 13.50m Amanda Deller, Chrissy Robinson

WT 16.80 16.00m Cameron McDearmon

4x400m Relay 3:19.90 3:52.54

4x800m Relay 7:53.00 9:25.24 Men

DMR 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 7.50

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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