TF Meet Preview - NYC Gotham Cup IT 2013

7/30/2019 TF Meet Preview - NYC Gotham Cup IT 2013

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Meet Preview:

If the Penn State Relays were meant just to be a rust buster, then what

kind of fireworks should we expect this weekend as the Retrievers head to the Big

Apple for the New York City Gotham Cup at the Armory.

Sophomore Mercedes Jackson looks to lead the way after winning the 60

meters and 200 meters last weekend, with the 60 meters shattering her old school

record with a 7.42. With the magic number around 7.35 to qualify for the NCAA

championships, her march to qualification in reality begins with this meet. Denny

Long will look to put a stronger hold on the Conference leaderboards in the 60

meter and 200 meter dashes after taking the Conference lead last weekend.

Senior Trae Proctor continues to keep knocking on the door of being the

first Retriever to go under eight seconds in the 60 meter hurdles, most recently

clocking an 8.00 last weekend to tie the school record.

Look to the long sprints/mid-distance for the next set of IC4A and ECAC

qualifiers. The trio of Paulette Fogle, Deborah Adelola, and Kirsten Jones will debut

this season in the 500 meters while Sarah Daly, Cody Mezebish, and Andrew Smith

will all flirt with post season qualifying times in the 800 meters.

After a 3:51 1500 meter run last spring, junior Jake Albino could also

garner an IC4A qualification in the mile in his first time in the event this season.

Strong season debuts in the 3,000 meters last weekend suggest that Angel Bucci

(3000m) and Julie Gessler (5000m) could move up the All Time UMBC lists.The throws will continue to be anchored by a crew of postseason qualifiers

in multi-time Conference champ Amanda Deller and IC4A qualifier Yao Adantor.

Making his season debut will be Thor Serafenas

Shioma Obemeata will be looking to go over 48 feet in the triple after an

IC4A qualifying 47-7 jump last weekend, while Mo Drammeh will look for his third

consecutive IC4A qualifying indoor season after missing by 4cm last weekend.

Last Meet Highlights: Penn State Relays Mercedes Jackson wins the 60m Dash (school record 7.42) and the 200m dash

Trae Proctor wins the 60m Hurdles and ties the school record in 8.00

Mens 4x800m qualifies for IC4A with a 7:44.50

Shioma Obemeata qualifies for IC4A with a 47 7 triple jump

Denny Long garnered two IC4A qualifications in the 60m (6.88) and 200m (21.99)

Hassan Omar finished second in the 3,000m with an 8:35

Angel Bucci and Julie Gessler finished 4th

and 5th

in the 3000m (10:28 each)

Amanda Deller finished fifth in the shot put and the weight.

After finishing 20th

at the America E

Conference Cross Country

Championships and recording Top T

All Time times in both the 8km an

10km, Omar didnt wait long to ma

his impact felt in track. He finishe

second in his first collegiate meet w

a #8 All Time performance in the 3,0

meters in 8:35.

Featured Athlet

Hassan Omar

University of Maryland

Baltimore County (UMB

1000 Hilltop Circle

Baltimore, MD 21250


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DNique Philip:

A multi-time state champion in Maryland, she has been having a quiet but very

successful freshman campaign. In her first meet she recorded a 7.90 in the 60 meter

dash to move up to #7 All Time in school history. She followed that up at the Penn State

Relays with a 25.70 in the 200 meter dash. Currently DNique has the fifth fastest time in

the 60m dash and the second fastest time in the 200m dash in the early season AmericaEast Conference Rankings.

Jen Nelson:

Like DNique, Jen Nelson has started off her first season with the Retrievers with under

the radar, but solid performances. Currently she sits ninth in the Conference in the shot

put, but has picked up the weight throw quickly, having moved up to number sixth in th

Conference with the sixth farthest throw in school history (48 8). As a senior she

placed 7th

in the Connecticut State Meet and 8th

Inside the Numbers:

Very early season National Rankings for Mercedes Jackson in the 60m and 200m dashes

after three weekends of competition.9, 4


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Schedule of Events:

Track Events: (women then men)

12:45 PM 60 Hurdles trials

Men 5k seeded

60 meter trials

Mile Final

60 Hurdle Finals (top 16 from trials)

60 Dash Final (top 16 from trials)

400m Final

500m Final

800m Final

1000m Final

4x400 relay Final

4x800 relay FinalDMR Final

Womens 3000 Final

Mens 3000 Final

Womens 5000 Final

Field Events

12:30 PM Womens Pole Vault, Mens Vault to follow

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

Unseeded LJ to follow Seeded (4th jump to anyone who

would be top 6 in the seeded sections)

12:30 PM Mens Shot Put Seeded

Mens Unseeded Shot Put to follow

Womens Shot Put Seeded

Womens Unseeded Shot Put to follow

Weight Throw to Follow

5:30 PM Mens and Womens Seeded Triple Jump

Unseeded Flights of TJ to follow

Following Dash Mens HJ , Womens HJ -dual mats

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

Fri.-Sat., Jan. 25th

& 26th

PSU National Invite

Penn State University

Saturday, Jan. 25th

Patriot Games

George Mason University

Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1st

&

NB Collegiate Invite

NYC Armory

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

America East Championsh

Reggie Lewis Center, MA

Sat.-Sun., Mar. 2nd

& 3rd

IC4A/ECAC Championship

BU/RLC, Boston, MA


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

60m Jackson, Seale, Phillip / Long, Balderson, Proctor

60m Hurdles Brightful / Proctor, Ryback, Abutaleb

200m

400m Abbey, Ajayi, Metevier / Coaxum, Baker, Abutaleb

500m Adelola, Fogle, K. Jones/ Myers, McClendon

800m Mezebish, Daly, Fredericks / Smith, Constantinides

1,000m Kulp, Deckel / Johnson, Kereszetes

Mile / Albino

3,000m Bucci / Semeon, Schuler

5,000m Gessler, Roche, Dawson / Omar, DiSalvo

4x400m Fogle, Phillip, Jackson, K. Jones/ Baker, Coaxum, Rybak, Myers

4x800m

DMR

Long Jump / Teyibo, Rentzsch, Rybak

Triple Jump / Obemeata, Teyibo

High Jump Brightful / Drammeh, Rybak, Obemeata

Pole Vault Miller / Rentzsch, Stott

Shot Put Deller, Mayne / Adantor, Serafenas

Weight Throw Deller, Nelson / Adantor, Serafenas

Hept./Pent

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

60m 6.98 7.68 Long / Jackson

60m Hurdles 8.25 8.80 Proctor /

200m 22.24 25.04 Long / Jackson

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 9:25.24 Men /DMR 10:19.70 12:08.64

Long Jump 7.02 m 5.70 m

Triple Jump 14.45 m 11.90 m Obmeata /

High Jump 2.04 m 1.70 m

Pole Vault 4.80 m 3.60 m

Shot Put 15.70 m 13.50 m Adantor / Deller

Weight Throw 16.90 m 16.00 m McDearmon /

Hept./Pent 5000 Points 3450 Points


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Men Time/Mark Women Time/Mark

60m David Bobb 6.72 Mercedes Jackson 7.42

60mH Gerima/Proctor 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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