This Monday and Tuesday the Retrievers will travel into the depths of Winter Storm Nemo to compete in the America East Championship hosted by the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. No meet matters as much as this one, so expect a ton of personal best and All Time UMBC performances as the Indoor Track and Field teams will make a run at the Conference titles. The Retrievers have five number one seeds in the short sprints with Mercedes Jackson and Denny Long both entering the meet as the fastest 60 meter and 200 meter sprinters in the Conference. Jackson will be looking to build upon her Newcomer of the Year award from last year and turn it into the Track Performer of the Meet. In addition, Trae Proctor leads the Conference in the 60 meter hurdles where he will be looking for his third straight title in the event. The long sprints will be led by Kirsten Jones who is the number three seed in the 400 meters and Paulette Fogle who has the fastest 500 meters entering the meet. Together they have bookended the 4x400 meter relay that broke the school record last weekend and both are in range of the school records in their individual events. D’Nique Philip and Kalane Abbey should also factor into the 400 meter scoring. The 800 meters will be a big event for the Retrievers with junior Andrew Smith looking to score for the third consecutive year, only this time he enters the meet as the number one seed. For the women, Sarah Daly and Cody Mezebish should both be high up in scoring contention with Daly entering with the fifth fastest time and Mezebish finishing fifth last year. The 1000 meters will have MK Kulp and Andrew Keresztes both seeded in scoring positions. The mile features Jake Albino who finished fifth in the 1500 meters in the Outdoor Championships and is well within range of a top three position. The 3,000 meters will offer up Eric Schuler, a Top 15 performer at the Cross Country Championships who is within a couple of seconds of the school record. Freshmen Hassan Omar leads the 5,000 meters where he enters as the fourth seed and could be only the second Retriever to go under 14:50. The women’s 4x400 meter relay should battle with Albany for the Conference title with most likely Paulette Fogle, Kalane Abbey, D’Nique Phillip, and Kirsten Jones making up the team. The women’s DMR of Cody Mezebish, Essence Fredericks, Sarah Daly, and Angel Bucci will put the school record in Jeopardy. The men’s DMR of Jake Albino, Andrew Smith, Andrew Keresztes, and Noah Hutton should also battle for the Conference title.

Aboshioma Obemeata comes in looking for his first Conference title after finishing a close second in both the indoor and outdoor editions last year, while setting personal bests in the triple jump the past two meets. Mo Drammeh will be in contention to score for the third year in a row and garner his third IC4A qualification in the high jump. In the long jump, Ebonique Jones could score, break the school record, and qualify for the ECAC championships in single jump. Not to mention her scoring abilities in the 60 and 200 meter dashes. A deep throws squad will head into the circle this weekend. The reigning Field Performer of the Year Amanda Deller will look to defend both her shot put and weight throw titles. The men’s team could potentially score four athletes in the weight led by Yao Adantor, Thor Serafenas, and Cam McDearmon, all three of which are ranked in the Top Ten in both the weight and the shot.

After transferring to UMBC last year from Florida International University, Long struggled with some injuries that prevented him from competing much

of the year. This year he has come back with renewed vigor, quickly moving up

the All Time record book in the 60m dash (6.88) and 21.59 in the 200m,

both #4 All Time. Currently he enters the America East Championships with

fastest seeds in both dashes and will be looking for the double gold.

Denny Long

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

After a solid cross country season that saw him run times fast enough to have been on the Conference team in any other year in UMBC history, Keresztes has really begun to make an impact during the track season. At one point this season he was ranked in the Top 20 in the Conference in the 800 meter, 1000 meter and Mile runs. In addition he has lent a leg on the IC4A qualifying 4x800 meter and Distance Medley Relays. Kereztes enters the America East Championship as the fifth seed in the 1,000 meters and will see action in the two relays as well.

Sophomore Paulette Fogle entered the year as the school record holder in the 400 meter hurdles and was determined to make a larger impact in the 500 meters at the Conference meet. She has not disappointed thus far having lowered her personal best time to 1:14.71, fast enough for third in school history and to enter the America East Championships as the number one seed. Additionally she has played an integral part on the women’s 4x400 meter relay filling the lead off leg on the School Record relay that lowered it by two seconds in their last outing to 3:46.97, almost as fast as the outdoor school record.

Meet Recap: Armory Collegiate Invite The 4x400m team of Paulette Fogle, D’Nique Phillip, Kalane Abbey, and Kirsten

Jones break the school record in 3:46.97

Julie Gessler (18:14), Nicole Dawson(18:17), and Harmony Roche (18:21) move up to #9,

, #10, and #12 All Time in the 5k

Vinny DiSalvo runs 15:12 to move up to #9 All Time in the 5k

Shioma Obemeata leaps a personal best 48’ 6.75” in the triple jump

Denny Long runs 21.59 in the 200m to move up to #4 All time

Mercedes Jackson ties her best time in the 60m dash with a 7.34

Thor Serafenas moves up to #3 All Time in the Shot Put with a 50’ 4” throw

Kirsten Jones moves up to #2 All Time in the 400m with a 56.36

Paulette Fogle moves up to #3 All Time in the 500m with a 1:14.71

Emma Mayne moved up to #8 All Time in the shot put with a 40’ 2.75” throw

4

The number of UMBC marks or times ranked in the Top 50

Nationally, including Mercedes Jackson (60m &

200m), Trae Proctor (60m H), and the Men’s Distance

Medley Relay

Monday: 3:00 p.m. - Unseeded Finals 5000 Meter Run (men) 3:00 p.m. - Finals Weight Throw (men) Pole Vault (men) 3:30 p.m. - Prelims 60 Meter Hurdles (men) 3:30 p.m. - Finals Long Jump (men) 3:45 p.m. - Prelims 400 Meter Dash (men) 4:05 p .m. - Prelims 500 Meter Dash (men) 4:20 p.m. - Prelims 60 Meter Dash (men) 4:35 p.m. - Seeded Finals 5000 Meter Run (men) 4:55 p.m. - Prelims 200 Meter Dash (men) 5:10 p.m. - Finals Distance Medley (men) 5:30 p.m. - Finals Weight Throw (women) Pole Vault (women) 5:30 p.m. - Unseeded Finals 5000 Meter Run (women) 5:50 p.m. - Prelims 60 Meter Hurdles (women) 6:05 p.m. - Prelims 400 Meter Dash (women) 6:25 p.m. - Prelims 500 Meter Dash (women) 6:30 p.m. - Finals Long Jump (women) 6:40 p.m. - Prelims 60 Meter Dash (women) 6:55 p.m. - Seeded Finals 5000 Meter Run (women) 7:15 p.m. - Prelims 200 Meter Dash (women) 7:30 p.m. Finals Distance Medley (women)

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. 19

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Terrapin Invite PGSLC, Landover, MD

Fri.-Sat., Jan. 25

th & 26

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PSU National Invite Penn State University

Saturday, Jan. 25

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Patriot Games George Mason University

Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1

st & 2

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NB Collegiate Invite NYC Armory

Mon.-Tues., Feb. 11

th & 12

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America East Championship Reggie Lewis Center, MA

Sat.-Sun., Mar. 2

nd & 3

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IC4A/ECAC Championship BU/RLC, Boston, MA

Sat.-Sun., March 8

th & 9

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NCAA National Championships Univ. of Arkansas

Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. – Finals Triple Jump (women) 11:30 a.m. – Finals High Jump (men) 11:55 a.m. - Finals 1 Mile Run (men) 12:00 p.m. - Finals Shot Put (men) 12:10 p.m. - Finals 1 Mile Run (women) 12:25 p.m. - Finals 60 Meter Hurdles (men) 12:30 p.m. - Finals 60 Meter Hurdles (women) 12:35 p.m. - Finals 400 Meter Dash (men) 12:40 p.m. - Finals 400 Meter Dash (women) 12:45 p.m. - Finals 500 Meter Dash (men) 12:50 p.m. - Finals 500 Meter Dash (women) 12:55 p.m. - Finals 60 Meter Dash (men) 1:00 p.m. - Finals 60 Meter Dash (women) 1:00 p.m. - Finals Triple Jump (men) 1:05 p.m. - Finals 800 Meter Run (men) 1:15 p.m. - Finals 800 Meter Run (women) 1:25 p.m. - Finals 1000 Meter Run (men) 1:30 p.m. - Finals High Jump (women) 1:35 p.m. - Finals 1000 Meter Run (women) 1:45 p.m. - Finals 200 Meter Dash (men) 1:55 p.m. - Finals 200 Meter Dash (women) 2:00 p.m. - Finals Shot Put (women) 2:05 p.m. - Finals 3000 Meter Run (men) 2:25 p.m. - Finals 3000 Meter Run (women) 2:50 p.m. - Finals 4x800 Meter Relay (men) 3:00 p.m. - Finals 4x800 Meter Relay (women) 3:10 p.m. - Finals 4x400 Meter Relay (men) 3:20 p.m. – Finals 4x400 Meter Relay (women)

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

60m Jackson, E. Jones, Seale, Metevier / Long, Balderson, Teyibo, Baker

60m Hurdles Brightful / Proctor, Rybak

200m Jackson, K. Jones, Phillip, Abbey, E. Jones, Metevier, Seale / Long, Baker, Balderson

400m K. Jones, Abbey, Phillip, Young / Coaxum, Myers

500m Fogle, Adelola /

800m Daly, Mezebish / Smith

1,000m Kulp / Keresztes

Mile / Albino, Hutton

3,000m Bucci, Gessler, Dawson, Roche / Omar, Cowing, DiSalvo, Semeon, Schuler

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

4x400m Fogle, Abbey, Phillip, K. Jones / Coaxum, Myers, Long, Baker

4x800m Mezebish, Daly, Kulp, Fredericks / Albino, Keresztes, Smith

DMR Mezebish, Fredericks, Daly, Bucci / Albino, Smith, Keresztes, Hutton

Long Jump E. Jones / Teyibo, Rentzsch, Obemeata

Triple Jump / Obemeata, Teyibo

High Jump Brightful / Drammeh, Obemeata

Pole Vault Miller / Stott

Shot Put Deller, Mayne, Edokobi, Nelson / Adantor, Serafenas, McDearmon

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

Hept./Pent / Rentzsch, Rybak

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

60m 6.98 7.68 Denny Long / Mercedes Jackson

60m Hurdles 8.25 8.80 Trae Proctor /

200m 22.24 25.04 Denny Long / Mercedes Jackson

400m 49.20 57.04 / Kirsten Jones

500m 1:05.20 1:16.04 / Paulette Fogle, Kirsten Jones

800m 1:54.90 2:14.44 Andrew Smith / Sarah Daly

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 / Women

4x800m 7:53.00 9:25.24 Men /

DMR 10:19.70 12:08.64 Men /

Long Jump 7.02 m 5.70 m

Triple Jump 14.45 m 11.90 m Aboshioma 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 Yao Adantor / Amanda Deller

Weight Throw 16.90 m 16.00 m Cam McDearmon /

Hept./Pent 5000 Points 3450 Points

Men Time/Mark Women Time/Mark

60m David Bobb 6.72 Mercedes Jackson 7.34

60mH Trae Proctor 7.89 Imani Colbert 8.57

200m David Bobb 20.85 Mercedes Jackson 23.98

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 2:13.53

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, Phillip, Fogle

3:46.97

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 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