Weems Baskin Invitational

University of South Carolina

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Meet Preview:
With spring officially started, the UMBC Outdoor Track & Field team opens the season this weekend, competing in the Weems Baskin Invite hosted by the University of South Carolina. With an elite group of twenty athletes training in the Palmetto State since Tuesday, this early season invite should provide a glimpse into what may be in store for the rest of season. In the sprints, look for Mercedes Jackson to continue to dismantle the record books in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes. With an indoor 200 meter time that already surpasses the current record, the wider curve and 100 meter straight away should bring UMBC its first sub 23 second performer. Also watch for Deborah Adelola, Kirsten Jones, and Kalane Abbey to put up some stellar early season 400 meter times, and Paulette Fogle should put herself in school record contention in the 400 meter hurdles. In the distance events, Andrew Smith will bump up in distance to compete in his first official 1500 meter run. A strong indoor season and recent practices suggest a top ten all time performance. In the 800 meters, look for Cody Mezebish to build off her indoor performance of 2:14.95, and also put herself on the all time list. The field events will be highlighted by throwers, with Amanda Deller fresh off two individual championships at the Indoor Conference Meet. The crew of Deller, Chrissy Robinson, Aaron Brooks, and Cameron McDearmon will all be pulling triple duty in the shot, discus, and hammer. In the jumps, Aboshioma Obemeata will look to continue his strong performances from indoor, and hopefully garner an IC4A berth and make a run at the NCAA East Regional. Additionally, Mo Drammeh will continue his efforts at eclipsing 6 10. Junior Aboshioma Obemeata ended the indoor campaign with a flurry, nearly matching or bettering his PR in the triple jump in the final three nd meets including a 2 place finish at the America East Championships and personal best 47 11.75 jump at the IC4A Championships

Last Meet Highlights: IC4A/ECAC Championships Boston, MA

Mercedes Jackson finishes seventh in the 60m and eighth in the 200 m th Josh Hewitson placed 6 in the 500m th Mo Drammeh finishes 10 in the high jump th Shioma Obemeata finishes 9 in the triple jump with a personal best 47 11.75 jump Amanda Deller finished fourth in the shot put. Andrew Smith ran a personal best 1:52.92 in the 800m

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Athlete Spotlights

Chrissy Robinson:
Despite not receiving the headlines, senior Chrissy Robinson is wrapping up a historically great career in the throws. She first came to UMBC as a member of the UMBC Basketball team, who moonlighted as a thrower, winning the Outdoor AEC title in the shop put in the spring of her freshman year despite limited competitions and practice. She continued playing basketball through her sophomore year, this time making an appearance at the Indoor America East Championship and finishing second. Robinson rd went on to finish 3 in the Outdoor Championship before switching over to track full th nd time and finishing 4 in the Indoor and Outdoor Championships as a junior, and took 2 th this past indoor season. She enters her final season of competition as the 4 best shot putter in school history.

Josh Hewitson:
No one has seen more IC4A finals over the past three years than senior Josh Hewitson who just wrapped up his third appearance in the 500 meters over the past three years. rd Hewitson currently holds the 500 meter indoor school record, but can also be found 3 th th All Time on the indoor 400m list, as well as 6 and 9 on the outdoor 400 meter and th 800m All Time lists respectively. Not to mention he holds the 10 best mark in school history in the 400 meter hurdles as well. Heading into outdoor he is looking to be become on the fourth Retriever to go under forty-eight seconds in the 400 meter dash.

Inside the Numbers:

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Years since Allen Hamlin set the 110 Meter Hurdles record at 14.40, representing the oldest record on the books. It has since been tied by Bryan Beadle in 1997, however could be challenged by Trae Proctor who went 14.46 last year, but has run significantly faster this year through indoor.

Schedule of Events

2012 Outdoor Schedule:

Schedule of Events:
FRIDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Time Event 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Hammer Throw - Men Javelin - Men Pole Vault - Men Discus Throw - Men Long Jump - Men

Friday Saturday rd th March 23 -24 Weems Baskin Invite University of South Carolina Saturday st March 31 Maryland Invite University of Maryland Friday Saturday th th April 6 7 Duke Invite Duke University Wednesday-Thursday th th April 11 14 Sea Rays Relays University of Tennessee Saturday th April 14 Bucknell Bison Open Bucknell University Friday-Saturday th st April 20 -21 Larry Ellis Invite Princeton University Thursday-Saturday th th April 26 28 Penn Relays University of Pennsylvania Saturday-Sunday th th May 5 6 America East Championships University of Maine Saturday Sunday th th May 11 12 IC4A/ECAC Championships Princeton University

7:15 p.m. 5,000m Run - Men SATURDAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Time 10:10 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 11:55 a.m. 12:25 p.m. 12:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:40 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 1:55 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 2:55 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 3:40 p.m. 3:55 p.m. 4:10 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 5:55 p.m. Event Hammer Throw - Women Javelin Throw - Women 3,000m Steeplechase - Women 3,000m Steeplechase - Men Long Jump - Women Triple Jump - Men 4x100m Relay - Women 4x100m Relay - Men 1,500m Run - Women Pole Vault - Women 1,500m Run - Men 400m Dash - Women 400m Dash - Men 100m Hurdles - Women Triple Jump - Women (Follows Women's Long Jump) Discus Throw - Women Shot Put - Men (Women to Follow) High Jump - Men (Women to Follow) 110m Hurdles - Men 100m Dash - Women 100m Dash - Men 800m Dash - Women 800m Dash - Men 400m Hurdles - Women 400m Hurdles - Men 200m Dash - Women 200m Dash - Men 5,000m Run - Women 4x400m Relay - Women 4x400m Relay - Men

Event Entries IC4A/ECAC Qualifiers

Event 100m 110m/100mH 200m 400m 400mH 800m 1,500m 5,000m 10,000m 3,000m Steeple Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Javelin 4x100m 4x400m 4x800m

Entries: Jackson, E. Jones / Cooper Colbert Jackson, Abbey / Cooper, Hewitson K. Jones, Abbey, Adelola / Hewitson, Bertram Fogle, Young Mezebish Smith

E. Jones/ Bertram, Obemeata Obemeata Brightful/ Drammeh Deller, Robinson / Brooks, McDearmon, Nash Deller, Robinson/ Brooks McDearmon Deller, Robinson / Brooks, Nash, McDearmon, Bertram Nash, Bertram E. Jones, Young, Colbert, Jackson Young, Adelola, fogle, K. Jones, Abbey

Event 100m 110m/100mH 200m 400m 400mH 800m 1,500m 5,000m 10,000m 3,000m SC Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Javelin 4x100m 4x400m 4x800m

IC4A Standards (men) 10.85 14.85 21.80 48.50 53.84 1:51.80 3:51.00 14:36.00 31:08.00 9:15.00 7.10 m 14.50 m 2.04 m 4.80 m 15.60 m 53.00 m 47.50 m 58.70 m 42.50 3:17.60 7:43.00

ECAC Standards (women) 12.08 14.34 24.74 55.94 62.04 2:10.94 4:30.94 17:16.64 37:40.24 10:50.24 5.80 m 12.05 m 1.70 m 3.70 m 13.60 m 51.00 m 42.50 m 41.40 m 47.94 3:51.84 9:16.24

Qualifiers

School Records Schedule

100m 110m/100mH 200m 400m 400mH 800m 1,500m 5,000m 10.000m 3,000m SC 4x100m 4x400m 4x800m High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Javelin Dec./Hept.

Men David Bobb Hamlin/Beadle David Bobb Kevin Russell Phil Marshall Michael Christmas Anthony Kelhower Anthony Kelhower Michael Sterling Paul Loebach
Washington, Guillaume, Russell, Bobb

Time/Mark 10.18 14.40 20.63 46.97 53.00 1:50.67 3:49.20 14:09.20 30:17.2 9:02.64 39.41 3:11.41 7:35.96 2.22m (7-3.25) 7.35m (24-1.5) 15.45m (50-8.25) 4.95m (16-2.75) 15.75m (51-8.25) 56.01m (183-9) 51.59m (169-3) 56.03 (183-10) 7,239 points

Women Beverly Ruffin Imani Colbert Britney Foreman Angela Adams Jennifer Kalkstein Ohita Asein Sara Parkinson Sara Parkinson Karin Wagner Hannah Benjamin Smalls, Ajayi, Colbert, Foreman
J. Wilson, Nathaniel, Ward, Barkley

Time/Mark 11.90 14.09 24.41 56.00 1:02.37 2:11.34 4:28.57 16:46.86 35:31.64 11:33.15 47.18 3:46.27 9:02.31 1.66m (5-5.25) 5.75m (18-10.25) 12.26m (40-2.75) 3.15m (10-4) 16.44m (53-11.25) 51.28m (168-3) 45.04 (147-9) 41.40m (135-10) 4,299 Points

Hewling, Marshall, Guillaume, Russell

Baumler, Johnson, Stump, Mehmedovic

Huguens Jean Marc Haskins Victor Gilreath Dixon/Ludwig Dustin Gauthier Mike Zyvoloski Balvin Brown Mike Harte Keith Onto

Asein, Fields, Wettlaufer, Baker Chowan Brightful Kiki Malamo-Paris Tyishua Johnson Laura Walker Cleopatra Borel Cleopatra Borel Ashley Fauntleroy Toni Boyd Chowan Brightful