Bucknell Bison Opener

Meet Preview:
The UMBC mens and womens indoor track & field teams open their season at the Bucknell Bison Opener this Saturday. This meet has traditionally been an opportunity to see what the student-athletes have in preparations for the more intensive part of the season once they return from spring break. With a young team, there is much to be sorted out, and with the full team traveling, there is going to be plenty of action for UMBC track fans to take in. Keep an eye on the long sprinting events on the womens side, as there should be a lot of fireworks and potential ECAC qualifying times the first time out. Four-time America East Conference champion Amanda Deller will enter the circle with hopes of putting the Conference title out of reach the first meet out. Transfer Denny Long will look to return the UMBC sprint team back to dominance in the 60 meter dash. And a full slate of distance action will be on tap as the whole cross country and middle distance crew will toe the line.

Meet Recap:
The last event for the UMBC Cross Country/Track and Field teams was the NCAA MidAtlantic Cross Country Regionals at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Leading the th men was Brandan McGee who crossed the line in 64 place with a 32:11.2. Todd Cowing set an All-Time Top 10 Performance, completing the 10k course in 32:42.7. Nic Escobar also competed setting a personal best 32:59.8 for the distance. The women has five personal best 6k times out of the seven runners entered, though it should be noted the times are converted as the runners were led astray, actually running 4.05 miles versus the normal 6km. Times for the top 5 women were: Keri Wilson 22:15, Cody Mezebish 23:15, Alyse Gibson 23:27, MK Kulp 23:33, Kirsten McGovern 23:49.

Amanda Deller:
Junior All-Conference performer Amanda Deller returns, having never lost a shot put competition at an America East Conference Championships. Despite the success, new throws Coach, Pete Koumelis has higher expectations, my hope is that we get closer to the fifty foot mark in the shot, and have her win the weight throw indoors. Deller finished second behind new volunteer assistant coach Kadine Johnson.

Featured Athlete

University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21045

Inside the Numbers:

Fourteen different Retrievers qualified to the Indoor IC4A/ECAC championships last year. Of those fourteen athletes, ten of them return this year including Amanda Deller, Mo Drammeh, Cameron McDearmon, Kirsten Jones, Roy Jones, Jake Albino, Andrew Smith, Imani Colbert, Josh Hewitson, Trae Proctor.

Field Events: 9:30 AM Long Jump (men, women to follow) Triple Jump (men, women to follow) 9:30 AM Weight Throw (women, men to follow) Shot Put (women, men to follow) 10:00 AM High Jump (men, women to follow) 10:00 AM Pole Vault (women, men to follow)

Track Events: *all events women, followed by men, except hurdles 10:15 AM 5,000 Meter Run 11:00 AM 60 Meter High Hurdle Trials 11:30 AM 60 Meter Dash Trials 12:05 PM Mile Run 12:25 PM 60 Meter High Hurdle Finals 12:40 PM 60 Meter Dash Finals 12:55 PM 400 Meter Dash **Officials Break** 2:00 PM 8000 Meter Run 2:20 PM 500 Meter Dash 2:40 PM 1000 Meter Run 2:50 PM 300 Meter Dash 3:15 PM 200 Meter Dash 4:00 PM 3,000 Meter Run 4:25 PM 4x400 Meter Relay

Schedule of Events

Event Entries

Event 55m/60m 66mH/60mH 200m 400m 500m 800m 1000m Mile 3,000m 5,000m LJ HJ TJ PV SP WT 4x400m Relay 4x800m Relay DMR

Entered Athletes W: Jackson, Ikpeze, E. Jones, Metevier; M: Long, Baker, Balderson, Teyibo W: Colbert, Brightful; M: Mitchell, Rybak, Ezenwanne, Bertram W: Hayes, Colbert, Brightful; M: Balderson W: K. Jones, Leclercq, Abbey, Young, Hayes; M: Cuomo, McClendon W: Adelola, Fogle, Mezebish, Ajayi; M: Hewitson W: Kulp; M: Bolinger, Smith, R. Jones, Albino, Constantinides, Hairfield, Wood, T. Jones, Cowing, McGee, Bemis, Escobar W: Baumann; M: Stott W: Wilson; M: T. Jones, Albino, Cowing, McGee, Wood, Escobar, Stott, Bemis, Heydrick W: Gessler, Gibson, McGovern; M: Reams, Schuler M: Beacham M: Bertram, Teyibo, Ezenwanne M: Drammeh M: Obemeata W: Walker, Miller; M: Kshimetski W: Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer; M: McDearmon, Stinsman, Edokobi W: Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer; M: McDearmon, Stinsman, Edokobi Women A: Fogle/Adelola/Abbey/Jones; Men A: Bertram/Rybak/Ezewanne/Hewitson

Event 55m/60m 66mH/60mH 200m 400m 500m 800m 1000m Mile 3,000m 5,000m LJ HJ TJ PV SP WT 4x400m Relay 4x800m Relay DMR

Mens IC4A Stand. 6.48/6.98 7.75/8.25 22.24 49.20 1:05.20 1:54.90 2:29.95 4:14.90 8:27.20 14:47.40 7.02 2.04 14.30 4.80 15.60 16.80 3:19.90 7:53.00 10:19.70

Womens ECAC Stand. 7.16/7.68 8.24/8.80 25.04 57.04 1:16.04 2:14.44 2:56.24 4:59.04 9:58.04 17:33.64 5.70m 1.70m 11.90m 3.60m 13.50m 16.00m 3:52.54 9:25.24 12:08.64

Qualified Athletes