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Meet Preview:
This weekend the UMBC Outdoor Track and Field squad will split up the ranks to attend both the Duke Invite and the Liberty Flames Invite. The majority of athletes will head down to North Carolina while the throwers, pole vaulters, and decathletes will attend the meet at Liberty. The track will hold most of the action at the Duke Invitational. Last weekend Mercedes Jackson took the win the 100 meters and will look to continue that streak this weekend while getting help from Ebonique Jones, currently the ladies sit second and third respectively in the early season conference rankings. For the men, Sean Cooper dipped under eleven seconds for the first time with a 10.98, and will look to continue his success that has led him to fourth in both the 100 meters and 200 meters in the Conference. In the long sprint action, the women dominate the 400 meter Conference rankings with three women in the top four including Deborah Adelola, Kalane Abbey, and Kirsten Jones. The distance runners will be out in full force this weekend with most events under the lights on Friday. Andrew Smith will be making his outdoor debut in the 800 meters after finishing fourth in the Conference during the indoor season. Cody Mezebish will also run the 800 meters after finishing fifth in the event during the indoor Conference meet. Fresh off his first collegiate victory, Brandan McGee will toe the line in the 5,000 meters, while TJ Cowing should make an early season impact in the 10,000 meters. At Liberty, watch for Malte Bertram to make his decathlon debut for the Retrievers after finishing second in the Heptathlon at the indoor conference meet. Expect Aaron Brooks, Cameron McDearmon, Amanda Deller, and Chrissy Robinson to not only continue their well rounded success but have break out performances.

It didnt take long for senior Imani Colbert to better her school record that she re-set last year. As a freshman, Colbert came in swinging dropping the school record to 14.28 seconds. After a solid sophomore season, she didnt approach the mark until late last year when she busted out a 14.09 at the Conference meet. There was no dramatic buildup this year when in her second outdoor meet she dropped it to 14.02.

Last Meet Highlights: University of Maryland Invite

Imani Colbert re-broke her 100m Hurdles school record with a time of 14.02 Mercedes Jackson won the 100m dash Ebonique Jones finished second in the 100m dash with a personal best and #5 All Time 12.20 Kalane Abbey moved up to #6 All Time in the 400m dash with a time of 57.65 Keri Wilson finished third in the steeple with a personal best 11:35.04 Aaron Brooks threw a personal best 51-2.75 in the shot put to finish second and also took fourth in the discus Malte Betram and Sean Kshmetski moved up to seventh and eighth All Time in the javelin Brandan McGee won the 3,000 meter run with a #3 All Time 8:37.49

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Athlete Spotlights

Brandan McGee:
One of the leading runners since he stepped on campus as a freshman last year, he led the Retrievers through the cross country season and put up a team leading mark in the 5,000 meters during the indoor season. Already sitting number three on the All Time 5,000 meter and number five on the All Time Steeple list, McGee will be looking to move up both over the next two weeks. Entered in the 5,000 meter run this weekend, he is coming off his first collegiate victory, stealing the 3,000 meters at the Maryland Invite, closing in a 2:09 last 800 meters to move up to number four on the All Time list.

Sean Cooper:
After training through last year, Sean Cooper has proved himself to be the leader of the sprint group during the indoor season, including qualifying for the IC4A meet in the 200 meters. He started off his outdoor campaign in grand fashion setting a personal best 10.98 in the 100 meter dash while putting up Conference level marks in the 200 meters and Long Jump.

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Inside the Numbers:

The number of seconds that lies between Imani Colbert and becoming the first UMBC Retriever to clock a sub fourteen second clocking in the 110m/100m hurdles event. Last weekend Colbert bested her own school record that had stood since her freshman year.

Schedule of Events

2012 Outdoor Schedule: 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

Schedule of Events:
Friday, April 6th Field Events: 1:00pm Decathlon (Liberty) Hammer (Liberty) 4:00pm Javelin (Liberty) 4:30pm Triple Jump (Men) 6:30pm High Jump (Men) Track Events: 1:15pm 100m Develop. (Men) 3 Heats 1:25pm 400m Develop. (Women) 4 Heats 1:45pm 400m Develop. (Men) 5 Heats 2:10pm 1,500m Develop. (Women) 3 Heats 2:30pm 1,500m Develop. (Men) 3 Heats 2:50pm 200m Develop. (Women) 5 Heats 3:10pm 200m Develop. (Men) 4 Heats 3:30pm Break 4:15pm 400m Hurdles (Women) All Heats 4:35pm 400m Hurdles (Men) All Heats 5:00pm 1,500m (Women) 4 Heats 5:25pm 1,500m (Men) 4 Heats 5:50pm 3,000m (Men) 1 Heat 6:05pm 5,000m (Women) C 6:25pm 5,000m (Men) C 6:45pm 5,000m (Women) "B" 7:05pm 5,000m (Men) "B" 7:25pm 5,000m (Women) "A" 7:45pm 5,000m (Men) "A" 8:05pm 10,000m (Women) 1 Heat 8:45pm 10,000m (Men) 1 Heat 9:20pm 5,000m (Men) D Saturday, April 7th Field Events: 9:30am Pole Vault (Liberty) 10:00am Long Jump (Women) 10:00am Decathlon 10:30am High Jump (Women) 11:00am Shot Put (Men - Liberty) 12:30pm Discus (Women Liberty) 2:30pm Shot Put (Women Liberty) 3:45pm Discus (Men Liberty) Track Events: 9:45am 800m Develop. (Women) 5 Heats 10:05am 800m Develop. (Men) 5 Heats 10:30am 100m Trials (Women) 8 Heats 10:50am 100m Trials (Men) 8 Heats 11:20am 100m Hurdle Trials (Women) All Heats 11:45am 110m Hurdle Trials (Men) All Heats 12:20pm 200m (Women) - 8 Heats 12:40pm 200m (Men) - 8 Heats 1:00pm Lunch Break 1:45pm 800m (Women) 5 Heats 2:05pm Jason Manse 800m (Men) 4 Heats 2:25pm 4 x 100m Relay (Women) 2:35pm 4 x 100m Relay (Men) 2:45pm 400m (Women) - 5 Heats 3:00pm 400m (Men) - 5 Heats 3:20pm 100m Final (Women) 3:25pm 100m Final (Men) 3:35pm 110m Hurdle Final (Men) 3:45pm 100m Hurdle Final (Women) 5:05pm 4 x 400m Relay (Women) 3 Heats 5:20pm 4 x 400m Relay (Men) 3 Heats 5:35pm 4 x 800m Relay (Men) 1 Heat

Event Entries IC4A/ECAC Qualifiers

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

Women / Men Entries (Tentative only, only A Relays listed): Jakcson, E. Jones, Metevier / Cooper, Baker, Teyibo, Balderson Colberty, Brightful, Ikpeze / Jackson, E. Jones, Young, K. Jones, Abbey, Adelola, Metevier, Leclercq / Cooper, Hewitson, Baker, Balderson Adelola, K. Jones, Abbey, Young, Fogle, Leclercq, McClure / Hewitson Fogle / Mezebish, Kulp, Daly / Smith, Bolinger, Hairfield Baumann / Albino, R. Jones Wilson / McGee, Schuler Gessler, McGovern / Cowing, Eldridge Bertram Malamo-Paris, E. Jones / Teyibo, Obemeata / Obemeata, Teyibo Brightful / Drammeh Walker/ Kshmetski Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer / Brooks, McDearmon, Stinsman, Nash, Edokobi Deller, Robinson, Hagenauer / Brooks, McDearmon, Nash, Stinsman, Edokobi Deller, Robinson / Brooks, Stinsman, Nash, McDearmon, Edokobi / Nash, Kshmetski E. Jones, Young, Colbert, Jackson / Baker, Teyibo, Balderson, Cooper K. Jones, Fogle, Abbey, Adelola Albino, R. Jones, Bolinger, Smith

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 Jackson Colbert Jackson

Brooks

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 Mercedes Jackson Imani Colbert Mercedes Jackson 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 11.81 14.02 24.05 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