Gotham Cup

Meet Preview:
While it is still very early in the season, UMBC finds itself with two athletes who have had a quick start to the season and sit in the Top 15 National Rankings. Freshmen Mercedes Jackson enters the meet with the ninth fastest time in the country in the 60 meter dash. Having finished second with a personal best and school record 7.50 seconds at the Penn State Relays, she will be working the rest of the season to approach the national automatic mark of 7.23 seconds. Joining her on the National Rankings is Trae Proctor who will look to better his 8.03 effort in the 60 meter hurdles, good enough for fourteenth in the country at this point in the season. Both athletes will be entered in their main events in hopes of maintaining or bettering their positions as the season begins to heat up over the next couple weeks. On the distance side of things, look towards the mens 800 meters for some early fireworks, with IC4A qualifier from last year Andrew Smith taking the line. He will be looking to garner another berth this year and potentially put up a conference leading mark. Additionally, the mens 3,000 meters will show off the talents of Todd Cowing and Brandan McGee, who will both aim for an IC4A berth as well. The field events will present the debut of Aaron Brooks in both the shot and weight, where he will get quite a push from Cameron McDearmon who just threw two feet past his best in the weight this past weekend. In the jumps, three athletes are nearing post season qualifications with Momodou Drammeh (High Jump), Aboshioma Obemeata (Triple Jump), and Ebonique Jones (Long Jump) all merely inches away.

In the News:
Trae Proctor and Mercedes Jackson both win Track Performers of the Week for the America East Conference.

Trae Proctor:
Proctor has seen great improvement from year to year, gradually taking his 60m hurdles time from 8.49 his freshmen year, 8.19 his sophomore year, and reaching the cusp of the eight second barrier with an 8.03 this past weekend. Leading the conference by .21 seconds, he could run away with another conference title and possible become a factor in the finals at the IC4A championships.

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Meet Recap:
Coming off the long winter break, many athletes showed no signs of rust. Mercedes Jackson picked up where she left off, bettering her school record to the tune of 7.50 en route to a second place finish. She continued her afternoon with a #3 All Time Performance and the Conference lead in the 200 meter dash (24.88). Trae Proctor crept closer to the school record in the 60 meter dash, with a personal best 8.03 in the 60 meter hurdles to tak e the win in that event. Deborah Adelola recorded a personal best in the 500 meter dash en route to a seventh place finish. In the distance events, TJ Cowing, Tim Jones, and Eric Schuler swept second through fourth in the mile. Mary Katherine Kulp continued her solid inaugural campaign with a fourth place, #8 All Time effort in the 1,000 meters while senior Keri Wilson flirted with a personal best time, reaching the line in fourth in the womens 3,000 meters. The mens 4x800 meters relay earned a trip to the IC4A Championships with a fourth place 7:50 clocking. The team consisted of freshman Charles Bolinger, seniors Roy Jones and Pat Hairfield, and sophomore Andrew Smith. Highlights from the field events included Cameron McDearmon who finished second in the weight throw with a 57-3.75 effort, bettering his previous best by nearly two feet. Ebonique Jones took fourth in the womens Long Jump with an 18.25 jump, while Chrissy Robinson was fifth in the shot put with a 41-3 throw. Freshman Monica Hagenauer moved quickly up the Conference rankings with a 37-1 effort. In the triple jump Aboshioma Obemeata took fourth with a seasons best 46-7 jump. Momodou Drammeah and Sean Kshmetski both took fifth in the high jump and pole vault respectively.

Athlete Spotlights

Cameron McDearmon:
Like almost every high school thrower, McDearmon had limited to no experience with the weight throw entering college. He started his career with a 16.12m effort during his freshmen year and then quickly progressed to 17.05m during his sophomore year, good enough for third at the Conference meet and an IC4A berth. Last weekend, he quickly took it to the next level with a 17.47m heave and a second place finish at the Penn State Relays.

Mary Katherine Kulp:

A varsity contributor during the cross country season, Kulp has shown as the year goes on, she continues to make a larger impact. Through two low key races she has put herself near the top of the early season America East leaderboards in both the 800 meters and 1000 meters. Additionally both efforts put her on the All Time Top Ten performance list for UMBC. A state qualifier in the 1000 meters in high school, look for her times to drop quickly.

Inside the Numbers:

Number of spots on the America East Top Ten Leaderboard held by UMBC female 200 meter runners, including places 1-5

TRACK EVENTS:
Events Begin at 1:00 PM: 60 Hurdles trials Mile unseeded 60 meter trials 400m Final 500m Final 800m unseeded 1000m Final Mile Seeded 800m Seeded 60 Hurdle Finals (top 16 from trials) 60 Dash Final (top 16 from trials) 4x400 relay Final 4x800 relay Final DMR Final Womens 3000 Final Mens 3000 Final Womens 5000 Final Mens 5000 Final

FIELD EVENTS:
12:30pm 1:00pm Womens Pole Vault, Mens Vault to follow Mens and Womens Seeded LJ (using dual runways) Unseeded LJ to follow Seeded (

Schedule of Events

12:30pm Mens Shot seeded (top 24), Mens Unseeded (24) to follow , Womens Seeded (top 24) then Unseeded Shot to follow Weight Throws to follow Shot (top 24 weight throwers) 5:30pm Mens and Womens Seeded Triple Jump Boards Unseeded Flights of TJ to follow Mens HJ , Womens HJ -dual mats

Following Dash

Event Entries

Event 60m 60mH 200m 400m 500m 800m 1,000m Mile 3,000m 5,000m Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Weight Throw 4x400m DMR Pent./Hept.

Tentative Entries: Women/Men (A Relays only) Jackson, Young, Ikpeze/Cooper Colbert, Brightful/Proctor, Rybak, Ezenwanne Adelola, Fogle, Abbey/Hewitson, McClendon Leclercq, Ajayi, Daly Mezebish/Smith, Bolinger, Hairfield Kulp/R. Jones T. Jones, Schuler Wilson/Cowing, McGee, Bemis Gessler/Reams E. Jones/Teyibo, Cooper, Bertram Obemeata, Teyibo Brightful/Drammeh, Obemeata Walker, Miller/Kshimetski Robinson, Hagenauer/Brooks, McDearmon Robinson, Hagenauer/Brooks, McDearmon Fogle, Young, Abbey, Adelola/Bertram, Ezenwanne, Rybak, 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 Mercedes Jackson, Denny Long Imani Colbert, Trae Proctor Mercedes Jackson

Chowan Brightful Amanda Deller, Chrissy Robinson Cameron McDearmon Men

60m 60mH 200m 400m 500m 800m 1000m Mile 3000m 5000m 4x400m
4x800m DMR HJ LJ TJ PV SP WT Hept./Pent.

Men David Bobb Negasi Gerima David Bobb Khris Hutson Josh Hewitson Michael Christmas Izudin Mehmedovic Izudin Mehmedovic Greg Saylor Michael Sterling Powell, Williams, Ransom, Hawkins Okoniewski, Hart, Christmas, Snyder Christmas, Smith, Albino, Snyder Huguens Jean Marc Haskins Victor Gilreath Dixon/Ludwig Aaron Brooks Mike Zyvoloski 6 Keith Onto

Time/Mark 6.72 8.00 20.85 48.57 1:03.35 1:52.78 2:25.58 4:08.84 8:26.00 14:39.45 3:15.53 7:36.68 9:49.52 2.17m (7-1.5) 7.11m (23-4) 15.49m (50-10) 4.85m (15-11) 15.43m (50-7.5) 18.77m (61-7) 5,238 pts

Women Mercedes Jackson Imani Colbert Sharon Johnson Sharon Johnson Latasha Bost Yasmin Fields Yasmin Fields Cara Wettlaufer Sara Parkinson Sara Parkinson Wilson, Nathaniel, Ward, Barkley Asein, Fields, Wettlaufer, Baker Asein, Griffin, Baker, Wettlaufer Chowan Brightful Kiki Malamo-Paris Tyishua Johnson Laura Walker Cleopatra Borel Cleopatra Borel Chowan Brightful

Time/Mark 7.50 8.57 24.42 55.91 1:13.89 2:13.53 2:58.33 4:55.00 9:40.12 16:47.89 3:50.08 9:06.23 12:19.05 1.7m (5-7) 5.65m (18-6.5) 11.56m (37-11.25) 3.25m (10-8) 17.50m (57-5) 18.03m (59-2) 3,227 pts