BALTIMORE—The UMBC track and field finished the first day
of competition at the 2011 America East Outdoor Championships
Saturday at UMBC Stadium, breaking two school records in the
process. The men sit in sixth place with 15.5 points, while the
women are ninth without a point scored as of yet.
Junior Imani Colbert
(Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. Flowers) qualified for the finals in the
women's 100-meter hurdles, breaking her own UMBC record in an
ECAC-qualifying time of 14.09.
Sophomore Chowan
Brightful (New Market, Md./Linganore) sits in second place in
the women's heptathlon after four events with 2,909 points. She
broke the school record in the high jump portion, hitting a mark of
1.65m (5'5").
Senior Keith Onto (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro/St.
Francis (PA)) is currently in third in the men's decathlon with
3,472 points, while fellow senior Dominic Devaud (Baltimore,
Md./Archbishop Curley) is right behind with 3,403 points. Devaud
won the 400-meter dash portion in 50.93.
In the men's pole vault, senior Martin Nevarez (Casa Grande,
Ariz./Central Arizona College) earned bronze with an
IC4A-qualifying mark of 4.80m (15'9"), while fellow senior Sam
Wilson (Davidsonville, Md./South River) placed sixth, hitting a
height of 4.50m (14'9").
Freshman Brandan McGee (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) placed fifth in
the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:20.63, while junior Roy
Jones (New Market, Md./Linganore) crossed the line eighth. Senior
Sam Boimov (Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg/Salisbury)
finished seventh in the finals of the men's 10,000-meter run in
32.08.30.
Junior Aaron Brooks (Upper Marlboro, Md./DeMatha) placed eighth
in the men's hammer throw with a heave of 48.90m (160'5").
The final day of the meet begins at 9 a.m. at UMBC Stadium with
the conclusion of the decathlon and heptathlon.
Women - Team Rankings - 7 Events Scored
1) New
Hampshire
55
2)
Albany
54
3) Boston
U.
43
4)
Binghamton
42
5)
Vermont
36.50
6) Maine
35.50
7)
Hartford
5
8) Stony
Brook
2
Men - Team Rankings - 6 Events Scored
1) Albany
59.50
2)
Binghamton
56
3) New
Hampshire
42
4)
Vermont
24
5)
Maine
20
6)
UMBC
15.50
7) Boston
U.
13
8)
Hartford
4
