Results
PHILADELPHIA – The UMBC women's
4x200 relay team of junior Kirsten
Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K Magnet), freshman D'Nique Phillip (Elkton, Md.) and sophomores Kalane' Abbey (Laurel, Md./Laurel), and Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown)
combined to set a new school record, Friday afternoon at the Penn
Relays at Franklin Field.
The team crossed the line in a time of 1:37.92 to place 19th in
the competition and edge the previous school-best of 1:38.04 which
was set at last's years Penn Relays.
Jackson's day was not done, however, as the sophomore earned a
top-ten finish in the 100m dash with a time of 11.75, her
third-fastest this spring. Jackson currently leads the
America East with her season-best and school-record time of 11.57
which she set at the Mason Spring Invitational.
For the men, the sprint relay team of senior Dennison
Long (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU),Jenove
Blanfort, junior Andrew
Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley), and
freshman Andrew
Keresztes (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Port Jefferson) took
25th. The team's time of 3:29.97 was just two seconds
off the school-record pace of 3:27.48 set in 1994.
In the 110m hurdles, senior Trae
Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) recorded his
second-fastest time of the season, crossing the line in 14.44 and
placing 18th.
Junior Yao
Adantor (Laurel, Md./Reserrvoir/Morgan St./Maryland) took
11th in the shot put with a toss of 15.48m (50'9.80").
The Penn Relays continue on Saturday morning as the Racewalk
opens the final day of the meet.
