Duke Invitational Day One Results
DURHAM, N.C. – UMBC
sophomore Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop
McNamara) broke her own school record, finishing second in the 400m
hurdles, Friday afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium at the Duke
Invitational.
Fogle finished the race in a personal-record time of 1:01. 64,
trailing only Johnson C. Smith's Samantha Elliott, to take second
in the 400m hurdle event. Sophomore Mary Katherine Kulp (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) also set
a person-best, completing the run in 1:04.21 to move up to fourth
all-time in the school record book.
For then men, freshman Hassan
Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) completed the 10,000m
run with a personal-best time of 30:54.82. His time
qualified him for the IC4A meet in May and ranks as the
second-fastest in school history. Freshman Noah Hutton (Bel
Air, Md.) placed sixth in the race and jumped to seventh all-time
with his time of 31:49.86.
In the women's race, freshmen Nicole
Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) and Harmony
Roche (Millersville, Md./Severn School) finished seventh and
eighth and both met the ECAC standard. Dawson now sits
in third all-time in the school record book with a time of 37:22.84
while Roche is sixth (37:36.97).
Freshman Angelina Oputa (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton)
completed the 1,500m race in 4:48.94, the eighth-fastest time in
UMBC history.
In the men's hammer throw, sophomore Thor
Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) finished third
with a throw of 55.79m (183'0"). Juniors Yao
Adantor (Laurel, Md./Reservoir/Morgan St,/Maryland)
and Ray Stinsman
III (Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape) placed seventh and ninth,
respectively.
Freshman Jennifer Nelson (Plainfield, Conn./Plainfield)
recorded a personal-best throw of 40.22m (131'11") in the women's
competition.
Although he could not match his school-record throw from last
week, freshman Vincent
Rentzsch(Oranienberg, Germany) finished second in the javelin
(58.90m, 193'03").
The Duke Invitational continues on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.
with the long jump while the track events start at 10:00 a.m. with
the women's 800m run.
