Men's Track and Field 2/6/2020 12:00:00 AM

Track and Field Returns to Action at the UAlbany Winter Classic on Friday

Baltimore, Md.-- UMBC track and field will head north to the UAlbany Winter Classic on Friday, one of their final two tune-ups before the America East Championships at the end of the month. Last time out, Trenson Terry re-broke his school record in the long jump at 7.36m, besting the mark of 7.33m he set at the TCNJ Indoor Open the first week of the year.

UAlbany Winter Classic Info:
What: 2020 UAlbany Winter Classic
Where: Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex - Staten Island, N.Y.
When: Friday, February 7 - 12:30 p.m.
How to Follow: Live results at OceanBreezeNYC.org
Social Media: @umbcxctf, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AETF

Last Time Out (Penn State National Open):

Day One:
-Emmy Beyer finished the 5,000m in 5th place with a time of 18:16.78 with teammate Margo Henly just behind her in 7th in 18:32.02. A trio of Retrievers competed in the 60m dash. Pharist O'Neal finished in 28th (7.78), Petronilla Onyebadi took 35th (7.94), Edeline Davies took 36th (7.95).

-In the field, Jasmine Holland took 14th in the triple jump at 11.38m with Eleni Zotou finishing 19th in the weight throw (15.92m).

-Brian Cave led the men on the track with a 14th place finish in the 5,000m with a time of 15:32.35. Glory Fagbuyi led a trio in the 60m dash, taking 29th in the event with a time of 7.01. Darius Adams and Shamar Barnes were just behind him in 35th and 37th with times of 7.19 and 7.29 respectively.

-Rodney Sachiti and Andrew Haberman competed in the triple jump and weight throw. Sachiti took 12th with a jump of 14.07m and Haberman finishing 30th with a toss of 14.58m.

Day Two:
-Trenson Terry reset the record with his jump of 7.36m to earn second-place in the event, besting his mark of 7.33m at the TCNJ Open. Also in the field, Divinus Mutba took 18th in the high jump (1.96m) and Maurice Johnson finished 23rd in the shot put (14.42m).

-On the track, Taylor Baranoski earned gold in the 1,000m to pace the male runners. He finished the race in 2:30.89. Joel Evans earned a top ten finish in the event, taking seventh in 2:33.35. Parker Tewell, Mark Unger, and Brian Nelson also finished in the top ten in their respective events. Tewell finished ninth in the 600m (1:24.70), Unger taking ninth in the mile (4:18.59) and Nelson finishing tenth in the 200m (22.16).

-Bridgett Redding had the best individual finish on the women's side, taking fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:13.53.Collese Daley and Morgan Casey turned in seventh-place finishes in the 300m and 1,000m invite respectively. Daley finished in a time of 40.47 with Casey finishing in 2:58.38.

-Ariella Garcia, Melissa Kameka and Kaya Knake also had top times on Saturday. Garcia and Kameka finished tenth in the 800m and 600m with times of 2:13.53 and 1:37.23 with Knake taking 12th in the 800m invite in 2:11.63. The 4x400m relay team of Collese Daley, Kaya Knake, Ariella Garcia, and Ayanna Johnson finished sixth in a time of 3:51.72 to round out the meet.

Up Next:

-The Retrievers will have their final tune-up at the Fastrack National Invite on Friday, Feb. 14 before heading to the America East Championships the following weekend.

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