Men’s Track and Field Wins Four Events at Penn State Tune Up

UMBC men’s track and field had a stellar day in State College with the Retrievers winning four different events. UMBC also dominated the 200m dash, placing seven Retrievers in the top ten.

State College, Pa.-- UMBC men's track and field had a stellar day in State College with the Retrievers winning four different events. UMBC also dominated the 200m dash, placing seven Retrievers in the top ten.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Shamar Barnes led seven Retrievers in the top ten of the 200m dash, taking first in a time of 21.96. Jaeden Burke and Taheer Pierce were just behind him in second and third in times of 21.98 and 22.19.
Burke also turned in a second place finish in the 60m dash in 6.99, finishing just behind Shavar Staats in first in 6.93.
Cameron Hindle also earned a first place finish on Friday, taking gold in the mile in 4:11.83. Sam Brosh and Mack McKeever also finished in the top ten in the event in second (4:12.90) and eighth (4:22.31).
Daron Taylor, Brendan Cave, and Will Sackowicz went three-four-five in the unseeded 3,000m with times of 8:50.86, 9:04.03, and 9:10.44 respectively.
Other top individual finishers included Tyler Dregely in the 600m (2nd, 1:21.79), Mulisa Reggasa in the 800m (5th, 1:55.61) and Joel Simpson in the 800m (6th, 1:56.39).
The 4x400m relay team of Dregely, Levi Bryant, Lamine Fofana, and Reggasa took first, crossing the tape in a time of 3:29.77.
In the field, Ibrahim Khairat led the charge with a third place finish in the long jump at 6.56m.
Toren Burr finished with a fifth place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 15.74m.
Thomas Hamby had a pair of top finishes, taking ninth in the weight throw (13.65m) and 12th in the shot put (12.33m).