Lynchburg, Va.  – Sophomore Marquis Miller and seniors Tyler Dregley and Zachary Taylor highlighted UMBC track and field's efforts at the Brant Tolsma Invitational, held at Liberty University's Indoor Track & Field Complex.

In addition, the Retrievers' 4 x 400 meter relay teams took the top two spots in the race. The quartet of Jaeden Burke, Taheer Pierce, Shamar Barnes, Seun Olajide were the victors, finishing with a mark of 3:24.82.

Miller placed sixth in the 400 meters and shaved .10 seconds off his time of a week ago, upgrading his mark of the seventh-best time in school history. He also placed sixth in the 200 meters (22.10).

Dregley (1:53.68) and Taylor (1:53.87) placed third and fourth in the 800 meters, registering the seventh and eighth-fastest times in UMBC indoor track history.
Other Top Performances:

• 60 meters – Sophomore Shavar Staats 6.87 (3rd); freshman Seun Olajide 7.01 (6th)
• 60 meters hurdles – Nicholas Alphonse 8.51 (3rd)
• Triple Jump - Sophomore Ibrahim Khairat 14.32 (3rd), freshman Donovan Young 13.89 (6th)
• Long Jump –6.65 (6th)
• Weight Throw – Sophomore Toren Burr 16.19 m (6th)
• 1-mile Sophomore Cameron Hindle 4:13.52 (9th)
• 3000 meters – Senior Brendan Cave 9:10.43 (10th)
• 5000 meters – Sophomore Will Sakowicz 15:47.30 (7th)    

UMBC returns to Penn State on Jan. 27-28 for the Penn State National meet.