The UMBC men's indoor track and field squad faces its final tune-up before the America East Championships as they travel to Lynchburg, Va. for the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational. A tough regional field will compete on Friday, Feb. 9 and Saturday Feb. 10 at Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex.
Some participating schools in this week's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational include Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, George Mason, Georgetown, James Madison, Maryland, Morgan State, Navy, Penn, Towson, VCU, Wake Forest, and William & Mary.
How to Follow : The meet will feature 7.5 hours of live coverage between two days of action on ESPN+ (Friday: 5:30-9:00 p.m. and Saturday: Noon-4:00 p.m.). The coverage will also include taped highlights of events which fall outside the TV windows.
Friday ESPN+ Link : https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/963c95e0-cfec-4179-b72e-6fef706296e1
Saturday ESPN+ Link : https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/4b6a9ce2-649f-4a87-9678-4f4211fcb1e7
Live Results By Blue Ridge Timing : https://www.goinguplive.com/blueridge/darius-dixon-memorial-invitational/meet-27/schedule.html
Sophomore
Liam Meginniss broke a 10-year old school record in the Sykes & Sabock Challenge at Penn State's Multi-Sport Facility this past weekend. Posting a time of 4:07.16 broke the previous leading mark held by Jake Albino, who ran a 4:08.12 in 2014. The time is currently the fourth-fastest in America East this season and 25th in the Mid-Atlantic region. Meginniss took a brief lead at the 1200m mark before finishing second to Penn State's Christopher DeSouza (4:05.23). He currently finds himself in top ten positioning within the conference in three different events.
The 4x400m relay of
Jayo Adegboyo,
Fred-Morgan Iheanacho,
Pelumi Olujumu, and
Xavier Doctor won their heat to wrap up the season at Penn State finishing seventh of 14 teams. Their time of 3:20.60 is the seventh-fastest in the conference in 2023-24 while junior
Cameron Hindle finished fourth in the 3000 meter run. He ran a season-best of 8:22.03, placing him at a sixth-best time in America East this season. Sophomore
Aiden Walker finished tenth of 21 competitors in the shot put with a throw of 14.0m.
Retrievers to keep an eye on in America East seeding as we approach the final meet before postseason competition…
UP NEXT: The Retrievers will be in Boston, MA for the America East Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 19-20.
