The UMBC Track & Field programs will continue their indoor season on Saturday as they travel to the Nittany Lion Challenge hosted by Penn State. The all day competition will be held at the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.

Enazajah Young continued the impressive start to her career by being named the America East Track Performer and Rookie of the Week, the Conference announced on Tuesday.

Young, who was named the Rookie of the Week after her first career meet in December, broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles on Friday at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational in Virginia Beach.

Young broke the school record last month in her first collegiate race, and then broke it again on Friday in her second career meet, as she won the event in 8.37.

The 4x400 relay team of Lily Bandy, Anna Creel, Dalyce Schmidt and Leanne McDonald won the event in 3:53.42, while teammates Ruth Ayuk-Takor, Faith Akinlami, Madisyn Bobb and Jayda Solomon took third in 4:01.37.

Katie Schwaner won the mile in 4:59.42, while Katelyn Deal (5:12.43) and Micah Haskins (5:17.42) went took third and fourth. Lyna Beraich (10:05.78), Lilly Norcross (10:31.79) and Lily Strelecki (10:34.01) swept the podium in the 3000.

In the field events, Marie Abongwa finished third in the weight throw (16.74) and fourth in the shot put (13.20), while Chia Nwankwo finished fifth in the shot put (14.46).

Toren Burr and Jacob Martin had standout performances this past weekend, and for it they were honored by the America East Conference on Tuesday morning. 

Martin was named both the America East Track Performer and Rookie of the Week after he won the 500 in 1:03.15 and was on the gold medal winning 4x400 relay team.

Burr was named the America East Field Performer of the Week after he used a throw of 16.88 to earn bronze in the weight throw. 

Aidan Lundberg and Justin Banks also won individual gold, and the 4x400 relay team of Martin, Kemarley Hibbert, Alim Raji and Joseph Addo took first in 3:19.13.

In the 4x400 the Retrievers also took second as the team of Rhema Nkwocha, Karell Clement, Justin Febles and Fred-Morgan Iheanacho finished in 3:19.55. Martin won the 500 in 1:03.15, while Lundberg took first in the mile in 4:18.77, with Weston Carr (4:19.51) and Kieran White (4:21.01) finished third and fourth.

UMBC dominated the 3000, taking the top four spots, with Banks (8:27.48) finishing ahead of Sofiane Compaorg (8:30.13), Thomas Foulkes (8:30.43) and Grayson Ruffner (8:30.60).

Ojigwe Olua had the second-best 60 hurdle performance in UMBC history, as he took silver in 7.91.