Virginia Beach, Va. -- Freshman
Enazajah Young broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles as the UMBC Women's Indoor Track & Field team opened 2026 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. Classmate
Winter Evans took fourth in the event with a time of 8.80.Â
The 4x400 relay team of
Lily Bandy,
Anna Creel,
Dalyce Schmidt andÂ
Leanne McDonald won the event in 3:53.42, while teammates
Ruth Ayuk-Takor,Â
Faith Akinlami,Â
Madisyn Bobb andÂ
Jayda Solomon took third in 4:01.37.
Katie Schwaner won the mile in 4:59.42, whileÂ
Katelyn Deal (5:12.43) and
Micah Haskins (5:17.42) went took third and fourth.Â
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), whileÂ
Chia Nwankwo finished fifth in the shot put (14.46).
The Retrievers are back in action next week at the Nittany Lion Challenge.
