The UMBC Track & Field teams head north to Boston for the America East Indoor Championships this Friday and Saturday at Boston University.
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Earlier this week, freshman
Ojigwe Olua was named the America East Rookie of the Week for the third time.
Marie Abongwa and
Enazajah Young also continued their excellent indoor seasons as they took home America East weekly awards.
Olua qualified second in the 60m hurdles at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a time of 7.94. He continues to have the top time in the America East in the event. Young was named the America East Rookie of the Week for the fifth time this season after she finished second at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in the 60m Hurdles in 8.40 and set a PR in the 60m with a time of 7.54. Abongwa earned her second America East Field Performer of the Week honor of the season by finishing seventh in the shot put (14.11m) and ninth in the weight throw (17.21).
Last time out,
Weston Carr broke a four year old meet record in the 1000m as the UMBC Track & Field concluded the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational on Saturday at Liberty.
Carr took gold in an America East top time of 2:24.46 with
Joey Ensor finishing right behind him in 2:24.95, both were PR's.
Lyna Beraich won silver in the Women's 1000m in 2:54.70 and teammate
Lilly Norcross finished fourth in 2:55.94.
Winter Evans won gold in the High Jump (open) with a PR of 1.64m, and
Janine Amefia had a PR of 11.86m in a fifth place finish in the Triple Jump. Roberts (14.18m) and Abongwa (14.11m) finished sixth and seventh in the Shot Put.
In the 60m hurdles, Young finished second in 8.40, while classmate
Lily Bandy won silver in the 200m in a PR time of 24.67. Bandy's result is the number two in the event in the America East behind an earlier performance teammate
Anna Creel, who took fourth in 24.78.
Justin Febles (1:04.36) and
Rhema Nkwocha (1:04.56) each set PR's in the 500m as they took third and fourth. In the Mile,
Michael Heinemann had a PR in 4:16.72 in an eighth place finish, while in the Women's Mile,
Micah Haskins finished fifth in a PR of 5:08.77.
