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2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Melissa Kameka

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Damascus
  • Hometown Damascus, Md.

Biography

2022 Outdoor: Did not compete during the 2022 outdoor season.

2021-22 Indoor: Turned in a pair of career-best times in the 600m and 800m during the 2021-22 indoor season… Shaved a second off her career-best in the 600m at the Penn State Tune Up with a time of 1:36.12… Ended the season with a career-best in the 800m at the America East Championships with a time of 2:17.61.

2021-22

  • UMBC’s top finisher in the 800 meters at the America East Championships, earning a point with an eighth place finish
2020-21
  • Posted a season-best time of 1:00.55 in the 400 meters at the America East Championships
  • Was a part of the 4x400m relay team at the Salisbury Spring Meet, helping the quartet to a time of 4:02.72.
BACKGROUND DATA
  • Considering a major in biological sciences
  • Best prep performance was a mark of 2:16 in the 800 meters at the 2018 Katie Jenkins Invitational
  • Plays the guitar and ukulele
  • Daughter of Gwendolyn Bell and Mark Kameka

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.