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2013-14 Men's Track and Field

Dennison Long

  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 140
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenbelt, Md.
  • Highschool Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU

Biography

2014 Outdoor: Advanced to the NCAA EastPreliminaries for the second straight year… Named theAmerica East Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete at the conferencemeet after sweeping the 100m and 200m dash events… Defendedhis title in both events by recording conference record-breakingtimes… Won the 100m event with a time of 10.37 and claimedthe 200m race with a top time of 21.12… Also won the 100msprint at the IC4A Championships at Princeton… Recorded acareer-best 100m time of 10.36 at the Pepsi Florida Relays to moveup to second all-time in UMBC program history… Also claimedthe second spot in the 200m event with his time of 20.86 at theMason Spring Invitational.

2013-14 Indoor: Did not compete.

2013 Outdoor: Earned the Most Outstanding MaleTrack Performer award at the 2013 America East OutdoorChampionships… Won individual gold medals in the 100m and200m dash events, and also anchored the 4x100m relay team to atitle… Earned a spot at the IC4A Championships in the 200mevent with his time of 21.80 at the Florida State Relays, and inthe 100m race with a time of 10.81 at the Big Dawg Invitational atUMBC Stadium… Also anchored the 4x100 relay squad at theIC4A meet… Recorded his best career time in both events atthe Mason Invitational, moving to second in school history in the100m dash (10.39) and third in the 200m event (21.14)…Competed in the 100m event at the NCAA East Preliminaries at NorthCarolina A&T.

2012-13 Indoor: Named the 2013 America EastMost Outstanding Male Track Performer at the conference meet afterwinning both the 60m dash and 200m dash events… Qualifiedfor the IC4A meet in both events, advancing to the semifinals inthe 60m dash where he finished ninth with a career-best time of6.86 which ranks as the fourth-fastest time in UMBC schoolhistory… Also recorded his top career time in the 200m dashat the regional meet, crossing the line in the prelims in 21.57,the third-best time in school history.

Background: Holds five school records atFlorida International... Named the 2009 Prince George's CountyRunner of the Year... Was a three time All-State selection and twotime All-County selection... 2009 Maryland 4A State Champion in theindoor 300m and outdoor 100m dash... 2009 4A Regional and CountyChampion in the 100m dash... 2008 and 2009 200m dash RegionalChampion... Helped his team win the 2008 A4 State Outdoor title...Also lettered in football for the Raiders.

Personal: Son of Ben Long and Sonya Shaw... Hisfather ran track at UC Irvine... Has two siblings, Donavon andSydney... Majoring in business technology administration... BornMar. 8, 1991.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Junior

    Sprints
    5'7" 140 lbs
  • 2012-13Senior

    Sprints
    5'7" 140 lbs
  • 2013-14Senior

    Sprints
    5'7" 140 lbs
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