University of Maryland, Baltimore County1000 Hilltop CircleBaltimore, MD 21045

Gotham Cup

Meet Preview:

While it is still very early in the season, UMBC finds itself with two athletes who have had aquick start to the season and sit in the Top 15 National Rankings. Freshmen Mercedes Jacksonenters the meet with the ninth fastest time in the country in the 60 meter dash. Having finishedsecond with a personal best and school record 7.50 seconds at the Penn State Relays, she willbe working the rest of the season to approach the national automatic mark of 7.23 seconds.Joining her on the National Rankings is Trae Proctor who will look to better his 8.03 effort in the60 meter hurdles, good enough for fourteenth in the country at this point in the season. Bothathletes will be entered in their main events in hopes of maintaining or bettering their positionsas the season begins to heat up over the next couple weeks.On the distance side of things, look towards the men

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s 800 meters for some early fireworks,with IC4A qualifier from last year Andrew Smith taking the line. He will be looking to garneranother berth this year and potentially put up a conference leading mark. Additionally, themen

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s 3,000 meters will show off the talents of Todd Cowing and Brandan McGee, who willboth aim for an IC4A berth as well.The field events will present the debut of Aaron Brooks in both the shot and weight, where hewill get quite a push from Cameron McDearmon who just threw two feet past his best in theweight this past weekend. In the jumps, three athletes are nearing post season qualificationswith Momodou Drammeh (High Jump), Aboshioma Obemeata (Triple Jump), and EboniqueJones (Long Jump) all merely inches away.

Trae Proctor:

Proctor has seen great improvement from year toyear, gradually taking his 60m hurdles time from8.49 his freshmen year, 8.19 his sophomore year,and reaching the cusp of the eight second barrierwith an 8.03 this past weekend. Leading theconference by .21 seconds, he could run away withanother conference title and possible become afactor in the finals at the IC4A championships.

FeaturedAthleteIn the News:

Trae Proctor and MercedesJackson both win TrackPerformers of the Week forthe America EastConference.

Meet Recap:

Coming off the long winter break, many athletes showed no signs of rust. Mercedes Jackson picked up where she leftoff, bettering her school record to the tune of 7.50 en route to a second place finish. She continued her afternoon witha #3 All Time Performance and the Conference lead in the 200 meter dash (24.88). Trae Proctor crept closer to theschool record in the 60 meter dash, with a personal best 8.03 in the 60 meter hurdles to tak e the win in that event.Deborah Adelola recorded a personal best in the 500 meter dash en route to a seventh place finish.In the distance events, TJ Cowing, Tim Jones, and Eric Schuler swept second through fourth in the mile. Mary KatherineKulp continued her solid inaugural campaign with a fourth place, #8 All Time effort in the 1,000 meters while senior KeriWilson flirted with a personal best time, reaching the line in fourth in the women

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s 3,000 meters. The men

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s 4x800meters relay earned a trip to the IC4A Championships with a fourth place 7:50 clocking. The team consisted of freshmanCharles Bolinger, seniors Roy Jones and Pat Hairfield, and sophomore Andrew Smith.Highlights from the field events included Cameron McDearmon who finished second in the weight throw with a 57-3.75effort, bettering his previous best by nearly two feet. Ebonique Jones took fourth in the women

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s Long Jump with an 18-.25 jump, while Chrissy Robinson was fifth in the shot put with a 41-3 throw. Freshman Monica Hagenauer movedquickly up the Conference rankings with a 37-1 effort. In the triple jump Aboshioma Obemeata took fourth with aseason

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s best 46-7 jump. Momodou Drammeah and Sean Kshmetski both took fifth in the high jump and pole vaultrespectively.

AthleteSpotlights

Cameron McDearmon:

Like almost every high school thrower, McDearmon hadlimited to no experience with the weight throw enteringcollege. He started his career with a 16.12m effort duringhis freshmen year and then quickly progressed to 17.05mduring his sophomore year, good enough for third at theConference meet and an IC4A berth. Last weekend, hequickly took it to the next level with a 17.47m heave and asecond place finish at the Penn State Relays.

Mary Katherine Kulp:

A varsity contributor during the cross country season, Kulphas shown as the year goes on, she continues to make alarger impact. Through two low key races she has putherself near the top of the early season America Eastleaderboards in both the 800 meters and 1000 meters.Additionally both efforts put her on the All Time Top Tenperformance list for UMBC. A state qualifier in the 1000meters in high school, look for her times to drop quickly.

Inside the Numbers:

TRACK EVENTS:

Events Begin at 1:00 PM:60 Hurdles trialsMile unseeded60 meter trials400m Final500m Final800m unseeded1000m FinalMile Seeded800m Seeded60 Hurdle Finals (top 16 from trials)60 Dash Final (top 16 from trials)4x400 relay Final4x800 relay FinalDMR Final

Women’s 3000 Final

Men’s 3000 Final

Women’s 5000 Final

Men’s 5000 Final

FIELD EVENTS:

12:30pm

Women’s Pole Vault, Men’s

Vault to follow1:00pm

Men’s and Women’s Seeded LJ (using dual runways)

Unseeded LJ to follow Seeded (12:30pm

Men’s Shot seeded (top 24), Men’s Unseeded (24) to follow

Women’s Seeded (top