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Terrapin Invite
Meet Preview:
For many athletes this weekend, it will be a bit of a homecoming, as the Retrievers attend theTerrapin Invite at the Prince George Sports and Learning Complex in the shadow of FedEx Fieldin Landover, Maryland. This meet represents the only meet that the Indoor Track and Fieldteams will be a part of on their native Maryland soil, and the home to many of the student-athletes accomplishments at the state level during high school.Expect to see a full slate of action, with all healthy athletes on the roster taking the track at onepoint or another during the course of the day. Do not be distracted by only the track events asthere could be fireworks in the field events on the infield. Coming off a record settingperformance last weekend, senior Aaron Brooks looks to build off that momentum and see if hecan push the fifty-two foot barrier in the shot. Additionally, junior Amanda Deller returns to thering after being out with an injury the past two meets. Finally, Mo Drammeh will be looking toreach new heights after fouling out last weekend at 6
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11
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in the high jump.On the track look to continued dominance in the 60 meters with Mercedes Jackson leading theway and Trae Proctor in the 60 meter hurdles. Kirsten Jones returns to action in the individualevents after seeing limited action the first two meets. Senior Imani Colbert is buildingmomentum with a seasons best 60 meter hurdles time last weekend.On the distance side, almost the entire team will be in action across three events. The men
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smile will feature senior Tim Jones and a slate of freshmen. The 3,000 meters will give freshmanEric Schuler a chance to build off his personal best time in the mile last weekend and a chanceto make his mark in this event. For the women, look towards the 800 meters as leadingfreshman Mary Katherine Kulp is joined by fellow freshman Katrin Baumann.
Aaron Brooks:
Coming into his first meet of the season, onewould have expected some rust, however, Brooksled off with a solid throw. However, to expect theseries of throws to come next would have beenclairvoyant. Brooks surpassed his school record onhis next thrown by a couple centimeters, only tosmash the new mark by nearly a foot on his thirdthrow. His fourth throw was not shabby either,representing the second best throw in schoolhistory.
FeaturedAthleteIn the News:
Check out an earlierinterview with Trae Proctorin the Retriever Weekly inthe 12/6/11 edition:http://www.retrieverweekly.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=7377&format=html
Meet Recap:
As previously mentioned, the highlight of the meet was senior Aaron Brooks
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return to competition and his subsequentdemolishing of the school record in the shot put en route to an IC4A qualification and a third place finish. Having beenhis first competition since the America East Conference meet in May, it came out of nowhere. There were many othergreat performances in the field events with Cameron McDearmon winning the weight throw nearly matching hisperformance from last weekend. Mo Drammeh cleared 6
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7
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in the high jump, nearly matching his personal best in thehigh jump (6
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8
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) and performances from Malte Bertram (5
th
in unseeded long jump) and Oladosu Teyibo (1
st
inunseeded triple) suggest that the jumpers are on the cusp of some breakthrough performances.The performances on the oval did not disappoint either, as freshman Mercedes Jackson remains undefeated in the 60meter dash at the collegiate level winning her third consecutive meet. Junior Trae Proctor continued his success with asolid 5
th
place finish in the 60 meter hurdles. The women
’
s distance squad put three girls on the All Time Top TenPerformance lists with Mary Katherine Kulp (1000m), Cody Mezebish (800m), and Keri Wilson (3,000m) bettering theirpersonal bests.However, the overlooked performance of the meet was the Women
’
s 4x400 meter consisting of Briana Young, PauletteFogle, Deborah Adelola, and Kirsten Jones. Their second place finish of 3:50.31 earned them both an ECAC qualifyingtime and the number one spot in the Conference rankings.
AthleteSpotlights
Malte Bertram:
A Junior Champion in the 400 meters in Germany andaccomplished multi-event athlete, Bertram looks to bemaking the transition in his first year in the states. His fifthplace performance in the long jump and 50.x split on thelead off of the 4x400 meters show that he is beginning toround into form at the start of the stretch run of meets of the indoor season.
Deborah Adelola:
Sophomore Deborah Adelola was a model of consistencythus far this season, moving up both the 500 meter and 400meter All Time lists in the past two meets. Additionally,Adelola provided the key leg in the ECAC qualifyingperformance at the Gotham Cup, with a stellar 56.x split onthe third leg.
Inside the Numbers:
Field Events9:00 AM Weight Throw menWeight Throw women(Shot starts following weight)Shot Put menShot Put womenPole Vault men10:00AM Long Jump women & men (2 pits)High Jump womenPole Vault women12:00 PM High Jump menPole Vault womenTriple Jump women & men (2 pits)Running Events9:00 AM 5k women9:30 AM 5k men10:10 AM DMR women10:25 AM DMR men10:50 AM 60 H Heats women11:05 AM 60 H Heats men11:20 AM 60 M Heats women11:40 AM 60 M Heats men11:55 AM Mile women12:15 PM Mile men12:40 PM 60 H Finals women (2 section final)12:45 PM 60 H Finals men (2 section final)12:50 PM 60 M Finals women (2 section final)12:55 PM 60 M Finals men (2 section final)1:00 PM 400 M women1:15 PM 400 M men1:30 PM 800 M women1:45 PM 800 M men2:00 PM Invitational 1000m women (1 heat only)2:05 PM Invitational 1000m men (1 heat only)2:10 PM 600 M women2:25 PM 600 M men2:40 PM 200 M women3:00 PM 200 M men3:30 PM 3000 M women4:00 PM 3000 M men4:30 PM 4x400 women5:00 PM 4x400 men
Schedule of Events
Number of throws by Aaron Brooks thatsurpassed his own indoor school recordduring his series of four throws
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