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Jan. 6, 2007
Princess Anne, Md. - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Men and Women's Indoor Track & Field teams kicked off their season today in fine fashion, taking three first place finishes plus 11 more top five places en route to a successful meet. The Hawks won the women and men's shot put in the Coach O Collegiate Invitational with Dionne Wright taking the women's title with a throw of 14.58 meters, almost 47 feet eight inches. That mark broke the school record that she previously held. The men's title was taken by Kimani Kirton with a throw of 15.82 meters, about one inch shy of 52 feet. It was the first meet back for Kirton who last competed over one year ago. In those same events Soledad Maurice took third, Demetria Staten took eighth and Melanie Durimel took 12th in the women's event. Maurice threw a personal best of 12.13 meters, a few inches shy of 40 feet. Matthew Broyles took sixth in the men's event with a throw of 11.93 meters. The other top finishes came in the women's 3000 meter run with cross-country stars Betty Chumbe and Janeth Chelangat taking first and second place respectively with times of 10:32.01 and 10:34.54. The Lady Hawks took another second place finish in the women's 200 meter dash with Tanisha Wisdom crossing the line in 24.75 seconds. In that same race Brittney Gregory, Raynelle Luckett and Ariana Forbes took 14th, 15th and 19th respectively to all earn top 20 finishes.
The men turned in outstanding times in the 60 meter hurdles. Senior Ronnie Beard won the preliminaries with a time of 8.06 but slowed a little in the finals, taking third place with an 8.21. NCAA Championship qualifier Dwayne Robinson came home fifth with an 8.25. Also taking a third place finish was James Moore who jumped 1.98 meters in the high jump, about six feet, six inches. Danieth Pryce took a third place finish herself in the 60 meter dash with a 7.68. She recorded the same place in the preliminaries but improved her time from a 7.77. Luckett took 14th in those same prelims. In the men's 800 meter run Christopher Havrilla crossed the tape in fourth place with a time of 2:02.70 while Alfred Singoei was seventh with a 2:04.73. Jerome Pyuzza came home 17th in the same event. In the women's 60 meter hurdles Forbes was fourth with an 8.90 while Nikita Williams was tenth with a 9.54. Also claiming top ten finishes were Shannon Washington and Williams in the women's long jump, Jeremiah Hicks in the men's long jump, Clayton James in the men's 400 meter dash and Mamdou Diallo and Pyuzza with sixth and seventh place finishes respectively in the men's 5000 meter run. In the team events UMES ran very well, taking third in the women's distance medley, second in the men's distance medley and eighth in the men's 4 x 400 meter relay. "It was an outstanding meet," said Head Coach Ernest Barrett. "For the first meet of the year we showed well against some very good competition, including several conference schools. I am very pleased with many of our field events and distance events. We have a lot of work to do for Virginia Tech," he added. The Hawks next travel to the Hokies on January 12-13 for the Virginia Tech Invitational. |
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