Zach Seidel
Senior Staff Writer

The UMBC Track and Field competed at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at The Armory in New York City this past weekend.

Sophomore Joshua Hewitson used an IC4A qualifying time of 1:04.53 to take second in 500 meter-dash, while teammates Chris Snyder, Dominic Devaud, Aristotle Johnson and Michael Christmas qualified for the IC4A in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:09.48. Hewitson just missed qualifying for the IC4A in the 400m, missing by .29 seconds.

Senior Suzanne Gabriel took sixth in the 5,000 meter run in a time 17:37.16, fellow distance runners, junior Chris Bowie and senior Andrew Madison, took third and fourth, respectively, in the 5000 meter run.

The women’s 4×200 meter relay team of Nicole Smalls, Ashley Ajayi, Tawana Wilson, and Britney Foreman broke the school record with a time of 1:43.8, beating the school record by.4 seconds. Seniors Mohamed Koroma, Jason Powell, Adrian Arthur and Antonio Thomas just missed a school record in finishing ninth in the 4×200 with a time of 1:30.76, 0.25 over the record. Senior Sara Parkinson took ninth in the 1-mile run in a time of 5:00.17.

Seniors Camal Pugh and Foreman each ran season best times at the meet, Foreman ran a 7.76 in the 60 meter dash, and Pugh missed a school record by .04 in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.19. Sophomore Aaron Brooks threw a personal best 49-7 in the first round of the shot put.

The Retrievers return to The Armory next weekend for the Rider/Lafayette Invitational in their final tune-up before the America East Indoor Championships at Boston University.

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