Monday, January 21, 2013

BULLDOGS TRACK AND FIELD HAVE EIGHT TOP 10 FINISHERS AT TERRAPIN INVITATIONAL

LANDOVER, Md. - The Bulldogs men's track and field team had eight participants place in the top 10 of their respective events at the Terrapin Invitational at the Sports and Learning Complex. 
Bulldogs’ junior Bryan Williams finished second in the men’s long jump with a leap of 6.97 meters (22 feet, 10 inches), just missing NCAA qualification by some .05 meters.

Sophomore Christopher Thomas followed up with a third place finish in the men’s triple jump (14.16 meters/46 feet, 5.5 inches) while Williams finished sixth (13.44 meters/44 feet, 1.25 inches).

Bulldogs’ junior Channing Johnson finished ninth in the men’s shot put with a throw of 13.01 inches (42 feet, 8.25 inches).

The Bulldogs’ 1,600 meter relay ‘B’ team finished third with a time of 3 minutes, 30.4 seconds.
Sophomore Ndjami Chick finished ninth in the men’s 5000 meters (16:18.78).

Dana Smothers finished ninth in the men’s 800 meters with a time of 2:00.15.

In the men’s 400 meters, sophomore Jalame Gomez finished 10th with a time of 52.76 seconds. Gomez also finished sixth in the men’s 200 with a time of 23.14 seconds while junior Fabian Gonzalez finished in eighth place with a time of 23.26 seconds.

The men return to competition Friday (January 25th) and Saturday (January 26th) at Penn State University.


LANDOVER, Md. - A couple of excellent performances in the jumping events set the pace for the Lady Bulldogs Saturday at the Terrapin Invitational at nearby Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex. 

On the women’s side, a freshman put on the best performance of the day. Lady Bulldogs’ freshman Carissa Smith finished seventh in the women’s 60-meter hurdles in 9.45 seconds. Sophomore Kendall Reynolds finished seventh in the long jump with a 5.33-meter (17 feet, 6 inches) effort. Reynolds also finished ninth in the women’s triple jump with a jump of 10.89 meters (35 feet, 8.75 inches).

In the women’s 1,600 meter relay, the team of Michelle Palmer, Indya Price , Faith Sykes and Brittany Williams finished 10th with a time of 4:07.36.

The women return to competition Friday (January 25th) and Saturday (January 26th) at Penn State University.

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