Navy Invite Preview Guide: University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21045 Phone : 410-455-2126 www.umbcretrievers.com MEET PREVIEW Navy Invite Invite After a successful start to the season, the Retrievers have a quick turn around to their only local meet of the year, competing at the Navy Invite at the Naval Academy Golf Course. The men are coming off a win at the America East Preview Meet while the women are coming off beating two Conference teams. With a tight grouping of only seven seconds, the trio of Eric Schuler, Redatu Semeon, and Hassan Omar made quite an impact clumping three runners in the top four to pace the Retrievers. Making that even more impressive, is that it doesn’t include three of the top four Conference runners from last year in Brandan McGee, Tommy Eldridge, and Jake Albino, all of which could make the front of the pack even more formidable. Andrew Smith and James Beacham look poised for a strong season after Smith nearly set a personal best and Beacham smashed his personal best for 8,000 meters in route to 13 th and 14 th place finishes. Freshmen Pat Duboyce and Jon Luckin also factored into the race finishing 15 th and 21 st respectively in their first collegiate race and thus should improve considerably with experience. While Nicole Dawson lead the way last meet, it could be a race to race affair to see who will be the first runner across the line. Dawson, who finished 11 th , should benefit with the extra kilometer of race distance and could potentially run a personal best time for the 6,000 meter race. She was quickly followed across the line by freshman Sarah Zielinski who ran well in her debut. Cody Mezebish was only a few steps behind her to round out the top three. Look for stronger performances out of returners Sarah Daly, Angel Bucci, MK Kulp, and Julie Gessler. With all four getting a break from a rigorous month of training, the energetic legs should show this time out. Similar improvements should be expected out of the three additional freshmen that were in the top ten for the Retrievers. Cindy Alms was the fourth Retreiver across the line while fellow newcomers Sophia Cologer and Chelsea Vane ran personal best times on a tough course to contribute. /umbcxctf @umbcxctf
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Navy Invite Preview Guide:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21045
Phone : 410-455-2126
www.umbcretrievers.com
MEET PREVIEW
Navy Invite Invite
After a successful start to the season, the Retrievers have a quick turn
around to their only local meet of the year, competing at the Navy Invite at the
Naval Academy Golf Course. The men are coming off a win at the America East
Preview Meet while the women are coming off beating two Conference teams.
With a tight grouping of only seven seconds, the trio of Eric Schuler,
Redatu Semeon, and Hassan Omar made quite an impact clumping three
runners in the top four to pace the Retrievers. Making that even more
impressive, is that it doesn’t include three of the top four Conference runners
from last year in Brandan McGee, Tommy Eldridge, and Jake Albino, all of which
could make the front of the pack even more formidable.
Andrew Smith and James Beacham look poised for a strong season after
Smith nearly set a personal best and Beacham smashed his personal best for
8,000 meters in route to 13th and 14th place finishes. Freshmen Pat Duboyce and
Jon Luckin also factored into the race finishing 15th and 21st respectively in their
first collegiate race and thus should improve considerably with experience.
While Nicole Dawson lead the way last meet, it could be a race to race
affair to see who will be the first runner across the line. Dawson, who finished
11th, should benefit with the extra kilometer of race distance and could
potentially run a personal best time for the 6,000 meter race. She was quickly
followed across the line by freshman Sarah Zielinski who ran well in her debut.
Cody Mezebish was only a few steps behind her to round out the top three.
Look for stronger performances out of returners Sarah Daly, Angel Bucci,
MK Kulp, and Julie Gessler. With all four getting a break from a rigorous month
of training, the energetic legs should show this time out. Similar improvements
should be expected out of the three additional freshmen that were in the top
ten for the Retrievers. Cindy Alms was the fourth Retreiver across the line while
fellow newcomers Sophia Cologer and Chelsea Vane ran personal best times on
a tough course to contribute.
/umbcxctf @umbcxctf
April, 01/2009
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America East Preview Meet
Redatu Semeon
Nicole Dawson
UMBC Retriever Athletics
Putting in the Work
Last year Redatu Semeon had the dubious honor of being the fastest
Retriever ever not to make the Conference team having run 26:04 for 8,000
meters in the last meet. He started this year as the 2nd runner across the
line with a massive personal best time of 25:38.
Consistency Leads to Success
Every race last year, Nicole Dawson recorded a scoring position on the team.
During the outdoor season she became the leading 10k runner, earning a
spot at the ECAC Championships. She carried that momentum over to this
year, leading the Retrievers for the first time, with a 11th place finish.
Inside the Numbers
Number of returners on the Men’s side out of a
possible 19.
Eric Schuler led the Retrievers with his first win,
nearly taking down the course record in the
process and earning America East Performer of
the Week accolades
Schuler, Redatu Semeon (2nd
), and Hassan Omar (4th
)
put three in the top 4
Schuler’s first mile was 5:28, his last miles was in the
4:30’s
The new recruiting class paid dividends on the
women’s side, with four in the first 10 UMBC athletes
across the line, including a 13th
place finish by Sarah
Zielinski
Navy Invite
Naval Academy Gofl Course
Saturday, September 14th, 2013
Meet Info:
The University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers compete at the Division I level as part of
the America East Conference.
UMBC sponsors eight men’s and nine women’s sports including Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and
Field. For more information regarding these programs please feel free to contact:
Matt Gittermann Head Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track & Field [email protected]
David Bobb Head Track & Field Coach/Assistant Cross Country [email protected]
Top 10 Men’s
8 km Times
1. Brandan McGee 24:45 2. Izzy Mehmedovic 24:51 3. Anthony Kelhower 24:54 4. Paul Zwama 24:55 5. Jake Albino 24:59 6. Tom Eldridge 24:59 7. Vinny DiSalvo 25:00 8. Hassan Omar 25:01 9. TJ Cowing 25:01 10. Eric Schuler 25:02
Top 10 Women’s
6 km Times
1. Jen Ecker 20:25 2. Alex Hyland 20:38 3. Stefanie Thomas 21:08 4. Sara Parkinson 21:20 5. Suzanne Gabriel 21:53 6. Keri Wilson 22:17
Cara Wettlaufer 22:17 8. Suzanne Richards 22:28 9. Ohita Asein 22:47 10. Kathleen Galan 22:48
Men’s JV Race – 10:30 AM
Zach Hopkins, Vinny DiSalvo, Noah Hutton, Pat Anske, Rami Phillips,
Charles Bolinger, Ben Bemis
Men’s Race – 11:00 AM
Jake Albino, Redatu Semeon, Hassan Omar, Pat Duboyce, Eric Schuler,
Tommy Eldridge, Jon Luckin, Brandan McGee, Andrew Keresztes, Andy
Smith, James Beacham, Austin Hayslett
Women’s Race – 11:30 AM
Cody Mezebish, Kirsten McGovern, MK Kulp, Sarah Zielinski, Angel Bucci,
