Gilreath’s Bronze Highlights IC4A/ECAC Championships

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But as for the track and field IC4A/ECAC Championships, UMBC had a little bit of success this time around, led by Victor Gilreath, who just capped of an astounding season with yet another impressive outing. He won a bronze in the triple jump with a leap of 15.23 meters. Brian Pendleton finished 16th in that event with a mark of 14.55 meters and then 30th in the long jump with a mark of 6.68 meters.

Elsewhere on the men’s side of things Justin Acker finished 21st in the 100-meter dash in 10.85, while Antonio Thomas finished 17th in the 200-meter dash in 21.69.

Michael Christmas finished 24th in the 800-meter run in 1:52.38. Senior Camal Pugh finished 24th in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.88.

The 4×100-meter relay team of Acker, Adrian Arthur, Jason Powell, and Thomas finished 11th in 41.06 while the 4×800-meter relay team of Christmas, Roy Jones, Joshua Hewitson, and Chris Snyder finished 20th in 7:42.39.

On the women’s side sophomore Imani Colbert finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.57.

Britney Foreman crossed the finish line 23rd in the 100-meter dash in 12.35 and 33rd in the 200-meter dash in 25.24.

Sara Parkinson finished the 5,000-meter run in 14th place with a time of 17.07.95, less than one second above a school record. Suzanne Gabriel finished in 14th in the event.

Amanda Deller placed 16th in the shot put with a throw of 12.99 meters while the 4×100-meter relay team of Fallon Rovel-Jones, Ashley Ajayi, Colbert, and Foreman finished 16th in 47.84.