The Retrievers were led by sophomore Brandan McGee, who finished in 27th place with a time of 25:25.48. Junior T.J. Cowing finished not even three seconds later in 30th place with a time of 25:28.23.

Also scoring for the men’s squad was Sam Boimov (25:58.09 – 45th), Nic Escobar (26:05.63 – 48th), Tom Eldridge (26:18.29 – 55th), Jake Albino (26:19.23 – 57th), and Tim Jones (26:27.56 – 62nd).

While their times did not figure into the scoring Chris Snyder (26:34.57 – 66th), James Beachem (27:12.57 – 76th), and Eric Schuler (27:25.69 – 79th) all ran in the 8K.

T.J. Cowing was the first Retriever to cross te finish line for the first time since his freshman year.

For the first time in two years the men’s cross country had somebody other than Brandan McGee or Sam Boimov finished in the top two for the squad. Junior T.J. Cowing was the Retrievers top finisher at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 25:39, good for 41st place overall as the team finished 10th with an average time of 26:20 and total time of 2:11:37.

McGee and Boimov were right there behind Cowing, though, as they all finished within 30 seconds of each other. McGee finished in 44th place with a time of 25:43 while Boimov finished in 61st with a time of 26:08.

Nic Esbober and Chris Snyder rounded out the scoring five as they crossed the finished line just milliseconds apart with time of 26:45, finishing 78th and 79th, respectively.

The women’s team didn’t have any parody at the top of their results, though, as senior Keri Wilson continued her streak the first Retriever to cross the finished line. Out of 97 runners Wilson placed 18th in the 6K with a time of 23:28.

The youth proved to be the team’s downfall again as the team finished 10th out of 11 teams but they young runners on the team continued to show great improvement and all finished within one minute of each other.

Alyse Gibson was the second Retriever to finish the race with a time of 24:35 while Kirsten McGovern placed 50th overall in 24:53. Julie Gessler placed 53rd with a time of 24:59 while Cody Mezebish rounded out the scoring five with a 55th place finish in 25:05. while they did not count toward the team’s score, Katrin Baumann crossed on spot spot behind Mezebish only four seconds later while Mary Katherine Kulp finished in 59th with a time of 25:21.

Brandan McGee was UMBC's top finisher for the second time in three meets this year. (Photo Courtesy UMBC Athletic Communications)

At the Paul Short Invitational hosted a Lehigh University the UMBC men’s cross country team finished in 40th place against some of the nation’s best teams with 1,085 points and an average time of 26:29.

Sophomore Brandan McGee led Retrievers with a time of 26:17 at the 6K, finishing in 197th place among the 402 competitors. Senior Sam Boimov continued his streak of top-two Retriever finishes with McGee in 210th place with a time of 26:24.

Both McGee and Boimov joined the team last season and have finished 1-2 in the majority of the team’s meets. McGee finished first at the Mount St. Mary’s Dual 5K this season while Boimov finished first at the Navy Invitational two weeks ago.

Sophomore Nic Escobar finished the race 10 seconds behind Boimov in 221th place while T.J. Cowing crossed only one second and two spots behind him.

Freshman Eric Schuler rounded out the scoring five with a 234th place finish just three seconds after Cowing at 26:38.

Jackson Reams, a freshman, finished in 278th place in 27:20 and sophomore Tommy Eldridge finished in 293rd place in 27:39.

Keri Wilson has been the top finisher for the women's cross country team in both of their races so far this season. (Photo: UMBC Athletic Communications)

The UMBC men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Navy Invitational on Saturday and finished in ninth and tenth, respectively.

The men’s team finished in ninth place with a total time of 2:07:48.72 and leading the way was Sam Boimov, who was the 33rd runner to cross the finish line in 25:15.31.

Brandon McGee and Eric Schuler finished in 40th and 49th place respectively. Chris Snyder and T.J. Cowing rounded out the scoring five.

Senior Keri Wilson finished in 33rd place as well to lead the women’s team to a 10th place finished with a total time of 2:02:00.76. Wilson finished the race with a time of 23:36.81. Mary Katherine Kulp finished in 68th place but not too long later, with a time of 24:19.98.

Julie Gessler, Alyse Gibson, and Kristen McGovern rounded out the scoring five for the women’s side.

Brandan McGee's time of 15:33.07 was the fastest by a Retriever in a 5K ever. (Photo: UMBC Athletic Communications)

Last season, as a freshman, Brandan McGee emerged as the men’s cross country team’s top runner and he appears to be set to pace them again.

In the team’s season opening meet at the Mount St. Mary’s Dual 5K’s, McGee was the first Retriever to cross the finish line, finishing the race in fourth place with a time of 15:33.07, a nearly a 43 second improvement on his time last season. It was the fastest time by a Retriever in a 5K since at least 1999.

Behind McGee’s effort the men’s cross country team finished second in the Dual meet with a 4-1-1 record, topping George Washington (15-50), Mount St. Mary’s (21-39), St. Bonaventure (15-50), and Navy (19-41), while tying Maryland (28-28).

Senior Sam Boimov was the second Retriever to cross the finish line, placing seventh in 15:37.77 while junior T.J. Cowing finished tenth overall with a time of 15:40.82.

Senior Chris Snyder finished only a few seconds outside of the top-10 with a time of 15:44.88 for 15th place while Eric Schuler and Jake Albino rounded out the top 20 of the 84-man race with times of 15:47.58 and 15:49.39, respectively.

Also on the women’s side Amanda Deller finished in eighth place in the shot put with a mark of 14.13 meters to give the women’s team their lone point in the competition.

Imani Colbert qualified for the semi-finals and finished in 13th place in the 100-meter women’s hurdles in a time of 14.24.

The men’s team finished in 24th place with 14 points and was lead by the duo of Keith Onto and Dominic Devaud, who finished in second and third in the decathlon, respectively. Onto finished the event with 6,919 points and Devaud finished with 6,679 points.

Michael Christmas broke a school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.67, enough for 11th place in the event.

Trae Proctor won a gold in the winter and backed it up with another gold in the spring.

On his home track sophomore Trae Proctor represented UMBC in a big way with a victory in the 110-meter hurdles to lead the men’s track and field team to a fourth-place finish in the 2011 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships with 97.50 points.

Proctor finished in first place in the 110-meter hurdles with an IC4A-qualifying time of 14.46, blowing away the competition as his closest competitor was his own teammate, Keith Brown, who finished in second place in and IC4A-qualifying time of 14.70.

While Proctor was the lone Retriever to win his event, three Retrievers joined Brown as second-place finishers.

Senior Michael Christmas finished in second-place in the 800-meter run in an IC4A qualifying time of 1:51.68, two spots ahead of fourth-place finisher Andrew Smith, who finished in 1:52.64. Meanwhile, Mo Drammeh finished in second place in the high jump with a height of 2.00 meters and Dominic Devaud finished in second place in the Decathlon with an IC4A-qualifying score of 6,664 points.

Devaud won three legs of the Decathlon, taking the 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, and the Pole Vault. He dominated the Pole Vault, reaching a height of 4.70 meters, 0.40 meters ahead of his closest competitor. With finished the 400-meter dash in 50.93 and the 110-meter hurdles in 14.98. Going into the final event, the 1,500-meter run, Devaud was three points behind Chris Lemieux but finished behind him in the event and had to take second place in the Decathlon.

The multi favorite, Keith Onto, was in great shape to compete for gold through seven events, finishing in second of third in five of the events, but he failed to reach and height in the Pole Vault was pretty much eliminated from any sort of medal contention. The, after finishing in last place in the Javelin the coaches decided to not even run him in the 1,500-meter run as Onto did not finish the event.

Devaud also finished in fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles as an individual event with a time of 14.91.

UMBC also had three third-place finishes at the meet. Martin Nevarez finished in third place in the Pole Vault with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 4.80 meters while Samuel Wilson added points for UMBC with a sixth-place finish with a height of 4.50 meters.

Aaron Brooks finished in third place in the Shot Put and Discus with marks of 15.38 meters and 48.59 meters, respectfully. His Discus mark was good enough to qualify him for the IC4A Championships. Cameron McDearmon added one point in the shot put with an eighth place finish with a mark of 14.41 meters.

The 4×800-meter relay team of Christmas, Roy Jones, Jake Albino, and Andrew Smith finished in third place with an IC4A-qualifying time of 7:38.89.

UMBC’s two other relay teams, the 4×100 and 4×400, added points to UMBC’s total after both squads finished in sixth place. Kyle Baker, Pat Balderson, Tyler Cuomo, and Oladosu Teyibo combined for a time of 43.38 in the 4×100-meter relay race while Joshua Hewitson, Arjun Pradeep, Brown, and Baker finished the 4×400-meter relay team finished in 3:21.29.

Aboshioma Obemeata finished in fifth place in the Triple Jump with a mark of 14.39 meters and the final points came from Brandan McGee in the 5,000-meter run as he tied for eighth place with a time of 14:52.91.

The winner of the meet was Albany, which has 204 points. The second place team was Binghamton, which finished with 171 points while Boston University was the last team ahead of UMBC with 134 points.

At the Sea Ray Relays Keith Onto finished in fourth place in the decathlon with 7,025 points while fellow senior Dominic Devaud finished in seventh place with 6,627 points.

Onto finished third in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.06 for 842 points and finished fifth in both the shot put with a toss of 12.30 meters for 625 points and in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:36.97 for 699 points. He also finished in fourth place in the Javelin with a mark of 52.85 meters for 631 points.

Devaud on the other hand finished second in the Pole Vault for 790 points with a height of 4.60 meters and fourth in both the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.08 for 840 points and in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.99 meters for 815 points.

Elsewhere on the men’s side Trae Proctor and Keith Brown both ran season-best times in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing in 14.69 and 14.74, respectively.

On the women’s side Chowan Brightful finished in eighth place in the heptathlon with 4,128 points while Imani Colbert finished in 11th place in the 100-meter hurdles with a UMBC season-best time of 14.37. Kirsten Jones barely missed two school records with a time of 24.91 in the 200-meter dash and a time of 56.16 in the 400-meter dash.

Ashley Ajayi finished the 400-meter hurdles in a UMBC season-best time of 1:05.21.

At the Bucknell Outdoor Classic Mo Drammeh finished in a tie for first place in the high jump with a mark of 1.89 meters while long-distance runner Brandan McGee finished in sixth place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a UMBC season-best time of 9:18.90.

Cameron McDearmon finished in sixth place in the shot put with a mark of 14.30 meters and Sam Wilson finished in eighth place in the pole vault with a mark of 4.50 meters.

On the women’s side Sara Parkinson finished in fifth place in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:32.52 while Kiki Malomo-Paris finished in sixth place in the long jump with a distance of 5.14 meters.

Chris Snyder broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run in his fourth place finished with a time of 8:28.46 while T.J. Cowing finished the event in 8:37.04, which was also faster than the previous record.

Junior thrower Aaron Brooks provided the team with 10 points by winning the men’s discus throw with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 49.01 meters while sophomore Shioma Obeameata earned the team nine points with a second-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 14.04 meters.

Keith Onto won a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.77 while Dominic Devaud finished one spot behind him with a time of 56.76. Keith Brown and Onto finished in third and fourth in the men’s 110-meter hurdles in 15.20 and 15.38, respectively.

Mo Drammeh finished in third place in the high jump with a mark of 1.93 meters.

Long-distance runner Vinny Di Salvo finished in fourth place in the 5,000-meter run while Nic Escobar finished in sixth place with times of 15:11.95 and 15:43.33, respectively.

Junior mid-distance runner Joshua Hewitson finished the 800-meter run in fourth place with a time of 1:55.30 while Andrew Smith finished in eighth place in 1:56.64.

Kyle Baker had a sixth place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.77 and finished in eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.55.

Parkinson finished in 12th place in the event with a time of 17:04.22, which topped Karin Wagner’s time set in 1985.

Sophomore thrower Amanda Deller led the Retrievers with 10 points as they scored 16 points in their 20th place finish. Deller won the Shot Put with a heave of 14.22 meters while Imani Colbert finished with four points in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.56.

Kiki Malomo-Paris finished with two points in the long jump with a mark of 5.36 meters.

The men’s team finished the meet in 14th place with 29 points.

Trae Proctor scored five points in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.78 while Keith Brown finished right behind him in 14.99 for four points while Dominic Devaud was the third-consecutive Retriever to cross the finish line, finishing in 15.18.

Aaron Brooks finished in fourth place in the men’s discus for six points with 47.18 meters and finished in tenth in the shot put for one point with a distance of 14.25 meters.

The 1,600-spring medley team of Keith Brown, Kyle Baker, Arjun Pradeep, and Joshua Hewitson finished with six points with a time of 3:31.80.

Shioma Obemeata finished in seventh place for three points in the triple jump with a distance of 13.95 meters while Vinny DiSalvo finished in tenth place to add one point to the team’s score in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:28.15.