UMBC

Senior Adrian Arthur

NEW YORK—The UMBC men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the The Armory in New York.

Sophomore Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) finished second in the college 500-meter dash in an IC4A-qualifying time of 1:04.53. In the college 5,000-meter run, junior Chris Bowie (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) finished third (14:51.48) and senior Andrew Madison (Edgewater, Md./South River) placed fourth (14:55.97).

The distance medley relay team of junior Chris Snyder (McConnellsburg, Pa./McConnellsburg), senior Dominic Devaud (Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley), freshman Aristotle Johnson (Dover, Del./Dover) and senior Michael Christmas (Invercargill, New Zealand/James Hargest College) placed sixth in an IC4A-qualifying time of 10:09.48.

The 4x200-meter relay team of seniors Mohamed Koroma (Mitchelville, Md./C.H. Flowers/Morgan State), Jason Powell (Bowie, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt), Adrian Arthur (Bowie, Md./Bowie) and Antonio Thomas (Columbia, Md./Long Reach) finished ninth in 1:30.76, just 0.25 over the school record.

On the women’s side, senior Suzanne Gabriel (Falls Church, Va./McLean) crossed the line sixth in the college 5,000-meter run in a time of 17:37.16. In the 1-mile run, fellow senior Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) finished ninth in a time of 5:00.17.

The Retrievers return to action next weekend when they take part in the Rider/Lafayette Invitational.