Dec. 11, 2009
Highlights of Weight Throw
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's and women's indoor track and field season begins Friday morning with the Coach O Invitational at the W.P. Hytche Athletic Center.
Returning for the Hawks is 2009 NCAA Indoor Championship provisional qualifier Allodin Fothergill (New Hempsted, N.Y.). Fothergill, a senior, was third in the 400-meter dash in 46.75 at the Alex Wilson Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind. Additionally, he competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 Jamaican Track and Field Senior National Championships.
Teams participating in the event include UMES, Salisbury University, Virginia State University and Wesley College. The following is an approximate schedule of events for the collegiate invite. Please note that times are subject to change.
| START TIME | | EVENT |
| 11 a.m. | Women (Men to follow) | Weight Throw |
| 1 p.m. | Women | Pole Vault (Start height - 2.70 M) |
| Men | Pole Vault (Start height - 3.90 M) |
| 2 p.m. | Women (Men to follow) | Shot Put |
| 3 p.m. | Women (Men to follow) | Long Jump |
| 4 p.m. | Women (Men to follow) | High Jump |
| 5:30 p.m. | Women (Men to follow) | Triple Jump |
| START | | EVENT |
| 2:30 p.m./2:45 p.m. | Women/Men | Distance Medley Relay |
| 3:00 p.m./3:10 p.m. | Women/Men | 60 M Hurdles Trials |
| 3:20 p.m./3:30 p.m. | Women/Men | 60 M Dash Trials |
| 3:40 p.m./3:55 p.m. | Women/Men | 1 Mile Run |
| 4:10 p.m./4:15 p.m. | Women/Men | 60 M Hurdles Finals |
| 4:20 p.m./4:25 p.m. | Women/Men | 60 M Dash Finals |
| 4:30 p.m./4:40 p.m. | Women/Men | 400 M Dash |
| 5:00 p.m./5:15 p.m. | Women/Men | 500 M Run |
| 5:30 p.m./5:45 p.m. | Women/Men | 800 M Run |
| 6:00 p.m./6:35 p.m. | Women/Men | 200 M Dash |
| 6:35 p.m./6:50 p.m. | Women/Men | 3000 M Run |
| 7:05 p.m./7:25 p.m. | Women/Men | 4x400 Relays (2 Sections) |
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UMES is also hosting the Coach O High School Invitational at 11 a.m. Saturday and include the following teams: Baltimore Poly, Bishop McNamara, Clara Barton (Brooklyn, N.Y.), DeMatha Catholic, Dover, Duval, Elizabeth Seton, Erasmus Hall (New York), Good Counsel, Great Mills, Henry E. Lackey, Johns Hopkins, Kennett, Pennsylvania Martin Luther King Jr., Georgia Meade, NCA, Northern Calvert, Oakton (Virginia), Paul Robeson (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Sussex Tech and Delaware Woodlawn.
