PRINCESS ANNE, MD. – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore hosted the Soaring Hawk Invitational this afternoon, where six teams participated. UMES runner Jalen Ridgeway claimed first place in the men's 8k to highlight the day for the Hawks.

Top times for UMES included Ridgeway's pace of 27:00.37 for his first-place finish in the men's 8k run, marking his first podium finish at UMES. On the women's side, Shenell Simms crossed the finish line in 21:15.66, securing seventh place in the women's 5k.

Five Hawks on the men's side set season records in the 800m today: senior Bryce Ayers (28:38.4), junior Destiny Emuze (30:20.3), sophomore Favian Gollop (32:18.9), setting a personal record, junior David Martin (30:59.4), and junior Jalen Ridgeway (27:00.4).

For the women, three Hawks set personal records in their 500m races: seniors Shy-Ann Campbell (23:58.6), Mackenzi Evans (27:04.5), and Chloe Lucas (24:50.6).

In addition to Ridgeway and Simms' finishes, Ayers and sophomore Mckenzie Alibey were the second-best Hawk runners on Saturday, with times of 28:38.38 and 22:34.78, respectively.

All performances from the men's race included:

PL	NAME		TEAM	Avg. Mile TIME	SCORE
1	Jalen Ridgeway		Maryland-Eastern Shore	05:25.9   27:00.3	1
2	Perry Bennett		Morgan State	05:28.0   27:10.7	2
3	Mohammed Al-YaFee		Hampton	05:29.6   27:18.5	3
4	Jonathan Drew		Delaware State	05:31.8   27:29.7	4
5	Khalid Hamid		Hampton	05:32.2   27:31.5	5
6	Humed Numar		Coppin State	05:43.6   28:28.1	6
7	Davian Gray		Morgan State	05:44.2   28:31.1	7
8	Asa Francis		Coppin State	05:45.0   28:35.2	8
9	Bryce Ayers		Maryland-Eastern Shore	05:45.7   28:38.3	9
10	Ian Cain		Delaware State	05:46.0   28:39.9	10
11	Gerardo Quaglia		St. Peters	05:46.3   28:49.5	11

Times from the women's race are as follows:

PL	NAME		TEAM	Avg. Mile	TIME	SCORE
1	Abigail Fisher		Morgan State	06:27.2	20:03.2	1
2	Purity Kattam		Delaware State	06:38.6	20:38.3	2
3	Aaliyah Headley		Morgan State	06:43.0	20:52.2	3
4	Leilani Gibson		Delaware State	06:43.1	20:52.4	4
5	Reut Shahar		Delaware State	06:44.2	20:55.8	5
6	Sabreeya Travis		Delaware State	06:46.6	21:03.3	6
7	Shenell Simms		Maryland-Eastern Shore	06:50.6	21:15.6	7
8	Jessica Lamborn		Morgan State	06:57.1	21:36.06	8
9	Ava Larkin		Delaware State	06:57.7	21:37.9	9
10	Leila Garraud		Delaware State	07:00.3	21:45.7	10
11	Hemetii Apet		Morgan State	07:08.4	22:11.1	11

UMES is scheduled to travel down the road and compete in the Salisbury University Din Cathcart Invite on Sept. 28.


For full results and performances from Saturday's competition, visit - https://results.mdtimingllc.com/meets/40347
 

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