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THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY February 6, 2007 Sports 25 Track and field competes Track and Field Top Stats at prestigious New Balance Collegiate Invitational Men’s Top Performances Wilson and Foreman also competed 60m Dash Adrian Arthur 6.92 TIM CONWAY in the 200-meter dash, finishing in season 60m Hurdles Aaron James 8.18 Retriever Weekly Staff Writer best times of 25.81 and 25.83, respectively. 200m Dash Adrian Arthur 22.22 Junior Tawny Barin and freshman Suzanne 400m Dash Adrian Williams 50.19 The UMBC men’s and women’s track Gabriel also ran season best times in the one- 500m Dash Marcus Dickerson 1:06.78 and field teams finished competition at the mile run with marks of 5:20.94 and 5:22.98, 800m Run Josh Okoniewski 2:00.22 7th Annual New Balance Collegiate while junior Alex Hyland ran the Retrievers’ 1000m Run Izudin Mehmedovic 2:31.76 Invitational held at the New Balance Track fastest time this season in the 3000 with a One-Mile Run Izudin Mehmedovic 4:10.57 and Field Center at the Armory in New York, time of 10:26.06. 3000m Run Anthony Kelhower 8:34.28 NY, this past Saturday. The meet annually Seniors Charles Devaud and Rob showcases national talent from powerhouse Ludwig led the Retrievers in the first day of High Jump James Mildenberger 1.86m running schools such as Arkansas, competition on Friday, placing seventh and Pole Vault Rob Ludwig 4.80m Texas, Princeton, Texas A&M, LSU, and eighth in the college pole vault event, both Long Jump Brian Pendleton 6.83m Tennessee. with marks of 4.65m. The mark is a season- Triple Jump Brian Pendleton 13.93m Leading the Retrievers on the second best for Devaud, a full tenth of a meter better day of competition was sophomore Anthony than his performance at the George Mason Kelhower, who finished third in the college Patriot Games last weekend. Women’s Top Performances division of the one-mile run. Kelhower’s time Other notable finishes on the men’s of 4:13.78 is an IC4A qualifying time and the side include season-best times of 50.19, 60m Dash Britney Foreman 7.73 second fastest on the team this year. “I felt 51.47, and 51.48 in the 400-meter dash for 60m Hurdles Tierra Gregory 8.90 really good during the race and I feel that’s freshmen Adrian Williams, Antonio Thomas, 200m Dash Jenelle Wilson 25.81 due to the amazing training my new coach, and Jason Powell, respectively. 400m Dash Jenelle Wilson 57.69 Scott Catone, has us doing right now,” said The women were led by senior Morgan 500m Dash Latasha Bost 1:16.19 Kelhower. “He’s really a big inspiration for Little, who finished 11th in the 5000m run 800m Run Francine Ward 2:26.20 my races, and when I think about him and in a personal best time of 18:29.05. Other One-Mile Run Alex Hyland 5:11.64 his words of wisdom, I get that extra burst season-bests for the Retrievers include senior 3000m Run Alex Hyland 10:26.03 of energy.” Francine Ward with a 1:17.08 in the 500, Senior Izudin Mehmedovic, who holds senior Jenelle Wilson with a 57.69 in the 400 Long Jump Toni Boyd 4.59m the fastest time this year with the 4:10.57 he and freshman Tawana Wilson with a 7.90 in Shot Put Ashley Fauntleroy 14.05m ran last weekend at the Penn State Open, was the 60. Weight Throw Ashley Fauntleroy 15.34m accepted into the championship division of The Retrievers return to the Armory the one mile run at the New Balance Invite. next weekend, when they compete in the He finished 24th in that division with a time Lafayette/Rider Winter Games on Saturday, of 4:13.92. Feb. 10. In two weeks, the men’s and women’s On the women’s side, the 4 x 400-meter squads travel to Boston, MA, to compete in relay of senior Jenelle Wilson, freshmen the 2007 America East Conference Indoor Britney Foreman and Latasha Bost, and Track and Field Championships. senior Francine Ward achieved the highest finish of the day, with an eighth place finish. Tim Conway is a Staff Writer for The Their time of 3:51.11 is the fastest time this Retriever Weekly and can be reached for season and an ECAC qualifying time. comment at [email protected]. National Sports Wrap

Colts win XLI

The Colts overtook the Bears 29-17 on Sunday to take the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XLI. Manning was 24 for 38 in passing for 247 yards with one and one touchdown. Indianapolis’ star was also named MVP of the game. had 21 carries for 113 yards while had 19 carries for 77 yards and caught ten passes for 66 yards. Besides Manning winning his first ring, Head Coach was the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl. There were many firsts in the Super Bowl that night besides Dungy’s first ring as a coach; it was the first night it rained as well as the first time a team scored on the opening kickoff return. The Bear’s ran for 92 yards to give Chicago a 6-0 lead. The rest of the first half alone had six turnovers, three for both teams, a botched field goal attempt by the Colts, and a missed field goal by one of the NFL’s most reliable kickers, . finished with 165 yards passing and two costly , one of which was picked off by Colt’s who returned it 56 yards for a touchdown.

Barbaro euthanized after complications

The famed Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro was euthanized last Monday morning due to complications from his awful accident at Preakness last year. The prized colt went through almost two dozen surgeries to have a rod and many pins inserted into his right hind leg after it shattered in the opening strides of the race. Barbaro looked as though he would beat the odds and recover, but in July he developed laminitis in his left hind leg. Last Sunday, the horse’s condition reached a critical point when both legs were infected with the critical disease. A very tough decision was reached by doctors to put Barbaro down for it would have been to painful for the horse to continue treatment as well as a very poor outlook for recovery.