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Dmlln TIloor Sl'c>'ts Swimming 13 Outdoor Track 13 Wrestling 14 Womens Lacrosse 14 Terror Scoreboard 15 Volume XV, Number 7 Western Maryland College Thursday, February 20, 1997 Indoor track and field competes at CC tournament A:~:;l:..~~~'.£!;.~.#~i!£~!2!,;Q!!!J1~'!J!;!.f.e tot:~;~nr;.~~~~~onIII National 'I;-,"r"n~,,.,_f _ _, _ vanced to the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Tourna- ment. Abron, a senior, has qualified provisionally for the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.47 seconds .. He hails from Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore, MD, however he had never run track until he reached college. Throughout high school, Abron played basketball, but asthma kept him from playing other sports. Since then he has been treated for his asthma and excels in football, basketball, indoor track, and out- door track and field. He plays wide receiver on the Green Terror foot- ball team and was recognized as a 2nd Team All-Conference player in 1995, and a l st Team athlete in 1996. Last season he also lead the FRANCESCASAYLOR conference in catches, yards, and Freshman Kerry Wilson has qualified for the NCAA division III indoor Senior donte Abron has provisionally qualified to compere track and field tournament in the long jump and the triple jump, and has touchdowns. Division /ll indoor track and field tournament in tire 55-meier dash with qualified provisionally for the 55-meter hurdles This is his second year partici- a time of6.47 seconds pating in indoor track and is already BY JULIE EDWARDS . The Western Maryland men opponents, he commented, "Com- a distance of 38-5, and has quali- Sports Editor also placed fourth in the distance "{Kerry Wilson and petition and quality of athletes fied provisionally for the 55- Western Maryland ended up medley relay and 4x800 meter re- Donte Abron] both pushes me to get my best time," hurdles with a time of 8.5 seconds. third out of nine teams in both the lay. ,- which is what he is hoping for next Wilson competed in Track and men's and women's team scoring Wilson led the women with first live the sport and weekend at nationals. Field throughout high school, in at the Centennial Conference In- places in the 55-meter dash, 400- Assistant Coach Mike addition to playing right wing in door Track and Field Tournament meter run, and long jump, 'second treat themselves like Whitmore believes that Abron is field hockey. In the ninth grade, February 21-22. place finishes in the 55-meter professional the fastest man in the conference, she was a member of the sixth Freshman Kerry Wilson and hurdles and triple jump, and a third not to mention that there is no one placed 4x200 relay team at the junior Donte Abron each set two place in the 200-meter dash. She' athletes, that is else competing on this level with Maryland State Track Tournament. meet records and earned Most Out- was also a member of the third probably the key to no high school experience. The year after that, she placed third standing Performer honors. place 4x225 meter relay team. The Whitmore added, "Donte is a spe- in both the long and triple jumps, It is Abron's second MVP 4x400 meter relay placed fifth and their success We cial athlete to me. He got his first fourth in the 200-meter dash, and award at the Centennial indoor the 4x800 meter relay team came taste of track and field at a very fifth in the 4x400 meter relay. meet, after receiving the award in in sixth: have an experienced high profile tournament and de- She held the Maryland State 1995. Wilson shared the honor Other Green Terror ladies athlete in Dante, cided track was for him, even after titles in the long jump and triple with Swarthmore's Danielle Duffy. placings belonged to sophomore all those years of playing basket- jump her junior and senior year of Abron captured the 55-meter Kare Fisher with a fifth placed fin- and Kerry at the ball." This spring, Donte expects high school. She also placed in the dash for a meet record of 6.54 sec- ish in the 55-meter hurdles and a to compete in many events, but will 200-meter dash and the 4x400 onds and the longjump with a mea- sixth placed finish in the 55-meter opposite end of the concentrate on anchoring the4xloo meter relay both years. surement of 22-4 1/4 feet, another dash, sophomore Jamie Moyer with J spectrum as we meter relay and winning the 100- At WMC, Wilson is a member meet record, placed second in the a fifth place long jump, and Col- meter dash. of the field hockey team, and has triple jump, and placed third in the leen Shannon came in sixth in the travel to nationals" Whitmore says, "Kerry Wilson broken eight school records and 200-meter dash to lead the Green 55-meter dash. is the most talented female track placed in seven events at the Cen- Terror men. Head Coach Doug Renner said Mike Whitmore, athlete r have .seen in quite some tennial Conference Championship, He was also a member of the he was very proud of his team. AssistantCoach time, perhaps ever. She can cover in her first season of indoor track. third placed 4x400 relay team and Between the men and the women, everything, the field, long distance She said she is "exited but ner- the fourth placed 4x225 meter re- they made four national qualifying- a team captain for the indoor and and short distances." He added, "It vous" about her appearance at the lay team. standards, five conference records, outdoor teams. He played basket- is hard as coaches deciding where national tournament. "J love to run Sophomore Matt Helfrich seven school records, and twenty ball instead of running indoor his she is best and letting her compete and the team is really close, we placed fourth in the pole vault with personal bests. freshman year and was Rookie of in those, but that is a nice problem have a lot of fun." a height of 12-0, and freshman He was especially happy for the Year. In the spring of 1995, he to have." Speaking of Wilson and Abron, Marvin Deal placed seventh in the Birdsall who was on two of the competed in the NCAA Division ill Kerry Wilson is a freshman who Whitmore said, "Both live the sport high jump. Fifth placed finishes men's relay teams who set school Outdoor Track and Field Tourna- graduated from North East High and treat themselves like profes- were added by sophomores Gavin records, in addition to the 800- ment in the lOO-mcter dash. Re- School in Cecil County, MD last sional athletes, that is probably the Defreitas and Jim Parsons in the meter run. He commented, flecting on this experience, Donte spring. She has automatically key to their success. We have an 55-meter dash and shot put, respec- "Birdsall shows the most leader- said, "It was a good experience. I qualified for the national tourna- experienced athlete in Donte, and tively, 3I!d senior Robert Birdsall ship and the hardest work ethic, he was nervous, but I ran a pretty good ment in the long jump with a mark- Kerry at the opposite end of the in the 8oo-meter run. did a good job." race. I got 12th." Of his tough ing ~f 18-4 112, the triple jump with spectrum as we travel to nationals."