Raptors Men's Track and Field Adds New Qualifying Times and Marks the Johns Hopkins Invitational
This past weekend, the MC Raptors in back to back meets traveling to the city of Baltimore, Md. First was the Johns Hopkins Invitational on Friday and then to the newly restored Towson University Invitational on Saturday. With the season winding down, both the men's and woman's team upped the ante adding new qualifying times and marks.
The men's 4x1 A team was in the mix as they finished with a time of 44.24. Justin Leonard competed in the finals in Long Jump as he finished with a 6.05 and 6.16m, then a 11.48 in the 100m. Lud Blair finished top ten in the 100m dash timed at 11.09 and 11.25, then 22.63 in the 200m. Sheldon Roman had one of the biggest highlights of the weekend, qualifying with a time of 59.68 in the men's 400m hurdles as he only competed in this event two times this season thus far. Donovan Tyler hit a 12.69 in the Shot Put and 44.13 in the Javelin.
All things considered the Raptors plan on pushing their efforts as they go to the prestige's Morgan State University Legacy meet on 4/22/17. #GORAPTORS
Notable Qualifying times
Men's 4x1 45.19 (Blair, Okoroajuzie, Roman, Leonard)
100m – Lud Blair, Bob Okoroajuzie, Justin Leonard
200m - Lud Blair
400H – Sheldon Roman
Long Jump – Justin Leonard
Shot Put – Donovan Tyler
Javelin – Donovan Tyler