FROSTBURG STATE TEAM PREVIEW
MEN
The Frostburg State men’s track & field team looks to compete for a conference championship after a strong outdoor campaign and finishing tied for fourth in the CAC Indoor Championships in February. The Bobcats took home team titles from the Falcon Invitational (Messiah College) and the Mason-Dixon Invitational (Gettysburg College) during the outdoor campaign. Senior distance runner Robert Romano has won a race in all six outdoor meets in 2019 and is regionally ranked in the 800, 1500 and 5000. Junior John Kerns leads a strong throwing unit with the top hammer throw in the Mideast region (53.19 meters), while also ranking 10th in discus (44.51 meters) and 11th in shot put (14.46 meters). Junior Michael Belcher is fourth in the region in shot put (45.93 meters) and fifth in the hammer throw (49.69 meters). Junior James Naill is third in the region and 30th nationally in the javelin at 56.86 meters. Junior Shamar Nelson ranks 10th in the region in the long jump at 6.90 meters, and first-year Ratez McLaurin’s 13.73-meter triple jump last weekend ranks fifth. Frostburg’s 4x100 (42.90) and 4x400 (3:24.32) have top-10 marks in the region as well.
WOMEN
The Frostburg State women’s track & field team looks to improve upon a seventh-place performance at the 2019 CAC Indoor Championships. The Bobcats highlighted their outdoor campaign with a third-place finish at Gettysburg’s Mason-Dixon Invitational. Junior Keileen Estrada ranks 18th in the Mideast region in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:08.19 and is regionally-ranked in the 100 hurdles (16.86). First-year Amy Trembly is regionally ranked in both the high jump (1.53 meters) and pole vault (43rd). In the throws, senior Holly Van Wie and junior Keirstin Tawney have set and re-set FSU’s program record for the weight throw. Tawney’s toss of 45.05 meters is sixth in the region, while Van Wie’s is 9th (44.57 meters). Sophomore Madison Watson boasts Frostburg’s top times in the 200 (27.25) and 400 (1:02.45). Junior Sidonie Brown leads FSU in the 800 (2:33.60) and 1500 (5:34.13). Junior Gabbriell Reason is regionally ranked in the 100-meter dash at 13.10. Frostburg’s 4x100-meter relay sits at 15th in the region at 50.24.