Prince George's Track And Field Travels To Millersville Metrics On Saturday
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EVENT: Prince George's at Millersville Metrics
DATE: Saturday, April 6, 2018
LOCATION: Biemesderfer Stadium/Millersville, Pa.
opening jog… The Prince George's track and field team travels to the Millersville Metrics on Saturday for the squad's second competition of the year.
last time out… Milan Wall won the 400-meter dash to pace the Prince George's Community College track and field team at the Danny Curran Invitational hosted by Widener on March 31. In his collegiate debut, Wall won the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.21, 0.61 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. The Owls 4x400-meter relay (3:28.66) finished fifth. DeVont'e McCree (21st place, 53.73), Edwin Brown III (26th place, 54.19) and Jose Vasquez (46th place, 1:00.63) also participated in the 400-meter dash while JC Campfield (35th place, 24.11) and Vasquez (46th place, 1:00.63) ran in the 200-meter dash. On the women's side, Mikela Robinson finished 12th in the 100-meter dash (13.50) and 21st in the 200-meter dash (28.10) while Destiny Barber placed 17th in the 200-meter dash.
next run… Prince George's heads back to Widener University for the Chester Quarry Classic on April 14.
wall honors… Milan Wall was named the United States Track And Field And Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Men's Athlete of the Week on April 3. Wall was solid in his collegiate debut at the Danny Curran Invitational on March 31 where he won the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.21. The freshman's time is the first sub-50.00 time in the 400-meter dash this year at the NJCAA Division III level. Wall also competed in the 4×400-meter relay, where his team ran a 3:28.66 – good for second on the NJCAA Division III Descending Order List. Wall is the first National Athlete of the Week from Prince George's since Joel Thomas in 2016.
the roster… Head coach Richard Johnson has compiled a roster of 10 athletes with Eddy Brown the only returner on the roster. Johnson added Destiny Barber, Mikela Robinson and Samaria Ward on the women's side and joining Brown are freshmen JC Campfield, Kobe Cole, Muhammad Lawal, DeVont'e McCree, Jose Vasquez and Milan Wall.
about the coach… Head coach Richard Johnson begins his 10th season as head coach of the track and field program. He has led the women's track and field program to NJCAA National Runners-Up in 2016 and Region XX Runners Up in 2009 while the 2010 men's track and field team won the Region XX title.
