UMES PRIMED FOR NCAA EAST REGIONAL MAGGIE HAYON 05/26/10 Hawks look to continue season and advance to the NCAA Championships GREENSBORO, N.C. - Eight members of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's and women's outdoor track and field teams are set to compete at the NCAA Division I East Regional, held this Thursday through Saturday at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University. The meet begins Thursday at 10:00 a.m. with the women's javelin throw; however, the Hawks do not start competition until the women's shot put qualifying at 3:00 p.m. Sophomore Vanessa Henry (Capital Heights, Md.) leads UMES in the shot put with a school-record distance of 14.97 meters, which she recorded at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships to qualify for the regional. The men's squad continues the afternoon with the first round of the 400-meter hurdles at 3:30 p.m. Sophomore Johan Welter (Paris, France) qualified for this event with his time of 52.37 that was set at the University of Pennsylvania Invitational. Senior Allodin Fothergill (New Hempstead, N.Y.) and junior Thomas Keane-Dawes (Camden, N.C.) both qualified for the first round of the men's 400-meter dash. Fothergill ranks 10th overall in the east regional with his MEAC Championships time of 46.00. Keane-Dawes also qualified at the MEAC Championships with his time of 46.79. The evening concludes for the Hawks with the first round of the women's 800-meter run. Sophomore Cynthia Anais (Martinique, France) and redshirt junior Eunice Jones (Lanham, Md.) both qualified for the event at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships with their respective times of 2:05.84 and 2:07.13. UMES does not return to action until Friday night with the men's 400m quarterfinals taking place at 5:30 p.m. The women's 800m quarterfinals follow at 6:45 p.m. while the men's 400m hurdles quarterfinal takes place at 7:00 p.m. Sophomore Damian Miles (Teaneck, N.J.) wraps up Friday for the Hawks in the first round of the 200-meter dash, which is slated for 7:30 p.m. Miles qualified with a time of 21.20, which was registered at the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of American Championships. Saturday begins at 6:00 p.m. for UMES with the men's 4x100 relay quarterfinal. The trio of Keane-Dawes, Fothergill and Miles join sophomore Akheem Gauntlett (Roselle, N.J.) in this event with their qualifying and school-record time of 40.01, which was set at the MEAC Championships. The Hawks finish the weekend with the men's 200m quarterfinals at 7:35 p.m. Saturday. Admission for the 2010 NCAA Division I East Regional includes multi-day passes and ranges from $10 to $25. Please call the North Carolina A&T State University ticket office at (336) 334-7749 for more information. N.C. A&T does not permit firearms, illegal drugs, alcoholic beverages and coolers larger than 12x12x12 inside the stadium.