Posted: Apr 27, 2026
Busy T&F Weekend Highlighted by Dominic Wyant Sprint Success
Friday April 24 / Sat April 25, 2026
The Cardinals Track & Field team had a busy weekend. On Friday, April 24th, the team traveled to Westminster MD to McDaniel College for the Carpentar-Case Invitational. On Saturday morning April 25th, the team then traveled to Shippensburg Univ in PA for the Paul Kaiser Classic. Both events offered opportunities for the athletes to compete against NCAA Division-III level teams as well as NCAA Division-II level. Head Coach Mark Pryor was excited as the level of competition is now increasing to higher levels for his team to show and prove.
Carpenter-Case Invitational 4/24
On Friday, the weather was a beautiful 83 degrees with a slight breeze. As the teams arrived, a thunderstorm rolled into the Westminster area which caused a 2-hour delay in the start of the meet. Coach Pryor made sure his athletes stayed focused and ready. Once the track meet began, the weather was absolutely perfect for running, and Cardinals performed very well. Freshman Kelechi Iroegbu started the evening off with a Personal Best throw in the Shot Put event 11.59m (38ft 2.50in).
Freshman Dominic Wyant previously competed in the 400m and 200m events, but today was his college debut in the 100-meter dash. In high school, Wyant's best time in the 100-meters was :11.17 secs. Since arriving at CCBC Catonsville, Coach Pryor has focused his team's training on building a strong finish in all events regardless of the distance. Coach Pryor noted, "almost everyone in high school track starts off great and looks like a star but in the end their finish is sorely lacking". The training to build a strong finish is often very difficult, breath-taking and requires a strong mental attitude. It's the difficult part of the sport that very few wish to endure, but it clearly separates those who are high level performers from the participants.
Wyant was excited and as the gun went off, he was first out of the blocks, holding a clear lead at 50 meters. As the field of 8 athletes hit the finish line, it was clear that Dominic Wyant has secured his first win in the 100-meter event. But the question remained, "what was the time & wind reading." With about 5 mins of anticipation, it was announced that Wyant had run a personal best :10.78 secs (1.2 wind). The maximum allowable wind is 2.0, thus Wyant's time was wind legal and a new PB.
Wyant was not done for the night as he returned to the track about 90 mins later and lined up for the 200-meter event. Previously, Wyant ran :21.68 secs for 200 meters at the Mid-Atlantic JUCO Invitational on April 11th. Unfortunately, the wind was over the allowable limit at 2.3. But after his victory in the 100-meters, Wyant was eager and ready to attack the 200. He ran an excellent turn out of the blocks and powered his way down the straightaway for another clear victory but with a 0.0 legal wind recording a new PB of :21.50. The NJCAA National Championship qualifying times are :10.48 for 100-meters and :21.28 for 200 meters. Wyant is now on the National Qualifying Watch List for both 100m and 200m dashes.
Freshman Ohene Obiri Yeboah lined up for his 800-meter run full of expectations. The pace was a little slower from his last race as his opening 400m split time was only :58.54. That was almost .3 secs slower than what Coach Pryor wanted for his middle-distance ace who tucked in directly behind the leader from McDaniel College. At 600 meters, the time was only 1:27. With only 200 meters remaining, Ohene started his kick toward the finish, but it was not enough to earn the win. His time was just barely off his new PB - 1:58.09. The winning time was 1:56.98 by McDaniel College senior and CCBC Catonsville alumni Ethan Bush.
Here is the link to the full results of the 2026 Carpenter-Case Invitational: Carpenter Case Invitational - Results - Track & Field Meet
Baltimore Maryland native Bernard Williams (pictured above) who is a former Olympic gold medalist and World Champion track and field sprinter, was at McDaniel College to witness Wyant's performance. Bernard Williams was the winner of a gold medal in the 4 x100-meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 200-meter dash silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Williams was also the 100-meter dash silver medalist at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton Canada,
Williams broke the 10-second barrier and holds a personal record of 9.94 seconds in the 100 m. Williams was the fastest man in the 200 m at the 2003 season with a personal record of 20.01 seconds. He won the American national title in the 100 m at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2001 and 2003. He competed collegiately for the Florida Gators and was NCAA Division-I Outdoor champion in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay in 2000.
Paul Kaiser Classic 4/25
On Saturday, the weather was rain, rain and a constant rain in the Pennsylvania Shippensburg township. NCAA Division II Shippensburg University is one of the top T&F programs on the east coast. Coach Pryor has found this meet to be so much more useful than focusing on relays.
Dominic Wyant traveled to Shippensburg with just one goal in mind, continue running under :11.00 secs for 100-meter dash. Coach Pryor wanted his young athlete to run two races back-to-back so he can prepare for the championship level meets that require a preliminary round of all the participants to take the 8 fastest times to a final. Thus, all the athletes would be required to run two races sometimes in the same day. This meet gave Wyant an excellent opportunity to test his fitness level.
In the preliminary round, Coach Pryor instructed his young sprinter to run this race as a final so we can have two 100-meter races. The rain was a slow constant drizzle but as Wyant settled in his starting blocks, the rain started to fall significantly harder. With the focus of a seasoned veteran, Wyant had an excellent start and hit the finish line in 1st place with a qualifying time of :10.94 secs (-1.0w) wind legal. Wyant had now run under :11.00 secs for a second consecutive time which indicates his fitness level was on pace with his training. That time was the 2nd fastest of all the 74 total participants in the 100-meter event.
With three hours' time between the prelims and finals, Wyant had time to rest, recharge and prepare himself for the final race against the other 7 fastest qualifiers. Since the rain continued, Coach Pryor found the school's gymnasium and had Wyant wait there for the final and use inside the building as the place of preparation. At 2:45pm, the eight finalists lined up in the starting blocks. Mother Nature again decided to increase the rainfall more intensely than previously. Wyant was instructed to finish what he had started Friday night and once again run under :11.00. His start wasn't the best, but with his newfound strength, Wyant sprinted by the field by 75 meters and crossed the finish line in 1st place. The scoreboard read: Dominic Wyant - CCBC Catonsville :10.97. The wind reading was only 0.8 - legal allowable.
Mission accomplished.........in a 24-hour span, Wyant had run three 100-meter races which included a :10.78, :10.94 and :10.97 seconds. An excellent weekend of 100 meter debut for this young man who is developing into a quality short sprinter.
Here is the link to the full results of the 2026 Paul Kaiser Classic: TFRRS | 21st Paul Kaiser Classic - Meet Results
The next scheduled meet will be on Friday, May 1st at the Kehoe Twilight Meet hosted by the University of Maryland, in College Park.