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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Brian Jenkins
Brian Jenkins

Pearl Abiti

  • Events Multi
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Colchester, Vt.
  • Highschool Colchester

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS:

• America East Academic Honor Roll (2015, 2016)
• 2018 America East Champion (Pentathlon)
• Captain

SENIOR INDOOR SEASON (2018): Earned America East All-Conference honors after winning the pentathlon with 3,433 points at the 2018 America East Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24) ... Helped the 4x400m relay team finish eighth at the AE Indoor Championships ... Took third in the pentathlon with 3,175 points at Middlebury (Jan. 20) ... Also competed in both Dartmouth Meets at the start of the season (Dec. 9, Jan. 13).

JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2017): Earned America East All-Conference honors after placing third in the heptathlon at the Outdoor Championships with 4,446 points ... Set a personal record at 5.64m and took first in the long jump at the Dartmouth Outdoor Invitational ... Took fifth in the high jump at 1.46m at the UMass Tri-Meet to open the outdoor season.

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2017): Finished second in the long Jump at 5.35m against Hartford ... Took third in the pentathlon with 3,147 points at the Middlebury Invitational ... Finished ninth in the pentathlon at the ECAC/IC4A Championships.

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2016): Placed third in the Long Jump with a mark of 5.26 meters at the Dartmouth Invitational ... Finished second in both the High Jump (1.52m) and the Long Jump (5.24m) at the Black and Gol Invitational.

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2016): Finished fifth in the Pentathlon at the America East Championships scoring 3,202 points ... Placed ninth in the Long Jump at the BU Scarlet and White Invitational with a seaso best mark of 5.34 ... Finished second in the Long Jump at the home dual meet against Hartford wih a mark of 5.24 ... Also placed third in both the 300 meters with a time of 43.68 against Hartford.

FRESHMAN OUTDOOR SEASON (2015): Claimed a season-best at the America East Championships in the 4x4 in a time of 3:57.91 for seventh place ... Recorded eight separate top-five finishes over the course of the outdoor season ... Placed first overall in the long jump at 5.11m during the UAlbany Spring Classic.

FRESHMAN INDOOR SEASON (2015): In the home-opener against Hartford she claimed first place in both the long jump, 5.43m for a season-best, and 300-meter with a time of 43.29 ... Recorded a top-three finish in the long jump at UNH with a mark of 5.12m ... Placed eighth overall at the America East Championships in the 4x4 at 3:59.96 and tenth in the long jump with a 5.20m finish.

BEFORE VERMONT: Came to UVM from Colchester High School in Colchester, Vt. ... Member of the track & field team from 2011-14 ... Vermont high school record holder in the triple jump, long jump, and 400-meter dash ... 2013 New England triple jump champion ... Back-to-back Vermont triple jump champion in 2013 and 2014 ... Also played four years of basketball and was named All-League and Best Defensive Player on the team ... Served as captain as a senior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Edward Abiti and Mercy Obuobisa ... Has three younger siblings: Jessica, Darlene, and Ricky ... Born in Accra, Ghana ... Majoring in elementary education with a minor in special education.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15First Year

  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Senior

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