June 2013 - Black Sports The Magazine

CIAA
Bowie State University, MD - Chowan University, NC - Elizabeth City State University, NC
Fayetteville State University, NC - Johnson C. Smith University, NC - Lincoln University, PA
Livingstone College, NC - St. Augustine’s University, NC - St. Paul’s College, VA - Shaw University, NC
Virginia State University, VA - Virginia Union University, VA - Winston-Salem State University, NC
St. Aug Men, Johnson C. Smith Women Win CIAA
Outdoor Track & Field Titles
Petersburg, VA – Saint Augustine’s won its 16 th consecutive men’s
title and Johnson C. Smith captured its 2 nd women’s crown in
three years on the final day of the CIAA Outdoor Track & Field
Championships held at Rogers Stadium on the Virginia State
University campus.
In the men’s events, St. Aug scored 213 points to run away with
the championship. Virginia State was second with 123 points,
and Virginia Union was third with 101 points. In the women’s
events, Johnson C. Smith scored 146.50 points to claim first
place. Winston-Salem State was second with 108 points, and
Virginia State was third with 101 points.
Jermaine Jones of St. Aug won men’s track most outstanding
performer honors after winning the 100 dash, 200 dash and
anchoring the 4x100 relay team to victory. Berfrantz Charles of
Virginia Union was named men’s field most outstanding
performer, after placing second in the long jump and triple jump
and third in the pole vault.
Samantha Elliott of Johnson C. Smith was the women’s track
most outstanding performer, after winning the 100 hurdles and
the 400 hurdles. She also finished third in the 100 dash and the
200 dash. Kendall Reynolds of Bowie State and Tajanel McNeil
of Winston-Salem State shared women’s field most outstanding
performer honors. Reynolds won the triple jump, and was second
in the long jump. McNeil was second in the triple jump, third in
the high jump and fifth in the long jump.
St. Aug trailed Virginia Union 59-41, after the first day, but scored
172 points on Saturday to distance itself from the field. The
Falcons won nine of 17 events during the two-day meet. Jones
Mbow of St. Aug Wins 400
Hurdles at Penn Relays
Philadelphia, PA – Elhadji Mbow (Jr./Dakar, Senegal) of Saint
Augustine’s University won the men’s 400 meter hurdles in the
Championship Division at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
Mbow, the top-ranked 400 hurdler in Division II, ran a time of
51.19 seconds. Teammate Akido Noel (Jr./Phoenix, AZ ) was 12 th
in 52.83.
Mbow’s victory was one of several highlights for St. Aug, the
NCAA Division II Men’s Indoor Track & Field Champions. The
Lady Falcon foursome of Shamia Lassiter (Fr./Chesapeake, VA),
Akeisha Dumont (Jr./Grenada), Alexandra Marshall-Wheaton (Jr./
Hyde Park, MA) and Nicketa Bernard (Sr./Westmoreland,
Jamaica) finished fifth in the women’s College Division 4x100
relay in 46.03. The group of Daniel Jameison (Fr./Windsor, CT),
Ty’reak Murray (Jr./Portsmouth, VA), Mbow and Marcelis Lynch
(Sr./Stone Mountain, GA) placed fifth in the men’s Championship
of America sprint medley in 3:20.27. The men’s 4x400 team,
ranked first in Division II, ran the second-fastest time of 3:04.90
in preliminaries to qualify for Championship final. The team
consists of Edmonds, James Quarles (Jr./Washington, D.C.),
Ellis, Jr. and Dane Hyatt (Jr./Goodwill, Jamaica). The quartet of
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(100 dash and 200 dash) and DeJon Wilkinson (long jump and
triple jump) led the way for the Falcons with two victories each in
individual events. Other winners for the Falcons were Akido Noel
(javelin throw), Ty’reak Murray (110 hurdles), Dane Hyatt (400
dash), Marcelis Lynch (1,500 run) and the 4x100 relay team of
Ramaan Ansley, Taffawee Johnson, Burkheart Ellis, Jr. and
Jones.
The winners in the other men’s events were Matthew Huckabee
of Lincoln (shot put), Darien Kearney of Virginia State (discus
throw), Jamaal Petty of Virginia Union (high jump), Jonathan
White of Virginia Union (pole vault), Daniel Ross of Virginia State
(400 hurdles), Prince Owusu-Mensha of Virginia State (800 run),
Franck Charles of Virginia Union (5,000 run) and the Virginia
State 4x400 relay team of Te’Shad Chambers, Ross, Owusu-
Mensah and Clive Cameron.
Elliott and Danielle Williams led Johnson C. Smith to six victories
in the women’s events. Williams won the 100 dash and 200
dash, in addition to Elliott winning both hurdles races. Imeshia
Jones of the Lady Golden Bulls was the winner in the javelin
throw and the foursome of Naffene Briscoe, Williams, Trudy-
Ann Richards and Monique Lovelock were victorious in the 4x100
relay.
The winners in the other women’s events were Diane Lindsey of
Lincoln (long jump), Brelyn Finley of Bowie State (shot put),
Chelsey Fuller of Virginia State (discus throw), Morgan Heath of
Lincoln (high jump), Quanera Hayes of Livingstone (400 dash),
Kelly Shaw of Saint Aug (800 run), Taylor-Ashley Bean (1,500 run
and 3,000 run) of Virginia State and the St. Aug 4x400 relay team
of Akeisha Dumont, Nicketa Bernard, Cherrisse Lynch and Shaw.
Ramaan Ansley (Sr./Philadelphia, PA), Taffawee Johnson (Jr./St.
Ann, Jamaica), Ellis, Jr., and Jones qualified for the Men’s
Championship 4x100 relay finals, after running the third-fastest
time of 39.98 in preliminaries. Ty’reak Murray (Jr./Portsmouth,
VA) qualified for the men’s 110 hurdles finals with a time of 14.13
in preliminaries. DeJon Wilkinson (Jr./Summerville, S.C.) took
seventh in the Men’s Championship Division long jump with a
leap of 23-3½.
Jackson of St. Aug Wins
Valley Pine Golf Invitational
Lasker, N.C. – Chris Jackson (Freshman/Raeford, N.C.) of Saint
Augustine’s University was the individual winner at the Valley
Pine Spring Invitational Golf Tournament. Jackson shot a 75 to
finish first individually. Josh Bryant of Chowan University was
second with a 76, and R. Calvin Mason of Johnson C. Smith
University was third with a 79.
Jackson led St. Aug to a second-place finish with a 329 score,
seven strokes behind tournament winner Chowan, which shot a
322. Johnson C. Smith was third with a 342 team score. For St.
Aug, Paolo Ceyrolles (Freshman/Raleigh, N.C.) and Michael
Gardner (Freshman/Wilson, N.C.) each shot a 83.
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