Hampton senior Francena McCorory and sophomore Reggie Dixon advanced to the finals in their respective events at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday at Hayward Field.

McCorory won her 400-meter dash preliminary heat with a 52.04, posting the second-fastest time of the preliminary round. Auburn's Joanna Atkins posted the fastest preliminary time with a 51.88.

Dixon ran the seventh-fastest preliminary time in the 100-meter dash, turning in a 10.24 to advance to the finals. Junior Aaron Anderson came in 20^th after running a 10.51.

Dixon and Anderson were joined by juniors Predist Walker and Devon Brown in the 4x100-meter relay, running a 39.85 in the preliminary heats to post the 10^th-fastest time.

The top eight teams advanced to the final.

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UMES Finishes Season At NCAA Championships

Five runners from Maryland Eastern Shore's outdoor track and field team finished their season Wednesday evening with the top competitors in the country at the NCAA Division I Championships held at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.

Sophomore Cynthia Anais finished the women's 800-meter run in a time of 2:12.54.  Her time was good for 22nd place overall in what proved to be a difficult race due to rainy conditions.

The men's 4x100 relay team was disqualified during their event as a poor handoff on the second leg resulted in a dropped baton.  The quartet of junior Thomas Keane-Dawes and sophomores Jermol Dix, Damian Miles and Akheem Gauntlett competed for the Hawks.

This was the first time the five UMES runners have competed at the NCAA Championships.

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Charles, Randall End Season On Day One Of NCAA Championships

The 2010 outdoor track and field season came to an end for Morgan State on Wednesday evening at Hayward Field on Day one of the NCAA Division I championships, hosted by the University of Oregon.

Morgan State, which hadn't had a qualifier for the championships since sending two in 2006, was being represented by sophomore Trey Charles on the men's side in the 400 meter hurdles and senior Allison Randall in the women's discus.

Both Charles and Randall placed sixth in their respective events two weeks ago at the NCAA East Regional Meet in Greensboro, N.C. to qualify for the championships.

Charles, a native of Atlanta, Ga. ran a time of 56.31 during Wednesday's preliminaries of the 400 meter hurdles to finish 23rd out of the nation's top 24 athletes in the event.

Randall, a native of Reisterstown, Md., however fouled on all three of her attempts in the discus throw and did not record a distance in Eugene.

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