Lady Hornets Finish Fifth At Ursinus Bow-Tie Track Classic

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - On just one day rest after Thursday's season-opening meet, the Delaware State University women's indoor track and field team traveled to Ursinus College and finished fifth overall out of 19 teams at the Bow-Tie Track Classic Saturday afternoon.

Senior Tracey Fan Fan took first place, good for 10 points, in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.20.

The Hornets collected a combined 18 points in the 60-meter dash.  Senior Ayanna Kelly placed third in the event with a time of 8.03 while junior Calisa Emerson was fourth in 8.07.  Sophomore Vernetta Biggs and Chalsea Clark finished fifth and sixth with respective times of 8.21 and 8.22.

Freshman Ashley Robinson finished the 800-meter run in a time of 2:34.63, good for third place, while junior Breyonna Spriggs was seventh in 2:51.71.

The Hornets tallied 20 points with first place finishes in both the 4x200 and 4x800 meter relays.  In the 4x2, the DSU 'A' squad consisting of Emerson, Kelly, Clark and Biggs finished in a time of 1:45.52.   In the 4x8, the 'A' squad of sophomore Ketsia Dornevil , junior Dashera Richardson , Fan Fan and Robinson placed first with a time of 10:14.05.

Hornets Open Indoor Season At Navy Lid-Lifter

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Delaware State University men's indoor track and field team kicked off their season Saturday afternoon at the Navy Lid-Lifter Invitational, held at the Wesley Brown Fieldhouse, and earned five top ten finishes on the day.

Junior Edward Hurley had the highest finish on the day for the Hornets with his third place time of 22.19 in the 200-meter dash.  Senior teammate Tariq Devore placed ninth overall with a time of 22.45.

Devore and junior Kevaughn Laviea finished eighth and ninth, respectively, with times of 50.01 and 51.98.

Freshman Amir Armstrong placed fourth in the men's triple jump with a distance of 14.01m.

The meet was not scored for team points.

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B-CU Has Great Start for Indoor Track at Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. - On the track, the Wildcats got off to a promising start in the 2011-12 indoor track & field season, Saturday at the Orange and Purple Winter Classic. B-CU collected four first-place finishes and had numerous performers in the top tier at the first indoor meet of the season, along with a very large handful of personal record finishes.

B-CU notched more than ten personal records in the meet, hosted by Clemson, proving great progress in the off-season and preparation for the year.

Away on administrative business and unable to join his team in South Carolina, Head Coach Donald Cooper missed quite a showing from his squad by all accounts, and the praise heaped by opposing coaches.

The most dominating of B-CU's performances came in the 60m dash, placing five performers in the finals, with each logging a PR in the process. Taking in his first meet on the track for B-CU, Wildcat football kick returner and running back Angelo Cabrera won the event with a 6.77 second sprint.

Also in the 60m finals with Cabrera, Kemar Clarke crossed in fourth with a time of 6.86, freshman Darnell Washington was fifth with 6.87, Chris Jackson in eighth in 6.97 (6.95 in prelims), and fellow football player Martin Embry III finishing tenth in 6.99.

Clarke, who finished 19th at last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hurdles, kept his progress going with a win in the 60m hurdles and PR time of 7.84. D.J. Howard finished seventh in the event at 8.25 (8.12 in prelims).

Also earning a gold through his PR, Stephon Pamilton won the 500m dash in a time of 1:03.85.

Making his first appearance on the hard track, B-CU freshman cross country top performer Ricy Brown collected a PR in the mile and a third-place finish in the process with a time of 4:32.23.

Jimel Wright finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 6.61m (21-08.25 ft.). Rob Horton came in seventh in the 300m dash (35.62), just ahead of Joshua Perkins at eighth (35.78).

Topping the women's field, MEAC Cross Country Outstanding Performer Kadian Dunkley collected her own PR, winning the mile run in a time of 5:03.12. Also in the top tier of the mile, Ileis Figueroa finished third in 5:33.64.

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