NORFOLK, Va. – Bethune-Cookman’s Tremayne Banks and teammate Tristie Johnson were chosen as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Track Athletes of the Week. Bethune-Cookman’s Ed’Ricus Williams and Hampton’s Teiara Denmark were named the MEAC Men’s and Women’s Field Athletes of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Banks (Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) finished third in the 110m hurdles at the UNF Invitational and the South Florida Multi-Cultural Games. Banks set a new personal best with a time of 13.77, and finished first in the 400m hurdles at the UNF Invitational.
Johnson (So., Jacksonville, Fla.) set a personal best in the 100m, with a time of 11.39, and a season-best 23.18 in the 200m at the UNF Invitational and the South Florida Multi-Cultural Games. At the UNF Invitational, Johnson finished first in the 100m and 200m, second in the 4x400m, and third in the 4x100m. At the South Florida Multi-Cultural Games, she finished first in the 4x100m and second in the 100m.
Williams (Fr., Warrenton, Ga.) won the high jump at the UNF Invitational with a jump of 7-00 ft. (2.14m), moving to 37th nationally and marking a personal best.
Denmark (Sr., Virginia Beach, Va.) finished eighth in the long jump, with a flight of 19-5.5 (5.93m), at the Penn Relays.
Other Top Performers:
Felexia Brasswell (NCAT) logged a time of 12.20 in the 100m, and 24.83 in the 200m at the Highlander Invitational.
Aaron Chatmon (UMES) helped his team finish second in the 4x100 and 4x200, and third in the 4x400 at the Penn Relays.
Gayon Evans (UMES) ran the fifth-best time in the 100m and second-best time in the Lady Hawks’ heat of the 4x400m at the Penn Relays.
Emmy Fraenk (Hampton) competed in the 4x200m and 4x400m at the Penn Relays, helping her team finish first and second, respectively.
Desmond Lawrence (NCAT) placed third in the 100m and helped his team finish ninth in the 4x100m at the Penn Relays.
Paige McIntosh (NCAT) finished fifth in the shot put at the Highlander Invitational.
Stefano Nardini (Hampton) threw the sixth-best javelin, with a mark of 291-8 ft. (66.96m), at the Penn Relays.
Frank Quarles (NCAT) recorded a flight of 22-2.5 ft. to finish 12th at the Penn Relays.