GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers and the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks took the lead after the first day of competition of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.

On the women’s side, the Lady Rattlers tallied 21 points to take the lead. Morgan State finished second with 17 points, while Coppin State followed in third with 16.33 points.

In the women’s heptathlon, Florida A&M’s Shawanna Steplight leads after day one with 3,093 points, while Deidra Jordan is second (3,082 points). Jaymi White of Savannah State tallied 2,815 points to place in third.

FAMU’s Judith Kibii led from start to finish to win the 5000m. Kibii, who won the 5000m Indoor title, registered a time of 17:26.79 to win the event. Ishakeema Swain of Morgan State placed second (17:45.45), and Hampton’s Ce’aira Brown finished third (17:50.64).

Kiara Howell, of Norfolk State, won the discus with a toss of 44.47m (145-11 ft.). Andrea Aaron of FAMU finished second at 44.20m (145-00 ft.) and Kristen Deacon placed third at 42.98m (141-00 ft.).

In the high jump, Coppin State’s Deandra Daniel, the current Indoor champion and defender in the event, registered a jump of 1.79m (5-10.50 ft.) to capture first. Jailah Mason, of Morgan State, placed second at 1.76m (5-09.25 ft.), while Bethune-Cookman’s Kasie Trigg jumped 1.70m (5-07.00 ft.) to finish third.

On the men’s side, Maryland Eastern Shore grabbed the early lead with 34.50 points, while defending champion Bethune-Cookman is second with 29 points, followed by North Carolina A&T State with 23.

Maryland Eastern Shore’s Khalil Rmidi Kinini broke the meet record in the 5000m. Rmidi Kinini set the record with a time of 14:43.36, replacing UMES’ Mustapha Habbani (2011) record. Teammate Oussama Chouati finished second, with a time of 15:14.65, while North Carolina A&T State’s Darren White placed third at 15:18.95.

Emmanuel Price of Hampton tallied 3,663 points during the first day of the decathlon, while North Carolina A&T State’s Todd Townsend is second with 3,577 points. Price won events in the shot put and high jump to grab the lead.

UMES’ Dillon Simon finished first in the discus with a 55.98m (173-10 ft.) throw. Barry Kimbrough of B-CU placed second at 47.14m (154-08 ft.). FAMU’s Demtrio Henderson finished third with a toss of 46.82m (153-07 ft.).

Ed’Ricus Williams of B-CU won the high jump with a leap of 2.06m (6-09.00 ft.), and teammate Kenneth Fisher recorded a second-place finish with a leap of 2.01m (6-07.00 ft.) and N.C. A&T’s Nehemiah Lipford placed third at 2.01m (6-07.00 ft.).

The Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships continue Friday, May 1, with the women's heptathlon and men's decathlon at 9 a.m. Other field events on Friday's slate includes, the men's and women's long jump and shot put. The afternoon schedule continues with the men's and women's semifinal in the 400m, 100m dash, 800m, women's 100m hurdles and men's 110m hurdles.

The competition wraps up Saturday at 9 a.m. with field events including: men's and women's pole vault, javelin, and triple jump. The women's and men's 4x100m relays will begin the running finals at 1 p.m. Rounding out the evening's events will be the men's and women's 4x400m relay race at 4:20 p.m.