Coppin State competes at ECAC/IC4A Championships
PRINCETON, N.J. – Coppin State junior Deandra Daniel visited a familiar place Sunday afternoon: The medal stand.
Daniel was third and earned a bronze medal in the high jump on the final day of the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Princeton University. Daniel soared 1.75 meters in her signature event and final tune-up before the NCAA Division I East Regional Preliminary Championships in Jacksonville later this month.
For Daniel, it was her second consecutive top three outdoor finish at the ECAC/IC4A Championships. She was second at last year’s competition. The six-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion and Indoor Track and Field All-American has one of the top five marks among potential East regional qualifiers in the high jump at 1.87 meters, a mark she set at the Morgan State Legacy Meet on April 19.
Also competing for the Eagles at the ECAC/IC4A Championship meet were freshman Kristen Deacon, sophomore Alexis Marsh and junior Tanaya Yarde. For each student-athlete, the experience they gained this weekend against high-level competition in a pressure packed environment should be invaluable as each one continues improving.
Deacon participated in the discus. Marsh, who will be attending the annual NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis from June 4-7, ran 57.22 seconds in the 400-meter dash.
Yarde turned in an effort of 1:01.08 in the 400-meter hurdles. Yarde will most likely join Daniel at the NCAA Division I East Regional Preliminary Championships, which are being hosted by the University of North Florida and the city of Jacksonville. Entering this weekend, she had the 17th fastest time in the event in a school record time 58.18 achieved while winning the MEAC Championship.
Coppin State junior Shane Green soared at least 50 feet for the second consecutive weekend to lead the Eagles during the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Princeton University Sunday afternoon.
Green was fourth overall in the triple jump following his effort of 15.41 meters (50 feet, 06.75 inches). He was Coppin State’s highest individual finisher this weekend. His effort helped Coppin State score 11 team points. LIU-Brooklyn captured the IC4A team title with 60 points.
Green will get another opportunity to keep jumping as he will most likely compete in the NCAA Division I East Regional Preliminary Championships, which are being hosted by the University of North Florida and the city of Jacksonville at the end of the month. Official participant list will be announced later this week. He had the 24th best mark in the event among potential participants entering this weekend’s championship meet.
Michael James had a solid weekend for the Eagles. Individually, he advanced to the 800-meter finals after running a career best time of 1 minute, 50.65 seconds in the preliminary race, which was the fourth fastest mark among the 30 participants entered. In Sunday’s race, James finished sixth overall (1:51.20).
James also helped Coppin State’s 4x400-meter relay team run its fastest time of the season in the preliminaries. James along with Fabian Hayles, Devin Teagle and Alaric Coker, scorched the track in 3:10.21, which was the second best qualifying mark. In Sunday’s finals, they finished seventh in 3:10.91.
Competing in Saturday’s preliminaries, Hayles finished the 400-meter dash in 48.96 seconds. Coker completed the 800-meter run in 1:51.36 seconds. Jeremy Dorsey advanced to the semifinal round of the 110-meter hurdles. His best time was 14.72 seconds in the first round. He just missed qualifying for the 200-meter dash finals. Dorsey was ninth in the preliminaries in 21.58 seconds. Also, in the 200-meter dash preliminary round, Kester Chase ran 21.85 seconds.
The Eagles 4x100-meter team that included Green, Dorsey, Chase and Haysean Cowie-Clarke ran 41.38 seconds to earn a trip to Sunday’s final race.
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UMES registers 19 points on final day of IC4A/ECAC’s
PRINCETON, N.J. – UMES scored 19 points on the final day of the IC4A/ECAC Championships at Princeton on Sunday to bring home a total of 27 points. More importantly, a few members of the team improved their times and standings during the postseason.
The men’s team finished in 25th with a total of 14 points, all of them scored by sophomore Khalil Rmidi Kinini. He followed up his record setting steeplechase performance with a third place finish in the 1500 meter run. Moreover, the time of 3:46.90 was his best in 2015, and missed the school record by 0.14 seconds.
For the Lady Hawks, sophomore Shelasia Leitch picked up five points, finishing a hundredth of a second shy of her semifinal time at 14.07 seconds. Fellow classmate Shauntel Lucius also took home five points thanks to a 12.51 meter triple jump, tops for the sophomore this spring.
The 4x800 relay team already picked up three points with their sixth place finish and a time of 8:58.08 on Saturday for a total of 13 points.
For many of the Hawks this will conclude their season. A select few will move on to the NCAA Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Florida two weekends from now.
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Lady Pirates finish third in ECAC Outdoors
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Hampton University women’s track & field team finished third in the team standings at the ECAC Outdoor Championships, which were hosted by Princeton University this past weekend at Weaver Stadium.
The Lady Pirates finished with 37 points, three points behind second-place James Madison. George Mason won the ECAC team title with 53 points.
Senior Le’Quisha Parker and junior Ce’aira Brown each won event titles for the Lady Pirates; Parker won the 200-meter dash after running a 23.32, and Brown took the 800-meter run with a 2:04.81.
Brown also broke the school record in the 800-meter run with a 2:04.17 in the preliminary heats.
Parker was also on the 4x100-meter relay squad – along with junior Kristian Young, freshman Meshala Morton, and junior Tanisha Greene – that came in fourth after running a 46.52.
That team ran a season-best 45.60 in the preliminaries.
On the men’s side, the Pirates wound up tied for fifth in the IC4A team standings, scoring 34 points to tie with Cornell. LIU Brooklyn took the IC4A team title with 60 points.
Senior Chidi Okezie and junior Trey Holloway each brought home event titles for the Pirates. Okezie turned in a season-best 20.81 to win the 200-meter dash, while Holloway won the 110-meter hurdles with a 13.79.
Okezie also anchored the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third with a season-best 3:07.22. Freshman Justin Beatty, senior Edose Ibadin, and sophomore Gabriel Johnson were also on that relay team.
Junior Jasper Savoy ran a 10.74 to come in sixth in the 100-meter dash – after turning in a season-best 10.55 in the semifinal round.
His semifinal time was the top time of that round.
The NCAA East Preliminary will be held May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Wulff-Cochrane, Gordon Lead the Way for DSU in IC4A/ECAC Championships
PRINCETON, N.J. – With the 2014-15 season nearing its end, the Delaware State track & field program wrapped up the IC4A/ECAC Championships this past weekend, hosted by the Ivy League’s Princeton Tigers.
On the men’s side, the Hornets finished 30th with 10 points, led by Charles Wulff-Cochrane crossing the finish line at 51.49 to place second in the 400-Meter Hurdles. Jonathon Jones, meanwhile, registered a seventh place finish (47.92) in the final round of the 400-Meter Dash.
The DSU women, on the other hand, placed 44th with four points, highlighted by Omealla Gordon placing fifth (54.04) in the 400-Meter Dash. Morgan Durham, who took home the bronze medal during the MEAC Outdoor Championships in the Javelin with a personal best mark of 121-09 (37.12m), placed 25th (116-02 – 35.41m) to conclude her season.
Coming up, Wulff-Cochrane will head to Jacksonville, Fla. for the NCAA Preliminary Round later this week (May 28 – May 30).
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