Hampton's Holloway breaks school record at Captain's Invite
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Hampton University senior Trey Holloway broke his own school record in the men’s 60-meter hurdles during the CNU Captain’s Invitational, held Friday and Saturday at the Freeman Center.
Holloway had come close to breaking the mark on numerous occasions already so far this season, but his 7.70 in the finals of the event – which was the best time – set the new best.
His previous best was 7.72, set last season.
Holloway now holds the second-fastest time in the nation in that event.
Holloway’s title in the 60-meter hurdles was one of three for the Pirates over the weekend; junior Rayon Black took gold in the 800-meter run after turning in a 1:56.68.
Redshirt junior Christian Faber-Kinney won the heptathlon with 4,561 points. Faber-Kinney did not win any of the seven events, but he finished no worse than fourth in any of them (including a second-place effort in the shot put).
Freshman Jerrick Powell was third with 4,442 points. He won three events in the heptathlon: the 60-meter dash, 1,000-meter run, and long jump.
The Lady Pirates won seven events over the weekend, including gold medals in both the 4x200-meter relay (1:41.30) and distance medley (12:26.17). Freshman Erin Morrison was on both squads; she anchored the 4x200 team along with senior Kristian Young, freshman Tiara Robinson, and freshman Saenea Williams.
Morrison was on the distance medley team with junior Kaylor Murray, freshman Jayla Fleming, and sophomore Pollyanne Velasco.
Morrison also won the 400-meter dash with a season-best 57.81, and Murray ran a 5:22.30 to win the mile run.
Robinson ran a 25.37 to win the 200-meter dash.
Senior Ce’aira Brown competed in the 3,000-meter run, taking gold after running a season-best 10:20.57. Her time was just four seconds why of Krystle Medlin’s school record.
Freshman Kaitlin Scott won the pentathlon with 3,274 points. She won the 60-meter hurdles, high jump, and shot put in the competition. Sophomore Kayla Key, who was second with 3,166 points, won the other two events – the long jump and 800-meter run.
The Pirates and Lady Pirates will compete in a pair of meets this coming Friday and Saturday: the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, Mass. and the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
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NSU’s Collins claims 200m at Captains Invitational
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Reigning MEAC Track Athlete of the Week Xavier Collins picked up where he left off, winning the 200 meters and running a leg on NSU's record-setting 4x200 meter relay team for the Spartans at the Captains Invitational Track Meet over the weekend hosted by Christopher Newport University.
Collins ran a time of 22.30 seconds to win the 200 meters for the second straight meet. Collins then ran anchor as the quartet that also included Steve Coles, Michael-Thomas Brown and Jaylen Carr set a Freeman Center facility record in winning the 4x200 relay (1:28.70).
Collins capped his day by running the anchor leg on the 4x400 relay team, which placed fourth overall and second among collegiate teams in a time of 3:21.70. Other relay members included Coles, Rashad Ramsey and Justin Pinder.
In field events, Brown was victorious in the long jump with a best leap of 22 feet, 3 inches. In addition, Chris Lee was runner-up in the shot put (52-9.5), Joseph Boyd tied for second in the high jump (6-4) and Willard Ward placed fifth in the pole vault (13-5.5). De'Von Booker also earned a fifth-place finish in the heptathlon (3,976 points).
NSU competes in the Penn State National meet next Friday and Saturday.
On the women’s side, Tasia Baxter just missed matching her MEAC-leading mark in the pole vault, placing third in that event for the Spartan women's track and field team over the weekend at the Captains Invitational hosted by Christopher Newport University.
Baxter cleared 10 feet, 5.25 inches in the pole vault. Her top mark this year is 10-6 from the Hampton tri-meet earlier this month, which leads the conference pole vaulters by a wide margin.
In other field events, sophomore Brianna Hayes continued her recent success in the high jump. She cleared 5 feet, 5 inches, which matched the top height cleared in the event at CNU. She placed third based on number of misses.
The Spartans had several strong performances on the track. Crystal Green won the 200-meter hurdles (29.18 seconds), while the 4x200 relay team of Tyrika Lee, Janay Fields, Nickheila John and Chazmin Fullwood placed second in 1:42.45. That group, along with the winners from Hampton, both broke the previous facility record.
Lee earned two other top-five finishes. She came in fourth in the 60 meters (7.77) and third in the 200 (25.60). Fullwood also recorded a top-five in an individual event, taking third in the 400 meters in 59.48 seconds.
NSU competes in the Penn State National meet next Friday and Saturday.
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Hornets Provide a Strong Showing in CNU Captain’s Invitational & Combined Events
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Delaware State track & field program completed its weekend slate with a handful of top performances in the two-day CNU’s Captain Invitational & Combined Events.
For the women, a team including Faleesha Dowe, Omealla Gordon, Leandra Nyemeck and Rayanna Relerford placed first (3:53.19) in the 4x400-Meter Relay, while Tiffany Woods also finished first (1:42.32) in the 600-Meter Run. Three Hornets also placed top 10 in the 800-Meter Run, led by Gordon crossing the finish line second with a time of 2:30.39, followed by Vanessa Whittingham (third – 2:31.68) and Relerford (fourth - 2:33.24).
In the 200-Meter Dash, Dowe (fourth – 25.93) and Trameceia Sample (10th – 26.92) placed in the top 10, while Nyemeck finished fourth with a time of 1:00.12 in the 400-Meter Dash. Sample, Raquel Hughes, Jennifer Goodman and Roselyn Oroyemi placed third in the 4x200-Meter Relay with a time of 1:44.77, followed by Deja Johnson, Lauren Woods, T. Woods and Fanta Ba finishing fourth (1:48.66). The field events for the Hornets, meanwhile, featured Castaysha Lewis (third - 10.97m) in the Triple Jump.
Other notable outings for the women included Dowe finishing fourth (3052) in the Pentathlon, followed by Johnson placing fifth (3019).
The men’s side featured Jonathan Jones placing third for the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 23.07. Also turning in notable performances were Charles Wulff-Cochrane (sixth – 3893) and Elijah Agwu (eight - 3443) in the Heptathlon.
The Columbia Blue & Red will be back in action next Saturday with Terrapin Invitational in Landover, Md.
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Eagles Win Two Events at UNCG Spartan Team Challenge
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sophomore Deontae Williams and junior Deandre James each recorded event victories to lead 12 top-5 performances by North Carolina Central University’s men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams at the UNCG Spartan Team Challenge on Sunday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Williams won the men’s 60-meter dash with a time of 7.02 seconds, and placed fifth in the 200m dash with a time of 22.88. He then joined teammates Victor Dunbar, Brett Boykin-Roach and Isaac Roberts to finish fifth in the 4x400m relay in 3:29.55.
James ran to victory in the men’s 800m race with a time of 1:57.50.
Runner-up efforts were posted by Markiara Staten in the women’s 60m dash (7.78), Jaleesa Smoot in the women’s 400m run (59.45) and Zoe Ellis in the women’s triple jump (11.80m/38’8.75”).
Among the other top-5 finishes by NCCU were Jedrek Higgins in the men’s 800m run (4th – 2:01.10), the women’s 4x400m relay squad (4th – 4:01.30), Joshua McClam in the men’s 60m dash (5th – 7.10), Kiana Seabrook in the women’s 400m run (5th – 59.79), and Jaszmine Bowman in the women’s weight throw (5th – 12.99m).
NCCU returns to Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29-30 for the JDL Hilton Garden Invitational.
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