Savannah State Records Six Top-10 Finishes in Two Days at ETSU Invitational
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Savannah State men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams with six top-10 finishes at the ETSU / MSHA Athletic Center during two days on Friday and Saturday at the ETSU Buccaneer Invitational.
All six top-10 finishes came on the men’s side. Randy Thomas finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.32 in the final round and finished fourth in the semifinals with a time of 8.19 after finishing 14th with a time of 8.43 in the preliminary round. Savannah State’s 4x400-meter relay team of Todd Woodring, Donterious Copeland, Brandon Davis and Morgan Ellis-Foster finished third with a time of 3:18.61.
On the men’s field events, Malik Franklin finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.97 meters (49-1.50). Dolphurs Hayes finished ninth in the pole vault with a distance of 4.35 meters (14-3.25), while Connor Christian finished ninth in the shot put with a distance of 15.17 meters (49-9.25) and Copeland finished in 10th place in the triple jump with a jump of 14.44 meters (47-4.50).
Other men’s track results, Justin Leggett finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.18 and finished 32nd in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.07, while Nigel Brown finished 32nd with a time of 22.52 in the 200-meter dash and finished 39th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.12 and Antwuan Poole finished 33rd in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.08 and finished 45th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.69.
Woodring paced the Tigers in the 400-meter dash with a place of 16th in a time of 50.03, while Davis finished 32nd with a time of 50.89, Morgan finished 38th with a time of 51.04 and Andre Houser-Cross finished 63rd with a time of 52.09. Savannah State’s 4x400-meter relay team of Houser-Cross, Leggett, Franklin and Brown finished 11th with a time of 3:23.13.
Other men’s field results, Derrick Akins finished 25th in the weight throw with a distance of 13.12 meters (43-0.50), while Laron James finished 14th in the long jump with a jump of 6.87 meters (22-6.50) and Franklin finished 23rd with a distance of 6.47 meters (21-2.75).
On the women’s track results, Asia Stinson finished 14th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.81 in the preliminary round and finished 13th in the semifinals with a time of 7.78. Destiny Hall finished 21st in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.91, while Tyneshia Quarterman finished 40th with a time of 8.05 and Kiana Robinson finished 63rd with a time of 8.18.
Quarterman paced the Lady Tigers in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.72 to finish 22nd, while Stinson finished 35th with a time of 26.10, Hall finished 51st with a time of 26.45 and Robinson finished 54th with a time of 26.47.
Savannah State’s 4x400-meter relay team of Jahmee Reeves, Robinson, Miara Elmore and Quarterman finished 14th with a time of 4:05.11.
Sholonda Snell finished 28th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.51, while Reeves finished 90th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 64.73, while Elmore finished 94th with a time of 65.32.
On the women’s field results, Elmore finished 19th in the triple jump with a distance of 10.96 meters (35-11.5) and 35th in the long jump with a distance of 4.75 meters (15-7.00).
The men’s and women’s track and field teams start postseason play with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship starting on Feb. 11 in Landover, Md.
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Holloway, Brown shine at Armory Track Invitational
NEW YORK, N.Y. – In Hampton University track & field’s final tune-up before the MEAC Indoor Championships, seniors Trey Holloway and Ce’aira Brown shined this past Friday and Saturday at the Armory Track Invitational.
Holloway won the men’s 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.71 – just .01 seconds shy of his own school record. He has been ranked in the top five nationally throughout the indoor season, currently ranking third.
He also ran a 7.84 in the preliminary heats, qualifying straight to the final.
Holloway was also on the 4x200-meter relay squad – along with senior Jasper Savoy, freshman Jerrick Powell, and freshman Brenan Garrett – that came in fourth with a season-best 1:27.61.
Savoy was third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.78. He also ran a 6.74 in the semifinals.
Junior Rayon Black came in second in Division 4 of the 500-meter dash, running a season-best 1:03.15.
Sophomore Stanley Davis turned in a season-best 4:28.39 in the mile run.
Brown came in second in the women’s 800-meter run after turning in a time of 2:07.00. She currently ranks 17th in the nation in that event.
Senior Tanisha Greene posted the fifth-best time in the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash with a 24.33, setting a new season-best mark by just .02 seconds.
Graduate student Siobhan Ford-Holland jumped 12.12 meters (39 feet, 9.25 inches) to come in ninth in the triple jump.
The Pirates finished eighth in the final team standings, recording 25 points. Ohio State and South Carolina were tied atop the men’s team standings with 55 points each.
The Lady Pirates tied for 17th with eight points.
Senior Sulaiman Fareed competed in the men’s weight throw at the Vince Brown Invite on Saturday in Newport News, Va., tossing the implement 13.43 meters (44 feet, 0.75 inches) to come in 10th.
The 2016 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held Thursday through Saturday in the Prince George Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, Md.
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Leitch Secures Road To Headline Track Success in Boston
BOSTON, Mass. — Over the course of two meets in Beantown this past weekend, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) enjoyed many successes. But perhaps none were better than junior Shelasia Leitch breaking the women’s 60 meter hurdles record at the Scarlet & White Invitational on Saturday. Her effort capped off several first place finishes by the Hawks, leading to a solid finish at both Boston’s Scarlet & White and Harvard’s Crimson Elite.
Leitch raced to a time of 8.57 seconds in the finals at Boston University, ultimately finishing in third place. However, that tops Shavon Robinson’s time of 8.63 seconds back in 2005 to set the new school standard.
Overall as a team the men’s team totaled 52 points to finish fifth at Harvard and 22 in Boston to take 10th. The ladies finished slightly ahead in the standings at each meet, taking fourth with 29 points at the Crimson Elite and ninth with 33 points at the Scarlet & White.
On Friday, many of those who competed scored points, and a good number of those came in the mile run, which the Hawks swept. Junior Khalil Rmidi Kinini won the race with a time of 4:15.63, and was followed by freshman Oussama Chouati, sophomore Stanley Meli and junior Nassor Whitehead.
In other events at the Crimson Elite, junior Taj Showalter earned a new season high in the hurdles with a fourth place finish and a time of 8.25 seconds. Junior jumper Naje Benton took third in the triple jump with a distance of 14.20 meters and senior thrower Rico Duncan took points in both in the shot put and the weight throw. Duncan’s distance of 18.39 meters serves as a new collegiate high for him, and earned him a second place finish.
For the ladies, a sizable portion of the points came in the 400 meter dash. Sophomore Dypna Umunakwe took the runner up spot with a time of 58.15 seconds, and freshman Lenneisha Gilbert came in fourth exactly one second behind her teammate. Freshmen Alicia Colson (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) and Luan Gabriel also earned points in the event.
Out in the field, junior Shauntel Lucius earned a runner up position in the triple jump with a distance of 12.07 meters, and sophomore teammate Tanise Edwards also earned points with a sixth place finish. Senior Donisha Porter took seventh in the shot put to earn a pair of points for her team.
At Saturday’s Scarlet & White meet, points were harder to come by for the men, as Rmidi Kinini, Benton, and Duncan were the only three scorers, although graduate assistant coach Aaron Chatmon finished second in the 400 meter dash as an unattached runner.
There were, however, a few athletes who reached new heights as Hawks. Freshman Jalen Walker ran a 22.28 second 200 meter for a new collegiate high, and sophomore Donovan Mundy topped out at 1:55.86 in the 800 meter run for a new UMES high. Chouati’s time of 4:15.55 in the mile (his second runner up performance of the weekend) also serves as a new collegiate high.
The Lady Hawks got a point from Gilbert’s time of 57.03 seconds in the 400 meter dash, which also serves as a college best for the freshman. Junior Jennaya Hield earned her team three points with a sixth place finish in the 800 meters, and both Lucius and Edwards delivered a big contribution with a first and second place distance, respectively, in the triple jump. Edwards topped her college best with a new longest distance of 11.96 meters.
In the throws, Porter picked up where she left off the day before, coming in sixth with a throw of 12.96 meters in the shot put. Hawks sophomore Regyn Davis-Young joined her in the point scoring, setting a new standard for her with a 12.81 meter throw.
UMES hopes the momentum continues, because the team will compete in the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships beginning Thursday in Landover, Maryland.
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Trio paces FAMU men’s track and field in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It was the Dennis Show for the FAMU Men’s Track team this weekend at the University of South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational at Birmingham Crossplex in the final indoor meet of the season.
The Rattler thinclads featured three key performers with the first name Dennis – sprinter and hurdler Dennis Pugh; field events ace Dennis McGee; and distance runner Dennis Kipkosgei – who combined for four Top Five finishes.
Pugh, a returning All-America in the hurdles, placed fourth in both the 60 meter hurdles (8.14) and 400 meter dash (48.65), while McGee finished fifth in the triple jump (15.39m), and Kipkosgei placed third in the 5000 meters.
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