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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Feb. 23, 2022 – Howard University played the numbers game to perfection on Wednesday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center, overwhelming the running events to claim its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s indoor track & field title in 33 years.
 
This marks Howard’s first indoor title since 1989 and its fourth overall.
 
The Bison finished with a meet-record 184 points, well ahead of second-place Norfolk State with 149. Morgan State (89), Delaware State (68) and Coppin State (52) rounded out the top five.
 
Bison head coach David Oliver was named the meet’s Outstanding Coach.
 
Minyarn Smalls, who on Tuesday won the MEAC title in the pentathlon, was named the meet’s Outstanding Field Performer.
 
The first gold medal of the day went to Delaware State’s Annalise Bond, who won the women’s pole vault after clearing 3.30 meters (10 feet, 10 inches). Morgan State’s Johnelle Johnson followed that up by taking MEAC gold in the women’s shot put with a toss of 13.35 meters (43 feet, 9.75 inches).
 
Kamillah Monroque of Coppin State, who on Tuesday won a gold medal as part of the Eagles’ distance medley relay squad, won individual gold on Wednesday in the day’s first running event, claiming the mile run in 5:07.99. She also took gold in the 800 meters after running a 2:14.74.
 
Monroque was named the meet’s Outstanding Runner.
 
Micah Fulton of North Carolina Central leaped 12.02 meters (39 feet, 5.25 inches) to win the women’s triple jump.
 
Howard’s march to the title began in the running events, and it started when Kaya-Rae Dunbar edged Norfolk State’s Indya Richards, 8.40 to 8.44, to take gold in the 60-meter hurdles. Howard’s Jessica Wright followed by taking the 400 meters in 53.20.
 
The Bison then won the 60 meters in another photo finish, as Sherri-Ann Norton edged out Coppin State’s Latifa Ali, 7.46 to 7.47. Howard had five finalists in that event.
 
Ali then won the MEAC title in the 200 meters, clocking in at 23.65.
 
South Carolina State’s Jada Banks, the 2021 MEAC cross country champion who on Monday won the gold medal in the 5,000 meters, added the 3,000 meters to her resume on Wednesday, taking the title with a time of 10:27.64.
 
The Bison capped the meet by setting a new record in the 4x400-meter relay, taking gold in 3:38.67.
 
The top three finishers in each event were named All-MEAC.
 
 
Outstanding Runner: Kamillah Monroque, Coppin State
Outstanding Field Performer: Minyarn Smalls, Howard
Outstanding Coach: David Oliver, Howard
 
FIRST TEAM
Sherri-Ann Norton, Howard (60m), Latifa Ali, Coppin State (200m), Jessica Wright, Howard (400m, 4x400), Kaya-Rae Dunbar, Howard (60h), Jada Banks, South Carolina State (3,000m, 5,000m), Ozioma Scott, Howard (4x400), Ameenah Saalish, Howard (4x400), Jessika Gbai (4x400), Jahmei Wyatt, Coppin State (DMR), Salomay Agyei, Coppin State (DMR), Claudina Constantine, Coppin State (DMR), Kamillah Monroque, Coppin State (800m, Mile, DMR), Tynneisia Wilson, Norfolk State (HJ), Annalise Bond, Delaware State (PV), Nikayla Fitzgerald, Howard (LJ), Micah Fulton, North Carolina Central (TJ), Johnelle Johnson, Morgan State (Shot), Arieana Parker, Norfolk State (Weight), Minyarn Smalls, Howard (Pent)
 
SECOND TEAM
Latifa Ali, Coppin State (60m, 4x400), Jessika Gbai, Howard (200m), Malika Pride, Norfolk State (400m), Indya Richards, Norfolk State (60h), Jahmei Wyatt, Coppin State (800m), Victoria Swepson, North Carolina Central (Mile), Joslyn Crosby, Howard (3,000m, 5,000m), Kmani Alphonse, Coppin State (4x400), Cathryn Lane, Coppin State (4x400), Shenelle Tomlinson, Coppin State (4x400), Ashanti Meyers, South Carolina State (DMR), Debrielle Williams, South Carolina State (DMR), Makylah Jones, South Carolina State (DMR), Jada Banks, South Carolina State (DMR), Diamond Moore, Morgan State (HJ), Ishana Asinor, Morgan State (PV), Naomi English, Maryland Eastern Shore (LJ), Attinuke Shittu, Maryland Eastern Shore (TJ), Leslie Young, Norfolk State (Shot), Diana Effiom, Howard (Weight), Jasmyn Hunter, Howard (Pent)
 
THIRD TEAM
Jessika Gbai, Howard (60m), Kimani Alphonse, Coppin State (400m), Alliyah Ottley, Morgan State (60h), Fridah Koech, Norfolk State (3,000m, 5,000m, DMR), Malika Pride, Norfolk State (200m, DMR), Tynniesia Wilson, Norfolk State (DMR), Kara Grant, Norfolk State (800m, Mile, DMR), Tanryn Thorn, South Carolina State (4x400), Ra’Necia Brown, South Carolina State (4x400), Jasmaine Donovan, South Carolina State (4x400), Debrielle Williams, South Carolina State (4x400), Shonte Seale, Norfolk State (HJ), Destiny Hooks, Norfolk State (PV), Inara Shell, Morgan State (LJ), Ja’Tae Joyner, Howard (TJ), Minyarn Smalls, Howard (Shot), Leslie Young, Norfolk State (Weight), Dahja Price, Norfolk State (Pent)
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 51^st year of intercollegiate competition with the 2021-22 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.