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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Feb. 23, 2022 – Norfolk State won four event titles on Wednesday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center en route to winning the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men’s indoor track & field championship in dominant fashion.
 
The Spartans won their first title since 2013 and their 11^th overall.
 
Norfolk State finished with 175 points to second-place Howard’s 125. Morgan State (90), Delaware State (73) and Coppin State (60) rounded out the top five.
 
Spartans head coach Kenneth Giles was named the meet’s Outstanding Coach.
 
Morgan State’s Kobe-Jordan Rhooms repeated as Outstanding Field Performer after medaling in all three jumping events. Howard’s Gavin Williams was named Outstanding Runner after winning two events and recording a second-place finish during the meet.
 
The men’s first gold medal of the day went to Norfolk State’s Regan Kimtai. Kimtai, who was the MEAC’s Outstanding Runner during the 2020 indoor championship with North Carolina A&T State, turned in a 4:21.98 to edge out Williams.
 
Peter Kamanu gave Delaware State a sweep of the pole vault titles, clearing 4.40 meters (14 feet, 5.25 inches) to take the men’s event. Morgan State’s Zackery Dillon won the men’s shot put with a mark of 17.07 meters (56 feet).
 
The first running event of the day went to Delaware State’s Tayshaun Chisholm, who ran a 7.92 to win the 60-metrer hurdles.
 
Norfolk State won its first gold medal of the day in the 400 meters, when Trequan Barnes took gold in 47.02. The Spartans’ Kai Cole followed with a blistering 6.66 to win the 60 meters. Cole then took the 200 meters after running a 20.77.
 
He was the only runner in that race to break the 21-second mark.
 
Howard’s Chase Drewery won the triple jump title with a leap of 15.39 meters (50 feet, 6 inches). The Bison also picked up a gold medal in the 3,000 meters, as Williams ran an 8:54.20 to go along with the 5,000-meter title he won on Monday.
 
The day ended with South Carolina State edging out Coppin State in the 4x400-meter relay, 3:13.64 to 3:13.65.
 
The top three finishers in each event were named All-MEAC.
 
 
Outstanding Runner: Gavin Williams, Howard
Outstanding Field Performer: Kobe-Jordan Rhooms, Morgan State
Outwstanding Coach: Kenneth Giles, Norfolk State
 
FIRST TEAM
Kai Cole, Norfolk State (60m, 200m), Trequan Barnes, Norfolk State (400m), Tayshaun Chisholm, Delaware State (60h), Amadou Ba, Coppin State (800m), Gavin Williams, Howard (3,000m, 5,000m), Devin Brewington, South Carolina State (4x400), Waddell Rembert-Jett, South Carolina State (4x400), Jaden Barker, South Carolina State (4x400), Tyler Jeffers, South Carolina State (4x400), Regan Kimtai, Norfolk State (Mile, DMR), Jeremiah Zellander, Norfolk State (DMR), Lelei Too, Norfolk State (DMR), Je’Shawn Walker, Norfolk State (DMR), Marvin Jones, North Carolina Central (HJ), Peter Kamanu, Delaware State (PV), Jeff Hammond, Coppin State (LJ), Chase Drewery, Howard (TJ), Zackery Dillon, Morgan State (Shot), Nnamdi Olebara, Howard (Weight), Camren Wynder-Hill, Norfolk State (Hept)
 
SECOND TEAM
Joseph Manu, Coppin State (60m, 4x400), Anthony Franklin, Norfolk State (200m), Jahlahnee Watkins, Maryland Eastern Shore (400m), Jermanie Byrd, Howard (60h), Tyler Jeffers, South Carolina State (800m), Ayoade Adebiyi, Howard (3,000m, 5,000m), Gavin Williams, Howard (Mile), Devion Bryant, Morgan State (DMR), Emmanuel Ibeh, Morgan State (DMR), Brandon Jones, Morgan State (DMR), Randy Serville, Coppin State (4x400), Amadou Ba, Coppin State (4x400), Jayeed Norbai, Coppin State (4x400), Nasir Wallace, Morgan State (DMR), Kobe-Jordan Rhooms, Morgan State (HJ), Joshua Goslee, Maryland Eastern Shore (PV), Lamar Davis, Morgan State (LJ), Isaac Haywood, Norfolk State (TJ), John Purvis, Morgan State (Shot), Dexter Ratliff, South Carolina State (Weight), Jahquan Christopher, Norfolk State (Hept)
 
THIRD TEAM
Anthony Franklin, Norfolk State (60m), Joseph Manu, Coppin State (200m), Ashane Beckford, Maryland Eastern Shore (400m), Darian Clyburn, Howard (60h), Randy Serville, Coppin State (800m), Je’Shawn Walker, Norfolk State (Mile), Evans Cheruiyot, Norfolk State (3,000m), Albert Norman, Delaware State (5,000m, DMR), Devin Smith, Delaware State (DMR), Malachi Little, Delaware State (DMR), Nathanael Guy, Delaware State (DMR), Gordon Lewis, North Carolina Central (4x400), Mackenson Yrelus, North Carolina Central (4x400), Isaiah Hunter, North Carolina Central (4x400), Donnell Carter, North Carolina Central (4x400), Joshua Sutton, Norfolk State (HJ), Kalon Jeffery, Norfolk State (PV), Kobe-Jordan Rhooms, Morgan State (LJ, TJ), Matthew Swepson, North Carolina Central (Shot), Michael Codrington, Howard (Weight), Julian Brown, Delaware State (Hept)
 

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.