Results


NORFOLK, Va., May 13, 2022 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) weathered a mid-day disruption from Mother Nature to complete the second day of the 2022 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Norfolk State University’s Dick Price Stadium.
 
Through seven events, Norfolk State leads the men’s team standings with 82.5 points, while Howard sits second with 50.5. North Carolina Central (39) and Morgan State (33) round out the top four spots.
 
On the women’s side, Morgan State holds the lead with 70 points through seven scored events (the hammer throw took place on Friday, but results were not available at press time). Norfolk State is second with 56 points, while Howard is third with 43 and North Carolina Central sits fourth with 18 points.
 
The first gold medal of the day went to Howard’s Minyarn Smalls. The indoor pentathlon champion won the outdoor heptathlon with 4,539 points. Smalls won the shot put and 200 meters, while also finishing second in the javelin and third in the 100-meter hurdles and high jump.
 
Tia Jackson of Morgan State followed by taking the women’s long jump, leaping 6.00 meters.
 
Johnelle Johnson tallied her second gold medal of the meet, taking the shot put with a distance of 13.93 meters. That goes with the discus title she won on Thursday.
 
The men’s shot put title went to Maryland Eastern Shore’s Nasir Neal-Watson, who recorded a distance of 15.50 meters. Norfolk State’s Joshua Peterson leaped 7.65 meters to take the men’s long jump.
 
Morgan State’s strong day continued when Rachel Field took gold in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11 minutes, 43 seconds.
 
The Bison closed out the day by clinching a sweep of the multi events, as Nathaniel Are gave Howard the men’s decathlon after recording 5,547 points. He won the shot put and discus throw, while placing second in the pole vault and the javelin.
 
Are also came in third in the 100 meters, long jump and high jump.
 
In preliminary action, Howard claimed the top three qualifying spots – and four of the top five – in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. Dylan Beard posted the fastest time with a 14.21, followed closely by Jermanie Byrd’s 14.25. In the women’s 100-meter hurdles, the Bison’s Kaya-Rae Dunbar and Jessica Wright qualified 1-2 at 13.86 and 14.18, respectively.
 
The women’s 400 meters saw Coppin State qualify 1-2, with Latifa Ali running a 53.44 and Kimani Alphonse a 54.75. The men’s 400 meters saw Janoi Brown of Maryland Eastern Shore clock a preliminary-best 47.77, followed by teammate Jahlahnee Watkins with a 47.96.
 
Howard also had the three fastest qualifiers in the women’s 100 meters, with Jessika Gbai running an 11.41 and Sherri-Anne Norton at 11.50 and Tiffani Rae Pittman at 11.77.
 
Coppin State’s Joseph Manu edged out Norfolk State’s Kai Cole in the men’s 100 meters, 10.19 to 10.23, for the fastest preliminary time.
 
In 800 meters, North Carolina Central’s Ariana Harrell (2:12.41, women) and Coppin State’s Amadou Ba (1:52.65, men) were the fastest qualifiers.
 
Saturday’s action will get underway at 8 a.m. with the men’s hammer throw – followed at 10 a.m. by the women’s pole vault, men’s triple jump and women’s javelin. Running events kick off at 1 p.m. with the women’s 4x100-meter relay.
 
The live stream on the MEAC Digital Network on YouTube will begin at 1 p.m.
 
For more information on the 2022 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, including schedule of events, live results and a link to Saturday’s live stream, visit the MEAC’s Championship Central page.
 
 
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.