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WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK . and Alabama A&M nets its first-ever In its first-ever appearance at the indoor track nationals, Alabama A&M walked off with the team title at the Division II women's champi onships last month, thereby com pleting what proved to be a black college sweep for indoor track. St. Augustine's won the men's title (see page 6). The Lady Bulldogs' 67 points gave them a comfortable cushion over No. 2 Abeline Christian (25 points). Cal State-Los Angeles tied for second with AC and Norfolk State was third with 32 points. North Carolina Central was the only other black college team placing among the top 10 (the Lady Eagles finished in a three-way tie for eighth place inthe team race with 10 points). Coach Joseph Henderson's team won this meet with some very credi ble performances on the track, as four A&M ladies won national titles. The following is a description of how the action unfolded in Michigan. The Lady Bulldogs owned the open 400 as four women finished among the final eight. Omotayo Akinremi led the way by hitting the tape in first place with a 55.75. Omolade Akinremi wasn't far off that pace in second place at 55.88. Taiye Akinremi finished fifth (56.10) and Shelly Beckford was as the queen of the sticks with her sixth at 56.63. victory in the 55-meter hurdles. A&M's Taiwo Aladefa emerged Aladefa's 7.71 established a new Women's All-America list \ Listed below are black collegians who earned All-American status in the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. All-America status is attained by finishing among the top eight in the respective events . The Alabama A&M Taiwo Aladefa - 55 meter hurdles*, 55 meters Omotayo Akinremi - 400 meters*, 4 x 400 relay Omolade Akinremi - 400 meters, 4 x 400 relay Taiye Akinremi - 400 meters, 4 x 400 relay Shelly Beckford - 400 meters Gloria Morgan - 800 meters*, 4 x 400 relay Tameka Rutchins - Long jump* Norfolk State Chandra Sturrup - 55 meters, 4 x 400 relay, long jump Carlene Robb - 55 meters, 4 x 400 relay Robin Turner - 55 meter hurdles, 4 x 400 relay Tanya Lawrence - 4 x 400 relay Angela Williams - High jump, triple jump Natasha Johnson - Triple jump North Carolina Central Cassandra Adams - 55 meter hurdles Evangela Booker - 55 meter hurdles, 800 meters Hampton University Jean net Pusey - 55 meters Lota Ajayi - 800 meters, 4 x 400 relay Christiana Zeze - 4 x 400 relay Mariska Stubbs - 4 x 400 relay Tamka Bazemore - 4 x 400 relay St. Augustine's VaJeska Brown - 55 meters meet record. North Carolina Cen tral's Cassandra Adams finished sec- ~ ond and was the only other hurdler to break eight seconds (7.94). Other I black collegMfePplacing in the finals were Robin Turner of Norfolk State (fourth place ? 8.17) and Evangela Booker of North Carolina Central (eighth place ? 8.29). Track Queens At left are tour prime reasons why Alabama A&M won this year's Divi sion II Women's Indoor track title. Kneeling (from extreme left) are Talye Aklnreml and Gloria Morgan. Standing (from extreme left) are Omotayo and Omolade Aklnreml. Photo by Isaac Corker In the 800, Gloria Morgan emerged as the ultimate victor, fin ishing in 2:10.70, besting Edin boro's Marty Marczak (2:11.17). Hampton University's Lola Ajayi came through with a fourth place finish (2:13.60) and Booker ran 2:14.13 to finish in fifth place. The. remaining track events did n't produce any national champions from black colleges. Nevertheless, black collegians garnered a hefty share of AU-American finishes. In the 55-meter dash, five black College women attained All-AmeriT ca status. Aladefa was second (6.98); Norfolk's Chandra Sturrup was third (7.06); Carlene Robb, fifth place (7.13); St. Aug's Valeska Brown, sixth (7.17); and Hampton's Jeannet Pusey, seventh (7.26). Similiar things happened in the 4 x 400 relay. Alabama A&M (Mor gan plus the Okinremis ? Omolade, Omotayo and Taiye) came in second at 3:48.09; T^e Hampton foursome of Ajayi, Christiane Zeze, Mariska Stubbs and Tamika Bazemore cov ered tlje distance in 3:51.71 for fourth^place; and Norfolk State (Robb, Sturrup, Turner and Tanya Lawrence) finished sixth with a time of 3:55.10. The field events saw an A&M athlete at> another meet record. Long jumper Tameka Hutchins set a new standard with a 20-5 effort. Sturrup was the national runner-up at 19-6 1/2. In the triple jump, black col leges held up well in the competi tor Norfolk State's Angela Williams finished second at 39-8 3/4 and teammate Natasha Johnson (38-3 1/4) placed sixth. - Stanton Blackwell April 1992 -Pag# 7
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