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A L L SPORTS AW A RDS Southern's Jags are undisputed champs The recent conclusion of athletic ' competition for this term in the South western Athletic Conference was just the beginning of Southern University's claim as the elite power of the eight-team ? league. The Jaguars captured all three of the league's top all-sports awards for 91-V2, including the inaugural Commissioner's Trophy, symbolic of overall athletic supremacy in both men's and women's competition. Additionally, Southern won both the men's and women's all-sports trophies, finishing second ahead of Texas Southern in each. "It's a great feeling to know your program is as well rounded as the Com missioner's Trophy indicates," said Mari no Casern, Southern's athletic director. "It's a real tribute to what our people are doing. We have some great coaches and athletes. It's a reward for all of the hard work, time and dollars we put into our program. Southern's back to where it was in the past and we're proud of that. It makes us very happy." Southern captured the Commission er's Trophy with 107 points after winning four men's championships and one wom en's crown. Three SU women's teams fin ished second in their respective races. Following Southern were Texas Southern (91.S points), Mississippi Val ley State (71.5), Orambling (68.5), Jack son State (59.5), Alabama State (55), Alcorn State (53) and Prairie View A&M (53). In the battle for the men's all-spofts award. Southern was virtually unchal lenged, garnering 61 points to Texas Southern's 50. The Jaguars won titles in baseball, tennis, outdoor track and cross country while finishing third in basket ball, football and golf. Trailing Southern and Texas South ern in the men's all-sports ratings were Mississippi Valley State (37.5), Alabama State (36), Jackson State (34.5), Alcorn State (34), Grambling (34) and Prairie View A&M (22). The race for the women's all-sports trophy was a close battle between South ern and Texas Southern. The Lady Jaguars edged the Lady Tigers by just 4.5 points. Southern won only one women's champion slyp (cross country) compared to TSlTs three titles, but while Southern picked up eight points for second place in tennis, the Lady Tigers received no points because they did not field a full squad in the conference championship competition last month. Grambling (34.5 points), Mississippi Valley State (34), Prairie View A&M (31), Jackson State (25), Alabama State (19) and Alcorn State (19) rounded out the field of contenders for the women's all-sports trophy. a? Wmimm mmmm Kadtson State WM0 mm i^P ?Xy mm mm HP& sUPI ?TO& Black college sweep Continued from page 1 0 end, winning in 57.84. Guieldo crossed the line at 57.88. Taiye, in the meantime, provided A&M with additional points (58.91 for fourth place). Norfolk's Robin Turner fin ished seventh (1:02.02) and Omataya was eighth (1:05.43). Gloria Morgan secured A&M's final gold in an individual track event Morgan and Carrie Luis of Cal State-Stanisius staged a serious duel in the finals of the 800. The outcome wasn't determined until the race's late stages as Morgan pre vailed with a 2:07.19, nudging Luis who finished at 2:07.78. A&M fully expected to gets its hands on more gold in the 100 hurdles. Aladefa, after all, won the the indoor title this year and was the defending outdoor champ. But it just wasn't going to happen that way' this time. Aladefa finished second (13.53) and Cassandra Adams of North Carolina Central was fourth (13.70). The relay events belonged to A&M, to the point that it wasn't even close. In the 4 x 100, Kimberly Golden, Tameka Hutchins, Germaine Crocker and Alade fa ran 45.55 to dust off the second-place Norfolk team (Turner, Chavela Lee, Robb and Sturrup) that clocked 48.85. Hampton (Christiane ZeZe, Methella James, Danez Lyons and Jeannet Pusey) was fourth at 46.0 and St. Augustine's (Vernetta Evans, Catina Jordan, Tamora - Powell and Brown) placed sixth with a 46.93. The 4 x 400 was even more of a blow-out than the 4 x 100, which is what should have happened anyway. That's not a knock on the competition. But when you finish 1-2-4 in the open event, it means that other teams are hard matched to come up with an equalizer to be fairly competitive. Morgan and the three Akinremis, blasted the field in 3:35.61. Cal State-LA made a gallant effort, but all they could manage was a 3:40.03 for second place. Hampton (Julana McKenzie, Tanoka Bazemore, Mariska Stubbs and ZeZe) ran 3:4538 for fifth place. In the hepthatlon, Chikwelu tallied 5,181 points for second place based on her efforts in the javelin and shot put. Among hepthatletes, she had the best dis tance in the javelin (158-6 1/4) and was second in the shot (39-9 3/4). Chikwelu also competed in the regular javelin and finished fourth (151-4), missing third place by seven inches. The long jump was decided by less than a foot ? six inches to be precise. But Sturrup got the best of it with a 20-9 on what would have been her next to last jump. She opted to pass on her final jump and her mark held up. Seattle Pacific's Karin Greisson made a strong run, but came up a bit short at 20-8 1/2 and had to settle for the silver medal. NCCU's Adams (19-8 1/4) and Norfolk's Robb (19-7 3/4) finished fourth and fifth respectively. Arlene Knowles of Hampton Univer sity earned All-America honors in the high jump (5-4 1/2 for seventh place). Knowles, however, wasn't that far from the pack. Of the top nine jumpers, those finishing fourth through ninth all jumped 5-4 1/2. Final placing was based on fewer misses at that height - Craig T. Greenlee THE LAW FIRM OF GREESON AND GRACE, P.A. WISHES TO CONGRATULATE RECENT NFL DRAFTEES KEVIN LITTLE AND JOHN TERRY -N.C. 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