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INDOOR TRACK NATIONALS Is this a St. Aug's dynasty or what? The fact that St Augustine's men's team was such an overwhelming factor at the NCAA Division H Indoor Track & Field Championships was hardly a surprise. The SAC men won national titles in six different events, including all of the jumping events. ^ This was tlje fifth straight indoor crown for the Falcons, who blasted all comers, win ning the team title by 62 points. The Falcons soared above apd far beyond everything in sight By meet's end, they had accumulated 98 points. Southeast Missouri State was * very distant second with 36 points. Hampton University was the only other black college team to finish among the lop ten. The Pirates finished with 17 points which was good enough for sixth place in the team standings. In the women's competition, Abeline Christian won the team title with 72 points. But the black colleges didn't fare badly, with three teams finishing among the top five. St Augustine*s led the black college contingent with a second place finish (28 points). Hampton University finished in a two-way tie with Southeast Missouri State for third place (26 points each), while Nor folk State was fifth with 23 points. Here's a review of the action at the championships, which were held at the Uni versity of South Dakota's DakOtadome at Vermillion, SD. MEN'S COMPETITON Sprints/hurdles/relays - The Falcons flew to greater heights by winning the hur dles, 400 and the 4 \400 relay. Charles Johnson got sweet revenge in taking the 55 hurdles in 7.23, besting second place Wendell Edwards of Abeline Christian who clocked 7.27. Johnson, who is the two time outdoor hurdles champ, finished a dis appointing fifth at last year's indoor nation als. In the 400, Antonio Petti grew was the crerae de la creme, crosssing the finish line in 47.43. Southeast Missouri State's Terrence Branch (47.74) made a strong effort to come through at the end, but it wasn't enough. Duane Johnson, another Falcon was third at 48.26 while Hampton's Johnnie Barnes, the defending outdoor 400 champ, placed fourth *48j6* Kenneth Brokenburr, didn't fare quite as well in the 55 meters as the defending cham pion. Going into the race, folks figured it would be a rematch between Brokenburr and Hamoton's Terrence Wvren. Broken - burr won that round last winter and Warren got even by winning the outdoor 200 last May. This time, however, Wayne Watson of New York Tech upset the order of finish, streaking home in 630 to Brokenburr's 631. >tanen finished fourth at 638. Ptuigrew and hit SAC mates encoun tered few problems in breezing to first place in the 4 x 400 (3:15.67), winning by more than second over Southeast Nfiaouri Stale (3:1639). Pettigrew teamed with Fitzroy *WJ lliii IP -?! liilPfeS Jgm ip "? /? x'v1 W^gW^H>^m neft 9WM, l?S li mmmmmmmmMmmmmmmrn Morrison, Brokcnburr and Duane Johnson to wrap up the Falcons' team victory. Norfolk State (Harold McCants, John Davenport, Spencer Jamison and Aaron Ledbetter) ran a 3: 17.86 to take third place in that relay. Jumping events - St Aug's left a lot of people in a daze on the track. But in the jumping events, tbey ruled completely. In the long jump, for example, Mark Mason led t trio of SAC jumpers, wmnmg . m 24-11 to oiiriittancc teammate Keith Hoi ley who was second at 24-5 1/2. Jeffrey Gary grabbed the No. 3 spot with a leap of 24-0 1/4. Damn Moore earned another fust-place finish for the Falcons by maintaining his composure and form to win the high jump with a 7-1 1/2. Moore was last year's indoor runner-up. The competition in this event was very competitive. Only 1 1/4 inches separated the top four jumpers. The jumpers finishing behind Moore all had jumps of 7-0 1/4, but the final outcome of how they plaoed was determined by fewer misses. Abeline Chris tian's Mike Greer was second and St Aug's Ian Thompson finished third. Holley showed his mettle by placing second in the long jump, but he took things to another level by winning the triple jump hands down at 52-5 1/2. Hampton's Thomas Brown was his closest competitor at 49-7. SACs TYacey Johnson was fourth in this event (48-8). WOMEN'S COMPETITION Black college women captured three individual national titles, one in the middle distance runs, the other two in the sprints. Meanwhile, there were some other notable performances that saw black collegians fin ish among the top four in their respective events. Here's what transpired. On the oval - Hampton's Lola Ajayi emerged as the eventual victor in a highly competitive 800 meters. Ajayt had enough stamina Jeft at the end to win in 2:11.02, - edging Marlene Wilcox of California Suae - Los Angeles, who clocked 2:11.07. In the 55 meters^ four black collegians finished among the final eight. Jeannet Pusey of Hampton placed second (7.10) and Norfolk State's Judith Lawrence was fourth with a 7.19. Additionally, Lawrence cap tured third place in the 400 meters (56.93). Hampton's Melleasenah Williams entered the finals of the 55 meter hurdles as, the defending champ from *90 who figured to repeat. But it just wasn't to be. Williams finished third (8.17), missing second place by fractions of a second (Abeline Christian's Chelsa lancaster was No. 2 at 8.09). Lan caster's teammate Sylvia Dyer proved to be totally dominant, winning in 7.99. Patrice Irby, University of the District of Columbia, finished fourth (8.22). Norfolk Suite's 4 x 400 relay team came * through with an All-American performance, finishing fourth in 3:54.1 1 . Chantelle Evans, Carlene Robb, Robin Turner and Lawrence comprised the NSU quartet. ? Field events ?? The jumping events were the highlight of the meet for black col lege women. In the long jump, St. Augustine's finished 1-2, thanks tt> Cynthia Badge ti and Irish Holmes. For Barigptt, her crown ummmi jMaafc* as the two-time champ. She won with a leap of 20-1 3/4. Holmes jumped 19-2 1/4. Holmes, however, came back to garner a title of her own in dominating the triple jump, wiining with a 41-3 3/4. Norfolk State's Angela Williams, who barely missed out on second place by a little over two inch es, finished third in the competition at 40-7. The shot put turned out to be a two-way battle for supremacy between Saginaw Val ley Stale's Sue Breternitz and Lincoln Uni versity's Kimberly Sanford. This duel was deckled by less ten three inches. Breternitz won in 48-0 3M to SanfonTs 47-9 1/4. Chan dra Johnson of Norfolk Sttfe finished fifth at 45-3. ? Dan Wesley
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