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Oshuh "Willi amstook the 800 in 1:56.60 and Wiley .vavsecontf .ar.\ 1:56.63. Bernard Dillard of Morehouse claimed the third spot at 1:56.80. The 1,500 was another case of A&M tak ing center stage. But it was close as Whaley (4:04.03) edged A&M running mate Robert Henderson (4:04.49) at the tape. The 5,000 was won by Morehouse's Franklin Wilkerson (15:58.5 6). In the field events, the triple jump turned out to be a battle of Morehouse teammates, who pulled off a 1-2-3 sweep. Richard Williams won with 49-6, Abrams was second at 48-7, and Greg White's 47-11 3/4 was good enough for third place. Abrams came back to take the long jump at 24-5 1/4. The eventual champ won a tight duel with Clark/Atlanta's Millard Hamilton who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in April. Hamilton was only fractions of an inch away from victory. He jumped 24-4 1/2. A&Ms Washington bested all comers in the high jump with a leap of 6-5 3/4. Ken Brown and Otis Moss, both of Morehouse, cleared 6-3 3/4. But Brown finished second (on fewer misses) while Moss was third. Terrance Smith (Alabama A&M) and Jamie Freeman (Gark/Atlanta) produced the top performances in the pole vault. Both cleared 12-0. The discus competition belonged strictly of Valley State's Fenderson. His 155-2 3/4 heave outdistanced second place Ben Strange of Alabama A&M (134-9 1/4). But the shot put turned out to be a more closely contested affair. Morehouse's Mark Reese won with a throw of 46- 3 3/4, beating out Alfredo Givens of Savannah State (45-0). Savannah's Chad Smith dominated the javelin, winning with a 204-5 1/2. Fenderson was second at 160-2. * Women's Division Aside from Morgan's demolition job on the opposition at the longer distances, A&Ntfs Taiwo Aladefa was busy wreaking havoc at the shorter distances. Aladefa captured firsts in the 100 (11.85), 200 (24.86), 100 hurdles Above, Denlsha Carr of A&M bolts from the blocks in the 400. Below, Clark/Atlanta's David Benjamin (173) brings the stick home In the 4 X 100 relay. . *04.95).3S well as the 4 * 100 relay. The ex ,* 'lifnfe'ATdfefawas feMf-ptetC&tf&'ih'l hurdles, when second-place Ivy Banks Clark/Atlanta finished within striking d lance at 1517. . Lady Bulldogs quartermiler Oenisha G encountered no problems in whipping tl field in the 400. Carr won in 57.30, whi Fort Valley Stale's Marie Alderman was se ond at 58.51. Perhaps the most competitive womer, race came in the 400 intermediate hurdle And wouldn't you know it. It just happened I . be an A&M sweep. Tiaye Akinremi wo -J comfortably in 1:01.46. Kim Thomas cam through in second (1:04.88) and Lyandr Emmanuel finished third (1:05.71). Morgan was overwhelmingly dominan Nobody ever got close enough to her lo gjv her any kind of push in the distance runs. H< winning times: 800 (2:11.85); 1,50 (4:48.07); 3,000 (12:55.68); 5,0C (19:35.06). A&M continued its blasting of the oppt sition in the relays. The Lady Bulldogs (Kii Golden, Tameka Hucthins, Tauje Akinren and Aladefa) won the 4 x 100 by more thi . two seconds, which is a huge margin ito w by n a sprint relay. Fort Valley Slate ended i second (49.50) and Albany State finish* third at 49.86. The 4 x 400 was even more of a mL match as the A&M foursome of Tauje Akii remi, Morgan, Carr and Kareen Abidin cruised to victory in 4:01.92. Tuskegee was distant second at 4:15.41 and Clark/Atlani was third (4:2835). In the field events, Flakes earned h( MVP honors with a 37-7 effort in the trip! jump and a 5-2 in the high jump. Hutchin won the long jump, topping the field at 19 3/4. The discus competition was won b A&M's Angela Scales (129-2 1/4) and Chin I weoke Chikwelu, also of A&M captured firs ! place in the javelin ( 1 29-3 3/4). A&M shot putter Esther Ikomi, last year'; i runner-up at the Division II nationals, won a: expected. Her winning toss was 39-8 1/4. - Rolando Simmons
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