Lady Rams win another CIAA crown
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The Winston-Salem State University Lady
Rams Cross Country team won the 201 1 Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (C1AA)
Women's Cross Country Championship last
Thursday morning at the WakeMed Soccer Park
in Cary, earning their second straight conference
championship.
The men's squad placed a close second in the
C1AA Men's Cross Country
Championship.
The Lady Rams had to
step up their efforts to bring
home the title as the team
held off a talented Virginia
State team that also put on
an impressive performance
at the meet. The Lady Rams
totaled 31 points to narrow
ly edge out the Lady
Trojans, who totaled 33
points at the meet.
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"We displayed big heart and the right atti
tude," WSSU Cross Country Head Coach Inez
Turner said following the meet. "The ladies were
tough."
Four WSSU runners earned AII-C1AA honors
by placing in the top ten of the meet. WSSU
sophomore Brittney Killebrew led the Lady
Rams to the championship, winning the individ
ual title for the second straight year. She finished
the 5K course in 19: 1 1 .2. Junior Manuela Rigaud
placed fourth in the event with a 20:10.1, while
fellow junior Tyrah Winfrey finished a close fifth
at 20:20.3. Sophomore Kristi Baptiste rounded
out the top ten with a ninth-place finish in
20.43.0.
WSSU Photo by Garrett Garms
Members of the Lady Rams Cross Country team pose after a recent meet.
"We focused on running in a pack, staying
together, and not letting anyone pass us,"
Killebrew said. "This feels great. It's never going
to get old."
The men gave a great effort in the meet, total
ing 47 points and finishing just three points
behind the eventual champion Shaw Bears' 44
points. WSSU junior Andrew Chebii won the
2011 individual championship with a time of
24:32.0 in the men's 8K run. The WSSU senior
duo of Desmond Wiggan and Aaron Barnes
placed third and fourth to round out the WSSU
top ten finishers. Wiggan placed third with a
26:01.7 while Barnes was a close fourth with a
26:04.9.
Last week's meet completes the 2011 regular
season, but the Rams and Lady Rams will look
ahead to the NCAA Division II Atlantic
Regionals at Slippery Rock University on
Saturday, Nov. 5. Qualifiers from the regionals
will advance to compete in the NCAA Division II
National Championships.
WSSU riding high on football polls
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Winston-Salem Stale University
is at #9 in the latest American
Football Coaches Association
(AFCA) Division II Coaches' Top 25
Poll.
The team remains undefeated for
the season after a decisive 59-7 win
against Edward Waters on Saturday,
when the WSSU gained 562 yards of
total offense, while holding Edwards
Waters College to just 130 yards.
Defensively for WSSU. Alton
Keaton and Akeem Ward led the team
with seven tackles each. Keaton (six
solos, one assist) also had one tackle
for a loss, while Ward (four solos,
three assists) finished with one and a
half sacks, two and a half tackles for
loss and one pass breakup. Antonio
Gates had five tackles (four solos),
one sack, one tackle for loss and one
forced fumble. Duvontae Covington
also finished with five tackles (four
solos) and a fumble recovery.
Jermaine Kesler also had a sack, and
Carlos Fields had a half a sack. Brian
Williams had a fumble recovery and
Tyrone Goldston had a forced fumble
that was the hit of the game on a sec
ond half kickoff that dislodged the
runner from the ball.
With the win. WSSU moves to 8
0 overall. 6-0 in the CI A A Southern
Division. The Rams are 8-0 for the
first time since 1978.
The win also helped the Rams
solidify its place atop the Heritage
WSSU Photo by Garrrtt (iarms
WSSU and Edward Waters players wail during the toss.
Sports Radio Network (HSRN)
Division II Top 10 poll. Each week
during the 2011 season. HSRN staff
and writers, along with selected
media representatives and SIDs. will
rank Historical Black Colleges
Division I FCS and NCAA Division
II teams.
This week marks the fifth consec
utive week that WSSU has been the
unanimous HSRN choice for the top
spot.
The team will try to keep its win
ning streak going this Saturday as
they host Shaw.
St. Aug wins first on-campus game
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Playing its first-ever football con
test on campus. Saint Augustine's
College put together a complete game
to knock off Johnson C. Smith
University 34-15 on Saturday, Oct. 22
in front of an overflowing
Homecoming crowd of
nearly 5.200 at the George
Williams Athletic
Complex.
The Falcons got contri
butions from all three
phases - -offense." defense
and special teams. CIAA
passing leader Teddy
Bacote threw for 1 83 yards
and two touchdowns, and
Deonte Toliver rushed for
91 yards and two touch
downs for the Falcons,
who gained 332 offensive yards and
were 4-for-4 in red zone scoring
chances.
Defensively, Chaz Robinson had a
game-high 16 tackles and led a
defense which slowed quarterback
Keahn Wallace, the CIAA total
offense leader, who passed for 195
yards and two interceptions. Michael
Lima booted two field goals for the
first time in his short career, including
Cosla
a 44-yarder which was two yards off
the modem school mark.
It all added up to a historic win
over an improved Johnson C. Smith
squad.
"We came out to make history," St.
Aug Head Coach Michael Costa said.
"Opening up on our home field, we
didn't want to be losers."
The victory satisfied the
crowd, who headed to the
tailgate areas afterward.
Many had waited anxiously
to see the Falcons play in
their own stadium since
football returned in 2002.
Costa received the tradi
tional Gatorade bath after
the victory. School presi
dent Dr. Dianne Boardlcy
Suber, who is responsible
for bringing football back
to St. Aug, was given the game ball.
George Williams, the iconic track
coach and school's athletic director
whom the stadium is named after, was
overjoyed by the win. Williams, Dr.
Suber and Board of Trustee President
Hilton Smith each spoke at halftime.
The Falcons (3-5 overall, 2-3
CIAA) snapped a three-game losing
streak. They will play Livingstone on
Saturday.
Former
Bronco
finds new
NFL home
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The NFL dream is far
from over for Richard
Medlin.
A few weeks after he was
released by the New
England Patriots, the former
Fayetteville State star
latched on with the Miami
Dolphins, who signed
Medlin to their practice
squad in late September.
Medlin rushed for 66
yards on 20 carries while
adding 39 yards on six
receptions and scored two
touchdowns in his NFL pre
season debut before being
waived _
by the
Patriots
during
final cuts
on Sept.
3. Medlin
had
signed
with New
England Medlin
as an
undrafted free agent follow
ing a sparkling career at
Fayetteville State. Medlin
was signed by the Dolphins
after the team waived two
time Pro Bowler Larry
Johnson.
As a member of the
Dolphins' eight-man prac
tice squad. Medlin earns
$5,700 a week. He is not eli
gible to play in games, but
does participate in team
practices and meetings. He
works out as a running back
and in special teams. He can
be signed to Miami's active
53-man playing roster if the
team chooses to do so, and is
wearing jersey No. 38.
Medlin saw extended
playing time in the Patriots'
first preseason game on
Aug. 11, rushing 14 times
for 54 yards and two touch
downs. His first carry as an
NFL running back went for a
2-yard touchdown early in
the fourth quarter of New
England's 47-12 victory
over the Jacksonville
Jaguars in the Patriots'
Gillette Stadium.
Medlin was a constant
for the Fayetteville State
University Broncos during
his college career. A dynam
ic kickoff and punt returner,
Medlin was the Broncos'
leading kick returner in
2010, while being the fea
tured back in the offense. He
was a key cog in a Broncos'
offense that helped
Fayetteville State earn its
third CIAA championship in
2009. Medlin rushed for 667
yards and a team-high 10
touchdowns.
UMES honors legendary coach
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In her 14th year as coach of the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) women's bowling
team, head coach Sharon Brummell has accom
plished a lot.
Three National Championships, five MEAC
Championships, 20 All-America players, five
MEAC Coach of the Year awards and two National
Coach of the Year honors are just a few of the more
notable recognitions. Beyond the hardware howev
er, Brummell has brought joy, pride, exposure and
recognition to the small Princess Anne, Md. cam
pus and recently, the school publicly thanked her
for her efforts.
In a ceremony open to the campus and attended
by current and former campus dignitaries and cur
rent and former players. Brummell's parents and
family, the bowling lanes were formally named the
Sharon D. Brummell Bowling Lanes.
"I can't believe this is happening," said
Brummell in a speech at the event. "People ask me
how you become a champion and I look around this
room and answer, 'This is how you become a cham
pion." You have people who support you in what
you do," she told the large crowd packed inside the
bowling center.
The six lane center, housed on campus in the 10
year old Student Services Center (SSC), is used for
student recreation as well as by the team as one of
their two practice facilities. The lanes are adorned
with championship banners, photos of all the All
America bowlers from the school's history, all
MEAC Photo
Coach Brummell thanks the crowd.
coached by Brummell, photos of the national cham
pionship wins and a newly placed mural above the
lanes of Brummell throughout her coaching career.
Director of Athletics Keith Davidson said the
tribute was well-deserved.
"This is a more than deserved honor," he said.
"What this woman has accomplished in her sport is
amazing. Three national titles in four years and to
be the first woman to win an NCAA title and the
first African-American to win the NCAA and
USBC Collegiate titles, what else do you need to
solidify yourself as a legend in this sport? I think I
can say with certainty that she is not only one of the
best bowling coaches in the country, but one of the
best college coaches in the country, period."