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NCA&T Sports Photo
I CAN FLY: With his
hometurf scoreboard in
the background, A&T's
Via soars to third place
finish in the East
Regional triple jump.
T 15 HBCU TRACKSTERS QUALIFY FOR D1
NATIONALS; 74 EARN D2 ALL-AMERICAN
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TO THE
FINISH
UNDER THE BANNER
VWATS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
HEADED TO NATIONALS: Eleven (11)
Mid Eastern Athletic Conference athletes and four athletes from
the Southwestern Athletic
Conference have qualified for the
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and
Field Championships based on per
formances at regional sites last week
end. Southern long jumper Monica
Robinson. Hampton triple jumper
Yvette Lewis and Jackson State 400
meter hurdler Michael Tinsley will
compete in the nationals as regional
FAMU Sports Photo , . _
champions. Robinson, who won the
HARGETT: FAMU
sprinter will compete for ™AC long jump ntle, was crowned
national titles in trie 100 Rdgnmtil champion m
and 200 meters. Knoxville with a leap of 6.40 Meters
(2 rO"). After winning the 2006 NCAA
Indoor Championship in the women's triple jump, Lewis took one
step closer to adding an outdoor crown to her resume when she
won the NCAA East Regional on the campus of N. C. A&T in
Greensboro with a meet record jump of 13,73m (45'.5"). Tinsley
broke his previous Mideast Regional record in the 400 hurdles,
setting a new mark of 48,63 and capturing the championship title.
Joining the regional champions from the East Regional will be
Kellie Wells. Terry Thornton and the 4x400m relay team of
Lester Caesar. Terrance Burton. Andrew Peresta and
Thornton, of Hampton, A&T's Courtney Clark and Brandon
Via. Lauren McNary and Jacoby DuBose of Howard and
Florida A&M sprinter Chris Hargett- Additional HBCU quali
fiers from the Mideast Regional were Alabama State's Arthur
Hinton and Jackson State's Joel Williams. Wells finished fifth
in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.17. This will be her second
trip to the championships after qualifying in 2004. After strug
gling to an eighth place finish in the llOin hurdles, Thornton
placed fourth in the 400 hurdles to earn his second trip to the
finals in three years. In the final event of the day, the Hampton
relay team ran what is believed to be a school record 3:05.49 to
finish third in the 4x400 relay. It will be the first trip to the
NCAA-Championships for Thornton's teammates. Clark took
advantage of familiar surroundings by finishing fifth in the 400
meter hurdles with a time of 58.98, Three weeks ago she broke
the A&T school record in the 400 hurdles at the MEAC Outdoor
Championships on the same track. She and teammate Via, who
finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 16.04m will be
making their first trip to the nationals. McNary eamed her spot by
finishing fourth in the 400 meter dash while DuBose placed fifth
in the 110 hurdles. FAMU's Hargett was a double qualifier, fin
ishing third in the 100m dash (10.23) and fifth in the 200m dash
(20.78). JSU’s Williams made the list by finishing fifth in the 800
meter dash posting a time of 1:49.26. Bama State’s Hinton quali
fied when he tied for third place in the high jump (5.5m).
The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Finals will
be held June 7-10 at Hornet Stadium on the campus of
Sacramento State in Sacramento, CA.
NCAA DIV. II TRACK ALL-AMERICANS
WOMEN
ALBANY STATE: Jana Mrozkova - triple jump BOWIE STATE: Ricci Alleyne •
400mh; Timberly Bolden - high jump; Tyhier Davis - 4xl00m relay; Jennifer Geter •
4xl00m relay; Dominique Metcham - 4xl00m relay; DaMara Parrish • long Jump,
4xl00m relay FORT VALLEY STATE: Lynnsey Dailey - lOOm, lOOmh’, 400mh*
LINCOLN: Nikita McCree - 4x400m relay*; Kelly Marshall • 800m; Janika Martell -
lOOm*. 200m*. 4xl00m relay*: Jody-Ann Powell • lOOm, 4xl00m relay*; Davita
Prendeigas! - 200m, 400m*, 4x4CI0m relay*; Karen Robinson • lOOm, 200m, 4xl00m
relay*; Kerry-Ann Robinson - heptathlon: Monique Robinson - 4x400m relay*;,Carla
Thomas - lOOmh. 400mh, 4xl00m relay*, 4x400m relay* N. C. CENTRAL: Ambria
Alexander - 4x400m relay; Sharonda Arnold - 400m, 4xl00m relay, 4x400m relay;
Christina Harris - 4xl00m relay, 4x400m relay; Tyfia Lee - 4xl00m relay. 4x400m
relay; Jessica Mills - triple jump*; Tiffany Mitchell - 4xl00m relay ST. AUGUS
TINE'S: Marquita Davis - lOOmh: Johnsie Liles • 200m. 400m, 4xl00m relay; Kim
Moore - 4x400m relay; Dana Robinson • 400mh, 4xl00m relay; Doris Thompson • shot
pul; Erica Young • 400m, 4xl00m relay VIRGINIA STATE; Aishah Mujahid - Uiple
jump
MEN
ALBANY STATE: Samuels Brandon - 4xl00m relay; Lamario Hall -4xl00m relay
Brandon Rhoulac - high jump, triple jump; LaQuan Sumpter • 4xl00m relay; Josuha
Williams-4xl00m relay BENEDICT: David Wheeler • llOmh BOWIE STATE:
Robert DeVauI - high jump FORT VALLEY STATE: Xavier Glenn • 4xl00m relay
Xavier Hair - 4x100m relay; Samuel Lucas - 4x100m relay; Jeffery Mosley -4x100m
relay LINCOLN: Laurence Dell - 100m.4xl00m relay; Fabian Felix - 400m.4x400m
relay; Carlington Marsh - 400m. 4x400m relay; Jody Muscheite - 4xl00ni relay;
Triston Pinnock • 4x400m relay; Antwane President - 400mh, 4xl00m relay; Pete
Smith - I lOmh, 4xl00m relay; Michael Trusty - 4x400m relaytWilberl Walker - long
jump*, triple jump*; Decosma Wright • I lOmh*. decathlon MOREHOUSE: Cameron
Dayne - 200m, long jump; Randall Flimmons - long Jump; Keith Moffait- high jump*;
Damian Prince - 400mh: Dominic Smith - triple jump N. C. CENTRAL: Maurice
Gailey - 200m, 4xl00m relay, 4x400m relay; Brandon Jones - 800m. 4x400m relay;
Jason Jow-ers - 4xl00m relay: Hakeem Mohammed - 200m. 400m, 4xl00m relay,
4x400m relay; Dorian Turner - 4xl00m relay, 4x400m relay ST. AUGUSTINE'S:
Unyime Akpan • llOmh; Edgar Bermudez - 800m; Dennis Btxme - 4xl00m relay;
Philippe DeRosier - 100m, 200m*, 4xl00m relay; Lurias Eugene - 4x400m relay;
Dwayne Greenidge - 4X!00m relay; Fabian Hutchinson - long jump; Joe Kindred -
high jump, long jump, triple jump; Travon Lee - 200m. 4xl00m relay. 4x400m relay;
Alvin Miles • 400mh* Tim Riley - 4x400m relay; Jaiiiaal Torrance • 400m, 4x400m
relay STILLMAN: Brian Witherspoon • 100m
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THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
BCSP Notes
Bethune-Cookman, Prairie View
head to NCAA Div. I baseball regionals
MEAC champion Bethune-Cookman will be traveling to Oxford.
Mississippi while SWAC champion Prairie View travels crosstown in
Houston to take on top-ranked Rice as play begins this weekend in the
NCAA Div. I Baseball Championships.
B-CC (30-25) will be competing in the Oxford (Miss.) Regional and
will take on SEC champ Ole Miss (40-20) at 7 p.m. (CSX) on Friday.
The other teams in the regional are South Alabama (38-19) and Tulane
(41-19).
Conference USA champ Rice (50-10) will host Prairie View (33-
20) at 4 p.m. (CSX) on Friday'. The two will be joined in the regional by
Baylor (35-24) and Arizona State (36-19).
The first two rounds of the NCAA Baseball Championships are tak
ing place at 16 different on-campus regional sites this weekend.
Lincoln women win fourth straight title,
HBCUs shine at Div. II Track Championships
Lincoln (Mo.) University picked up its fourth straight NCAA
Division II Women's Outdoor Track National Championship Saturday
night in Emporia. Kansas. Fresh- off of a 2006 Indoor Title, the Lady
Blue Tigers became only the second team to ever win four consecutive
outdoor team titles topping Abilene Christian, 93-86.
CIAA champ St. Augustine's was a pole vault away from picking
up the men's title. After winning the 4x400 meter relay, the final run
ning event, the Falcons had to wait for results from the pole vault to
determine this year's champion. St. Aug led 77.5 - 76 after the relay but
Abilene Christian's Cory Aguilar scored four points in the final event to
propel the Wildcats past the Falcons, 80-77.5, for its fifth straight out
door title. Lincoln finished third with 63 points.
The Lincoln women completed the indoor-outdoor track champi
onship sweep on the strength of its sprinters. They swept the 100m dash
with Janika Martell winning followed by Karen Robinson and Jody-
Ann Powell finishing second and third. Martell also won the 200m dash
with Robinson and Davita Prendergast picking up points. Prendergast
won the 400m dash setting a new meet record held by former LUMO
standout Lorraine Graham. Carla Thomas finished second in the 100m
hurdles and 400m hurdles and Kelly Marshall picked up third-place
points in the 800m run. The Lady Blue Tigers won both relay events with
Powell, Thomas, Robinson and Martell taking the 4x100 meters while
Robinson. Thomas. Prendergast and Nikita McCree grabbed the 4x400
title.
In addition to the 4x400 relay team of Lurias Eugene, TYavon Lee,
Tim Riley and Jamaal Torrance. St. Aug's Philippe DeRosier won the
200m dash and Alvin Miles won the 400m hurdles.
There were four meet records broken over the three days of compe
tition, all by HBCU performers, beginning with Wilbert Walker's 26'
8.25" mark in the long jump on Thursday. The sophomore from Lincoln
came back with a wind aided triple jump mark of 55' 4.25" that is the far
thest triple jump in NCAA Championship history regardless of condi
tions.
Morehouse’s Keith Moffatt broke the meet record of former Maroon
Tiger Gregory Roberts and tied the all-time NCAA Div II best of 2.29m
(7’ 6”) to win the high jump. The women record breakers were Lincoln’s
Prendergast running a 51.29 to set the standard in the 400 meters and
Lynnsey Dailey of Fort Valley State who set a meet record in the 400
hurdles with a time of 57.18 for one of her two individual championships
in the meet. Dailey also won the 100 meter hurdles and was one of five
double event winners for the women.
Other HBCU national champions include Jessica Mills of North
Carolina Central in the women's triple jump and Decosma Wright of
Lincoln in the men's 110 meter hurdles.
WOMEN
MEN
1) Lincoln
93
2) StAugustine's
77.5
T5) St Augustine's
32
3) Lincoln
63
T9) Fort Valley State
23
6) N. C, Central
30
N. C. Central
23
10) Morehouse
26
13) Bowie State
18
23) Albany State
12
T33) Albany State
6
T39) Bowie State
5
38) Virginia State
5
Stillman
5
T43) Benedict
4
Fort Valley State
4
End-of-year honors handed out
Southern men, Jackson State women,
Southern program honored in SWAC
The Southern University Department of Athletics has captured its
fifth consecutive SWAC Commissioner's Cup (named the 2)r. James
Frank Award) for overall excellence among its sponsored sports.
Southern's men captured the C.D. Henry Award for the top program
among men's sports and Jackson State's women grabbed the Barbara
Jacket/Sadie Magee Award signifying the top SWAC women's sports
program.
The Jackson State women edged Southern (84 to 83.5 pts.) for the
women's trophy. The Lady Tigers captured the golf title, tied with
Southern for the basketball title, and finished in the top five of ten
SWAC women's championships. For Southern, after tying for the bas
ketball title the Jaguars finished second in three of ten sports. Texgs
Southern and Grambling State tied for third place (69.5), just ahead of
Alabama State (68) and Prairie View A&M, Mississippi Valley State
and Alabama A&M tied for eighth (60.5) followed Alcorn State and
Ark.-Pine Bluff.
Southern's men placed in the top five in seven of eight sports for 70-
point total. Grambling State finished second (65 pts.) after capturing two
championships (football & outdoor track), finishing second in basketball
and among the top three in two other sports (indoor track, cross-country
and tennis). Prairie View A&M (62.5) edged out Jackson State for third
place (60.5), followed by Alabama A&M (54.5), Alabama State (48.5),
Alcorn State (48). Texas Southern (47.5), Mississippi Valley State (40.5)
and Ark.-Pine Bluff (24).
St. Augustine's men and N.C. Central's
women earn top status in CIAA
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association presented North
Carolina Central University with the Loretta Taylor Women’s All-
Sports Trophy and Saint Augustine’s College with the C.H. Williams
Men’s All-Sports Trophy at last week's Annual Coach of the Year Awards
Luncheon.
NCCU was awarded the women's honor after winning three cham
pionships in softball, cross country and volleyball, while coming in third
in women's indoor and outdoor track and field.
St. Augustine's also dominated in championship titles this year with
top finishes in men’s cross country and outdoor and indoor track and
field. Its three championships, along with exceptional finishes in foot
ball and baseball gave it a winning margin.
Trophy wirmers are determined by a point system established to
award an institution for achievement in each of their women's and men's
programs. The champion is the institution with the most combined total
points for all sponsored sports based on their conference finish and the
number of CIAA sponsored events.
Kyle Serba, Sports Information Director at NCCU was awarded the
John Holley Sports Information Director Award. Serba served as host
SID for a second-round game in the 2005 NCAA Division II football
playoffs, is the coordinator and occasional announcer for football and
NCCU SID Kyle Serba, AD Bill
Hayes and Volleyball coach and
Assistant AD Ingrid Wicker-McCree
with their awards.
basketball game internet broad
casts on the Eagle Sports Network
and serves as President of the
NCCSIA (North Carolina
Collegiate Sports Information
Association).
William "Bill" Hayes of
NCCU and Tonia Walker of
Winston-Salem State University
respectively won awards as the top
athletic director and senior
women's administrator. This year's
Jeanette A. Lee Athletic
Administration Award was presented to A1 Carter of Shaw University
for providing extraordinary leadership for the Bears’ athletic department.
NCCU's Ingrid Wicker-McCree was honored for her two-year service
as president of the CIAA Executive Board and as volleyball coach of the
year.
Hampton women and Norfolk State men get titles,
$25,000 checks from MEAC
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference awarded Hampton
University its fifth consecutive Mary McLeod Bethune Women's All-
Sports Award and Norfolk State University its second consecutive and
third overall Talmadge Layman Hill Men's Award last week. Hampton
totaled 60.5 points of the possible 96 points, while NSU tallied 67.5 of a
possible 84 points. Each institution was presented with a $25,000 check
,at the MEAC Spring Delegate Assembly and Committee Meetings in
Virginia Beach, Va., on May 25.
Hampton has won seven overall all-sports trophies since joining the
MEAC in 1996, winning three men's trophies, including back-to-back
victories in 2003 and 2004, and four women's awards. Norfolk State won
its first men’s trophy in 2001.
In the women’s race. Hampton edged out second place finisher
Florida A&M by 3.5 points. The Lady Pirates won both the indoor and
outdoor track and field titles, was tied for second in softball, and finished
third in cross country and tennis.
The Lady Rattlers, who also finished second to the Lady Pirates last
year, had 56 total points. They also had two championship titles, winning
volleyball and softball, Howard was a close third with 55,5 points. The
Lady Bison captured the cross country title to open the 2005-06 season.
Delaware State was fourth (55) and Morgan State fifth (53.5).
On the men’s side, Norfolk State completed the triple crown in track
and field, winning cross country, indoor and outdoor titles. The Spartans
also finished second in tennis and baseball to outscore their closest com
petitor, Florida A&M, by 12 points. Hampton finished third (52), fol
lowed by Bethune-Cookman (45.5) and Delaware State (43.5).
Points are awarded on a descending basis beginning with 12 points
for a championship or first-place finish. The second place team receives
ten points, Tied teams split the point total.
2005-06 BLACK COLLEGE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS IN ALL SPORTS
Athletic Association
BASEBALL
Shaw (Men)
BASKETBALL
Men - Virginia Union
Women - Shaw
BOWLING
Bowie State (Women)
CROSS COUNTRY
Men • St. Augustine's
Women - North Carolina Central
FOOTBALL
North Carolina Central (Men)
GOLF
Fayetteville State (Men)
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Men - St. Augustine's
Women - St. Augustine's
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Men - St. Augustine's
Women - Bowie State
SOFTBALL
North Carolina Central (Women)
TENNIS
Men - Shaw
Women - Shaw
VOLLEYBALL
North Carolina Central (Women)
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Athletic Conference
BASEBALL
BASEBALL
Bethune-Cookman (Men)
Albany State (Men)
BASKETBALL
BASKETBALL
Men - Delaware State
Men - Stillman
Women- Coppin State
Women - Paine
BOWLING
CROSS COUNTRY
Maryland-Eastern Shore (Women)
Men - Morehouse
CROSS COUNTRY
Women - Abany State
Men • Norfolk State
FOOTBALL
Women - Howard
Abany State (Men)
FOOTBALL
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Hampton (Men)
Men - Morehouse
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Women - Abany State
Men - Norfolk State
SOFTBALL
Women - Hampton
Kentucky State (Women)
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
TENNIS
Men - Norfolk State
Men -Tuskegee
Women - Hampton
Women - Tuskegee
SOFTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Florida A&M (Women)
Abany State (Women)
TENNIS
Men - South Carolina Stale
Women • South Carolina State
VOLLEYBALL
Florida A&M (Women)
Athletic Conference
BASEBALL
Prairie View (Men)
BASKETBALL
Men • Southern
Women - Southern, Jackson State
BOWLING
Texas Southern (Women)
CROSS COUNTRY
Men • Prairie View
Women - Alabama Slate
FOOTBALL
Grambling Stale (Men)
GOLF
Men - Jackson State
Women - Jackson Stale
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Men - Jackson Slate
Women - Alabama Slate
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Men - Grambling State
Women - Grambling Stale
SOFTBALL
Miss. Valley Stale (Women)
TENNIS
Men - Texas Southern
Women - Texas Southern
VOLLEYBALL
Alabama A&M