Black College Sports Page: Vol 17, No 44
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2011
All-Sports Awards winners named
Morehouse College and Fort Valley State University have captured Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's and women's AllSports Awards for the 2010-2011 season. This was the Maroon Tigers' fourth consecutive All-Sports trophy and their fifth in the last seven years. For FVSU, this marks the first time the Lady Wildcats have finished first since the honor was re-established in 2004. Morehouse scored a total of 40 points for the second consecutive year to capture the men's award. The Maroon Tigers repeated as conference champions in track & field and tennis while also winning the golf classic. Morehouse MOREHOUSE also added another cross country championship to help secure this year's award. In second place, with a total of 28 points, was Stillman College. The Tigers won a conference title in baseball while finishing second in basketball and tennis along with a third place finish in track & field. Benedict College finished third in the standings with three second place finishes in cross country, track & field and golf. The FVSU Lady Wildcats earned a total of 38 points including winning conference titles in basketball and softball. With the exception of volleyball, FVSU finished in the top three in every sport which included a second place FORT VALLEY finish in tennis and track & field while finishing third in STATE cross country. WILDCATS Albany State, who had won the women's award the past seven years, finished second with 27 points. The Lady Golden Rams won conference titles in both cross country and track & field while finishing second in volleyball. Clark Atlanta finished third in the standings with 21 points, winning a conference title in tennis while finishing second in cross country and third in softball. The Commissioner's All-Sports Trophy is presented to the athletic department within the conference that has excelled in both men's and women's sports. A scoring system of 10 points for 1st place or conference titles, 7 points for 2nd place, and 4 points for 3rd place is used to determine the All-Sports Standings for the SIAC 13-member institutions. Football is determined by the regular season finish.
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Morehouse and first-time winner Fort Valley State top the SIAC
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The All-Academic Team awards were given to the squad with the league's highest grade point average. Saint Augustine's College led the awardees by posting the highest GPA in both men's indoor and outdoor track, football and women's basketball. Johnson C. Smith University posted the top average in women's cross country, women's indoor track and women's outdoor track and field. Longtime Fayetteville State senior woman administrator Dr. Peggy Green received a special award from Commissioner Kerry in recognition of her continuous advocacy for women's athletics at the school, conference and national level.
ON-TIME RUNNING
WOMACK: NC A&T sprinter to compete in Div. I nationals in 4x100 meter relay and 200 meter dash.
TOP PROGRAMS NAMED IN CIAA, MEAC AND SIAC; DIV. I, DIV. II TRACK RESULTS
UNDER THE BANNER
WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
INDIANAPOLIS --MEAC champion BethuneCookman will be making its 15th appearance in the NCAA Div. I Baseball Championship and fourth trip to the Tallahassee Regional on Friday, June 3, as the Wildcats face off against top-seed and regional host Florida State. Also appearing in the Tallahassee Regional are Central Florida and Alabama. SWAC champion Alcorn State will make its first appearance in an NCAA Baseball Tournament on Friday at Rice, the No. 8 overall seed and host of the regional at Reckling Park. Also appearing are Baylor and California. Game times have not yet been set. The national championship tournament culminates with the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. from June 18-29. NORMAL, AL -- Alabama A&M University has promoted assistant coach Willie Hayes to be the next head coach in the Bulldog men's basketball program. He had been an assistant coach at A&M for the past 16 years. A former point guard for the Bulldogs from 1985-89, Hayes held the school record for career assists until it was broken by Craig Lottie HAYES in 1997. During his playing days, Hayes earned all-SIAC and All-American honors in 1988 and 1989. He was a member of the SIAC All-Tournament team in 1989. Hayes was also named SIAC Player of the Year in 1989. During that year, Hayes was named A&M Male Athlete of the Year. For his efforts and accomplishments on the floor, Hayes was inducted into the Alabama A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. He replaces his highly successful former coach, L. Vann Pettaway, who resigned after this past season after leading A&M for 25 years. Eleven (11) of those years A&M competed in the NCAA Div. II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the past 14 years in the NCAA Div. I Southwestern Athletic Conference
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NORFOLK, Va., May 26, 2011 - Hampton University won its tenth consecutive Mary McLeod Bethune-Cookman Women's All-Sports Award and Norfolk State captured its seventh consecutive Talmadge Layman Hill Men's Award, the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference announced last week. The All-Sports Awards highlight the overall strengths of the respective men's and women's athletic programs. Each institution was presented a $20,000 check during a reception at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside Hotel on last Wednesday. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore was recognized during the reception as the 2010 recipient of the MEAC Highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Award for second straight year. In addition to the recognition, UMES was presented a check for $10,000. UMES's 84-percent GSR is the highest among any MEAC institution spanning the 2000-2003 cohorts. Hampton's women's programs totaled 76 points in the All-Sports tally. The Lady Pirates won conference titles in cross country, indoor track and field and basketball. The Lady Pirates also earned the conference automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament with a 13-seed, the highest by a MEAC HAMPTON team since the field expanded to 64-teams. Norfolk State finished second on the women's side with 70 points. South Carolina State's women's programs finished third with 65.5 points, followed by Florida A&M with 64.5. The NSU Spartans men's programs totaled 65 Winston-Salem State sweeps CIAA points and earned conference titles in cross country, NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Winston-Salem State University indoor and outdoor track and field and finished third Department of Athletics ended the 2010-11 year in style, earning several in baseball and tennis. Bethune-Cookman finished awards at the 2011 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) second with 54.3 points on the men's side followed by Awards Program at the Newport News Marriott at City Center. Hampton (52.5) and Maryland Eastern Shore (47). NORFOLK STATE WSSU coaches and administrators received both All-Sports Trophies Points are awarded in a descending order beginning from CIAA Commissioner Leon Kerry with 12 points for champions or first place regular season finishes. The The highlight of the afternoon came when WSSU second place teams get 10 points. Tied teams split the total points. was honored with both the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Hampton has won 13 overall All-Sports trophies since joining the Trophy and the C.H. Williams All-Sports Trophy. The MEAC in 1996 (three men's awards including back-to-back victories in Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy was awarded to the 2003 and 2004, and ten straight women's awards, dating back to 2002). university with the most successful women's athletic WINSTON-SALEM Norfolk State, which joined the conference in 1997, won its first men's STATE RAMS teams. The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams had a trophy in 2001 and boasts seven total awards. stellar athletic year that saw every team finish in the CIAA top three in all The Mary McLeod Bethune Award, named after the founder of Betsports and won conference championships in cross country, indoor track hune-Cookman College, awards the top overall women's athletic program & field, tennis, and softball. The WSSU men captured the C.H. Williams during the course of one full academic year. The first Mary McLeod BetAll-Sports Trophy after placing in the top three of every men's sport and hune award was giving in 1987 to Delaware State University. Florida bringing home conference championships in baseball and cross country. A&M (1993-2000) and Hampton lead all MEAC schools with nine womCoach of the Year and All-Academic Team Awards were presented en's awards. The men's All-Sports Award is named after the late Talmadge in 16 sports as part of a ceremony that officially ended the 2010-2011 Layman Hill, a former player and coach at Morgan State, and former athletic season even though several coaches and administrators were at- Chairman of the MEAC Steering and Planning Committee, as well as the tending the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships. conference's first president. Howard University was the recipient of the WSSU had five Coach of the Year awardees led by interim head coach first Talmadge Layman Hill Award in 1972. South Carolina State holds the Inez Turner taking home the men's and women's cross country coach men's record with 11 awards from 1973-84. of the year honors. She was also honored as the CIAA indoor women's The NCAA Graduation Success Rate was developed to more accutrack & field coach of the year. John Martin was honored as the CIAA rately reflect the mobility among college students today. The GSR imwomen's tennis coach of the year while Lataya Hilliard-Gray took home proves on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students the CIAA softball coach of the year award. who were omitted from the federal calculation.
Hampton women, Norfolk State men continue MEAC dominance
BCSP Notes
Norfolk State track athletes led a contingent of 13 HBCU performers to qualify for the 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track Championships following regional competition in Bloomington, Indiana and Eugene, Oregon this past weekend. NSU junior Aramis Massenburg finished fourth in his 110 meter hurdles heat in Bloomington, but advanced to the Massenburg nationals based on his time of 13.71 seconds. The top three finishers in each of three quarterfinal heats at the regionals automatically qualify, along with the next three fastest times. He will join long ¡jumper and fellow firsttime outdoor qualifiers Darris Shelton and 400 meter runner Sean Holston at next month's national meet, thus giving the Spartan men three individual entrants for the first time in their Division I history. On the women's side, long jumper Champagne Bell also qualified, giving the Spartan program four athletes to advance. North Carolina A&T junior Torrance Womack and his 4x100 meter relay teammates met expectations that they could reach the national championships. Womack, Jonathan Hancock, Jarrell Elliott and Earl House earned entrance into the nationals by finishing in the top three (40.04) of their heat at the East Preliminary Round at Indiana University's Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex. But Womack did one better by also qualifying in the men's 200 meters. The NCAA Championships will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8-11. Bethune-Cookman's Kemar Clarke qualified in the men's 110 meter hurdles slicing .31
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
13 HBCU tracksters advance to NCAA Div. I nationals
WILLIAMS
BANTON
RILEY
BRUCE
HAYE
GREEN
HBCU ALL-AMERICANS AT 2011 NCAA DIV. II OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
– LaQuan Priest, Jr., Claflin TRIPLE JUMP (6th) – Leford Green, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 400m DASH (1st), 400m HURDLES (6th), 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Andre Collins, Jr., Johnson C. Smith 110m HURDLES (7th) – Akino Ming, So., Johnson C. Smith 400m DASH (2nd), 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Winston Brown, So., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Gabriel Franklin, Fr., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (5th) – Jamille Callum, So., Johnaon C. Smith 1600m RELAY (1st) – Dane Hyatt, So., Lincoln (MO) 400m DASH (3rd), 200m DASH (8th), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Kimour Bruce, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (1st), 400m RELAY (1st) – Dwain Bryden, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (7th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Terrel Cotton, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (8th) – Steve Banton, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (1st), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Roxroy Cato, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (2nd), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Mandela Clifford, Jr., Ravel Grey, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 400m RELAY (1st) – Jermaine Blake, Fr., Lincoln (MO) 1600m RELAY (6th) – Christopher Copeland, Jr., St. Augustine's HIGH JUMP (2nd) – Orolando Duffus, Jr., St. Augustine's TRIPLE JUMP (8th) Gerkenz Senesca, Jr., St. Augustine's 110m HURDLES (4th) – Jason Boyd, Jr., St. Augustine's 110m HURDLES (8th) – Josh Edmonds, Fr., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (5th), 200m DASH (7th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Kelly Fisher, Jr., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (7th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Ramon Gittens, Sr., St. Augustine's 100m DASH (4th), 200m DASH (4th) – James Quarles, Fr., Antonio Abney, Sr., St. Augustine's - 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Maurice Hall, Sr., St. Paul's - HIGH JUMP (5th)
MEN
– Kendra Nelson, So., Kimberly Johnson, Fr., Ebony Stone, So., Candice Vaughn, So., Albany State 1600m RELAY (8th) – Antionette Oglesby, Sr., Fort Valley State LONG JUMP (4th), TRIPLE JUMP (1st) – Shermaine Williams, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 100 HURDLES (1st), 400m RELAY (2nd) – Danielle Williams, Fr., Johnson C. Smith 100m HURDLES (3rd), 100m DASH (2nd), 400m RELAY (2nd) – Rosemarie Carty, Jr., Johnson C. Smith 100m HURDLES (5th) – Naffene Bacote, Fr., Lakaevia Tyler, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (2nd) – Sanchia Lee, Jr., Lincoln (MO) TRIPLE JUMP (3rd) – Kimberly Hodges, Sr., Lincoln (MO) TRIPLE JUMP (7th) – Judith Riley, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (1st), 200m DASH (4th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Latoya Campbell, So., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (6th), 400m HURDLES (7th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Latoya King, So., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (7th), 200m DASH (8th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Yanique Haye, So.,Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (1st), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Michelle Cumberbatch, So., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (2nd), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Keniesha Jones, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (8th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Nyoka Cole, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m RELAY (1st), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Baiesha Johson, Fr., Paine HIGH JUMP (7th-tie) – Kelly Shaw, So., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (3rd), 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) – Nicketa Bernard, So., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (7th), 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) – Jaivairia Bacote, Fr., St. Augustine's 400m RELAY (6th) – Sheena Johns, Sr., St. Augustine's 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) April London, Jr., St. Augustine's 1600m RELAY (3rd) Janae Jones, Jr., Stillman - 400m DASH (6th)
WOMEN
off his prelim time to finish ninth in the semifinal at 13.85. Jackson State quartermiler Raina Sanders qualified by finishing eighth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 53.46. Coppin State sophomore Jibri Victorian earned a spot in the nationals finishing fifth in his 400 hurdles heat in a time of 51.17, which ranks as his second-best time ever. Maryland-Eastern Shore junior Ackeem Smith qualified for the national meet in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.90. The lone HBCU qualifier to advance out of the West Regional was Texas Southern's Philip Redrick in the men's 100 meter dash with a time of 10.64.
National Champions in Bold
Five men's and five women's national titles were won by black college competitors at the 2011 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships in Turlock, Ca. this past weekend. Six titles went to Lincoln (MO) and three to Johnson C. Smith on Saturday after Fort Valley State's Antionette Oglesby three-peated in the women's triple jump Friday evening. Judith Riley, Yanique Haye, Kimour Bruce, Steve Banton won individual national championships for Lincoln while both 4x100 relay teams claimed titles. The women's 4x100 team of Latoya King, Riley, Nyoka Cole and Latoya Campbell just edged out Johnson C. Smith with a winning time of 44.57. The men's team of Mandela Clifford, Ravel Grey, Terrel Cotton and Bruce edged out Abilene Christian coming in with a time of 39.92.
Individual titles but no team titles in NCAA Div. II Outdoor Track and Field
The 100-meter dash produced two national champions for Lincoln. Riley won the women's title by :.08 with a time of 11.42 to edge out Johnson C. Smith's Danielle Williams for the title. Bruce added a seasonal-best time of 10.15 to take the men's title by over 1/10th of a second. Teammates Dwain Bryden (seventh, 10.57) and Cotton (eighth, 19.31) added team points for Lincoln in the event. Haye grabbed a national championship in the women's 400-meter hurdles posting a time of 59.16 to just beat out teammate Michelle Cumberbatch (59.62). On the men's side in the 400 meter hurdles, Banton bested teammate Roxroy Cato to take the national championship with a time of 51.96 JCSU's Shermaine Williams won the national crown in the women's 100 meter hurdles. Her time tied a meet record (set by Williams in 2009). JCSU's Leford Green and Akino Ming were the top two finishers in the men's 400 meters. Green won the title with a time of 45.74, followed by Ming in 46.74. The men's tandem of Ming, Winston Brown, Green, and sophomore Jamille Callum won the men's 4x400 meter relay. JCSU edged out St. Augustine's for the event title with a time of 3:07.59. In total, 53 athletes from black colleges earned all-American status by finishing in the top eight in their respective events (see STAT CORNER). Grand Valley State won the women's title with 82.5 points, followed by Lincoln (MO) in second with 68, and Adams State with 51 points. Fellow CIAA institutions St. Augustine's (17) and Virginia State (8) placed 15th and T-29th, respectively. Abilene Christian reclaimed the men's title from defending champion St. Augustine's. Lincoln (51) was third and St. Augustine's (41). Either St. Aug's or Abilene Christian has taken the men's title every year since 1982.
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All-Sports Awards winners named
Morehouse College and Fort Valley State University have captured Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's and women's AllSports Awards for the 2010-2011 season. This was the Maroon Tigers' fourth consecutive All-Sports trophy and their fifth in the last seven years. For FVSU, this marks the first time the Lady Wildcats have finished first since the honor was re-established in 2004. Morehouse scored a total of 40 points for the second consecutive year to capture the men's award. The Maroon Tigers repeated as conference champions in track & field and tennis while also winning the golf classic. Morehouse MOREHOUSE also added another cross country championship to help secure this year's award. In second place, with a total of 28 points, was Stillman College. The Tigers won a conference title in baseball while finishing second in basketball and tennis along with a third place finish in track & field. Benedict College finished third in the standings with three second place finishes in cross country, track & field and golf. The FVSU Lady Wildcats earned a total of 38 points including winning conference titles in basketball and softball. With the exception of volleyball, FVSU finished in the top three in every sport which included a second place FORT VALLEY finish in tennis and track & field while finishing third in STATE cross country. WILDCATS Albany State, who had won the women's award the past seven years, finished second with 27 points. The Lady Golden Rams won conference titles in both cross country and track & field while finishing second in volleyball. Clark Atlanta finished third in the standings with 21 points, winning a conference title in tennis while finishing second in cross country and third in softball. The Commissioner's All-Sports Trophy is presented to the athletic department within the conference that has excelled in both men's and women's sports. A scoring system of 10 points for 1st place or conference titles, 7 points for 2nd place, and 4 points for 3rd place is used to determine the All-Sports Standings for the SIAC 13-member institutions. Football is determined by the regular season finish.
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Morehouse and first-time winner Fort Valley State top the SIAC
NC A&T Sports Photo
The All-Academic Team awards were given to the squad with the league's highest grade point average. Saint Augustine's College led the awardees by posting the highest GPA in both men's indoor and outdoor track, football and women's basketball. Johnson C. Smith University posted the top average in women's cross country, women's indoor track and women's outdoor track and field. Longtime Fayetteville State senior woman administrator Dr. Peggy Green received a special award from Commissioner Kerry in recognition of her continuous advocacy for women's athletics at the school, conference and national level.
ON-TIME RUNNING
WOMACK: NC A&T sprinter to compete in Div. I nationals in 4x100 meter relay and 200 meter dash.
TOP PROGRAMS NAMED IN CIAA, MEAC AND SIAC; DIV. I, DIV. II TRACK RESULTS
UNDER THE BANNER
WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
INDIANAPOLIS --MEAC champion BethuneCookman will be making its 15th appearance in the NCAA Div. I Baseball Championship and fourth trip to the Tallahassee Regional on Friday, June 3, as the Wildcats face off against top-seed and regional host Florida State. Also appearing in the Tallahassee Regional are Central Florida and Alabama. SWAC champion Alcorn State will make its first appearance in an NCAA Baseball Tournament on Friday at Rice, the No. 8 overall seed and host of the regional at Reckling Park. Also appearing are Baylor and California. Game times have not yet been set. The national championship tournament culminates with the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. from June 18-29. NORMAL, AL -- Alabama A&M University has promoted assistant coach Willie Hayes to be the next head coach in the Bulldog men's basketball program. He had been an assistant coach at A&M for the past 16 years. A former point guard for the Bulldogs from 1985-89, Hayes held the school record for career assists until it was broken by Craig Lottie HAYES in 1997. During his playing days, Hayes earned all-SIAC and All-American honors in 1988 and 1989. He was a member of the SIAC All-Tournament team in 1989. Hayes was also named SIAC Player of the Year in 1989. During that year, Hayes was named A&M Male Athlete of the Year. For his efforts and accomplishments on the floor, Hayes was inducted into the Alabama A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. He replaces his highly successful former coach, L. Vann Pettaway, who resigned after this past season after leading A&M for 25 years. Eleven (11) of those years A&M competed in the NCAA Div. II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the past 14 years in the NCAA Div. I Southwestern Athletic Conference
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HAYES PROMOTED AT A&M:
NORFOLK, Va., May 26, 2011 - Hampton University won its tenth consecutive Mary McLeod Bethune-Cookman Women's All-Sports Award and Norfolk State captured its seventh consecutive Talmadge Layman Hill Men's Award, the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference announced last week. The All-Sports Awards highlight the overall strengths of the respective men's and women's athletic programs. Each institution was presented a $20,000 check during a reception at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside Hotel on last Wednesday. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore was recognized during the reception as the 2010 recipient of the MEAC Highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Award for second straight year. In addition to the recognition, UMES was presented a check for $10,000. UMES's 84-percent GSR is the highest among any MEAC institution spanning the 2000-2003 cohorts. Hampton's women's programs totaled 76 points in the All-Sports tally. The Lady Pirates won conference titles in cross country, indoor track and field and basketball. The Lady Pirates also earned the conference automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament with a 13-seed, the highest by a MEAC HAMPTON team since the field expanded to 64-teams. Norfolk State finished second on the women's side with 70 points. South Carolina State's women's programs finished third with 65.5 points, followed by Florida A&M with 64.5. The NSU Spartans men's programs totaled 65 Winston-Salem State sweeps CIAA points and earned conference titles in cross country, NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Winston-Salem State University indoor and outdoor track and field and finished third Department of Athletics ended the 2010-11 year in style, earning several in baseball and tennis. Bethune-Cookman finished awards at the 2011 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) second with 54.3 points on the men's side followed by Awards Program at the Newport News Marriott at City Center. Hampton (52.5) and Maryland Eastern Shore (47). NORFOLK STATE WSSU coaches and administrators received both All-Sports Trophies Points are awarded in a descending order beginning from CIAA Commissioner Leon Kerry with 12 points for champions or first place regular season finishes. The The highlight of the afternoon came when WSSU second place teams get 10 points. Tied teams split the total points. was honored with both the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Hampton has won 13 overall All-Sports trophies since joining the Trophy and the C.H. Williams All-Sports Trophy. The MEAC in 1996 (three men's awards including back-to-back victories in Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy was awarded to the 2003 and 2004, and ten straight women's awards, dating back to 2002). university with the most successful women's athletic WINSTON-SALEM Norfolk State, which joined the conference in 1997, won its first men's STATE RAMS teams. The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams had a trophy in 2001 and boasts seven total awards. stellar athletic year that saw every team finish in the CIAA top three in all The Mary McLeod Bethune Award, named after the founder of Betsports and won conference championships in cross country, indoor track hune-Cookman College, awards the top overall women's athletic program & field, tennis, and softball. The WSSU men captured the C.H. Williams during the course of one full academic year. The first Mary McLeod BetAll-Sports Trophy after placing in the top three of every men's sport and hune award was giving in 1987 to Delaware State University. Florida bringing home conference championships in baseball and cross country. A&M (1993-2000) and Hampton lead all MEAC schools with nine womCoach of the Year and All-Academic Team Awards were presented en's awards. The men's All-Sports Award is named after the late Talmadge in 16 sports as part of a ceremony that officially ended the 2010-2011 Layman Hill, a former player and coach at Morgan State, and former athletic season even though several coaches and administrators were at- Chairman of the MEAC Steering and Planning Committee, as well as the tending the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships. conference's first president. Howard University was the recipient of the WSSU had five Coach of the Year awardees led by interim head coach first Talmadge Layman Hill Award in 1972. South Carolina State holds the Inez Turner taking home the men's and women's cross country coach men's record with 11 awards from 1973-84. of the year honors. She was also honored as the CIAA indoor women's The NCAA Graduation Success Rate was developed to more accutrack & field coach of the year. John Martin was honored as the CIAA rately reflect the mobility among college students today. The GSR imwomen's tennis coach of the year while Lataya Hilliard-Gray took home proves on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students the CIAA softball coach of the year award. who were omitted from the federal calculation.
Hampton women, Norfolk State men continue MEAC dominance
BCSP Notes
Norfolk State track athletes led a contingent of 13 HBCU performers to qualify for the 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track Championships following regional competition in Bloomington, Indiana and Eugene, Oregon this past weekend. NSU junior Aramis Massenburg finished fourth in his 110 meter hurdles heat in Bloomington, but advanced to the Massenburg nationals based on his time of 13.71 seconds. The top three finishers in each of three quarterfinal heats at the regionals automatically qualify, along with the next three fastest times. He will join long ¡jumper and fellow firsttime outdoor qualifiers Darris Shelton and 400 meter runner Sean Holston at next month's national meet, thus giving the Spartan men three individual entrants for the first time in their Division I history. On the women's side, long jumper Champagne Bell also qualified, giving the Spartan program four athletes to advance. North Carolina A&T junior Torrance Womack and his 4x100 meter relay teammates met expectations that they could reach the national championships. Womack, Jonathan Hancock, Jarrell Elliott and Earl House earned entrance into the nationals by finishing in the top three (40.04) of their heat at the East Preliminary Round at Indiana University's Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex. But Womack did one better by also qualifying in the men's 200 meters. The NCAA Championships will be held in Des Moines, Iowa, June 8-11. Bethune-Cookman's Kemar Clarke qualified in the men's 110 meter hurdles slicing .31
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
13 HBCU tracksters advance to NCAA Div. I nationals
WILLIAMS
BANTON
RILEY
BRUCE
HAYE
GREEN
HBCU ALL-AMERICANS AT 2011 NCAA DIV. II OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
– LaQuan Priest, Jr., Claflin TRIPLE JUMP (6th) – Leford Green, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 400m DASH (1st), 400m HURDLES (6th), 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Andre Collins, Jr., Johnson C. Smith 110m HURDLES (7th) – Akino Ming, So., Johnson C. Smith 400m DASH (2nd), 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Winston Brown, So., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (5th), 1600m RELAY (1st) – Gabriel Franklin, Fr., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (5th) – Jamille Callum, So., Johnaon C. Smith 1600m RELAY (1st) – Dane Hyatt, So., Lincoln (MO) 400m DASH (3rd), 200m DASH (8th), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Kimour Bruce, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (1st), 400m RELAY (1st) – Dwain Bryden, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (7th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Terrel Cotton, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (8th) – Steve Banton, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (1st), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Roxroy Cato, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (2nd), 1600m RELAY (6th) – Mandela Clifford, Jr., Ravel Grey, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 400m RELAY (1st) – Jermaine Blake, Fr., Lincoln (MO) 1600m RELAY (6th) – Christopher Copeland, Jr., St. Augustine's HIGH JUMP (2nd) – Orolando Duffus, Jr., St. Augustine's TRIPLE JUMP (8th) Gerkenz Senesca, Jr., St. Augustine's 110m HURDLES (4th) – Jason Boyd, Jr., St. Augustine's 110m HURDLES (8th) – Josh Edmonds, Fr., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (5th), 200m DASH (7th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Kelly Fisher, Jr., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (7th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Ramon Gittens, Sr., St. Augustine's 100m DASH (4th), 200m DASH (4th) – James Quarles, Fr., Antonio Abney, Sr., St. Augustine's - 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Maurice Hall, Sr., St. Paul's - HIGH JUMP (5th)
MEN
– Kendra Nelson, So., Kimberly Johnson, Fr., Ebony Stone, So., Candice Vaughn, So., Albany State 1600m RELAY (8th) – Antionette Oglesby, Sr., Fort Valley State LONG JUMP (4th), TRIPLE JUMP (1st) – Shermaine Williams, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 100 HURDLES (1st), 400m RELAY (2nd) – Danielle Williams, Fr., Johnson C. Smith 100m HURDLES (3rd), 100m DASH (2nd), 400m RELAY (2nd) – Rosemarie Carty, Jr., Johnson C. Smith 100m HURDLES (5th) – Naffene Bacote, Fr., Lakaevia Tyler, Sr., Johnson C. Smith 400m RELAY (2nd) – Sanchia Lee, Jr., Lincoln (MO) TRIPLE JUMP (3rd) – Kimberly Hodges, Sr., Lincoln (MO) TRIPLE JUMP (7th) – Judith Riley, Jr., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (1st), 200m DASH (4th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Latoya Campbell, So., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (6th), 400m HURDLES (7th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Latoya King, So., Lincoln (MO) 100m DASH (7th), 200m DASH (8th), 400m RELAY (1st) – Yanique Haye, So.,Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (1st), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Michelle Cumberbatch, So., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (2nd), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Keniesha Jones, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m HURDLES (8th), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Nyoka Cole, Sr., Lincoln (MO) 400m RELAY (1st), 1600m RELAY (2nd) – Baiesha Johson, Fr., Paine HIGH JUMP (7th-tie) – Kelly Shaw, So., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (3rd), 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) – Nicketa Bernard, So., St. Augustine's 400m DASH (7th), 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) – Jaivairia Bacote, Fr., St. Augustine's 400m RELAY (6th) – Sheena Johns, Sr., St. Augustine's 400m RELAY (6th), 1600m RELAY (3rd) April London, Jr., St. Augustine's 1600m RELAY (3rd) Janae Jones, Jr., Stillman - 400m DASH (6th)
WOMEN
off his prelim time to finish ninth in the semifinal at 13.85. Jackson State quartermiler Raina Sanders qualified by finishing eighth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 53.46. Coppin State sophomore Jibri Victorian earned a spot in the nationals finishing fifth in his 400 hurdles heat in a time of 51.17, which ranks as his second-best time ever. Maryland-Eastern Shore junior Ackeem Smith qualified for the national meet in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.90. The lone HBCU qualifier to advance out of the West Regional was Texas Southern's Philip Redrick in the men's 100 meter dash with a time of 10.64.
National Champions in Bold
Five men's and five women's national titles were won by black college competitors at the 2011 NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships in Turlock, Ca. this past weekend. Six titles went to Lincoln (MO) and three to Johnson C. Smith on Saturday after Fort Valley State's Antionette Oglesby three-peated in the women's triple jump Friday evening. Judith Riley, Yanique Haye, Kimour Bruce, Steve Banton won individual national championships for Lincoln while both 4x100 relay teams claimed titles. The women's 4x100 team of Latoya King, Riley, Nyoka Cole and Latoya Campbell just edged out Johnson C. Smith with a winning time of 44.57. The men's team of Mandela Clifford, Ravel Grey, Terrel Cotton and Bruce edged out Abilene Christian coming in with a time of 39.92.
Individual titles but no team titles in NCAA Div. II Outdoor Track and Field
The 100-meter dash produced two national champions for Lincoln. Riley won the women's title by :.08 with a time of 11.42 to edge out Johnson C. Smith's Danielle Williams for the title. Bruce added a seasonal-best time of 10.15 to take the men's title by over 1/10th of a second. Teammates Dwain Bryden (seventh, 10.57) and Cotton (eighth, 19.31) added team points for Lincoln in the event. Haye grabbed a national championship in the women's 400-meter hurdles posting a time of 59.16 to just beat out teammate Michelle Cumberbatch (59.62). On the men's side in the 400 meter hurdles, Banton bested teammate Roxroy Cato to take the national championship with a time of 51.96 JCSU's Shermaine Williams won the national crown in the women's 100 meter hurdles. Her time tied a meet record (set by Williams in 2009). JCSU's Leford Green and Akino Ming were the top two finishers in the men's 400 meters. Green won the title with a time of 45.74, followed by Ming in 46.74. The men's tandem of Ming, Winston Brown, Green, and sophomore Jamille Callum won the men's 4x400 meter relay. JCSU edged out St. Augustine's for the event title with a time of 3:07.59. In total, 53 athletes from black colleges earned all-American status by finishing in the top eight in their respective events (see STAT CORNER). Grand Valley State won the women's title with 82.5 points, followed by Lincoln (MO) in second with 68, and Adams State with 51 points. Fellow CIAA institutions St. Augustine's (17) and Virginia State (8) placed 15th and T-29th, respectively. Abilene Christian reclaimed the men's title from defending champion St. Augustine's. Lincoln (51) was third and St. Augustine's (41). Either St. Aug's or Abilene Christian has taken the men's title every year since 1982.
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