TRACK: Saint Augustine’s Men, Johnson C. Smith Women Win 2011 CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Saint Augustine’s Men, Johnson C. Smith Women Win
2011 CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
April 23, 2011
PETERSBURG, VA – For the 14th consecutive season, and 28th
time in the last 29 years, the CIAA Men’s Track and Field
Championship belongs to the Falcons of Saint Augustine’s
College. They accumulated 176.5 points over the two-day
event. Johnson C. Smith University finished in second place
with 119 points. Winston-Salem State University came in
third, scoring 106 total points.
On the women’s side, the Lady Golden Bulls of Johnson C.
Smith University won their first CIAA Championship. They
totaled 153 points. Winston-Salem State University
accumulated 129 points. Saint Augustine’s (105.5
points) finished in third place on the women’s side.
The Falcons dominated the jumping and sprinting events, leading to
the victory. Men’s Field MVP Orolando Duffus won the
men’s long with a jump of 7.44m and the men’s triple
jump with a leap of 14.98m. Christopher Copeland took the
men’s high jump (2.16m).
The Falcons recorded an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 40.36s
in the 400m relay to win that event. They also won the 1600m
relay in a time of 3:07.70s. Ramon Gittens (SAC) won the 100m
dash in an NCAA provisional time of 10.59s. Gittens also took
the men’s 200m dash, with a time of 21.23s. Jason Boyd
of Saint Augustine’s College won the 110m hurdles with a time
of 14.14s.
Male track MVP Leford Green of Johnson C. Smith University ran
46.61s in the men’s 400m dash to take first. He also
won the 400m hurdles, running 52.51s. Jamin Gallman of Bowie
State University won the men’s 800m run in 1:53.56s.
Bryan Aycoth of Livingstone College won the men’s javelin
with a toss of 60.27m.
In other event finals, Andrew Chebii of Winston-Salem State
University won the men’s 1500m run with a time of
4:05.85s. He also took the men’s 5000m run in a time of
16:14.07s. With a jump of 3.56m, St. Paul’s
College’s Fred Boone won the men’s pole vault.
Winning each the men’s shot put and discus was Randale Watson
of Johnson C. Smith University. He threw 15.21m in the shot
put and 48.12m in the discus.
The Johnson C. Smith Women also relied on stellar performances in
the short events to take the team title.
Women’s Track MVP Shermain Williams (Johnson C. Smith
University) won the 100m hurdles in an NCAA Division II qualifying
time of 13.42. The Lady Golden Bulls also took the
women’s 400m relay in an NCAA qualifying time of
45.61s. Danielle Williams of the Lady Golden Bulls won the
100m dash with a time of 12.02s. Danielle Williams of Johnson
C. Smith won the women’s long jump (5.69m).
Co-Women’s Field MVP’s were Dedricka Thomas of
Winston-Salem State University and Brelyn Finley of Bowie State
University. Thomas took the women’s triple jump
(12.08m). Finley won the women’s shot put with a toss
of 12.74m. Winston-Salem State’s Brittney Killebrew took the
women’s 1500m run in a time of 5:04.65s. In the
women’s discus, Bowie State’s Lakeshia Carney won with
a throw of 43.11m.
Katherine Tokarski of Saint Augustine’s College won the
women’s javelin with a throw of 34.21m. Shayla Szabo of
Virginia State University won the women’s 3000m run in a time
of 11:06.96s. Sierra Clayton of Virginia State University won
the women’s 800m run with a time of 2:19.75s. Saint
Augustine’s College April London won the women’s 400m
hurdles (1:01.62).
Virginia State’s Samantha Edwards took both the 200m dash and
400m dash titles. She ran 24.21s and 53.25s,
respectively. Saint Augustine’s College’s Andrea
Powell won the women’s high jump (1.65m). The Lady
Falcons took the 1600m relay with a time of 3:46.99s.
