St.Aug's Pierre Sweeps 100, 200 At Raleigh Relays

St.Aug's Pierre Sweeps 100, 200 At Raleigh Relays

March 28, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. – Olympic sprinter Barbara Pierre (Junior/Winter Haven, Fla.) of Saint Augustine’s College won the women’s 100 and 200 dashes on a rainy day Saturday (March 28) at the 2009 Raleigh Relays at Paul Derr Track on the campus of N.C. State University.

Pierre, a six-time Division II national champion who ran the 100 for Haiti in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ran 11.60 seconds in the 100 and 24.05 in the 200. Oludamola Osayomi of Nike was second in 11.69 and Lashawn Wright of Iowa State University was third in 11.75 in the 100. In the 200, Nicole Castronuova of Wake Forest University was second in 24.07 and Angelique Smith (Freshman/Union City, Calif.) of Saint Augustine’s College was third in 24.17.

Saint Augustine’s College won the men’s 4x200 relay in 1:22.71 and the men’s 4x400 relay in 3:05.95, edging Wake Forest in a dramatic 4X400 race. Dennis Curry of the Falcons came from behind to pass the Wake Forest runner before crossing the finish line. Wake Forest was second in 3:05.98.

Johnny Shuping (Junior/Klerksdorp, South Africa) finished second to Brent David of Eastern Michigan University in a close race in the men’s 800 Invitational. David won in 1:51.26 followed by Shuping in 1:51.28.

Joe Kindred (Senior/Fuquay-Varina, N.C.) was third, Brandon Quarles (Junior/Phoenix, Ariz.) was fifth and Michael Williams (Junior/Murfreesboro, N.C.) was 10th for the Falcons in the men’s triple jump. Richard Boone (Junior/Petersburg, Va.) was fourth in the men’s 200.

Andrea Powell (Freshman/Richmond, Va.) of the Lady Falcons was sixth in the women’s long jump and the Lady Falcons were seventh in the 4x100 relay.