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St. Augustine's sweeps CIAA Outdoor Track and Field titles
April 19, 2008
PETERSBURG, VA - It's another CIAA title sweep for the Saint Augustine's College track and field team.
The Falcons successfully defended their men's and women's outdoor crowns at Virginia State on Saturday (April 19). The Falcon men won convincingly while the Falcon women topped Virginia State. The sweep was the second straight and the 10th in 11 seasons for the Falcons, who also swept the 2008 CIAA men's and women's indoor crowns.
 The championships was the 11th straight for the Falcon men and the second straight for the Falcon women.
The Falcons were led by men's MVPs Ken Samoi (track) and Joe Kindred (field), and women's MVP Barbara Pierre (track). Damara Parrish of Bowie State was named women's field MVP.
The Falcon men amassed 261 points, the most since they scored 332 points in 1993. The 148-point winning margin was the biggest since the Falcons won by 157 points in 1999.
Virginia State was second with 113 points followed by Bowie State (95), Virginia Union (59), Johnson C. Smith (43), Shaw (28), Livingstone (17) and Saint Paul's (15).
Samoei won the 1500 and 5000 runs and finished second in the 800 run while Kindred won the long jump, high jump and placed third in the triple jump. Other men winners were Dion Rodriguez of Bowie State (100), Josh Scott of Saint Augustine's (200, 400), Chayce Smith of Saint Augustine's (800), Jermaine Baker of Saint Augustine's (110 hurdles), Malcolm Womack of Bowie State (400 hurdles), the Virginia State 4x100 relay team, the Saint Augustine's 4x400 relay team, Brandon Quarles (triple jump), Marquis Davis of Virginia Union (shot put, discus) and Coleman McNeil of Johnson C. Smith (javelin).
The Falcon women beat Virginia State 181 to 170.5 for the crown. Bowie State was third (152.5) followed by Shaw (63), Johnson C. Smith (27), Saint Paul's (11) and Virginia Union (4).
Pierre, 2007 100 national outdoor champion, won the 100 and 200 and was on the winning 4x100 relay team to lead the Lady Falcons. Other women winners were Sharona Brown of Saint Augustine's (800, 1500), Erica Young of Saint Augustine's (400), Candice Brown of Virginia State (3000), Shermaine Williams of Johnson C. Smith (100 hurdles), Aisha George of Saint Augustine's (400 hurdles), the Saint Augustine's 4x400 relay team, Elaine Rhoades of Bowie State (high jump), Damara Parrish of Bowie State (long jump, triple jump), Deltress Searcey of Virginia State (shot put), Lakisha Carney of Bowie State (discus) and Brynn Rosser of Virginia State (javelin).
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