Black Colleges shine at Penn Relays

Black College performers earned some bragging rights at this year's Penn Relays. South Carolina State's Jeffery Fourth, Central State's Vida Nsiah, the St. Augustine's women's 4X400 relay team and the N.C. A&T men's 4X100 relay team came away with first place finishes.

Fourth led a strong contingent in the men's 100m dash, finishing first in the college men's championship with a time of 10.33. Fourth beat out N.C. A&T's Timothy Walls (10.42) and N.C. Central's Jason Smoots (10.43) to claim the victory. Central State's Eric Ndri (10.50) finished 6th in the event.

Nsiah won the women's 100M hurdles event, finishing first with a time of 13.02. St. Augustine's Kia Davis (13.86) finished sixth.

The St. Augustine's Lady Falcon's 4X400 relay team claimed first place in the College event. The CIAA champs completed the distance in 3:34.46.

The Aggie 4X100 squad beat Texas to grab the relay victory in a time of 40.10.

Norfolk State's men's 4X400 team finished fifth (3:07.88) in the college men's championship event while Lincoln University grabbed fifth place in the IC4A version of the 4X400 relay. Morgan State's women finished sixth in the finals of the ECAC version of the 4X400.

St. Augustine's and N.C. A&T got some satisfaction over instate rival North Carolina in the college division 4X400 relay. St. Aug finished fourth (3.10.16) while the Aggie squad finished fifth (3:10.46). UNC finished sixth (3:12.51).

South Carolina State finished fifth in the men's 4X200 relay completing the course in 1:24.56. N.C. A&T had made the finals but was disqualified.

Lincoln (1:25.17) finished second in the IC4A version of the 4X200 relay and sprinted to third place (41.05) in the IC4A version of the 4X100 relay.

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