Norfolk State sweeps MEAC track titles

Tallahassee, FL - Norfolk State University dethroned defending champion Florida A&M enroute to a sweep of the men's and women's titles in the 2001 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Pete Griffen Track Complex, Saturday.

Norfolk State's women scored 93 points, edging Bethune-Cookman and host Florida A&M, who finished tied for second with 87 points. FAMU had won four straight titles going into this year's event. Hampton University finished a distant fourth with 59 points, followed by Morgan State in fifth with 57 points.

On the men's side, the Spartans breezed past the field with 114 points, vaulting past North Carolina A&T (97), Hampton (83), Maryland-Eastern Shore (64) and host Florida A&M (62). FAMU was also the defending men's champion.

Hampton's Travis Ridley was the top male performer with 28 points, which included a win in the decathlon. Morgan State's Severine Tanic (21 pts) edged FAMU's Tangela Neal and four others at 20 points, as the top female performer.

Norfolk State's LaVern Sweat was the top women's coach and NSU's Floyd Conley was the top men's coach.

Three meet records fell Saturday, as NSU's Christopher Brown surpassed his 400 meter dash record (45.80) with a 45.60 mark. FAMU's April Jones broke her record in the 400 intermediate hurdles (1:00.24) with a 59.86 effort Saturday. Marta Sterbova of Maryland-Eastern Shore was victorious in the women's 3000 meter run in 10:22.80 trimming alomst 13 seconds off the olf mark of 10:35.30 set by Coppin State's Iris Green in 1997.

Men's Final Standings: 1-Norfolk State, 114; 2-North Carolina A&T, 97; 3-Hampton, 83; 4-Maryland-Eastern Shore, 64; 5-Florida A&M, 62; 6-Bethune-Cookman, 44; 7-Morgan State, 40; 8-South Carolina State, 33.5; 9-Coppin State, 28; 10-Howard, 12; 11-Delaware State, 10.5

Women's Final Standings: 1-Norfolk State, 93; 2-(tie)Bethune-Cookman, 87; Florida A&M, 87; 4-Hampton, 59; 5-Morgan State, 57; 6- Maryland-Eastern Shore, 47; 7-South CArolina State, 35; 8-Howard, 23; 9-Coppin State, 14; 10-Delaware State, 13; 11-Norfh Carolina A&T, 12.

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