BCSP Notes . . .

Goldring, a senior at NSU, earned her spot Thursday with a personal best on her first attempt. She jumped 21 feet, 2.75 inches (6.47 meters), won her flight, and finished fourth overall in the long jump.

The three sprinters all scored in the 200 meter dash.

Wade, a senior from Belize (the former British Honduras), was clocked in 23.14 seconds, earning the sixth spot in the event, won by LaShaunte' Moore of Arkansas in a time of 22.37. Louisiana State's Stephanie Durst finished second but was disqualified for an infraction, moving Wade, Brice and the other competitors up one spot. Brice finished just behind Wade with a time of 23.42 seconds for seventh place.

Mathis made his mark in the men's version of the 200m dash. Last year's runner-up finished sixth this year with a time of 20.64 seconds. The Hampton sophomore entered the finals as East Regional champion in the event.

Twenty-two HBCU performers qualified for the nationals with Brice earning spots in two events (100m and 200m). Earning points in the 200m was especially gratifying for Brice, since she missed scoring in the 100m finals by .01 seconds.

Southern Again Tops Baseball Draft
Southern University led the way again with seven players out of 18 total selections of black college players in last week's Major League Baseball Draft.

Though the Jaguars did not have an early round pick as they did in the 2003 (Rickie Weeks, first round, second pick), 2002 (Fred Lewis, second round) and 2001 (Michael Woods, first round) drafts, their seven selections far outdistanced Prairie View and Bethune-Cookman, who both had three selections.

The Jaguars had five of their players selected on Tuesday's first day of the draft when teams made selections through 25 rounds.

Second baseman Joshua LeBlanc was the first HBCU performer taken going to Anaheim in the sixth round, 173rd overall. Teammate Jason Quarles, a right-handed pitcher, followed in the seventh round going to Pittsburgh with the 202nd pick.

B-CC outfielder Sebastian Boucher was the first non-Southern player selected, going to Seattle with the 213th overall pick in the seventh round.

Duron LeGrande, an outfielder from North Carolina A&T and Delaware State pitcher Eric Carter were both selected in the tenth round. LeGrande went to Montreal while Carter was snagged by Seattle.

Southern's all-SWAC wide receiver in football, Alfred Ard, who plays center field on the Jaguar baseball team, was taken on the second day of the draft, going in the 30th round (887th selection) to Cleveland.

Overall, 11 players were selected from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, with all coming from either Southern (7), Prairie View (3) or Grambling State (1).

The Mid Eastern Athletic Conference had six players selected including two from Delaware State and one from North Carolina A&T.

Houston-Tillotson had one player selected.

JSU mourns announcer
Students, alumni, and faculty of Jackson State University are mourning the tragic death of play-by play man Bob Carpenter.

Carpenter was employed by TeleSouth Communications and was the voice of the Tigers for 23 years. He was 46 years old.

Walter Carpenter, 73, his father, was arrested at the scene, said Chris Carpenter, Bob Carpenter's younger brother. He was being held without bond on a murder charge, said a Greenwood, Ms., jail official.

Bob Carpenter was trying to calm his parents during a disagreement when Walter Carpenter turned on him around 10:30 p.m., said Chris Carpenter of Cleveland.

Chris Carpenter said he was en route to the house in west Greenwood for a weekend visit when the shooting occurred. Bob Carpenter had been traveling back and forth from Jackson to Greenwood to take care of his elderly parents, Chris Carpenter said.

Bob Carpenter had been JSU's football and men's basketball announcer since 1981.

"Bob had an announcer's voice, and he really made a lot of people who didn't normally listen to the game start listening because they knew they were going to get to hear someone who was knowledgeable and knew the jargon of football and basketball," said Walter Reed, JSU athletic director from 1977-1988.

Jackson State President Ronald Mason Jr. in a statement "Mr. Carpenter was truly devoted to ensuring that our presence was globally marketed in every venue he touched."

The 2004-05 JSU athletic season will be dedicated in honor of "the untiring efforts and philanthropy of Mr. Carpenter," said Roy Culberson, director of inter-collegiate athletics at JSU.

A memorial services is scheduled for Thursday, June 17 between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at the JSU Athletics and Assembly Center.

The funeral is Saturday, June 19 at 12 p.m., at the Decell United Methodist Church in Greenwood, Ms.

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