BCSP Notes . . .
Hampton women, FAMU men take MEAC Indoor Track titles
For the second year in a row the
Hampton Lady Pirates and the Florida
A&M Rattlers won the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships at
the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex, in
Landover, Md.
Sophomore Yvette Lewis of Hampton and FAMU's Kevin Hicks were named the meet's outstanding performers.
The Lady Pirates accumulated 145 points winning their third consecutive title and fell just ten points short of breaking the conference scoring record held by Delaware State set in 1986. In total, Hampton won five gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze in the two-day event. Kellie Wells won the 60m hurdles for the second year in a row (8.17) and Maisha Pinkard won the 400m dash with a time of 55.09.
Morgan State finished a distant second with 73 points while Norfolk State was third with 51 points.
Lewis, in her first year of competition, broke the MEAC individual points record of 36.5 points set in 1986 by DelState's Kimberly McCollum, with a 46-point performance. Lewis earned points in all six events she competed in and won gold medals in the long jump (19'10.6"), triple jump (41'6.5") and set a new record in the high jump (5'10").
Hampton's Maurice Pierce was named outstanding coach for the third year in a row.
The FAMU men won their second consecutive championship with 71.33 total points, edging Hampton (60.33). The Rattlers won three gold medals and three silvers en route to their sixth championship overall. The Pirates, runner-ups for the second consecutive year, were followed by Maryland-Eastern Shore (57) in third place.
Hicks earned the outstanding performer award by winning the 800m (1:51.61) and mile races (4:19.50) totalling 20 points. Hicks finished in a tie with N.C. A&T's Brandon Via and Justin Byron in points. Via won the triple (51'11.62") and long jump (24'4.51"), while teammate Byron won the 200m (21.67) and 400m dashes (48.46).
FAMU's Rey Robinson repeated as the meet's outstanding coach.
FINAL RESULTS
WOMEN: 1. Hampton (145); 2. Morgan State (73); 3. Norfolk State
(51); 4. Md.-Eastern Shore (49) 4. N.C. A&T State (49); 6. Florida A&M
(35); 7. S.C. State (15); 8. Howard (12); 9. Delaware St. (4); 10.
Bethune-Cookman (0); 10. Coppin St. (0).
MEN: 1. Florida A&M (71.33); 2. Hampton (60.33); 3. Md.-Eastern Shore (57); 4. Norfolk State (52); 5. N.C. A&T State (47.33); 6. Morgan State (38); 7. Bethune-Cookman (34); 8. Delaware State (27) 9. Howard (24); Coppin State (6); S.C. State (14); 11. Coppin State (8)
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