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Black college athletes shine at USA Nationals

NEW BLOODS
 Morehouse junior Keith Moffatt (l.) and Hampton junior Yvette Lewis (c.) show the form that propelled them to top-3 finishes at the AT&T USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week in Indianapolis. SIAC and NCAA Div. II champion Moffatt cleared 7 feet, 6 1/2 inches to finish second in the men's high jump. Lewis, the MEAC 100 meter hurdles and triple jump champion and record holder, soared 44 feet, 1/2 inch to take third in the women's triple jump. At the same meet, North Carolina Central freshman Brandon Jones (r.) took first place in the junior men's 800 meters, a win that qualifies him for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing, China set for Aug. 15-20. Jones won the 800 meters, 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters to take MVP honors at the CIAA Outdoor Championships and finished third at the NCAA Div. II championships. Also earning a spot in Beijing was St. Augustine's freshman Joe Kindred (not pictured) who cleared 7 feet, 1 1/2 inches to win the USA Outdoor junior high jump title.

All photos by Ken Shipp

MENTOR
Current St. Augustine's men's and women's track coach and former head U. S. Olympic Track coach George "Pup" Williams looks on at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis over the weekend. Williams had current St. Aug's athletes Joe Kindred (juniors, men's high jump) and Johnsie Liles (women's 400 meters) in the meet and also trains former St. Aug's hurdler Bershawn Jackson who finished second in the men's 400 meter hurdles.		 VETS
Former Southern trackster Brian Johnson (l.) heads down the runway en route to his win in the men's long jump at the AT&T USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis. Johnson leaped 26 feet, 7 inches to claim the title and a spot in the 2006 IAAF World Cup to be staged in Athens, Greece on Sept. 16-17. Bershawn Jackson (2nd from l.), who ran for St. Augustine's, and James Carter (3rd. from l.), formerly of Hampton, finished second and third respectively in the 400 meter hurdles. NCAA champion Michael Tinsley (not pictured) of Jackson State finished sixth in the event. Former Livingstone sprinter Jordan Vaden (not pictured) finished second in the men's 200 meters and fourth in the 100 meters while former NC Central sprinter Jason Smoots (not pictured) finished fifth in the men's 100 meters.

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