The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Joe Kindred of Saint Augustine's as the 2008 Division II National Men's Field Athlete of the Year.

Kindred, a junior from Fuquay-Varina, NC, was the top seed in the long jump and high jump at last week's 2008 NCAA Division II National Outdoor Championships. He won the high jump and was second in the long jump. Kindred was earlier named the 2008 Southeast Regional Men's Field Athlete of the Year after a stellar outdoor season. He won the CIAA Men's Field MVP award after capturing the long jump and high jump and placing third in the triple jump at the 2008 CIAA Championships. Kindred also won the long jump and high jump at the prestigious Penn Relays.

This is the second straight year a student-athlete from Saint Augustine has won a USTFCCCA national honor. In 2007, Kwonya Ferguson was named the Division II National Women's Field Athlete of the Year.

B-CU, TSU HEAD TO BB REGIONAL:

MEAC champion Bethune-Cookman (36-20) has drawn top-seed Miami (47-8), while SWAC titleist Texas Southern (16-32) gets to face LSU (43-16-1) in the first round of the NCAA Baseball championship tournament.

B-CU will be making its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Baseball Regional, as well as its third trip to a Regional hosted by the Miami Hurricanes. B-CU traveled to Coral Gables in 2003 and 1999 as well. Mississippi and Missouri are the other teams in the regional. B-CU begins the tourney facing Miami at 4 p.m. Friday, May 30.

Texas Southern and LSU are in the Baton Rouge Regional along with New Orleans and Southern Mississippi. TSU faces LSU Friday at 1 p.m.

NCAA DIV. II TRACK RESULTS:

Saint Augustine's mounted a furious rally but Abilene Christian held on to win the men's national title Saturday evening (May 24) at the 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hilmer Lodge Stadium in Walnut, Ca.

Despite winning four of 21 events and scoring points in four others, the Falcon men were edged by 6.5 points. ACU led Saint Aug 88.5-56 with seven events remaining but the Falcons' Dennis Boone swept the 100 and 200 meters and the Falcons' 4x400m relay team of Josh Scott, Chris Cox, Antonio Abney and Randy Curry captured first place in the final event. Saint Aug's Joe Kindred won the high jump title on Friday.

ACU outlasted St. Aug's 108.5-102 to claim its sixth championship in seven years and 17th overall. The Falcons, who last won a men's title in 2001, took second for the third straight year. The margin was the closest since 2006 when ACU nipped St. Aug's 80-77.5. The Wildcats winning margin was boosted by a 1-2 finish in the decathlon by Camille Vandendreissc and Chris Pounds. ACU won three events including head-to-head wins over St. Aug's in the 400m and 110h.

Lincoln (Mo.) finished fifth overall (46 pts). Albany State came in eighth (22 pts.) with Morehouse (21st -10 pts.), Virginia State (28th-7.5 pts.) and Fort Valley State (39th-5 pts.)

HBCUs claimed seven men's and four women's individual titles. In addition to Boone's double in the 100 and 200 meters, Kindred's victory in the high jump and St. Aug's 4 x 400 meter relay title, Morehouse's Damian Prince won the 400 meter hurdles. Lincoln's Wilbert Walker won the triple jump and the Blue Tiger quartet of Franklyn Mitchell, Kawayne Fisher, Dwayne Bryden and Kimour Bruce win the 4 x100 meter relay.

St. Augustine's Barbara Pierre successfully defended her title in the 100 meters. Lincoln's Nandelle Cameron won the 200 meters and her teammate Notoya Thompson won the high jump. The Lady Tiger quartet of Monique Robinson, Patricia Tinglin, Meisha Thompson and Carla Thomas won the 4 x 400 meter relay.

Abilene Christian's women won the overall title for the 10th time marking the seventh time that the teams have won both titles in the same year. Lincoln finished third overall with 54 points followed by St. Augustine's (6th-37 pts), Albany State (18th-17 pts.), Fort Valley State (22nd-12 pts.) and Bowie State (37th-5 pts.).

HBCU NCAA Div II Track and Field All-Americans

Men's 100m Dash Dennis Boone - St. Augustine's Kawayne Fisher - Lincoln Rodney Coley - Albany State Kimour Bruce - Lincoln Jeffery Mosley - Fort Valley State Men's 200m Dash Dennis Boone - St. Augustine's Rodney Coley - Albany State Kawayne Fisher - Lincoln Garrion Martin - Albany State Gerald Bascoe - Lincoln Men's 400m Dash Josh Scott - St. Augustine's Randy Curry - St. Augustine's Antonion Abney - St. Augustine's Chris Cox - St. Augustine's Huntly Thomas - Lincoln Men's 100m Hurdles Jermaine Baker - St. Augustine's Dior Lawry - St. Augustine's Men's 400m Hurdles Damian Prince - Morehouse Jermaine Baker - St. Augustine's Men's 4x100m Relay Lincoln - Franklyn Mitchell, Kawayne Fisher, Dwayne Bryden, Kimour Bruce Albany State - Rocney Coley, Garrion Martin, Oladipo Adeshina, Ronnie McGirt St. Augustine's - Dennis Boone, Ramon Gittens, Sharif Nash, Josh Scott Men's 4x400m Relay St. Augustine's - Josh Scott, Chris Cox, Antonion Abney, Randy Curry Fort Valley State - Cameron Miller, Marquis Andrews, Quartez Strickland, Keon Montgomery Lincoln - Ricardo Foster, Huntly Thomas, Michael Trusty, Raymond Richards Men's High Jump Joe Kindred - St. Augustine's Clarence Taylor - Virginia State Men's Long Jump Joe Kindred - St. Augustine's Leon Hunt - Virginia State Wilbert Walker - Lincoln Brandon Quarles - St. Augustine's Men's Triple Jump Wilbert Walker - Lincoln Joe Kindred - St. Augustine's Jamal Cumberbatch - St. Augustine's Orolando Duffus - St. Augustine's

Women's 100m Dash Barbara Pierre - St. Augustine's Nandelle Cameron - Lincoln Treva Hutchinson - St. Augustine's Estalla Moore - Albany State Jody-ann Powell - Lincoln Women's 200m Dash Nandelle Cameron - Lincoln Barbara Pierre - St. Augustine's Monique Robinson - Lincoln Treva Hutchinson - St. Augustine's Estala Moore - Albany State Women's 400m Dash Roxie Griffin - Albany State Erica Young - St. Augustine's Monique Robinson - Lincoln Meisha Thompson - Lincoln Women's 100m Hurdles Carla Thomas - Lincoln Women's 400m Hurdles Carla Thomas - Lincoln Women's 4x100m Relay St. Augustine's - Barbara Pierre, Erica Young, Sheena Johns, Treva Hutchinson Albany State - Candice Camp, Roxie Griffin, Estalla Moore, Cherrisa Brockington Women's 4x400m Relay Lincoln - Monique Robinson, Patricia Tinglin, Meisha Thompson, Carla Thomas St. Augustine's - Kyra Mobley, Aisha George, Sheena Johns, Erica Young Albany State - Estalla Moore, Chrrisa Brockington, Tamika Kinchen, Roxie Griffin Women's High Jump Notoya Thompson - Lincoln Women's Long Jump Antoinette Oglesby - Fort Valley State Women's Triple Jump Antoinette Oglesby - Fort Valley State DeMara Parrish - Bowie State Candice Camp - Albany State Women's Heptathlon Okine Codlyn - Lincoln

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