(Saturday, May 29, 1999)
(Saturday, May 29, 1999)
NCCU EARNS ALL-AMERICA HONORS AT NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
EMPORIA, Kansas -- North Carolina Central
University freshman Michael Patterson (Pleasantville, NJ) made the
most of his first trip to a national championship event, the 1999 NCAA
Division II Outdoor Track Championship in Emporia, Kansas.
Patterson and teammates Tavius Walker, Albert
Newkirk and Floyd Ingalls finished fourth in the 4x100 meter
relay with a season-best time of 40.60 to claim All-America honors.
"They performed like technicians with the stick," NCCU head coach Michael
Lawson said. "After stumbling in the preliminaries, they were
able to put it together in the finals and finish the season as the fourth-fastest
team in the country."
Patterson then raced for individual All-America
honors in the 400-meter dash with a fifth place performance of 47.38.
"Patterson ran real well in his first trip to the nationals," Lawson said
about the freshman. "As he continues to mature and develop more strength,
he will contend for a national championship (in the 400m)."
Walker, who qualified for the national championship
in two individual events, did not advance past the preliminary rounds of
the 100m or 200m dash.
As a team, the Eagles finished tied for 29th with
9 points.
NCCU SENDS FOUR TO NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
DURHAM, NC -- North Carolina Central University will
send four student-athletes to the 1999 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track &
Field Championships, to be held Thursday-Saturday, May 27-29, at Emporia
State University in Kansas.
The men's 4x100 meter relay team of junior Tavius
Walker (Raleigh, NC), sophomore Albert Newkirk (Camden, NJ),
sophomore Floyd Ingalls (Camden, NJ) and freshman Michael Patterson
(Pleasantville, NJ), have qualified for the 37th annual men's championship
with the Division II's 10th-fastest time of 40.65. The preliminary
round of the 4x100m relay will be held on Thursday (May 27) at 7:55 p.m.
Patterson, the 1999 CIAA (Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association) Outdoor Champion in the men's 400 meter dash, qualified
for the national 400m event with the sixth-fastest time of 47.25.
Preliminaries of the 400m will be raced on Friday (May 28) at 7:30 p.m.
Walker will be competing in three events at the
championship, as a qualifier in the men's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash
and the 4x100m relay. Walker holds the sixth-fastest time in the
200m with a 21.16, and is 14th in the 100m with a time of 10.49.
The preliminaries of the 200m will run on Thursday (May 27) at 6:40 p.m.,
and the 100m will be contested on Friday (May 28) at 7:50 p.m.
Results will be available at: http://www.emporia.edu/athle/esusport/news4.htm
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