North Carolina Central University

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

     NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- North Carolina Central University placed second in both the men's and women's team standings at the 2007 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday (Feb. 11) at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va.
     The NCCU men captured three event conference titles and 13 All-CIAA honors, while recording 126.5 points to finish behind repeat champions Saint Augustine's College with 206 points. Bowie State University placed third in the men's standings with 31.5 points.
     The NCCU women earned two event conference crowns and eight All-CIAA honors, while tallying 85 points to finish behind repeat winners St. Augustine's with 177 points. Bowie State placed third with 71 points.
     NCCU's Eric Smalls repeated his conference championship in the men's shot put with a toss of 15.37 meters (50-feet, 5.25-inches). William Scott won the men's triple jump league title for the Eagles with a leap of 15.20 meters (49'-10.5"), while also earning all-conference recognition with a third-place effort in the long jump (7.08m/23'-2.75").
     The Eagles foursome of Brandon Jones, Maurice Gailey, Gerald Jones and Rashaad Lee raced to victory in the men's distance medley with a winning time of 11-minutes, 15.52 seconds, defeating second place St. Augustine's by two seconds.
     The Lady Eagles foursome of Desinia Johnson, Kellie Dunston, Aisha Brown and Ashley Cooke cruised to a repeat win in the women's distance medley with a time of 12:55.16, more than 29 seconds ahead of their nearest competitor St. Augustine's.
     Brown, Cooke and Johnson went on to sweep all-conference honors in the women's mile run. Brown won the conference championship with a winning time of 5:24.22, followed by Cooke (2nd, 5:25.85) and Johnson (3rd, 5:26.45).
     Other NCCU women collecting All-CIAA awards were Jessica Mills in the triple jump (2nd, 12.12m/39-9.25) and long jump (3rd, 5.58m/18-3.75), Latasha Jones in the shot put (3rd, 11.82m/38-9.5), and the 4x400m relay squad of Ambria Alexander, Kellie Dunston, Lakisha Gantt and Sheldonia Simmers (3rd, 4:06.37).
     Other NCCU men earning All-CIAA merits were Mark Davis in the long jump (2nd, 7.09m/23-3.25) and high jump (3rd, 2.00m/6-6.75), Mack Ellis in the shot put (3rd, 14.11m/46-3.5), Carrington Queen in the 60-meter hurdles (2nd, 8.46), Christopher Davis in the 60m dash (2nd, 6.91), Maurice Gailey in the 60m dash (3rd, 6.97), Hakeem Mohammed in the 400m dash (3rd, 49.46), Brandon Jones in the 800m run (3rd, 1:58.00), and Brian Hope in the 200m dash (2nd, 22.05).

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