North Carolina Central University

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

     NEWPORT NEWS, VA - North Carolina Central University placed third in both the men's and women's team competitions at the 2005 CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Newport News, Virginia, on Sunday (Feb. 13).
     NCCU sophomore Aisha Brown captured an individual conference title by winning the women's mile run with a time of 5:44.12, while freshman teammate Yolanda Barber placed second in 5:45.21 to earn All-CIAA honors. Barber also claimed all-conference recognition with a second place finish in the 800-meter run (2:26.42).
     Brown and Barber were also members of the CIAA champion distance medley relay, along with junior Christina Harris and freshman Jessika Gresham-Moore, which posted a winning time of 13:01.42 to beat out second place St. Augustine's and third place Shaw.
     The NCCU women placed third as a team with 47 points, trailing second place Bowie State University (78 points) and repeat conference champion Saint Augustine's College (167 points).
     The NCCU men also placed third as a team with 59 points, narrowly missing Virginia State for second place (64 points), while St. Augustine's repeated as conference champion (157 points).
     NCCU sophomore Dorian Turner and senior Detric Branch posted NCAA provisional-qualifying times during all-conference runs in the men's 200m dash. Turner placed second with a time of 21.96, while Branch finished third in 22.23.
     Junior Jean-Pierre Joubert placed third in the 5,000m run (16:30.20) and freshman Eric Speer placed third in the mile run (4:34.51) to each earn All-CIAA honors for the Eagles.
     NCCU captured second place and all-conference merit in both the 4x400m relay (Speer, Austin-Lamar Hogan, Rashaad Lee, Turner - 3:22.37) and distance medley (Lee, Turner, Robert Curington, Speer - 10:44.30).

Photos courtesy of Michael Pippen, Inside Black College Sports (ibcsports.com)

NCCU's Aisha Brown (left) and Yolanda Barber out in front of the mile run.

NCCU's Aisha Brown (middle) and Yolanda Barber (left) place first and second in the mile run.