North Carolina Central University

CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD

2002-03 Meet Results/Schedule

North Carolina Central University senior sprinter Jason Smoots was presented with the 2003 NCAA Division II Male Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year award during a banquet at the national championship event in Edwardsville, Illinois. [Full Story & Day One Results]

In his final performance as an amateur, North Carolina Central University senior sprinter Jason Smoots will attempt to win his third consecutive outdoor track national championship this weekend as one of six NCCU qualifiers for the 2003 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois on May 22-24. [Full Story]  [Herald-Sun Feature Story - Smoots takes run at '3-peat']

North Carolina Central University's 4x400-meter relay squad edged rival Saint Augustine's College to captured NCCU's lone conference title at the 2003 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Complex in Charlotte, NC. [Full Story & Results]

NCCU freshman sprinter Brian Hope won the 100-meter dash and was the second leg of the winning 4x100m relay squad at the 2003 Charlotte Invitational hosted by UNC-Charlotte at the Irwin Belk Track and Field Complex. [Full Story]

NCCU's Chanda Powell won her third consecutive women's 100m hurdles title at the 13th annual LeRoy T. Walker Olympic Development track & field meet. [Full Story] [Results]

For the second consecutive year NCCU senior sprinter Jason Smoots has been named the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, while NCCU head coach Michael Lawson also repeated as the Southeast Regional Men's Indoor Track Coach of the Year, as selected by the U.S. Track Coaches Association. [Full Story]

NCCU senior Jason Smoots etched his name in the history books Saturday by winning the men's 60-meter dash at the 2003 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, becoming the first three-time winner of the indoor sprint in Division II history (dating back to 1985). Sophomore Chanda Powell captured her second All-America honor of the championship event. [Full Story]

NCCU sophomore Chanda Powell earned All-America honors in the women's long jump during a busy first day of competition at the 2003 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. [Full Story]

NCCU senior sprinter Jason Smoots will attempt to win his third consecutive indoor track national championship this weekend at the 2003 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston on March 14-15. Senior Kennisha Moten and sophomore Chanda Powell will also compete in the championship event. [Full Story]

NCCU senior Jason Smoots and sophomore Chanda Powell captured individual titles at the 2003 CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Newport News, VA, while Powell and freshman Andre Atchison added all-conference honors. [Full Story and Results]

NCCU senior Jason Smoots and sophomore Austin-Lamar Hogan earned victories in their respective events at the North Carolina Collegiate Big 12 hosted by the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. [Full Story]

NCCU sophomore Chanda Powell won her second long jump event of the season, this time at the 2003 Terrapin/PVA Invitational hosted by the University of Maryland at Prince George's Sports Complex in Landover, MD. [Full Story]

NCCU sophomore Chanda Powell won the women's long jump and placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2002 Christopher Newport University "Lid-Lifter" Indoor Track & Field Meet in Newport News, VA on Dec. 6-7. [Full Story & Results]

NCCU senior Katerina Glosova won her fourth CIAA cross country championship to lead the Lady Eagles to a third place team finish, while an all-conference effort by freshman Andre Atchison charged the NCCU men into third place, as well. [Wrap-Up and Photos] [Herald-Sun story by Mike Potter] [Complete Results]

NCCU senior Jason Smoots, a five-time NCAA Division II National Champion, added a gold medal to his long list of accomplishments after Team USA's 4x100-meter relay squad captured first place at the 2002 IAAF (International Association of Athletics Foundation) World Cup on Friday (Sept. 20) in Madrid, Spain at La Comunidad Stadium. [Full Story]

Senior Katerina Glosova won her third meet of the season, this time by more than a minute at the NCCU Cross Country Invitational. [Complete Results]

Andre Atchison won his second consecutive meet to lead the NCCU men to a first place finish at the NCCU Eagle Classic. [Complete Results]

NCCU senior Jason Smoots, a five-time NCAA Division II National Champion, has been selected as a member of the USA team participating in the 2002 IAAF (International Association of Athletics Foundation) World Cup on Sept. 21-22 in Madrid, Spain. [Full Story]

Last Revised:  July 15, 2003