North Carolina Central University

OUTDOOR TRACK

     PETERSBURG, VA -- North Carolina Central University senior Katerina Glosova led the Lady Eagles to a second place effort at the 2002 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Petersburg, VA, marking the highest outdoor team finish for the NCCU women in school history.
     Glosova was voted as the 2002 CIAA Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete after three-peating in the 1500m (4:55.75) and 3000m (11:05.41) runs, winning the 800m run (2:11.09), and running the anchor leg of the first place 4x400m relay squad.
     NCCU freshman Chanda Powell also played a major role in the team's success with second place efforts in the triple jump (11.42m) and 100m hurdles (14.26), and a championship title in the long jump (5.69m). Powell also ran the first leg of the second place 4x100m relay squad.
     NCCU junior Rosalyn Pollard also had a busy, yet productive day for the Lady Eagles. Pollard won the 100m dash (11.99), placed third in the 200m dash (24.57), and ran the second leg of both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
     Other All-CIAA performances were turned in by freshman Elaine Lyons with a third place finish in the 3000m run (13:14.83), and junior Kennisha Moten with a third place finish in the 400m dash (55.87). Moten also placed fifth in the 200m dash (25.22), opened the 4x400m relay, and anchored the 4x100m relay. Freshman Lindsay Holmes contributed a sixth place effort in the 1500m run (5:37.23) and ran the third leg of the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
     On the men's side, NCCU junior Jason Smoots proved himself again as the fastest man in the CIAA by repeating as the conference champion in the 100m dash with a time of 10.33. Smoots, a three-time NCAA Division II Champion, also ran a blazing anchor leg of the 4x100m relay, taking the stick in fourth place and charging the Eagles to second place in a photo finish. Sophomore Jamie Richardson, freshman Ronnie Pollard, and freshman Steven Enoch also earned All-Conference honors on the 4x100m relay squad.
     Travis Rogers, a back-up center on the men's basketball team, earned a conference championship in the discus throw with a toss of 42.70 meters. Enoch received All-CIAA honors by placing third in both the long jump (7.09m) and triple jump (14.88m). Randy V'Estres also earned All-Conference recognition with a third place effort in the 5000m run (17:58.84).
     The NCCU men's 4x400m relay team, consisting of Austin-Lamar Hogan, Pollard, Richard Davis and Michael Simms, received All-CIAA accolades with a third place finish.
     As a team, the NCCU men placed fourth with 78 points, trailing third place Livingstone College by just 17 points. 
     St. Augustine's won its sixth consecutive title for the women (173 points) and the fifth straight for the men (212 points).

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Last Revised:  April 20, 2002