| (April 23, 2006) [Photos]
JONES NAMED TRACK MVP AT CIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS; NCCU MEN FINISH SECOND,
WOMEN THIRD
PETERSBURG, VA - North Carolina Central University freshman Brandon
Jones won three track events en route to being named male track MVP
at the 2006 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the campus
of Virginia State University on Saturday.
The NCCU men finished second overall behind
Saint Augustine's College and the women finished third, just 25 points
behind champion Bowie State University.
Jones, a freshman from Charlotte, N.C., won
the 800 (1:51.84 ), 1500 ( 4:00.53) and 5000 meter runs. Jones' time of
16:17.17 in the 5000m topped that of second place finisher and NCCU teammate
Gerald
Jones, who ran a 16:24.64.
Outstanding female performers included: Christina
Harris (3rd in 100m), Sharonda Arnold (3rd in 400m), Robin
Thomas (1st in 1500m, 2nd in 800m), Aisha Brown (2nd in 3000m),
Women's 4x100 Relay Team (1st), Women's 4x400 Relay Team (2nd), Jessica
Mills (1st Triple Jump), and Chanel Raynor (2nd Discus Throw).
Other oustanding male performers included:
Maurice
Gailey (2nd in 100m, 2nd in 200m), Men's 4x100m Relay (2nd), Men's
4x400 Relay (2nd), Eric Smalls (1st in Shot Put, 1st in Discus).
Full NCCU Results:
Women 100 Meter Dash
Finals
3rd Harris, Christina 12.36 - All-CIAA
7th Mitchell, Tiffany 12.77
Preliminaries
19th Gantt, Lakisha 13.39
Women 200 Meter Dash
Finals
4th Arnold, Sharonda
24.98
5th Harris, Christina
25.28
6th Alexander, Ambria
25.42
Women 400 Meter Dash
Finals
3rd Arnold, Sharonda
55.27 - All-CIAA
6th Alexander, Ambria 57.36
8th Lee, Tyfia
58.19
Preliminaries
16th Gantt, Lakisha
1:02.59
Women 800 Meter Run
Finals
2nd Thomas, Robin
2:23.30 - All-CIAA
4th Barber, Yolanda 2:28.96
Preliminaries
10th Gantt, Lakisha
2:32.54
16th Louis, Kay
2:41.00
Women 1500 Meter Run
1st Thomas, Robin 4:54.01 - CIAA Champion
2nd Brown, Aisha 4:55.45
- All-CIAA
3rd Barber, Yolanda 4:56.91 - All-CIAA
5th Littlephge, Rejon 5:02.44
Women 3000 Meter Run
2nd Brown, Aisha
11:02.65 - All-CIAA
3rd Littlephge, Rejon
11:16.82 - All-CIAA
4th Lesine, Latanya
11:22.66
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
Finals
7th Mills, Jessica 15.59
Preliminaries
14th Simmer, Sheldonia 18.90
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
Finals
8th Simmer, Sheldonia 1:11.23
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
Finals
1st North Carolina Central 'A' 46.63
- CIAA Champions
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
2nd North Carolina Central 'A' 3:50.85
- All-CIAA
Women High Jump
-- Simmer, Sheldonia
5-03.00 NH
Women Long Jump
4th Mills, Jessica 5.60m
-- Jones, Latisha 5.43m
ND
-- Harris, Christina 5.48m
ND
-- Simmer, Sheldonia 5.18m
FOUL
Women Triple Jump
1st Mills, Jessica 12.57m
- CIAA Champion
10th Jones, Latisha 10.11m
Women Shot Put
2nd Raynor, Chanel 12.17m - All-CIAA
3rd Jones, Latasha
11.67m - All-CIAA
10th Smith, Vineshia 9.96m
Women Discus Throw
2nd Raynor, Chanel 38.62m - All-CIAA
6th Jones, Latasha
30.81m
13th Smith, Vineshia 24.39m
Women Javelin Throw
9th Raynor, Chanel
77-05
15th Smith, Vineshia
65-01.75
Men 100 Meter Dash
Finals
2nd Gailey, Maurice
10.82 - All-CIAA
3rd Davis, Christopher
10.98 - All-CIAA
Preliminaries
10th Jowers, Jason
11.20
Men 200 Meter Dash
Finals
2nd Gailey, Maurice
21.41 - All-CIAA
3rd Mohammed, Hakeem 21.46 - All-CIAA
Preliminaries
12th Turner, Dorian
22.58
Men 400 Meter Dash
Finals
2nd Mohammed, Hakeem 46.65
- All-CIAA
8th Muhammad, Shareef
49.23
Preliminaries
13th Turner, Dorian
49.73
19th Scott, William
51.45
Men 800 Meter Run
Finals
1st Jones, Brandon
1:51.84 - CIAA Champion
6th Curington, Robert 1:57.78
Preliminaries
9th Colfield, Adam
2:01.79
Men 1500 Meter Run
1st Jones, Brandon 4:00.53 - CIAA Champion
5th Lee, Rashaad 4:07.43
7th Jones, Gerald 4:09.10
10th Curington, Robert 4:15.72
Men 5000 Meter Run
1st Jones, Brandon
16:17.17 - CIAA Champion
2nd Jones, Gerald
16:24.64 - All-CIAA
8th Curington, Robert 17:39.29
9th Lee, Rashaad
17:52.86
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
Finals
8th Muhammad, Shareef 15.80
Preliminaries
9th Myrick, Jamarr
16.21
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
Finals
5th Muhammad, Shareef
53.96
6th Martin, Christopher
54.36
Preliminaries
9th Myrick, Jamarr
57.99
14th Lockard, Reginald
1:02.65
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
2nd North Carolina Central 'A'
41.14 - All-CIAA
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
2nd North Carolina Central 'A'
3:20.86 3:17.90 - All-CIAA
Men High Jump
-- Turner, Dorian 6-04.00
NH
Men Long Jump
-- Scott, William
FOUL
-- Myrick, Jamarr
FOUL
-- Martin, Christopher
FOUL
Men Triple Jump
3rd Scott, William
13.99m - All-CIAA
-- Martin, Christopher FOUL
-- Myrick, Jamarr
FOUL
Men Shot Put
1st Smalls, Eric
15.15m - CIAA Champion
7th Ellis, Mack
13.13m
10th Roop, Jason
12.27m
-- Turner, Andrae
FOUL
Men Discus Throw
1st Smalls, Eric
43.24m - CIAA Champion
8th Turner, Andrae 37.12m
-- Roop, Jason
FOUL
-- Ellis, Mack
FOUL
Men Javelin Throw
17th Roop, Jason 100-05
-- Turner, Andrae FOUL
-- Smalls, Erie
FOUL
-- Ellis, Mack
FOUL
Women - Team Rankings - 16 Events Scored
1) Bowie State
176 2) St Augustines
158
3) North Carolina Central
151 4) Virginia State
41
5) Winston-Salem State
31 6) Shaw
29
7) Livingstone College
17 8) Virginia Union University
9
9) Johnson C. Smith
7 10) St Paul College
3
Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
1) St Augustines
212 2) North Carolina Central
143
3) Virginia State
74.50 4) Bowie State
52
5) Winston-Salem State
44 6) Livingstone College
35
7) Johnson C. Smith
24.50 8) Shaw
24
9) Virginia Union University 16
10) St Paul College
Brandon Jones receives the CIAA Men's Track MVP award from St. Augustine's
head coach George Williams
Brandon Jones celebrates as he crosses the finish line first.
NCCU women place third.
NCCU men place second.
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