North Carolina Central University

CROSS COUNTRY / TRACK & FIELD

2005-06 Meet Results/Schedule

North Carolina Central University freshman Brandon Jones took home a national title in the junior men's 800-meter run during the 2006 Finish Line USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. [Full Story] [Windows Media Player video courtesy of Dyestat, the Video Vault, Marc Davis]

North Carolina Central University's women placed ninth at the 2006 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships Saturday in Emporia, Kan., the Lady Eagles best-ever finish at the national championship event. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University freshman Jessica Mills captured a national title in the women's triple jump at the 2006 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Emporia, Kan. Friday, and she did so in convincing fashion. [Full Story]

Thirteen North Carolina Central University student-athletes will compete at the 2006 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships from May 25-27 at Fran Welch Stadium on the campus of Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. [Full Story]

The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has named North Carolina Central University's Jessica Mills as the 2006 NCAA Division II Southeast Region Women's Field Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season.  [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University freshman Brandon Jones won three track events en route to being named male track event MVP at the CIAA 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. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore Maurice Gailey won the men's 100-meter dash (10.77) at the Carolina Fast Times Meet in Chapel Hill, NC on Saturday. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University junior sprinter Hakeem Mohammed won both the men's 200 and 400-meter dashes at the Charlotte Invitational at the Irwin Belk Track on Saturday (April 1, 2006). [Full Story] 

Results: Lee Calhoun High School Track & Field Invitational

Five North Carolina Central University men's sprinters earned six All-America citations to place sixth at the 2006 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, marking the highest finish for the Eagles at an indoor national championship meet. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University will send 10 student-athletes to the 2006 NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 10-11 in Boston at the Reggie Lewis Center. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore sprinter Maurice Gailey had a record-setting performance during the 2006 CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships to help lead the Eagles to a second place finish on Feb. 19 inside the Freeman Center on the campus on Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. [Full Story]

Lawrence "Larry" J. Black, former North Carolina Central University sprinter and Olympic medalist, died Wednesday, Feb. 8 in his hometown of Miami, Florida from a massive aneurysm. He was 54 years old. [Full Story]

The North Carolina Central University men's 4x200-meter relay team established a new meet record during the 2006 HBCU Invitational on Feb. 4-5 at the Prince George Sports Complex in Landover, Md. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sprinter Sharonda Arnold captured the 400- meter dash title  at the UNC Fast Times Indoor Track and Field Meet in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Saturday. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore Brian Hope won the men's 60-meter dash for the second straight indoor track meet, this time at the University of North Carolina's "Fast Times" event in Chapel Hill, N.C. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore Brian Hope won the men's 60-meter dash at the Christopher Newport University Inivitational in Newport News, Va. on Sunday (Dec. 4). [Full Story]

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced Tuesday (Nov.1) that North Carolina Central University Head Cross Country Coach Michael Lawson has been selected as CIAA Coach of the Year for men's and women's cross country.  [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore Yolanda Barber won her second consecutive individual conference title to help the Lady Eagles capture the school's first CIAA Women's Cross Country Championship on Thursday (Oct. 20) at SAS Park in Cary, N.C. [Full Story] [Women's Results] [Men's Results]

North Carolina Central University won both the women's and men's events during the running of the annual NCCU Cross Country Invitational at Forest Hills Park in Durham, NC. [Full Story/Results]

North Carolina Central University sophomore Yolanda Barber and junior Aisha Brown placed first and second to lead the Lady Eagles to the women's Division II team championship at the 22nd annual Greensboro Cross Country Invitational at Hagan Stone Park. [Full Story]

North Carolina Central University sophomore distance runner Aisha Brown emerged victorious at NCCU's dual meet with Duke University. The 4K race was held on the Fit Loop in the Duke Forest. Brown, a native of Kodiak, Alaska, finished with a time of 17:25. [Full Story]
 

Last Revised:  Aug. 2006