Lincoln (MO) five-peats at Div II Outdoor Nationals
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Posted By: Jehan Bunch on May 29, 2007 May 27, 2007 The women of Lincoln (MO) University successfully defended their team title at the 2007 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Lincoln’s women scored 82.5 points and have not lost an outdoor title since capturing their first championship five years ago. Serba Photo Lincoln University Blue Tigers This year Davita Prendergast got wins in the 200m and 400m dash while Carla Thomas picked up first place in the 400m hurdles and second in the 100m hurdles. They also ran legs on the winning 4X400 meter relay team which set a new meet record. Prendergast was the defending champion in the 400m and finished just .02 seconds short of setting a new meet record. St. Augustine’s (68 pts) placed third, just one point behind Abilene Christian. Albany State scored 36 points to finish 6th. NC Central finished 31st with 8 points. Bowie State scored 5 points to finish 40th. Benedict finished in a tie for 46th place with 4 points. In the men’s competition, St. Aug (73 pts) and Morehouse (68 pts) finished second and third behind Abilene Christian, who earned their sixth consecutive outdoor title. NC Central finished 7th with 31 points. Lincoln (MO) finished 12th with 19 points. Albany State scored 15 points and Fort Valley State put up 14 points to finish 14th and 16th respectively. Several HBCU athletes became multiple champions during the three day event. Lincoln’s Davita Prendergast won both the 200m and 400m dash and ran the second leg of the Blue Tigers’ winning 4X400m relay team. Her teammate Carla Thomas won the 400m hurdles and ran the anchor leg on the 1600m relay team which won their fourth title in the last five years. After winning the long jump on Thursday, St. Augustine’s Kwonya Ferguson took the triple jump title on Friday. Saturday, Lady Falcon Barbara Pierre won the women’s 100n dash and ran the first leg of the St. Aug’s winning 4x100m relay team. Ferguson ran the anchor leg. Morehouse senior Randall Flimmons won the men’s long jump St. Augustine’s sprinters Kendall Stevens and Philippe DeRosier successfully defended their titles. Stevens repeated as the 100m dash champion while DeRosier won the 200m dash championship for the second consecutive year. DeRosier ran the second leg and Stevens anchored the Falcon’s winning 4x100m relay team. Lincoln’s Decosma Wright also repeated as men’s 110m hurdles champion. NC Central’s Hakeem Mohammad took the tile in the 400m dash and Morehouse’s Damian Prince won the 400m hurdles. Prince also anchored Morehouse’s winning 4x400m relay team. HBCU All Americans by event Women Long Jump *-Kwonya Ferguson - St Augustine's Jana Mrozkova - Albany State Women Triple Jump *-Kwonya Ferguson - St Augustine's Jessica Mills - NC Central Jana Mrozkova - Albany State Candice Camp - Albany State Kerry-Ann Robinson - Lincoln Women High Jump Notoya Thompson - Lincoln Women 100 Meter Dash *-Barbara Pierre - St Augustine's Jasmine Peck - Albany State Nandelle Cameron - Lincoln Karen Robinson - Lincoln Estella Moore Albany State Camile Gray - St Augustine's Women 200 Meter Dash *-Davita Prendergast - Lincoln Jasmine Peck - Albany State Nandelle Cameron - Lincoln Barbara Pierre - St Augustine's Johnsie Liles - St Augustine's Jennifer Geter - Bowie State Women 400 Meter Dash *-Davita Prendergast - Lincoln Johnsie Liles - St Augustine's Erica Young - St Augustine's Monique Robinson - Lincoln Women 800 Meter Run Meleshia Spencer - Lincoln Women 100 Meter Hurdles Carla Thomas - Lincoln Marquita Davis - St Augustine's Lindsay Colclough - Benedict Women 400 Meter Hurdles *-Carla Thomas - Lincoln Women 4x100 Meter Relay *-St Augustine's (Barbara Pierre, Johnsie Liles, Camile Gray, Kwonya Ferguson) Lincoln (Karen Robinson, Carla Thomas, Jody-Ann Powell, Nandelle Cameron) Albany State (Candice Camp, Roxanne Griffin, Estella Moore, Jasmine Peck) Bowie State (Brittany Brady, DaMara Parrish, Jennifer Geter, Sarah Clay) Women 4x400 Meter Relay *-Lincoln (Monique Robinson, Davita Prendergast, Meleshia Spencer, Carla Thomas) St Augustine's (Erica Young, Aisha George, Marsha Rowe, Johnsie Liles) Bowie State (Ricci Alleyne, Sarah Clay, Phylicia Buie, Jennifer Geter) *-National Champion Men Long Jump *-Randall Flimmons - Morehouse Evan Flax - Morehouse Men High Jump Keith Moffatt - Morehouse Joseph Kindred - St Augustine's Evan Flax - Morehouse Michael Jackson - St Augustine's Men Decathlon Pierre Brown - Fort Valley State Men Triple Jump Andre Tillman - St Augustine's Jamal Cumberbatch - St Augustine's Randall Flimmons - Morehouse Evan Flax - Morehouse Men 100 Meter Dash *-Kendall Stevens - St Augustine's Philippe DeRosier - St Augustine's Marquis Horn - Morehouse Rodney Coley - Albany State Xavier Hair - Fort Valley St Sharif Nash - St Augustine's Men 200 Meter Dash *-Philippe DeRosier - St Augustine's Marquis Horn - Morehouse Rodney Coley - Albany State Maurice Gailey - NC Central Kendall Stevens - St Augustine's Men 400 Meter Dash *-Hakeem Mohammad - NC Central Karjaun Williams - NC Central Antoine Thomas - Albany State Men 800 Meter Run Brandon Jones - NC Central Karjaun Williams - NC Central Men 110 Meter Hurdles *-Decosma Wright - Lincoln Pete Smith - Lincoln Dior Lowy - St Augustine's Steven Jackson - Fort Valley St Men 400 Meter Hurdles *-Damian Prince - Morehouse Alvin Miles - St Augustine's Jermaine Baker - St Augustine's Men 4x100 Meter Relay *-St Augustine's (Dennis Boone, Philippe DeRosier, Sharif Nash, Kendall Stevens) Fort Valley State (Steven Jackson, Xavier Hair, Marquis Andrews, Jeffery Mosley) North Carolina Central (Chris Davis, Hakeem Mohammad, Rigdon Whitfield, Maurice Gailey) Morehouse (Brandon Morgan, Damian Prince, Brandon Hartley,Marquis Horn) Lincoln (Franklyn Mitchell, Decosma Wright, Raymond Richards, Pete Smith) Men 4x400 Meter Relay *-Morehouse (Marquis Horn, Brandon Hartley, Curtis Dayson, Damian Prince) Albany State (Olaidipo Adeshina, Rodney Coley, Antoine Thomas, Michael Donald) St Augustine's (Andre Thompson, Tim Riley, Sharif Nash, Bedawi Gomez) North Carolina Central (Karjaun Williams, Brian Hope, Shareef Muhammad, Brandon Jones) *-National Champion If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Jehan Bunch
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Great news!What about the times of the events? How can these be obtained? Sunday, June 3rd 2007 at 5:07PM |
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