Several Eagles place in top 5 at Camel City Invitational

title image via Kevin L. Dorsey Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletics WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University men’s and women’s track & field teams competed in the Camel City Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Freshman James Harris finished first for the second straight meet but for the first time in the men’s 400m event.  Harris won in his hometown running a 49.92 in the 400m event. He has shown his versatility running in the 200m, 300m, and 400m events so far this indoor season. Harris placed first last weekend…

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Texas Southern Men’s track with several top-10 placings in the season opener

Title images via Texas Southern Athletics Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information RESULTS The TSU men’s track & field team posted eight top-10 finishes at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational hosted by the University of Houston on Friday. Brandon Washington placed fourth in the 800 as his time ranks second in the SWAC currently as he posted a mark of 1:56.71. Jose Gonzalez picked up where he left off last season with a seventh-place finish in the mile as he posted the top time (4:17.96) in the SWAC. Both Gonzalez…

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A pair of Golden Rams prepare to compete at D-II Track&Field Championships

Courtesy of Dr. Earnest Brown , Albany State Athletics Two members of the Golden Rams Track & Field team are ready to compete at the 2023 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The championships will be held May 25th-27th inside the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl in Pueblo, Colorado with Colorado State University, Pueblo serving as host. A total of 754 participants, 377 men and 377 women, will compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championships by reaching a provisional standard established for each event. The Golden Rams will be represented…

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Week 6 SIAC Trackletes Honourees

Courtesy of the SIAC The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has announced its track and field weekly honors, released by the league office on Tuesday. Ed Gilbert (Albany State) and Jaylynne Williams (Kentucky State) were named this week’s men and women Track Athletes of the Week, alongside Donte Gosier (Fort Valley State) and Sydney Blackburn (Albany State) who collected this week’s men and women Field Athletes of the Week honor. Women’s Track and FieldTrack Performer of the Week – Jaylynne Williams, Kentucky State Williams finished first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a season and personal best record of 14.99…

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Langston’s Chasity Veals named SAC Field Athlete of the Week for third consecutive time

COurtesy of Kyle Taylor, Langston Sports Information OKLAHOMA CITY – Chasity Veals of Langston collected her third Oklahoma Ford Dealers Sooner Athletic Conference women’s field athlete of the week in a row.  Women’s field athlete of the week: Chasity Veals | Jr. | Richardson, Texas Chasity Veals placed second in the K.T. Woodman Classic on Friday in Wichita, Kan., in the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, 4 inches. Veals’ mark ranks No. 4 in the NAIA on the season and placed her on the A standard list for the NAIA Championships. She…

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Southern track claims seven individual titles at the Pelican Relays

Titile image via Tristan Holliday Kevin Albarez, Assistant Sport Information Director, Southern University Athletics BATON ROUGE, LA – The Pelican Relays returned to A. W. Mumford Stadium for the first time in 15 years and Southern University capitalized on the opportunity to host a meet. Southern won seven different event titles and improved their positioning in every event. Uzuri Graves, Kinzli Zenon and Karanay Alexander got things started in the women’s javelin. Graves won the event with a distance of 123 feet 7 inches. Zenon finished second at 108 feet 10 inches and Alexander finished fourth…

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Texas Southern women’s track takes 15 top-10 finishes at Pelican Relays

Title image via Travis Pendergrass Courtesy of Texas Southern University Athletics BATON ROUGE, La. – The mile relay claimed gold as the TSU women’s track & field team had 15 top-10 finishes at the Pelican Relays on Saturday at Southern University. Lillie Burnett finished fourth in the 200 in a time of 24.61 followed by Bayli George (25.3) in eighth and Shelby Brooks (25.58) in 10th. Jasmine Walker ran a personal best and moved to 10th in the SWAC after a time of 2:18.41 in the 800 en route to a third-place…

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MEAC Announces weekly track honorees

NORFOLK, Va., April 5, 2023—Norfolk State senior Kai Cole was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola, and Howard University senior Jessica Wright was selected as Women’s Track Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced today.Delaware State sophomore Peter Kamanu was named Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, while North Carolina Central junior Joidon Boddie earned Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors. Kai Cole , Norfolk State (Sr., Alexandria, Va.)  Cole set MEAC benchmarks in both the men’s 100 and 200 meters, winning both events this past…

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Week 4 SIAC Tracklete Honours

Courtesy of the SIAC ATLANTA, Ga. (April 4, 2023) – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has announced its track and field weekly honors, released by the league office on Tuesday. Ed Gilbert (Albany State) and Nathalia Rowe (Albany State) were named this week’s men and women Track Athletes of the Week, alongside Sundiata Washington (Tuskegee) and Amarianna Lofton (Central State) who collected this week’s men and women Field Athletes of the Week honor. Women’s Track and Field Track Performer of the Week – Nathalia Rowe, Albany State Rowe had an outstanding performance last week at the University of West Georgia…

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Talledega Track has great day at UAB Spring Invite

Courtesy of Talladega College Athletics: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Saturday marked the third consecutive week that the Talladega College outdoor track and field teams were in action. This time, the Tornadoes headed west to take part in the University of Alabama-Birmingham Spring Invitational, and it was a banner day for the program. The Tornadoes grabbed a fourth place finish on the men’s side, as they amassed 74.5 points, and a seventh place with 30 points on the women’s final leaderboard. The Tornadoes were the second highest totalling NAIA team for both…

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