JCSU Women's Track and Field wins the 2013 CIAA Outdoor Championship

JCSU women's track and field wins the 2013 CIAA Outdoor Championship;
their second title in three seasons
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Petersburg, VA – The Johnson C. Smith University women's outdoor track and field team captured their second crown in three years on the final day of the 2013 CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Rogers Stadium on the campus of Virginia State University on Saturday, April 20th.

JCSU scored 146.50 points to claim first place. Winston-Salem State was second with 108 points and Virginia State was third with 101 points.

Sophomore Samantha Elliott (Kingston, Jamaica) was the women's track most outstanding performer after winning the 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles. She also finished third in the 100 dash and the 200 dash.

Kendall Reynolds of Bowie State and Tajanel McNeil of Winston-Salem State shared women's field most outstanding performer honors. Reynolds won the triple jump and was second in the long jump. McNeil was second in the triple jump, third in the high jump and fifth in the long jump.

The Golden Bulls produced 29 team points on day one off of the field events. Sophomore Imeshia Jones (Reidsville, NC), senior LaQwesha Gamble (Winter Haven, FL), and junior Shaquitta Anderson (Orangeburg, SC) finished first, second, and third, respectively in the javelin throw. Jones won the event with a throw of 38.55m in the final. Their finishes added 24 team points to the total score.

Jones also took fourth place in the shot put with a toss of 11.81m; collecting five more team points.

In the high jump, senior Xahnn-Georgia Reid (Clarendon, Jamaica) added eight points with a jump of 1,58m for second place overall. Gamble finished tied for sixth in the same event, measuring in at 1.43m. Placing sixth earned 1.5 towards the team score.

JCSU dominated the 100m hurdles with finishes of first, second, fourth, and fifth. Elliott took first (13.44), followed by junior Danielle Williams (13.65), sophomore Monique Lovelock (14.49), and senior Naffene Briscoe (14.51). Those four finishes tallied 27 points for the team.

Elliott and Williams led Johnson C. Smith to six victories in the women's events. Williams won the 100 dash (11.43) and 200 dash (23.56) in addition to Elliott winning both hurdles races. Williams is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the 100m and unbeaten in the event this season. The Golden Bulls had 23 team points off the four competitors in the 200m.

Freshman Tovea Jenkins (St. James, Jamaica) placed fourth in the 400m with a time of 55.29, adding five points.

The foursome of Briscoe, Williams, freshman Trudy-Ann Richards (St. Thomas, Jamaica) and Lovelock were victorious in the 4x100 relay (45.31). The combination of Briscoe, Jenkins, Richards, and junior A'Tyan Kennedy (York, SC) placed third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:53.31. Those two events contributed 16 team points to the total.

This is the second women's outdoor conference championship and the first since 2011. Head coach Lennox Graham was also honored as the women's outdoor coach of the year this season.

The Golden Bulls will compete again at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia, PA. The event will be held at Franklin Field on Thursday, April 25 thru Saturday, April 27, 2013.

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