DAY ONE RESULTS / DAY ONE TEAM SCORESROCK HILL, South Carolina – The 2014 SIAC Track & Field Championships got started Thursday at Irwin Belk Track on the campus of Winthrop University. After Day One, the women from Albany State and the men from Kentucky State scored a total of 61 points and 37 points respectively, to finish the day in the lead.
The 2014 SIAC Women's Field Athlete of the Year, Euphemia Edem, made a huge statement for Stillman with her 6.11m mark in the long jump. With the win and an NCAA provisional mark, Edem now ranks second in Division II in the long jump. Benedict's Krishanda Campbell-Brown and Albany State's Lanequa Borders finished second and third, respectively, with marks of 5.80m and 5.45m.
Tuskegee's Aaron Bennett claimed the title in the men's shot put with a mark of 14.54m on his first throw. Javonte Brooks-Brown (14.15m) from Kentucky State and Albany State's Jamal Quadir (13.84m) rounded out the top three.
In the women's shot put, Albany State swept the top three spots. CreeAnn Perkins (13.23m) finished first and teammates Brittany Dean (13.13m) and Rhenia Bonner (11.99m) rounded out the top spots.
Tre Adderely from Benedict narrowly missed the NCAA provisional mark of 7.17m with his leap of 7.16m in the long jump to claim gold. Stillman's Solomon Atosona, the 2014 SIAC Men's Field Athlete of the Year, jumped 6.98m to finish second. Benedict's Omar Wallace (6.75m) ended in third.
In the women's hammer throw, the 10 first place points went to Kentucky State following Joscilyn Crain's 42.12m throw. Clark Atlanta's Rita-Ashley Cunningham (40.26m) placed second and Claflin's Jessica Crawford (36.41m) finished third.
Morehouse's Cullen Watkins won the hammer throw with a mark of 42.20m. Javonte Brooks-Brown's mark of 39.62m helped him to a second-place finish for Kentucky State. Teammate Terry Horton placed third with a 36.71m mark.
The 10,000m run was the only final running event on Day One. Morehouse's Shinaola Agbede finished in 33:22.94 for the gold medal. Albany State's Albery Murrey won the silver medal crossing the line in 33:41.16. Claiming the bronze medal was Benedict's Ediberto Crisanto with a time of 34:54.44.
Benedict's Jonnise Pierce (48:36.21) and Astacia Watkins (48:37.43) went 1-2 in the 10,000m run. The 2014 SIAC Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Olivia Traylor, finished in third with a time of 48:47.28.
Preliminaries of the 400m hurdles, 800m run and women's 4x100m relay were also run. Claflin's Makayla Jackson ran a 1:01.73 to lead the qualifying pack of eight in the women's 400m hurdles. Carrie Byrd, also from Claflin, finished the preliminaries of the women's 800m with the leading time of 2:17.83. In the women's 4x100m preliminary relay, Stillman finished first with a time of 47.02, just about one second faster than the second place Claflin team that finished in 48.18.
Stillman's Darrell Jackson led the qualifiers of the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.55. Kentucky State's Kieren Broussard (1:54.10) placed first in the men's 800m prelims.
Day Two events begin Friday at 8 a.m. with the finals in the decathlon and heptathlon.
COURTESY THESIAC.COM
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