St. Aug 4x100 Men Run Season Best Time at Penn Relays

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania  --  The foursome of Daniel Jamieson (Soph./Windsor, CT), Taffawee Johnson (Sr./St. Ann, Jamaica), Burkheart Ellis Jr. (Soph./Raleigh, NC) and Jermaine Jones (Jr./Wilmington, NC) of Saint Augustine's University ran a season-high 39.19 seconds in the men's 4x100 Championship of America relay on the final day of the 2014 Penn Relays before a crowd of 49,103 at Franklin Field on Saturday, April 26, 2014. Saturday's attendance was the seventh largest in Penn Relays history.

The men's 4x100 squad finished third in the event, which was televised by NBC Sports Network. Only UTech of Jamaica (38.71) and Division I LSU (38.83) ran faster than the Falcons, who entered the prestigious meet as the top-ranked Division II 4x100 relay squad. Five Division I schools were in the eight-team relay.

St. Aug capped the prestigious three-day meet with two third-place relay finishes.  The group of Roxroy Cato (Sr./St. Mary's, Jamaica), James Quarles (Sr./Washington, DC), Kevaughn Hewitt (Sr./Miamar, FL) and Joshua Edmonds (Sr./Jacksonville, FL) finished third in the men's 4x400 college division relay with a time of 3:07.06. Only Indiana Tech (3:06.80) and G.C. Foster of Jamaica (3:06.98) ran faster than the Falcons, ranked No. 1 in Division II in the 4x400 relay.

The Falcons' foursome of Edmonds, Johnson, Jamieson and Jones finished fourth in the men's 4x200 Championship of America relay with a time of 1:21.91. The event was also televised by NBC Sports Network. David Shaw Jr. (Jr./Red Springs, NC) placed fourth in the men's college division triple jump with a career outdoor mark of 49-7¼.

The Lady Falcons' squad of Tia-Adana Belle (Fr./Jamaica), Cherrisse Lynch (Jr./St. Lawrence, Barbados), Brittany Brown (Sr./Akron, OH) and Akeisha Dumont (Jr./Brooklyn, NY) placed fifth in the women's 4x400 college division relay with a time of 3:40.82. DeJon Wilkinson (Sr./Summerville, SC) of St. Aug was eighth in the men's Championship triple jump with a leap of 49-2¼.

The Falcons were coming off victories in three events the first two days. On Friday, world leader Cato won the men's 400 Championship hurdles and Shaw Jr. took the men's college division long jump. Shakinah Brooks (Fr./Raleigh, NC) won the women's college division long jump Thursday.

The Falcons and Lady Falcons have won 34 NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor titles under legendary Head Coach George Williams. The men's team is the two-time NCAA indoor and defending outdoor champs in addition to being the top-ranked Division II squad in the nation.
    
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