Hampton Lady Pirates Win MEAC Outdoor Title Yet Again

GREENSBORO, North Carolina  --  For the third straight year, the Hampton University women's track & field team won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Championships, taking the crown this past weekend at North Carolina A&T's Irwin Belk Track.

The Lady Pirates have won the MEAC outdoor title in 11 of the last 13 years.

The Pirates, meanwhile, finished third in the men's standings with 89 points. Bethune-Cookman won the men's title with 132 points.

The Lady Pirates tallied 154.5 points.

"We started off slow and made some mistakes on Thursday and Friday," Director of Track & Field Maurice Pierce said. "I know the type of team we have and the talent level we have. We are a championship team and at the end of the day, we'll show up and represent as true champions and get it done. It was a total team effort."

Sophomore Ce'aira Brown (Philadelphia, Pa.) was named the meet's female Most Outstanding Runner after having a hand in winning three events. She took the 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.14, and she ran a 4:34.68 to win the 1,500-meter run.

Brown was also on the 4x400-meter relay team – along with senior Malekah Holland (Brooklyn, N.Y.), senior Emmy Fraenk (Hampton, Va.), and junior Le'Quisha Parker (Silver Spring, Md.) – that won gold with a 3:38.25.

Holland also won the MEAC title in the 400-meter dash with a season-best 53.23.

Parker also anchored the 4x100-meter relay team – along with senior Teiara Denmark (Virginia Beach, Va.), senior Breana Norman (Virginia Beach, Va.), and sophomore Tanisha Greene (Virginia Beach, Va.) – that won gold with a 45.26.

Norman ran a 13.60 in the 100-meter hurdles to take the MEAC title.

Denmark jumped a season-best 12.47 meters (40 feet, 11 inches) to finish second in the triple jump, and Parker was second in the 400-meter dash with a 54.12. Senior Cydney Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) was second in both the 800-meter run (2:10.98) and 1,500-meter run (4:35.87).

On the men's side, junior Chidi Okezie (Philadelphia, Pa.) was named the Most Outstanding Runner, winning a pair of events. He won the 200-meter dash with a season-best 20.73, before running a 46.61 to take the 400-meter dash.

Junior Edose Ibadin (Glendale, Md.) won the 800-meter run with a 1:50.14.

Junior Sulaiman Fareed (Richmond, Va.) came in second in the shot put with a school-record mark of 16.60 meters (54 feet, 5.5 inches), and senior Stefano Nardini (Milan, Italy) threw the javelin 63.83 meters (209 feet, five inches) to finish second.

Senior Je'Von Hutchison (Boynton, Fla.) ran a 46.74 to finish second in the 400-meter dash.

Graduate student Paris Reddick-Simmons (Alexandria, Va.) ran a season-best 3:59.82 in the 1,500-meter run to finish second.

The top three finishers in each race earned All-MEAC honors.

For more information on Hampton University track & field, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

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