MEAC Completes Day Two of Track and Field Championship

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Nakia Linson captured the long jump at the MEAC Championship

 

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- The Florida A&M women and the Bethune-Cookman men sit at the top of the results board heading into the final day of competition in the 2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.

On the women’s side, the Lady Ratters totaled 48 points after day two’s action. Bethune-Cookman finished second with 44 points followed by Norfolk State in third with 32 points.

Florida A&M’s Shawanna Steplight earned the gold in the women’s heptathlon with 4,693 points, while Coppin State’s Ashley Bacote (4,590) and Deidra Jordan of Bethune-Cookman (4,571) finished second and third, respectively.

In the field events, Morgan State’s Ranita Mealer repeated as the shot put winner with a throw of 14.30m (46-11.00 ft.) and Florida A&M’s Nakia Linson secured the top spot in the women’s long jump with a leap of 6.02m (19-09.00 ft.).

In men’s action, the Wildcats advance to day three with 70 total points. Maryland Eastern Shore currently sits at second with 41 points followed by Hampton with 21 points.

Bethune-Cookman’s Nnamdi Davis earned first-place honors in the decathlon with 6,423 total points. Teammate Keron Stoute captured second with 6,318 points and Hampton’s Emmanuel Price finished third with 6,183 points.

Kenneth Fisher of Bethune-Cookman clinched the gold in the men’s long jump with a leap of 7.78m (25-06.25 ft.). B-CU teammate Nicholas Williams placed second (7.66m) followed by Shane Green of Coppin State, with a jump of 7.27m.

Dillon Simon of Maryland Eastern Shore repeated as the shot put champion, setting a new MEAC record with a throw of 18.64m (61-02.00 ft.). Simon replaces the 2007 record of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Kimani Kirton’s mark of 18.08m.

The competition concludes Saturday, with events starting at 9 a.m. with field events including: men's and women's pole vault, javelin, and triple jump. The women's and men's 4x100m relays will begin the running finals at 1 p.m. Rounding out the evening's events will be the men's and women's 4x400m relay race at 4:20 p.m.

For more information on MEAC Outdoor Track and Field, log on to www.MEACsports.com.

 

Women's Results- 6 Scored Events

1.     Florida A&M                              48
2.     Bethune-Cookman                 44
3.     Norfolk State                            32
4.     Coppin State                             27
5.     Morgan State                            20
6.     Hampton                                    18.5
7.     North Carolina A&T                18
8.     South Carolina State              9

9.     Maryland Eastern Shore       8

10.   Delaware State                        4

        N.C. Central                               4

12.   Howard                                       1.5 

Men's Results- 6 Scored Events
1.     Bethune-Cookman                 70
2.     Maryland Eastern Shore       41
3.     Hampton                                    21
        Howard                                        21
5.     South Carolina State              20
6.     Morgan State                            19
        Florida A&M                               19
8.     North Carolina A&T                13

9.     Coppin State                             6

10.   N.C. Central                               1

** Norfolk State men ineligible for postseason  

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