CSU Track & Field Teams Qualify 14 for NCAA Outdoor Championships
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- The Johnson C. Smith University Track & Field teams had 14 individuals qualify for the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
For the JCSU women, Kenrisha Brathwaite (Bridgetown, Barbados) and Shamaz Quince (West Palm Beach, Fla.) each qualified for the 100m hurdles. Brathwaite qualified by posting a 13.80 at the CIAA Championships while Quince clocked a 13.90 at the Winthrop Invitational. Freshman Fellan Ferguson (Trelawny, Jamaica) enters the NCAA Championships after posting a qualifying time of 2:08.97 at the Georgia Invitational last weekend.
Tovea Jenkins (St. James, Jamaica) will compete in the 400m after she set a qualifying mark of 52.42 at the CIAA Championships. That time is currently the third-fastest time of the spring. Imeshia Jones (Reidsville, N.C.) is the lone JCSU field qualifier in the javelin after tossing a 40.51m at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic.
The JCSU 4x400m relay team of Crystal Campbell (St. Catherine, Jamaica), Domenique Julius-Williams (Oshawa, Ontario), Shanice Pettigrew (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Jenkins also qualified with a 3:42.31, also at the CIAA Championships.
The JCSU men qualified four athletes in individual events and also qualified for two relays. Sophomore Patrick Campbell (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica) earned a spot in the 400m hurdles when he returned a 52.46 mark at the CIAA Championships. Joshua Cunningham (Toronto, Ontario) and Waynee Hyman (Warwick, N.Y.) each qualified in the 400m at the CIAA Championships, with Cunningham posting a 47.04 and Hyman running a 46.77. Hyman will also compete in the 200m after a running a 20.78.
Michane Rickets (Kingston, Jamaica) earned a spot in the long jump by leaping to a school-record 7.42m mark last week at the Georgia Invitational.
In the relays, the 4x100 team of David Ellis (Katy, Texas), Rajiv Service (Fairmouth, Jamaica), Hyman and Cunningham will participate due to the 40.15 they posted while winning the CIAA Championship. That time is the second-fastest nationally this spring. Also in the 4x400, the team of Campbell, Hyman, Service and Cunningham will race after posting a 3:11.77 at the CIAA Championships.
The 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held on May 21-23 in Allendale, Michigan at the Grand Valley State University Track & Field Complex.
Women's Qualifiers Event Time Qualifying Meet
Kenrisha Brathwaite 100m Hurdles 13.80 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Fellan Ferguson 800m 2:08.97 Georgia Invitational (5/9/15)
Tovea Jenkins 400m 52.42 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Imeshia Jones Javelin 40.51m Auburn Tiger Track Classic (4/3/15)
Shamaz Quince 100m Hurdles 13.90 Winthrop Invitational (3/26/15)
Crystal Campbell 4x400 3:42.31 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Domenique Julius-Williams 4x400
Shanice Pettigrew 4x400
Tovea Jenkins 4x400
Men's Qualifiers Event Time Qualifying Meet
Patrick Campbell 400m Hurdles 52.46 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Joshua Cunningham 400m 47.04 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Waynee Hyman 200m 20.78 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
400m 46.77 CIAA Championships (4/17/15
Michane Rickets Long Jump 7.42m Georgia Invitational (5/9/15)
David Ellis 4x100 40.15 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Rajiv Service 4x100
Waynee Hyman 4x100
Joshua Cunningham 4x100
Patrick Campbell 4x400 3:11.77 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Waynee Hyman 4x400
Rajiv Service 4x400
Joshua Cunningham 4x400
Joshua Cunningham 400m 47.04 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Waynee Hyman 200m 20.78 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
400m 46.77 CIAA Championships (4/17/15
Michane Rickets Long Jump 7.42m Georgia Invitational (5/9/15)
David Ellis 4x100 40.15 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Rajiv Service 4x100
Waynee Hyman 4x100
Joshua Cunningham 4x100
Patrick Campbell 4x400 3:11.77 CIAA Championships (4/17/15)
Waynee Hyman 4x400
Rajiv Service 4x400
Joshua Cunningham 4x400
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