Sunday, May 17, 2015

JCSU Qualifies 14 for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships


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

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