North Carolina A&T State Men's Track & Field Repeats As MEAC Champion

LANDOVER, Maryland  – The North Carolina A&T State men won the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) indoor track & field championship on Saturday in the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex, thanks to a dominating performance.

Despite coming into the final day trailing, the Aggies won five titles on Saturday to record 144 points and take the crown for the second year in a row. Hampton finished second with 108 points.

Duane Ross was named the meet’s Outstanding Coach for the second year in a row.

By sweeping both the men’s and women’s indoor titles, North Carolina A&T State becomes the first MEAC school to repeat in both the men and women since Delaware State in 1987.

The first men’s title of the day was a thriller, with North Carolina A&T State’s Marquise McGee making a last-lap move for the lead and holding off Hampton’s Emmanuel Too to take gold in the mile run. McGee ran a 4:21.61 to Too’s 4:21.66.

Rodney Rowe ran a 21.36 to win the 200-meter dash a year after finishing second in the event. He was also part of the Aggies’ 4x400-meter relay team that took the MEAC title after running a 3:14.60.

Michael Dickson ran a 7.85 to win the 60-meter hurdles, while Lasheon Strozier won the triple jump, leaping 49 feet, 6.5 inches to take gold.

Demek Kemp of South Carolina State, who came into the meet ranked in the top five in the nation in the 60-meter dash, held true to form in exciting fashion, running a 6.65 to edge out the Aggies’ Jaylan Mitchell – who ran a 6.66.

Rowe was third with a 6.74.

Too was named the meet’s Outstanding Runner, while Bethune-Cookman’s Jeremiah Peters was named Outstanding Field Performer. Peters won the shot put with a mark of 54 feet, 5.25 inches.

Dominic Harper gave Bethune-Cookman another field title on Saturday, clearing 15 feet in the pole vault to take gold.

Anteneh Girma of Norfolk State ran an 8:52.13 to win the 3,000-meter run, his second title of the meet.

Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored 

1) N. Carolina A&T 144
2) Hampton 108
3) Bethune-Cookman 97.50
4) Norfolk State 68.50
5) Florida A&M 56
6) Morgan State 44.50
7) Coppin State 33
8) South Carolina St. 31
9) Maryland-Eastern Shore 28
10) N.C Central 21.50
11) Savannah State 20
12) Delaware State 8
13) Howard 1

RESULTS

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2018 All-MEAC Honorees

First Team
Demek Kemp, SCSU (60m), Rodney Rowe, NCAT (200m, 4x400), Michael Dickson, NCAT (60h), Trequan Barnes, NSU (400m), Jonathan Moore, B-CU (800m), Marquise McGee (Mile), Anteneh Girma, NSU (3000m, 5000m), Geoffrey McCullough, HAM (DMR), Tayvon Burris, HAM (DMR), Stanley Davis, HAM (DMR), Emmanuel Too, HAM (DMR), Trevor Stewart, NCAT (4x400), Alan Johnson, NCAT (4x400), Dajuan Harding, NCAR (4x400), Jacob Milton, NSU (HJ), Dominic Harper, B-CU (Pole), Lloyd Hylton, MSU (LJ), Lasheon Strozier, NCAT (TJ), Derrick Wheeler, NCAT (Weight), Jeremiah Peters, B-CU (Shot), Todd Townsend, NCAT (Hept).

Second Team
Jaylan Mitchell, NCAT (60m), Joseph Amoah, CSU (200m, 4x400), Aaron Lewis, CSU (60h), Dejuan Harding, NCAT (400m), Tayvon Burris, HAM (800m), Emmanuel Too, HAM (Mile), Oussama Chouati, MDES (3000m, DMR), Festus Kemboi, FAMU (5000m), Donovan Mundy, MDES (DMR), Janoi Brown, MDES (DMR), Judah Corriette, MDES (DMR), Martin Osuwu-Antwi, CSU (4x400), Cheyenne Johnson, CSU (4x400), Anija Addison, CSU (4x400), Garth Warner, NSU (HJ), Adam Funkhouser, DSU (Pole), Connor McMillan, FAMU (Pole), Daniel Seawright, SCSU (LJ), Isaac Arriola, HAM (TJ), Sidney Holston, B-CU (Weight),Vikarie Elliott, MSU (Shot), Jerrick Powell, HAM (Hept).

Third Team
Rodney Rowe, NCAT (60m), Martin Owusu-Antwi, CSU (200m), Todd Townsend, NCAT (60h), Jaelan Williams, HAM (400m), Geoffrey McCullough, HAM (800m), David Too, FAMU (Mile, 3000m, 5000m), Corey Aiken, NCAT (DMR), Alan Johnson, NCAT (DMR), Steve Stowe, NCAT (DMR), Marquise McGee, NCAT (DMR), Brenan Garrett, HAM (4x400), Stanley Davis, HAM (4x400), Justin Beatty, HAM (4x400), Jaelen Williams, HAM (4x400), Kelton Williams, B-CU (HJ), Laron James, SSU (LJ), Malik Franklin, SSU (TJ), Tamunoibi Dabipi, MDES (Weight), Aaron Wilkerson, NCAT (Shot), Desmond Lindsey, HAM (Hept).

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