JCSU Athletes Receive Top Track Awards

JCSU junior sprinter Shermaine Williams was named 2010 Atlantic Region Female Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Leford Green and Shermaine Williams, junior student-athletes of NCAA Division II, Johnson C Smith University, were this week named Atlantic Region Male and Female Track Athlete of the Year by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The 23-year-old Green also capped a distinguished season by also being named by the USTFCCCA as National Division II Male Track Athlete of the Year. The 6-3/195 sprinter, Green, is from St. Catherine, Jamaica and is majoring in Information Systems Engineering.

On the Atlantic Region award, the USTFCCCA said: "Green... was the nation's leader in three events heading into the NCAA II Championships. Green clocked 20.68 over 200 metres, 45.88 over 400 metres, and 49.56 in the 400m hurdles." The Bridgeport High and Kingston College former student-athlete also anchored Johnson C Smith Golden Bulls to the second-best mark among 4x400m relay squads. He was also the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) champion in the 400m hurdles earlier this season.

JCSU junior sprinter Leford Green has also been named by USTFCCCA as National Division II Male Track Athlete of the Year.

At the NCAA Division II Championships held at Johnson C Smith University at Charlotte, North Carolina, Green placed second in the 400m in 45.68 seconds, behind defending champion Joshua Scott of St Augustine's College, and ran a blazing 48.67 seconds to win the 400m hurdles. Only 2005 world champion Bershawn Jackson has run faster (48.50) at the NCAA Division II Championships. Given those achievements, Green was also named the National Division II Male Track Athlete of the Year.

For the 20-year-old Shermaine Williams, a World Junior Championships and a World Youth Championships silver medallist, she "won a second-straight NCAA Championship in the 100m hurdles, clutching victory over Adams State's Indira Spence (another Jamaican) by an eyelash in a 13.14 to 13.15 photo finish". The best of Williams is yet to come, with a personal bests in the 60m, 100m, 200m this year. She ran her personal best 13.06 metres in the 100m hurdles last year for a new national junior record.

The 5-8 sprinter, Williams is from St. Andrew, Jamaica and is majoring in Biology.

Division II 2010 Outdoor Track & Field All-Americans Announced

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday the 336 student-athletes that will receive USTFCCCA All-America honors in Division II. A total of 434 awards will be presented to the 336 individuals as a result of a national top-eight finish in last weekend’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in Charlotte, N.C.

USTFCCCA All-America PDFs: By Team | By Event | Previous Award Recipients
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NCAA Championship Scoring Summary

Saint Augustine’s College won the NCAA men’s team title for the second-straight year and for the 11th time overall. With 82 points and five event champions, the Falcons took the spot over Abilene Christian who scored 62. Saint Augustine’s men led with 20 individuals receiving All-America nods, followed by Angelo State (12) and Central Missouri and Lincoln (Mo.) (11).

On the women’s side, Angelo State also received 20 All-America certificates while Lincoln (Mo.) earned 16 nods and Grand Valley State tallied 13. Angelo State won their first NCAA team title, scoring 87 points with three event champions. Lincoln (Mo.) took second with 73 team points.

MEN’S NOTES

Saint Augustine’s College junior Josh Scott recorded double NCAA crowns in the 200 and 400 meters. Scott, the defending 400-meter champ won this year’s one-lapper in 45.11 over CIAA rival Leford Green of Johnson C. Smith University. Scott won the 200 meters in 20.53. Scott also claimed double relay NCAA national titles with a lead-off leg of the 4×100 (39.75) and as the anchor of the Falcons’ 4×400 (3:04.95).

JCSU's Green did win the 400-meter hurdles in a blazing time of 48.67. Only Olympic medalist Bershawn Jackson has run faster at an NCAA Division II Championship (48.50). Scott’s time also places him as a top-10 World performer in the event in 2010.

WOMEN’S NOTES

Sophomore Semoy Hackett of Lincoln (Mo.) reset the all-time Division II best in winning the women’s 200-meter dash in 22.75 and into a headwind (-0.5 m/s). Hackett topped what was the Division’s all-time best and NCAA meet record of 22.85 set in 1993 by Norfolk State’s Chandra Sturrup. Hackett also won the 100 meters, marking the second-straight year in which she earned the double-sprint win.

Johnson C. Smith University junior Shermaine Williams won a second-straight NCAA championship in the 100-meter hurdles, clutching victory over Adams State’s Indira Spence by an eyelash in a 13.14 to 13.15 photo finish.

In another thriller, Lincoln (Mo.) frosh Michelle Cumberbatch held off Angelo State multi-eventer Aisha Adams to clock a championships-meet record time of 56.85. Adams’ time of 56.93 was also under the 2006 meet record of 57.18 set by Lynnsey Dailey. Defending champ Christine Merrill of UC San Diego was third at 58.04.

Lincoln (Mo.) took the 4×100-meter crown for the second-straight year. This year’s squad of Kirlene Roberts, Semoy Hackett, Sudian Davis, and Tia Rolle clocked 44.73. Hackett and Davis were also on the 2009 squad that won the NCAA title.

Lincoln (Mo.) Racquel Anderson won the long jump over teammate and defending champ Anna Kay Campbell by virtue of second-best jumps. Anderson and Campbell both notched a best of 19-11½ (6.08m) in their opening jumps, but Anderson’s second-best mark of 19-6¼ (5.95m) on her fourth attempt bettered Campbell’s second-best, fifth-round attempt of 19-5½ (5.93m).

Fort Valley State junior Antionette Oglesby captured the NCAA title in the triple jump for the second-straight year, leaping to 42-6¼ (12.96m) this year to win by 17 inches.

HBCU MEN ALL-AMERICANS

200m Dash Antoine Thomas Albany State (Ga.)
400m Dash Antoine Thomas Albany State (Ga.)
Long Jump William Bailey Bowie State
4×100m Relay Aaron Allen Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay John Brown Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay Roger Chaney, Jr. Fort Valley State
100m Dash Keon Montgomery Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay Keon Montgomery Fort Valley State
400m Dash Leford Green Johnson C. Smith
400m Hurdles Leford Green Johnson C. Smith
400m Dash Akino Ming Johnson C. Smith
400m Hurdles Sabiel Anderson Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Sabiel Anderson Lincoln (Mo.)
400m Hurdles Steve Banton Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Steve Banton Lincoln (Mo.)
100m Dash Kimour Bruce Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Kimour Bruce Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Dwain Bryden Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Mandela Clifford Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Jean Nougues Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Rupert Smith Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Gavin Terrelonge Lincoln (Mo.)
Triple Jump Barry Batson Morehouse
100m Dash Lemario Bland Morehouse
00m Dash Antonio Abney Saint Augustine’s
400m Dash Antonio Abney Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Antonio Abney Saint Augustine’s
100m Dash Richard Boone Saint Augustine’s
200m Dash Richard Boone Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Richard Boone Saint Augustine’s
110m Hurdles Jason Boyd Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Jason Boyd Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Jason Boyd Saint Augustine’s
High Jump Christopher Copeland Saint Augustine’s
Long Jump Orolando Duffus Saint Augustine’s
Triple Jump Orolando Duffus Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Kelly Fisher Saint Augustine’s
200m Dash Josh Scott Saint Augustine’s
400m Dash Josh Scott Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Josh Scott Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Josh Scott Saint Augustine’s
110m Hurdles Steve Simeus Saint Augustine’s
100m Dash Sean Stuart Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Sean Stuart Saint Augustine’s
High Jump Hoova Taylor Virginia State
110m Hurdles Melvin Edison Virginia Union

HBCU WOMEN ALL-AMERICANS

Javelin Melinda Bastian Benedict
4×100m Relay Shankevia Burke Fort Valley State
Triple Jump Kiana Key Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay Tiffany Moore Fort Valley State
4×400m Relay Tiffany Moore Fort Valley State
Long Jump Antionette Oglesby Fort Valley State
Triple Jump Antionette Oglesby Fort Valley State
4×400m Relay Latonya Payne Fort Valley State
100m Dash Portia Wilson Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay Portia Wilson Fort Valley State
4×100m Relay Raven Wilson Fort Valley State
4×400m Relay Raven Wilson Fort Valley State
4×400m Relay Portia Wilson Fort Valley State
100m Hurdles Rosemarie Carty Johnson C. Smith
4×100m Relay Rosemarie Carty Johnson C. Smith
4×100m Relay Monique Kelly Johnson C. Smith
4×100m Relay Lakaevia Tyler Johnson C. Smith
100m Hurdles Shermaine Williams Johnson C. Smith
4×100m Relay Shermaine Williams Johnson C. Smith
Long Jump Racquel Anderson Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Anna Kay Campbell Lincoln (Mo.)
Long Jump Anna Kay Campbell Lincoln (Mo.)
100m Dash Nyoka Cole Lincoln (Mo.)
200m Dash Nyoka Cole Lincoln (Mo.)
400m Dash Nyoka Cole Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Nyoka Cole Lincoln (Mo.)
400m Hurdles Michelle Cumberbatch Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Michelle Cumberbatch Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Sudian Davis Lincoln (Mo.)
100m Dash Semoy Hackett Lincoln (Mo.)
200m Dash Semoy Hackett Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Semoy Hackett Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Keniesha Jones Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Kirlene Roberts Lincoln (Mo.)
4×100m Relay Tia Rolle Lincoln (Mo.)
4×400m Relay Sheena Johns Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Sheena Johnson Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Kyra Mobley Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Keisha Parris Saint Augustine’s
200m Dash Barbara Pierre Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Barbara Pierre Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Barbara Pierre Saint Augustine’s
4×100m Relay Angelique Smih Saint Augustine’s
400m Dash Angelique Smith Saint Augustine’s
4×400m Relay Angelique Smith Saint Augustine’s