ASU sweeps SWAC track and field championships
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Contributed BATON ROUGE, La – The Alabama State women’s and men’s teams swept the 2010 SWAC Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse. The defending champion Lady Hornets won in impressive fashion totaling 220 points. Jackson State was second with 104 points, and Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff third with 65 points. It marked the ASU women’s programs third back-to-back championship in the past nine years, as Alabama State won in 2002-2003 and 2005-06. The Alabama State men captured the title with 124.5 points, while defending champion Grambling State was second with 86.6 points followed by Southern in third at 70.3 points. It is the first men’s title for Alabama State since 2004 and the first school sweep of the Conference women’s and men’s indoor titles since Southern accomplished the feat in 1999. Alabama State’s women continued their dominance of the meet on Sunday, with first place finishes in the weight throw and the mile while tying for first in the pole vault, and posting second-place finishes in the mile run, 60 meter, 200 meter and 400 meter dashes. The Lady Hornets had multiple top six finishes in the weight throw (first, third, fourth), mile (first, second, third), 60 meter dash (second and third), 400 meter dash (second and sixth), 60 meter hurdles (fourth and sixth) and 200 meter dash (second and fourth). Shexnieavia Bryant of Alabama State was the Women’s Outstanding Field Performer. She scored 20 points with a pair of first-place finishes in the shot put (12.96m/42-06.25ft ) and weight throw (SWAC record 17.69m/ 58-00.50 feet). ASU’s Raheema Hodges earned Women’s Outstanding Track Performer Honors, scoring 32.5 points with first place finishes in the mile run, 3000 meter and 5000 meter runs, and helping the Hornets to a first-place finish in the distance medley relay. On the men’s side, Alabama State won the 400 and 800 meter dashes, and finished second in the mile run, 60 meter hurdles, 5000 meter run and mile relay. ASU also had multiple top six finishes in the 400 meter dash (first and sixth), 60 meter hurdles (second, fourth and sixth), 800 meter dash (first, third, fourth, fifth), and 5000 meter run (third and sixth). Micah McCulloch of Southern was the Men’s Outstanding Field Performer, scoring 18 points with three third-place finishes (high jump, long jump, triple jump). Alabama State’s Robert Gunn was the Men’s Outstanding Track Performer, scoring 30.5 points. Gunn had a first place finish in the 3000 meter run and helped the Hornets to the first place finish in the distance medley relay while also finishing in second in the mile run, third in the 5000 meter run, and fifth in the 800 meter run. Final Women’s Team Results 1. Alabama State - 220 Final Men’s Team Results 1. Alabama State - 124.5 Records set on Sunday Women’s weigh throw – Shexnieavia Bryant (17.69m, besting the previous mark of 17:48 set in 2007 800 meters – Delorean Peek (ALST) 1:52:58, beating his previous record mark of 1:54.36 set last year. Men’s mile run – Darwin Price, GSU 4:21.12 beating his previous record mark of 4:21:16 set last year Men’s 5000 meter run – Jimmy Oribo, UAPB 15:15.97 , beating previous mark of 15:16.97 set last year. |
