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MID-EASTERN MEAC Indoor Track & Field 2019 Season • January 30 Contact: Jeff Cunningham, Asst. Director, Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.951.2055 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE USTFCCCA TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (Top 100 ranking for national) MEN WOMEN North Carolina A&T State 30th Bethune-Cookman 68th Coppin State 79th North Carolina A&T State 71st Norfolk State 81st South Carolina State 100th MID-ATLANTIC REGION Morgan State 17th MID-ATLANTIC REGION Howard 19th Coppin State 11th Delaware State 31st Morgan State 13th Coppin State 34th Delaware State 22nd Saturday, September 29 Howard 25th SOUTH REGION Maryland Eastern Shore 27th Bethune-Cookman 24th Florida A&M 26th SOUTH REGION Bethune-Cookman 18th SOUTHEAST REGION Florida A&M 27th North Carolina A&T State 9th Savannah State 31st Norfolk State 19th North Carolina Central 25th SOUTHEAST REGION South Carolina State 43rd North Carolina A&T State 4th Norfolk State 16th South Carolina State 19th North Carolina Central 26th UPCOMING SCHEDULE *subject to change Friday, February 1 Friday, February 8 Bethune-Cookman at USC Carolina Challenge Delaware State at UMES Cappy Anderson North Carolina Central at Camel City Invitational North Carolina A&T at Liberty Elite Invitational Norfolk State at Liberty Elite Invitational Maryland Eastern Shore at UMES Cappy Anderson Savannah State at USC Carolina Challenge Morgan State at BU Valentine Invitational North Carolina A&T at Tyson Invitational Saturday, February 2 North Carolina Central at Darius Dixon Memorial Bethune-Cookman at USC Carolina Challenge Howard at VMI Winter Relays Coppin State at Scarlet & White Invitational Delaware State at Wildcat Invite/Ocean Breeze Saturday, February 9 Howard at Liberty Flames Invite Delaware State at UMES Cappy Anderson Morgan State at Villanova Invitational Maryland Eastern Shore at UMES Cappy Anderson Savannah State at USC Carolina Challenge North Carolina A&T at Liberty Elite Invitational North Carolina A&T at Tyson Invitational Sunday, February 3 Howard at VMI Winter Relays Florida A&M at USA Invitational Maryland Eastern Shore at Vince Brown Invitational Friday, February 15 Savannah State at USC Carolina Challenge North Carolina A&T at Virginia Tech Challenge Monday, February 4 Saturday, February 16 North Carolina Central at Queens University Combined Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina Open Coppin State at South Carolina Open Florida A&M at South Carolina Open Savannah State at USC Carolina Challenge MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2019 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: JAN. 30 • PAGE 1 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Main: (757) 951-2055 | Fax: (757) 951-2067 Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Sr. Associate Commissioner: Sonja Stills Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Maurice Williams Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Marquis Bryant Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia A. Easley Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Champs. & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Business Manager: Deon Hallback Administrative Assistant: Nikki Johnson Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC Overview Annual Awards Track & Field Contacts The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and The MEAC will name first, second and third www.MEACsports.com offers authorized media all-conference teams (m/w), outstanding per- Bethune-Cookman immediate access to original, up-to-date informa- formers in track and field events and coach of the Dan Ryan tion from the MEAC and its member institutions. year based on performance at the 2019 MEAC [email protected] Indoor Championships. (386) 481-2206 About The MEAC Coppin State Steven Kramer The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) [email protected] begins its 48th year of intercollegiate competition (410) 951-3729 heading into the 2018-19 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up Delaware State of 12 outstanding historically black institutions Dennis Jones across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman [email protected] (302) 857-6068 University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard Florida A&M University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Alvin Hollins Morgan State University, Norfolk State Universi- [email protected] ty, North Carolina A&T State University, North (850) 599-3736 Carolina Central University, Savannah State Uni- Howard versity and South Carolina State University. Derek Bryant The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports [email protected] with automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postsea- (202) 806-7184 son competition in baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross Maryland Eastern Shore country, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and Matt McCann [email protected] women’s track and field, softball, volleyball and (410) 621-2352 men’s golf. Morgan State Leonard Haynes IV Social Media [email protected] Fans and media members are invited to follow (443) 885-3831 the latest Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference track & field news through social media. The MEAC Norfolk State Twitter feed may be accessed @MEACSports Matt Michalec and the conference’s official Facebook page is [email protected] (757) 823-2628 available @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Insta- gram handle is @MEACSports. North Carolina A&T State @MEACSports @MEACSports @MEACSports Jason Pompey [email protected] (336) 285-3609 North Carolina Central Kyle Serba [email protected] Weekly Release & Statistics (919) 530-7054 Media members may access PDF versions of the Savannah State complete weekly release, including conference Will Toman and team-by-team statistics, on www.MEAC- [email protected] sports.com. Regular updates of the weekly re- (912) 356-2446 lease will be distributed via e-mail from the con- ference office. To be included on the distribution South Carolina State list, send an e-mail request to Jeff Cunningham Kendrick Lewis/William “Bill” Hamilton [email protected] at [email protected]. (803) 378-6165 MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2019 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: JAN. 30 • PAGE 2 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK MEAC Track & Field Weekly Honors Norfolk State sophomore Trequan Barnes and ju- nior Martha Bissah were selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Track Athletes of the Week, presented by the U.S. Marines. Bethune-Cookman senior Jeremiah Peters earned Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors, while Bethune-Cookman senior Quamecha Morrison was named Women’s Field Athlete of the Week. Track & Field Performers of the Week Barnes (So., Winston-Salem, N.C.) set a new school The MEAC will name men’s and women’s track performers of the record in the 400-meter dash at the Penn State Nation- al this past weekend, running a MEAC-best 46.17 to week each Wednesday throughout the season in the following cat- come in second in the event. That time is currently the egories: track performer and field performer. Nominees are submit- fourth-fastest in the nation in that event. ted to the conference office by the institutions’ sports information offices. Winners will be made available via e-mail and the confer- Bissah (Jr., Accra, Ghana) recorded the fourth-fastest time in the nation in the 800-meter run at the Penn State ence website by Wednesday afternoon. National, recording a new personal indoor best and ME- AC-leading 2:04.27. She placed second in the event. M-TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK W-TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Dec. 5 Joseph Amoah, Coppin State Dec. 5 Olivia Andrews, N.C. Central Peters (Sr., Cleveland, Ohio) won both the shot put and Jan. 9 Julian Brown, Delaware State Jan. 9 Jessika Gbai, Howard the weight throw at the JDL College Meet Madness this Jan. 16 Kayla White, N.C. A&T State past weekend. His distance of 17.20 meters (56 feet, Jan. 16 Rodney Rowe, N.C. A&T State 5.25 inches) in the shot put is the best in the MEAC, Jan. 23 Trequan Barnes, Norfolk State Jan. 23 Martha Bissah, Norfolk State and he currently ranks second in the conference in the Jan. 30 Jan. 30 weight throw at 16.47 meters (54 feet, 0.5 inches). Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 13 Morrison (Sr., Beaufort, S.C.) won the high jump at the JDL College Meet Madness, leaping a MEAC-best 1.80 M-FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK W-FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK meters (5 feet, 10.75 inches), which is also tied for the Dec. 5 Brandon Hicklin, N.C. A&T State Dec. 5 Nazah Reddick, N.C. A&T State ninth-best high jump mark in the nation. She also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.07. Jan. 9 Tre’ Johnson, Delaware State Jan. 9 Kaylah Clark, Howard Jan. 16 Jacob Milton, Norfolk State Jan. 16 Madeline Akobundu, N.C. A&T State Jan. 23 Jeremiah Peters, B-CU Jan. 23 Quamecha Morrison, B-CU Jan. 30 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 13 Other Top Performers Carlin Berryhill (B-CU) Monae Nichols (B-CU) Aaron Lewis (CSU) Gerald Amobi (DSU) Robert Duncan (DSU) Ahnrea McCaskill (DSU) Nathaniel Are (HOW) Kenneth Chigbue (HOW) Diana Effiom (HOW) Destiny Stanford (HOW) Luan Gabriel (MDES) Atinuke Shittu (MDES) Annastacia Barham (MSU) Keon Rantin (MSU) Kobe-Jordan Rhooms (MSU) Bethany White (NCCU) MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2019 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: JAN. 30 • PAGE 3 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK MEAC Athletes Once Again shot to make noise in the MEAC Championship is to Making National Noise take a look at the cross country results from the fall -- to say nothing of the indoor and outdoor meets from the Early in the indoor season, several MEAC stu- previous season. dent-athletes rank among the top 25 in the nation in their respective events.