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HAMPTON UNIVERSITY 2010-11 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD 2011 MEAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THURSDAY-SATURDAY, FEB. 17-19, 2011 PRINCE GEORGE’S SPORTS & LEARNING COMPLEX LANDOVER, Md. 2010-11 Hampton University Track & THIS WEEKEND’S MEET Field Quick Facts The Hampton University men’s and women’s track & field teams will head to Landover, Md. this Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the 2011 MEAC Indoor Championships. The Lady Pirates finished General second in the MEAC Championships last season, after winning the last seven, while the Pirates will Location Hampton, Va. Founded 1868 look to improve upon last year’s second-place effort. Enrollment 6,156 Affiliation NCAA Div. I The Lady Pirates have won 26 event titles this season, with senior Racquel Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) Conference MEAC having a hand in 11 of them. The Pirates have won 14 events, with junior Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, President Dr. William R. Harvey Dir. Of Athletics Lonza Hardy Jr. N.J.) accounting for six of them. SWA Tianna Scott Athletic Phone (757) 727-5641 Dixon has automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter dash with a school- Athletic Fax (757) 727-6995 record 6.58 at the Penn State Nationals on Jan. 29. Mascot Pirates/Lady Pirates Colors Royal Blue and White Track Boo Williams Sportsplex (I) LAST TIME OUT … Armstrong Stadium (O) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 12, 2011) — The Hampton University women’s track & field team Sports Information geared up for the 2011 MEAC Indoor Championships in impressive fashion on Saturday, winning five (Email addresses @hamptonu.edu) event titles at the Vince Brown Invitational hosted by Christopher Newport University at the Freeman Track Contact Jeff Cunningham Center. Office Phone (757) 727-5811 Email jeffrey.cunningham SID Maurice Williams Senior Racquel Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) won two of those events, taking the 60-meter dash with a SID Office Phone (757) 727-5757 season-best time of 7.45 and the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.35. SID Email maurice.williams SID Fax (757) 727-5813 Senior Kristal McGreggor (Bronx, N.Y.) won the weight throw with a distance of 16.89 meters, while Web Site www.hamptonpirates.com Overnight Add. Hampton University junior Benita Taylor (Philadelphia, Pa.) ran a 57.73 to win the 400-meter dash. Office of Sports Info. 194 Holland Hall The Lady Pirates’ 4x400-meter relay team won the gold medal with a 3:59.09. Hampton, VA 23668 Coaching Staff Freshman Breana Norman finished second in both the 60-meter dash (7.67) and the 60-meter hur- Men’s Coach Steven Lewis dles (8.80), while freshman Alaine Tate (Queens, N.Y.) came in third in the mile run with a season- Women’s Coach Maurice Pierce best 5:00.77. Best Time to Reach Contact SID Assistant Coaches Patrice Beasley (M) Lela V. Nelson (M) Freshman Emmy Fraenk ran a 57.76 in the 400-meter dash to finish second, while freshman Cydney Aldrin Gray (W) Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) came in third with a 58.75. Freshman Devyn Thompson (Chicago, Ill.) Christopher McCoy (W) ran a 19:11.47 in the 5,000-meter run to come in fifth. Petrice Richards (W) Team Information Senior Jocelyn Watkins (Ellenwood, Ga.) threw the shot put 12.21 meters to finish fourth, while junior 2009-10 XC—Pirates 6th, Lady DeShana Briggs (Norfolk, Va.) jumped 1.62 meters in the high jump to come in fifth. Pirates 4th in MEAC In.—Pirates 2nd, Lady The Pirates had the weekend off after competing in the Armory New Balance Collegiate Invitational Pirates 2nd in MEAC Out.—Pirates 5th, Lady on Feb. 4-5 in New York, N.Y. Senior Damon Dixon (Great Falls, Va.) won the Eastern high jump title Pirates MEAC Champs in that meet, posting a season-best height of 2.09 meters. Junior Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) finished second in the 60-meter dash championship with a 6.65, after posting the top preliminary time with a 6.64. He was also on the 4x200-meter relay team www.hamptonpirates.com that finished fifth with a 1:28.02. 2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD PIRATES TRACK PIRATES HEAD COACH STEVEN LEWIS 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON Steven Lewis enters his third season as the men’s cross country and track & field coach at Hampton BEST TIMES/MARKS University. Lewis brings over 40 years of coaching experience to the Pirate family, taking over a program looking to ascend into the upper echelon of the MEAC. 60d R. Dixon 6.58* 200m R. Dixon 21.11 Lewis’ second season with the Pirates saw sophomore Reggie Dixon finish seventh in the 100-meter 400m J. Hutchison 48.40 dash at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 10.39 to become the first 500m J. Hutchison 1:04.32 Pirate under Lewis to earn All-American honors. This came after the Pirates finished fifth in the MEAC 600m J. Rogers 1:21.96 Outdoor Championships, the 4x100-meter relay squad setting a MEAC record in winning the race with a 800m B. Burton 1:53.49 39.71. 1000m X. Fraction 2:32.65 Mile X. Fraction 4:22.56 Predist Walker also won a MEAC outdoor crown under Lewis, taking the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 3000m M. Davenport 10:06.51 13.83. 60h P. Walker 7.84 4x200 Hampton ‘A’ 1:28.02 The Pirates finished second in the MEAC Indoor Championships, with Damon Dixon earning the meet’s 4x400 Hampton ‘A’ 3:18.62 Most Outstanding Field Performer award after winning the men’s heptathlon and finishing second in the 4x800 Hampton ‘A’ 7:32.65 high jump and pole vault. David Kimani also took the MEAC indoor title in the 3,000-meter run. Dist. Hampton ’A’ 10:07.57 LJ P. Walker 7.06m Kimani also earned All-MEAC honors in cross country, finishing eighth in the 2009 MEAC Champion- HJ D. Dixon 2.09m ships with a 26:36.10 as the Pirates came in sixth overall. TJ Q. Fulgham 14.17m Shot I. Parker 15.29m In his first season with the Pirates, Lewis guided his team to a third-place finish in the 2009 MEAC Indoor Weight I. Parker 14.50m Championships, seeing two of his athletes – Reggie Dixon (60-meter dash) and David Kimani (mile run) Hept. D. Dixon 5,312 – take home event titles. Dixon also ran in the 200-meter dash in the NCAA Indoor Championships, fin- ishing 10th. *automatic NCAA qualifier The Pirates would follow that up with a second-place finish in the 2009 MEAC Outdoor Championships, where Dixon won the conference title in the 200-meter dash. Dixon would also qualify for the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships under Lewis’ leadership. Lewis came to Hampton from Delaware State, where he spent the last three years as an assistant coach with the men’s cross country and track & field teams. Prior to his work at Delaware State, Lewis spent 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON 2002-2005 as an assistant coach with the women’s team at Eastern Michigan University. While at East- INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS ern Michigan, Lewis coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events, while also recruiting and advising student-athletes. He coached four All-Americans, one NCAA regional champion and saw East- Navy Invitational (Dec. 4, 2010) ern Michigan finish 16th in the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. R. Dixon 60m 6.70 200m 21.11 D. Dixon HJ 2.04m Lewis arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1982, where he spent 20 years as head coach for both the Hampton ‘A’ 4x800 7:53.77 men’s and women’s teams. His Panther squads won five Big East conference titles, and in 1998 Pitt’s women’s track & field team finished third in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Throughout Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 10-11, 2010) his career at Pitt, Lewis coached 11 individual NCAA champions and 67 All-Americans. Forty men and R. Dixon 60m 6.68 95 women won Big East individual championships under Lewis’ direction. 200m 21.31 P. Walker 60h 8.01 Lewis is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1964 graduate of what is now Norfolk State University. Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011) A. Anderson 60m 6.82 HAMPTON TRACK’S TIES WITH EASTERN MICHIGAN D. Dixon 60h 8.12 Pirates head coach Steven Lewis has connections with his coaching staff beyond their collaboration at Hampton; when Lewis was an assistant coach for the women’s track & field program at Eastern Michi- NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) gan, current assistant coaches Patrice Beasley and Lela V. Nelson were star athletes for the Eagles. R. Dixon 60m 6.65 Beasley, the 2006 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Athlete of the Year, was a star sprinter at Eastern Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) Michigan, and she helped the indoor 4x400-meter relay team, as well as the outdoor 4x100-meter relay R. Dixon 60m 6.58 and 4x200-meter relay teams set school records. J. Hutchison 400m 48.41 D. Dixon Hept. 5,312 Nelson set seven school records at Eastern Michigan, including 5,878 points in the heptathlon when she New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) won the NCAA title in 2005. She was also an All-American in the long jump that year. D. Dixon HJ-E 2.09m 2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD LADY PIRATES HEAD COACH MAURICE PIERCE LADY PIRATES TRACK Maurice Pierce enters his ninth season as the head coach of the Hampton University women’s cross 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON country and track & field teams.