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.
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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
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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. Before stepping into that role, Pierce was an assistant coach with the BEST TIMES/MARKS program for four years. 60d R. Vassell 7.45 In his previous eight years at the helm, Pierce has guided the Lady Pirates to three MEAC cross country 200m R. Vassell 23.96 titles (2004, 2006, 2010), seven consecutive MEAC indoor championships (2003-09) and seven MEAC 400m C. Calder 55.99 outdoor titles (2003-04, 06-10). 500m L. Richmond 1:15.16 600m C. Robinson 1:35.00 Pierce has coached a total of five individual NCAA champions at Hampton, including three from 800m A. Tate 2:10.53 Francena McCorory in the 400-meter dash. McCorory won both the indoor and outdoor titles during the 1000m A. Tate 2:53.68 2009-10 season, setting the American record in the indoor 400-meter dash with a 50.54. McCorory’s Mile A. Tate 5:00.77 exploits earned her Indoor Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors from the U.S. Track & Field 3000m D. Thompson 10:46.45 and Cross Country Coaches Association. 5000m D. Thompson 19:11.47 60h R. Vassell 8.16 After leading the cross country team to a third-place finish in the MEAC, Pierce led the Lady Pirates to Dist. Hampton ‘A‘ 11:51.71 MEAC titles in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2008-09, while also coaching Francena McCorory 4x400 Hampton ‘A‘ 3:43.33 to the third NCAA title in program history. McCorory, who was already a MEAC indoor champion in the 4x800 Hampton ’A’ 9:09.34 400-meter dash, won the NCAA title in that same event, running a 51.55. McCorory would add a MEAC HJ C. Calder 1.78m outdoor crown and an NCAA Regional outdoor title in that same event. LJ T. Denmark 5.82m TJ T. Denmark 11.89m Pierce, the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year for the indoor season, was Shot J. Watkins 12.85m the Most Outstanding Coach in both MEAC meets during the 2008-09 season. Weight K. McGreggor 17.13m Pent C. Calder 3,694 After leading the Lady Pirates to a second-place finish in the 2007 MEAC cross country championships behind Maryland-Eastern Shore, Pierce led the team to a share of the indoor track &field title with UMES. 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON It was the sixth straight indoor crown for Hampton, which tied with the Lady Hawks with 92 points. The INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Lady Pirates won seven individual titles throughout the indoor season including freshman Racquel Vas- CNU Holiday Open (Dec. 5, 2010) sell’s win in the 60-meter dash at the University of Maryland Terrapin Invitational. R. Vassell 60h 8.41 C. Robinson 600m 1:35.00 The dominance continued into the outdoor season, as the Lady Pirates took home their third straight Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:48.18 Dist. 12:29.96 MEAC title. Vassell was named MEAC MVP after winning the 100- and 200-meter dash, while Francena Coach O Invitational (Dec. 10, 2010) McCorory won the 400-meter dash and Rachel Lewis became an NCAA qualifier in the triple jump. R. Vassell 60m 7.63 60h 8.51 Pierce coached Krystle Medlin to a MEAC cross country individual title in 2006, while four other Lady C. Calder HJ 1.70m Pirates made the All-Cross Country Team. Hampton also won indoor and outdoor titles that season, with T. Denmark LJ 5.82m Yvette Lewis earning MEAC Most Outstanding Female Athlete honors. D. Thompson 3000m 10:47.22 Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011) Lewis and Kellie Wells each competed in the NCAA Championships, with Lewis giving Hampton its first- R. Vassell 200m 24.02 ever NCAA title in the triple jump. Wells finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles to earn All-American A. Tate Mile 5:23.10 K. McGreggor Weight 16.55m honors as the Lady Pirates ended the 2006 season ranked in the Top 25 nationally. NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) R. Vassell 60m 7.61 He is a native of Newport News, Va. and is married to Cantrese Pace-Pierce, a 1998 graduate of Hamp- 60h 8.46 ton University. They live in Newport News with their two daughters, Alyssa and Aniyah. Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:45.59 4x800 9:20.71 PIERCE COACHED ONE OF AMERICA’S OWN IN BEIJING Terrapin Invitational (Jan. 22, 2011) Team USA athlete David Payne, under the tutelage of Hampton University women's track & field coach R. Vassell 200m 24.69 C. Robinson 800m 2:14.47 Maurice Pierce, finished second in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the Summer Games of the 29th Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:50.32 Olympiad at the National Stadium, earning a silver medal in the summer of 2008. Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) Hampton ‘A’ Dist. 11:51.71 Payne finished with a time of 13.17, .01 seconds ahead of American David Oliver, who took bronze. New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) Cuba's Dayron Robles won the gold medal with a time of 12.93, just .02 seconds off the Olympic record. C. Calder HJ-C 1.78m Vince Brown Invite (Feb. 12, 2011) Payne is the first athlete Pierce has coached to earn an Olympic medal. Former Pirate James Carter R. Vassell 60d 7.45 finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in both Athens and Sydney. Pierce also coached Rachelle Tho- 60h 8.35 mas in the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays in Atlanta in 1996. The Beijing Olympics also marked the first B. Taylor 400m 57.73 K. McGreggor Weight 16.89m time Pierce traveled with his athletes to the Games. Pierce hopes to make the trip to the 2012 Summer Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:59.09 Olympics, which will be held in London, England.
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2010-11 MEAC TRACK FACTS LADY PIRATES WIN MEAC CROSS COUNTRY TITLE The Lady Pirates, on the strength of four top-15 finishers, won the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2009-10 MEAC CHAMPIONS (MEAC) cross country team championship in Princess Anne, Md. on Saturday, Oct. 30. Men’s Cross Country Norfolk State Hampton finished with 52 points to claim its first conference title since 2006. Head coach Maurice Pierce Women’s Cross Country was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Coach. Norfolk State Men’s Indoor Track & Field Senior Jasmin Branch (Hampton, Va.) paced the Lady Pirates with a career-best 18:27.40 over the 5K Norfolk State course to finish fourth. On top of earning all-conference honors for the fourth straight year, Branch was Women’s Indoor Track & Field named HU Athlete of the Week on Nov. 2 for her efforts. Norfolk State Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Freshman Devyn Thompson (Chicago, Ill.) came in ninth with an 18:54.70, while freshman Alaine Tate Norfolk State (Queens, N.Y.) ran an 18:58.90 to finish 11th and freshman Nichelle Harris (Rahway, N.J.) came in 12th Women’s Outdoor Track & Field with a 19:02.10. Hampton Sophomore Teshika Rivers (Greenbelt, Md.) ran a 19:26.70 to finish 16th, while sophomore Shaquanda 2010-11 MEAC CHAMPIONS Gainey (Camden, N.J.) finished 21st with a 19:45.40 and freshman Cydney Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) Men’s Cross Country ran a 19:47.50 to come in 23rd. Norfolk State Women’s Cross Country VASSELL NAMED MEAC ATHLETE OF WEEK — FOUR TIMES Hampton Senior Racquel Vassell’s strong 2010-11 indoor season has not gone unnoticed; the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has named her Female Athlete of the Week four times in the season’s seven 2010 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY weeks. ALL-MEAC TEAM Shauib Winters, Florida A&M Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) earned the first honor on Dec. 8 after winning the 60-meter dash and helping the Vincent Rono, Norfolk State 4x400-meter relay team take the gold medal at the season-opening CNU Holiday Open in Newport Amos Kipkosgei, Norfolk State News, Va. She was also named MEAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 15 after winning both the 60-meter Josef Tessema, Norfolk State Basil Melek, UMES dash and 60-meter hurdles at the Coach O Invitational hosted by Maryland Eastern Shore before earning David Kimani, Hampton the honor again on Jan. 14 after her performance at the Penn State Relays. Peter Sang, UMES Amon Kiprotich, UMES So far this season, Vassell has had a hand in nine of the Lady Pirates’ 19 event titles. Aaron Harrison, Howard Michael Gallion, Howard VASSELL AND DIXON NAMED HU ATHLETE OF WEEK — REPEATEDLY Lamere Buchanan, Florida A&M Philemon Kimutai, Norfolk State Senior Racquel Vassell earned HU Athlete of the Week honors on Jan. 18 and Jan. 25 after she turned Kameron George, Norfolk State in an outstanding performances at the New York City Gotham Cup and the Terrapin Invitational. Andre McDonald, Delaware State Shadrack Maritim, UMES Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) ran a 7.61 to win the 60-meter dash, tying her season best in that event. She also won the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.46, before helping the 4x400-meter relay team take the gold 2010 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY medal with a 3:45.59. ALL-MEAC TEAM Ashley Hodges, Howard She was also named HU Athlete of the Week, along with junior Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) from the Brittney Stewart, South Carolina State men’s track & field team, on Dec. 13, 2010. Dixon was again named HU Athlete of the Week on Jan. 31 Jennifer Chichester, Norfolk State after automatically qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash with a school- Jasmin Branch, Hampton record 6.58. Kellen Rutto, Norfolk State
Eunice Jones, UMES Dashera Richardson, Delaware State PIRATES AND LADY PIRATES BREAKING SCHOOL RECORDS Cynthia Anais, UMES When Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) broke the school record in the 60-meter dash with a 6.58 at the Devyn Thompson, Hampton Penn State Nationals, it marked the second time this season that he’s set that mark; he’d ran a then- Patrecia Daniley, South Carolina State record 6.65 at the New York City Gotham Cup. Alaine Tate, Hampton Nichelle Harris, Hampton Ivann Parker (Woodbridge, Va.) set a school record in the weight throw earlier this season at 14.82 me- Patavia Lowrey, South Carolina State ters at the Navy Invitational, while senior Damon Dixon (Great Falls, Va.) broke the men’s heptathlon Janessa Benn, North Carolina A&T Kristen Rush, North Carolina A&T school record for the third time in his career with 5,312 points at the Penn State Nationals.
Freshman Alaine Tate (Queens, N.Y.) broke the Lady Pirates record in the 1,000-meter run with a 2:53.68 at the Gotham Cup and the 800-meter run with a 2:10.53 at the Penn State Nationals. Senior www.MEACSports.com Kristal McGreggor (Bronx, N.Y.) tossed the weight a record 17.13 meters at the Penn State Nationals.
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2010-11 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD QUALIFYING STANDARDS
AUTOMATIC Event FAT MT 55 Meters 6.14@ — 60 Meters 6.60@ — 55-Meter Hurdles 7.17@ — 60-Meter Hurdles 7.70@ — 200 Meters 21.23 — 400 Meters 46.75 46.5 800 Meters 1:48.90 1:48.6 Mile 4:00.80 4:00.5 3,000 Meters 7:57.20 7:56.9 5,000 Meters 13:50.80 13:50.5 1,600-Meter Relay 3:08.90 3:08.6 Mile Relay 3:10.10 3:09.8 Distance Medley Relay 9:33.00 9:32.7
@ Qualifying times attained at altitude of 6,000 feet and above, add .04 seconds. Times attained at altitude of 3,000-5,999 feet, add .02 seconds.
METRIC High Jump 2.24m Pole Vault 5.50m Long Jump 7.90m Triple Jump 16.15m Shot Put 19.30m 35-Pound Weight 21.50m Heptathlon 5,675 points
2010-11 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD QUALIFYING STANDARDS
AUTOMATIC Event FAT MT 55 Meters 6.74@ — 60 Meters 7.26@ — 55-Meter Hurdles 7.57@ — 60-Meter Hurdles 8.14@ — 200 Meters 23.70 — 400 Meters 53.10 52.6 800 Meters 2:06.00 2:05.7 Mile 4:38.90 4:38.6 3,000 Meters 9:16.00 9:15.7 5,000 Meters 16:12.50 16:12.2 1,600-Meter Relay 3:35.80 3:35.5 Mile Relay 3:37.00 3:36.7 Distance Medley Relay 11:09.40 11:09.1
@ Qualifying times attained at altitude of 6,000 feet and above, add .04 seconds. Times attained at altitude of 3,000-5,999 feet, add .02 seconds.
METRIC High Jump 1.85m Pole Vault 4.30m Long Jump 6.38m Triple Jump 13.30m Shot Put 16.90m 20-Pound Weight 21.00m Pentathlon 4,075 points
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PIRATES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD 2010-11 TOP MEAC INDOOR TIMES/MARKS SCHOOL RECORDS (as of Feb. 14, 2011) Current Pirate record-holders marked in bold Pirates marked in bold
Event Name School Time/Mark 60m Reggie Dixon Hampton 6.65
200m James Taylor Norfolk State 21.08 55-meter dash 400m Thomas Keane-Davis UMES 48.02 Fred Johnson 6.06 1985 800m Brandon Burton Hampton 1:53.49 60-meter dash 3000m Josef Tessema Norfolk State 8:27.76 Reggie Dixon 6.58 2011 5000m Philemon Kimutai Norfolk State 14:54.27 200-meter dash Mile Xavier Fraction Hampton 4:22.56 Reggie Dixon 20.91 2009 60h Predist Walker Hampton 7.84 400-meter dash 4x400 Coppin State Coppin State 3:13.09 Johnnie Barnes 48.16 1990 4x800 Hampton Hampton 7:32.65 500-meter run Dist. Hampton Hampton 10:07.57 Brandon Lynch 1:03.00 2009 HJ Damon Dixon Hampton 2.09m 800-meter run John James Norfolk State 2.09m Brandon Lynch 1:53.88 2006 LJ Leon Hunt Florida A&M 7.62m Mile run TJ Marcus Stephens SCSU 15.54m Darren Brown 4:07.46 2008 Shot Marcus Brown UMES 16.40m 1,000-meter run Pole Ryan Agan Delaware State 4.00m Xavier Fraction 2:29.65 2010 Weight Emanuel Stewart Morgan State 17.35m 3,000-meter run Hept. Damon Dixon Hampton 5,321 David Kimani 8:38.81 2009 5,000-meter run David Kimani 14:42.40 2009 55-meter hurdles Brett Fortune 7.31 1989 60-meter hurdles Predist Walker 7.87 2010 4x200-meter relay Hampton University 1:27.57 2009 4x400-meter relay Hampton University 3:12.32 1990 2010-11 MEAC INDOOR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK 4x800-meter relay Pirates marked in bold Hampton University 7:32.65 2011 Distance medley relay Hampton University 10:07.57 2011 Dec. 8: Reggie Dixon, Hampton Pole vault Desmund Shipp 4.55m 2003 Dec. 15: Reggie Dixon, Hampton; Calvin Dascent, Morgan State Shot put Rodney Johnson 17.52m 2001 Jan. 12: Andre Walsh, Maryland Eastern Shore Weight Throw Ivann Parker 14.82m 2010 Jan. 19: Sean Holston, Norfolk State High jump Travis Ridley 2.13m 2001 Jan. 26: James Taylor, Norfolk State Long jump Dwayne Reid 7.62m 1987 Feb. 2: Reggie Dixon, Hampton Triple jump James Carter 15.61m 1998 Feb. 10: Leon Hunt, Florida A&M Heptathlon Damon Dixon 5,312 points 2011 Individual points 2009-10 MEAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARDS James Carter 38 1999 Team points MEAC Most Outstanding Field Performer: Damon Dixon, Hampton Hampton University 98 1999 MEAC Most Outstanding Runner: Philemon Kimutai, Norfolk State MEAC Most Outstanding Coach: Kenneth Giles, Norfolk State
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2010-11 TOP MEAC INDOOR TIMES/MARKS LADY PIRATES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (as of Feb. 14, 2011) SCHOOL RECORDS Lady Pirates marked in bold Current Lady Pirate record-holders marked in bold
Event Name School Time/Mark 60m Racquel Vassell Hampton 7.45
200m Racquel Vassell Hampton 23.96 55-meter dash 400m Tanisha Kendrick Morgan State 55.43 Onyinye Chikrzie 6.78 2007 800m Cynthia Anais UMES 2:07.95 60-meter dash 3000m Ashley Hodges Howard 10:24.10 Kellie Wells 7.33 2006 5000m Kellen Rutto Norfolk State 18:52.53 200-meter dash Mile Alaine Tate Hampton 5:00.77 Yvette Lewis 23.82 2006 60h Racquel Vassell Hampton 8.16 400-meter dash 4x400 Maryland Eastern Shore UMES 3:35.22 Francena McCorory 50.54 2010 4x800 Hampton Hampton 9:09.34 500-meter run Dist. Hampton Hampton 11:51.71 Francena McCorory 1:09.16 2007 HJ Claudia Calder Hampton 1.78m 800-meter run LJ Champagne Bell Norfolk State 6.14m Alaine Tate 2:10.53 2011 TJ Christina Epps Coppin State 12.20m Mile run Shot Vanessa Henry UMES 15.39m Krystle Medlin 5:00.62 2009 Pole Katie Wright Norfolk State 3.45m 1,000-meter run Weight Candace Shirley Morgan State 18.31m Alaine Tate 2:53.68 2011 Pent. Claudia Calder Hampton 3,694 1,500-meter run Cetera Bunche 4:51.67 2005 3,000-meter run Krystle Medlin 10:11.14 2009 55-meter hurdles Kellie Wells 7.60 2005 60-meter hurdles Kellie Wells 8.08 2006 4x400-meter relay Hampton University 3:41.25 2006 4x800-meter relay 2010-11 MEAC INDOOR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Hampton University 9:01.41 2008 Lady Pirates marked in bold Distance medley relay Hampton University 11:47.78 2008 Pole vault Dec. 8: Racquel Vassell, Hampton Carolyn Lewis 3.24m 2007 Shot put Dec. 15: Racquel Vassell, Hampton Tracee Cheek 13.47m 2003 Weight Throw Jan. 12: Racquel Vassell, Hampton Kristal McGreggor 17.13m 2011 High jump Jan. 19: Champagne Bell, Norfolk State Judy McDonald 1.79m 1990 Long jump Jan. 26: Cynthia Anais, Maryland Eastern Shore Yvette Lewis 6.26m 2007 Triple jump Feb. 2: Racquel Vassell, Hampton Yvette Lewis 13.75m 2006 Pentathlon Feb. 10: Vanessa Henry, Maryland Eastern Shore Yvette Lewis 3,852 points 2007 Individual points Yvette Lewis 48 2006 2009-10 MEAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARDS Team points Hampton University 179 2007 MEAC Most Outstanding Field Performer: Elaine Rhoades, Norfolk State MEAC Most Outstanding Runner: Francena McCorory, Hampton MEAC Most Outstanding Coach: Ronda Berard, Norfolk State
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2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY PIRATES ROSTER
Year Name Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School Event Fr. Keenan Allen 5-9 153 Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast HS Sprints Sr. Aaron Anderson 5-9 175 Fort Wayne, Md./Bishop McNamara HS Sprints Sr. Bradley Brown 5-9 150 Upper Marlboro, Md./C.H. Flowers HS Mid Fr. Kyle Cathion 5-10 150 Washington, D.C./Archbishop Carroll HS Mid So. Michael Davenport 6-3 148 Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville HS Distance Sr. Damon Dixon 6-3 165 Great Falls, Va./Langley HS Multi Jr. Reggie Dixon 5-7 160 Plainfield, N.J./Plainfield HS Sprints So. Xavier Fraction 5-10 155 Sewell, N.J./Washington Township HS Distance Fr. Quintin Fulgham 6-0 165 Chester, Va. Sprints/Jumps Fr. Je’Von Hutchison 5-11 147 Boynton, Fla./Boynton HS Mid Fr. Ivann Parker 6-2 285 Woodbridge, Va./Ohio University Throws Fr. Larry Ramirez 6-2 152 Pleasantville, N.J./Pleasantville HS Distance Fr. Stacy Robinson 5-8 140 Washington, D.C. Jumps/Hurdles So. Jaleel Rogers 5-11 170 Philadelphia, Pa./Martin Luther King HS Mid Jr. Bennett Taylor 6-3 175 Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep Multi Sr. Lamar Veale 6-1 160 Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek HS Multi Sr. Predist Walker 5-11 158 Suffolk, Va./Lakeland HS Sprints/Hurdles
Head Coach: Steven Lewis (3rd year, Norfolk State ’64) Assistant Coaches: Patrice Beasley (3rd year, Eastern Michigan ’06), Lela V. Nelson (2nd year, Eastern Michigan ’05)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Keenan Allen — KEY-nan Kyle Cathion — CATH-ee-on Quintin Fulgham — FULL-gam Ivann Parker — EYE-van Lamar Veale — VEEL Predist Walker — PREE-dissed
2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD
2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES ROSTER
Year Name Ht. Hometown/Previous School Event So. Cassaundra Bouldin 5-4 Bowie, Md./Bowie HS Sprints Fr. Camylle Boxton 5-7 San Jose, Calif./Mount Pleasant HS Mid Sr. Jasmin Branch 4-11 Hampton, Va./Bethel HS Distance Jr. DeShana Briggs 5-9 Norfolk, Va./Booker T. Washington HS Jumps So. Rachel Burrell 5-7 Hampton, Va./Bethel HS Sprints Fr. Taylor Butler 5-7 Oxon Hill, Md./Oxon Hill HS Mid Jr. Claudia Calder 5-9 Kingston, Jamaica/Convent of Mercy Multi Fr. Teiara Denmark 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial HS Jumps Jr. Ermesha Fair 5-4 Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch HS Jumps Fr. Emmy Fraenk 5-8 Hampton, Va./Bethel HS Sprints So. Shaquanda Gainey 5-3 Camden, N.J./Camden HS Multi Sr. Margaret Harris 5-2 South Bend, Ind./Riley HS Hurdles Fr. Nichelle Harris 5-7 Rahway, N.J./Rahway HS Mid Sr. Kristal McGreggor 5-10 Bronx, N.Y./Bronx CC Throws Fr. Breana Norman 5-11 Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown HS Sprints Fr. Maressa Pinnock 5-4 Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch HS Mid Sr. Leah Richmond 5-8 Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS Sprints So. Teshika Rivers 5-6 Greenbelt, Md./Western Kentucky Distance Fr. Cydney Robinson 5-6 Portsmouth, Va./Churchland HS Distance Fr. Alaine Tate 5-4 Queens, N.Y./Bayside HS Mid Jr. Benita Taylor 5-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Carver Sci. & Eng. HS Mid Fr. Devyn Thompson 5-4 Chicago, Ill./Whitney M. Young HS Distance Sr. Racquel Vassell 5-6 Irvington, N.J./East Orange HS Sprints Sr. Jocelyn Watkins 5-4 Ellenwood, Ga./Woodward Academy Throws
Head Coach: Maurice Pierce (9th year, Norfolk State ‘96) Assistant Coaches: Aldrin Gray (6th year, Hampton ’03), Christopher McCoy (2nd year, St. Augustine’s ’00), Petrice Richards (1st year, Hampton ’10)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cassaundra Bouldin — BOLD-in Camylle Boxton — Cah-MEEL DeShana Briggs — De-SHON-uh Teiara Denmark — TEE-air-uh Ermesha Fair — Er-MEE-shuh Emmy Fraenk — Frank Shaquanda Gainey — Shuh-QUON-duh Maressa Pinnock — Muh-RES-suh Teshika Rivers — Te-SHEE-kuh Cydney Robinson — Sidney Racquel Vassell — ROCK-el VAS-ul
2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD
2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY PIRATES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE
Date Meet Location Time Dec. 4 Navy Invitational Annapolis, Md. (Wesley Brown Fieldhouse) All Day Dec. 10-11 Golden Flash Gala Kent, Ohio (Kent State Field House) All Day Jan. 8 Penn State Relays State College, Pa. (Ashenfelter Multi) All Day Jan. 14 Gotham Cup New York, N.Y. (Armory Track & Field Center) All Day Jan. 28-29 Penn State National State College, Pa. (Ashenfelter Multi) All Day Feb. 4-5 New Balance Collegiate New York, N.Y. (Armory Track & Field Center) All Day Feb. 17-19 MEAC Indoor Championships Landover, Md. (Prince George’s Center) All Day March 5-6 IC4A Indoor Championships Boston, Mass. (Boston University) All Day March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas (Gilliam Indoor Track) All Day
2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE
Date Meet Location Time Dec. 4 CNU Holiday Open Newport News, Va. (Freeman Center) All Day Dec. 10 UMES Coach O Invitational Princess Anne, Md. (Hytche Athletic Center) All Day Jan. 8 Penn State Relays State College, Pa. (Ashenfelter Multi) All Day Jan. 14 Gotham Cup New York, N.Y. (Armory Track & Field Center) All Day Jan. 22 Terrapin Invitational Landover, Md. (Prince George’s Center) All Day Jan. 28-29 Penn State National State College, Pa. (Ashenfelter Multi) All Day Feb. 4-5 New Balance Collegiate New York, N.Y. (Armory Track & Field Center) All Day Feb. 12 Vince Brown Invite Newport News, Va. (Freeman Center) All Day Feb. 17-19 MEAC Indoor Championships Landover, Md. (Prince George’s Center) All Day March 5-6 ECAC Indoor Championships Boston, Mass. (Reggie Lewis Center) All Day March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas (Gilliam Indoor Track) All Day