Hampton University 2010-11 Outdoor Track & Field

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY 2010-11 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

67th FLORIDA RELAYS FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 1-2, 2011 PERCY BEARD TRACK GAINESVILLE, Fla.

COLONIAL RELAYS FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 1-2, 2011 ZABLE STADIUM WILLIAMSBURG, Va.

2010-11 Hampton University Track & THIS WEEKEND’S MEET Field Quick Facts The Hampton University men’s and women’s track & field teams will travel to Gainesville, Fla. on Friday and Saturday to compete in the 67th Florida Relays at the Percy Beard Track, hosted by the General University of Florida. Select Lady Pirates will also head up the road to Williamsburg, Va. to compete Location Hampton, Va. Founded 1868 in the Colonial Relays at Zable Stadium on the campus of the College of William & Mary. This will Enrollment 6,156 mark the third week of the outdoor season for the defending MEAC champion Lady Pirates, while the Affiliation NCAA Div. I Pirates will be in their second weekend of outdoor action. Conference MEAC President Dr. William R. Harvey Dir. Of Athletics Lonza Hardy Jr. SWA Tianna Scott LAST TIME OUT … Athletic Phone (757) 727-5641 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (March 24-27, 2011) & RALEIGH, N.C. (March 25-26, 2011) — Hampton Uni- Athletic Fax (757) 727-6995 Mascot Pirates/Lady Pirates versity senior Aaron Anderson and junior Reggie Dixon led a strong effort from the men’s track & field Colors Royal Blue and White team this past Thursday through Sunday at the Alabama Relays at the Sam Bailey Track on the cam- Track Boo Williams Sportsplex (I) pus of the University of Alabama. Armstrong Stadium (O)

Sports Information Anderson (Fort Washington, Md.) won the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.13, while also running a (Email addresses @hamptonu.edu) 1051 in the 100-meter dash to finish second. Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) won the 100-meter dash after Track Contact Jeff Cunningham running a 10.33 Office Phone (757) 727-5811 Email jeffrey.cunningham SID Maurice Williams Dixon also ran a 21.72 to finish sixth in the 200-meter dash. SID Office Phone (757) 727-5757 SID Email maurice.williams The Pirates also took home titles in the 4x400-meter relay (3:14.99) and the 4x800-meter relay SID Fax (757) 727-5813 (7:40.45). Web Site www.hamptonpirates.com Overnight Add. Hampton University Office of Sports Info. Freshman Je’Von Hutchison (Boynton, Fla.) ran a 48.57 to finish second in the 400-meter dash, while 194 Holland Hall freshman Brandon Burton (Newport News, Va.) came in fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of Hampton, VA 23668 1:52.90.

Coaching Staff Men’s Coach Steven Lewis Senior Damon Dixon (Great Falls, Va.) jumped 1.93 meters in the high jump to finish fifth, while Women’s Coach Maurice Pierce freshman Ivann Parker (Woodbridge, Va.) came in fifth in the shot put after tossing it 14.99 meters. Best Time to Reach Contact SID Assistant Coaches Patrice Beasley (M) Lela V. Nelson (M) The Lady Pirates, meanwhile, competed in the Raleigh Relays on Friday and Saturday at the Paul Aldrin Gray (W) Derr Track on the campus of North Carolina State University. The 4x400-meter relay team turned in Christopher McCoy (W) the best performance of the weekend, running a 3:48.88 to finish second. Petrice Richards (W)

Team Information Senior Racquel Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) recorded the Lady Pirates’ best individual performance, run- 2009-10 XC—Pirates 6th, Lady ning a 14.01 to finish fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. Freshman Breana Norman (Virginia Beach, Pirates 4th in MEAC Va.) came in seventh with a 14.28. In.—Pirates 2nd, Lady Pirates 2nd in MEAC Out.—Pirates 5th, Lady Junior Benita Taylor (Philadelphia, Pa.) ran a 2:13.41 to come in seventh in the 800-meter run invita- Pirates MEAC Champs tional, while freshman Cydney Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) finished eighth with a 2:13.68.

The Lady Pirates’ 4x200-meter relay team ran a 1:41.69 to finish 10th.

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PIRATES TRACK PIRATES HEAD COACH STEVEN LEWIS 2010-11 OUTDOOR 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. 100m R. Dixon 10.33 200m A. Anderson 21.13 Lewis’ second season with the Pirates saw sophomore Reggie Dixon finish seventh in the 100-meter 400m J. Hutchison 48.57 dash at the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 10.39 to become the first 800m B. Burton 1:52.90 Pirate under Lewis to earn All-American honors. This came after the Pirates finished fifth in the MEAC 1500m X. Fraction 4:03.00 Outdoor Championships, the 4x100-meter relay squad setting a MEAC record in winning the race with a 400h Bry. Brown 56.69 39.71. 4x400 Hampton ‘A’ 3:14.99 4x800 Hampton ‘A’ 7:40.45 Predist Walker also won a MEAC outdoor crown under Lewis, taking the 110-meter hurdles with a time of HJ D. Dixon 1.93m 13.83. Shot I. Parker 14.99m Javelin D. Dixon 40.54m The Pirates finished second in the MEAC Indoor Championships, with Damon Dixon earning the meet’s Dec. B. Taylor 5,242 Most Outstanding Field Performer award after winning the men’s heptathlon and finishing second in the high jump and pole vault. David Kimani also took the MEAC indoor title in the 3,000-meter run.

Kimani also earned All-MEAC honors in cross country, finishing eighth in the 2009 MEAC Champion- ships with a 26:36.10 as the Pirates came in sixth overall. 2010-11 OUTDOOR SEASON INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS In his first season with the Pirates, Lewis guided his team to a third-place finish in the 2009 MEAC Indoor Championships, seeing two of his athletes – Reggie Dixon (60-meter dash) and David Kimani (mile run) Alabama Relays (March 24-27, 2011) – take home event titles. Dixon also ran in the 200-meter dash in the NCAA Indoor Championships, fin- R. Dixon 100m 10.33 ishing 10th. A. Anderson 200m 21.13

Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:14.99 4x800 7:40.45 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.

2010-11 INDOOR SEASON Lewis came to Hampton from Delaware State, where he spent the last three years as an assistant coach INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS with the men’s cross country and track & field teams. Prior to his work at Delaware State, Lewis spent 2002-2005 as an assistant coach with the women’s team at Eastern Michigan University. While at East- Navy Invitational (Dec. 4, 2010) ern Michigan, Lewis coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events, while also recruiting and R. Dixon 60m 6.70 advising student-athletes. He coached four All-Americans, one NCAA regional champion and saw East- 200m 21.11 ern Michigan finish 16th in the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. D. Dixon HJ 2.04m Hampton ‘A’ 4x800 7:53.77 Lewis arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1982, where he spent 20 years as head coach for both the Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 10-11, 2010) men’s and women’s teams. His Panther squads won five Big East conference titles, and in 1998 Pitt’s R. Dixon 60m 6.68 200m 21.31 women’s track & field team finished third in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Throughout P. Walker 60h 8.01 his career at Pitt, Lewis coached 11 individual NCAA champions and 67 All-Americans. Forty men and Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011) 95 women won Big East individual championships under Lewis’ direction. A. Anderson 60m 6.82 D. Dixon 60h 8.12 Lewis is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1964 graduate of what is now Norfolk State University. NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) R. Dixon 60m 6.65 HAMPTON TRACK’S TIES WITH EASTERN MICHIGAN Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) R. Dixon 60m 6.58 Pirates head coach Steven Lewis has connections with his coaching staff beyond their collaboration at J. Hutchison 400m 48.41 Hampton; when Lewis was an assistant coach for the women’s track & field program at Eastern Michi- D. Dixon Hept. 5,312 gan, current assistant coaches Patrice Beasley and Lela V. Nelson were star athletes for the Eagles. New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) D. Dixon HJ-E 2.09m Beasley, the 2006 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Athlete of the Year, was a star sprinter at Eastern MEAC Indoor (Feb. 17-19, 2011) Michigan, and she helped the indoor 4x400-meter relay team, as well as the outdoor 4x100-meter relay R. Dixon 60d 6.69 and 4x200-meter relay teams set school records. D. Dixon Pole 4.03m Hept. 5,029 Nelson set seven school records at Eastern Michigan, including 5,878 points in the heptathlon when she IC4A indoor (March 5-6, 2011) R. Dixon 60d 6.60 won the NCAA title in 2005. She was also an All-American in the long jump that year.

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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 OUTDOOR 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. 100m B. Norman 12.26 200m B. Norman 25.06 In his previous eight years at the helm, Pierce has guided the Lady Pirates to three MEAC cross country 400m A. Tate 56.31 titles (2004, 2006, 2010), eight MEAC indoor championships (2003-09, 2011) and seven MEAC outdoor 800m B. Taylor 2:13.41 titles (2003-04, 06-10). 1500m A. Tate 4:44.83 5000m D. Thompson 19:22.45 100h R. Vassell 14.01 Pierce has coached a total of five individual NCAA champions at Hampton, including three from 400h S. Gainey 1:03.45 Francena McCorory in the 400-meter dash. McCorory won both the indoor and outdoor titles during the 4x200 Hampton ‘A’ 1:41.69 2009-10 season, setting the American record in the indoor 400-meter dash with a 50.54. McCorory’s 4x400 Hampton ‘A’ 3:46.89 exploits earned her Indoor Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors from the U.S. Track & Field HJ C. Calder 1.63m LJ T. Butler 4.94m and Cross Country Coaches Association. TJ T. Butler 11.08m Shot J. Watkins 11.51m After leading the cross country team to a third-place finish in the MEAC, Pierce led the Lady Pirates to Discus J. Watkins 31.32m MEAC titles in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2008-09, while also coaching Francena McCorory Javelin J. Watkins 28.44m to the third NCAA title in program history. McCorory, who was already a MEAC indoor champion in the 400-meter dash, won the NCAA title in that same event, running a 51.55. McCorory would add a MEAC outdoor crown and an NCAA Regional outdoor title in that same event. 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON Pierce, the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year for the indoor season, was INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS the Most Outstanding Coach in both MEAC meets during the 2008-09 season. CNU Holiday Open (Dec. 5, 2010) R. Vassell 60h 8.41

C. Robinson 600m 1:35.00 After leading the Lady Pirates to a second-place finish in the 2007 MEAC cross country championships Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:48.18 behind Maryland-Eastern Shore, Pierce led the team to a share of the indoor track &field title with UMES. Dist. 12:29.96 It was the sixth straight indoor crown for Hampton, which tied with the Lady Hawks with 92 points. The Coach O Invitational (Dec. 10, 2010) Lady Pirates won seven individual titles throughout the indoor season including freshman Racquel Vas- R. Vassell 60m 7.63 sell’s win in the 60-meter dash at the University of Maryland Terrapin Invitational. 60h 8.51 C. Calder HJ 1.70m The dominance continued into the outdoor season, as the Lady Pirates took home their third straight T. Denmark LJ 5.82m MEAC title. Vassell was named MEAC MVP after winning the 100- and 200-meter dash, while Francena D. Thompson 3000m 10:47.22 Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011) McCorory won the 400-meter dash and Rachel Lewis became an NCAA qualifier in the triple jump. R. Vassell 200m 24.02 A. Tate Mile 5:23.10 Pierce coached Krystle Medlin to a MEAC cross country individual title in 2006, while four other Lady K. McGreggor Weight 16.55m Pirates made the All-Cross Country Team. Hampton also won indoor and outdoor titles that season, with NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) Yvette Lewis earning MEAC Most Outstanding Female Athlete honors. R. Vassell 60m 7.61 60h 8.46 Lewis and Kellie Wells each competed in the NCAA Championships, with Lewis giving Hampton its first- Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:45.59 ever NCAA title in the triple jump. Wells finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles to earn All-American 4x800 9:20.71 honors as the Lady Pirates ended the 2006 season ranked in the Top 25 nationally. Terrapin Invitational (Jan. 22, 2011) R. Vassell 200m 24.69

C. Robinson 800m 2:14.47 He is a native of Newport News, Va. and is married to Cantrese Pace-Pierce, a 1998 graduate of Hamp- Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:50.32 ton University. They live in Newport News with their two daughters, Alyssa and Aniyah. Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) Hampton ‘A’ Dist. 11:51.71 PIERCE COACHED ONE OF AMERICA’S OWN IN BEIJING New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) Team USA athlete David Payne, under the tutelage of Hampton University women's track & field coach C. Calder HJ-C 1.78m Maurice Pierce, finished second in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the Summer Games of the 29th Vince Brown Invite (Feb. 12, 2011) R. Vassell 60d 7.45 Olympiad at the National Stadium, earning a silver medal in the summer of 2008. 60h 8.35 B. Taylor 400m 57.73 Payne finished with a time of 13.17, .01 seconds ahead of American David Oliver, who took bronze. K. McGreggor Weight 16.89m Cuba's Dayron Robles won the gold medal with a time of 12.93, just .02 seconds off the Olympic record. Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:59.09 MEAC Indoor (Feb. 17-19, 2011) Payne is the first athlete Pierce has coached to earn an Olympic medal. Former Pirate James Carter R. Vassell 60m 7.43 finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in both Athens and Sydney. Pierce also coached Rachelle Tho- 200m 24.16 mas in the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays in Atlanta in 1996. The Beijing Olympics also marked the first 60h 8.31 time Pierce traveled with his athletes to the Games. Pierce hopes to make the trip to the 2012 Summer Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:46.75 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 LADY PIRATES WIN MEAC INDOOR TITLE — AGAIN Hampton For the eighth time in nine years, the Lady Pirates won the MEAC indoor track & field championship, held Men’s Indoor Track & Field Feb. 17-19 in Landover, Md. Hampton finished with a meet– and school-record 188.5 points, with head Norfolk State coach Maurice Pierce earning Most Outstanding Coach honors. Women’s Indoor Track & Field Hampton Freshman Teiara Denmark (Virginia Beach, Va.) was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Field Per- former and senior Racquel Vassell (Irvington, N.J.), a four-time MEAC Athlete of the Week, shared Most 2010 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Outstanding Runner honors with Cynthia Anais of Maryland Eastern Shore. ALL-MEAC TEAM Shauib Winters, Florida A&M Vassell won the 60-meter hurdles (8.31), 60-meter dash (7.51) and 200-meter dash (24.16) — while also Vincent Rono, Norfolk State helping the 4x400-meter relay team take the MEAC gold with a combined time of 3:46.75. Amos Kipkosgei, Norfolk State Josef Tessema, Norfolk State Basil Melek, UMES VASSELL NAMED MEAC ATHLETE OF WEEK — FOUR TIMES David Kimani, Hampton Senior Racquel Vassell’s strong 2010-11 indoor season did not gone unnoticed; the Mid-Eastern Athletic Peter Sang, UMES Conference (MEAC) has named her Female Athlete of the Week four times in the season’s eight weeks. Amon Kiprotich, UMES Aaron Harrison, Howard Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) earned the first honor on Dec. 8 after winning the 60-meter dash and helping the Michael Gallion, Howard 4x400-meter relay team take the gold medal at the season-opening CNU Holiday Open in Newport Lamere Buchanan, Florida A&M News, Va. She was also named MEAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 15 after winning both the 60-meter Philemon Kimutai, Norfolk State Kameron George, Norfolk State dash and 60-meter hurdles at the Coach O Invitational hosted by Maryland Eastern Shore before earning Andre McDonald, Delaware State the honor again on Jan. 14 after her performance at the Penn State Relays. Shadrack Maritim, UMES For the indoor season, Vassell had a hand in 18 of the Lady Pirates’ 31 event titles. 2010 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-MEAC TEAM PIRATES AND LADY PIRATES BREAKING SCHOOL RECORDS Ashley Hodges, Howard When Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) broke the school record in the 60-meter dash with a 6.58 at the Brittney Stewart, South Carolina State Penn State Nationals, it marked the second time this season that he’s set that mark; he’d ran a then- Jennifer Chichester, Norfolk State Jasmin Branch, Hampton record 6.65 at the New York City Gotham Cup. Kellen Rutto, Norfolk State Eunice Jones, UMES Ivann Parker (Woodbridge, Va.) set a school record in the weight throw earlier this season at 14.82 me- Dashera Richardson, Delaware State ters at the Navy Invitational, while senior Damon Dixon (Great Falls, Va.) broke the men’s heptathlon Cynthia Anais, UMES school record for the third time in his career with 5,312 points at the Penn State Nationals. Devyn Thompson, Hampton Patrecia Daniley, South Carolina State Freshman Alaine Tate (Queens, N.Y.) broke the Lady Pirates record in the 1,000-meter run with a Alaine Tate, Hampton 2:53.68 at the Gotham Cup and the 800-meter run with a 2:10.53 at the Penn State Nationals. Senior Nichelle Harris, Hampton Kristal McGreggor (Bronx, N.Y.) tossed the weight a record 17.13 meters at the Penn State Nationals. Patavia Lowrey, South Carolina State

Janessa Benn, North Carolina A&T Kristen Rush, North Carolina A&T The Lady Pirates set an indoor school record with 188.5 points at the MEAC Indoor Championships.

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DIXON NAMED MEAC ATHLETE OF WEEK — THREE TIMES Junior Reggie Dixon’s strong 2010-11 indoor season did not gone unnoticed; the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has named him Male Athlete of the Week three times in the season’s eight weeks.

Dixon took the honor on Dec. 8 following his performance in the season-opening Navy Invitational, in which he won both the 60-meter dash (6.70) and 200-meter dash (21.11), before sharing the honor with Calvin Dascent of Morgan State on Dec. 15 by winning the 60-meter dash (6.68) and 200-meter dash (21.31) at the Golden Flash Gala hosted by Kent State.

Dixon earned the accolade again on Feb. 2, after he set a school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter dash with a 6.58.

For the indoor season, Dixon accounted for eight of the Pirates’ 18 event titles.

DIXON, VASSELL COMPETED IN NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Hampton University junior Reggie Dixon and senior Racquel Vassell competed in the 2011 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11-12 at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University.

Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) ran a 6.73 in the preliminaries of the men’s 60-meter dash to come in 13th overall and fifth in his heat, while Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) ran an 8.39 in the women’s 60-meter hurdles to come in 15th overall in the preliminary heats.

She finished fifth in her heat race.

For her efforts, Vassell earned Second Team All-American honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Association. Dixon’s performance also met the criteria for Second Team All-America consideration, but his honor is still pending.

Florida’s Jeff Demps took the men’s 60-meter dash title with a 6.53, while Brianna Rollins of Clemson won the NCAA title in the women’s 60-meter hurdles, running a facility-record 7.96.

Oregon won the women’s team title with 67 points, while Florida tallied 52 points to take the men’s crown.

PIERCE NAMED PAN AM JUNIOR ASSISTANT Hampton University head women’s track & field coach Maurice Pierce has been named as an assistant coach for the USA Track & Field National Team for the 2011 Pan Am Junior Championships.

Pierce will serve as a sprints and hurdles coach at the Pan Am Junior Championships, which will be held July 22-24 in Miramar, Fla.

In his ninth season guiding the Lady Pirates, Pierce has won three Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) cross country titles (2004, ’06, ’10), eight MEAC indoor track & field titles (2003-09, ’11) and seven MEAC outdoor championships (2003-04, ’06-10).

Pierce, the 2008-09 Southeast Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year as named by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Asso- ciation (USTFCCCA), has coached 10 All-Americans and watched his student-athletes bring home five individual NCAA titles – two from Yvette Lewis in the triple jump and three from Francena McCorory in the 400-meter dash.

But Pierce’s success isn’t exclusive to Hampton.

He has also coached Olympic athletes – most recently, Pierce coached David Payne to the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2008 Sum- mer Olympics in Beijing, China. Pierce, considered one of the world’s best hurdle coaches, has coached athletes in the last four Olympics – including the likes of former Pirate James Carter and Rachelle Boone-Smith.

Both athletes have won World Championships under Pierce.

Pierce, a native of Newport News, Va. and a graduate of Norfolk State, is also chair of the USATF Virginia Association Women Elite Athletes.

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PIRATES OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD 2009-10 TOP MEAC OUTDOOR TIMES/MARKS SCHOOL RECORDS Pirates marked in bold Current Pirate record-holders marked in bold

Event Name School Time/Mark 100-Meter Dash 100m Leon Hunt Florida A&M 10.10 Reggie Dixon 10.18 2010 200m Calesio Newman North Carolina A&T 20.59 200-Meter Dash 400m Allodin Fothergill UMES 46.00 Jerome Mathis 20.32 2004 800m Danzeto Zephas North Carolina A&T 1:46.06 400-Meter Dash 1,500m Josef Tessema Norfolk State 3:51.94 Johnnie Barnes 45.21 1990 3,000SC Basil Melek UMES 9:26.82 800-Meter Run 5,000m Amos Kipkosgei Norfolk State 14:29.83 Marvin Lewis 1:51.46 2003 110h Demarius Carroll Florida A&M 13.60 1,500-Meter Run 400h Trey Charles Morgan State 51.35 David Blue 3:57.66 2003 4x100 Hampton Hampton 39.55 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 4x400 Delaware State Delaware State 3:06.80 David Kimani 9:49.20 2009 HJ Raphael Hall Norfolk State 2.11m 5,000-Meter Run LJ Levar Knight SCSU 7.61m David Kimani 15:09.83 2009 TJ David McFadgen North Carolina A&T 15.89m 10,000-Meter Run Shot Marcus Brown UMES 16.29m David Kimani 33:46.91 2010 Javelin John Sutton Delaware State 54.44m 110-Meter Hurdles Discus Trey Charles Morgan State 50.36m Terry Thornton 13.67 2008 Pole Brett Dodd Norfolk State 4.70m 400-Meter Hurdles Dec. Jermol Dix UMES 5,991 Terry Thornton 49.40 2008 4x100-Meter Relay Hampton 39.55 2010 4x400-Meter Relay Hampton 3:05.29 1991 Pole Vault Desmund Shipp 4.45m 2003 Shot Put Isaac Hilton 16.10m 2003 Discus 2010-11 MEAC OUTDOOR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Bernard Coleman 42.92m 2000 Pirates marked in bold Javelin Brian Houston 54.85m 2003 High Jump Travis Ridley 2.19m 2000 March 23: Armis Massenburg, Norfolk State Long Jump Dwayne Reid 7.92m 1985 March 30: Triple Jump Brandon Jones 15.57m 2009 April 6: Decathlon Brian Houston 6,336 2003 April 13:

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2010-11 MEAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARDS

MEAC Most Outstanding Field Performer: Damon Dixon, Hampton MEAC Most Outstanding Runner: Josef Tessema, Norfolk State MEAC Most Outstanding Coach: Kenneth Giles, Norfolk State

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2009-10 TOP MEAC INDOOR TIMES/MARKS LADY PIRATES OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Lady Pirates marked in bold SCHOOL RECORDS Current Lady Pirate record-holders marked in bold

Event Name School Time/Mark 100-Meter Dash 100m Petrice Richards Hampton 11.40 Eldece Clarke 11.10 1987 200m Francena McCorory Hampton 22.92 200-Meter Dash 400m Francena McCorory Hampton 53.39 Francena McCorory 22.92 2010 800m Eunice Jones UMES 2:07.70 400-Meter Dash 1,500m Cynthia Anais UMES 4:35.51 Francena McCorory 50.58 2009 3,000SC Jahlisa Smith Hampton 11:15.28 800-Meter Run 5,000m Jennifer Chichester Norfolk State 18:04.52 Krystle Medlin 2:10.43 2006 100h Jasmine Benbow UMES 12.51 1,000-Meter Run 400h Landria Buckley Howard 58.57 Jade Fisher 3:02.20 2006 4x100 Florida A&M Florida A&M 42.61 1,500-Meter Run 4x400 Hampton Hampton 3:39.97 Kenya Jones 4:37.02 2010 HJ Jonee Artis Norfolk State 1.70m 3,000-Meter Steeplechase LJ Shakia Forbes North Carolina A&T 6.22m Krystle Medlin 11:02.35 2009 TJ Jasmine Smith SCSU 12.57m 5,000-Meter Run Shot Ron-Danielle Williams Bethune-Cookman 14.98m Krystle Medlin 18:15.21 2009 Javelin Shamire Rothmiller SCSU 41.61m 100-Meter Hurdles Discus Allison Randall Morgan State 50.19m Yvette Lewis 13.06 2007 Pole Candace Shoates Norfolk State 2.95m 400-Meter Hurdles Hept. Claudia Calder Hampton 4,904 Chloe Davis 57.42 2002 4x100-Meter Relay Hampton 44.18 1987 4x200-Meter Relay Hampton 1:34.12 2010 4x400-Meter Relay Hampton 3:34.00 1987 4x800-Meter Relay Hampton 8:59.45 2010 4x100-Meter Hurdles 2010-11 MEAC OUTDOOR ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Hampton 55.92 2005 Lady Pirates marked in bold Sprint Medley Relay Hampton 4:00.47 2006 Distance Medley Relay Hampton 11:47.34 2010 March 23: Champagne Bell, Norfolk State Pole Vault Carolyn Lewis 3.35m 2007 March 30: Shot Put Tracy Cheeks 13.79m 2001 April 6: Discus Carol Woodside 46.63m 1984 April 13: Javelin Kimmie Goode 47.85m 1989 April 20: Hammer Throw Kristal McGreggor 44.26m 2009 April 27: High Jump Yvette Lewis 1.78m 2007 May 4: Long Jump Yvette Lewis 6.26m 2007 2010-11 MEAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARDS Triple Jump Yvette Lewis 13.73m 2007 MEAC Most Outstanding Field Performer: Teiara Denmark, Hampton Heptathlon MEAC Most Outstanding Runner: Racquel Vassell, Hampton; Cynthia Claudia Calder 4,904 2010 Anais, Maryland Eastern Shore MEAC Most Outstanding Coach: Maurice Pierce, Hampton

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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./Thomas Dale HS 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./Gonzaga College HS 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 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

Date Meet Location Time March 24-27 Alabama Relays Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Sam Bailey Track) All Day April 1-2 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. (Percy Beard Track) All Day April 6-9 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. (Tom Black Track) All Day April 22-23 Morgan State Legacy Meet Baltimore, Md. (Hughes Stadium) All Day April 28-30 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. (Franklin Field) All Day May 5-7 MEAC Outdoor Championships Greensboro, N.C. (Irwin Belk Track) All Day May 13-15 IC4A Outdoor Championships Princeton, N.J. (Weaver Track & Field Stadium) All Day May 26-28 NCAA East Regional Bloomington, Ind. (Haugh T&F Complex) All Day June 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) All Day June 22-25 USA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. (Hayward Field) All Day

2010-11 HAMPTON UNIVERSITY LADY PIRATES OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

Date Meet Location Time March 18-19 Shamrock Invitational Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Doug Shaw Stadium) All Day March 25-26 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. (Paul Derr Track) All Day April 1-2 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. (Percy Beard Track) All Day April 1-2 Colonial Relays Williamsburg, Va. (Zable Stadium) All Day April 15-16 Int’l Freedom & Friendship Games Greensboro, N.C. (Irwin Belk Track) All Day April 22-23 Morgan State Legacy Meet Baltimore, Md. (Hughes Stadium) All Day April 28-30 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. (Franklin Field) All Day May 5-7 MEAC Outdoor Championships Greensboro, N.C. (Irwin Belk Track) All Day May 13-15 ECAC Outdoor Championships Princeton, N.J. (Weaver Track & Field Stadium) All Day May 26-28 NCAA East Regional Bloomington, Ind. (Haugh T&F Complex) All Day June 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) All Day June 22-25 USA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. (Hayward Field) All Day