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MID-EASTERN MEAC Indoor Track & Field 2018 Season • February 14 Contact: Ryan McGinty, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.951.2055 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE USTFCCCA TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (Top 100 ranking for national) MEN WOMEN NATIONAL NATIONAL Institution Rank Points Institution Rank Points North Carolina A&T State 41 23.05 Bethune-Cookman 67 6.72 North Carolina A&T State 73 4.61 REGIONAL Mid-Atlantic Howard 20 5.52 REGIONAL Coppin State 24 0.00 Mid-Atlantic Morgan State 24 0.00 Howard 23 14.51 Maryland Eastern Shore 24 0.00 Maryland Eastern Shore 32 0.00 Saturday, September 29 Coppin State 32 0.00 South Morgan State 32 0.00 Bethune-Cookman 18 33.23 Delaware State 32 0.00 Savannah State 20 21.75 Florida A&M 28 .75 South Bethune-Cookman 23 22.65 Southeast Florida A&M 31 3.81 North Carolina A&T State 5 173.85 Norfolk State 20 30.14 Southeast N.C. Central 35 0.14 North Carolina A&T State 9 103.36 South Carolina State 36 0.00 Norfolk State 24 20.65 Hampton 36 0.00 N.C. Central 38 0.18 Hampton 39 0.00 USTFCCA Ranking Criteria - http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div1/d1-ranking-rationale-2010.pdf South Carolina State 39 0.00 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Thursday, Feb. 15-Saturday, Feb. 17 MEAC Indoor Championships • Landover, Md. Sunday, Feb. 25 JDL Last Chance • Winston-Salem, N.C. March 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships • College Station, Texas MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: FEB. 14 • 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: Ryan McGinty Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Elise Hillman Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia A. Easley Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Championship & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Business Manager: Deon Hallback Special Assistant to the Commissioner: Coretta Ellison Administrative Assistant: Nikki Johnson Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Track & Field Contacts MEAC Overview Annual Awards Bethune-Cookman The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and www. The MEAC will name first, second and third all-conference Dan Ryan MEACsports.com offers authorized media immediate teams (m/w), outstanding performers in track and field [email protected] access to original, up-to-date information from the MEAC events and coach of the year based on performance at the (386) 481-2206 and its member institutions. 2018 MEAC Indoor Championships. Coppin State Steven Kramer About The MEAC [email protected] The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its (410) 951-3729 48th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the Delaware State 2017-18 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., Dennis Jones the MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black [email protected] institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman (302) 857-6068 University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- sity, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard Florida A&M University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan Alvin Hollins [email protected] State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina (850) 599-3736 A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Sa- vannah State University and South Carolina State University. Hampton The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports with auto- Jim Heath matic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason competition in [email protected] (757) 727-5757 baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, Howard men’s and women’s track and field, softball, volleyball and Derek Bryant men’s golf. [email protected] (202) 806-7184 Social Media Maryland Eastern Shore Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest Matt McCann Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference track & field news through [email protected] social media. The MEAC Twitter feed may be accessed @ (410) 621-2352 MEACSports and the conference’s official Facebook Morgan State page is available @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Insta- Leonard Haynes IV gram handle is @MEACSports. [email protected] (443) 885-3831 Norfolk State Matt Michalec [email protected] @MEACSports @MEACSports @MEACSports (757) 823-2628 Weekly Release & Statistics North Carolina A&T State Media members may access PDF versions of the complete Jason Pompey [email protected] weekly release, including conference and team-by-team sta- (336) 285-3609 tistics, on www.MEACsports.com. Regular updates of the weekly release will be distributed via e-mail from North Carolina Central the conference office. To be included on the distribution Kyle Serba list, send an e-mail request to Ryan McGinty at mc- [email protected] [email protected]. (919) 530-7054 Savannah State Will Toman [email protected] (912) 356-2446 South Carolina State Kendrick Lewis/William “Bill” Hamilton [email protected] (803) 378-6165 MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: FEB.14 • PAGE 2 MEAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK MEAC Track & Field Weekly Honors South Carolina State’s Demek Kemp and North Carolina A&T State’s Rodney Rowe were selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer- ence’s (MEAC) Co-Men’s Track Performers of the Week, the confer- ence announced today while Bethune-Cookman’s Jonina Brinson and North Carolina A&T State’s India Brown are the MEAC’s Co-Women’s Track Performers of the Week. North Carolina A&T State’s Lasheon Strozier and Madeleine Akobundu were selected as the MEAC’s Men’s and Women’s Field Performers of the Week. Kemp (Monroe, Ga.) once again put the nation on notice as he dropped a 6.59 in the 60-meter dash at the Dunamis Super Meet Track & Field Performers of the Week on Thursday, Feb. 8. As a result of his time, Kemp set a MEAC in- The MEAC will name men’s and women’s track performers of the week each door record as he ranks fourth nationally. He also participated in the Wednesday throughout the season in the following categories: track performer 200-meter dash and finished second overall in the event. and field performer. Nominees are submitted to the conference office by the insti- Rowe (Clayton, N.C.) clocked a 20.74 at the Tyson Invitational on tution’s sports information offices. Winners will be made available via e-mail and Friday as he finished second overall. He ascended to the top of the the conference website by Wednesday afternoon. MEAC and ranks seventh nationally entering this week’s MEAC Track & Field Championships. MEN’S TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK WOMEN’S TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Dec. 6 Tyrell Richard SC State Dec. 6 Madeleine Akobundu N.C. A&T State Strozier (Douglasville, Ga.) jumped 51-7.25 this past weekend while Dec. 13 Deyvon Howell Morgan State Dec. 13 Jaelen Leonard Hampton competing at the Tyson Invitational in the triple jump. He posted the MEAC’s top mark in the event while moving up to 23rd nationally. Jan. 10 Jaylan Mitchell N.C. A&T State Jan. 10 Kayla White N.C. A&T State Jan. 17 Trevor Stewart N.C. A&T State Jan. 17 Kayla White N.C. A&T State Brinson (Swainsboro, Ga.) ran the second-fastest time in the MEAC Desean White Morgan State Jan. 24 Martha Bissah Norfolk State in the 60-meter dash at the Dunamis Super Meet as she ran a 7.47 Jan. 24 Demek Kemp South Carolina St. Jan. 31 India Brown N.C. A&T State en route to a first-place performance. Jan. 31 Rodney Rowe N.C. A&T State Martha Bissah Norfolk State Joseph Amoah Coppin State Feb. 7 Kayla White N.C. A&T State Brown (Florence, S.C.) competed at the Tyson Invitational over the Feb. 7 Demek Kemp South Carolina St. Feb. 14 India Brown N.C. A&T State past weekend and moved to the top of the MEAC and 31st nationally Feb. 14 Demek Kemp South Carolina St. Jonina Brinson Bethune-Cookman after a time of 23.45 in the 200. Rodney Rowe N.C. A&T State Akobundu (Lanham, Md.) jumped 19-9.75 feet in the long jump at the WOMEN’S FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Tyson Invitational as she logged a season-best and MEAC-best mark. MEN’S FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Dec. 6 Alantra Mines Morgan State Dec. 6 Donterious Copeland Savannah State Dec. 13 Jailah Mason Morgan State OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Dec. 13 Trey Clark Hampton Jan. 10 Quamecha Morrison Bethune-Cookman Jan. 10 Lasheon Strozier N.C. A&T State Jan. 17 Tiara Corbett Florida A&M Trequan Barnes (Norfolk State) set a new facility record in the Jan. 17 Jacob Milton Norfolk State Jan. 24 Jaliah Mason Morgan State 500-meters after running a time of 1:03.52 at the VMI Winter Relays. Jan. 24 Malik Franklin Savannah State Jan. 31 Zhane Washington Morgan State Feb. 7 Jaliah Mason Morgan State Ayana Dozier (Norfolk State) finished as runner-up in the pentathlon Jan. 31 Jacob Milton Norfolk State at the VMI Winter Relays with a total of 3,081 points. Feb. 7 Garth Warner Norfolk State Quamecha Morrison Bethune-Cookman Feb. 14 Lasheon Strozier N.C. A&T State Feb. 14 Madeleine Akobundu N.C. A&T State Jonathan Moore (Bethune-Cookman) won the 800 meters in a time of 1:52.91 at the Dunamis Super Meet.