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SEA RAY RELAYS WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 13-16, 2011 TOM BLACK TRACK KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM & FRIENDSHIP GAMES FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 15-16, 2011 IRWIN BELK TRACK GREENSBORO, N.C.

2010-11 Hampton University Track & THIS WEEKEND’S MEET Field Quick Facts The Hampton University men’s and women’s track & field teams will compete in separate meets this weekend. The Pirates will head to Knoxville, Tenn. after a week off to compete in the Sea Ray Re- General lays at the Tom Black Track hosted by the University of Tennessee on Wednesday through Saturday, Location Hampton, Va. Founded 1868 while the Lady Pirates will head to Greensboro, N.C. on Friday and Saturday for the International Enrollment 6,156 Freedom & Friendship Games at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T. Affiliation NCAA Div. I Conference MEAC President Dr. William R. Harvey Dir. Of Athletics Lonza Hardy Jr. LAST TIME OUT … SWA Tianna Scott CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 8-9, 2011) — The Hampton University women’s track & field team had a Athletic Phone (757) 727-5641 strong showing on Friday and Saturday at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational at the Irwin Belk Com- Athletic Fax (757) 727-6995 plex, with many of the team’s freshmen turning in strong performances. Mascot Pirates/Lady Pirates Colors Royal Blue and White Track Boo Williams Sportsplex (I) Due to inclement weather on Saturday, the 5,000-meter run, 4x400-meter relay and the men's 200- Armstrong Stadium (O) meter dash were canceled.

Sports Information (Email addresses @hamptonu.edu) Freshman Cydney Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) turned in the best individual performance of the Track Contact Jeff Cunningham weekend, running a season-best 2:12.38 in the 800-meter run to take the gold. Junior Benita Taylor Office Phone (757) 727-5811 (Philadelphia, Pa.) ran a 2:12.88 to finish second, while freshman Alaine Tate (Queens, N.Y.) came Email jeffrey.cunningham in fourth with a 2:14.54. SID Maurice Williams SID Office Phone (757) 727-5757 SID Email maurice.williams Freshman Nichelle Harris (Rahway, N.J.) ran a 4:53.07 in the 1,500-meter run to come in second. SID Fax (757) 727-5813 Web Site www.hamptonpirates.com Freshman Breana Norman (Virginia Beach, Va.) ran a 12.02 to finish third in the 100-meter dash, Overnight Add. Hampton University Office of Sports Info. while also running a 24.44 to finish fourth in the 200-meter dash and jumping 1.62 meters to tie for 194 Holland Hall fourth in the high jump. Hampton, VA 23668 Freshman Emmy Fraenk (Hampton, Va.) ran a 55.75 in the 400-meter dash to finish third, while Coaching Staff Men’s Coach Steven Lewis freshman Teiara Denmark (Virginia Beach, Va.) came in third in the with a distance of 5.72 Women’s Coach Maurice Pierce meters. Best Time to Reach Contact SID Assistant Coaches Patrice Beasley (M) Fraenk also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a 24.65. Lela V. Nelson (M) Aldrin Gray (W) Christopher McCoy (W) Freshman Marressa Pinnock (Chesapeake, Va.) ran a 1:04.47 in the 400-meter hurdles to come in Petrice Richards (W) eighth, while freshman Taylor Butler (Oxon Hill, Md.) jumped 5.36 meters to finish eighth in the long jump. Team Information 2009-10 XC—Pirates 6th, Lady Pirates 4th in MEAC The Pirates last competed on April 1-2 at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. Junior Reggie Dixon In.—Pirates 2nd, Lady (Plainfield, N.J.) had the strongest individual showing of the weekend, running a 10.39 in the 100- Pirates 2nd in MEAC meter dash to finish fifth. Out.—Pirates 5th, Lady Pirates MEAC Champs The Pirates’ 4x800-meter relay team ran a season-best 7:32.52 to finish fourth, while the 1,600-meter medley relay team came in eighth with a 3:24.25.

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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 48.45 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 3000SC M. Davenport 10:10.04 Outdoor Championships, the 4x100-meter relay squad setting a MEAC record in winning the race with a 1500m X. Fraction 4:03.00 39.71. 400h Bry. Brown 56.69 4x400 Hampton ‘A’ 3:12.45 Predist Walker also won a MEAC outdoor crown under Lewis, taking the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 4x800 Hampton ‘A’ 7:32.52 13.83. HJ D. Dixon 2.00m Shot I. Parker 14.99m The Pirates finished second in the MEAC Indoor Championships, with Damon Dixon earning the meet’s Javelin D. Dixon 40.54m Most Outstanding Field Performer award after winning the men’s heptathlon and finishing second in the Dec. B. Taylor 5,242 high jump and . 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 In his first season with the Pirates, Lewis guided his team to a third-place finish in the 2009 MEAC Indoor INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Championships, seeing two of his athletes – Reggie Dixon (60-meter dash) and David Kimani (mile run) – take home event titles. Dixon also ran in the 200-meter dash in the NCAA Indoor Championships, fin- Alabama Relays (March 24-27, 2011) ishing 10th. R. Dixon 100m 10.33 A. Anderson 200m 21.13 Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:14.99 The Pirates would follow that up with a second-place finish in the 2009 MEAC Outdoor Championships, 4x800 7:40.45 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 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON with the men’s cross country and track & field teams. Prior to his work at Delaware State, Lewis spent INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 2002-2005 as an assistant coach with the women’s team at Eastern Michigan University. While at East- ern Michigan, Lewis coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events, while also recruiting and Navy Invitational (Dec. 4, 2010) advising student-athletes. He coached four All-Americans, one NCAA regional champion and saw East- R. Dixon 60m 6.70 ern Michigan finish 16th in the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. 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 Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 10-11, 2010) R. Dixon 60m 6.68 women’s track & field team finished third in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Throughout 200m 21.31 his career at Pitt, Lewis coached 11 individual NCAA champions and 67 All-Americans. Forty men and P. Walker 60h 8.01 95 women won Big East individual championships under Lewis’ direction. Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011) A. Anderson 60m 6.82 Lewis is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1964 graduate of what is now Norfolk State University. D. Dixon 60h 8.12 NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) HAMPTON TRACK’S TIES WITH EASTERN MICHIGAN R. Dixon 60m 6.65 Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) Pirates head coach Steven Lewis has connections with his coaching staff beyond their collaboration at R. Dixon 60m 6.58 Hampton; when Lewis was an assistant coach for the women’s track & field program at Eastern Michi- J. Hutchison 400m 48.41 gan, current assistant coaches Patrice Beasley and Lela V. Nelson were star athletes for the Eagles. D. Dixon Hept. 5,312 New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) Beasley, the 2006 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Athlete of the Year, was a star sprinter at Eastern D. Dixon HJ-E 2.09m Michigan, and she helped the indoor 4x400-meter relay team, as well as the outdoor 4x100-meter relay MEAC Indoor (Feb. 17-19, 2011) and 4x200-meter relay teams set school records. R. Dixon 60d 6.69 D. Dixon Pole 4.03m Nelson set seven school records at Eastern Michigan, including 5,878 points in the heptathlon when she Hept. 5,029 IC4A indoor (March 5-6, 2011) won the NCAA title in 2005. She was also an All-American in the long jump that year. R. Dixon 60d 6.60

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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 12.02 200m B. Norman 24.44 In his previous eight years at the helm, Pierce has guided the Lady Pirates to three MEAC cross country 400m E. Fraenk 55.75 titles (2004, 2006, 2010), eight MEAC indoor championships (2003-09, 2011) and seven MEAC outdoor 800m C. Robinson 2:12.38 titles (2003-04, 06-10). 1500m A. Tate 4:42.41 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’ 3:42.83 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. Denmark 5.72m and Cross Country Coaches Association. TJ T. Butler 11.22m 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.

Pierce, the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Head Coach of the Year for the indoor season, was 2010-11 INDOOR SEASON the Most Outstanding Coach in both MEAC meets during the 2008-09 season. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS CNU Holiday Open (Dec. 5, 2010) R. Vassell 60h 8.41 After leading the Lady Pirates to a second-place finish in the 2007 MEAC cross country championships C. Robinson 600m 1:35.00 behind Maryland-Eastern Shore, Pierce led the team to a share of the indoor track &field title with UMES. Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:48.18 It was the sixth straight indoor crown for Hampton, which tied with the Lady Hawks with 92 points. The Dist. 12:29.96 Lady Pirates won seven individual titles throughout the indoor season including freshman Racquel Vas- Coach O Invitational (Dec. 10, 2010) sell’s win in the 60-meter dash at the University of Maryland Terrapin Invitational. R. Vassell 60m 7.63 60h 8.51 The dominance continued into the outdoor season, as the Lady Pirates took home their third straight C. Calder HJ 1.70m MEAC title. Vassell was named MEAC MVP after winning the 100- and 200-meter dash, while Francena T. Denmark LJ 5.82m McCorory won the 400-meter dash and Rachel Lewis became an NCAA qualifier in the . D. Thompson 3000m 10:47.22 Penn State Relays (Jan. 8, 2011)

R. Vassell 200m 24.02 Pierce coached Krystle Medlin to a MEAC cross country individual title in 2006, while four other Lady A. Tate Mile 5:23.10 Pirates made the All-Cross Country Team. Hampton also won indoor and outdoor titles that season, with K. McGreggor Weight 16.55m Yvette Lewis earning MEAC Most Outstanding Female Athlete honors. NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 14, 2011) R. Vassell 60m 7.61 Lewis and Kellie Wells each competed in the NCAA Championships, with Lewis giving Hampton its first- 60h 8.46 ever NCAA title in the triple jump. Wells finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles to earn All-American Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:45.59 honors as the Lady Pirates ended the 2006 season ranked in the Top 25 nationally. 4x800 9:20.71 Terrapin Invitational (Jan. 22, 2011) R. Vassell 200m 24.69 He is a native of Newport News, Va. and is married to Cantrese Pace-Pierce, a 1998 graduate of Hamp- C. Robinson 800m 2:14.47 ton University. They live in Newport News with their two daughters, Alyssa and Aniyah. Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:50.32 Penn State Nationals (Jan. 28-29, 2011) PIERCE COACHED ONE OF AMERICA’S OWN IN Hampton ‘A’ Dist. 11:51.71 Team USA athlete David Payne, under the tutelage of Hampton University women's track & field coach New Balance Coll. (Feb. 4-5, 2011) Maurice Pierce, finished second in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles in the Summer Games of the 29th C. Calder HJ-C 1.78m Olympiad at the National Stadium, earning a silver medal in the summer of 2008. Vince Brown Invite (Feb. 12, 2011) R. Vassell 60d 7.45

60h 8.35 Payne finished with a time of 13.17, .01 seconds ahead of American David Oliver, who took bronze. B. Taylor 400m 57.73 Cuba's Dayron Robles won the gold medal with a time of 12.93, just .02 seconds off the Olympic record. K. McGreggor Weight 16.89m Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:59.09 Payne is the first athlete Pierce has coached to earn an Olympic medal. Former Pirate James Carter MEAC Indoor (Feb. 17-19, 2011) finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in both Athens and Sydney. Pierce also coached Rachelle Tho- R. Vassell 60m 7.43 mas in the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays in Atlanta in 1996. The Beijing Olympics also marked the first 200m 24.16 time Pierce traveled with his athletes to the Games. Pierce hopes to make the trip to the 2012 Summer 60h 8.31 Olympics, which will be held in , . Hampton ‘A’ 4x400 3:46.75

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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 Amos Kipkosgei, Norfolk State helping the 4x400-meter relay team take the MEAC gold with a combined time of 3:46.75. Josef Tessema, Norfolk State Basil Melek, UMES VASSELL NAMED MEAC INDOOR 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 Lamere Buchanan, Florida A&M 4x400-meter relay team take the gold medal at the season-opening CNU Holiday Open in Newport Philemon Kimutai, Norfolk State News, Va. She was also named MEAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 15 after winning both the 60-meter 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 Jennifer Chichester, Norfolk State Penn State Nationals, it marked the second time this season that he’s set that mark; he’d ran a then- Jasmin Branch, Hampton record 6.65 at the 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 Patavia Lowrey, South Carolina State Kristal McGreggor (Bronx, N.Y.) tossed the weight a record 17.13 meters at the Penn State Nationals. 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 INDOOR 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, . Pierce, considered one of the world’s best hurdle coaches, has coached athletes in the last four Olympics – includ- ing 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 2011 TOP MEAC OUTDOOR TIMES/MARKS SCHOOL RECORDS (as of April 7, 2011) Current Pirate record-holders marked in bold Pirates marked in bold

Event Name School Time/Mark 100-Meter Dash 100m Reggie Dixon Hampton 10.33 Reggie Dixon 10.18 2010 200m Sean Holston Norfolk State 20.93 200-Meter Dash 400m Sean Holston Norfolk State 46.63 Jerome Mathis 20.32 2004 800m Andre Thomas Coppin State 1:51.59 400-Meter Dash 1500m Josef Tessema Norfolk State 3:55.35 Johnnie Barnes 45.21 1990 3000SC Mustapha Habbani UMES 9:12.30 800-Meter Run 5000m Philemon Kimutai Norfolk State 14:29.82 Marvin Lewis 1:51.46 2003 110h Ackeem Smith UMES 14.09 1,500-Meter Run 400h Andre Walsh UMES 51.84 David Blue 3:57.66 2003 4x100 Maryland Eastern Shore UMES 41.04 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 4x400 Norfolk State Norfolk State 3:10.06 David Kimani 9:49.20 2009 HJ Brandon Baskerville Coppin State 2.10m 5,000-Meter Run LJ Rashad Cannon Norfolk State 7.49m David Kimani 15:09.83 2009 TJ Darris Shelton Norfolk State 15.20m 10,000-Meter Run Shot Marcus Brown UMES 16.78m David Kimani 33:46.91 2010 Javelin Emmanuel Stewart Morgan State 57.17m 110-Meter Hurdles Discus Emmanuel Stewart Morgan State 51.10m Terry Thornton 13.67 2008 Dec. Bennett Taylor Hampton 5,242 400-Meter Hurdles 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: Rashad Cannon, Norfolk State Triple Jump Brandon Jones 15.57m 2009 April 6: Leslie Murray, Delaware State 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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2011 TOP MEAC OUTDOOR TIMES/MARKS LADY PIRATES OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (as of April 7, 2011) SCHOOL RECORDS Lady Pirates marked in bold Current Lady Pirate record-holders marked in bold

Event Name School Time/Mark 100-Meter Dash 100m Shanneka Claiborne Norfolk State 11.91 Eldece Clarke 11.10 1987 200m Alexandria Jones SCSU 24.57 200-Meter Dash 400m Roniqua Yocum Florida A&M 55.35 Francena McCorory 22.92 2010 800m Cynthia Anais UMES 2:09.24 400-Meter Dash 1500m Alaine Tate Hampton 4:42.41 Francena McCorory 50.58 2009 3000SC Nichola Listhrop Florida A&M 11:14.98 800-Meter Run 5000m Kellen Rutto Norfolk State 18:26.86 Krystle Medlin 2:10.43 2006 100h Monique Hawkins UMES 12.75 1,000-Meter Run 400h Oprah Odugbela SCSU 58.84 Jade Fisher 3:02.20 2006 4x100 Norfolk State Norfolk State 45.69 1,500-Meter Run 4x400 Hampton Hampton 3:42.83 Kenya Jones 4:37.02 2010 HJ Jeanelle Ovid Morgan State 1.63m 3,000-Meter Steeplechase LJ Champagne Bell Norfolk State 6.11m Krystle Medlin 11:02.35 2009 TJ Christina Epps Coppin State 12.28m 5,000-Meter Run Shot Vanessa Henry UMES 16.15m Krystle Medlin 18:15.21 2009 Pole Cheleste Taylor SCSU 6.09m 100-Meter Hurdles Javelin Shamire Rothmiller SCSU 38.19m Yvette Lewis 13.06 2007 Discus Kaleena Gray Norfolk State 43.82m 400-Meter Hurdles 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: Shanneka Claiborne, Norfolk State Shot Put Tracy Cheeks 13.79m 2001 April 6: Champagne Bell, Norfolk State 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 8-9 Johnson C. Smith Invitational Charlotte, N.C. (Irwin Belk Complex) 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