MID-EASTERN MEAC Outdoor Track & Field 2018 Season • April 4 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 (As of 4/2) WOMEN (As of 4/2) NATIONAL NATIONAL Institution Rank Points Institution Rank Points North Carolina A&T State 56 38.41 Hampton 83 20.54 North Carolina A&T State 80 22.35 Morgan State 87 14.89 REGIONAL Mid-Atlantic REGIONAL Coppin State 11 218.59 Mid-Atlantic Morgan State 12 213.64 Morgan State 183.43 14 UMES 24 56.63 Howard 126.94 18 Coppin State 30.65 27 Saturday, September 29 Howard 27 45.22 Delaware State 29 20.62 Delaware State 19.14 29 UMES 6.53 34 South Bethune-Cookman 18 120.82 South Florida A&M 27 52.35 Bethune-Cookman 129.47 20 Savannah State 28 43.84 Florida A&M 44.91 30 Savannah State 0.84 45 Southeast North Carolina A&T 3 385.52 Southeast South Carolina State 19 152.58 North Carolina A&T State 352.13 5 Hampton 20 145.51 Hampton 91.27 24 N.C. Central 24 107.53 N.C. Central 74.94 26 Norfolk State 30 75.48 Norfolk State 18.49 40 USTFCCA Ranking Criteria - http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div1/d1-ranking-rationale-2010.pdf South Carolina State 3.34 46 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Friday, April 6 - Saturday, April 7 Friday, April 20 - Sunday, April 22 Hurricane Alumni Invitational • Miami, Fla. Morgan State Legacy Invitational • Baltimore, Md. Liberty Invitational • Lynchburg, Va. Larry Ellis Invitational • Princeton, N.J. Colonial Relays • Williamsburg, Va. Yellow Jacket Invitational• Atlanta, Ga. Embry-Riddle Invitational • Daytona Beach, Fla. Duke Invitational • Durham, N.C. Gamecock Invitational • Columbia, S.C. USF Invitational • Tampa, Fla. Hurricane Alumni Invitational • Miami, Fla. USC Open • Columbia, S.C. Liberty Invitational • Lynchburg, Va. CNU Invite • Newport News, Va. Colonial Relays • Williamsburg, Va. Embry-Riddle Invitational • Daytona Beach, Fla. Thursday, April 26 - Sunday, April 29 Savannah State Cheetahs • Savannah, Ga. Friday, April 13 - Saturday, April 14 Penn Relays • Philadelphia, Pa. Mt. SAC Invitational• Walnut, Calif. LSU Invitational • Baton Rouge, La. Gamecock Invitational • Columbia, S.C. Tom Jones Memorial Classic • Gainesville, Fla. Aggie Invitational• Greensboro, N.C. Virginia Grand Prix • Charlottesville, Va. George Mason Invitational • Fairfax, Va. Delaware Open • Newark, Del. Towson Invitational • Towson, Md. May 3 - May 5 MEAC Track & Field Championships • Greensboro, N.C. MEAC track & field • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: APRIL 4 • PAGE 1 MEAC OUTDOOR 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: TBA 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 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY NOTES: APRIL 4 • PAGE 2 MEAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK MEAC Track & Field Weekly Honors Hampton’s Jaelen Williams was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s (MEAC) Men’s Track Performer of the Week while North Carolina Central’s Bethany White and North Carolina A&T State’s Kayla White have been selected as the MEAC’s Co-Women’s Track Performers of the Week, the conference announced today. Lloyd Hylton of Morgan State has been named the Men’s Field Performer of the Week while North Carolina A&T State’s Anisa Toppin earned Women’s Field Performer of the Week honors. Williams (So., Hampton, Va.) ran the fifth-fastest time (50.73) in the nation and best in the MEAC as he placed second overall in the 400-meter hurdles at the Florida Relays. He also helped Hampton place first in the college mile relay with a MEAC-best mark of 3:08.05 and Track & Field Performers of the Week second in the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay (3:21.49). The MEAC will name men’s and women’s track performers of the week each Bethany White (Jr., Gaithersburg, Md.) ran a career-best time of 11.41 seconds to win the Wednesday throughout the season in the following categories: track performer 100-meter dash at the Raleigh Relays. Her time ranks 19th nationally as she also led NCCU’s and field performer. Nominees are submitted to the conference office by the insti- 4x200 and 4x100-meter relays to a third-place finish. tution’s sports information offices. Winners will be made available via e-mail and Kayla White (Jr., Miami, Fla.) posted the MEAC’s top time (13.3) and 19th-best mark in the the conference website by Wednesday afternoon. NCAA in the 100-meter hurdles at the Florida Relays. White also participated and guided the Aggies’ 4x100-meter relay team to a MEAC best time of 44.65. The mark currently MEN’S TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK WOMEN’S TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK ranks 20th overall nationally. She also ranks third in the MEAC after posting a time of 11.77 March 21 Tyrell Richard SC State March 21 Asia Joe Bethune-Cookman in the 100. March 28 Demek Kemp SC State Janet Okeago Hampton April 4 Jaelen Williams Hampton March 28 Madeleine Akobundu N.C. A&T State Hylton (Sr., Clermont, Fla.) won the college division long jump title at the Florida Relays with a length of 25-1.25 feet. His mark ranks 21st nationally and is the best jump in the MEAC Meshala Morton Hampton April 11 at this point of the season. April 18 April 4 Bethany White N.C. Central April 25 Kayla White North Carolina A&T Toppin (Bay Shore, N.Y.) recorded the 19th-best mark nationally and the top overall length May 2 April 11 in the MEAC after recording 42-1.25 feet in the triple jump at the Florida Relays. She also April 18 holds the fourth-best mark (18-10) in the long jump amongst MEAC student-athletes after MEN’S FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK April 25 her performance in the event last weekend. March 21 Vikarie Elliott Morgan State May 2 March 28 Jacob Milton Norfolk State OTHER TOP PERFORMERS (Men) April 4 Lloyd Hylton Morgan State WOMEN’S FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Keith Brown (Norfolk State) won the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.71 and placed April 11 March 21 Bhrandi Crenshaw N.C. Central top-five in the 200 at the University of Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invitational.