MEAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTES | WEEK 3 MEAC 5/6-8 2021 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTES MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 50 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE RANKINGS per the USTFCCCA, as of May 4, 2021. MEN - NATIONAL (TOP 100) WOMEN - NATIONAL (TOP 100) North Carolina A&T State 11th North Carolina A&T State 34th Coppin State 48th Howard 100th MEN - MID-ATLANTIC REGION WOMEN - MID-ATLANTIC REGION Coppin State 10th Howard 12th Howard 16th Morgan State 24th Morgan State 20th Delaware State 30th Delaware State 22nd WOMEN - SOUTH REGION MEN - SOUTH REGION Florida A&M 34th Florida A&M 27th WOMEN - SOUTHEAST REGION MEN - SOUTHEAST REGION North Carolina A&T State 4th North Carolina A&T State 3rd Norfolk State 21st Norfolk State 27th South Carolina State 43rd South Carolina State 29th North Carolina Central 36th UPCOMING MEETS CONFERENCE NOTES Thursday-Saturday, May 6-8, 2021 2021 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field MEAC OVERVIEW Championships • The 2021 MEAC outdoor track & field season season will see stu- Irwin Belk Track dent-athletes from nine of the conference’s 11 institutions vying for North Carolina A&T State University the MEAC title and a spot in the NCAA Championships. Greensboro, N.C. LAST SEASON SATURDAY’S FINALS • The 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled amid the STREAMED LIVE ON FLOTRACK rise and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic; as such, neither the MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships nor the NCAA Out- door Track & Field Championships were held. 2021 MEAC CHAMPIONSHIPS • The 2021 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships are sched- uled to take place this weekend at North Carolina A&T State Uni- versity’s Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, N.C. Nine of the MEAC’s 11 teams are currently slated to compete for the conference titles; the meets was last held in 2019, when North Carolina A&T State swept the men’s and women’s titles. NCAT has won the last three MEAC outdoor men’s titles and two of the last three women’s titles. LAST TIME OUT AGGIES RELAY SQUAD NCAA CHAMPS • North Carolina A&T State’s 4x400-meter relay squad brought home NCAA gold back in March, as the quartet of Elijah Young, Daniel Stokes, Randolph Ross and Trevor Stewart won the 4x400 at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 13, turning in a 3:03.16 -- the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history -- beating the likes of Ken- tucky and Tennessee in their heat race. The relay team’s success has carried over to the outdoor season, as on March 27 at the Tex- as Relays, they turned in the top time in the world so far this season in the event at 3:00.23. MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Jeff Cunningham Director of Media Relations Email: [email protected] Phone: 757-951-2055 1 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTES | WEEK 3 MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEAC MEAC TRACK & FIELD CONTACT INFO STAFF 2730 Ellsmere Ave. MEDIA CONTACTS Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Main: (757) 951-2055 Chief of Staff/COO: Sonja Stills Fax: (757) 951-2067 Sr. Assoc. Commissioner, Championships/Admin.: Raynoid Dedeaux BETHUNE-COOKMAN Dan Ryan Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Maurice Williams [email protected] Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham (386) 481-2240 Director of Championship & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton COPPIN STATE Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia Easley Sivells Steven Kramer Media Relations & Research Consultant: Lonza Hardy, Jr. [email protected] Business Manager: Matthew Smith (410) 951-3729 Administrative Assistant: Destinee Wright DELAWARE STATE Derrick Slayton [email protected] MEAC QUICK FACTS MEAC IN NATIONAL RANKINGS (302) 857-6239 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) cel- (Top 25 ranked on TFRRS.org through 5/4) ebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate competi- FLORIDA A&M tion heading into the 2020-21 academic school MEN Curtis Ford year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made NCAT ‘A’ 4x400 1st (3:00.23) [email protected] up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions J. Amoah, CSU 100m 2nd (10.00) (850) 599-3736 across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman 200m 13th (20.36) University, Coppin State University, Delaware HOWARD T. Stewart, NCAT 400m 2nd (44.52) Derek Bryant State University, Florida A&M University, Howard R. Ross, NCAT 400m 4th (44.69) [email protected] University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 200m 25th (20.58) (202) 806-7184 Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, NCAT ‘A’ 4x100 5th (38.85) North Carolina A&T State University, North Caro- NCAT ‘B’ 4x400 5th (3:02.14) MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE lina Central University and South Carolina State NCAT ‘B’ 4x100 10th (39.15) Ralan Wardlaw University. The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) T. Wright, NCAT 100m t-12th (10.19) [email protected] sports with automatic qualifying bids for NCAA C. Poole, NCAT 110h 13th (13.59) (410) 651-6289 postseason competition in 15 of them: baseball, J. Harding, NCAT 200m 16th (20.45) bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s R. Brown, NCAT 110h 17th (13.65) MORGAN STATE and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s NCAT ‘C’ 4x400 21st (3:05.72) Leonard Haynes (M) tennis, men’s and women’s track & field, softball, [email protected] (443) 885-3831 volleyball and men’s golf. WOMEN Kevin Paige (W) C. Sturgis, NCAT 200m 7th (22.86) [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA 100m t-11th (11.21) (443) 885-3009 Fans and media members are invited to follow K. Deb.-Epps, NCAT 200m 13th (22.97) the latest Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference foot- J. Gbai, HOW 200m 14th (22.98) NORFOLK STATE ball news through social media. The MEAC Twit- T. Robinson, NCAT 100h 14th (12.97) Matt Michalec ter feed may be accessed @MEACSports and the M. Akobundu, NCAT 100h 17th (13.06) [email protected] (757) 823-2628 conference’s official Facebook page is available P. Salmon, NCAT 100h 18th (13.07) @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Instagram handle is NCAT ‘A’ 4x100 18th (43.95) @MEACSports. NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE D. McDuffie, NCAT 200m t-19th (23.02) Brian Holloway K. Grant, NSU 100m t-22nd (11.29) [email protected] WEEKLY RELEASE & STATISTICS NCAT ‘B’ 4x100 23rd (44.19) (336) 285-3608 Media members may access PDF versions of the complete weekly release, including conference NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL and team-by-team statistics, on www.MEAC- Kyle Serba sports.com. Regular updates of the weekly re- national leaders in bold and italicized [email protected] lease will be distributed via e-mail from the con- (919) 530-7054 *denotes NCAA East leader ference office. To be included on the distribution list, send an e-mail request to Jeff Cunningham at SOUTH CAROLINA STATE [email protected]. Kendrick Lewis [email protected] (803) 536-7060 MEAC MEDIA CONTACT Jeff Cunningham Email: [email protected] 2 Phone: 757-951-2055 [ MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE | 2020-21 SEASON | MEACSPORTS.COM | @MEACSPORTS ] MEAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NOTES | WEEK 3 2021 MEAC OUTDOOR EVENT LEADERS MEN WOMEN 100 Meters 100 Meters 1. J. Amoah Coppin State 10.00 1. C. Sturgis North Carolina A&T 11.21 2. T. Wright North Carolina A&T 10.06 2. K. Grant Norfolk State 11.29 3. J. Manu Coppin State 10.28 3. J. Ross North Carolina A&T 11.30 200 Meters 200 Meters 1. J. Amoah Coppin State 20.36 1. C. Sturgis North Carolina A&T 22.86 2. J. Harding North Carolina A&T 20.45 2. K. Deb.-Epps North Carolina A&T 22.97 3. R. Ross North Carolina A&T 20.58 3. J. Gbai Howard 22.98 400 Meters 400 Meters 1. T. Stewart North Carolina A&T 44.52 1. D. McDuffie North Carolina A&T 53.31 2. R. Ross North Carolina A&T 44.69 2. S. Tomlinson Coppin State 54.31 3. E. Young North Carolina A&T 45.98 3. M. Pride Norfolk State 54.45 800 Meters 800 Meters 1. A. Abbkar North Carolina A&T 1:48.81 1. M. Bissah Norfolk State 2:06.85 2. A. Ba Coppin State 1:51.99 2. A. Gbolade North Carolina A&T 2:09.01 3. T. Jeffers South Carolina State 1:53.13 3. C. Brown North Carolina A&T 2:09.19 1,500 Meters 1,500 Meters 1. R. Kimtai North Carolina A&T 3:57.55 1. M. Bissah Norfolk State 4:25.89 2. A. Abbkar North Carolina A&T 3:59.79 2. D. Stanford Howard 4:31.52 3. J. Chin North Carolina A&T 4:02.32 3. T. Ogundeko Coppin State 4:36.90 5,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 1. A. Norman Delaware State 15:06.81 1. D. Stanford Howard 17:18.54 2. E. Cheruiyot Norfolk State 15:18.45 2. J. Banks South Carolina State 18:17.83 3. M. Kipchirchir Norfolk State 15:19.28 3. F. Koech Norfolk State 18:23.95 110-Meter Hurdles 100-Meter Hurdles 1. C. Poole North Carolina A&T 13.59 1. T. Robinson North Carolina A&T 12.97 2. R. Brown North Carolina A&T 13.65 2. M. Akobundu North Carolina A&T 13.06 3. K. Davis Howard 13.99 3. P. Salmon North Carolina A&T 13.07 400-Meter Hurdles 400-Meter Hurdles 1. J. Scott Florida A&M 51.19 1. S. Townsend North Carolina A&T 58.26 2. A. Lindo North Carolina A&T 51.34 2.