Saint Augustine's College Sweeps 2009 CIAA Outdoor Track
Crowns
April 18, 2009
PETERSBURG, VA - For the third straight year and the 11th time in 12 seasons, Saint Augustine's College claimed both the men's and women's CIAA Outdoor Track and Field championships on Saturday (April 18) at Virginia State University.
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| 2009 Women's Outdoor Track Champions Saint Augustine's College |
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| 2009 Men's Outdoor Track Champions Saint Augustine's College |
The Falcons ran away with the men's title, scoring 229.75 points
to beat second-place Bowie State University, which scored 76.50
points. Virginia State University was third with 72.75 points
followed by Johnson C. Smith University with 70.50 points, Virginia
Union University with 64.25 points, Livingstone College with 23.50
points, Saint Paul's College with 18 points and Shaw University
with 13.75 points.
The Lady Falcons scored 201 points to earn the women's crown. Bowie
State was second with 125 points followed by Johnson C. Smith with
86 points, Virginia State with 80 points, Shaw with 33 points,
Saint Paul's with 14.50 points and Virginia Union with 5.50
points.
Joe Kindred of Saint Augustine's College and Elaine Rhoades of
Bowie State were named men's and women's field most valuable
performers, respectively. The field MVP award was the seventh for
Kindred during an illustrious four-year career in indoor and
outdoor track and field.
Ledford Green of Johnson C. Smith won men's track MVP and Angelique
Smith of Saint Augustine's College captured female track MVP.
The men's winners were Ramon Gittens of Saint Augustine's College
(100 dash), Green of JCSU (200 dash and 400 hurdles), Josh Scott of
Saint Augustine's College (400 dash), Johnny Shuping of Saint
Augustine's College (800 and 1500 runs), Geoffrey Langat of
Virginia Union (5000 run), Jason Boyd of Saint Augustine's College
(110 hurdles), Kindred of Saint Augustine's College (high jump,
long jump, triple jump), Joffery Alcidor of Bowie State (pole
vault), Darien Kearney of Virginia State (shot put), Todd Shelton
of Saint Paul's (discus throw), and Julius Wright of Johnson C.
Smith (javelin throw). Virginia State won the 4x100 relay and Saint
Augustine's College won the 4x400 relay.
Scott of Saint Augustine's College (45.23) defeated Green of
Johnson C. Smith (45.81) in the 400 dash in which both athletes ran
the fastest times in NCAA Division I and Division II this
season.
The women's winners were Olympic sprinter Barbara Pierre of Saint
Augustine's College (100 dash, 200 dash), Smith of Saint
Augustine's College (400 dash), Kyra Mobley of Saint Augustine's
College (800 run, 1500 run), Racquel Daley of Saint Augustine's
College (3000 run), Shermaine Williams of Johnson C. Smith (100
hurdles), Nikki Boston of Johnson C. Smith (400 hurdles), Andrea
Powell of Saint Augustine's College (high jump), Rhoades of Bowie
State (long jump, triple jump), Lakisha Carney of Bowie State (shot
put, discus throw) and Brynn Rosser of Virginia State (javelin
throw). Saint Augustine's College won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
