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SC State Teams to Vie for MEAC Track Titles
4/29/2009 9:18:19 PM
GREENSBORO, NC – South Carolina State will be among eleven (11) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schools vying for the league’s track and field championships being conducted Thursday through Saturday (Apr. 30-May 2) at the Irwin Belk Track Complex on the campus of North Carolina A&T.
The competition gets underway Thursday with the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon and continues on Friday with field events and prelims in some running events, with the finals set for Saturday.
SC State’s hope in the women’s competition will be led by junior Tempest Vance in the 400m hurdles and heptathlon, Shamire Rothmiller in the shot put and javelin, Kristi Foster in the javelin and heptathlon, Jasmine Smith in the triple jump, and the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams.
On the men’s side, the Bulldogs will look to Noel Facey in the shot put and discus, Marcus Stephens in the triple jump, Leighton Brown in the javelin, and Donta Young in the 400m and 110m hurdles.
Norfolk State is the defending champion in the men’s division and will be going for its fourth straight crown, while Hampton will be seeking its fourth consecutive championship in the women’s competition.
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Orangeburg, SC—Jebreh Harris has been named assistant cross-country/track and field coach at South Carolina State. Harris began his duties on February 1.
Harris joins the SC State staff after serving the past season five seasons (2004-2009) as a volunteer-assistant coach at his alma mater University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT). While at UT, Harris also served several years as a track coach with the Knoxville Track Club working with the youth program. He also has spent time as a sports specific/personal trainer (Performance Training Inc.) Where he has trained several world class athletes and designed workout for clients with particular needs.
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GREENSBORO, NC – South Carolina State freshman Shamire Rothmiller, Saturday, had a toss of 14.53m (47-08.00) to finish 14th overall in the shot put at the NCAA East Regional Track and Field Championship at the Irwin Belk Track.
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GREENSBORO – After Friday’s preliminaries, only three South Carolina State participants remain in the 2009 NCAA East Regional Track and Field Championships being conducted at the Irvin Belk Track.
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5.28.09 | Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Orangeburg, SC—Seven SC State University track and field performers will participate in the 2009 NCAA East Regional at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University this Friday and Saturday, May 29-30.
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GREENSBORO, NC – The South Carolina State women amassed 57 points to finish seventh, while the men scored 34 points for a tenth-place showing the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships at the Irwin Belk Track on the North Carolina A&T campus.
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GREENSBORO, NC – South Carolina State freshman Shamire Rothmiller won the women’s shot put with a record toss of 14.97m (49-01.50 ft.), while fellow freshman Noel Facey captured the men’s discus with a throw of 45.93m (150-08 ft.) at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Track and Field Championship Friday at the Irwin Belk Track on the North Carolina A&T campus.
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