Four Individual National Champions, a Pair of Relay Titles Highlight Lincoln’s Outdoor Championships

Courtesy Lincoln (MO) Athletics

TURLOCK, Calif. – Judith Riley, Yanique Haye, Kimour Bruce, Steve Banton and both 4×100-meter relay teams won national championships as the Lincoln University track and field teams finished second on the women’s side and third on the men’s side Saturday at the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships.

Courtesy St. Augustine’s Athletics

TURLOCK, Calif. – Saint Augustine’s College finished fifth in the men’s events and tied for 15th in the women’s events on a cold and wet Saturday at the 2011 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships at California State Stanislaus. The meet ended around 1 a.m. eastern standard time.

The Falcons, who entered the three-day meet as the defending national men’s champions, scored 41 points while Abilene Christian won the men’s title with 68 points. Either Saint Augustine’s College or Abilene Christian has taken the men’s championship since 1982. The Falcons have won a combined 31 NCAA men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor championships.

Adams State was second with 55 points and Lincoln (Mo.) was third with 51 points followed by Emporia State with 43 points. Johnson C. Smith tied Western State for sixth with 37 points. In the women’s standings, the Lady Falcons scored 17 points. Grand Valley State scored 82.5 points for its first women’s outdoor crown. Lincoln (Mo.) was second with 68 points and Adams State was third with 51 points. Johnson C. Smith placed fourth with 36 points.

Several Falcons and Lady Falcons earned All-America honors. In the men’s 110 meters, Gerkenz Senesca (Roselle, N.J.) placed fourth in 14.17 seconds while top-seed Jason Boyd finished eighth in 14.50. In the men’ 400 meters, Josh Edmonds (Fr./Washington, D.C.) was fifth in 47.56 and Kelly Fisher (Jr./Tinton Falls, N.J.) placed seventh in 48.03. READ MORE.

Courtesy JCSU Athletics

Turlock, CA – Johnson C. Smith University finished fourth overall in the women’s events and tied for sixth in the men’s events after the final day of the 2011 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by California State Stanislaus on Al Brenda Track inside Warrior Stadium. JCSU women recorded 36 team points, while the men had 37 points along with Western State University.

Grand Valley State won the women’s title with 82.5 points, followed by Lincoln (MO) in second with 68, and then Adams State rounds out the top three with 51 points. Fellow CIAA institutions St. Augustine’s College (17) and Virginia State (8) placed 15th and T-29th, respectively.

Abilene Christian reclaimed the men’s title from the defending champion St. Augustine’s Falcons with 68 points. Adams State tallied 55 points for second, followed by Lincoln (MO) in third with 51, Emporia State had 43 points for fourth, and St. Augustine’s took fifth with 41 points. Either Saint Augustine’s College or Abilene Christian has taken the men’s championship since 1982.

Senior Shermaine Williams (St. Andrew, Jamaica) won the national crown in the women’s 100m hurdles. Her time of 12.95 edged Indira Spence of Adams State for the win and tied a meet record (set by Williams in 2009). Freshman Danielle Williams (St. Andrew, Jamaica), junior Rosemarie Carty (St. Andrew, Jamaica), and senior Lakaevia Tyler (Miami, FL) also competed in the event. D. Williams finished third (13.13) and Carty in fifth (13.49); while Tyler did not finish.

Danielle Williams ran an 11.50 to place second in the women’s 100m; missing the crown by 0.08 seconds to Judith Riley of Lincoln (MO).

The women’s foursome of sophomore Naffene Briscoe (St. Catherine, Jamaica), D. Williams, Tyler, and S. Williams just missed capturing the 4x100m relay title, placing second with a time of 44.79 behind Lincoln Missouri (44.57). READ MORE.