CIAA Athletes Take Four National Indoor Track Championships
NCCU grabs two individual titles; St. Aug's men and women finish second overall

CIAA athletes placed well in the 2002 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston Saturday.

North Carolina Central University's Jason Smoots and Katerina Glosova were joined by St. Augustine's Libia Rodriquez and the St. Aug men's 4X400M relay team as national champions.

St. Augustine's men's and women's teams finished second overall.

Twenty CIAA athletes and three relay teams earned All-America Honors in the event.

Smoots, hailing from Gadsden, Alabama, successfully defended his indoor national title by winning the men's 60-meter dash with a time of 6.66 seconds. The next closest competitor, Tom Green of South Dakota, crossed the line in 6.73.

Now a three-time national champion, Smoots has yet to finish behind a collegiate runner during the indoor season. He placed first in the second heat of Friday's preliminary round with a time of 6.72.

Glosova, a native of the Czech Republic who had failed to earn individual All-America honors in three prior trips to NCAA track events, ended her collegiate indoor career as a national champion by winning the women's 800m run with a time of 2:08.73.

Rodriguez won the 400M dash where four CIAA athletes finished in the top 8 positions.

CIAA All-Americans in Division II Indoor Track & Field

Cadriesha Akinfe - St. Augustine's - Long Jump

Libia Rodriquez - St. Augustine's - 400M Dash

Shakirah Rutherford - St. Augustine's - 400M Dash

Georgia Mullings - St. Augustine's - 400M Dash

Kennisha Moten - North Carolina Central - 400M Dash

Katerina Glosova - North Carolina Central - 800M

Samayah Islam - St. Augutine's - 60M Hurdles

Anna Techmaker - St. Augutine's - 60M Dash

Carlene Cummings - St. Augustine's - Triple Jump

Maurice English - St. Augustine's - Long Jump

Jason Smoots - North Carolina Central - 60M Dash

Jordan Vaden - Livingstone - 60M Dash

Unyime Akpan - St. Augustine's - 60M Hurdles

Anwar Moore - St. Augustine's - 60M Hurdles

Derrick Blount - Virginia State - 60M Hurdles

Dane Maglorie - St. Augustine's - Triple Jump

Ray Benjamin - St. Augustine's - Triple Jump

Steven Enoch - North Carolina Central - Triple Jump

Anthony Campbell - St. Augustine's - 400M Dash

Nathaniel McKinney - St. Augustine's - 400M Dash

North Carolina Central women - 4X400M Relay

St. Augustine's Women - 4X400M Relay

St. Augustine's Men - 4X400M Relay