CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships On the Horizon

Newport News, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held Sunday, February 9, at the Freeman Center at Christopher Newport University with events beginning at 12 p.m.

The 2002 Division II Indoor Track and Field Runners-up the St. Augustine’s Falcons and Lady Falcons are going for an unprecedented ninth straight indoor championship.
Even though St. Augustine’s is returning 11 of its 15 All-Americans, upcoming conference contenders Shaw and North Carolina Central would love to send them home empty-handed.

Key returnees to look for include: Four-time cross country champion Alhajji Alhassan, five-time Division II national champion and 2002 IAAF gold medallist, Senior, Jason Smoots of North Carolina Central, who rewrote history with a 6.25 Men’s 55 Meter Dash finish last year and Anna Teschmaker, an All-American from St. Augustine’s College will return to defend her 55 Meter dash title.

This year’s participating schools are: St. Augustine’s College, Livingstone College, Virginia Union University, North Carolina Central University, Shaw University, Virginia State University, Bowie State University, Winston-Salem State University, and St. Paul’s College.

Area high school students are encouraged to attend. For more information please call (757) 865-0071.