Saint Augustine's College Sweeps CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

St. Aug Falcons

Newport News, VA - The new home for the CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Freeman Center, was christened as the Saint Augustine's Men's and Women's Indoor Track And Field teams finished on top for the 2001 season.

Winning this year's championship marks the seventh straight year that the Falcons have returned to Raleigh with the crown.

The Falcons' 191 point finish put them in the winners spot, leading all others by 133 points, followed by the Lady Falcons who finished with a team score of 146, 98 points above the second place finisher.

Pulling up in second place are Virginia State (58) and North Carolina Central (48) for men's and women's teams respectively. Virginia State (26) showed up again for third in the women's category along with Livingstone College (40) to claim third for the men.

With the new facility in place, expectations were high as our best student-athletes put their talents to the test to finish first in their event. Jason Smoots of NCCU finished first in the 55-meter dash (6.25), which makes him a repeat automatic qualifier for the NCAA's Division II Indoor Competition. 2000 Sydney Olympian, Florencia Hunt, of Saint Augustine's College also led the pack in the 800 Meter Run (2:10.67), also qualifying for the NCAA Division II Indoor.

St. Aug Lady Falcons

Final Team Scores:

Women				Men
SAC		146		SAC	191
NCCU		48		VSU	58
VSU		26		LC	40
Shaw		23		NCCU	26
LC		20		Shaw	23
VUU		16		SPC	10
SPC		8		BSU	2
BSU		2		VUU	1

NCAA Automatic Qualifiers:

Florencia Hunt	SAC	800 MeterRun	2:10.67
Kia Davis	SAC	55 Yard Hudles	7.84
Lakeya Williams	SAC	55 Yard Hurdles	8.02
Samaiyah Islam	SAC	55 Yard Hurdles	8.03
Saint Augustine's College	4x400 Yard Relay	3:45.42
Jason Smoots	NCCU	55 Meter Dash	6.25
Stephon Dementee	SAC	400 Meter Dash	48.04
Maurice English	SAC	Long Jump	25'08.50"
Dane Magloire	SAC	Long Jump	25'07.00"
Tim Rusan	SAC	Triple Jump	52'10.50"