For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Howard Assistant Director for Media Relations [email protected], 757-951-2055 MEAC ANNOUNCES WEEKLY OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD HONORS SCSU’s Jeter, MSU’S Crooke and John, and UMES’ Simon earn Top Weekly Honors NORFOLK, Va., April 8, 2015 – North Carolina A&T State’s Darren White and Savannah State’s Joshua Peacok were chosen as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track Athletes of the week. Bethune-Cookman’s Barry Kimbrough and Jess St. John of Morgan State were named the MEAC Men’s and Women’s Field Athletes of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday. Jeter (Sprints, Jr., Greenwood, S.C.) finished second in the 400m, with a time of 47.83, at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. Crooke (Sprints, So., Basseterre, St. Kitts) captured a first-place victory in the 100m, with a time of 11.80, at the Wake Forest Open. John (Thrower, Fr., St. John, Antigua.) registered a second place finish in the shot put, with a mark of 14.41m (47-03.50 ft.) Simon (Thrower, Sr., Roseau, Dominica.) broke the school record in the shot put which was previously set by Kimani Korton (18.88m) in 2012 with a mark of 18.92m (62.07 ft.). Simon also captured a first-place victory in the discus with a mark of 60.13m. Other Top Performers Karissa Bertling (SCSU) placed fourth in the 200m, with a time of 24.41, at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. Joseph Boyd (NSU) recorded a second place finish in the high jump, with a mark of 1.96m (6.43 ft.), at the Virginia Cup. Tatianna Clark (NCAT) finished in ninth-place in the triple jump, with a mark of 11.56m (37-11.25 ft.), at the Shamrock Invitational. 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, VA 23513 Ph: (757) 951-2055 Media Relations Fax: (757) 951-2077

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Brian HowardAssistant Director for Media Relations

[email protected], 757-951-2055

MEAC ANNOUNCES WEEKLY OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD HONORSSCSU’s Jeter, MSU’S Crooke and John, and UMES’ Simon earn Top Weekly

Honors

NORFOLK, Va., April 8, 2015 – North Carolina A&T State’s Darren White and Savannah State’s Joshua Peacok were chosen as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track Athletes of the week. Bethune-Cookman’s Barry Kimbrough and Jess St. John of Morgan State were named the MEAC Men’s and Women’s Field Athletes of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.

Jeter (Sprints, Jr., Greenwood, S.C.) finished second in the 400m, with a time of 47.83, at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational.

Crooke (Sprints, So., Basseterre, St. Kitts) captured a first-place victory in the 100m, with a time of 11.80, at the Wake Forest Open.

John (Thrower, Fr., St. John, Antigua.) registered a second place finish in the shot put, with a mark of 14.41m (47-03.50 ft.)

Simon (Thrower, Sr., Roseau, Dominica.) broke the school record in the shot put which was previously set by Kimani Korton (18.88m) in 2012 with a mark of 18.92m (62.07 ft.). Simon also captured a first-place victory in the discus with a mark of 60.13m.

Other Top Performers

Karissa Bertling (SCSU) placed fourth in the 200m, with a time of 24.41, at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational.

Joseph Boyd (NSU) recorded a second place finish in the high jump, with a mark of 1.96m (6.43 ft.), at the Virginia Cup.

Tatianna Clark (NCAT) finished in ninth-place in the triple jump, with a mark of 11.56m (37-11.25 ft.), at the Shamrock Invitational.

Reneazia Collins (NCAT) registered a seventh-place finish in the 100m, with a time of 12.09, at the Shamrock Invitational.

Shantol Hemley (UMES) set a personal-best in the 800m, with a time of 2:11.68, at the Wake Forest Open.

2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, VA 23513 Ph: (757) 951-2055 Media Relations Fax: (757) 951-2077