Results
PETERSBURG, Va. - Defending NCAA Division II champion Saint Augustine's College took home its 14th straight CIAA men's outdoor track and field title Saturday on the campus of Virginia State.
The Falcons have won the men's outdoor crown 31 of the last 33 years under legendary head coach George Williams. They won this year's championship behind CIAA Field MVP Orolando Duffus (Sr./St. Catherine, Jamaica.), who won the long jump and triple jump in addition to placing fourth in the high jump.
Duffus, the 2010 CIAA male scholar-athlete of the year, scored 25 points for the Falcons, who finished first with 176.50 points. Johnson C. Smith was second with 119 points and Winston-Salem State was third with 106 points.
The Falcons perform traditionally well in the sprints and jumps, and this year was no different. Ramon Gittens (Sr./St. Thomas, Barbados) won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and Jason Boyd (Jr./Waycross, Ga.) won the 110-meter hurdles Saturday. The Falcons were first in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. On Friday, Christopher Copeland (Jr./Suffolk, Va.) was the high jump winner.
Led by Gittens, the Falcons placed four sprinters in the top seven in the 100. Sean Stuart (Soph./Miramir, Fla.) was third, Marquis White was fifth and Julius West (Soph./Washington, D.C.) was seventh. In the 400, Josh Edmonds (Fr./Jacksonville, Fla.) was second, Kelly Fisher (Jr./Tinton Falls, N.J.) was fifth and James Quarles (Fr./Washington, D.C.) sixth.
Boyd also placed fourth in the 200, and Gerkenz Senesca was second in the 110 hurdles. Karym Greaves (Sr../Miami Gardens, Fla.) was second in the 400 hurdles.
The Falcons also won the highest grade point average award in men's outdoor track and field. The team posted a GPA of 3.57.
In the women's events, the Lady Falcons finished third with 105.50 points. Johnson C. Smith was the winner with 153 points and Winston-Salem State claimed second with 129 points. The Lady Falcons had won the previous four outdoor titles.
April London (Jr./Hampstead, N.C.) of the Lady Falcons won the 400 hurdles, and Andrea Powell (Jr./Richmond, Va.) captured the high jump. Kelly Shaw (Soph./Winona, Minn.) anchored the 4x400 relay team to victory. On Friday, Kathryn Tokarski (Jr./Saskatchewan, Canada) won the javelin.
In the 400, Shaw was second while Nicketa Bernard (Fr./Westmoreland, Jamaica) was third and Sheena Johns (Sr./Greenwood, Del.) was sixth. In the 200, Shaw was third, Johns was fifth and Bernard was eighth. In the high jump, Kellie Smith (Fr./Charlotte, N.C.) was third and Kirsten Bowens (Soph./Mahwah, N.J.) was fifth. Bowens also placed second in the triple jump.
