Southern’s McKinney and Hampton’s
Mathis lead 10 HBCU qualifiers for Div I Track Nationals
May 30, 2004
Southern University’s Michael McKinney and Hampton
University’s
Jerome Mathis were winners in regional meets and automatically qualified for
this year’s NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships.
McKinney won the high jump at the Mideast Regional meet in Baton Rouge with
a best leap of 7’ 3 ¼”. Mathis ran a personal-best 20.32
to break the regional record and successfully defend his East Regional Championship
in the 200-meter dash in Gainsville, FL.
Athletes competed at four regional locations with the top five individual
finishers and top three relay teams from each of four regional meets moving
on to the National Championships to be held June 9-12 in Austin, Texas.
HBCU performers joining McKinney and Mathis are Emma Wade (SC
State-200m), Celine
Nyanga (SC State-long jump), Kellie Wells (Hampton-100m
hurdles), David
Stephens(SC State-pole vault), Kevin Hicks (Florida
A&M-800m), Michael Tinsley (Jackson
State-400m hurdles), Marcus Harris (Texas
Southern-high jump) and Tremedia Brice(Texas Southern-100m).
