BCSP Notes . . .
NC A&T drops men's tennis
Effective immediately, North
Carolina A&T State University will discontinue its
men's tennis intercollegiate athletics program. All
current men's tennis scholarships will be honored for the 2006-2007 school year. Players will
not lose a year of eligibility, allowing transfers
to play immediately.
"In light of the challenges facing our athletics budgets, it was felt that the discontinuation of men's tennis would assist us in realizing a more competitive budget for other sports," said Director of Athletics Dee Todd. Without men's tennis, N.C. A&T has 15 varsity sports. The NCAA requires 14 for Division I status.
"This was an extremely difficult decision; no athletics director enjoys eliminating a sport," "The department will investigate the possibility of adding men's golf in the near future. We thank the members of the men's tennis team for all they have done for North Carolina A&T."
Shaw drops baseball,
indoor track and golf
Shaw University has dropped its
CIAA championship baseball program and is also
eliminating indoor track and golf in an overhaul of
its athletic programs.
According to a story in the Raleigh News and Observer, the moves are a way to "roll money into other programs ... roll money into basketball and football," said Shaw Associate Athletic Director, Dianthia Ford-Kee.
FAMU's Hargrett captures Gold
Florida A&M sprinter Chris
Hargrett captured two medals last weekend for Team USA
at the 2006 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) U-23 Track and
Field Championships at the Panamerican Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Hargrett, the 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference champion in the 100 and 200 meters and the anchor for the victorious FAMU
4x100 meter relay team, won gold here as part of
the victorious Team USA 4x100 meter relay team, while capturing bronze with a third place finish
in the 100 meter final.
The Orlando native, who will be a senior for Coach Rey Robinson's Rattler Track team in 2006-07, turned in the fastest time in the qualifying rounds of the 100 meters on Friday, with a 10.42, before turning in a 10.28 time for third in the final.
In the 4x100 meter relay, Hargrett ran the third leg for Team USA's combo, which included Gary Jones, Carlos Moore and Florida State's Greg Bolden, which sizzled to a 39.38 gold medal finish.
Hargrett is the third straight Rattler thinclad to compete in national and international competition, following sprinter Sheldon Morant (2004) and 800 meter phenom Kevin Hicks (2005).
Five hundred athletes from 28 countries competed in the fourth edition of the championships.
The NACAC Athletic Association's U23 Championships are held every two years in one of the 32 member nations of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association, one of six regional athletics associations affiliated with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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