Spring Sports Round-Up

In the Mid Atlantic Regional in Savannah, Ga., the region's No. 2 seed, Armstrong Atlantic State (26-0) defeated CIAA women's champion Fayetteville State 5-0 in a first round match. FSU finishes the season at 19-5.

Armstrong Atlantic's men's team (25-3) handed CIAA champion Shaw (17-1) its first match loss of the season with a 5-0 win in a first round men's match.

Top seed and fourth-ranked West Florida (18-6) downed SIAC champ Tuskegee (14-10), 5-0, in a first round South Regional women's contest.

Valdosta State (16-5) topped SIAC men's champion Fort Valley State (11-9), 8-0, in a men's South Regional match-up.

Norfolk State men, Hampton women capture MEAC outdoor track and field titles
BALTIMORE - The Lady Pirates of Hampton and the Norfolk State Spartans captured the 2007 MEAC Outdoor Track and Field crowns last week at Hughes Stadium on the campus of Morgan State University. Hampton's Andrew Peresta earned Outstanding Performer accolades for men, while Hampton's Yvette Lewis repeated as the Outstanding Performer for the women.

The Norfolk State men's team posted 165 points to capture their second straight title and fourth overall. The Spartans also became the first men's team in conference history to win all three MEAC track titles (cross country, indoor and outdoor) two years in a row. Peresta won the gold for sixth-place Hampton in the 110m hurdles (14.20) as well as the 400m hurdles (51.20) and finished second in the 400m (46.95) to garner outstanding performer honors.

Spartans' Head Coach, Kenneth Giles, earned Outstanding Coaching honors. Maryland-Eastern Shore wracked up 65 points in field events, almost half its point total, to finish behind Norfolk State with 138.5 points.

On the women's side, The Lady Pirates won their second consecutive outdoor title and fifth overall with 134 points. The Lady Pirates also swept the MEAC track titles (cross country, indoor and outdoor) this season. Maryland-Eastern Shore showed well in the sprints and dominated distant events to finish behind the Lady Pirates with 119 points.

Lewis earned outstanding performer honors for the second straight year by recording 50.5 points, winning the 100 and 200 meters, the 110 high hurdles and the triple jump, where she broke her own record set at last year's championships. She also ran a leg of the winning 4x100 meter relay and finished second in the long jump.

"We talked all year about winning all three titles, explained Lewis. "We had a lot of people that were hurt but we came together and were able to win it all." Hampton's Maurice Pierce was named the Outstanding Coach for the women.

It was also a record setting day for both the men and women. Maryland Eastern Shore's Peter Sang set a new MEAC record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 9:32.08. The previous record was 9:33.43 held by Maryland Eastern Shore's Barnabas Togom in 2004.

Kimani Kirton, of Maryland Eastern Shore broke the men's shot put record with 18.08m (59-04.00 ft.). South Carolina State's Phil Murphy set the previous record of 17.42m (57-02 ft.) in 1979. Hampton's 4x100m women's relay team set a new record with a time of 44.97. Florida A&M's 2002 squad previously set the record in 45.02 seconds.

Women - Team Rankings		Men - Team Rankings
1) Hampton	134	1) Norfolk State	165
2) Maryland-Eastern Shore	119	2) Maryland-Eastern Shore	138.50
3) North Carolina A&T	106	3) Morgan State	96.50
4) Morgan State	104	4) Coppin State	71
5) Norfolk State	77	5) Delaware State	61
6) Delaware State	52.50	6) Hampton	59
7) Florida A&M	33	7) North Carolina A&T	48
8) South Carolina St.	25.50	8) Florida A&M	32
9) Coppin State	25	9) South Carolina St.	27
10) Howard University	17	10) Bethune-Cookman	24
11) Bethune-Cookman	7	11) Howard University	16

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