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Men’s Track and Field Finishes 8th At MEAC Indoor Championships

| By: MSU Athletics Communications

John Purvis captured gold in the shot put.

 Compiled Results | Gallery

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 21, 2023) -- The Morgan State men's track & field team competed in the three-day long Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Championships at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.

Norfolk State won the team competition with 180 points, followed by Howard with 109. Delaware State was third with 76 points, followed by Coppin State (76), and North Carolina Central (62.50) rounded out the top five of eight teams scoring. South Carolina State finished sixth (53.50), Maryland Eastern Shore was seventh (45 pts) and Morgan placed eighth overall with 41 points.

On top of this being back-to-back indoor titles for the Spartans, it's their 12th overall.

The Morgan men's team earned seven top-eight finishes at the championships, highlighted by a first place finish from junior John Purvis in the shot put. The Berlin, New Jersey product hit a distance of 16.52 meters, the winning distance just .01 meters ahead of second-place Christopher Johnson of Delaware State.
 

Sophomore Malik Brown earned a second place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 4.00 meters.

Freshman Omari McKenzie and sophomore Joshua Belinga kept up the scoring for the Bears in the triple jump. McKenzie placed fourth by recording a distance of 14.28 meters, while Belinga posted sixth place finished with a mark of 14.20 meters.  

The Bears foursome of Nasir Wallace, Tarique Gooden, Devion Bryant and Davian Gray took fourth place in the distance medley relay by clocking in with a time of 10.24.58.

Morgan put together a sixth-place effort in the 4×400m relay, posting an IC4A qualifying time of 3.19.63 with a foursome of Antonio Sims, Tarique Gooden, Adrian Holley and Ali Bowens.


Team Scores (17 Events Scored)
1. Norfolk State, 180
2. Howard, 109
3. Delaware State, 80
4. Coppin State, 76
5. N.C. Central, 62.50
6. S.C. State, 53.50
7. Maryland Eastern Shore, 45
8. Morgan State, 41
 
Morgan State Results 
60m Dash
Prelims 
17. Adrian Holley, 7.06
23. Jadon Ra-Akbar, 7.19
25. Ali Bowens, 7.25

200m Dash 
Prelims
23. Adrian Holley, 22.34
26. Ali Bowens, 22.58
27. Antonio Sims, 22.69

400m Dash 
9. Antonio Sims, 49.14
Prelims 
12. Antonio Sims, 49.94 
13. Tarique Gooden, 50.02
21. Emmanuel Ibeh, 51.55

800m Run
7. Davian Gray, 1.57.07
9. Devion Bryant, 1:57.48

1 Mile Run
9. Nasir Wallace, 4:45.78
--. Davian Gray, DNF

60m Hurdles
Prelims 
12. Jadon Ra-Akbar 8.41
--. Duane Kizer, DQ

4x400 Relay
6. Morgan State, 3.19.63
(Antonio Sims, Tarique Gooden, Adrian Holley, Ali Bowens)

Distance Medley 
4. Morgan State 'A', 10.24.58
(Nasir Wallace, Tarique Gooden, Devion Bryant, Davian Gray)

Pole Vault
2. Malik Brown, 4.00m (13-01.50)

Long Jump
12. Jadon Ra-Akbar, 6.75m (22-01.75)
15. Joshua Belinga, 6.46m (21-02.50)

Triple Jump
4. Omari McKenzie 14.28m (46-10.25)
6. Joshua Belinga, 14.20m (46-07.25)

Shot Put
1. John Purvis, 16.52m (54-02.50)

Weight Throw
4. John Purvis, 16.29m (53-05.50)
 

The top three finishers in each event were named All-MEAC.
  
Outstanding Coach: Kenneth Giles, Norfolk State
Co-Outstanding Runners: Gidion Sigei, Norfolk State / Regan Kimtai, Norfolk State
Outstanding Field Athlete: Jaelyn Blanc, North Carolina Central
 
ALL-MEAC
First Team
Kai Cole, NSU (60m, 200), Janoi Brown, UMES (400), Amadou Ba, CSU (800, 4x400), Tayshaun Chisholm, DSU (60h), Gidion Sigei, NSU (DMR, 3,000, 5,000), Brian Rotich, NSU (DMR), Dazon Harrison, NSU (DMR), Regan Kimtai, NSU (Mile, DMR), Noxroy Wright, CSU (4x400), Rashaun Stewart, CSU (4x400), Daniel Cunningham, CSU (4x400), Lamont Victoria, NCCU (HJ), Peter Kamanu, DSU (PV), Sean Wray, HOW (LJ), Isaac Haywood, NSU (TJ), John Purvis, MSU (SP), James Perkins, UEMS (WT), Eric Brown, HOW (Hep)
 
Second Team
Kristopher Brown, SCSU (60m), Noxroy Wright, CSU (200), Donnell Carter, NCCU (400), Jermanie Byrd, HOW (60h), Gidion Sigei, NSU (Mile), Regan Kimtai, NSU (800, 5,000), Brian Rotich, NSU (3,000), Marsellis Davis, HOW (DMR), Kobe Hutson, HOW (DMR), Kaleb Berry, HOW (DMR), Julian Lawson, HOW (DMR), Ashane Beckford, UMES (4x400), Janoi Brown, UMES (4x400), Mekhi Herring, UMES (4x400), Adrian Dula, UMES (4x400), James Bell, CSU (HJ), Malik Brown, MSU (PV), Jaelyn Blanc, NCCU (LJ, TJ), Christopher Johnson, DSU (SP), Dexter Ratliff, SCSU (WT), Jahquan Christopher, NSU (Hep)
 
Third Team
Andre Carr, Jr., DSU (60m), Kristopher Brown, SCSU (200), Malachi Little, DSU (400), Zachary Hawkins, HOW (60h), Devin Smith, DSU (Mile), Victor Jumo, NSU (3,000), Brian Rotich, NSU (5,000), Jayeed Norbal, CSU (800, DMR), Ivan Wiggins-Ignram, CSU (DMR), Randy Serville, CSU (DMR), Amadou Ba, CSU (DMR), Dazon Harrison, NSU (4x400), Jeremiah Zellander, NSU (4x400), Kai Cole, NSU (4x400), Knasir Alston, NSU (4x400), Joshua Sutton, NSU (HJ), Kalon Jeffrey, NSU (PV), Jeff Hammond, CSU (LJ), Chase Drewery, HOW (TJ), Tyrell Martin, DSU (SP), Nnamdi Olebara, HOW (WT), Ezekiel Hawkins, HOW (Hep)
 
MEACsports.com contributed to this release.


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