MEAC Results

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 20, 2024)--Senior Ishana Asinor and junior Terine Lambert each captured gold on Tuesday afternoon, as the Morgan State women's track and field team concluded the three-day Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships with a total of 66.5 points to place third at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
 
Graduate student Johnelle Johnson was named MEAC Outstanding Field Athlete after earning a silver and bronze medal and scoring a combined 14 points.
 
Howard captured its third straight conference title with 204 points, while Norfolk State finished second with 188 points. Delaware State took fourth with 61.5 points, South Carolina State (45) and Coppin State (40) placed fifth and sixth, respectively. North Carolina Central (27/7th) and Maryland Eastern Shore (24/8^th), rounded out the scoring.
 
The Lady Bears entered Championship Tuesday in a tie for third place with Delaware State with 23.5 points after six scored events. Morgan State had nine individuals score points, one school record, five personal best marks and one season best mark on the final day of competition.
 
A native of Lansdale, Pa., Asinor claimed gold in the pole vault, by setting both a personal and school record with a mark of 3.50 meters, breaking the mark of 3.35 meters, which she broke a year ago and matched during this year's HBCU Showcase.
 
Lambert, a native of St. Catherine, Jamaica also captured gold, winning the shot put with a toss of 13.81 meters. Johnelle Johnson earned silver with a season best throw of 13.33 meters.
 
Gabrielle Jefferies set a personal record in the 400-meter dash, finishing fourth in a time of 56.34 seconds. Crystal Coke placed fifth in the 3000-meter run in a time of 10:50.30 to record a personal record.
 
Abigail Fisher and Jessica Lamborn each recorded personal records in the mile run. Fisher ran a time of 5:19.11 to place seventh, while Lamborn finished eighth in a time of 5:26.62.
 
Laniyah Henderson and Hemetii Apet, each jumped 11.52 meters in the triple jump. Henderson was awarded eighth place and Apet placed ninth.
 
The Lady Bears concluded the day with 4X400 meter relay. The Lady Bears team of Victoria Francis, Gabrielle Jefferies, Hemetii Apet and Laniyah Henderson ran 3:55.27 to place seventh.
 
Monday, the Lady Bears' Johnell Johnson placed third in the weight throw with a toss of 18.05 meters. Terine Lambert (15.01m) came in seventh and Brylan Carter (14.20m) was eighth.
 
Morgan's 4000-meter distance medley team of Fisher, Francis, Lamborn and Coke finished in a time of 12:47.66 to place fourth.
 
Tia Jackson finished in a tie for fifth in the high jump, following a leap of 1.57 meters.
 
Denisha McLaurin ran a time of 9.04 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles to finish seventh.
 
Gabrielle Jefferies placed seventh in the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash in a time of 56.33 seconds to advance to Tuesday's finals.
 
On Sunday, the Lady Bears began the championships with a sixth-place finish from Crystal Coke in the 5000-meter run. Coke crossed the line in a time of 19:40.56. Tia Jackson added to Morgan State's Day 1 total of six points with a seventh-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.53 meters. Laniyah Henderson came in eighth also with a jump of 5.53 meters.  
 
 
MEAC Indoor Championships
February 18-20, 2024
Virginia Beach, Va. (Virginia Beach Sports Center)
 
Sunday, Feb. 18
5000 Meter Run
6. Crystal Coke, 19:40.56
 
200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
23. Victoria Francis, 25.86
 
Long Jump
7. Tia Jackson, 5.53m
8. Laniyah Henderson, 5.53m
Preliminaries
12. Denisha McLaurin, 5.23m
15. Hemetii Apet, 5.05m
 
Monday, Feb. 19
4000 Meter Distance Medley
4. Morgan State, 12:47.66
(Fisher, Francis, Lamborn, Coke)
 
400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
7. Gabrielle Jeffries, 56.33
9. Victoria Francis, 57.53
 
60 Meter Hurdles
7. Denisha McLaurin, 9.04
 
Weight Throw
3. Johnelle Johnson, 18.05m
7. Terine Lambert, 15.01m
8. Brylan Carter, 14.20m
 
High Jump
T5. Tia Jackson, 1.57m
 
Tuesday, Feb. 20
1 Mile Run
7. Abigail Fisher, 5:19.11 (personal record)
8. Jessica Lamborn, 5:26.62 (personal record)
 
400 Meter Dash
4. Gabrielle Jefferies, 56.34 (personal record)
 
800 Meter Run
11. Jessica Lamborn, 2:20.62
 
3000 Meter Run
5. Crystal Coke, 10:50.30 (personal record)
12. Abigail Fisher, 11:45.02
 
4X400 Relay
7. Morgan State, 3:55.27
(Victoria Francis, Gabrielle Jefferies, Hemetii Apet, Laniyah Henderson)
 
Pole Vault Open
1. Ishana Asinor, 3.50m (personal record)
 
Triple Jump
8. Laniyah Henderson, 11.52m
9. Hemetii Apet, 11.52m
Denisha McLaurin, No measurement
 
Shot Put
1. Terine Lambert, 13.81m
2. Johnelle Johnson, 13.33m (season best)
Preliminaries
9. Brylan Carter, 10.39m
 
Outstanding Coach: David Oliver, Howard 
Co-Outstanding Runners: Yvone Sandui and Mercyline Kimaiyo, Norfolk State 
Outstanding Field Athlete: Johnelle Johnson, Morgan State 
  
ALL-MEAC 
First Team: Kailei Collins (HOW, 60m, 200m), Aniya Woodruff (HOW, 400m), Jahmei Wyatt (NSU, 800m), Mercyline Kimaiyo (NSU, Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m), Brooklyn Robinson (NSU, 60mH), Terine Lambert (MSU, SP), Myagoa Bayak (HOW, HJ), Ishana Asinor (MSU, PV), Indya Richards (NSU, LJ), Faithlyn Irving (UMES, TJ), Erin Hatcher (HOW, WT), Jasmyn Hunter (HOW, Pentathlon), Howard (4x400m relay), Norfolk State (Distance Medley Relay) 
Second Team: Ai'yana Gray-Williams (HOW, 60m), Tiffani-Rae Pittman (HOW, 200m), Kimani Alphonse (CSU, 400m), Kara Grant (NSU, 800m), Yvone Sandui (NSU, Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m), Indya Richards (NSU, 60mH), Johnelle Johnson (MSU, SP), Tia Lucas (NCCU, HJ), Annalise Bond (DSU, PV), Ija Mumford (HOW, LJ), Cameran Gist (SCSU, TJ), Leslie Loung (NSU, WT), Miryarn Smalls (HOW, Pentathlon), Coppin State (4x400m relay), Howard (Distance Medley Relay),  
Third Team: Indya Richards (NSU, 60m), Halutie Hor (CSU, 200m), Zoe Turner (HOW, 400m), Yvone Sandui (NSU, 800m), Kara Grant (NSU, Mile), Abigael Chebet (NSU, 3,000m, 5,000m), Kaya-Rae Dunbar (HOW, 60mH), Minyarn Smalls (HOW, SP), Kennedy Spears (SCSU, HJ), D'Nysha Brightful (NSU, PV), Nyla Ward (NSU, LJ), Jazmyn Wajd (HOW, TJ), Johnelle Johnson (MSU, WT), Kaelyn Woodrum (CSU, Pentathlon), South Carolina State (4x400m relay), Delaware State (Distance Medley Relay) 


About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 53rd year of intercollegiate competition with the 2023-24 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University. 
 
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