Outdoor Track Completes Day One at NEC Championships |
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5/5/07 -- The Long Island University women’s and men’s outdoor track and field teams had a strong showing on the first day of the Northeast Conference Championships, with 24 athletes qualifying for the finals in nine events. Both the men’s and women’s teams earned points with their performances in the 4x800-meter relay events. On the women’s side, Aisha Thomas (12.33) and Tavia Burke (12.45) each qualified for the finals, while Thomas (24.90), Crystal Strachan (25.59), Burke (25.71) and Joyce Atagwe (25.86) earned the right to compete in the finals of the 200-meter dash. Four Blackbirds moved on to the second day of competition in the 400-meter dash: Crystal Strachan (55.84), Thomas 56.07, Janel McFarlane (57.65) and Denele DeVerteuil (56.86). In the 800-meter dash, DeVerteuil (2:20.15), Leslie Conley (2:20.45) and Aniecia Williams (2:20.60) qualified for Sunday’s finals. In addition, Burke (14.96) qualified for the finals of the 100-meter hurdles and Qiana Smith (1:04.07) and Atagwe (1:05.00) qualified in the 400-meter hurdles. The Blackbirds’ team of Williams, DeVerteiul, Conley and Strachan placed second in the 4x800-meter relay with a time of 9:30.02, earning eight points to put Long Island in eighth place. Monmouth leads with 51.50 points. On the men’s side, three Long Island athletes qualified in the 100-meter dash: Andre Marcano (10.87), Norman Simms (10.96) and Marlon Martin (11.01). Simms (22.35) and Shavar Clarke (22.38) moved on to day two in the 200-meter dash. In addition, Jeremy Alvarez (48.32) qualified in the 400-meter dash and Rodney Daniel (55.10) earned a spot in the finals of the 400-meter hurdles. The Long Island team of Sheldon Goffe, Steven McElligott, Kelechuku
Okoji and Dan Renahan placed seventh in the 4x800-meter relay
with a time of 8:05.61 to earn two points, putting the Blackbirds
in 10th place with two points. Monmouth is in lead with 60 points.
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