Aisha Thomas Sets Meet Record in 100-Meter Dash at NEC Track & Field Championships

5/7/05 -- Freshman Aisha Thomas (Jefferson City, Mo.) broke the meet record in the women’s 100-meter dash for Long Island at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Emmitsburg, Md.

During her qualifying heat, the Rookie of the Year at this season’s NEC Indoor Championships stopped the clock in 11.95 seconds. She advanced to Sunday’s final thanks to besting the time of 11.97 seconds set by Danielle Lyons of Monmouth in 2003. Thomas posted the best qualifying time in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 24.19 seconds.

Senior N’Kelle Anderson (Forestville, Md.) qualified for the ECAC Championships with the best time in the 400-meter-hurdle preliminaries in 1:01.93. Temi-Tope Akojie (Largo, Md.) notched the best 800-meter-dash time in 2:15.89 and fellow junior Jaimie Smith (Burtonsville, Md.) was third in 2:18.74.

Senior Floyd Mayne (Uniondale, N.Y.) did compete in a final, closing third in the 10,000-meter run in 32:46.17. Junior Michael Hillian (Voorhees, N.J.) was first in the 400-meter-dash qualifying in 48.81 seconds and third in the 200-meter-dash preliminaries in 21.86 seconds.

Senior Shaun Johnson (Ontario, Canada) qualified for the IC4A Championships with a preliminary-best time of 10.57 seconds in the 100-meter dash. Senior Jeremy Bascom (Brooklyn, N.Y.) closed second in the 200-meter-dash qualifying in 21.74 seconds, clinching a spot at IC4As.

The second and final day of competition begins Sunday at 10:00 am.