Yarde Wins 400m Dash at Frank Colden Invitational

COLLEGEVILLE – The Lady Eagles track and field team had four top-1o finished at the 2016 Frank Colden Invitational on Saturday, February 6^th hosted by Ursinus College.
 
Senior Tanaya Yarde won the 400m dash with a time of 1:00.34 and finished third in the 60m event at 7.85.
 
Coppin State had a pair finish first and second competing in the women's pentathlon events. Freshmen Khemani Roberts gathered 3,433 points winning the pentathlon while sophomore Randi Bohler was second with 2,765 points.
 
Freshmen Dainah Moore was fourth overall in the 60m run with a time of 8.01. Junior Kadeem Curtis led a trio of runners in the 800m event with a third place finish. Curtis clocked in at 2:21.92 a season-best time in the event.
Freshmen Lunnise Gibson was 14^th (2:31.73) and junior Miriam Ekwuru was 33^rd (2:44.72). Rounding out the Lady Eagles in the 60m hurdle preliminaries was junior Shawdae Frederick in 21^st place with a time of 12.02.
 
Up next for Coppin State is the annual MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Landover, Md. beginning on Thursday, February 11^th.
 
60 meters
3.  Tanaya Yarde (7.85)
4.  Dainah Moore (8.01)
 
60 meter prelims
3. Tanaya Yarde (8.01)
5.  Dainah Moore (8.08)
 
400 meter
1. Tanaya Yarde (1:00.34)
 
800 meter
3.  Kadeem Curtis (2:21.92)
14. Lunnise Gibson (2:31.73)
33. Miriam Ekwuru (2:44.72)
 
60 hurdle prelims
21. Shawdae Frederick (12.02)