GREENSBORO – Coppin State women's track and field team place tied for fifth overall at the 2016 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday, May 7
th. The Lady Eagles finished with 67 team points, had four named to the All-MEAC Team, and four crowned individual champions.
Coppin State's final individual champion was in the women's 400 meter hurdles by senior
Tanaya Yarde. Yarde won the women's 400 meter hurdles with a blazing time of 58.81 seconds. Yarde finished three seconds ahead of the runner up and also had the fastest time from yesterday's preliminaries.
The Lady Eagles 4x400 meter relay team of junior
Alexis Marsh, freshman
Khemani Roberts, sophomore
Breana Hagwood, and Yarde placed fourth in their event with a time of 3:46.44.
Senior
Alethia Edwards placed eighth in the women's javelin throw finals measuring in at 35.66 meters.
TEAM SCORES
| 1 |
Florida A&M |
164 points |
| 2 |
Hampton |
139 |
| 3 |
Bethune-Cookman |
106 |
| 4 |
North Carolina A&T State |
104 |
| T5 |
Coppin State |
67 |
| T5 |
Maryland Eastern Shore |
67 |
| 7 |
Howard |
45 |
| 8 |
Norfolk State |
44 |
| 9 |
Morgan State |
30 |
| T10 |
Delaware State |
22 |
| T10 |
North Carolina Central |
22 |
| 12 |
Savannah State |
3 |
| 13 |
South Carolina State |
3 |
Women's All-MEAC First Team
Deandra Daniel (high jump),
Khemani Roberts (heptathlon),
Kristen Deacon (hammer),
Tanaya Yarde (400m hurdles)
Women's All-MEAC Second Team
Khemani Roberts (high jump)
Women's Results
100m Dash Prelims
21.
Miriam Ekwuru (12.41)
200m Dash Prelims
18.
Alexis Marsh (25.48)
400m Dash Prelims
14.
Alexis Marsh (56.78)
800m Run Prelims
15.
Lunnise Gibson (2:33.62)
1500 Meter Run
14.
Lunnise Gibson (5:39.65)
100m Hurdles Prelims
13.
Breana Hagwood (14.64)
14.
Randi Bohler (14.68)
400m Hurdles Prelims
1.
Tanaya Yarde (1:01.88)
400m Hurdles
1.
Tanaya Yarde (58.81)
4x100m Relay
9 Marsh, Roberts, Hagwood, Ekwuru (47.43)
4x400m Relay
4. Marsh, Roberts, Hagwood, Yarde (3:46.44)
High Jump
1.
Deandra Daniel (1.71m)
2.
Khemani Roberts (1.61m)
Long Jump
4.
Kiersten Bond (5.67m)
Triple Jump
10.
Randi Bohler (11.89m)
Shot Put
6.
Alethia Edwards (13.01m)
8.
Kristen Deacon (12.69m)
Discus Throw
7.
Ellena Torres (36.70m)
Hammer Throw
1.
Kristen Deacon (47.47m)
13.
Ellena Torres (35.86m)
14.
Alethia Edwards (35.65m)
Javelin Throw
8.
Alethia Edwards (35.66m)
11. Ellana Torres (33.11m)
14.
Khemani Roberts (27.72m)
Heptathlon
1.
Khemani Roberts (4,539)
6.
Randi Bohler (3,920)
