BALTIMORE – Coppin State's track & field program has been declared as an official Grand Prize Winner in the Silk Team Protein Contest, it was announced by the organization. The Eagles will receive a $10,000 donation, a live Q&A session with track & field legend Carl Lewis, and a supply of Silk beverages for the upcoming track & field season.
The Q&A session with Carl Lewis took place on Monday, October 4. For over 25 years, Lewis has been using Silk Soymilk as his go-to complete plant-based protein. Based on national sales data, Silk is the No. 1 plant-based beverage brand.*
Five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's), including Coppin, were selected as Grand Prize Winners.
The Eagles are led by head coach
Carl Hicks, who is now in his 23
rd season as the men's head coach after beginning his tenure at Coppin as an assistant in 1993. Hicks took over the helm of the women's program in the 2017-18 season. Since taking over the reins as head coach, the men's squad has set 40 school-records while the women have produced 13 school-records.
In the last four seasons, Coppin student-athletes have seen unprecedented success with 19 All-Americans, including
Joseph Amoah and
Joseph Manu who represented their native Ghana at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
*Leading brand based on national sales data.
