Jan. 19, 2009
Complete B-CU Women's Results
Complete B-CU Men's Results
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KENT, Ohio - This past Saturday, Bethune-Cookman Track & Field made the trip to Kent, Ohio to compete in the Doug Raymond Indoor Invitational to improve upon their strong opening performance at the Penn State Relays last weekend. The Wildcats returned home with six 1st place finishes, four 2nd place finishes, and ten personal or season bests.
For the Women, Tavia Burke started off the event right, grabbing first place in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.48 (season best), while Crystal Bardge finished second in the same race at 8.69.
Bethune-Cookman made a strong showing in the Women's 60m Dash. In a sight the coaching staff loved to take in, B-CU occupied four of the eight lanes in the finals. Jessica Tongue took first, finishing in a time of 7.62 (personal best). Dianne Munroe finished second at 7.65, while Nickesha Williams finished fourth at 7.67 (season best) and Analisa Austin finished fifth at 7.69 (season best).
Dianne Munroe took the gold in the 200m Dash with a time of 25.07. Rockel Mitchell finished in 25.90 and fourth place, while Nickesha Williams came in fifth (25.98).
Lashondra Wilbon earned the silver in the 400m Dash with a personal best time of 57.97.
Alexandria Condell also recorded a PR, finishing at 2:18.19 and second place in the 800m Run.
On the Men's side, Dante Sales was bested in the 60m Dash, coming in second at 6.83, while Chris Herring ran a personal best time of 6.94 to finish fifth.
Ronnie Ash continued to dominate in the hurdles, besting last week's time by a few hundredths of a second, finishing first in 7.85. DJ Howard ran an 8.30 in the same race to finish fifth.
Bethune-Cookman Men's sprinters performed well in the 200m Dash, clinching three of the top five spots. Dante Sales finished fourth at 22.02 and Chris Herring finished fifth (22.09).
Redhead snagged another crown for the meet, taking the gold in the 400m Dash also, finishing in a time of 48.51.
It was a great day for the track events; however, the only upper-tier finisher for the meet in field events was Marcell Keeling, who finished third in the Long Jump with a distance 46-11.75 feet (14.32m).
Head Coach Garfield Ellenwood's team showed well yet again as they gear up for the MEAC portion of the schedule, showing that they can compete with and rise to any challenge. Next on the schedule is a short trip to the middle of the state as they head to Gainesville for the Tom Jones Invitational to face major D-I competition, including the state's major biggest schools, Florida, Florida State, and Miami. The Tom Jones Invitational gets underway on Jan. 24.
