BALTIMORE, Md. - In the second meet
of the outdoor season, Delaware State University senior Krystina Muhammad (Newark, Del.) continued to reign queen in the
long jump and triple jump events as the Hornets took part in a rare mid-week
event at the Coppin State Eagle Twilight Wednesday evening.
Muhammad,
who finished Saturday's Golden Ram Invitational with two gold medals, took
another two home with her first place finishes in the long and triple
jump. In the long jump, Muhammad tied a
season-best distance of 5.52m. She
bested her mark in the triple jump, posting a distance of 11.81m.
The
DSU women bought home and additional four gold medals in the 100m hurdles, 400m
dash, 4x100m relay and shot put.
Senior
Tracey Fan Fan (Maplewood, N.J.)
finished first in the 100m hurdles with a season-best time of 14.78 while
fellow senior Ayanna Kelly (Atlanta,
Ga.) was first in the 400m with in 56.74.
In
the 4x100m relay, the squad of sophomore Aatiqah
Ali (Philadelphia, Pa.), sophomore Vernetta
Biggs (Accokeek, Md.), senior Kristen
Johnson (Bloomfield, N.J.) and freshman Shalaya Sidney (Philadelphia, Pa.) ran a first-place time of 51.30
for the Hornets.
In
the shot put, sophomore Maria Gwengi
finished first with a season-best throw of 12.87m.
On
the men's side, the Hornets recorded five gold medal performances in the 200m
dash, 400m dash, 1500m run, 4x100m relay and triple jump.
Junior
Ryan Carter (Wilmington, Del.)
finished first in the 200m dash with a time of 21.63 and then led the 4x100m
squad to a 41.42 first place performance.
Joining Carter in the relay were senior Tariq Devore (New York, N.Y.) and fellow juniors Edward Hurley (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Tyquan Brown (Neptune, N.J.).
In
the 400m dash, Del State swept the top four spots with senior Donte' Holmes (Hyattsville, Md.) leading
the way with a time of 47.40. Devore,
Brown and junior Stephen Bowe followed
with respective times of 47.66, 48.27 and 48.39.
Graduate
student Kouri Falconer (Queens,
N.Y.) ran a meet-best time of 4:15.31 in the 1500m.
Freshman
Amir Armstrong (Sicklerville, N.J.)
put up a team season-best mark of 14.39m in the triple jump for the event gold
medal.
There
was no team scoring at the event.
Delaware
State travels to Raleigh, N.C. this weekend for the Raleigh Regionals, held on
Friday and Saturday.
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