Morgan State University Athletics

GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 7, 2012)–The rain over the weekend could not stop the Lady Bears track and field team from winning gold in four events and placing fourth overall with 80.50 points at this year's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held at North Carolina A&T State University.

The Lady Pirates of Hampton tallied 136 points to win their ninth MEAC outdoor title. Maryland Eastern Shore followed in second-place with 106 points and host North Carolina A&T took third with 84 points.

Lady Bear Monae Waller captured the first gold medal of the championships on Thursday, winning in the high jump with a personal-best height of 1.75m, coming 5 meters short of the current MEAC record set by Lady Bear Brittany Robinson in 2006 with a distance of 1.80m. In the same event Lady Bear Jeanelle Ovid placed tied for fourth with a distance of 1.66m.

In the javelin throw, Ranita Mealer represented the Lady Bears well with a first-place victory, while setting a personal-best with a distance of 145-04. She also placed 5^th overall in the shot put with a distance of 45-07.00.

On the track the Lady Bears performed well, as the 4X100 meter relay team of Teyanna Green, Charisma Green, Ekundayo Sobesan and Britney Wattley set a new MEAC record in the event in a time of 44.93.

Wattley would earn gold in the 100 meter dash with a personal-best time of 11.60, followed by Teyanna Green with a fourth-place finish with a time of 11.72. Wattley would also set a personal-best with a fourth-place finish in the 200 meter dash in a time of 23.67, while T. Green finished fifth in the 200m with a personal-best of 23.95

Ishakeema Swain placed second in the 5000 meter run with a personal-best time of 18:45.42.
The Lady Bears will continue the post season running next weekend when they travel to Princeton, N.J. to compete in the women's outdoor Track and Field ECAC Championships May 11- 13.
 
MEAC Outdoor Championship
Greensboro, N.C. (N.C. A&T University)
Friday-Saturday, May 4-5, 2012
 
Winner: Hampton, 136 points
Morgan State Finish: 4th-place, 80.50 points
 
Morgan State Finishers
 
Discus
6. Angela Bursey        127-01
Sharita Moore             Foul
 
High Jump
1. Monae Waller          5-08.75
T-4. Jeanelle Ovid       5-05.25
 
Long Jump
20. Ajada Thomas       14-05.00
 
Triple Jump
13. Ajada Thomas       36-07.50
 
Javelin
1. Ranita Mealer          145-04
 
Shot Put
5. Ranita Mealer          45-07.00
7. Angela Bursey        43-03.75
 
100 Meter Dash
1. Britney Wattley      11.60
4. Teyanna Green        11.72
 
200 Meter Dash
4. Britney Wattley      23.67
5. Teyanna Green        23.98
Preliminaries
13. Ekundayo Sogbesan                     24.32
 
400 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
11. Kamice Smalls      1:02.26
 
400 Meter Dash
4. Ekundayo Sogbesan           54.17
Preliminaries
10. Tyshia Oliver         55.80
 
100 Hurdles
Preliminaries
11. Monae Waller        14.59
 
4X100 Meter Relay
1.                                 44.93
(Teyanna Green, Charisma Green, Ekundayo Sogbesan, Britney Wattley)
 
4X400 Meter Relay
12.                               3:48.11
(Teyanna Green, Tyshia Oliver, Ekundayo Sogbesan, Britney Wattley)
 
800 Meter Run
Preliminaries
14. Tyshia Oliver         2:20.00
 
1500 Meter Run
13. Ishakeema Swain  5:04.34
 
5000 Meter Run
2. Ishakeema Swain    18:45.42
9. Nynneya Columbus            20:21.69