media_artricles :: 2016

Cedenio Sizzles in Open

Machel Cedenio won his outdoor season opener, the 400 metres sprint at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational on Friday night at the University of Florida, USA. Cedenio clocked 44.79 seconds to beat David Verberg into second in 45.11 and Arman Hall (Florida) was third in 45.17.

Jehue Gordon also competed at the meet and was fifth in the men's 400m hurdles in 51.38. At the Bermuda International Permit Meet also on Friday, Alena Brooks was second in the women's 800m in 2:09.40 while Jamal James was third in the men's version of the race in 1:51.32.

Yesterday, Coppin State freshman Khemani Roberts had one of her busiest day in her young College career and she excelled winning the women's heptathlon at the Morgan State Legacy Meet in Baltimore, Maryland. Her stats read first in both the high jump (1.77) and 200m (25.09), second in the 800m in 2:32.55 and the shot put event with a best toss of 9.91m, fourth in javelin with a throw of 27.03, sixth in 100m hurdles in 15.40 and eighth in the long jump (4.65m).

Roberts was also active in the javelin throw and placed ninth with a best effort of 28.66.

Much was expected of Coppin State high jumper Deandra Daniel after she was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, announced by the conference office on Wednesday.

The senior business management major from Gasparillo notched her second first-place win of the outdoor season at the Hampton Relays on April 16. Daniel won the high jump with a leap of 1.73m placing first out of 14 competitors.

On Saturday, she sealed the third spot with a best attempt of 1.87m. Currently, Daniel leads the MEAC in the high jump event at 1.75 m recorded on March 17 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. She is ranked tied for 20th place amongst the entire NCAA Division I.

In the men's 800m, Mark London, a junior at Coppin State finished second in a time of 1:50.65. At the Red River Athletics Conference Meet in San Antonio, Texas, Moriba Morain of Wiley College was unstoppable doing the triple winning the 100m, 200m and 400m.

The freshman won the 100m dash in 10.59, the 200 in 20.99 and the other event in 48.12. Quinn-Lee Ralph, a sophomore at Wiley, participated in both the 100m and 200m and placed second (10.62) and third (21.46), respectively.

Both then teamed with their schoolmates to nab gold in the men's 4x100m in 40.67. Kendall Perouza was also successful in two events, placing third in the men's 400m intermediate hurdles in 56.09 and the sophomore was part of the 4x400m team that placed first in 3:16.13.

Shermund Allsop of Tiger Olympians placed fifth in 10.23 in the men's 100m at LSU Alumni Gold at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

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