Women's Track & Field
Legacy Results
BALTIMORE, Md. (April, 21, 2009)-In what has been a rainy month of April, the showers held off long enough for two days over the weekend, in order to make the 6th Annual Morgan State Legacy Meet, held at Hughes Stadium a huge success.
In the end, the 2009 Legacy Meet, which honored past Morgan State team’s from 1947-50, produced 23 NCAA Regional qualifiers and a combined 19 individuals (12 on the men’s side) set or broke the previous meet record in their events.
Illinois captured the Legacy Meet title with 177.50 points, while last year’s champion, Pittsburgh, finished second with 98.50 points. Fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) foes, Delaware State came in third with 63 points, while Maryland Eastern Shore placed fourth. The host Bears finished fifth with 57.50 points.
Morgan State finished the meet with 13 athletes who finished in the top 10, seven of which were top five finishers, including one gold medalist and three silver medalists.
Justus David captured Morgan’s lone title, by winning the 5000 meter run in a time of 14:52.07, thus becoming Morgan State's first-ever Legacy Meet 5000 meter champion. Silver medals were captured by Nathan Mesta, who came in second in the 3000 meter steeplechase (9:47.08), James Blocker in the high jump with a jump of 6-08.75, and Tyron Benjamin, who finished second in the shot put with a toss of 54-04.75. Benjamin also finished fourth in the javelin (169-04) and Anthony Napoleon placed fifth in the shot put (48-10.75).
Kevon Bowen placed third in the 200 meter dash in a time of 21.55, while Andrew Simpson, who finished sixth in the 110 meter hurdles (14.27), qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships.
The Bear’s 4X100 meter relay team of Stephen McLean, Bowen, Allen Blanks and Derrick Barner, placed sixth in a time of 42.23, while the 4X400 meter relay team comprised of Bowen, Jordan Higgs, McLean and Carbinere Whyte# finished ninth in a time of 3:18.14.
Other individuals who this year broke previous Legacy Meet records, include James Moore of Maryland Eastern Shore, who broke the record in high jump (6-10.75); Shane Smith of Coppin State, pole vault (16-06.75); Aaron Hunter of Lincoln-Pa., who won the long jump (24-06.25) and Predist Walker of Hampton, who came in second in long jump (24-03.75); Brandon Jones of Hampton, winner of the triple jump (51-01.00) and Eric Jones of Pittsburgh, who came in second in triple jump (49-07.00); Matt McHugh of Illinois, hammer throw (186-06); Lesiba Masheto of Illinois, won the 400 meter dash (46.63) and Allodi Fothergill of Maryland Eastern Shore, who came in second in 400m dash (46.70); Cody Wisslead of Illinois, who won the 400 hurdles (52.23) along with Hendrik Maartens of Illinois (52.44) and Daniel Kinney of Howard (52.49), who finished second and third, respectively, in the 400 hurdles and the Illinois 4X400 relay team, which broke record in a time of 3:09.85.
Morgan State will now prepare for the upcoming 115th running of The Penn Relays, which begin on Thursday, April 23 through Saturday, April 25 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.