Allison Randall captured gold in both the discus and shot put during the Legacy Meet.
Men'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 (seven on the women's side) set or broke the previous meet record in their events.
Pittsburgh successfully defended its Legacy Meet title, capturing its second straight with a total of 180.50 points. Fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) foe, Norfolk State came in second with 100 points, while the host Lady Bears finished third with 80 points.
Morgan State finished the meet with three gold medalists and a total of 19 athletes, who finished in the top 10, 10 of which were top five finishers, including two relay teams.
Allison Randall claimed gold in both the discus with a throw of 147-10 and in the hammer throw, following a toss of 164-03, which qualified her for the ECAC Championship. Candace Shirley placed third in the hammer throw (151-02).
Leitawsha Bronson placed first in the shot put, while setting a meet record with her winning throw of 48-00.75. Tia Williams finished sixth in the javelin throw at 108-02.
Ashley Hines qualified for the NCAA Championship, following her second-place finish in the 100 meter dash (11.75). Hines then joined Jamia Robinson, Quawnecia Johnson and Tendai Hill to help the 4X100 meter relay team to a second-place finish in a time of 46.31
Tanisha Kendrick came in third in the 400 meter dash at 56.20 and Avionne Sloan placed sixth in a time of 56.72. Alicia Clement and Robinson both tied for the eighth and final scoring spot in a time of 57.09 and were awarded half a point each.
Ashley Adams came in second in the heptathlon with 4,496 points, while Shalee Richardson finished third in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:03.21), which was won by Pittsburgh's Melissa Vignetti (9:43.08), who shattered the previous meet record in a time of 10:50.25.
Other individuals who this year broke previous Legacy Meet records, include Natasha Ruddock of Essex CC, who won the 100 hurdles (13.49); Mycaih Clemons of Pittsburgh (13.64) and Landria Buckley of Howard (13.65), who placed first and second, respectively, in 100 hurdles; Landria Buckley of Howard (1:00.34) in the 400 hurdles and Brianna Broyles of Pittsburgh (1:00.78), who came in second in the 400 hurdles and Merrecia James of Maryland Eastern Shore (2:09.25), who broke the 800 meter run record.
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.
