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Oct. 31, 2009 Final Men's Results | Final Women's Results | Video Highlights | PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships were held Saturday morning at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Driving Range/Cross Country Course and the Hawk men placed fourth while the women's team tied for second. UMES finished with 108 points in the men's eight-kilometer race with an average team time of 28:27.37. Junior Peter Sang (Kapsabet, Kenya) was the highest Hawk finisher with a time of 26:16.39, which was good for fifth overall. In the women's five-kilometer race, the Lady Hawks finished tied for second place with North Carolina A&T with 74 points. UMES had an average team time of 19:50.98 while NCAT averaged 19:46.45. Junior Eunice Jones (Lanham, Md.) also finished first overall for the Lady Hawks and fifth overall with a time of 18:51.24. Junior Amon Kiprotich (Kapsabet, Kenya) and sophomore Shadrack Maritim (Kericho, Kenya) joined Sang as medal-winners. Kiprotich ran a 26:28.61, which was good for sixth place while Maritim ran a 27:07.86, which was good for 10th overall. Senior Solomon Kirongo (Nairobi, Kenya) placed 29th with a time of 28:58.40. Sophomore Johan Welter and junior Paul Jones-Burden (Rahway, N.J.) crossed 58th and 59th with respective times of 33:25.56 and 33:26.78. The next Hawk finisher was freshman Maurice Cotton, running in his first collegiate cross country race, in 64th with a time of 34:15.47. Fellow freshman Terrance Burns (Franklinville, N.J.) crossed in 38:01.44, which was good for 70th while sophomore Jermol Dix (Catonsville, Md.) finished 73nd in 40:15.48. Joining Jones in the women's medal ceremony were seniors Tamica Thomas (St. Catherine, Jamaica) and Celia Whyte (Manchester, Jamaica), who finished eighth and ninth. Thomas ran a 19:16.69 while Whyte crossed in 19:20.92. Sophomore Cynthia Anais (Paris, France) finished 18th overall with a time of 20:06.58. Sophomore Jessica Abrantes (Scotch Plains, N.Y.) and freshman Emilie Ducados placed 34th and 40th with respective times of 21:39.46 and 21:50.24. Freshman Jennell Wade (White Plains, Md.) crossed 47th with a time of 22:41.90 while fellow freshman Melina Gallas was 52nd with a time of 23:06.31. Another freshman, Kenesha Abrams (Brooklyn, N.Y.), ran a 23:59.46, which was good for 60th. Norfolk State swept the team awards, finishing first in both races. The men's team finished with 33 points while the women ended with 49. On the men's side, Delaware State came in second with 100 points and Howard came in third with 103 points. Following UMES with a fifth place finish was Morgan State with 119 points while Hampton was sixth with 132. Seventh place went to Florida A&M with 158 points and eighth went to Coppin State with 194. NCAT earned 207 points, which was good for ninth place. Tenth and eleventh places went to South Carolina State and Bethune-Cookman with 252 and 300 points, respectively. In the women's race, Hampton placed fourth with 78 points while Howard came in fifth with 140. DSU earned 155 points, which was good for sixth place, while SCSU came in seventh with 181. Eighth place went to CSU with 213 points and ninth went to MSU with 231. FAMU and BCCU were tenth and eleventh with 264 and 295 points, respectively. Justus David continued a fantastic freshman season for MSU, finishing first on the men's side with a time of 25:44.36. Hampton's Jahlisa Smith ran an 18:34.80, which was good for first in the women's race. The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals will be held at UMES on Saturday, Nov. 14 with the men's race beginning at noon and the women running at 1:15 p.m.
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