NORFOLK, Virginia – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore track and field team is returning home from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships with some hardware after a solid showing over the three-day meet that finalized on Thursday, May 11.
Overall, the men's side took fourth and the women finished in eighth.
The Hawks were excellent in the men's 200m, 400m and 4x400m thanks to the trio of
Ashane Beckford,
Janoi Brown and
Jahlahnee Watkins. Brown and Watkins finished one-two at 46.49 and 46.73 in the 400m, Beckford grabbing a point in fifth. In the 200m, Brown earned third team honors at 20.90, while Watkins and Beckford finished fourth and eighth to add points.
With the addition of
Destiny Emuze in the 4x400m, the Hawks took first in the pinnacle event of the meet at 3:09.10 – the top time for the program since 2014.
In the men's 800m,
David Martin finished just outside of a podium finish at fourth, running a 1:54.84 in his first year at UMES.
Spencer Settle was able to grab the Hawks a few points in the women's 400m hurdles with a fifth-place finish that qualified her for the upcoming IC4A/ECAC Meet.
In the field,
Faithlyn Irving was a star at her first MEAC Championship appearance. The junior took third in the high and triple jumps at 1.63m and 12.37m to bring home two bronzes.
Throwing in on of his final meets as a Hawk,
James Perkins delivered in both the hammer and the javelin, taking first and third in the events. Perkins extended his school record in the hammer to 53.90m and threw 53.29m in the javelin, a personal record.
Several Hawk student-athletes have qualified and will make the quick turnaround for the ECAC/IC4A Championships that start on Saturday, May 13 at George Mason University. Updates will be provided on both the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletic Department website and on Twitter via @ESHawksTFXC.
