Men's Track, Women's Track

Date: 03.05.2010

Age: 123 days

BRISTOL, Tenn. - King College has a roster of 26 athletes for the upcoming NCCAA Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship that starts Thursday in Upland, Ind.

The Lady Tornado will send 15 athletes to compete in 18 events while the Tornado have 15 events with 11 athletes.

At the NCCAA Men's & Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship held in February, King finished second in the women's standings while the men's squad was seventh.

Included was Amanda Davis (Purlear, N.C.) who won the 400-meter dash at the event with a second-place run in the 200 and third in the 55. She will run the 200 and 400 events as well as teaming up for the 400 relay and 1,600 relay.

Lanneickia Brewton (Inman, S.C.) has the 100 and 200 dashes scheduled and will compete in the long jump. She will also be a part of King's 400 and 1,600 relay squads.

Shavar Watson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) has three sprints, 100, 200 and 400, along with legs in the 400 and 1,600 relay events on his schedule at the event.

Derek Nave (Elizabethton, Tenn.) will throw the shot put, hammer and discus while Quarderius Clark (Chattanooga, Tenn.) has the long, triple and high jump events.

The national event starts for King when Callie Todt (Bristol, Tenn.) competes in the heptathlon Thursday and Friday.

The 1,600 relay events close out the championship Saturday.

The 2009 NCCAA Men's & Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championship saw Malone (Ohio) University win the women's crown while Bethel (Ind.) College was the men's championship. At the indoor championship in February, Bethel won the women's title and Indiana Wesleyan University was the men's champion.

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King's Schedule of Events & Athletes for NCCAA National Championship

 

Thursday, May 6

1:30 p.m. - Women's Heptathlon - Callie Todt (Bristol, Tenn.)

100 Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put & 200 Meters

 

Friday, May 7

10 a.m. - Women's Heptathlon

Long Jump, Javelin & 800 Meters

2:30 p.m. - Women's 400 Relay Prelims

2:30 p.m. - Men's Hammer Finals - Derek Nave (Elizabethton, Tenn.)  167 feet and 8 inches

2:30 p.m. - Women's Javelin Finals - Anna Waldbart (Hendersonville, N.C.), 120 feet

2:30 p.m. - Women's High Jump Finals - Kaci Foster (Staunton, Va.)

2:30 p.m. - Men's Triple Jump Finals - Quadrerius Clark (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 40 feet

2:30 p.m. - Women's Triple Jump Finals - Kiana Hagler (Elizabethton, Tenn.) 35 feet and 4 inches

2:45 p.m. - Men's 400 Relay Prelims

3:15 p.m. - Men's 110 Hurdle Prelims - Alfonso Banks (La Vergne, Tenn.)

3:30 p.m. - Women's 400 Prelims - Amanda Davis (Purlear, N.C.) 56.38, Ashley Ruth (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1:02 & Rachel Wingard (Bristol, Va.) 1:03

3:45 p.m. - Men's 400 Prelims - Shavar Watson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 49.28, Ryan Williamson (Seymour, Tenn.) 50.04 & Banks 56.24

4 p.m. - Women's 100 Prelims - Lanneickia Brewton (Inman, S.C.) 12.38 & Jill Hooker (Piney Flats, Tenn.) 12.77

4:10 p.m. - Men's 100 Prelims - Watson 11.01

4:20 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Prelims - Brittany Simmons (Knoxville, Tenn.), 1:04

4:50 p.m. - Women's 200 Prelims - Davis 24.94, Brewton 25.23, Hooker 26.19 & Simmons

5 p.m. - Men's High Jump Finals - Logan Kemp (Kingsport, Tenn.) 6 feet and 4 inches & Clark 6 feet and 2 inches

5 p.m. - Women's Hammer Finals - Kristie Hurlston (George Town, Cayman Islands) 132 feet and 3 inches

5 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault Finals - Waldbart 9 feet and 6 inches

5:05 p.m. - Men's 200 Prelims - Watson 22.03

5:20 p.m. - Women's 1,600 Relay Prelim

5:35 p.m. - Men's 1,600 Relay Prelim

6:45 p.m. - Men's 10,000 Finals - Nassem Haje (Hagerstown, Md.)

 

Saturday, May 8

12:30 p.m. - Men's Shot Put Finals - Nave 43 feet and 1 inch

12:30 p.m. - Women's Discus Finals - Ashtan Hibar (Mansfield, Ohio) 39 feet and 7 inches

12:30 p.m. - Women's Long Jump Finals - Brewton 16 feet and 8 inches & Hagler 16 feet and 2 inches

12:30 p.m. - Men's Long Jump Finals - Clark 20 feet and 9 inches

12:50 p.m. - Women's 400 Relay Finals

1 p.m. - Men's 400 Relay Finals

1:25 p.m. - Women's 1,500 Finals - Danielle Alfono (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 4:51 & Danielle Beauvais (Chatham, Va.) 4:57

1:35 p.m. - Men's 1,500 Finals - Daniel Hamilton (Franklin, N.C.) 4:04

2 p.m. - Men's 110 Hurdles Finals

2:10 p.m. - Women's 400 Finals

2:20 p.m. - Men's 400 Finals

2:30 p.m. - Men's Discus Finals - Nave 140 feet and 9 inches

2:30 p.m. - Women's Shot Put Finals - Hibar 39 feet and 7 inches

2:30 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault Finals - Waldbart 9 feet and 6 inches

2:30 p.m. - Women's 100 Finals

2:40 p.m. - Men's 100 Finals

2:50 p.m. - Women's 800 Finals - Alfano 2:22 & Beauvais 2:24

3:00 p.m. - Men's 800 Finals - David Smith (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1:58

3:10 p.m. - Women's 400 Hurdles Finals

3:30 p.m. - Women's 200 Finals

3:40 p.m. - Men's 200 Finals

3:50 p.m. - Women's 5,000 Finals - Carrie Nelson (Independence, Va.) 19:09

4:35 p.m. - Women's 1,600 Relay Finals

4:45 p.m. - Men's 1,600 Relay Finals

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