May 27, 2007 SWAC Athletes compete hard, fall short of 2007 NCAA Track & Field Championships By SWAC Office

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Columbia, MO – The Southwestern Athletic Conference will not be represented at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Sacramento, Calif.  Several of our athletes ran hard and long, but fell just short of advancing from the Mideast Regional at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The top five individuals and top three relay team in each event advance to the National Championship.
 
Nathaniel Hughes of Alcorn State University finished in sixth place in the men’s 400 meter hurdles. Hughes ran a time of 51.80 seconds. The Grambling State University men’s relay team just missed the top three, after placing 4th in the 4x400 relay. The Tigers finished with a time of 40.09.
 
Complete results are available at the NCAA website, www.ncaasports.com.
 
Women’s Final Performances
(Saturday)

Jackson State
Lukina Burks – tied for 11th place in High Jump (1.71m, 5-07.25)
4x400 Relay – finished in 15th place (3:43.68)
Lisa Quinn, Toniece Williams, Kimberly Whalen, Tayari Clay
 
Southern University
Monica Robinson – finished 14th in Long Jump (5.67m, 18-07.25)
Kaisha Weeks – finished 22nd in Javelin Throw (37.38m, 122-08)
 
Men’s Final Performances
(Saturday)
 
Alabama State
Arthur Hinton III – tied for 7th in High Jump (2.06m, 6-09.00)
 
Alcorn State
Nathaniel Hughes – finished 6th in 400m Hurdles (51.80)
 
Grambling State
Terrance Brown – finished 16th place in Javelin Throw (57.58m, 188-11)
Kerone Fairweather – finished 26th in 3000m Steeplechase (10:10.77)
Herbert Harris – finished 16th in Triple Jump (14.98m, 48-07.25)
4x100 Relay – finished 4th in 4x100 Relay
Rickey Thomas, Keantwon Gray, Kory Cook, Edmund Graham
 
Southern University
Jayson House – tied for 7th in High Jump (2.06m, 6-09.00)

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