Results

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Hampton University men's and women's track & field teams competed in the Penn State National Invitational this past Friday and Saturday at the Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track at the Ashenfelter Multi-Sport Facility.

The Pirates picked up an event title, thanks to freshman Brien Berry (Durham, N.C.) running a 21.68 to take the 200-meter dash. Senior Reggie Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.), thanks to the 6.60 he turned in during the preliminary heats of the 60-meter dash, qualified for the NCAA Championships in March.

Dixon also ran a season-best 21.15 to come in second in the 200-meter dash invitational.

Sophomore Je'Von Hutchison (Boynton, Fla.) turned in a 48.27 in the 400-meter dash to come in second, while freshman Mohamed Labor-Koroma (Chantilly, Va.) came in third in the 500-meter dash with a 1:04.42.

Freshman Edose Ibadin (Glendale, Md.) ran a 1:04.63 to come in fourth.

The Pirates finished second in the 4x800-meter relay invitational, thanks to a season-best time of 7:40.23, while also running a school-record 10:05.91 to finish fourth in the distance medley relay.

Sophomore Breana Norman (Virginia Beach, Va.) paced the Lady Pirates over the weekend, coming in third in both the 60-meter dash (season-best 7.49) and 200-meter dash (season-best 24.45). She also tied her season-best in the semifinals of the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.56.

The Lady Pirates came in second in the 4x400-meter relay with a season-best 3:43.60.

Senior Claudia Calder (Kingston, Jamaica) tallied a season-best 3,554 points to finish third in the women's pentathlon, winning the final event – the 800-meter run – with a time of 2:18.33.

Sophomore Teiara Denmark (Virginia Beach, Va.) jumped a season-best 5.80 meters to finish fourth in the long jump, while senior Ermesha Fair (Chesapeake, Va.) came in sixth in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 11.92 meters.

Sophomore Cydney Robinson (Portsmouth, Va.) ran a 2:14.92 to finish sixth in the 800-meter run. Sophomore Alaine Tate (Queens, N.Y.) ran in the 800-meter run invitational, turning in a season-best 2:10.65 -- just .12 off her school record set last season -- to finish eighth.

The Pirates and Lady Pirates will return to action on Friday and Saturday, when they head to New York, N.Y. to compete in the Armory New Balance Collegiate Invitational; select Lady Pirates will also be in Newport News, Va. on Saturday for the Vince Brown Invitational hosted by Christopher Newport.

For more information on Hampton University track & field, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.