FAMU women win second consecutive MEAC Outdoor Track and Field crown

The Florida A&M University Women’s Track and Field team captured its second consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Saturday at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.

Florida A&M tallied 164 points to win their 11th overall title. 

Andrea Aaron, of Florida A&M, won the Outstanding Field Athlete award as she accumulated 29 points in the event.  She won the shot put, finished second in hammer, third in the javelin and fourth in the discus.

Florida A&M’s Darlene Moore was selected as the Outstanding Coach for the second year in a row.

“The girls have been performing well this year and we executed extremely well in the field and distance events over the first two days,” said Moore. “That helped us build up enough of a lead to hold off everyone in the final day which we did.”

The title was the 11th women’s outdoor crown for FAMU since 1987, and it marked the third time in school history that the team had repeated as champions.

Senior Jaymee Smith was victorious in the Javelin Throw (43.39 meters).

For the second straight year, FAMU clinched the title in the 5000 Meter Run, scoring 18 points by taking the top two spots, as senior Cynthia Chelelgo won in 17:46.78, while sophomore Judith Kibii finished second in 17:50.96, as the pair beat the third place finisher by nearly 10 seconds.

Kibii later took top honors in the 3,000m steeplechase, with a time of 11:10.83, to defeat teammate Chelelgo, who was second in 11:20.15.

Chelelgo went on to take top honors in the first-ever 10,000 meter run at the MEAC Championships, with a time of 36:49.37 for a MEAC record.

Junior Alexandria Marshall-Paul won the Discus Throw with a toss of 42.55 meters