CHEERS HEARD FROM NEAR AND FAR
ON THE HISTORIC VICTORIES OF THE
SHORE ATHLETIC CLUB MEN AND WOMEN
AT THE
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS JULY 13-14,
2007 AT ICAHN STADIUM,
FROM THE USATF NATIONAL OFFICE,
Shore Athletic Club takes team titles at Club Championships as 11
meet records fall !!!
team
titles amid tough competition last weekend at the seventh annual USATF
National Club Track & Field Championships at Icahn Stadium in
Both titles came down to the 4x400-meter relay, the last event of
the competition, and
both ended up being narrow victories for
Shore over hometown favorite and defending
men's
team champion Executive Track Club (Metropolitan).
Led by Obra Hogans'
victories in the 200m and 400m, Shore AC's men
tallied 153 points, with Executive
TC five points back with
148. VS Athletics (
23 events to finish a strong third with 110 points. Greater
from
Shore AC 4x400m relay to a dramatic victory. His 20 individual
points were
the
most scored by any male athlete during the two days of competition, earning him
the
Most Valuable Male Athlete award.
In the women's competition, Shore AC benefited from the 30 points
scored by 47-year
old Oneithea
Lewis, outscoring Executive Track Club 123 points to 119. Also a national
champion
in masters competition, Lewis won the shot put, discus and hammer throw to lead
her
club.
"We ranged from distinguished Olympian to superb masters
athletes to current collegians
and high school athletes," said Shore
AC club administrator Elliott Denman of the club's
performance. "We had athletes as young
as 14 and as experienced as 60 years of age. We
competed as a family, and really were a family with
two father-son combinations."
Nike Central Park TC finished third with 94 points. Greater Boston
TC ended the day
with 87 points to match their men in
claiming fourth place and, Norfolk Real Deal (Virginia)
was fifth with 76 points. Two-time NCAA
indoor triple jump champion Yvette Lewis of
Real Deal was Most Valuable Female Athlete, scoring 37 points. She
won the triple jump
and 100 meters, took second in the 200, was
fourth in the long
jump and tied for fourth in the high jump.
More than 450 athletes from 67 clubs and 21 states competed in the
two-day event. With
entries for the meet at an all time high, 11
meet records were broken. Championship records
established
on the men's side included performances in the following events: 1500m
(3:54.03, Robert Duncan - KC Smoke), 110m hurdles (13.70, Justin
Lindsey - Shore AC),
400m hurdles (49.60, Adrian Findlay - Executive TC), High Jump
(2.21 meters/7 feet 3 inches,
Joe Kindred - Executive TC), Triple Jump (16.12m/52-10.75, Ryon
Taylor - Nike Central Park TC), Sprint Medley Relay (1:29.29 ,
On the women's side, five championship records were established:
400m (51.94, Aliann
Pompey - Shore AC), 800m (2:03.94, Neisha
Bernard-Thomas -
3000m Steeplechase (10:08.80, Dawn Cromer - Pacers /Brooks), Triple
Jump (12.43m/40-9.50,
Sherita Williams - Greater
The top men's performance, based on the IAAF scoring tables, went
to Adrian Findlay of Executive TC for
winning the 400m Hurdles in 49.60. Aliann Pompey was awarded the top women's performance for
winning
the 400m in 51.94.For complete results from
the USATF National Club Track & Field Championships, visit http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/USATFClubTFChampionships/
JILL GEER,
USATF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
FROM Walt
Murphy's News and Results Service/Eastern Track
(c)Copyright 2007-all rights reserved. May not be
reprinted or retransmitted without permission.
USATF Club Championships
Sweep for Shore A.C.
Icahn Stadium--Randall’s
www.usatf.org/events/2007/USATFClubTFChampionships/results.asp
The Shore Athletic Club, using a mix of high school, college, and veteran
athletes, edged out the
Executive T.C. to win the men’s and women’s team titles at the U.S.
Club Championships.
47-year old Neni Lewis, one of the leading Masters
competitors in the world, won the shot, discus, and
hammer to lead Shore’s efforts in the women’s
division. The 5’-2" dynamo was an AIAW All-American in the shot
put while at St.John’s
in the early 1980s (as Neni Davis).
The men were led by former Seton Hall All-American O.J. Hogans,
who won the 200(20.83) and 400(46.81).
Executive’s Adrian Findlay, a 3-time NCAA Division Two Champion while at St.Augustine’s, won the 400-hurdles in
49.41 to break his own meet record.
She won the 100-hurdles(13.22) and triple
jump(44-1 1/4w), finished 2nd in the 100-meters(11.67), and was
4th in the high jump(5-3) and long
jump(19-11). She also qualifired
for the final of the 200, but chose not to run.
MEN
TEAMS:1.Shore A.C. 153,
2.Executive T.C. 148, 3.VS Athletic Club 110, 4.Greater
5.Club
Northwest 50.Shore A.C. 123, 2.Executive T.C. 119, 3.Nike Central Park TC 94,
4.Greater
2.Lee Prowell
(Exec) 10.23; 200(1.8),1.O.J. Hogans (Shore)
20.83(2065w-heat),
2.Michael Mathieu (
(Exec) 46.94; 800,1.Bruce
110h(2.6),1.Richard Phillips (New Horizon/Jamaica) 13.59w, 2.Dudley Dorival (Shore/Haiti) 13.61,
3.Justin Lindsey (Shore) 13.80, 4.Tim Bogdanof (
(Exec/Jamaica) 49.41(MR), 2.Ben Clark (VS Athletics) 50.37,
3.Andrew Peresta (U.S. Elite Int’l) 50.89;
4x100,1.Executive TC 40.57, 2.U.S. Elite Int’l 40.61
high jump,1.Joe Kindred (Exec) 7-2 1/2, 2.Dan Olson (Greater Boston TC) 7-1/2;
pole vault,
1.Jeff Ryan (VS Athletics) 17-4 1/2; long
jump,1.O. Giwa-Agbomeirele (Shore) 26-3/4, 2.Chris Gilis (Shore)
25-9 1/4w, 3.Cory Wilson (Norfolk Real Deal) 25-8 1/4w; triple jump,1.Tuan Wreh (Shore) 53-9 1/4w,
2.Alonzo Moore (Exec) 53-3w, 3.Rayon
(Shore) 52-7 1/2; hammer,1.Paddy McGrath
(NYAC) 211-10, 2.Jesse Doty (Sy.Chargers) 210-5;
WOMEN
TEAMS:1.Shore A.C. 123,
2.Executive T.C. 119, 3.Nike Central Park TC 94, 4.Greater
5. Club Northwest 50.
100(2.6),1.LaShawnda Ratcliff (Exec)
11.56w, 2.Yvette Lewis (
3.Angela
Daigle-Bowen (Cheetahs) 11.72; 200(2.4),1.Kia
(Shore/Guyana) 23.35, 3.Ratcliff 24.11; 400,1.Pompey
51.61, 2.Davis 51.75; 800,
1.Neisha Bernard-Thomas (U.S. Elite Int’l) 2:03.94, 2.Mable Kunihira (Exec) 2:06.50;
steeple,1.Dawn Cromer (Pacers) 10:08.80(MR);
100h(2.2),1.Yvette Lewis 13.22, 2.April Garner (Shore) 13.26; 400h,1.Nicole
Dumkpson (LeMans TC)
58.23, 2.Meka Kembert-Thompson (Exec) 58.73;
triple jump,1.Yvette Lewis 44-1 1/4w; Shot Put,1.Neni Lewis (Shore) 41-4 1/2;
discus,
1.Lewis 139-2; hammer,1.Lewis 168-9.