Both Samantha Elliott (100m hurdles, 400m hurdles) and Danielle Williams won (100m, 200m) two event titles en route to JCSU placing 2nd at the 2014 NCAA DII Outdoor Championships
Allendale, MI – The Johnson C. Smith University women's track and field team places second overall with 59 team points at the 2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted at Grand Valley State University on May 22-24th. This is the second consecutive season the Golden Bulls have been the runners-up for an outdoor national title.
Lincoln University of Missouri won the championship with 64 team points. JCSU recorded 59 points with performances in just six events (100m dash, 100m hurdles, 200m dash, 400m dash, 400m hurdles, and 4x400 relay). The 4x100 relay team of freshman
Crystal Campbell (St. Catherine, Jamaica), senior
Danielle Williams (St. Andrew, Jamaica), senior
A'Tyan Kennedy (Rock Hill, SC) and senior
Samantha Elliott (Kingston, Jamaica) suffered a conversational disqualification due to an exchange zone issue. The disqualification took away 10 possible team points.
Williams won titles with season best performances in the 100m and 200m events. She clocked 11.55 in the 100m and 23.48 in the 200m. Both first place finishes earn 10 team points each for JCSU. Elliott also won two events to add 20 points to the team total. She won the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles with times of 13.04 and 57.12, respectively to the events. Williams claimed second place in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.05. The second place finish earned eight team points.
Sophomore
Tovea Jenkins (St. James, Jamaica) placed fourth overall in the 400m. Jenkins timed in at 53.81 and recorded five points for the Golden Bulls.
In the overall event finale, JCSU trailed Lincoln (MO) by just one point leading into the 4x400m relay. The tandem of Elliott, freshman
Domenique Julius-Williams (Ontario, Canada), Campbell, and Jenkins had a time of 3:40.53 for third place. Unfortunately, Lincoln (MO) won the relay event and ultimately the championship. JCSU earned six points, while Lincoln (MO) had 10 points to account for the final overall scores.
At last year's championships, JCSU produced 54 team points and fell just six points shy of a national title. The Golden Bulls cap another extremely successful season. JCSU won their second consecutive CIAA Outdoor Championship, finished second in the nation for the second consecutive season, and bring home seven All-American honors.
The top five finishers were: Lincoln (MO) – 64 points, JCSU – 59 points, Grand Valley State – 53 points, Adams State – 39 points, and Ashland – 38 points. There were 74 teams in competition.
