Pair Of Bulldog Track Athletes Listed Among MEAC Top Performers

NORFOLK, Va., March 22, 2023 — SC State freshman Cameran Gist and senior Dexter Ratliff were listed among the Mi-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) top track performers for the week ending Mar. 18.

Gist won the long jump at the Buccaneer Invitational in Charleston with a mark of 5.54 meters, while also finishing third in the 100 meters and 4×400-meter relay, while Ratliff won the discus throw (47.33 meters) and was second in the hammer throw (44.66 meters) at the same event.

Howard University graduate student Dylan Beard was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola and Morgan State freshman Mackenzie Harris was selected as Women’s Track Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced today. Howard University sophomore Eric Brown, Jr. was named Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, while Morgan State junior Tia Jackson earned Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors.

Beard leads the NCAA in the men’s 110-meter hurdles after winning the event this past weekend at the Charlotte 49er Classic, running a 13.68.

Harris came in second in the women’s heptathlon at the Webb Davidson Meet, tallying 4,153 points – which are the 10^th-most in the nation so far this outdoor season. She recorded top-five finishes in six of the seven events, including runner-up in the 200 meters and 100-meter hurdles.

Brown leaped 14.24 meters in the men’s triple jump at the Charlotte 49er Classic, which currently ranks as the 48^th-best mark in the nation.

Jackson came in second in the women’s long jump at the Webb Davidson Meet, leaping 5.91 meters – which is currently the 35^th-best mark in the nation, while Ja’Tae Joyner (Howard) was third in the triple jump at the Charlotte 49er Classic at 11.67 meters.

Other top performers:
Darci Khan (Howard) was second in the 100-meter hurdles at the Charlotte 49er Classic, running a MEAC-best 13.53 (11^th in the nation).

James Perkins (Maryland Eastern Shore) won both the discus throw (44.30 meters) and shot put (15.16 meters) at the Virginia Beach Spring Invite.

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