TRACK AND FIELD PLACES SECOND AND FIFTH AT COPPIN STATE TWILIGHT EVENT

BALTIMORE, Md. – Competing in their second outdoor meet of the season, the Bowie State women’s track and field team finished second overall and the men placed fifth at the Coppin State University Twilight event. Phyllicia Ennis and Faith Sykes led the Lady Bulldogs and Sonny Hicks along with Kadeem Bailey were leaders for the Bulldogs. 

Ennis placed first in the women’s Shot Put with a throw of 10.93m while teammate Shahirah Johnson finished third (8.98m) in the same event. Sykes crossed the finish line of the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:36.75 and a second place finish.

Six other Lady Bulldog participants had top five finishes’ as well. Jasmine Street was fifth in the 100 Meter Dash (13.16) and Michelle Palmer finished fifth in the women’s 400 Meter Dash (1:00.33). Kendall Reynolds finished in the Long Jump (5.28m). The BSU trio of Sherice Stones, Jade George and Crishonda Coffey place third, fourth and fifth in the Triple Jump.

Hicks was BSU’s top male student-athlete in the 800 Meter Run placing second with a time of 2:03.40. Bailey threw the Shot Put 11.10m, placing him fifth overall and Herman Watkins placed sixth in the same event with a throw of 10.72. Cullen Mosley participated in the men’s 1500 Meter Run and placed sixth, clocking in at 4:32.81.

The Bowie State 4x100 Meter Relay “A” teams performed well, finishing second in the respective women and men’s fields. The women’s team consisted of Indya Price, Kayla Watson, Coffey and Palmer and finished behind host Coppin State with a time of 49.21. Travis Scarborough, Jalame Gomez, Rodney Williamson and Daniel Ballah made up BSU’s men team and ran a time of 44.48.

The ladies had a “B” Team in the 4x100 with Carissa Smith, Sykes, Stones and Street crossing the finish line with a time of 52.13.