Fourteen Coppin State indoor track and field student-athletes named to the MEAC All-Academic Team

BALTIMORE – Fourteen Coppin State indoor track and field student-athletes were named to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Academic team. Overall, 193 student-athletes were honored from the conference's 13 institutions who achieved academic success during the 2013-2014 academic school year.

Representing Coppin State were Melissa Caddle-Hope, Anster Charles, Kester Chase, Haysean Cowie-Clarke, Deandra Daniel, Jeremy Dorsey, Alethia Edwards, Miriam Ekwuru, Michael James, Spencer Johnson, Kesha Medas-King, Imhotep Simba, Rohan Stewart and Kerrone White.

Sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year are eligible for All-Academic accolades.

“I want to congratulate our track and field student-athletes, who maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average, during the 2013-14 academic year,” said Commissioner Dennis E. Thomas. “In addition to acknowledging the accomplishments of these student-athletes, I would also like to thank the athletic academic support staff, faculty and coaches in supporting their student-athletes academic success.”

The Coppin State men's and women's indoor track and field teams compete at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championships beginning Thursday and concluding Thursday at Prince George’s County Learning and Recreation Complex in Landover, Md.
 
Competition will begin on Thursday at 1 p.m. with the men's heptathlon followed by the women's 5,000m and women's long jump at 3:15 p.m.  The day continues with the men's 5,000m and semi-finals of the men's and women's 200m races. Day one concludes with the men's long jump final.

The championships continue Friday, February 13, with the men's heptathlon at 9 a.m. Other field events on Friday's slate include the women's pentathlon, men's and women's high jump, and men's and women's weight throw. The student-athletes return to the track for the semifinals in the men's and women's 60m hurdles, 60m dash and 400m dash. The day closes out with the men's and women's distance medleys.

The competition concludes on Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m., with the women's shot put, men's and women's pole vault, and the men's and women's triple jump. Running events begin at 1 p.m. with the women's mile run.  Rounding out the afternoon's events will be the men's and women's 4x400m relay race at 3:25 p.m.