Meet Results

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Norfolk State teammates Da'trail Hockaday and Clifton Thompson finished first and second, respectively, in the men's weight throw on Saturday at the Vince Brown Invitational hosted by Christopher Newport. 

Hockaday posted a season-best throw of 51 feet, 10 inches to edge out his Spartan teammate. Thompson's best effort went 51-8.25. Those throws rank as the third and fifth-best throws, respectively, in the MEAC this indoor season.

Spartan men racked up three wins on the track. Xavier Collins won the 200-meter dash in 22.31 seconds and Steve Coles coasted to a victory in the 400 meters (48.90). Coles was followed by teammates Rashad Ramsey, Justin Pinder and Allan Frye, who took third through fifth places. That quartet of 400-meter runners also won the 4x400 meter relay in a time of 3 minutes, 20.19 seconds.

Other top field performances were turned in by Johnathan Anderson, who placed third in the shot put (47-9.25) and Willard Ward, who was fourth in the pole vault (13-3.5).

The Spartans cap their indoor season this week as they compete at the MEAC Indoor Championship this Thursday through Saturday in Landover, Md.