COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Michael Vick’s first Norfolk State team signed two Division I transfers Friday afternoon: safety Tyler Jones and linebacker Kendrick Nowling.
Nowling, a redshirt senior, registered 12 tackles last season for Eastern Michigan, appearing in 10 games. He scored his first touchdown in 2023 by returning on onside kick 44 yards for a score against Kent State.
Jones played all 13 games last season for Northern Arizona. He had eight tackles.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
Norfolk State men, women hold MEAC lead
The Norfolk State men’s track and field team strengthened its position atop the leaderboard on day two of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference outdoor championships at Dick Price Stadium, closing Friday’s competition with 84 points. North Carolina Central held second with 62, followed by Delaware State with 39.
Junior Troy McWilliams captured the Spartans’ lone gold medal of the day, dominating the hammer throw at 171 feet, 0.8 inches.
Freshman Lewis Too delivered a standout performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, recording a personal-best 9:23.80 to place second. Teammate Basil Koech was third in 9:51.93.
In women’s competition, Norfolk State held the top spot after the second day, which included a record-breaking performance from senior Leslie Young.
Norfolk State led with 81 points, narrowly ahead of Howard (78) and Morgan State (45) heading into the final day of competition.
Young shattered the school record in the hammer throw with a silver-medal toss of 182 feet, 11 inches. She also added a bronze medal in the shot put at 45-5.
Mercyline Kimaiyo claimed her second gold medal of the meet, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:59.16, followed by second-place teammate Sonia Koech in 11:17.00.
NSU’s Essence Shaw placed third in the heptathlon, earning a bronze medal with 4,238 points.
Elon women, NC A&T win CAA titles
Elon’s women and North Carolina A&T’s men won the Coastal Athletic Association outdoor championships at A&T’s stadium in Greensboro.
The Phoenix finished with 147 points to hold off second-place Hampton (122 points) and A&T (102). Towson and William & Mary were tied for fourth in the 13-team field with 86.
Hampton’s Danielle James was selected as the Women’s Outstanding Field Performer after finishing second in the triple jump (12.46 meters) and third in the long jump.
HU’s Dejah Grant, Morgan Pruitt, Arriah Gilmer and Jordan Mozie won the 4×400 relay in 3:37.72, and Mozie won the 800 in 2:06.92.
The Pirates’ Carmen PenaSota had a personal-best 59.62 for second in the 400-meter hurdles.
Hampton’s Peninah Mutsiya won the women’s 10,000 meters in 34:36.35. The Tribe’s Catherine Garrison won the 3,000 steeplechase in 10:20.24, and W&M’s Lauren Jones earned third in the long jump at 5.80 meters.
In the discus, HU’s Damali Williams was second (50.69 meters) was second and teammate Rochele Solomon (47.16) was third.
W&M’s top finishers included Elizabeth Strobach in second and Olesya Sitkowski in third in the pole vault, both clearing 3.90 meters.
The Tribe’s Emily Ervin was second in the 400 at 54.07
Kyra Holland was third in the 1,500 at 4:23.96, and W&M was third in the 4×400 relay at 3:44.61.
In men’s competition, the Aggies finished with 177 points to top second-place Monmouth (141) and third-place W&M (115). Northeastern, which had won the past nine CAA titles, placed fourth with 112 points and was followed by UNC Wilmington (91) and Hampton (73).
Hampton’s top finishes included a 40.10 third-place finish in the 4×100 relay, as well as Deondre McInTosh’s 100-meter victory in a personal-best 10.35. McInTosh was the 200 runner-up at 21.31, and the Pirates’ 4×400 relay was second in 3:08.65.
William & Mary’s Brian Walsh won the decathlon with a meet-record 7,076 points. The Tribe’s Collin Walsh (9:00.48) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and Alex Ust was second in the javelin with a 53.57-meter throw. Armon Wright claimed silver in the triple jump at 15.51 meters. In the 1,500, the Tribe’s Caleb Wilcox took second at 3:51.42.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S GOLF
Emory wins D-III title at Kingsmill
Emory, ranked second entering the tournament, won the NCAA Division III team championship Friday at Kingsmill Resort, finishing 72 holes at 16 over par with a 5-over final round.
Top-ranked Carnegie Mellon (+29) was the runner-up, followed by Claremont Mudd Scripps (+43) and George Fox (+51).
Emory’s Carys Code took the individual medal at 3 under, two strokes ahead of Carnegie Mellon’s Cecilia Jia. George Fox’s Alison Takamiya, the top-ranked golfer entering the event, was third at even-par.