Black College Track Video Reports
Third Annual International Friendship and Freedom Games
The Fast track was open for business last Saturday as North Carolina A&T was host for the third annual International Friendship and Freedom Games at the Irvin Belt Track inside Aggie Stadium, in Greensboro, NC. The Meet held in honor of four NC A&T Students credited with initiating Sit-In demonstrations in the early Sixties, drew Grade School, collegiate, and Olympic Athletes who had their shot on the Fast Track against their peers and a chance to garner a view of athletes they will face on the next level.
Photos
Brooks T. Johnson and  Pro David Oliver
 

In The News
 
Taylor Completes TRIFECTA in Outdoor Track & Field‏ Jason J. Pompey 06/03/10
Entering this season, Virginia State University's Hoova Taylor (Tappahannock, VA) set his sights on winning a National Championship and accomplished that on Saturday May 29 at Johnson C. Smith's Irwin Belk Track Complex. 
FRANCENA McCORORY: A HOMETOWN STORY
Jeff Cunningham 05/26/10
HAMPTON, Va. – During the 2005 Virginia Group AAA Eastern Region outdoor track & field meet, Bethel High coach Eddie Williams said that if his star runner, Francena McCorory, kept running the way she did that day, running an open 400-meter dash in 51 or 52 seconds wasn’t out of the question.
Bowie State's William Bailey Named USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year‏ Gregory Goings 05/24/10
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday winners of USTFCCCA Region Athletes and Coaches of the Year honors for the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field season in Division II as voted by the division’s coaches. 
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle E Serba 05/12/10

DID YOU KNOW? North Carolina Central University sprinter Jason Smoots is the only student-athlete in NCAA Division II track & field history to win three consecutive indoor sprint national championships.
Tigers Claim 2010 Men’s Outdoor Championship, Price Name Outstanding Performer
Roderick Mosley 05/02/10

New Orleans, LA--- Grambling State rallied on the final day to move from third to champions in the 2010 Men’s SWAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships despite miserable weather conditions of wind and rain, which prevailed for most of the final day.
Penn Relays will honor Metcalfe, XU champions
Ed Cassiere 04/19/10

NEW ORLEANS — Ralph Metcalfe was serving his country in World War II when Xavier University of Louisiana made history at the 1942 Penn Relays Carnival. This weekend the former Xavier coach and the relay team he assembled will be honored at the 116th running of the United States' oldest annual track and field event.
FROM WALK-ON TO SCHOLARSHIP, DIXON SHINES
Maurice D. Williams 04/16/10

HAMPTON, Va. – Coming out of Langley High School in northern Virginia, Damon Dixon wasn’t highly regarded as a potential collegiate athlete.

So Dixon came to Hampton University, the same school older brother Darwin attended. As a freshman, Dixon walked on to the track & field team. As a sophomore, Dixon had worked his way into a partial scholarship.
NCCU CENTENNIAL SPORTS HISTORY: DID YOU KNOW?
Kyle Serba 04/13/10

DID YOU KNOW? After three national runner-up efforts in prior years, the Eagles of North Carolina Central University won the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in Billings, Mont., in 1972.
Rams, Lady Rams Post Strong Performances at Golden Bulls Invitational
Trevin Q. Goodwin 04/10/10

CHARLOTTE, NC – The Winston-Salem State Rams and Lady Rams made some strong impressions at the 2010 Golden Bulls Invitational Track Meet in Charlotte, N.C. The WSSU track & field teams gave their Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) hosts a taste of what’s to come with some strong efforts at the event.
FOTHERGILL NAMED MEAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
MAGGIE HAYON 04/08/10

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Senior Allodin Fothergill (New Hempstead, N.Y.) was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Track and Field Male Athlete of the Week, the league announced Thursday afternoon.
FOTHERGILL SNATCHES THREE GOLDS AT PENN INVITE
MAGGIE HAYON 04/03/10

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Senior Allodin Fothergill (New Hempstead, N.Y.) participated in three
events at the University of Penn Invitational Saturday and left the event with three gold medals for the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Three runners sign scholarships with Xavier
Ed Cassiere 03/26/10

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana announced Friday the signing of three high-school seniors to scholarships for cross country. They are Xavier's first signees for 2010-11.
McCORORY NAMED NATIONAL ATHLETE OF YEAR
Maurice D. Williams 03/17/10

NEW ORLEANS – Hampton University senior Francena McCorory was named National Female Track Athlete of the Year on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).		 VSU'S DOMINIQUE KING SELECTED FOR NCAA INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
Jim S. Junot
Virginia State University's Dominique King, who won the CIAA Championship in the women's long jump, has been selected to compete in the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, to be held in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 12 and 13.