Final Results (HTML)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Hampton University junior Racquel Vassell had a hand in winning a pair of event titles on Saturday at the Christopher Newport University Holiday Open to begin the 2009-10 indoor season, held at the Freeman Center.

Vassell (Irvington, N.J.) won the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.90, before helping the 4x400-meter relay team – that also featured Rachel Burrell (Hampton, Va.), Margaret Harris (South Bend, Ind.) and Francena McCorory (Hampton, Va.) – win the gold with a combined time of 3:51.26.

Hampton's B relay team – Leah Richmond (Long Beach, Calif.), Kayla Lee, Kamilah Browne and Shaquanda Gainey (Camden, N.J.) – finished fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:05.83.

The Lady Pirates also won the distance medley relay, when Kenya Jones (Chesapeake, Va.), Claudia Calder (Kingston, Jamaica), Janean Morris (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jahlisa Smith (Plainfield, N.J.) ran a 12:22.12.

Freshman Tyreka Arrington (Lanham, Md.) ran an 11:36.21 in the 3,000-meter run to finish fourth.

The Lady Pirates will return to action on Friday, when they travel to Princess Anne, Md. for the Maryland-Eastern Shore Lid-Lifter Invite. For more information on Hampton University track & field, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.