Meet Notes
Performance Lists: Men | Women
Event Schedule
EUGENE, Ore. – Hampton University senior Francena McCorory, sophomore Reggie Dixon and junior Aaron Anderson will compete in the 2010 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday through Saturday at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
McCorory (Hampton, Va.) will compete in the 400-meter dash, seeded fifth after running a season-best 52.21 in the semifinal heats during the NCAA East Regional. The three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-American will pursue her third career NCAA title.
McCorory finished third in the 400-meter dash at the 2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships after running a school-record 50.58. She also won the 2009 NCAA indoor title with a 51.54, before taking the 2010 indoor championship with an American-record 50.54.
McCorory's titles give the Lady Pirates four NCAA championships in program history; Yvette Lewis holds a pair of triple jump titles. She won the indoor triple jump title in 2006, before taking the outdoor crown in 2007.
Dixon (Plainfield, N.J.) and Anderson (Fort Washington, Md.) will compete in the 100-meter dash. Dixon ran a school-record 10.18 at the NCAA East Regional, posting the ninth-best time in the nation, while Anderson's 10.30 from the regional meet was the 20th-fastest in the country.
Dixon will be seeded sixth in the race, with Anderson seeded 14th.
Dixon finished eighth in the 100-meter dash at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships after running a 10.38, while also running a 21.77 in the preliminaries of the 200-meter dash to finish 23rd. He also ran a 21.11 in the 200-meter dash at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships to come in 10th.
Dixon and Anderson will also be joined by juniors Predist Walker (Suffolk, Va.) and Devon Brown (Laurel, Md.) for the 4x100-meter relay. The foursome ran a school-record 39.55 in the NCAA East Regional to qualify, after running a MEAC-record 39.71 on May 8 to set the new conference record.
The Pirates will be seeded ninth after setting the 10th-fastest time in the country.
The 4x100-meter relay team last competed in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2008, when Walker and Anderson teamed up with former Pirates Terry Thornton and Kevin Teel to finish 10th in the preliminary round with a 39.88.
Semifinals for the men's 4x100-meter relay will be held on Wednesday at 4 p.m. local time, with the finals coming on Saturday at 10:11 a.m. The men's 100-meter dash semifinals will also be on Wednesday, at 5:45 p.m., with the finals on Friday at 5:25 p.m.
The semifinals for the women's 400-meter dash will be held on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m., and the finals coming on Friday at 6:32 p.m. CBS College Sports will televise action live on Friday from 8-10 p.m. EST, with CBS televising the meet on Saturday live from 1-3 p.m. EST.
Portions not televised will be streamed live at www.ncaa.com.
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.
