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THE TIMES AND DEMOCRAT I wwwTh.TanHn com SPORTS FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2002 3B Blackville-Hilda teams win Region 4-A crown 800-Meter Run 1. Chris Williams Blackville-Hilda 2. Michael Donaldson Denmark-Olar 3. Troy Hampton Denmark-Olar (2:26.80) 200-Meter Dash Brandon Isaac Blackville-Hilda (:22.27), 3. Derron Robinson Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 1600-Meter Relay 1.

Jason Chisolm, Rashann Davis, Michael McFadden, Chris Williams, Sidney Davis and Brandon Isaac Blackville-Hilda 2. Kevin Bowden, James Pnester, Robert Rivers, Chris Brown, Clarence Washington and Michael Donaldson Denmark-Olar 3. Derron Robinson, U-sav-lor Lynch, Peter Jennings, Timothy Inabinet, Michael Burkett and Marquis Don't count them out: foreign-based Derby runners Staff Report The Blackville-Hilda varsity boys and girls track teams pulled off a clean Hawk and Lady Hawk sweep of first place at the 2002 Region 4-A track championships on Monday, April 22, at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School. Both B-H teams brought home 17 first-place finishes out of the total of 44 events. The individual results for the meet are as follows: BOYS' INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Shot Put 1.

Wilbur Johnson Blackville-Hilda (45-5), 2. Herman Banks Blackville-Hilda -(44-7) Discus 1 Aaron Jones Denmark-Olar (1 1 3-5), 3. Tharry Salley Blackville-Hilda (100-6) Long Jump 1. Michael Burkett Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 2. Willie James -Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 3.

Jason Chisholm Blackville-Hilda Triple Jump 2. Michael Burkett Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (38-1), 3. Clarence Washington -Denmark-Olar-(36-11) High Jump 1 Clarence Washington Denmark-Olar (5-6), 2. Troy Hampton Denmark-Olar -(5-4) 3200-Meter Relay 1 Michael Donaldson, Robert Rivers, Chris Brown, Troy Hampton, Clarence Washington and Chico Salley Denmark-Olar 2. Regis Pressley, Chris Williams, Brence Pernell, Odomio Thomas and Bobby Harley Blackville-Hilda 3.

Calvin Bell, Toney Bowers, Ramel Dwight, 3200-Meter Run 1. Chico Salley Denmark-Olar 2. Bobby Harley Blackville-Hilda 3. Joseph Carson 400-Meter Relay 1. Demenico Banks, Brandon Isaac, Sidney Davis, Jason Chisholm, Wilbur Johnson and Odomio Thomas Blackville-Hilda (:43.50), 3.

Darius Milton, Willie James, Derron Robinson, Michael Burkett, U-Savior Lynch and Timothy Inabinet Hunter-Kinard -Tyler (:44.98) 110-High Hurdles 1. Brence Pemell Blackville-Hilda (:16.73), 2. Kevin Bowden 100-Meter Dash 1. Sidney Davis Blackville-Hilda (:10.79), 2. Brandon Isaac Blackville-Hilda (:10.82), 3.

Demenico Banks Blackville-Hilda (:10.92) 1600-Meter Run 1. Michael Donaldson Denmark-Olar 2. Chico Salley Denmark-Olar 17) 400-Meter Dash 1 James Prlester Denmark-Olar (:53.34), 3. Jason Chisholm Blackville-Hilda (:55.72) 400-Meter Hurdles 1. Brence Pemell Blackville-Hilda 2.

Kevin Bowden Denmark-Olar (1 :05.84), 3. Odomio Thomas Blackville-Hilda (1 1 1 .74) fat? fmrnm, I Ml AP GIRLS' INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Shot Put 1. Andrea Jameson Denmark-Olar (35-7), 3. Shekels Matthews Blackville-Hilda (31-6) Discus 1. Shaneka Jenkins Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (69-8), 2.

Andrea Jameson -Denmark-Olar (68-1), 3. Kebrina Howard Hunter-Kinard-Tyler- (63-3) Long Jump 1. Qracie Ward Blackville-Hilda (15-1), 3. Cherrelle James Hunter-Kinard-Tyler -(12-1 0.5) Triple Jump 1.AndoraToland-Hunter-Klnard-Tyler-(28-1) High Jump 1. Essence Thomas Blackville-Hilda (4-4), 2.

Leslie Hagood Blackville-Hilda (4-4), 3. Sanethia Overton Blackville-Hilda (4-0) 3200-meter Relay 1. Cierra Nlmmons, Leslie Hagood, Ronetia Brooks and Cierra Mayes -Blackville-Hilda 3. Shana Bonaparte, Stephanie Ephram, Shimeda Furse, Ashley Atterberry and Genay Furse Denmark-Olar 3200-Meter Run 1. Lakeshia Sanders -Denmark-Olar 400-Meter Relay 1.

Tyesha Sanders, Qracie Ward, Shannon Taylor, Sanetha Overton and Essence Thomas Blackville-Hilda (:52.59) 100-Meter Hurdles 1 Michele Pigford Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (20:52) 100-Meter Dash 1 Shannon Taylor Blackville-Hilda (1 2.86) 1600-Meter Run 1 Lakeisha Sanders Denmark-Olar (7:25.23, 2. Genay Furse Denmark-Olar (8:47.32) 400-Meter Dash 1 Grade Ward Blackville-Hilda (1 :02.47), 2. Tyesha Sanders Blackville-Hilda (1 :05.79), 3. Latasha White Denmark-Olar (1 :06.18) 800-Meter Run 1 Lakeisha Sanders Denmark-Olar 2:49.52, 2. Leslie Hagood -Blackville-Hilda 3.

Ronetia Brooks Blackville-Hilda (3:15.49) 200-Meter Dash 1. Shannon Taylor Blackville-Hilda (:27.64), 2. Tyesha Sanders -Blackville-Hilda (:28.24), 3. Latasha White Denmark-Olar (:28.37) 1600-Meter Relay 1. Tyesha Sanders, Gracie Ward, Shannon Taylor, Cierra Mayes and Ronetia Brooks Blackville-Hilda 2.

Lakeisha Sanders, Shana Bonaparte, Ashley Atterberry, Latasha White, Shiheda Furse and Genay Furse -Denmark-Olar (4:46.39) The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. Mystery surrounds the foreign-based horses running in the Kentucky Derby. They haven't even raced in the United States this year. Still, that's no reason to count 'em out. Irish-based Johannesburg and his stablemate, Castle Gandolfo, and Sheik Mohammed's Essence of Dubai are considered as likely to win as any of the 3-year-olds in Saturday's 20-horse field.

"We may not know anything about them, but I don't have any doubt they will be fit," said Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who'll try to win his fifth Derby with long-shot Proud Citizen. "You can't throw them out," said John Toffan, owner of 5-1 co-second choice Came Home. "They know what they're doing over there," said Ken McPeek, who trains 9-2 favorite Harlan's Holiday. He has Essence of Dubai and 2-year-old champion Johannesburg on his short list of possible winners.

"They will win it. It's just a matter of time," said Bob Baffert, who has two Derby runners with long-shots War Emblem and ship of Michael Tabor and John Magnier is trying the same thing. "The sheik's biggest goal is to win the race coming from Dubai," said Tom Albertrani, Godolphin's assistant to trainer Saeed bin Suroor. "I think that would be a great accomplishment for him because if against the odds, and he likes that challenge." This is the fourth year of the plan, with China Visit's sixth-place finish in 2000 being Godolphin's best effort. Tabor, an Englishman who made millions running betting parlors, won the 1995 Derby with Thunder Gulch, but the horse trained and raced exclusively in the United States.

This is the first time Coolmore is sending Irish-based runners to the Derby. "I hope this is the first of many years that we will have runners," said Tabor in a recent conference call from his home in Monte Carlo. "Winning with Thunder Gulch whetted my appetite." Johannesburg, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last October in his only U.S. race, has been hidden away in Lexington after shipping in Tuesday night. The son of Hennessey was the 2-year-old champion after winning all seven starts in 2001.

Kentucky Derby hopeful Essence of Dubai is guided around the Churchill Downs track by exercise rider Lee Roebuck during his exercise Monday, April 29, in Louisville, Ky. Johannesburg is a co-third choice at 6-1; Essence of Dubai is 15-1; and Castle Gandolfo, making his American debut, is 20-1. Lukas concludes: "They're the factor in here big time." And that's part of the mystique: Can a foreign-based horse that doesn't go through the traditional American prep races win the Derby? Sheik Mohammed's Godolphin Racing is determined to win by sending horses over from Dubai. The Irish-based Coolmore partner one rr 1 i U5M I tew TRACK I (RACK hi TRACK I AftACK 1 I THACj -r 1 Tl I fTr (i S.C. STATE ATHLETICS SCSU teams to vie for MEAC track titles it' I I aTSM II" II I I JM HSr Z.

If Tr I TRACK I 0 SPECIAL TO THE The Blackville-Hilda Hawks track team recently won the Region IV-A championship. Pictured front row, from left, are team members Brence Pernell, Sidney Davis, Odomio Thomas, Bobby Harley, Chris Williams, Regis Pressley and Mike McFadden. Pictured back row, from left, are Coach David Berry, Rashaan Davis, Herman Banks, Adrian Wade, Tharry Salley, Brandon Isaac and Coach Justin Cannon. Not pictured are Wilbur Johnson, Demenico Banks and Jason Chisholm. Tche continued.

"We still can win the championship but we have no room for error and we must have some one else step up and give us the points we would have gotten from Justin in the long jump and Kelvin in the 400 meters," Tche said. Expected to carry the banner for the Bulldogs are sprinters Jeffrey Fourth, Jermaine Brown and Jamar Glenn. Also Kenny Telemaque in the 400 meters, despite not being at full strength, hurdlers Errick Dixon, DaShawn Gregg and Jason Martin, pole vaulter Spencer Stephens and Darryl Reeves in the long jump. Other contenders in the men's division are North Carolina runner-up to the Bulldogs at the indoor championship, last year's winner Norfolk State, Coppin State and host Florida The SCSU women will be spearheaded by sprinter and hurdler Falawna Ingram, sprinters Emma Wade, and Celine Nyanga, hurdler Kim-berly Works, quarter miler Sharon Williams, and Cora Johnson and Danielle Smith in the long jump. Norfolk State is the defending champion in the women's division and among this year's favorites.

Also expected to do well are Delaware State, the surprise winner at the indoor championship, Hampton, Morgan State and the Lady Bulldogs. Friday's competition gets underway at 9 a.m. with mostly preliminary events and some field events. Saturday's finals will also begin at 9 a.m. By BILL HAMILTON Special to The TStD TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

The South Carolina State men's and women's track and field teams will be among eleven (11) schools vying for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday (May 3-4) in Tallahassee, Fla. The SCSU men, who earlier captured the MEAC indoor title and the S.C. State Intercollegiate Championship, are among the favorites to win this week's crown in their division. However, coach Ernest Tche's team will be without two of its top performers long jumper Justin McCorkle, along with Orangeburg's Kelvin Green, a key performer in the 400 meters and on relay teams. Both are nursing hamstring pulls and did not make the trip.

The absence of the two will make SCSU's effort to sweep the league's track titles this year more difficult, according to Tche, who has been instrumental in restoring the track program at the institution. "We will miss both Justin and Kelvin," Tche said. "Justin finished second at the indoor championship and has only lost twice outdoors (finishing second both times) this season, so his loss is very big for us. And Kelvin has been very competitive in the 400 meters and on our 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams. We hope that some of our other people will step up and give us the points "those guys would have given us," 1 I vJm 1 I i ililf ma SCSU's Ebony gets MEAC Softball honor TRACK? M.

TRACK TRAr Vt 1 Ebony Butler (8) Cyndra Poe (7) Lamia Scott (9) Patricia Brown (8) Jilllan French (7) Tamaka Robinson (7) Jamie Imhoff (8) FR JR JR JR FR FR FR FR SCSU B-CC B-CC DSU DSU DSU CSC MSU INF INF OF OF OF ,1 DP Swansea, SC Fontana, CA N. Richland Hills, TX Waldorf, MD Hamilton, NJ Mllford, DE Portland, OR Ft. Smith, AK AloiseSheppard(10) Infielder Ebony Butler of Swansea was the lone South Carolina State selection to the 2002 All- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball first and second teams. The Lady Bulldogs enjoyed one of their best regular seasons in recent memory under first-year head coach Antonio Smalls. SCSU posted a 17-21 overall mark and 8-8 conference mark heading into Thursday's first- round of the MEAC Softball Tournament taking place at Daytona Beach, Fla.

2002 ALL-MEAC SOFTBALL TEAMS Player of the Year: Jaleah Brown, Delaware State University Rookie of the Year: Jamie Imhoff, Coppin State College Coach of the Year: Marcie Hickey, Coppin State College SCHOOL EOS. CLASS HOMETOWN INF CSC SO Baltimore, MO SPECIAL TO THE The Blackville-Hilda Lady Hawks track team recently won the Region IV-A championship. Pictured front row, from left, are team members Ronetia Brooks, Shannon Taylor, Cierra Mayes, Cierra Nimmons, Sanethia Overton, Tyesha Sanders and Essence Thomas. Pictured back row, from left, are Coach David Berry, Ebony Armstrong, Leslie Hagood, Shakela Matthews, Grade Ward and Coach Justin Cannon. SECOND TEAM NAME Elisha Carter(4) Rachel Kilbert (4) Sharri Mapp (6) Shlleer Bryant (3) Erla Williams (4) Ruby Nugent (3) Katie Finn (4) INF INF OF OF B-CC Hampton MSU FAMU FAMU B-CC SO Pittsburgh, PA SR Painter, VA SR North Highlands, CA FR Lakeland, FL FR Lake Wales, FL FR Philomath, OR FIRST TEAM NAME (1st choice votes) SCHOOL i OS CLASS HOMETOWN INF SO Wilmington.

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