Newman places second in the 60 meters

HAMPTON, Va., January 25, 2009 – Senior Lonnie Phifer appears ready to close out his marvelous North Carolina A&T track and field career with a bang. In the meantime, he is also grooming his replacement – sophomore Robert Boulware.

Phifer and Boulware finished in 1^st and 2^nd place respectively in the men’s shot put at the Hampton Invitational over the weekend. Phifer was the Aggies only first-place finisher. Phifer used a throw of 55-feet, 1 ½ inches to win his first indoor event of the season. Two weeks ago at Virginia Tech, he finished in second with a throw of 56-feet, 8 ½ inches.

Boulware, who came in fifth place at Virginia Tech, came in second with his best throw being 55-feet, 11 ¼ inches. Boulware and Phifer have made for a dynamic tandem since last season when Boulware stepped on the scene with a second-place finish in the shot put at the University of North Carolina.

Sprinter Calesio Newman had the only second-place finish for the Aggie men. He finished second in the 60 meters with a time of 6.91. Freshman Jarrell Elliot finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 49.59.

On the women’s side, Katherine Forrester had a second-place finish in the women’s shot put with a throw of 42-feet, 11 ½ inches. Two other Aggie women had second-place finishes. Junior Kimona Smith, last season’s indoor triple and long jump MEAC champion, finished second in the women’s triple jump.

She jumped 39-feet, 8 ½ inches to finish behind S.C. State’s Jasmine Smith. Freshman Khadeen Issacs had a second-place finish in the women’s high jump. Issacs’ best jump was 5-feet, 4 ¼ inches. Loreal Smith and Krystin Lawson had the third place finishes for the Aggie women.

Smith, the MEAC indoor champion in the 60 meter hurdles, finished with a time of 8.42. Lawson ran a 25.35 in the 200 meters. The Aggies travel to Penn State for the school’s National Invitational Jan. 30-31.