East Carolina University
Conference USA Indoor Championships
Four Track Pirates Win C-USA Event Titles
February 27, 2011 | Track & Field
Feb. 27, 2011
Complete Meet Results in PDF Format 
HOUSTON, Texas - The East Carolina track and field program racked up a number of event titles on the final day of competition at the 2011 Conference USA Indoor Championship as four athletes captured gold medals Saturday at the Yeoman Fieldhouse. The men ended up in fourth place overall, matching their highest finish, while the women were fifth - posting their top all-time finish at the indoor league meet.
Sophomore Drew Kanz won his first indoor high jump championship, edging out Marcus Norwood from Southern Miss with a personal-best leap of 6.11 meters. Junior Dennis Aliotta made it three-for-three in terms of the shot put, as he again won the event - this time with a school-record throw of 17.81 meters.
A new C-USA Indoor Championship record was set in the 400-meter run as freshman Aiesha Goggins clocked in at 54.15 - just missing out on a NCAA automatic qualifying time. Sophomore Austin Lewis won the 60-meter dash by the slimmest of margins, running a 6.74 to beat out Errol Nolan from Houston by one-hundredth of a second.
The women's 4x400 relay squad just missed out on the title, finishing second to UCF and running a 3:44.88.
Senior Brittany Copeland won the silver medal in the 3000-meter run with a school-record time of 9:32.28 while Randy Bolton found the podium in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.18, good for third-place. Freshman Taylor Sykes also took third in the 400m, clocking in at 49.74.
Other top finishers included Jordan Neil in the mile run as he captured fourth with a time of 4:09.62 and Joseph Samuels in the 60-meter hurdles who matched Neil with a fourth-place showing - running an 8.19. Tiffany Harris joined Goggins in the 400-meter run finals, turning in a 56.09 to finish fourth.
In taking sixth-place in the 60-meter hurdles, freshman Erin Tucker set the school record with a time of 8.66 (preliminary time).
The Pirates will have one more opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet, scheduled for March 4-5.
