Men's Track & Field 2/17/2020 11:28:00 PM Romanda Noble-Watson, SID

Claflin Men Finish Sixth, Women Ninth at the 2020 CIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Winston-Salem, N.C. – LaCarlos Watlington finished third in the heptathlon and Faith McKie placed second in the pentathlon as the Claflin University men's track and field team finished sixth and women finished ninth, respectively at the 2020 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Championships were contested Sunday-Monday, Feb. 16-17 at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Watlington, scored 3,582 points en route to capturing bronze and scoring six points in the multi-event. The Panthers also received points in the heptathlon from Tré Jeter who finished fourth (3,356 points) for five points and Matthew Rox who scored two points for seventh place finish.

The Claflin men had an all-around solid performance during the championships. Derick St. Jean reached the podium, finishing third in the 200 meters in a time of 22.30. The Panthers had three runners to score in the 200 meters as Ashtin Knowles finished sixth (22.83) and Stephen Dauway, II finished seventh in a time of 23.22.

The men's 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Knowles, St. Jean, JadaKiss Miller and Watlington captured silver with a time of 3:22.93. The Panther relay team clocked a regional time of 3:19.75 in the preliminary round, which is good enough for third in the Atlantic Region.

St. Jean and Knowles finished fifth and eighth, respectively in the 400 meters to get points for the Panther men. The Distance Medley Relay

team of Miller, Dauway, II, Jaiden Henderson and Caleb Patterson finished seventh to close out the scoring for the Panther men.

McKie, who set a school record in the pentathlon with 3,146 points, was the top point producer for the women. In addition to her second place finish in the pentathlon, she was also a member of the women's 4x400 meter relay team that finished sixth. Joining McKie on the relay team was Esther Chukwunwike, Kiara Belton and Alliyah Allwood.

Individually, Zaria Nelson finished seventh for the Lady Panthers in the shot put with a distance of 11.69 meters (38'4.25)

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