April 26, 2008
Johnson C. Smith University sent two student-athletes, Leford Green and Shermaine Williams to the 2008 Penn Relays. Both athletes returned with top 20 finishes.
Green finished sixth in the college men 400 meter hurdles championship with a time of 51.11 seconds. He was the only Division II student-athlete to finish in the top 10.
Williams ran a great race in the college women 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 13.63 seconds was good for 13th overall.
| Final on Time |
| Place |
ID |
Athlete |
School/Affiliation |
Mark |
SEC |
| 1 |
28 |
Yeison Rivas |
Turabo (PR) |
50.49 |
5 |
| 2 |
5 |
Jason Richardson |
South Carolina |
50.54 |
3 |
| 3 |
10 |
Rueben McCoy |
Auburn |
50.57 |
3 |
| 4 |
3 |
Nick Robinson |
Texas A&M |
50.61 |
3 |
| 5 |
11 |
Terry Thornton |
Hampton |
51.10 |
4 |
| 6 |
14 |
Leford Green |
Johnson C. Smith |
51.11 |
4 |
| 7 |
7 |
Johnny Dutch |
South Carolina |
51.40 |
3 |
| 8 |
20 |
Hamza Deyaf |
Texas |
51.61 |
5 |
| 9 |
59 |
Brian Kaluf |
Purdue |
52.09 |
2 |
| 10 |
40 |
Patrick Gazzini |
Villanova |
52.52 |
6 |
| 11 |
32 |
Kyle Roberts |
Mississippi State |
52.61 |
6 |
| 12 |
15 |
Jermaine Baker |
St. Augustine's |
52.63 |
4 |
| 13 |
23 |
Daniel Kinney |
Howard |
52.76 |
5 |
| 14 |
22 |
Travis Swaggard |
Clemson |
52.77 |
5 |
| 15 |
45 |
Ron Jules |
Penn State |
52.89 |
7 |
| 16 |
1 |
Jussi Heikkila |
South Carolina |
52.91 |
3 |
| 17 |
39 |
Jahmone Duhaney |
Rutgers |
52.91 |
6 |
| 18 |
41 |
Kyle Edmonds |
Connecticut |
53.04 |
6 |
| 19 |
12 |
Alvin Miles |
St. Augustine's |
53.05 |
4 |
| 20 |
16 |
Akido Noel |
Morgan State |
53.06 |
4
|
Ranked List |
|
Place |
ID |
Athlete |
School/Affiliation |
Mark |
HEAT |
|
1 |
3 |
Nickeisha Wilson |
Louisiana State |
13.04 |
2 |
|
2 |
4 |
Shantia Moss |
Georgia Tech |
13.11 |
3 |
|
3 |
1 |
Jessica Ohanaja |
Louisiana State |
13.21 |
1 |
|
4 |
31 |
Briggite Merlano |
Turabo (PR) |
13.26 |
3 |
|
5 |
7 |
Lindsey Adams |
Texas A&M |
13.33 |
1 |
|
6 |
10 |
Danielle Gilchrist |
Auburn |
13.42 |
3 |
|
7 |
12 |
Leah Kincaid |
Purdue |
13.43 |
2 |
|
8 |
8 |
Celriece Law |
Tennessee |
13.44 |
1 |
|
9 |
11 |
Marissa Harris |
Mississippi State |
13.44 |
3 |
|
10 |
9 |
Jennifer Williams |
Texas A&M |
13.46 |
2 |
|
11 |
5 |
Angel Boyd |
Louisiana State |
13.46 |
3 |
|
12 |
15 |
Aleesha Barber |
Penn State |
13.61 |
1 |
|
13 |
26 |
Shermaine Williams |
Johnson C. Smith |
13.63 |
1 |
|
14 |
27 |
Kirby Blackley |
Findlay |
13.63 |
2 |
|
15 |
13 |
Landria Buckley |
Howard |
13.69 |
2 |
|
16 |
19 |
Monica Hundley |
Cincinnati |
13.87 |
3 |
|
17 |
36 |
Tavia Burke |
Bethune-Cookman |
13.91 |
2 |
|
18 |
23 |
LeAuna Sistrunk |
Coastal Carolina |
13.92 |
2 |
|
19 |
17 |
Tenaya Jones |
Louisiana State |
13.94 |
2 |
|
20 |
29 |
Mycaiah Clemons |
Pittsburgh |
14.04 |
3 |
|
