Coppin State University Athletics

NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State's athletic department was honored for its academic success during the MEAC's All-Sports Awards Dinner, hosted at the Disney Contemporary Resort and Convention Center last week, in partnership with Disney on the Yard, held in conjunction with the conference's annual spring meetings.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coppin State's James Bell just missed out on qualifying for the NCAA National Championships as he finished 23rd overall in the high jump at the NCAA East Prelims on Friday at Hodges Stadium.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coppin State's Jeff Hammond leaped 7.07m (23' 2.5") in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminaries, hosted by University of North Florida on Wednesday night at Hodges Stadium.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coppin State's track & field teams will send four individuals to the NCAA East Preliminaries, held at University of North Florida on May 24-27. Latifa Ali and Kimani Alphonse are set to run in the 400m dash with Jeff Hammond and James Bell competing in the long jump and high jump, respectively.

NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State's men's track & field team picked up a pair of silver medals as Amadou Ba (800m), James Bell (high jump) and Amiri Goode (decathlon) took second in their events at the MEAC Championships, hosted by Norfolk State at their Dick Price Stadium this week.  The Eagles finished 6th of eight teams with 61 points.

BALTIMORE – Track & Field's Amadou Ba and volleyball's Miajavon Coleman received the President's Eagle Awards as Coppin State University Athletic Department held its annual Eagles ESPY Awards on Wednesday night at James Weldon Johnson Auditorium.  Sam Sessoms from men's basketball and volleyball's Andrea Tsvetanova received CSU's Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards, respectively.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Coppin State's track & field teams battled wild and rainy conditions at the Penn Relays over the weekend and were led by a third-place finish by the women's 4x200m Relay.

BALTIMORE – Carl Drakes won the 200m dash, Solomon Hammond recorded a pair of second-place finishes and the duo led the 4x100m Relay to gold as the Coppin State men's track & field team at the MSU Legacy on Saturday at Hughes Stadium.

NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State's James Bell has been named the MEAC Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Wednesday morning.  This is the first time that Bell has been awarded a weekly honor by the MEAC.

NORFOLK, Va. – Both relays squads were victorious and James Bell once again won the high jump as Coppin State's men's track & field team took part in the NSU Invitational on Saturday.