19 HBCU Athletes named All Americans by The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced those that earned USTFCCCA All-America distinctions for the 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field season. Honors are awarded for performances at the final site of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships occurring the previous weekend in Des Moines, Iowa.

First-team USTFCCCA All-America honors are awarded to those who earn any portion of a team point at the national championships, or reach an eight-entrant final. Second-team All-America honors are handed out to those whose final placing in the national meet range from ninth to 16th place.

Those who participated at the final site but did not place in the meet’s top 16 are listed as honorable mention for the All-America award.

Student-Athletes listed are part of programs that are members of the USTFCCCA.

2011 USTFCCCA Outdoor Track & Field – NCAA Division I
FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
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Event Name Institution
4x400m Relay Tyquan Brown Delaware State
4x400m Relay Ryan Carter Delaware State
4x400m Relay Tariq Devore Delaware State
4x400m Relay Leslie Murray Delaware State
SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA
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Event Name Institution
400m Hurdles Leslie Murray Delaware State
200m Dash Torrance Womack North Carolina A&T
HONORABLE MENTION
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Event Name Institution
110m Hurdles Kemar Clarke Bethune-Cookman
400m Hurdles Jibri Victorian Coppin State
Long Jump Leon Hunt Florida A&M
400m Hurdles Trey Charles Morgan State
400m Dash Marquis Holston Norfolk State
110m Hurdles Aramis Massenburg Norfolk State
Long Jump Darris Shelton Norfolk State
4x100m Relay Jarrell Elliott North Carolina A&T
4x100m Relay Jonathan Hancock North Carolina A&T
4x100m Relay Earl House North Carolina A&T
4x100m Relay Torrance Womack North Carolina A&T
100m Dash Philip Redrick Texas Southern
110m Hurdles Ackeem Smith UMES
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Event Name Institution
Long Jump Kendra Mayers Delaware State
Long Jump Champagne Bell Norfolk State

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