HBCU Student-Athletes Secure Their Spots for the NCAA First Round!

Kenneth Pree (Texas Southern University) will be attempting to qualify for the finals of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in June 2023, in the long jump by hopefully leaping far enough at the NCAA West First Round Meet in Sacramento, CA, from May 24-27, 2023. His personal best is 25'8.25."

Here is a list of all the NCAA East & West First Round Qualifiers from HBCU's. Participants are listed in the order of their rankings.

East (Women)

100 meters

Trinity Bolden (Southern)
Tiffani Rae Pittman (Howard)

200 meters

Jada Griffin (North Carolina A&T)
Tiffani Rae Pittman (Howard)
Teleda Williams (FAMU)

400 meters

Jada Griffin (North Carolina A&T)
Deja Grant (Hampton)
Teleda Williams (FAMU)
Kimani Alphonse (Coppin State)

800 meters

Jordan Mozie (Hampton)

100 meter hurdles

Darci Khan (Howard)
Paula Salmon (North Carolina A&T)
Kaya-Rae Dunbar (Howard)

400 meter hurdles

Jessica Wright (Howard)
Dejah Grant (Hampton)
Kayla Spencer (Hampton)
Aniya Woodruff (Howard) 
Morgan O'Neal (Alabama State)

4x400 meter relay

Howard (Jessica Wright, Aniya Woodruff, Tiffani Rae Pittman, Kiya Lawson, Cathrina Morris, Kaya-Raye Dunbar)

North Carolina A&T (Pebbles Scott, Fajr Kelly, Mykayla Perry, Jada Griffin, Paula Salmon)

Long Jump

Khiah Williams (Alcorn State)
Maya Hanks (Hampton)
Tia Jackson (Morgan State)

Triple Jump

Dieusi Armand (Hampton)
Faithlyn Irving (Maryland-Eastern Shore)
Joidon Boddie (North Carolina Central)

Shot Put

Julieth Nwosu (North Carolina A&T)
Nya Harmon (Hampton)

Discus

Nya Harmon (Hampton)



West (Women)

100 meters

Asjah Harris (PVAMU)

200 meters

Asjah Harris (PVAMU)

400 meters

Antwanique Kinsler (PVAMU)

High Jump

Jaylynn Hampton (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)

Triple Jump

Alexis Wilson (Texas Southern)



East (Men)

100 meters

Victor Smith (Alabama State)
Waddell Rembert-Jett (South Carolina State)
Kai Cole (Norfolk State)
Matthew Clarke (Alabama State)
Justus Trainer (Alabama State)

200 meters

Matthew Clarke (Alabama State)
Kai Cole (Norfolk State)
Shawn Collins (Jackson State)
Victor Smith (Alabama State)
Ashton Daniel (Howard)
Reheem Hayles (North Carolina A&T)
Justus Trainer (Alabama State)
Kendrick Winfield (Alabama State)

400 meters

Reheem Hayles (North Carolina A&T)
Shawn Collins (Jackson State)
Shemar Chambers (North Carolina A&T)
Kendrick Winfield (Alabama State)
Janoi Brown (Maryland-Eastern Shore)
Nathan Metelus (Bethune-Cookman)
Jahlanhnee Watkins (Maryland-Eastern Shore)
Daquan Tate (Alabama State)

800 meters

Dugion Blackman (Hampton)
Nicholas Scott (Southern)

110 meter hurdles

Dylan Beard (Howard)
Jahiem Stern (Hampton)
Jermaine Byrd (Howard)
Kameron Davis (Howard)
Jordan Thompson (Southern)
Zachary Hawkins (Howard) 
Rainey Anderson (Grambling State)

400 meter hurdles

Ivan Donaldson (Jackson State)
Jordan Thompson (Southern)

4x100 meter relay

Alabama State (Victor Smith, Matthew Clarke, Justus Trainer, Jamarion Stubbs, Kendrick Winfield, Joshua Knox)

North Carolina A&T (Brandon Nya, Shemar Chambers, Caleb Jackson, Reheem Hayles, Malcolm Croom-McFadden, Ryan Saint-Germain)

Howard (Ja'Leak Perry, Ashton Daniel, Dylan Beard, Dylan Gaines, Goba Dan-Princewill, Jermaine Byrd, Zachary Hawkins)

4x400 meter relay

North Carolina A&T (Shemar Chambers, Reheem Hayles, Ryan Saint-Germain, Akeem Lindo, Caleb Jackson, Brandon Nya)

Alabama State (Kendrick Winfield, Justus Trainer, Khabeeba Mills, Daquan Tate, Joshua Knox, Matthew Clarke)

High Jump

Sherman Hawkins (Jackson State)
Guy Bond (Bethune-Cookman)
Lamont Victoria (North Carolina Central)
Pache' Caldwell (FAMU)
James Bell (Coppin State)

Long Jump

Jeff Hammond (Coppin State)
Christian Lewis (Grambling State)
Sherman Hawkins (Jackson State)
David Dorsey (Tennessee State)
Pache' Caldwell (FAMU)

Triple Jump

Kenyon Johnson (Tennessee State)
Chase Drewery (Howard)
Keandric Verge (Tennessee State)
Kevon Hamilton (Southern)
Isaac Haywood (Norfolk State)

West (Men)

High Jump

Jeff Snowden (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
Turey Stoudmire (Texas Southern)

Long Jump

Kenneth Pree (Texas Southern)

Triple Jump

Chadrick Williams (Texas Southern)

*Photo courtesy of Texas Southern University