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LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University men's and women's track & field programs will start the
Jimmy Joseph era off Saturday when they participate in the Vulcan Invite, hosted by UAB inside the Birmingham Crossplex.
"We're looking forward to seeing how our athletes perform in their first meets," said Joseph. "It has been a very good preseason of training and the athletes worked hard over winter break so we're looking at the Vulcan Invite to see where we are at going into the indoor season."
There will be 21 other universities competing with Alcorn including Arkansas State, Bethune-Cookman, Emmanuel (Ga.), Emory, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, Harding, Jackson State, Lipscomb, Meridian CC, MUW, Montevallo, North Greenville, Savannah State, Shorter, South Carolina State, South Florida, Southern Indiana, Texas State, Troy and UAB (host).
The Braves will retain 15 student-athletes from a season ago, while the Lady Braves will bring back 15 from their 2019 squad. The Lady Braves have added junior college transfer
Darquazha McClatchey plus freshmen
Char'Davia Anderson,Â
Runelda Jackson and
Ashley Michael to the fold as well.
The men will return two NCAA East Regional Qualifiers with juniors
Josias Jean and
Bralon Robinson back onboard.
Jean made the Regionals last season in the 400 Hurdles after placing fourth at the SWAC Championships with a time of 52.26 and also picked up a SWAC Track Athlete of the Week award on April 24.
Robinson won the 2018 SWAC Indoor 60m Championship at 6.74 seconds before qualifying for the outdoor NCAA East Regional after becoming the SWAC Champion in the 100m with a blazing time of 10.32.
On the women's side, the purple and gold will have a wide array of talented runners in the mix as the Lady Braves welcome back three former SWAC Athletes of the Week and two Alcorn record holdersÂ
Senior
Jessica Ransom is the most decorated runner returning for Joseph's crew, as she holds the program record for the fastest time in both the indoor (56.06) and outdoor (53.76) 400m with the indoor time giving her the 2018 SWAC Indoor Championship. She also possesses two SWAC Athlete of the Week accolades for her performances on the weeks of March 27 and April 24 of 2018.
Junior
Kiana Allen (January 23) and sophomore
Mya Greene (April 24) received Indoor Field Athlete and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honors last year, respectively while juniorÂ
De'Kari Courtney has won the award in the past as well, being acknowledged as the SWAC Track Athlete of the Week on March 13, 2018.
Senior
Shameka Grover and junior
Mya Lloyd share Alcorn's fastest recorded time in the 4x100 relays as they formed two legs of the four person team to post a 45.56 time back in 2018.
The throwing events will open the festivities at 9 a.m. with the men's shot put, the first running event will be the 5,000m race at 9:15 a.m. and the field events kickoff at 10 a.m. with the long jump and pole vault, simultaneously.
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