CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – If anyone in the Colonial Athletic
Association didn't have Antonio Norvell (Portsmouth,
Va.) (above) on their radar as a frontrunner in
the sprints, they might want to take notice before CAA
Championships in a few weeks.
Norvell posted two wins to lead the Virginia Commonwealth
University men's track & field team at the Lou Onesty
Invitational, hosted by the University of Virginia, on
Saturday.
The third-year standout opened up his weekend by blowing away the
competition in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.78. He
completed his sweeps in the sprints with a time of 21.43 in the
200-meter.
"Antonio has probably been our most consistent performer all
year," Head Coach Julian Spooner. "He's an
incredibly talented kid and we fully expect him to be able to
challenge for several different individual titles at the conference
meet."
Norvell wrapped up his day by teaming with classmates
Allan Moody (Woodbridge, Va.) and Kyle
Jones (Richmond, Va.) and senior DeAngelo Wilson
(Richmond, Va.) to grab a second-place finish in the 4x100
meter relay. Their time of 41.31 was just .09 seconds of Temple's
winning time in the event.
Wilson tallied a second-place finish of his own, clocking in at
10.91 in the 100-meter dash.
Junior Walid Berkhedle (Toronto, Ontario)
(right) led a trio of solid performances by the distance
group, by picking up a third-place showing in the 800-meter run
with a time of 1:53.80. Senior Piotr Dybas (Jaslo,
Poland) and freshman Justin Kendall (Richmond,
Va.) each garnered third-place finishes of their own in
the 3000-meter and 1500-meter, respectively.
Senior Cyprian Yankey (Richmond, Va.) concluded
the strong showings for the Rams with a personal best of 148' 1" in
the discus, good for a seventh-place finish.
The Black & Gold will host its only home meet of the year next
week with Longwood and Richmond coming to VCU's SportsBackers
Stadium for the 2010 VCU Invitational on Saturday, April
17th.
