What: UCF Black & Gold Invite   
When: March 15-16 
Where: Orlando, Fla. | UCF Track and Field Complex  
 
Recapping the Last Meet | Florida A&M's women claimed their first Southwestern Athletic Conference championship title at the indoor meet (Feb. 17-18). 
 
The success marked the second championship under Garfield Ellenwood II, the Rattlers' Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, who recently led the women's cross-country team to the podium this past fall. FAMU's medal count over the two-day indoor meet included six gold, five silver, and four bronze. Ellenwood was also named the SWAC's Women's Coach of the Year.
 
2024 SWAC Women's Indoor Track and Field Champions
 
Women's 60 Meters 
Tionna Brown, 7.39
 
Women's 60 Meters Hurdles
Kimeone McLeod, 8.41
 
Women's 200 Meters
Nya Blocker, 23.34 
 
Women's High Jump
Breanna Brown-Marshall, 1.83m (6')
 
Women's Distance Medley Relay
Alesia Douglas, Lacie Deboskie, Madison Gordon, Niya Coleman, 12.35.79
 
Women's 4x400 Relay
Tatianna Martinez, Rori Lowe, Lacie Deboskie, Alesia Douglas, 3:44.98
 
Brown-Marshall narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in the high jump. Her gold medal performance at the SWAC meet cemented a new personal record and ranked 21st overall in the nation. Blocker and Joseph DeRosier also crowned the indoor season ranked Top 50 in the country in the 200-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles, respectively.
 
2024 SWAC Weekly Awards 
Nya Blocker | Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Feb. 14
Breanna Brown-Marshall | Indoor Field Athlete of the Week | Feb. 14
Joseph DeRosier | Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Feb. 14
Kimeone McLeod | Co-Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Feb. 7 
Joseph DeRosier | Co-Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Feb. 7
Kirk Dawkins | Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Jan. 24
Tionna Brown | Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Jan. 17
Joseph DeRosier | Co-Indoor Track Athlete of the Week | Jan. 17
 
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