Winston-Salem, N.C. – The Fayetteville State Women's Indoor Track & Field program had a solid performance in its second meet of the 2018-19 season.
 
Track & Field has had an on-again-off-again existence within Bronco athletics. Records reveal that the first women's team was in 1987 under the direction of Tim Clifton. With a non-consecutive sponsorship of five seasons, the last time Fayetteville State participated in a CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship was in 2000 under Head Coach Mark Adams.
 
The 2018-19 women's indoor season, with back-to-back CIAA Women's Cross-Country Coach of the Year Inez Turner, is a first in institution history with scholarship student-athletes.
 
The Broncos finished today's meet with 19 student-athletes competing and several Top 10 finishes.
 
Briana Jordan (Gastonia, NC) had two stellar performances in the 60 and 200-meter dash. She finished second in the 200 meters in 25.80 seconds and was fourth overall in the 60-meters in a time of 7.77 seconds. Shanae Ingram (St. Ann, JA) was sixth overall in the 800 meters when she won the second section in a time of 2:29.98. The 4x400 A-team of Yahaira Leak (Fayetteville, NC), Carisha Leonard (Rocky Mount, NC), Jalen Jenkins (New Bern, NC), and Shania Ingram (St. Ann, Jamaica) finished tenth in 4:07.99.
 
Shania Ingram led the field events with a ninth-place finish in the high jump with a clearance of 4'11" (1.50m). She was seventh in the long jump with a leap of 17'2.25" (5.24m).
 
Amberine Brown (Moyock, NC) and Yahaira Leak was just shy of the Top-10 rankings with an 11^th and 12^th place finish in the 60-meters. Brown finished in a time of 8.04 seconds while Leak was clocked at 8.06. Yahaira Leak was 11^th in the 200 meters (25.59 seconds). Taniya Petty (Greensboro, NC) was 12^th in the 800 meters (2:32.35) while Nelly Kandie (Eldoret, Kenya) was also 12^th in the mile (5:32.20).
  
Fayetteville State will participate at the Clemson Opener on Saturday, December 8^th before the holiday break. The Broncos opened the season on November 17^th at the JDL November Tune-up. The CIAA Indoor Championships will be held from February 10^th through 11^th at the JDL Fast Track facility in Winston-Salem, N.C.