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North Carolina A&T sends three to NCAA Track and Field Championships
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The assumption contained in the North Carolina A&T out of doors observe and area camp is that senior Paula Salmon can do it.
She will win an NCAA nationwide championship within the 100-meter hurdlers. Salmon has performed nothing to dissuade that notion in the course of the 2022 season, together with Saturday night in the course of the remaining day of the 2022 NCAA East Preliminary Spherical at Indiana College’s Robert C. Haugh Monitor and Discipline Advanced.
The women closed out the regional as those that certified on Saturday are headed to the NCAA Out of doors Monitor and Discipline Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 8-11.
Salmon and freshman teammate Grace Nwokocha who certified for nationals within the 100 and 200 meters, can be there together with senior 400m runner Delecia McDuffie.
“Paula has been constant all 12 months,” mentioned Duane Ross, North Carolina A&T’s observe and area applications director. “These final weeks have been extraordinarily thrilling as we consider she will be able to run 12.40.”
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On Saturday, nothing she did made anybody consider she couldn’t get to 12.40. Salmon stepped on the observe for the third warmth of the 100H. After the gun went off, she glided over each hurdle like gravity seized to exist for that second.
Salmon accomplished her race in 12.78, nicely forward of second-place Trishauna Hemmings of Clemson (13.13). It was the quickest quarterfinal time on the day, and she or he ran it regardless of going through a difficult wind.
Within the 10 100H races Salmon has competed on this season, she has completed below 13 seconds each time besides as soon as. Her finest profession time additionally got here this season, a 12.63 on April 16 on the College of Florida. Subsequently the momentum is there to run 12.40. And after a didn’t end consequence within the 60H at NCAA indoor nationals, the motivation is there.
Salmon shouldn’t be the one Aggie who seemed motivated. Nwokocha posted the third-fastest 100m quarterfinal by successful her warmth in 11.17. If Nwokocha finishes within the top-8 nationally, she is going to develop into the primary Aggie lady to earn first-team All-American honors as a freshman within the 100m.
One of many sprinters she is going to obtain powerful competitors from within the 100 and 200 is Kentucky’s Abby Steiner, who ran an 11.04 to win the 100m’s second warmth on Saturday. Steiner and Nwokocha ran in the identical warmth of the 200, the place Steiner completed first with a season-best 22.01. Nwokocha, in the meantime, ran a personal-best 22.45.
McDuffie completed top-3 in her warmth to enter nationals as an computerized qualifier like her teammates. McDuffie ran a personal-best 51.58, ending third in her warmth and sixth total on Saturday. McDuffie, Nwokocha and Salmon all gained Massive South Convention championships in the identical occasions they certified for on Saturday.
Massive South excessive leap champion Nazah Reddick and Massive South runner-up Kenady Wilson did their finest to make nationals. It got here right down to a jump-off to find out the twelfth and remaining spot from the East, with Reddick and Wilson amongst a number of opponents who jumped 5-feet, 11 1/4-inches.
Mahogany Jenkins from the host faculty, Indiana College, earned the spot.
“Very comfortable for our women,” mentioned Ross. “They’d a extremely good meet. I’m pleased with Nazah and Kenady and (jumps coach Tempest Vance) for having them mentally and bodily ready. We preach being prepared when it issues, and our children do an ideal job of placing that into motion.”
Courtesy: N.C. A&T Athletics
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Obituary for Ernest "Trey" Cleveland Skipper, III at Market Street Chapel
North Carolina
North Carolina man charged with 9 felonies after shooting at tree crew
YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — A tree-trimming crew in North Carolina had a harrowing encounter when a man with a criminal record opened fire on them.
This happened near Murphytown in the Green Mountain area of Yancey County. According to a statement from the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Lucas Wilson Murphy shot three tree workers while they were clearing trees for a power company.
All three sustained serious injuries. They were taken to a hospital for treatment.
31-year-old Shelby Teague, whose husband Brandon Teague, 32, was part of the five-member crew, is still grappling with the incident. The couple have three children together.
“To have somebody crazy running through the woods is not a risk that you would think about,” she told ABC affiliate WLOS
She is thankful her husband wasn’t hurt, but three of his colleagues were.
“I’m trying not to be angry,” Shelby said. “We could have lost a bunch of good men.”
Authorities said during the exchange, an officer-involved shooting happened. Murphy was injured and taken to a hospital.
Murphy is charged with nine felony counts detailing that he assaulted five crew members with a long rifle with intent to kill.
Previous Criminal History
Shelby is angry Murphy was not in jail for previous charges.
Murphy’s misdemeanors, dating back to 2013, carry little to no jail time. This includes resisting public officers, driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon.
In 2021, the most serious case where he went to trial involved a charge that he shot and tried to kill his brother.
A law enforcement source who spoke anonymously told WLOS that Murphy’s brother refused to cooperate and minimized what happened.
Because of this, the jury could only find him guilty of assault.
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Amid torrential rains and flooding, 21 North Carolina river sites fail fecal bacteria testing this week
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A group says more than 20 North Carolina river sites failed testing for fecal bacteria this week after several days of torrential rains and nearly a foot of rainfall in some spots.
Leading up to Friday, there were several days of flood warnings and nearly a foot of rain fell in some North Carolina areas — such as Sampson County with 11 inches. Other spots — such as Durham County — received more than 9 inches of rain.
Sound Rivers, a group that monitors more than 50 recreational sites along North Carolina rivers, says that heavy rain can lead to more pollution in rivers.
“Swim Guide results are in, and they definitely reflect the impact all this rain is having on our waterways,” the Sound Rivers group said on Friday.
Full rainfall totals for Central NC for a week ending Friday
Some flood warnings continued this weekend with one still active Saturday along the Tar River at Tarboro in Edgecombe County.
“Remember, more stormwater runoff means more nasty stuff gets washed into the water,” Sound Rivers wrote Friday after 21 North Carolina river sites failed their weekly testing.
In the previous Swim Guide report, just six sites failed.
In the Raleigh area, three sites along the Neuse River failed the week ending July 26, according to Sound Rivers.
Just east of Raleigh in Wake County, these canoe launch sites met water quality standards less than 60 percent of the time: Buffaloe Road, Milburnie Park and Poole Road.
Elevated levels of fecal bacteria in the water can bring an increased risk of gastrointestinal illness and skin infections for pets and humans, Sound Rivers says.
East of the Wake County area along the Neuse River, these seven sites also failed water quality testing:
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Maple Cypress boat ramp in Grifton
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Glenburnie Park
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Town of Bridgton Park
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Upper Broad Creek at Black Beard Sailing Club
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Lawson Creek Park in the New Bern area
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Slocum Creek boating access in Havelock
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Pierce Creek at the Sea Harbor Yacht Club in Oriental
Closer to the North Carolina coast, 11 sites failed the testing along the Tar and Pamlico rivers:
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Sunset Park on the Tar River in Rocky Mount
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Tar River Reservoir in Rocky Mount
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River Road boat ramp on the Tar River in Tarboro
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Town Common on the Tar River in Greenville
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Wildwood Park on the Tar River in Greenville
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Port Terminal on the Tar River in Greenville
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Yankee Hall Road boat ramp on the Tar River at Pactolus
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Mason’s Landing on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Havens Gardens on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Dinah’s Landing just off the Pamlico River at Goose Creek State Park
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Cotton Patch Landing on Blounts Creek just off the Pamlico River
Sound Rivers issues a report on various recreational areas of rivers in North Carolina after testing dozens of recreational sites each week throughout the summer.
The testing by the group includes enterococci bacteria in salt water.
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