Tanika Brown

Senior Cheri Manning (Richmond, Va./J.R. Tucker) scored a personal record and came just a tenth of a second short of breaking the Virginia Commonwealth record in the 200m with a final-round time of 24.25, Saturday, at the University of South Florida Track and Field Invitational.

Virginia Commonwealth junior Tanika Brown (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) has been accepted to compete in the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Friday, March 11 in Fayetteville, Ark. Brown, who will be competing in the high jump, tied for the 14th highest leap in the country with a mark of 5-10.75 and is one of 21 athletes vying for the NCAA high jump crown.