2025 Outdoor Track and Field Day One Recap

Durham, N.C. – Day one of the 2025 Outdoor Track and Field Championships kicked off Friday evening in Durham Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. On the men’s side, Virginia Union leads the way with 49 total points with rival Virginia State in second with 43 points and Claflin rounding out the top three with 37 points. On the women’s side, reigning champions Fayetteville State lead the pack with 45 points, trailed by Claflin with 31 points in second, and Winston-Salem State in third. 
 

CIAA Women’s Track Day 1 

Jade Lane won the women’s javelin with a new personal best throw of 38.19 meters, while Claflin took second and third place. Charnessa Reid won the women’s long jump with a mark of 6.04 meters. Fayetteville State finished third-sixth in the long jump to score big points.  Fayetteville State’s Aaliyah White won the women’s shot put with a mark of 13.47 meters. 

On the Track Elicia Bryant won the 1500-meter run. FSU gathered third, fourth, six and seventh place finishes. Virginia State finished second and eighth place. WSSU, Claflin and Lincoln all got two women into the finals of the 100-meter hurdles prelim.  WSSU continued their strong showing on the track gathering four final appearances in the 400-meter dash. In the 100-meter dash prelims Bianna Benloss obtained the eighth fastest time in all of division 2 with 11.42 seconds.  

In the 800 meter run both Winston-Salem State and Fayetteville State represented 5 of the eight finalists. VUU, Lincoln and JCSU rounded out the finalist for the event.  The 400-meter hurdles saw Claflin take two final spots with no other team having more than one make the final. The final prelim of day one was the 200-meter run where the Rams advanced four runners, the Panthers had three and the Golden Bulls advanced one to the finals.  

After day one Fayetteville State leads with 45 points, Claflin sits in second with 31 and Winston-Salem State is in third with 27. 

CIAA Men’s Track Day 1

Jude Butumbi won the men’s long jump with a mark of 7.39 meters which is the 19th best mark in all NCAA Division 2.  Virginia Union gathered the top three spots in the men’s shot put.  The men’s high jump was won by Joseph Briscoe of Virginia State with a NCAA qualifying mark of 2.14-meter jump. Livingstone finished in second and Virginia Union placed third. In the pole vault Lincoln’s Adam Green won the event with a mark of 3.75 meters. 

In the 1500 meter run VSU finished in first, fourth and fifth place and Virginia Union placed second and third. Claflin then scored the remaining points finishing sixth through ninth place. Both Livingstone and JCSU got two men into the finals of the 110-meter hurdles. In the 400-meter both Claflin and JCSU got two runners into the finals.  

In the 800-meter run Virginia State won the event, but Claflin advanced four different runners into the finals. JCSU, Livingstone and Claflin all had two runners advance to the finals in the 400-meter hurdles with Lincoln and Virginia State each having one. Bluefield State, Johnson C. Smith, Virginia Union and Claflin advanced two runners to the finals in the 200-meter dash.  

After day one Virginia Union leads with 48 points, Virginia State in second with 43 and Claflin in third with 37.

You can follow the live results of the entire championship here.