[Aggie One]

EIGHT IS ENOUGH
A&T's men matched its four straight MEAC indoor titles with its fourth straight MEAC outdoor title. The Aggies will leave for the Big South next season.

EAST GREENSBORO - The North Carolina A&T men's outdoor track and field team won its fourth straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship on at Truist Stadium on N.C. A&T's Irwin Belk Track on Saturday.

Senior superstars such as Trevor Stewart, Aaron Wilkerson and Mar'Quise McGee do not know what it is like not to win a conference championship. It looks as if they are ready to pass on that winning tradition to the Aggies youth movement.

In competing in their final MEAC outdoor championship before joining the Big South Conference in July, the Aggie men used freshmen Randolph Ross, Jr. and Javonte Harding to score a conference-record 288 points. The men won the school's seventh outdoor championship.

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THREE OUT OF FOUR AIN'T BAD!
The Aggie women showed complete dominance in winning their third outdoor title in four years.

EAST GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T women's outdoor track and field team won the 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) outdoor track and field championship on Saturday at Truist Stadium on N.C. A&T's Irwin Belk Track.

The Aggies scored a conference-record 290 points to cruise to their third MEAC outdoor championship in four years. But that was expected.

In winning another MEAC outdoor title, the Aggies won sprinting events in the 100, 200 and 400 meters and the 4x100-meter relay. That was expected too. The Aggies are a program known nationwide for their world-class sprinters.

Senior Loren James earned the MEAC's most outstanding field performer. She is a thrower. Senior G'Jasmyne Butler earned most outstanding track performer. Butler is not a sprinter. She is a distance runner.

In past years, both of those occurrences would be unexpected. But as the Aggies continue to build toward having enough talent to win a national championship, their continued dominance at the conference level is starting to come with a sense of wholeness that could carry to their goal.

"We have come a long way," said James, who won the shot put on Saturday at 50-feet, 11 ½-inches. Earlier at the championships, James also finished second in the hammer throw and the discus.

"In the past, sprinters would sweep every event, and we would win some field events," James continued. "I think the difference is we're doing it post-conference now. We're doing it on a regional level, and hopefully, we can begin to do it on a national level. G'Jasmyne winning outstanding track runner speaks volumes. It says we are a complete unit."

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[Aggie D.]

Even in the mist of a pandemic this has been another successful year for Aggie Athletics.  On top of capturing the Men and Women Outdoor Track and field Championships Aggie teams have won five of nine MEAC championships this year so far with a second place finish in Men's Golf and a missed opportunity to possibly play for the Men's Basketball championship due to COVID - https://meacsports.com/sports/2020/7/1/About%20The%20MEAC_0701205303.aspx.  I am looking forward to seeing if we can close out our stint in the MEAC with Baseball and Softball Championships as well.  Go Aggies!

[Professor]

Was a sight to see the domination yesterday. Aggie Track, men's and women's is AMAZING

[CLeB-28]

Cherish these days Aggies!

Show your appreciation to the Athletic Administration!

[bluedog]

Y'all will be back

[Decks]

Y'all will be back

Never say never. I certainly would not have a problem with returning to a more condensed MEAC. The wave of consolidations and regional alignments isn't over yet.
Of course I believe our next plan of action will be a move to fbs within the next 5 - 10 years.

[bluedog]

Y'all will be back

Never say never. I certainly would not have a problem with returning to a more condensed MEAC. The wave of consolidations and regional alignments isn't over yet.
Of course I believe our next plan of action will be a move to fbs within the next 5 - 10 years.

In five years you all will be moving back to the MEAC. The only thing that will stop that from happening is SCSU joining the SWAC as the 14th team because by some miracle TNSU finally realize they are an hbcu and they can't survive trying to be a unicorn.

[Professor]

Cherish these days Aggies!

Show your appreciation to the Athletic Administration!

Earl Hilton is a class act. As him as AD, we continue to make winning decisions that leads to us winning on the field.

[Decks]

Y'all will be back

Never say never. I certainly would not have a problem with returning to a more condensed MEAC. The wave of consolidations and regional alignments isn't over yet.
Of course I believe our next plan of action will be a move to fbs within the next 5 - 10 years.

In five years you all will be moving back to the MEAC. The only thing that will stop that from happening is SCSU joining the SWAC as the 14th team because by some miracle TNSU finally realize they are an hbcu and they can't survive trying to be a unicorn.

If the MEAC survives another 5 years anything is possible. That will be tough if another football member leaves. I'm not optimistic about the future as long as current administration is running things. For almost 2 years I've been predicting we're moving toward an eventual MEAC / BSC merger. Because of a lot of market overlap I still believe that's going to be the eventual outcome.

As for A&T I think our long term strategy for athletics will become apparent in the next few months.

[‘87 Alum]

Quietly, I bet a few schools glad as hell y’all leaving....these last few years have been nothing short of an Aggie Nation domination....

[aggie law]

FAMU came back to the MEAC twice!  I wish the MEAC well, but there is a room at the FBS level for the right HBCU.

[eagle pride]

Quietly, I bet a few schools glad as hell y’all leaving....these last few years have been nothing short of an Aggie Nation domination....

I doubt if any MEAC schools are happy that A&T is leaving. Oh well...  I don't wish doom and gloom on the aggies either. 

[bluedog]

Y'all will be back

Never say never. I certainly would not have a problem with returning to a more condensed MEAC. The wave of consolidations and regional alignments isn't over yet.
Of course I believe our next plan of action will be a move to fbs within the next 5 - 10 years.

In five years you all will be moving back to the MEAC. The only thing that will stop that from happening is SCSU joining the SWAC as the 14th team because by some miracle TNSU finally realize they are an hbcu and they can't survive trying to be a unicorn.

If the MEAC survives another 5 years anything is possible. That will be tough if another football member leaves. I'm not optimistic about the future as long as current administration is running things. For almost 2 years I've been predicting we're moving toward an eventual MEAC / BSC merger. Because of a lot of market overlap I still believe that's going to be the eventual outcome.

As for A&T I think our long term strategy for athletics will become apparent in the next few months.

Lol.. I'm convinced that the overwhelming majority of meac posters are Republicans. Because you all are forever laying blame on Thomas (deflecting) when the harsh reality is Thomas and no Commissioner does any more than what the member schools let them do. At the end of the day, the meac wouldn't be in the position that it's in right now. Had it not been for the move A&T just made. That's just what God loves..."The Truth". Lol...

[Maroon and Gray]

I agree with you on the Commissioner is empowered by the Chancellors/Presidents.

 Maybe the argument against the Commissioner is stated incorrectly. The Commissioner may not be the best person for the job, but his bosses really don't care that much for athletics, so his failings aren't a concern or even noticed.

[Professor]

Y'all will be back

Never say never. I certainly would not have a problem with returning to a more condensed MEAC. The wave of consolidations and regional alignments isn't over yet.
Of course I believe our next plan of action will be a move to fbs within the next 5 - 10 years.

In five years you all will be moving back to the MEAC. The only thing that will stop that from happening is SCSU joining the SWAC as the 14th team because by some miracle TNSU finally realize they are an hbcu and they can't survive trying to be a unicorn.

If the MEAC survives another 5 years anything is possible. That will be tough if another football member leaves. I'm not optimistic about the future as long as current administration is running things. For almost 2 years I've been predicting we're moving toward an eventual MEAC / BSC merger. Because of a lot of market overlap I still believe that's going to be the eventual outcome.

As for A&T I think our long term strategy for athletics will become apparent in the next few months.

Lol.. I'm convinced that the overwhelming majority of meac posters are Republicans. Because you all are forever laying blame on Thomas (deflecting) when the harsh reality is Thomas and no Commissioner does any more than what the member schools let them do. At the end of the day, the meac wouldn't be in the position that it's in right now. Had it not been for the move A&T just made. That's just what God loves..."The Truth". Lol...

Schools left before A&T. A&T voiced their concerns to the commissioner and the body in 2015. They did nothing. So we left. If the commissioner / presidents were interested in keeping A&T in the conference , work would have been put into to do just that. However it wasn't. And we left. Is what it is.