HIGH POINT, N.C. – Nine North Carolina Central University student-athletes achieved top-10 finishes among a highly competitive field of participating schools at the annual High Point University VertKlasse Meeting on March 21-23.
 
Junior Keila Robertson topped NCCU performers with a runner-up finish in the women's triple jump at a distance of 11.84 meters.
 
Leading the way for the NCCU men, sophomore Marvin Jones placed fourth in the men's high jump with a leap of 2.01m.
 
Other top finishers for NCCU were senior Bethany White in the women's 200-meter dash (6th, 24.27), senior Kiana Seabrook in the women's long jump (7th, 5.39m), sophomore Auri Witherspoon in the women's 400m hurdles (8th, 1:03.54), sophomore Gordon Lewis in the men's 200m dash (9th, 21.74), junior Deja Stevenson in the women's triple jump (10th, 11.31m), junior Blake Hartsfield in the men's 100m dash (10th, 10.89), and freshman Ashton Drake in the men's 300m steeplechase (10th, 10:48.76).