LANDOVER, Md. – The double four-peat is complete. The North Carolina A&T men's indoor track and field team won their fourth straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) indoor track and field championship by scoring 165 points on Saturday at the 2020 MEAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Prince George's County Sports & Learning Complex. 
 
The women also won their fourth straight MEAC title by posting a score of 165. 
 
The Aggies are the only MEAC school in history to have both their indoor teams 4-peat simultaneously. Therefore, there are seniors on both teams who have no recollection of what it means to be without a MEAC indoor championship.
 
"We took on the chin those first couple of years," said Duane Ross, N.C. A&T's director of track and field programs, who is in his eighth season at N.C. A&T. "That made us who we are. Our team knows how to lose, they know how to win. When we came in here and won the first one, no one expected it. Now when we come in here, we're expected to win. Four years ago we were hungry to get one. Now we're hungry to stay on top."
 
For the N.C. A&T women, they won eight titles with junior Loren James leading the way with two titles over the weekend. James won the women's weight throw on Friday and the women's shot put on Saturday. She was named the most outstanding women's field athlete which further shows the growth and the majority of the Aggies program. 
 
Four years ago, the Aggies were known as a program reliant on sprinters. Now, they are known as just an excellent program.
 
"We are growing overall in our program," said James. "The fact that we had an athlete get this award means a lot. It means we're willing to take every step to be better as a team."
 
 James threw the shot put 47-feet, 10-inches on Saturday to win the event and add 10 points to the Aggies totals. James was one of five victories the Aggies had on Saturday. 
 
As they have grown accustomed to doing during the run, the Aggies finished first, second and third in a race. On Saturday, it was the women's 60-meter hurdles that posted 24 points on the board for N.C. A&T. Senior TeJyrica Robinson took home her first-ever MEAC title as she outlasted sophomore teammate Paula Salmon and senior teammate Madeleine Akonbundu. 
 
What made Robinson's win even more impressive is that Salmon and Akobundu have run sub 8.10 hurdle times this season. Robinson ran a personal-best 8.12 to claim the gold. 
 
The Aggies were not as dominant in the women's 400m but they still came away with 19 points from the event. Junior transfer Delecia McDuffie won her first-ever conference title as an Aggie by posting a time of 54.13. Graduate Tori Ray finished third in 55-seconds flat and junior Payton Russell came in sixth (56.20). 
 
There was a slight upset in the women's 60m. Norfolk State's Kiara Grant just sprinted ahead of Aggies sophomore Cambrea Sturgis to win with a time of 7.22. Sturgis, who came into the race ranked second in the nation, finished in 7.26. Grant came into the weekend ranked ninth nationally in the 60. 
 
All was not lost for the Aggies in the 60, however. The event earned the Aggies 23 points as junior Kayla Foy finished third (7.383), sophomore Kamaya Debose-Epps finished fourth (7.387) and senior Taliyah Townsend finished fifth (7.54). 
 
Sturgis would not be defeated for a second time. In the women's 200m, she won gold by running a 23.61 to defeat Grant who finished second in 23.64. McDuffie was third after completing her race in 23.97. Townsend and Foy also scored by finishing sixth and seventh respectively. 
 
N.C. A&T capped off their fourth straight championship by winning the women's 4x400-meter relay in 3:42.07 with the team of Russell, senior Sun-Sara Williams, Ray and sophomore Nilaja Florence. 
 
"Winning the conference championship is the foundation of North Carolina A&T," said Ross. "Our goal from Day 1 is to win an NCAA championship. But we never take this meet lightly. We can't. The conference is too good."
 
N.C. A&T's All-MEAC honors … 
*First-team honorees – Cambrea Sturgis (200m), Delecia McDuffie (400m), TeJeyrica Robinson (60mh), Tori Ray (4x400), Sun-Sara Williams (4x400), Payton Russell (4x400), Nilaja Florence (4x400), Paula Salmon (high jump), Loren James (weight throw, shot put)
 
Second-team honorees – Cambrea Sturgis (60m), Paula Salmon (60mh), Kenady Wilson (high jump), Sandra Brown (pole vault), Madeleine Akobundu (long jump)
 
Third-team honorees – Kayla Foy (60m), Delecia McDuffie (200m), Tori Ray (400m), G'Jasmyne Butler (mile), Madeleine Akobundu (60mh)
 
 
*First-team All-MEAC honors are giving to the first-place winners. Second-team honors are given to the second-place finisher and third-team honors are given to third place.