Date Posted: 3/14/2008

MACON, Ga. - Three athletes will be representing the Atlantic Sun Conference at the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field National Championship. Natasha Harvey and Shaquania Lundy of Jacksonville will both compete in the long jump on the women's side, while Gardner-Webb's Elliot Haynie qualified in the men's pole vault.

The championships will be held Friday and Saturday, March 14-15 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, serves as the host.

Harvey and Lundy, both juniors, were a big reason the Dolphins captured their third-straight A-Sun Championship on March 1, as they combined to score 60 of the squad’s 157 points. Harvey and Lundy finished first and second, respectively, in the long jump and triple jump. Harvey won gold again and 60 meter hurdles, and added a bronze in the 60 meters. Lundy performed one-one hundredth of a second better than her teammate to garner second in the 60 meters. Harvey was recognized as the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2008 A-Sun Indoor Track and Field Championship.

Their performances in the long jump at the A-Sun Championship cemented Harvey and Lundy’s spot at the national meet. Harvey set a meet record with a jump of 6.53 meters (21-5.25”), as Lundy went 6.52 meters (21-4.75”). Harvey’s leap gave her the number three ranking in the country, while Lundy’s jump landed her at fourth. On the strength those two performances, Jacksonville climbed to a national ranking of 26, the highest in program history.

Elliott Haynie of Gardner-Webb is the lone male representative for the A-Sun at nationals. The junior from Fairburn, Ga., earned his spot in Fayetteville with a vault of 5.38 meters (17-7.75”) at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet on March 3. His performance was good enough for a third-place finish in the event. He enters nationals with the ninth-highest mark in the country.

At the A-Sun Championships, Haynie cleared a championship record of 5.20 meters (17-0.75”). He added another conference championship and school record to his resume by tallying 4,645 points in a gold medal-effort in the heptathlon.

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a 12-member league committed to Building Winners for Life, with a focus on academic and athletic integrity and a balance between the two for the student-athlete, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun encompasses six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun consists of some of the most dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Gardner-Webb University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.

Related Links:
 • Men's Qualifiers
 • Women's Qualifiers