Central State University Athletics

The Central State University women's track & field team won the NAIA Indoor Championships in March of 1993. A few months later, the Lady Marauders claimed their third straight NAIA Outdoor Championship.

After finishing in second place at the 1992 Indoor Championships, the CSU women arrived to the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium motivated to capture their first indoor title.

CSU was dominant finishing the championships with winners in six of 16 events. CSU finished with a total of 97 points, 32 ahead of second-place Wayland Baptist.

Sherdon Smith won the 800 meter run with a pace of 2:13.80. Smith later won the 1000 meter run, crossing the finish line at 2:35.75.

Carolin Sterling ran a record setting pace of 7.75 to win the 55-meter hurdles. Her mark still holds as the fastest time in NAIA history. She also won the long jump for the third time in her career with a leap of 20 feet, 1 inch.

Layphane Carnagie ran a time of 6.82 to win the 55-meter dash while Audrea Sterling took first place in the 600-yard run for the third year in a row with a pace of 1:25.23.

CSU went on to win its third straight NAIA Outdoor Championship at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

CSU accumulated 132 total points to top host Simon Fraser's 116 points.

Deon Hemmings ran the fastest 400-meter hurdles time in the world at the event, crossing the finish line in 55.14. It was the third time Hemmings had won the event as she broke her own record which was set during the 1993 NAIA preliminaries. Hemmings went on to lead CSU's winning teams in the 4x100 and 4 x400 meter relays. For her efforts, Hemmings was named the meet's Most Outstanding Female Performer.

Two CSU women won multiple individual events. Carnagie won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.62 and the 200-meter dash in 23.78. She also was part of the winning 800-meter relay team with Smith, Sandra Kidd, and Bridgette Edwards.

Carolin Sterling, who was the meet's MVP in 1991 and 1992, won the long jump with an effort of 20 feet, 3.5 inches. She came in first place in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.57.

The Lady Marauders swept the relay events. They ran a 1:40.04 in the 800-meter medley, a 45.46 in the 4x100, and 3:38.24 in the 400-meter relay.

Head coach Joshua Culbreath, a former Olympian and CSU Hall of Fame member, was named NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year.