Compiled from NCAA, ECU and staff reports

East Carolina's Julien Dunkley won the 60-meter dash title in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday.

Dunkley broke the tape in 6.54 seconds, easily outpacing Mississippi State's Pierre Browne (6.60) and Texas's Tre Gardner (6.62), who placed second and third, respectively.

The Westbury, NY, senior's time was only a whisker off the NCAA Meet record of 6.52, set by Marcus Brunson of Arizona State in 1999.

Dunkley also joined ECU sophomores Benjamin Henderson and Darrus Cofield and freshman Michael Hillian on the Pirates 4x400-meter relay team, which earned a 10th place finish on Saturday in a time of 3:09.58.

In capturing the 60-meter dash title, Dunkley became East Carolina's first national champion in any sport since the school moved up from the NAIA ranks to the NCAA four decades ago.

The title was also a first for Pirates track coach Bill Carson, who has produced dozens of All-Americans, including a number of world-class sprinters, since arriving at ECU in 1967.

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