2010-11 Track & Field Guide

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2011 Charleston Southern University Track & Field Guide

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March11 Palmetto Classic ................................................................................... Mt. Pleasant, S.C.11-12 Coastal Carolina Invite ............................................................................... Conway, S.C.24-26 ASICS Winthrop Invitational ...................................................................Rock Hill, S.C.26 Weems Baskin .......................................................................................... Columbia, S.C.April1-2 Pepsi Florida Relays (M) ........................................................................Gainesville, Fla.8-9 Texas Relays (W) ........................................................................................ Austin, Texas8-9 Duke Invitational ...................................................................................... Durham, N.C. 16 Chanticleer Classic (M) .............................................................................. Conway, S.C.21-23 Big South Conf. Championships ...............................................................Lexington, Va.May7 Bob Pollock Spring Invitational (W) .........................................................Clemson, S.C.13-14 North Florida Invitational ..................................................................... Jacksonville, Fla.26-28 NCAA National Champ.-1st Rd ..........................................................Bloomington, Ind.June8-11 NCAA National Champ.-Final Rd .......................................................Des Moines, Iowa23-26 USATF Junior National Champ. .................................................................. Eugene, Ore.23-26 AT&T USA Championship .......................................................................... Eugene, Ore.

January21-22 Virginia Tech Invitational ........................................................................Blacksburg, Va.26 Gamecock Open ....................................................................................... Columbia, S.C.

February4-5 New Balance Collegiate Invite (M) ..................................................................New York, N.Y.4-5 East Tennessee State University Invitational (W) ............................. Johnson City, Tenn.11-12 Tiger Paw Invitational (M) ........................................................................Clemson, S.C.24-25 Big South Conference Championships ......................................................Clemson, S.C.

March5 Virginia Tech Last Chance .......................................................................Blacksburg, Va.11-12 NCAA National Championships ................................................... College Station, Texas

CREDITS:

The 2011 CSU Track and Field Media Guide was produced by the CSU Sports Information Of-fice.

Cover design, layout, content and some photos provided by Blake Freeland, Assistant A.D. (Media). Other photos courtesy of Big South Photos. Special thanks to Coach Tim Langford and Coach Tosha Ansley

Mailing Address: ................. P.O. Box 118087.............................Charleston, SC 29423-8087Founded: ................................................ 1964Enrollment: ........................................... 3,236Nickname: ....................................BuccaneersSchool Colors: ......................... Blue and GoldTrack Facility: ...............Bagwell-Settle TrackLength/Size: ........................400m/Nine LanesAffiliation: .......................... NCAA Division IConference: .................................... Big South

Asst. A.D. / Media (SID): ... Blake Freeland *Freeland’s E-Mail: [email protected]’s Office Phone: ..........843-863-7687Asst. Director of Sports Info.: ...Ashley BaileyBailey’s E-Mail: ............. [email protected]’s Office Phone: .............843-863-7688Sports Information Intern: ......... Philip AllmanAllman’s E-Mail: [email protected] Information Intern: .......... Joe CarmanyCarmany’s E-Mail: ...... [email protected] Fax: ...................................843-863-7676Internet Address: ............ www.csusports.comShipping Address: ........9200 University Blvd. ..........................North Charleston, S.C. 29406* - Denotes Track & Field Contact

Head Men’s Coach: ...................Tim LangfordHead Women’s Coach: ...............Tosha AnsleyHead Cross Country Coach: .. Ryan Thompsonssistant Coach - Throws: ............ Josh AydlettePresident: .................... Dr. Jairy C. Hunter, Jr.V.P. / Student Affairs and Athletics .. Dr. Rick BrewerAthletics Director: ...................... Hank SmallAssoc. A.D. / External Affairs... Cathryn BroderhausenAsst. A.D. / Operations: ......... James BradleyAsst. A.D. / Compliance: ..... Mike HammondAsst. A.D. / Media: ................ Blake FreelandAsst. A.D. / Medical Services .......Brad DrakeBusiness Manager: ................Crystal BoswellAdministrative Asst.:..................... Beth BoyleAthletic Department Phone: .....843-863-7678

Quick Facts ................................................... 12011 Schedules ............................................. 1Coach Tim Langford ..................................... 2Coach Tosha Ansley ...................................... 3Support Staff .............................................. 4-52011 Rosters ............................................... 6-7Athlete Bios ............................................. 8-15CSU Track and Field Hall of Fame ............. 16Records .................................................. 17-18Charleston Southern Information ................ 19About Charleston, S.C. ............................... 20

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Tim Langford took the reins as the CSU Head Men’s Track & Field Coach on August 1, 2003. During his tenure he has elevated the men’s program to a top tier program in the Big South Conference. Imme-diately, Langford went to work, showing his prow-ess as a recruiter by dou-bling his team size with his first recruiting class.

In addition to the increase in the quantity of perform-ers, the quality of performances has also improved. In his first two years, Langford compiled more than sixty conference-scoring performances. In fact, Langford’s athletes have broken every indoor sprint record from the 60 meters to the mile. Since Langford’s arrival, he has had 23 NCAA Regional qualifiers, two NCAA Na-tional qualifiers, two USA Junior National qualifiers and an Olympic Trials qualifier. In addition, he has had three Big South Male Track Athlete of the Year selec-tions, the 2007-08 Big South Indoor Track Freshman of the Year, and has been named the Big South Coach of the Year twice.

Before joining the CSU family, Coach Lang-ford spent two years at fellow Big South Conference member High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. As the Assistant Cross Country & Track & Field coach at High Point, Coach Langford helped the Panthers attain the first ever division I conference championship in cross country. Langford also helped lead the Panthers in attaining numerous individual conference champions and all-conference performanc-es; ranging from the sprints, jumps, and relays. In fact, Langford’s women’s 4x400 meter relay team never lost a conference championship while under his lead-ership. Langford’s athletes also set several Big South Conference meet records; the 4x400 meter relay, and women’s long jump to mention a few.

Langford went to High Point after spending a year at Heritage High School in Lynchburg, Virginia. There he coached several state qualifiers in the sprints and jumps. Langford had an easy transition into coach-ing. This is largely due to being able to coach at his

alma mater where he found comfort in the same sys-tem, and staff, from which he came.

Coach Langford has also experienced a suc-cessful athletic career. As an athlete at Radford Uni-versity, Coach Langford was the first Big South Con-ference Champion in Track & Field in school history. The 5’7” Langford set an indoor conference record in the high jump at 6’10.75”. He won all but one Outdoor Conference Championship in the high jump. Coach also set school records in the high jump, triple jump, 4 x 100m, and 4 x 400m. He scored conference points for the Highlanders in the high, long, and triple jumps, both sprint relays, and the 110m hurdles.

Langford married the former Lisa Holmes on Oct. 18, 2008 and the couple resides in North Charles-ton.

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Tosha N. Ansley came to CSU during the 2001-02 school year, and has changed the CSU & Big South Conference record books. During Ansley’s time at CSU, her athletes have broken every indoor and outdoor sprint, hurdle, jump and throws record with the exception of the weight throw and short hurdles. She has had one NCAA All-East Regional selection, 10 East Regional Qualifiers and 18 East Regional qualifying performances. in 2008, Dionne Gibson earned USTFCCCA All-Amer-ican honors by posting the highest finish (15th) by any CSU athlete in school history at the national meet. Her 2009 4x100m relay team also holds the Big South all-time and championship meet record with a time of 45.42. Last year Gibson set the Big South all-time and Conference meet record with times of 23.54 and 23.68, respectively. Coach Ansley has had a two-time Big South Female Athlete of the Year in Dionne Gibson, the 2008 Big South Indoor Freshman of the Year in Canchettar Delamar, and the 2008 Outdoor Freshman of the Year, Misha Morris. She has had 28 Big South Conference Champions and over 70 All-Conference performances accredited. Her athletes are extremely talented in the classroom as well. Her team has re-ceived four CSU Most Improved Academic Awards, along with one Highest Team GPA Award and has had over 100 scholar athletes.

At the 2008 Big South Outdoor Championships, Ansley coached 21 athletes to all-conference honors and seven individual con-ference champions, one Big South Conference All time/Championship Meet Record in the 4x100m re-lay, as well as honors for Dionne Gibson (Most Out-standing Track Performer) & Misha Morris (Fresh-man of the Year). The second-place finish posted by the Lady Bucs was the best finish since Ansley’s fresh-man year at CSU & highest point total in CSU history (186 pts) earning her Coach of the Year honors.

Prior to returning to CSU, Ansley spent two years at Winthrop University as the men’s and women’s as-sistant Cross Country and Track & Field coach. At Winthrop, she coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and re-lays. During her time there, she coached 24 indoor/out-door school record-holders, 13 conference champions, 38 all-conference performers, and one Junior National qualifier, two Big South Conference Most Outstanding Track Athletes (men/women), one Men’s Track Ath-lete of the Year, 16 Big South Presidential Scholars, and four Dean’s List Scholars.

As a collegian, Ansley established herself as one of the top hurdlers and jumpers at Charleston Southern. She was an eight-time Big South Conference individu-al track and field champion, and earned all-conference honors during each of her four seasons. A four-time track and field team MVP and twice-selected Big South MVP in track, Ansley still holds several school records in indoor and outdoor track competition. On Oct. 27, 2006, she was inducted into the CSU Hall of Fame.

Ansley received her bachelor’s degree in physical education and psychology from Charleston Southern University in 1999. She is Level II certified in sprints, hurdles and relays, and a member of the South Caro-lina Coaches Association, USA Track and Field Asso-ciation & US Track Cross Country Coaches Associa-tion. She resides in Goose Creek, S.C.

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Ryan Thompson joined the Charleston Southern coaching staff for the 2008-09 school year as the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Distance coach. During his time at CSU, Thompson has more than doubled the size of the women’s team, while drastically lowering the average times for both squads.

In 2009, the men’s cross country team posted the fourth-highest team GPA among NCAA Division I programs, earning the NCAA All-Academic Team distinction.

In his first season with the Bucs he coached Andrew King to a victory at the CCU Invita-tional Cross Country Meet, as well as a school record in the indoor mile.

Thompson’s teams have recorded numerous individual top-5 finishes in cross country and on the track, while setting five school records on the track. The points picked up by the dis-tance crew proved vital in the men’s runner-up team finish at the 2009-10 Big South Indoor

Championships.

Prior to coming to CSU, Thompson was the Assistant Men’s Cross Country Coach at the College of Charleston during 2007-08.

Thompson is a 2004 graduate of Mercer University with a B.A. in sociology. He was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team in 2002 and 2003. Upon graduation, Thompson went on to earn his MPA in urban public affairs from the College of Charleston. The Auburn, Ala., native is married to the former Anna Guerin, and the couple is expecting their first child in April, 2011.

Josh Aydlette joined the CSU coaching staff for the 2004-05 season, joining women’s coach Tosha Ansley as former CSU star athletes now coaching at the school. Since he came to CSU, Aydlette’s throwers have earned Team MVP and Most-Improved awards and have been named All-Big South 25 times. Five different school records have fallen a total of 18 times under his watch. At the 2008 Big South Outdoor Championships, Aydlette’s throwers posted 54 points, including 28 points from Jocelyn Davis, who became the first thrower in CSU history to qualify for the NCAA Regionals. The Lady Bucs posted two all-conference athletes in the shot put to mark the first time CSU has had multiple all-conference throwers. Aydlette is no stranger to success in the sport, having been one of the more dominating throwers in school and Big South Conference history during his career. While at CSU, he went undefeated in the weight throw against Big South opponents, won five Big South Championships and was named Big South All-Conference 13 times. Aydlette holds two Big South records, three CSU school records, and was the CSU men’s track MVP in 2001.

After graduating from CSU, Aydlette coached two years at Roanoke College. While there, three athletes won conference titles, broke one conference record, and set five school records. A total of 19 all-conference awards in men’s and women’s were achieved under his tutelage. Aydlette still competes in track during the off-season. Last year he ranked 27th in the world amatuer rankings and placed 7th at the US Invite for National Championships in San Francisco at the 138th Pleasanton Games. He competes in the Highland Games and was invited to compete in the 2007 Amateur World Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. There, he placed sixth out of eight competitors from the U.S.A., Scotland and Canada. He had a competitive record of 7-3 in the games. When not throwing, Aydlette is an avid surfer, having the chance to surf on Hawaii’s hallowed North Shore during his honeymoon. Recently, Aydlette was featured on America Idol and had his picture published in US Weekly Magazine. He also works with local inner city high schools with at-risk youth as a Student Concerns Specialist.

DISTANCE COACH RYAN THOMPSON

THROWS COACH JOSH AYDLETTE

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The 2010-11 school year marks Blake Freeland’s seventh year at Charleston Southern, and his second as Assistant Athletics Director for Media, having recently been promoted from Sports Information Director. He also served two years (2004-06) as As-sistant Sports Information Director. He is the main contact for the football, cross country, and track & field programs, while overseeing the coverage of all 16 Division I teams. In seven years, Freeland has had the chance to serve as the main contact for every sport. He has hosted the Big South Women’s Soccer Championship twice, the 2010 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and has also helped out at the Southern Conference Basketball tourna-ment. Under his direction, the Buccaneers have had three AP All-American selections in football, the school and conference’s first-ever Allstate AFCA Good Works Team selec-tion, a Draddy Trophy Semifinalist and two finalists for the ADA postgraduate scholar-ship. Freeland has also directed the publication efforts for two Atlanta Area Boy Scout Peach of an Athlete selections, a Lowe’s Senior CLASS finalist in baseball and a Johnny Bench Watch List selection. He has overseen a redesign of the athletics Web site and has started a number of new media projects for the department, including a Facebook fan page, Twitter and YouTube sites. He started and maintains the athletic department’s blog as well. He is a member of CoSIDA, serving on the publications committee, and will serve as the chairman of the Big South Football SIDs in 2010-11 and 2011-12. Married July 2007 to the former Katie Davis, the couple lives in North Charleston and welcomed a son, Beckett, in April 2011.

Tobias “Tobi” Jacobi was named the department’s head strength and conditioning coach prior to the 2008-09 school year. Having grown up in Georgia, Jacobi returns to the Southeast after having served for almost two years at Kent State in the same ca-pacity. At KSU, Jacobi coordinated the strength and conditioning programs for foot-ball and women’s field hockey. Prior to moving to Kent State, Jacobi spent more than five years in the Southern Conference, working in the strength and conditioning programs at Western Carolina and Elon. In four years as the strength and conditioning coordinator at WCU, Jacobi was key in developing floor plans and facility layouts for new strength facilities in addition to coordinating workouts for the department. Before going full time at Elon, he served in a graduate assistant role at Cumber-land University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Jacobi earned a bachelor of science degree in physical education from Cumber-land, where he was a four-year letterman on the football team. He and his wife, April, have two daughters, Syd-ney (4) and Millie (1).

Dannetta Felder works as the Intern Athletic Trainer at Charleston Southern Uni-versity. She provides daily care, rehabilitation and injury prevention for the football, track & field, and cross country teams. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Cali-fornia State University, Long Beach for Kinesiology: Athletic Training in 2009. She completed a one year internship at California State University, Fresno during the 2009-2010 academic year, working with the Cross Country and Track & Field team. Originally from Vallejo, Calif., she is a five time National Champion in Tae Kwon Do. She plans on starting her Master’s Degree in the Fall of 2011.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH TOBI JACOBI

TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETIC TRAINER DANNETTA FELDER

ASSISTANT A.D. - MEDIA/SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR BLAKE FREELAND

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Name Event Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School (Previous School)Hannah Burkholder Distance 5-2 Fr. Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs HSLavemia Cameron Sprints - So. Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern (St. Augustine)Sequoya Casey Jumps 5-7 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HSAdrienne Cuff Distance 5-5 So. Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill HSMary Davidson Distance 5-6 Fr. Landrum, S.C./Spartanburg Christian AcademyHeidi Dean Distance 5-2 So. Florence, S.C./The Kings Academy (Winthrop)Ellynn Decker Jumps 5-7 So. Greer, S.C./Riverside HSMary Elliott Mid.-Dist - Fr. Clermont, Fla./First Academy of LeesburgTracey Epley Distance 5-4 Sr. Columbia, S.C./Pelion HSTamisha Foster Jumps 5-6 So. Blackstock, S.C./Fairfield Central HSBrittney Greer Sprints 5-2 Sr. Greenville, S.C./Wade HamptonBreeann Guerra Throws 6-1 So. McAllen, Texas/McAllen Rowe HSTia Habersham Throws 5-5 Sr. Sheldon, S.C./Battery Creek HSGabrielle Houston Sprints 5-7 Jr. Springfield, Ga./Effingham County HSDeona Jones Jumps 5-6 So. Cottondale, Fla./Cottondale HSSusanna McKee Distance 5-4 So. Statesboro, Ga./Statesboro HSVaoleti Mikaele Throws 6-0 Fr. Kaneohe, Hawaii/Kaimuki HSRachel Moss Distance 5-5 Sr. Florence, S.C./West Florence HSMorgan Nieto Distance 5-3 Fr. Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham HSPatria Norman Multis 5-3 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HSEloisa Parades Distance 5-8 So. Clifton, N.J./Clifton HS (Seton Hall)Riyadh Smith Sprints 5-8 Fr. Philadelphia, Pa./Robeson HSDaisy Whitaker Throws 5-10 Fr. Camden, S.C./Camden HSTenasia White Throws 5-10 So. Summerville, S.C./Summerville HS (Coastal Caro.)Hallie Wright Distance 5-4 So. Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill HS Head Track Coach: Tosha Ansley (Charleston Southern, 1999)Assistant Coach (Jumps): A.J. Scott (Charleston Southern)Assistant Coach (Distance): Ryan Thompson (Mercer, 2004)Assistant Coach (Throws): Josh Aydlette (Charleston Southern, 2002)

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Name Event Ht. Cl. Hometown/High School (Previous School)Lavon Allen Jumps 5-10 160 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Rockdale County HS (Clemson)Michael Bailey Distance 5-5 125 Fr. Chesapeake, Va./Greenbrier Christian Acad.Jordan Barton Jumps 6-0 150 Fr. Ellenwood, Ga./Strong Rock HSShaun Bisson Distance 5-10 132 So. Sarnia, Ontario, Canada/St. Clair SSBenjamin Bowles Multis 6-1 183 Jr. Stuttgart, Germany/Patch HSAvery Coe Sprints 5-7 147 Fr. Darlington, S.C./Mayo HS for MSTBaxley Crosby Pole Vault 5-10 145 Fr. Charleston, S.C./Bishop EnglandRichie German Throws 5-11 220 Fr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Wando HSJesse Huff Distance 5-6 120 Jr. Iva, S.C./Crescent HSChavez James Hurdles 5-10 166 Fr. Harleyville, S.C./Woodland HSRozzie Johnson Sprints 5-8 175 Fr. Statham, Ga./Winder Barrow HSAndrew King Distance 6-1 155 Sr. Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna HSJermal McClendon Sprints 6-1 178 Fr. Hialeah, Fla./Miami Northwestern HSScott Morrison Distance 6-1 156 Fr. Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg Area SHSCameron Parker Sprints 6-3 185 Fr. College Park, Ga./Decatur HSZack Pociatek Throws 6-2 200 Jr. Lexington, S.C./Lexington HSEdward Ponton Sprints 5-10 190 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HSAnthony Ransom Sprints - Fr. Fort Worth, Texas/Cory Rhodes Sprints 5-10 165 Jr. Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek HSJulius Rice Sprints 5-10 160 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Decatur HSMarcus Schoultz Sprints 5-6 160 So. Aiken, S.C./South Aiken HSChris Seigler Distance 5-10 130 Sr. Aiken, S.C./Aiken HSMatt Smith Distance 6-0 165 So. Auburn, Ala./Auburn HSDantwan Spreads Sprints 5-9 150 So. Decatur, Ga./Dutchtown HSJuan Thompson Sprints 6-0 165 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman HSCornelius Tyler Sprints 6-1 175 Sr. Silvania, Ga./Screven CountyAnthony Ward Sprints 5-11 185 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Chapel Hill HSJavon Young Sprints 5-8 150 Jr. Swainsboro, Ga./Swainsboro HS

Head Track Coach: Tim Langford (Radford, 2000)Assistant Coach (Distance): Ryan Thompson (Mercer, ‘04)

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CSU: Competed in every race for CSU … ran a season-best 29:24.30 at the Charlotte Invitational … fin-ished in the top-50 in four different events, including 41st at the Citadel Invitational.

High School: Ran for Coach Al-len Burnham at Aiken HS … also a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Allen and Ann Seigler … majoring in business management with a minor in Chris-tian leadership.

CSU: Holds the school record in the indoor mile, the indoor 3,000m run and was part of the indoor 4,000m distance medley team that set the record ... also holds the 10,000m outdoor record.

High School: Was a member of the state runner-up 4X800m relay team under the direction of Coach Chuck Parker … relay team set the school record with a time of 8:04.09 … all-state selection in track as well as the school cross country MVP twice … three-time all-region se-lection … also a member of the basketball team.

Personal: Born June 29 … son of Rick and Genny King … majoring in elementary education at CSU with hopes of teaching and coach-ing.

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ANDREW KING Distance 6-1 155 Sr.

Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna HS Distance 5-10 130 Sr.

Aiken, S.C./Aiken HSCSU: Holds the Big South 200m meet record (21.27) … along with teammate Javon Young earned the school’s first-ever bids to the NCAA Indoor National Champion-ships in 2009-10.

High School: Three-time state par-ticipant for Coach Rib Campbell at Screven County HS … state cham-pion in the 200 and 400m dash in 2007 … earned all-region honors in the 400m and 200m dash events … also a member of the football team earning all-region honors as a de-fensive end.

Personal: Son of Lisa and Ray-mond Tyler … majoring in kine-siology and sociology with hopes of becoming a collegiate track and field coach.

CORNELIUS TYLER Sprints 6-1 175 Sr.

Silvania, Ga./Screven County HS

CSU: Has a personal best of 50.34m in the hammer throw and 14.30m in the weight throw.

High School: Averaged 125 feet in the discus and also competed in the 400m dash … named the LHS Best Discus Thrower and set the school record with a mark of 144 feet … also a two year member of the foot-ball team playing linebacker and tight end.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology and biology at CSU.

ZACK POCIATEK Throws 6-2 200 Jr.

Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS



CSU: Finished third at the Or-ange and Purple Classic last year with a season-best long jump of 7.25m and was third in the event at the Big South Championships … transferred to CSU from Clemson University

High School: Ran 21.8 seconds in the 200m dash and 49.7 seconds in the 400m dash ... bests were 23-11 in the long jump, and 47-3 in the triple jump … was also a member of the cross country and wrestling squads at Rockdale County HS.

Personal: Son of Vernita and Eric Allen.

LAVON ALLEN Jumps 5-10 160 Jr.

Atlanta, Ga./Rockdale County HSCSU: Finished third and earned all-conference honors in the decathlon at the 2011 Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships ...

BENJAMIN BOWLES Multis 6-1 183 Jr.

Stuttgart, Germany/Patch HSCSU: Named to the Dean’s List … ran in six of the team’s seven cross country meets of the year … earned the men’s cross country most-im-proved award during 2008 … also awarded the team’s sportsmanship award from Coach Ryan Thompson

High School: Went to Crescent High School where he ran under Coach Allison Rainey.

Personal: Majoring in religion at CSU with hopes of becoming a missionary after graduation … son of Sharron and Hal Huff.

JESSE HUFF Distance 5-6 120 Jr.

Iva, S.C./Crescent HS

CSU: A member of the jumps crew, has competed in the long jump and triple jump events for the Bucs.

High School: Holds multiple records at Goose Creek HS, where he ran for CSU Hall of Fame Coach Jim Settle … was a member of the 4x100m relay team that qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals … named the team captain and MVP as a junior and a senior and helped lead his team to the first County Champion-ship … made it to the state meet in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays … earned all-county, all-region and all-state hon-ors in four different sprinting events and was an A-Honor Roll student.

Personal: Son of Ira Sr., and LaTonya Rhodes … majoring in kinesiology and psychology at CSU.

CORY RHODES Sprints 5-10 165 Jr.Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek HS

CSU: Finished fifth in the 400m dash at the 2010 Big South Cham-pionships and also competes on the 4x400m relay team.

High School: Three-time region champion in the 4X400m relay … finished fourth in the state as a sophomore in the 4X400m relay … as a senior, ran a 41.3 in the 4X100m relay, which was the sec-ond-best time in the country.

Personal: Son of Angie and Ellis Jones … majoring in business and kinesiology.

JUAN THOMPSON Sprints 6-0 165 Jr.

Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman HSCSU: Holds personal bests of 6.94 (60m), 10.61 (100m), 21.7 (200m) … was the only freshman to go to Junior Nationals in 2009.

High School: Ran PRs of 10.94 (100m), 22.2 (200m) and 50.1 (400m) at CHHS for Coach Kelly Williams … earned a spot on the principal’s list three years and earned his college prep diploma … also earned the Tyler Smith Schol-arship Award.

Personal: Son of Craig and Ellen Ward … majoring in biology-pre-med and psychology at CSU with hopes of becoming a doctor.

ANTHONY WARD Sprints 5-11 185 Jr.

Atlanta, Ga./Chapel Hill HSCSU: Holds the school record in the 55m dash and 60m dash in-doors, the 100m and 200m dashes outdoors and was part of the re-cord-setting 4x200m relay team ... two-time NCAA Indoor qualifier and two-time Big South Track Per-former of the Year.

High School: As a junior, finished as the state runner-up in the 100m and 200m dashes, helping lead his SHS team to a state championship under Coach Brice Hobbs … won the 200m state championship as a senior … holds the school record in the 100m and 200m dash events … also a four-year member of the football and wrestling teams.

Personal: Son of Joyce McNear and Al Young.

JAVON YOUNG Sprints 5-8 150 Jr.

Swainsboro, Ga./Swainsboro HS

High School: Holds a personal best 12-6 in the pole vault ... tied for sixth in the state in the pole vault in 2008 and was the state runner-up in 2010, earning all-state honors ... was a member of the 4x400m re-lay team that finished fourth in the state in 2009 ... named a 2010 team captain and helped his team earn the 2009 state championship ... was also a varsity swimmer for all four years of high school, running cross country for one year and helping his team win the state champion-ship.

Personal: Son of Alicia and Kevin Crosby ... majoring in criminal jus-tice at CSU.

BAXLEY CROSBY Pole Vault 5-10 145 Fr.

Charleston, S.C./Bishop England



CSU: Competed in every cross country race for the Bucs … fin-ished 15th at the Citadel Invite on September 26 … best time of the season was 27:24.40 the next week at the Charlotte Invitational.

High School: Ran for Coach Scott Burns at St. Clair SS … four-time honor student and twice named the track MVP, earning the honor once for cross country.

Personal: Son of Kathy and Dave Bisson … majoring in history and political science.

SHAUN BISSON Distance 5-10 132 So.

Sarnia, Ontario/St. Clair SSCSU: Competes in multiple sprint events, and was part of the 4x100m relay team at the Shamrock Invita-tional ... added points in the 100m dash at Conference last year with a seventh place finish in the event.

High School: Won the team MVP and Hard Worker Awards … also named the team captain … earned all-region honors as a member of the 4X100m relay team.

Personal: Born Aug. 18 and is the son of Alex and Katherine Schoultz … majoring in computer engineer-ing at CSU.

MARCUS SCHOULTZ Sprints 5-6 160 So.

Aiken, S.C./South Aiken HSCSU: Ran a season-best 27:37.80 at the Citadel Invite, dropping more than 30 seconds off his time at the first meet of the season.

High School: Ran at the same high school as Coach Ryan Thompson … named the 2005 Auburn High School Rookie of the Year.

Personal: Son of Kent and Beverly Smith … majoring in athletic train-ing.

MATT SMITH Distance 6-0 165 So.

Auburn, Ala./Auburn HSCSU: Ran personal bests of 10.51 in the 100m dash, 21.04 in the 200m dash and was the 2010 CSU Team MVP ... qualified for the NCAA First Round in the 100m dash, 200m dash and as part of the 4x100m relay team.

High School: Four-time MVP at Dutchtown High School, where he ran for coach Isaiah Hill Coun-ty Champion in the 200m and 400m three years in a row (2006-2008) setting the county record in both events … holds five differ-ent school records (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 5,000).

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology and business ... son of Denise Rogers

DANTWAN SPREADS Sprints 5-9 150 So.

Decatur, Ga./Dutchtown HS

High School: Earned team MVP honors for cross country in 2008 and 2009 from Coach C.B. Bell at Greenbrier Christian Academy … earned MVP honors for indoor and outdoor track in 2009 and 2010 … VISCA cross country district II champion in 2009 … earned all-state honors in the 3,200m run in 2009 and 2010 … named the TCIS conference runner of the year in 2009 for cross country and in 2009 and 2010 for outdoor track … holds the GCA records for the 1,000m, 1,500m, 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m events.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Janine Bailey.

MICHAEL BAILEY Distance 5-5 125 Fr.Chesapeake, Va./Greenbrier Christian

High School: Was the state cham-pion in the triple jump and as part of the 4x400m relay team … fin-ished third in the state in the long jump … played on the football, baseball and basketball teams as well, earning all-region honors in football for the 2009 season.

Personal: Son of Tammy and Da-vid Barton.

JORDAN BARTON Jumps 6-0 150 Fr.

Ellenwood, Ga./Strong Rock HSHigh School: Set the triple jump and 4x400m relay records for Coach Charlie Poole … named the Most Valuable Jumper three years in a row and earned five letters.

Personal: Son of Joseph and Mar-tha Coe … majoring in math educa-tion at CSU.

AVERY COE Sprints 5-7 147 Fr.Darlington, S.C./Mayo HS for MST

High School: Lettered three years in track, earning two more letters on the football field … placed second in the region in the shot put and at the Charleston County Championship, and placed third in the discus at the CCC … named a scholar-athlete and earned a spot on the honor roll … also earned the Captain Richard G. Cliff Memo-rial Scholarship, the Moultrie High School Reunion Scholarship and the Todd Carter Memorial Scholar-ship .

Personal: Son of Linda and Rod-ney German … majoring in crimi-nal justice at CSU with hopes of becoming an FBI CSI agent.

RICHIE GERMAN Throws 5-11 220 Fr.

Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Wando HS



High School: Ran 15.79 in the 110 hurdles and 61.90 in the 400 hurdles at Woodland High School under Coach Jackie Bryant … was the region 6 AA Conference cham-pion in the 110 hurdles in 2009 and 2010 … also a member of the WHS football team.

Personal: Son of Angelo and Elaine James … majoring in math-ematics education with hopes of becoming a high school math teacher.

CHAVEZ JAMES Hurdles 5-10 166 Fr.

Harleyville, S.C./Woodland HSHigh School: Graduated with hon-ors while running track for Coach Sam Stovall.

Personal: Son of ARhonda Lytle and Ken Johnson … majoring in engineering at CSU.

ROZZIE JOHNSON Sprints 5-8 175 Fr.

Statham, Ga./Winder Barrow HSHigh School: Cleared 6-8 in the high jump and ran personal bests of 37.6 (300m hurdles), 14.6 (110m hurdles) and 1:59 (800m) … was the GMAC 300m hurdle cham-pion and the Texas Relays 4x400m champion … also a member of the Miami Northwestern football pro-gram.

Personal: Son of Debra Dun-woody.

JERMAL MCCLENDON Sprints 6-1 178 Fr.

Hialeah, Fla./Miami Northwestern

High School: Two-time district and conference medalist in the 4x800m relay … named the cross country and track captain as a senior for Coaches Bob Walker and John Ambrosio … ran personal bests of 1:59 (800m), 4:32 (mile) and 16:36 (5k).

Personal: Son of Karen Si-gler and Lew Morrison … sister Sarah Morrison runs at Villanova University … majoring in youth minis-tries at CSU.

SCOTT MORRISON Distance 6-1 156 Fr.Chambersburg, Pa./Chambersburg SHS

High School: Holds per-sonal bests of 10.8 (100m), 21.4 (200m) and 48.4 (400m) … set four school records for Coaches Price Jones and Tony Bennett at Decatur HS … earned MVP honors three times … also a member of the varsity bas-ketball team for two sea-sons.

Personal: Son of Angela Butts and Ron Parker … majoring in kinesiology and psychology at CSU with hopes of becoming a physi-cal therapist.

CAMERON PARKER Sprints 6-3 185 Fr.College Park, Ga./Decatur HS

High School: Earned a spot in the state finals on multiple occasions … also named the Rookie of the Year by Coach Robert Wilson … earned MVP and team captain of the track program … won the 4x400 meter relay in the Junior Olympics in 2004.

Personal: Son of Edward and Shynita Ponton … ma-joring in kinesiology and psychology.

EDWARD PONTON Sprints 5-10 190 Fr.

Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HSNo information provided

ANTHONY RANSOM Sprints Fr.

Fort Worth, TexasHigh School: Named the hurdler of the year at DHS under Coaches Freddie and Price Jones … earned the 2010 all-region champion-ship in the 300m hurdles and was fourth in state in the same event.

Personal: Son of Lisa and Patrick Rice … majoring in accounting with hopes of becoming a CPA.

JULIUS RICE Sprints 5-10 160 Fr.

Atlanta, Ga./Decatur HS

CSU: Earned the 2007-08 CSU Women’s Track and Field Sports-manship Award … also the 2008-09 Women’s Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year … has been a CSU Schol-ar-Athlete five times and a member of the Dean’s List three semesters ... Placed 8th in the weight and 9th in the shot… Just missed all-con-ference by placing 4th in the ham-mer and discus… She placed 9th in the shot put… Scholar-Athlete

High School: Posted the school re-cord at Battery Creek High School, earning MVP honors after finish-ing third at state in 2007 … had the highest GPA on the women’s track and field team and women’s bas-ketball team with a perfect 4.0, and was the female athlete of the year in 2007.

Personal: Daughter of Gwendolyn Habersham … majoring in psy-chology and sociology with hopes of becoming a counselor after grad-uation.

CSU: Went to the 2009 NCAA Championships as an alternate for the 4x100m relay team that shat-tered the Big South record and earned All-American honors ... finished in the top-eight of the Big South Outdoor Championships in 2009 and earned all-conference honors in 2010 as part of the cham-pionship 4x100m relay team.

High School: Earned six letters at Wade Hampton High School, earn-ing the Greenville Championship in the 100m and 200m dashes, as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m relays and the triple jump ... was a state qualifier all four years and MVP four of the six years in which she was competing ... named the team captain at Wade Hampton and still holds the 100m dash record.

Personal: Daughter of William and Sytrena Greer.

CSU: Consistent runner for CSU, running a season-best 23:59 at the Blue Hose Invite, where she also carded a 26th-place finish, her highest of the season.

High School: Named to the all-area team as a sophomore, earning all-region honors as a freshman and sophomore … awarded the Coach’s Award and named a team captain as a junior and senior on the cross country team … also ran track and was a two-time team captain as well as an all-area and state quali-fier in the pole vault … member of the 4X800m relay team that earned all-region recognition and was se-lected for the high school Who’s Who for sports … a member of the honor roll, she was selected for Palmetto Girls State and was in the top-five percent of her graduating class.

Personal: Daughter of Max and Laura Epley, she is majoring in nursing at CSU and hopes to spe-cialize in pediatrics trauma.

CSU: Named a CSU Scholar-Ath-lete in the spring of 2008.

High School: Had a personal-best of 22:07 in the 5,000m … also a four-time letter winner in soccer, and was named the team captain … earned all-region honors in soccer and cross country and was a Board of Trustees Scholar.

Personal: Daughter of John and Vicki Moss … majoring in math-ematics with a minor in biology … came to CSU because it is a small Christian school with a good nurs-ing program ... favorite food is pasta, book is Lord of the Flies and movie is Mega Shark and the Giant Octopus.



TRACEY EPLEY Distance 5-4 Sr.

Columbia, S.C./Pelion HS

BRITTNEY GREER Sprints 5-2 Sr.Greenville, S.C./Wade Hampton HS

TIA HABERSHAM Throws 5-5 Sr.

Sheldon, S.C./Battery Creek HS

RACHEL MOSS Distance 5-5 Sr.

Florence, S.C./West Florence HS



High School: Attended Spartan-burg High School where she par-ticipated in Track and Field & Bas-ketball.

Personal: Daughter of Bernard Casey ... majoring in premed ... born Aug. 27.

SEQUOYA CASEY Jumps 5-7 Jr.

Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HSCSU: Competed at Junior Nation-als in 2009 and was the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay team that finished eighth in the nation and earned All-American honors …. Big South champion in the 100m dash in 2010 … holds the school record in the 100 meter dash.

High School: Named the best fe-male runner four years in a row at ECHS while competing for Coach Michael Ward and Coach Nate Hayes … earned state runner-up honors in 2006 and 2008.

Personal: Daughter of Pamala and Patrick Wallace … majoring in psy-chology with a minor in sociology.

GABRIELLE HOUSTON Sprints 5-7 Jr.Springfield, Ga./Effingham County HS

CSU: Named the 2011 Outdoor Field Performer at the Big South Championships after winning the long jump, finishing second in the heptathlon, and placing third as part of the 4x100m relay team.

High School: Attended Spartan-burg HS where she participated in Volleyball and Track & Field.

Personal: Daughter of Michelle Mack… majoring in Nursing… born May 9

PATRIA NORMAN Multis 5-3 Jr.

Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HSNo information provided

LAVERNIA CAMERON Sprints So.

Miami, Fla./Miami Northwestern

CSU: Earned MVP honors for the cross country team … was the top finisher on the team in each race, finishing with a season-best 19:21.66 at the USC Upstate Invi-tational on October 17.

High School: Ran for Coach Marc Pyrc at Fort Mill HS … joins high school teammate Hallie Wright on the CSU roster … earned the 2008 Cross Country Coaches’ Award and was the 2009 track and field MVP … helped lead her 2008 cross country team to a runner-up finish at the S.C. State Meet.

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Nancy Cuff .. majoring in kinesiol-ogy.

ADRIENNE CUFF Distance 5-5 So.

Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill HSPrevious School: Spent one year at fellow Big South member Winthrop … ran a personal best 5:15 in the 1,500m run for the Eagles … earned All-Eagle Academic/Athletic team honors.

High School: Holds The Kings Acad-emy school record in the cross country 5K (20:33) … earned all-region and all-state honors all four years of high school while running for Coach Matt Terrio … broke her own school record three times as a senior… earned the team’s Runner of the Year award as a senior and was a High School Sports Report all-state selection.

Personal: Daughter of Barry and Tari Dean … majoring in athletic training at CSU.

HEIDI DEAN Distance 5-2 So.

Florence, S.C./The Kings AcademyCSU: Competed in the heptath-lon with a 13th-place finish at the ASICS/Winthrop Invitational … Finished 15th in the Javelin at the Weems Baskin … named to the 2009-10 Dean’s List and a CSU scholar-athlete.

High School: Holds the high jump record (5-2) at Riverside High School, where he jumped for Coach Eric Cummings … also a member of the 4x100m relay that took fifth at the state championships in 2005 … two year captain earning six track and field letters and one letter for the cross country team.

Personal: Daughter of Maureen Decker … majoring in bio premed at CSU.

ELLYNN DECKER Jumps 5-7 So.

Greer, S.C./Riverside HSCSU: Competed at the USATF Ju-nior Championships, placing 13th overall in the triple jump … PR came in the NC A&T Invitational with a seventh-place finish and a leap of 38-6.25 ft … led the team and finished fourth in the Big South with a leap of 38-2.00 ft at the Big South Championship.

High School: Finished second in the South Carolina State Cham-pionship in the long jump and the triple jump for Coach Jolly at Fair-field Central HS … ran a personal best 13.08 in the 100m dash at the Region 4-3A meet.

Personal: Daughter of Tawanna and Micheal Foster … majoring in nursing at CSU.

TAMISHA FOSTER Jumps 5-6 So.Blackstock, S.C./Fairfield Central HS

High School: Earned all-state honors all four years under Coach Steve Conway … ran a personal-best 20:14 in the 5K and 5:51 in the 1600m run … named all-state by the High School Sports Report … also a member of the soccer and basketball teams at Spartanburg Christian.

Personal: Daughter of Timothy and Dorothy Davidson.

MARY DAVIDSON Distance 5-6 Fr.Landrum, S.C./Spartanburg Christian

CSU: Competed in four events for the Lady Bucs with her best time coming in the first race of the year, running 22:07 at the Eye Opener on September 5 … also earned a spot on the Dean’s List.

High School: Earned the Coach-es’ and most-improved awards … named a captain on the track team as a senior … helped lead her swim team to a state championship and her cross country team to a state runner-up finish … also a member of the Beta Club.

Personal: Daughter of Kim and Doug Wright … majoring in crimi-nal justice at CSU.

HALLIE WRIGHT Distance 5-4 So.

Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill HSHigh School: Holds personal bests of 19:43 (5K), 5:38 (1,600m), 2:33 (800m) and 1:06 (400m) … won the individual state championship race in 2005 in cross country … ran for Coach Steve Olejnik … com-peted on the basketball and soccer teams at BSHS … also a member of the Beta Club, senior hall of fame, senior board and psychology club … finished as the first runner up in the Miss Junior Pageant and second runner up in the Miss Se-nior Pageant.

Personal: Daughter of Eddie and Teresa Burkholder … majoring in health promotion at CSU.

HANNAH BURKHOLDER Distance 5-2 Fr.

Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs HS

Previous School: Came to CSU after transferring from Seton Hall ... earned Dean’s List honors after competing for one year.

High School: Named to the Dis-tinguished Honor Roll at Clifton HS ... holds the indoor and out-door 4x400m record, as well as the 4x800m and sprint medley records ... earned all-area, all-county and all-league honors for cross country and was honorable mention all-decade for cross country .. named all-league and all-county for indoor and outdoor track.

Personal: Daughter of Ivonne Ro-driguez and Jose Paredes

ELOISA PAREDES Distance 5-8 So.

Clifton, N.J./Clifton HS



CSU: Posted a fourth-place fin-ish (10.17m) in the shot put and the discus (36.59m) in outdoors at the Palmetto Classic, leading the team in both events … finished sixth in the discus at the Big South Outdoor Championship in 2010 (38.62m).

High School: Named a team captain at Row HS for Coach Lupe Soza after setting the school records in the dis-cus (128-7 ft) and shot put (37-9 ft) … earned all-region honors in both disciplines as a junior and senior … played third in the region in the dis-cus and was named the FCA Female Athlete of the Year in 2009.

Personal: Daughter of Brenda and Jaime Guerra … religion and busi-ness double major at CSU.

BREEANN GUERRA Throws 6-1 So.McAllen, Texas/McAllen Rowe HS

CSU: Led the team with an eighth-place finish at the CCU Shamrock Invitational with a long jump of 5.48 meters … finished second on the team and fifth overall in the long jump at the Big South Cham-pionship.

High School: Finished third in the state in the long jump at Cottondale HS for Coach Shanitha Pittman … won the long jump in the AAU competition … competed on the basketball team that finished as the state runners-up.

Personal: Daughter of Wanda While and Lonnie Jones … ma-joring in athletic training at CSU with hopes of becoming a physical therapist.

DEONA JONES Jumps 5-6 So.

Cottondale, Fla./Cottondale HSCSU: Top finish was 38th at The Citadel Invitational … ran a sea-son-best 21:14.50 at the USC Up-state Invitational on October 17.

High School: Ran for Coach Rico Campbell at Statesboro HS … named a scholar-athlete, an honor graduate and the best middle-dis-tance runner … had the top rank-ing in the region for the 800m run … still holds the state record in the event for the division 2A GISA.

Personal: Daughter of Don and Sheila McKee ... majoring in pre athletic training.

SUSANNA MCKEE Distance 5-4 So.

Statesboro, Ga./Statesboro HS

Previous School: Transferred from fellow Big South member Coastal Carolina after earning All-Big South honors with a third-place fin-ish at the outdoor championship.

High School: Threw at Summer-ville HS for Coach Jim Kilbreath … finished fifth in the state in the discus as a sophomore, moving up to fourth as a junior and was second in the region and third at the lower state championships … named the captain and female athlete of the year as a junior, earning all-state, MVP, and Elite Thrower honors as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Candice White … majoring in political sci-ence and communication at CSU.

TENASIA WHITE Throws 5-10 So.Summerville, S.C./Summerville HS

High School: Named the MVP and earned the Superintendent Award for track and field at Paul Robeson High School for Human Services ... member of the National Honor Society ... also a member of the cross country team, helping lead her team to the district champion-ship in 2009 and 2010 ... competed in the triple jump, 4x100m 4x400m relays, 400m dash, shot put, high jump and 300m hurdles ... holds the school record in the 4x100m relay and the state record in the 4x400m relay.

Personal: Daughter of Rashe and Charles Smith ... majoring in early childhood education at CSU.

RIYADH SMITH Sprints Fr.

Philadelphia, Pa./Robeson HSCSU: Battled through injuries in her first season, but was a solid competitor in the 400m dash, 800m run and 400m hurdles ... also a member of the distance medley relay.

MARY ELLIOTT Mid.-Dist. Fr.Clermont, Fla./First Acad. of Leesburg

High School: Competed four years for Coach Mona Fa’asoa at Kai-muki High School where she was the state champion in the discus in 2008 and 2009 and the runner-up in 2010 … earned a spot on the honor roll and was named an Outstanding Female Athlete in 2010 … also a four-year member of the volleyball team and a three-year member of the KHS varsity basketball team.

Personal: Daughter of Tomuk and Lupeolo Mikaele.

VAOLETI MIKAELE Throws 6-0 Fr.

Kaneohe, Hawaii/Kaimuki HSHigh School: Held personal bests of 20:56 (5K), 5:53 (1,600m) and 8:43 (2,000m steeplechase) for Coach Stan Clark … competed on the swim team and was also a member of Tri-M, Beta Club, Na-tional Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society at SOHS.

Personal: Daughter of Andy and Debi Nieto … majoring in kinesi-ology at CSU … favorite food is chocolate oranges, book is The Poi-sonwood Bible, movie is A Beauti-ful Mind, place to visit is Colorado.

MORGAN NIETO Distance 5-3 Fr.Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham HS



High School: Graduated with hon-ors after competing on the track and basketball teams at Camden High School … earned the MVP, Most Improved and Hustle awards on the basketball court, and was awarded the 2008-09 Sportsmanship Award … finished third in the state in the discus in 2008-09, becoming the state champion in 2009-10 earning Female Athlete of the Year honors for her high school and in the state.

Personal: Daughter of Dellia Whitaker … majoring in elemen-tary education at CSU.

DAISY WHITAKER Throws 5-10 Fr.

Camden, S.C./Camden HS



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Tosha Ansley, 1999 .......................................... Induction date: September 20, 2006

Irving Batten, 1986 .....................................................Induction date: April 30, 2001

Buddy Britt, 1970 .................................................... Induction date: October 1, 2004

James Causey, 1969 .................................................... Induction date: May 9, 1989

Marc Embler, 1979 .....................................................Induction date: April 17, 2002

Mike Frost, 1969 ........................................................... Induction date: May 3, 1991

Clyde Goode, 1971.....................................................Induction date: April 30, 2001

Glenn Gorton, 1985 ...................................................... Induction date: May 5, 1997

Gene Holland, 1984...................................................... Induction date: May 8, 1995

Ronald Jackson, 1976 .................................................. Induction date: May 4, 1990

Kenneth Layne, 1974 ................................................... Induction date: May 9, 1989

Tom Lewis, 1972........................................................... Induction date: May 4, 1998

Mike Mauldin, 1969 ...................................................... Induction date: May 9, 1989

James Quinn, 1986 ...................................................... Induction date: May 6, 1996

David Reese, 1969 ....................................................... Induction date: May 6, 1996

Tom Reid, 1976 ............................................................ Induction date: May 9, 1989

Paul Ricciardi, 1976...................................................... Induction date: May 3, 1991

Francis M. Ruchugo, 1980 ........................................... Induction date: May 4, 1998

Thomas Ryall, 1972...................................................... Induction date: May 9, 1989

Charlie Simpkins, 1986................................................. Induction date: May 5, 1997

Mendel Stafford,Jr., 1970 ............................................. Induction date: May 4, 1990

Phil Turner, 1968 .......................................................... Induction date: May 9, 1989

Steve Whitney, 1975 .................................................. Induction date: May 11, 1993

Andrey Wilkins, 1988 .................................................... Induction date: May 5, 1997

Tonya Wilkins, 1990....................................................Induction date: April 17, 2002

John Wimmer, 1972.................................................... Induction date: May 11, 1993

CSU TRACK AND FIELD HALL OF FAME



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EVENTS NAME MARK DATE 55 Meter Dash Roena Ricks 7.02 01/31/2004 60 Meter Dash Dionne Gibson 7.54 02/27/200955 Meter Hurdles Tosha Ansley 8.16 02/21/1998 60 Meter Hurdles Tosha Ansley 8.67 02/21/1999 200 Meter Dash Dionne Gibson 24.15 03/07/2009400 Meter Dash Dionne Gibson 54.60 02/06/2009800 Meter Run Melissa Davidson 2:19.11 02/18/2001Mile Run Carlajane Constantini 5:09.05 02/16/2002 3,000 Meter Run Carlajane Constantini 10:30.99 02/20/2000 5,000 Meter Run Lindsay McPherson 18:16.91 02/16/2002 4 x 400 Meter Relay Odey, Walsh, Thomas, Gibson 3:51.50 02/14/2009Distance Medley Relay Werner, Favinger, Davidson, Wedge 2:30.81 02/18/2001Long Jump Audrika Gadson 5.79m (19-00) 02/19/2005 Triple Jump Audrika Gadson 12.22m (40-1.5) 02/19/2005High Jump Kelli Barber 1.70m (5-6) 02/05/2000 Pole Vault Nicole Husk 3.20m (10-6) 01/14/2005 Shot Put Jocelyn Davis 13.98m (45-10.5) 02/23/2008 Weight Throw Katrell Green 16.60m (54-5) 12/09/2001 Pentathlon Janeen Gudger 3407 points 01/26/2002

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDSEVENTS NAME MARK DATE 100 Meter Dash Gabrielle Houston 11.38 05/07/2010200 Meter Dash Dionne Gibson 23.54 05/17/2008 400 Meter Dash Dionne Gibson 54.39 05/17/2008800 Meter Run Kasey Favinger 2:14.23 04/20/2002 1,500 Meter Run Alicia Walker 4:38.78 04/20/2002 3,000 Meter Run Carlajane Constantini 10:09.12 03/18/2000 5,000 Meter Run Carlajane Constantini 17:53.60 04/10/2002 10,000 Meter Run Theresa Wedge 38:16.55 04/22/2000 100 Meter Hurdles Tosha Ansley 14.12 04/19/1997 400 Meter Hurdles Chidi Walsh 1:01.41 04/18/2008 3000 Meter Steeplechase Carlajane Constantini 10:35.45 03/29/2002 4x100 Meter Relay Gibson, Houston, Morris, Thomas 44.35 06/10/2009 4x200 Meter Relay Gibson, Muller, Delamar, Morris 1:36.24 04/05/20084x400 Meter Relay Walsh, Muller, Morris, Gibson 3:46.15 05/31/2008 4x800 Meter Relay Walker, Ewing, Constantini, Favinger 9:12.18 04/27/20024x1500 Meter Relay Constantini, Ewing, Favinger, Walker 19:07.45 03/29/2002Shot Put Jocelyn Davis 14.37m (47-1.75) 05/17/2008 Discus Jocelyn Davis 42.42m (139-2) 04/21/2007 Javelin Amy McCarty 39.32m (129-0) 04/19/2003 Hammer Jocelyn Davis 53.92m (176-11) 05/16/2008 Long Jump Audrika Gadson 5.82m (19-1.25) 04/15/2005 Triple Jump Audrika Gadson 12.38m (40-7.75) 04/16/2005High Jump Janeen Gudger/ Browning 1.70m (5-70) 4/11/02-3/21/07Pole Vault Nicole Husk 3.2m (10-6) 04/09/2005Heptathlon Patria Norman 4,728 points 05/12/2010

Highlighted records are also Big South overall records



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EVENTS NAME MARK DATE 100 meters Javon Young 10.17 04/02/2010 200 meters Javon Young 20.64 04/02/2010 400 meters Levi Brooks 45.75 05/31/2008 800 meters Anderson Obare 1:49.30 05/06/1978 1,500 meters Glen Gorton 3:43.39 05/11/1985 3,000 meter Steeple Francis Mwobobia 8:54.05 03/31/1979 5,000 meters Al Dunn 14:25.90 03/24/1984 10,000 meters Andrew King 31:59.44 04/16/2009110m Hurdles James Quinn 13.51 05/05/1984 400m Hurdles Jermal McClendon 52.10 04/08/2011 Shuttle Hurdle relay Hodge, Quinn, Kinnebrew, Cooper 57.89 03/26/1983 4 x 100 meter relay Hightower, Spurley, Scott, Rhue 39.97 05/12/2007 4 x 200 meter relay A. Miller, Reid, S. Ricciardi, R. Jackson 1:24.40 04/07/1984 4 x 400 meter relay Tyler, Brooks, Spurley, Rhue 3:07.05 05/31/2008 Sprint Medley relay Cooper, E. Williams, Wilkins, Sydnor 3:19.62 03/16/1984 Distance Medley relay Collins, Wilkins, Batten, Gordon 9:45.28 03/23/1985 3200 meter relay McClure, Sydnor, Batten, Uldrick 7:43.40 03/16/1984 4 mile relay Dunn, Gordon, Terry, Batten 15:29.30 03/16/1984 Pole Vault Steve Whitney 5.02m (16-6) 03/04/1975 High Jump Gene Holland 2.20m (7-3) 03/26/1983 Long Jump Neal Davis 7.70m (25-3) 05/10/1985 Triple Jump Charlie Simpkins 17.17m (56-4) 06/02/1984 Shot Put Billy McElveen 17.88m (52-8) 04/19/1972 Discus Jim Blair 52.27m (171-6) 03/23/1971 Hammer Josh Aydlette 54.07m (177-5) 03/21/2001 Javelin Phil Neilson 73.56m (241-4) 03/10/1979 Decathlon Stephen Schlacter 6,516 points 03/13/2002

Highlighted records are also Big South overall records

EVENTS NAME MARK DATE 55 meter dash Javon Young 6.35 12/05/200955 meter hurdles Anthony Reed 7.82 02/21/199860 meter dash Javon Young 6.64 02/12/201060 meter hurdles Edward Ponton 8.17 01/21/2011200 meter dash Javon Young 21.01 03/12/2010400 meter dash Levi Brooks 46.74 02/05/2010800 meter dash Jonathan Horton 1:55.57 02/19/20054x200 meter relay Tyler, Spreads, Brooks, Young 1:25.47 02/06/20104x400 meter relay Tyler, Brooks, Anderson, Rhue 3:09.89 03/07/2008Mile run Andrew King 4:21.55 01/17/20091600 meter run Jack Morrison 4:56:21 02/07/19983000 meter run Michael Bailey 8:35.38 02/24/20115000 meter run Andrew King 15:03.08 02/28/2010Distance Medley Bisson, Thompson, Harris, King 10:31.94 02/27/2010High Jump Antonio Gantt/Jermal McClendon 2.04m 02/24/2006-02/24/2011Pole Vault Richard Bracken 4.40m 02/24/2006Long Jump Lavon Allen 7.54m 02/05/2011Triple Jump Anthony Reed 15.64 (51-3.75) 01/16/1999Shot Put Josh Aydlette 14.56m 2001Weight Throw James Hayes 17.81m (56-4.5) 02/16/2009

MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS

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The Bachelor of Technology degree pro-vides a liberal arts education and a core of professionally related cognate courses for persons holding an Associate of Science de-gree in an approved technical field.

The Bachelor of Science degree is a four-year degree designed primarily for students concentrating in the social and natural sci-ences and may be earned with a major in any of the following areas:

AppliedMathematics AthleticTraining Biochemistry Biology* BusinessAdministration Chemistry* ComputerScience CriminalJustice EarlyChildhoodEducation Economics* ElementaryEducation History* Mathematics* NaturalScience PhysicalEducation* PoliticalScience* Psychology* SocialScience Sociology* HealthPromotionThe Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) is a 1 + 3 curriculum program and has Full Approval of the S.C. Board of Nursing. It is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.

The Bachelor of Management Arts degree provides a fast track and convenient degree in general business management for non-traditional students. A student transferring in previous college credit hours, accredited work training and military experience could complete the degree program in as little as 20 months.

Graduate degrees are offored in the follow-ing fields:

MasterofBusinessAdministration (with emphases in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems and Or-ganizational Development)Online courses available. MasterofScienceinCriminalJustice MasterofEducation Elementary Secondary Administration

* Teacher certification programs are available for these majors

Charleston Southern University is ac-credited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Charleston Southern is a fully accredited, com-prehensive university offering liberal arts and

professional curricula, including graduate and un-dergraduate degrees. The University, founded in 1964, is included on the John Templeton Founda-tion’s Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges and was named one of America’s Best Christian Colleges. Affiliated with the South Carolina Bap-tist Convention, the University’s vision is inte-grating faith in learning, leading and serving. Charleston Southern has grown from 500 stu-dents to more than 3,000 students in its 46 years. Situated on 300 acres, the University is located in the center of the Charleston metropolitan area. Students take advantage of the cultural, histori-cal and recreational opportunities the city offers. Charleston is a city famous for its well-preserved colonial houses, famous gardens and plantations, miles of wide sandy beaches, and major fine arts events, including the Spoleto Festival USA (a ka-leidoscope of opera, dance, music, theatre, and visual arts). The University is accredited by the Commis-sion on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Students can choose from 38 undergraduate majors and four graduate pro-grams. In addition, our College of Distance and Continuing Education allows students to schedule classes around their busy lifestyles. Each degree program is combined with a comprehensive lib-eral arts foundation, which is designed to develop problem-solving and communication skills. CSU is widely known as a valuable commu-nity leader through its active participation in part-nerships with local schools and businesses.

This is ... CharlesTon souThernBeyond the classroom, students can partici-

pate in a variety of campus activities, in-cluding academic clubs, service organizations, intramural athletics and campus ministries. CSU’s athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division I Big South Conference. Our athletic programs have produced several nationally rec-ognized professional sports figures, including Charlie Simpkins, 1992 Olympic silver medal-ist; Maurice Price and Josh Breeden, who signed as free agents in the NFL; Bryant Burch, who signed with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders; Crystal Carpenter, who signed with the WNBA’s Utah Starzz; R.J. Swindle, who played for the Charleston Riverdogs as a member of the Yan-kees organization and became the first CSU player to ever pitch in a MLB game, joining the Phillies; Tyler Thornburg, who was taken by the Milwaukee Brewers in the third round of the 2010 MLB draft; and Bobby Parnell, who made it to the Majors with the N.Y. Mets. Charleston Southern University is proud to have sent 11 dif-ferent teams to NCAA competition over the past eight years. The women’s golf team is the most recent to represent the University in NCAA post-season play, winning the conference champion-ship in 2010, while men’s tennis is historically the most consistent, having competed in four NCAA tournaments since 1999. In 2008, CSU sent 12 track athletes to the NCAA Regional meet, and were also represented at the 2010 NCAA Indoor National Championships. The University fields teams in basketball, women’s soccer, softball, cross country, baseball, track & field, golf, tennis, and volleyball, as well as an NCAA Division-I football program. In it’s history, CSU has captured 28 Big South Confer-ence championships. In 2009-10, CSU placed more than 40 athletes on the all-conference teams with another four athletes earning all-freshman honors.

Degree Programs

Charleston is America’s most beautifully preserved architectural and historic treasure, with a rich, 300-year history just waiting to be discovered. Hundreds of significant and lovingly preserved structures from the colonial and antebellum periods grace the historic district’s narrow streets. Church bells toll the hour as history unfolds around each and every

corner. In no other place are the past and present more intertwined. The entire Charleston area is a never-ending feast for the senses, with history serving as the main course. Visit Charles Towne Landing, the site where the original settlement was established in 1670. Explore the Charles-ton Museum, our nation’s first museum, or Patriot’s Point, the world’s largest naval and maritime museum and home of World War II’s Fighting Lady, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown. Drive to Fort Moultrie, scene of the first decisive American victory of the American Revolution, and a mainstay of shore defense until 1947. Take a scenic boat tour to Fort Sum-ter, the manmade island fortress where the Civil War began. World-famous plantations and gardens offer visitors a fascinating glimpse into life during the antebellum era. In-formative tours of the Charleston area are of-

fered daily and are a must for all who want to truly appreciate this living museum. The area’s lush sea islands and sun-drenched beaches offer as much recreation or relaxation as your heart desires. Golf is on a world-class level, with challenging courses reflecting the natural beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Charter fishing on the Gulf stream or in-shore waters is readily available. Shopping is one of our vistors’ most passionate pursuits. Marvel at native sweetgrass baskets and handmade crafts found in Charleston’s famous open-air market, or browse through inviting boutiques, art galleries and antique shops found throughout the Charleston area. When it comes to dining, your biggest decision may be just what to try next. Every meal is a celebration of tastes, with a variety that ranges from traditional oyster roasts to fine continental dining. If festivals strike your fancy, you have come to the right place. You will be dazzled by a diverse array of special events. At any time of year, you will always find more to see, do and experience than you ever imagined ... in a place where warm welcomes have been a treasured tradition for over 300 years.

Top10UnitedStatesCitiestoVisit

1. San Francisco 2. Charleston,S.C. 3. Santa Fe 4. New York City 5. Chicago 6. Honolulu 7. Carmel, Calif. 8. Savannah

Source: 2009 Condé Nast Traveler

Charleston, South Carolina“The Holy City”

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2011 INDOOR SCHEDULEJanuary21-22 Virginia Tech Invitational ........................................................................Blacksburg, Va.26 Gamecock Open ....................................................................................... Columbia, S.C.

February4-5 New Balance Collegiate Invite (M) ..................................................................New York, N.Y.4-5 East Tennessee State University Invitational (W) ............................. Johnson City, Tenn.11-12 Tiger Paw Invitational (M) ........................................................................Clemson, S.C.24-25 Big South Conference Championships ......................................................Clemson, S.C.

March5 Virginia Tech Last Chance .......................................................................Blacksburg, Va.11-12 NCAA National Championships ................................................... College Station, Texas

2011 OUTDOOR SCHEDULEMarch11 Palmetto Classic ..................................................................................Mt. Pleasant, S.C.11-12 Coastal Carolina Invite ...............................................................................Conway, S.C.24-26 ASICS Winthrop Invitational .................................................................. Rock Hill, S.C.26 Weems Baskin .........................................................................................Columbia, S.C.April1-2 Pepsi Florida Relays (M) ...................................................................... Gainesville, Fla.8-9 Texas Relays (W) .......................................................................................Austin, Texas8-9 Duke Invitational ......................................................................................Durham, N.C. 16 Chanticleer Classic (M) .............................................................................Conway, S.C.21-23 Big South Conf. Championships .............................................................. Lexington, Va.May7 Bob Pollock Spring Invitational (W) ........................................................Clemson, S.C.13-14 North Florida Invitational ....................................................................Jacksonville, Fla.26-28 NCAA National Champ.-1st Rd .......................................................................Bloomington, Ind.June8-11 NCAA National Champ.-Final Rd ...................................................................Des Moines, Iowa23-26 USATF Junior National Champ. .................................................................Eugene, Ore.23-26 AT&T USA Championship .........................................................................Eugene, Ore.

Documents

2010-11 Track & Field Guide