2010 Middle Tennessee Track and Field Media Guide

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Quick Facts Name: MiddleTennesseeStateUniversity Location: Murfreesboro,Tenn. Enrollment: 25,191 Founded: 1911 Nickname: BlueRaiders Colors: RoyalBlueandWhite President: SidneyA.McPhee Director of Athletics: ChrisMassaroSr. Women’s Administrator: DianeTurnham Main Athletics Phone: 615/898-2450 Web Site: GoBlueRaiders.com Conference: SunBelt Indoor Facilty: MurphyCenter Outdoor Facility: DeanHayesTrackandSoccerStadium

Athletic Communications Director/Assistant AD: MarkOwens Track Contact: ChristianLemon Lemon’s e-mail: [email protected] Lemon’s Office Phone: 615/898-5272 Lemon’s Cell Phone: 901/268-9383 Assistant: JessicaStauffacher Assistant: TravisWoods AC Fax: 615/898-5626 Mailing Address: 1301E.MainSt.,MTSUBox20 Murfreesboro,TN37132 Overnight Address: 1500GreenlandDr. Murfreesboro,TN37132

Head Coach Head Coach: DeanHayes Alma Mater/Year: LakeForest/1959 Hayes’ Office Phone: 615/898-2571 Overall Conference Titles: 44 Sun Belt Titles: 15 NCAA Top 25 Finishes: 18 Coach of the Year Honors: 27

Coaching Staff

Assistant Coach: KeithVroman Alma Mater/Year: EasternKentucky/2000 Vroman’s Office Phone: 615/898-5879 Assistant Coach: AndrewOwusu Alma Mater/Year: Alabama/1996 Owusu’s Office Phone: 615/898-5878 Alma Mater/Year: MiddleTennessee/2005 Assistant Coach: ThomasKeith Alma Mater/Year: MiddleTennessee/1980

ContentsAthletesandCoaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42010Rosters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Men’sBios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Women’sBios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Newcomers’Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192010SeasonPreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22HeadCoachDeanHayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24AssistantCoaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29DeanA.HayesTrackandSoccerStadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30MurphyCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32SportsMedicineFacility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34StrengthandConditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35AcademicEnhancementCenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36ResidenceandDining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372009YearinReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402009IndoorPerformanceChart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442009OutdoorPerformanceChart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462009ChampionshipsResults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482009CrossCountryReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502009CrossCountryResults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52HistoryandRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54MTTrackThroughtheYears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56MiddleTennesseeOlympians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58MiddleTennesseeSchoolRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59MiddleTennesseeAll-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60IndoorConferenceChampions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62OutdoorConferenceChampions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65SunBeltRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69SunBeltTeamChampionships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70BlueRaiderHonorRoll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72WeareMiddleTennessee’sBest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92WhyMiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94SunBeltConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95BlueRaiderAthleticAssociation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96Murfreesboro,Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97PresidentSidneyMcPhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98AthleticDirectorChrisMassaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99GoBlueRaiders.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Mission StatementThe Middle Tennessee athleticprogram is committed to qual-ityathleticsthatbringthecampustogether and promote a sense ofprideandtraditioninacademicandathleticexcellence.Theseprogramsalso bring the University regionaland national recognition and pro-videa linkbetweentheUniversity,its alumni, and the community atlarge. They give students, faculty,and alumni opportunities for in-novative public service activitiesthat better the community. Ath-letics uses financial and physicalresourcestomaintainanddevelopsportsprogramstoaccomplishthemissionoftheUniversity.

CreditsThe 2010 Middle Tennessee TrackMedia Guide is a production ofthe Athletic Communications De-partment. The guide was writtenand designed by Graduate Assis-tant Christian Lemon. Printing byInterstate Printing in Mobile, Ala.CoversdesignedbyDavidLowery,DGL Graphix. Photography pro-vided by Bradley Lambert. Con-tent assistance provided by TravisWoods,JessicaStauffacher,BradleyLambert and Mark Owens. Specialthanks to the Middle Tennesseetrack coaching staff, the Sun BeltConference, opposition sports in-formation contacts and past tracksportsinformationdirectors.

MTSU, a Tennessee Board of Regent university, is an equal opportunity, nonracially identifiable, educational institution that does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities Sp018.

Athletes & Coaches

Athletes & Coaches

2010TeamSchedule 42010BlueRaiderRoster 5Men’sBios 6-12Women’sBios 12-18Newcomers 19-212010Men’sPreview 222010Women’sPreview 23HeadCoachDeanHayes 24-25AssistantCoaches 26-27

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2009-10 Middle Tennessee Schedule

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12 MT Christmas Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

10 TennesseeStateInvitational Nashville,Tenn. 15-16 KentuckyInvitational Lexington,Ky. 23 Blue Raider Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) 29-30 RodMcCraveyMemorial Lexington,Ky.

6 Middle Tennessee Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) 13 MT Valentine Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

27-28 SunBeltIndoorChampionships Murfreesboro,Tenn.(MurphyCenter)

12-13 NCAAIndoorChampionships Fayetteville,Ark.

6 NCAALastChanceInvitational Ames,Iowa

20 RhodesInvitational Memphis,Tenn. 26-27 YellowJacketInvitational Atlanta,Ga.

2-3 TigerTrackClassic Auburn,Ala. 9-10 Sea-RaysRelays Knoxville,Tenn. 10 Boston-MoonInvitational Nashville,Tenn. 16-17 VanderbiltInvitational Nashville,Tenn. 22-24 PennRelays Philadelphia,Pa. 24 WesternKentuckyInvitational BowlingGreen,Ky.

7-9 SunBeltOutdoorChampionships Denton,Texas

14-15 GeorgiaTechInvitational Atlanta,Ga.

28-29 NCAAMideastRegionalChampionships

9-12 NCAAOutdoorChampionships Eugene,Ore.

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Men’s Track and FieldName Event Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)PhilipBenavides Distance 6-1 165 Sr. Knoxville,Tenn.(KnoxvilleCatholicHS)MalcolmBeyah Sprints 5-11 182 Jr. Chamblee,Ga.(ChambleeHS)IsaacBiwott Distance 5-9 130 Jr. BurntForest,Kenya(Kapngetuny)JoshuaButler Jumps 5-11 168 Jr. Glassboro,N.J.(DelseaRegionalHS[NeoshoCountyC.C.])RobertCarter Sprints 5-9 130 Jr. Chattanooga,Tenn.(CentralHS)JustinChambers Sprints 5-9 160 Fr. Acworth,Ga.(KellHS[TheCottageSchoo])FestusChemaoi Distance 5-9 128 Jr. Ainobkoi,Kenya(Kapngetuny)JarellDorsey Sprints 5-6 155 Fr. Baltimore,Md.(CalvertHallCollegeHS[TempleUniv.])DavidEmery Distance 6-3 154 Jr. Pinckney,Mich.(PinckneyHS)RobertEzell Sprints 6-1 155 Jr. Antioch,Tenn.(AntiochHS)MatthewFarris Distance 6-0 170 Fr. Winchester,Tenn.(FranklinCountyHS)StanleyGbagbeke Jumps/Sprints 6-0 154 Jr. Oginibo,Nigeria(Oviorie[DeltaState])SeanGiffin Distance 5-7 145 Fr. Shelbyville,Tenn.(ShelbyvilleCentralHS)RodIssac Sprints 5-11 188 Sr. Miami,Fla.(Miami-DadeCentralHS)VincentJohnson Jumps/Sprints 5-9 160 Fr. Nashville,Tenn.(GlencliffHS)CurtisKing Sprints 5-9 165 Sr. Montgomery,Ala.(JeffersonDavisHS[JohnsonCityCC/PrattCC])ChrisMason Distance 5-10 135 Jr. Auburn,N.Y.(AuburnHS[S.U.N.Y.Delhi])RoscoePayne Hurdles 6-3 172 So. Flint,Mich.(Carman-AinsworthHS)DeRaySloss Hurdles 6-2 194 Sr. Nashville,Tenn.(McGavockHS[Belmont])WilliamSongock Distance 5-9 116 Sr. Moiben,Kenya(UasinGishuHS)AndrewWagner Throws 6-2 175 Fr. Germantown,Tenn.(HoustonHS)JoshuaWheeler Distance 5-10 155 Sr. Milwaukee,Wis.(RiversideHS[Concordia])

Women’s Track and FieldName Event Ht. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)MarlaBailey Distance 5-9 Jr. Barrie,Ontario(BarrieCentralHS)KaylaBryan Distance 5-5 Fr. Knoxville,Tenn.(KarnsHS)BrittanyCox Throws 5-9 Sr. Antioch,Tenn.(GlencliffHS)AnntoinetteDudley Hurdles/Jump 5-11 Fr. Jacksonville,Fla.(TerryParkerHS)SamanthaHunt Distance 5-6 Fr. Gaylord,Mich.(GaylordHS)KiaraHenry Sprints 5-6 So. Atmore,Ala.(EscambiaCountryHS)AmberJackson MiddleDistance 5-7 Fr. Chicago,Ill.(EvanstonTownshipHS)AmberKassuba Distance 5-4 Fr. Vanderbilt,Mich.(GaylordHS)SarahNambawa Jumps 5-5 Sr. Kampala,Uganda(NdejjeUniversity)ChericeRobertson Hurdles/Jump 5-8 r-Jr. Memphis,Tenn.(RidgewayHS)AlissaRuggle Distance 5-2 Fr. Mahattan,Kan.(RileyHS)ZamzamSangau Distance 5-6 Sr. Kampala,Uganda(KyambogUniversity)RispahSang Distance 5-2 Fr. Kericho,Kenya(KabokyekAdventistSecondary)JacklineSerem Distance 5-1 So. RiftValley,Kenya(SachoHS)StephanieSmith Distance 5-4 Fr. Aurora,Ontario(Dr.G.W.WilliamsS.S.)CarolineTanui Distance 5-2 Fr. Eldoret,Kenya(LoretoHS)MeLynThompson Throws 5-6 Sr. Chattanooga,Tenn.(GirlsPrepatorySchool)KortneyThurman Jumps/Sprints 5-7 Jr. PowderSprings,Ga.(McEachernHS)KristenTithof Distance 5-6 So. Friendsville,Tenn.(WilliamBlountHS)NyeishaWright Jumps/Sprints 5-7 r-Jr. ColoradoSprings,Colo.(WidefieldHS[SouthernMississippi])

HeadCoach:DeanHayes

AssistantCoach:KeithVroman

AssistantCoach:ThomasKeith

AssistantCoach:AndrewOwusu

AssistantCoach:WillieParker

2010 Blue Raider Track Roster

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2009-10Cross CountryPlaced72ndattheSunBeltChampionships(8K)inatimeof32:12.02.

2008-09IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsasmemberoftheDMRteamattheSunBeltChampi-onshipswiththirdplacefinishin10:18.31...Setapersonalbestinthe800metersattheRodMcCravy,runninga2:01.69,finishing32ndoverall...Placedeighthinthe800in2:05.03attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished13thinthe800in2:04.65attheMTValentineInvitational.OutdoorSetalifetimebestof4:07.12inthe1,500metersattheBoston-MoonClassic...Wonasamemberofthedistancemedleyrelayteaminatimeof10:05.04andplacedsixthin8:08.29inthe4x800meterrelayattheGeorgiaRelays...Placedninthinthe800attheWesternKentuckyInvitationalin1:56.82...Placed10thin800in1:55.01attheSunBeltChampionships...Camein24thinthe800meterswithatimeof1:57.14attheTigerTrackClassic.

2007-08Cross CountryFinished in the top 45 in five of the six events ... Placed 39th at the BelmontOpenerin16:43.71(5K)and38thattheUTCPoweradeInvitationalin17:08(5K)...Finished43rdattheOldTimersClassicin28:03.71(5miles)and191stattheLouisvilleClassicin27:14.18(8K)...Postedan11th-placeshowingattheFront-RunnerInvitationalin16:59(5K)andplaced33rdattheSunBeltChampionshipsin27:30.91(5miles).IndoorFinishedsixthinthemilerunin4:33.35andeighthin3:45.65asamemberofthemilerelayteamattheMTChristmasInvitational ...Placed17thinthemile(4:33.49) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Came in ninth in the 3000 meters in9:16.45at theBlueRaider Invitational ...Ranthemile in4:38.18at theMiddleTennesseeClassic,placing11th...Placed39thinthe3000in9:01.95attheRodMcCravy Memorial ... Finished 21st in the mile run in 4:43.10 at the Sun BeltChampionships.OutdoorRanwiththe4x1500mrelay,finishingthird,anddistancemedleyrelayinsecondattheClemsonRelaysintimesof16:51.40and10:47.37,respectively...Setaper-sonalbestof4:08.98inthe1500meters,placing34th,attheTigerTrackClassic...Placed15thwithapersonal-best4:07.14attheBoston-MoonClassic...Finishedfirstasmemberofthe4x1500mrelayteamattheSeaRayRelays...Setapersonalbestof15:38.88inthe5000metersfinishing21stattheVanderbiltInvitational...Camein13thinthe3000-metersteeplechasein10:39.33.

2006-07Cross CountryFinished39thin17:29over5KattheUTCOpenerand34thin30:40.70over8KattheWKUOldTimersClassic...Placed35thin17:27over5KattheFrontRunnerInvitational...Camein53rdattheSunBeltChampionshipsin28:35.48over8K.IndoorDidnotcompete.OutdoorPlaced30thinthe1500metersin4:12.19attheYellowJacketInvitational...Fin-ished26thinthe1500in4:11.91andwasamemberoftheeighth-place4x400-meterrelay(3:37.38)attheTigerTrackClassic...Postedapersonal-best9:08.20,placing11thinthe3000metersattheBoston-MoonClassic...SetanotherPRinthe3000in9:03.67andran800metersin2:02.62attheVanderbiltInvitational...Placed12thinthe5000metersin15:40.01attheStanLyonsInvitational...Camein13thinthe10,000metersin36:22.17attheSunBeltChampionships.

PhilipBenavidesSenior•6-1•165Knoxville,Tenn.•KnoxvilleCatholicHSDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.01o/2:01.69i1,500Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:07.12o3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:01.95i

IsaacBiwottJunior•5-9•130BurntForest,Kenya•KapngetunyDistance

3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:48.21i3,000MeterSteeplchase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20.01o5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:55.2o/15:08.1i

MalcolmBeyahSophomore•5-11•182Chamblee,Ga.•ChambleeHSSprints

55Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.44i100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.89o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.46o/22.53i

2008-09IndoorWonthe55-meterdashin6.44attheMiddleTennesseeInvitational...Finishedthirdinthe55metersin6.46attheMTValentineInvitational...Placedninthinthe55metersand11thinthe200metersattheSunBeltChampionshipswithtimesof6.51and22.15,respectively...Placed16thinthe60-meterdashattheRodMcCravyMemorialin7.0.

OutdoorFinished20thinthe100-meterdashand31stinthe200metersattheSunBeltChampionshipswithpreliminarytimesof10.89and22.52,respectively...Placed28thinthe100meterdashinatimeof11.02attheGeorgiaTechInvitational.

HighSchoolRatedasthe90thbestathleteinthenationbyRivals.comandNo.186asawidereceiverbyScout.com...Playedoffense,defenseandspecialteamsforChambleeHighSchool,whichfinishedNo.3 inthe2007GeorgiaAssociatedPresspoll ...Alsoexcelledonthetrack,whereheownedthefastest200-metertime inthestateandthe12thfastestinthenationwithatimeof21.46...His55-metertimeof6.48wasthe26thfastestnationally...Trainedwithformertwo-timeOlympicgoldmedalistAntonioMcKay...Clockedinhighschoolat4.32and4.39inthe40-yarddash.

PersonalBornMalcolmJamaalBeyahonOctober23,1989...SonofReginaldandCarlaBeyah.

2009-10Cross CountryEarnedAllSunBelthonorsbyfinishingninthattheSunBeltChampionships(8K)inatimeof27:52.35...CameinfifthattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)inatimeof16:01...Placed11thatUTCOpener(2M)in16:17...Finished17thinatimeof26:55.52attheWKUOldTimersClassic(8K)...Rantoan18th-placefinishattheBelmontOpener(5K)in16:24.15...Camein104thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K)inatimeof25:47.92.

2010 Men’s ProfilesHighSchoolTwo-yearletterwinnerintrackandcrosscountryatKnoxvilleCatholicHS...Re-gionandmetrochampionandfinishedthirdinstatefortwomiles...Holdstheschoolrecordfortwomiles...Alsoletteredthreeyearsinsoccer.

PersonalBornPhilipAustinBenavidesonFebruary21,1988...SonofDollyYoungandPhilBenavides...Majoringinbusinessadministration.

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FestusChemaoiJunior•5-9•128Ainobkoi,Kenya•KapngetunyDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.4o/1:50.27i1,500Meters/MileRun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.62o/4:06.29i5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:17.19o/14:49.29i

2008-09Cross CountryFinished in the top 30 in six out of eight races ... Placed third in 17.49 at theAgnesScottInvitational(5K)and18thin16:04.61attheBelmontOpener(5K)...Finished28thintheMemphisTwilightClassic(8K)cominginat26:44.91andat27:15.20attheWKUOldTimersClassic(5miles)...Camein11thwithapersonal-best15:49attheUTCInvitational(5K)...Finishedtheseasonrunning18thattheSunBeltChampionships(8K).IndoorSetapersonalbestof8:48.21inthe3,000metersattheMiddleTennesseeClas-sic,finishingsecondoverall ...FinishedsecondinmilerunattheMTValentineInvitational in4:20.84...Cameinsixthinthe3,000metersin8:53.8attheSunBelt Championships, also placed 15th in the mile in 4:30.03 ... Placed seventhin themile in4:28.78at theMTChristmas Invitational ...Finishedninth in the800metersin2:02.02attheEdTempleClassic...Camein17thinthemileattheKentuckyInvitational,finishingin4:27.57.OutdoorPlaced fifth for a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun BeltChampionshipsinatimeof9:20.01,alsofinishedeighthinthe5,000metersina15:02.54...Finishedfourthinthe3,000-metersteeplechaseinatimeof9:39.7attheWarEagleInvitational...Cameinsixthasamemberofthe4x800-meterrelayteaminatimeof8:08.29attheGeorgiaRelays…Ranthe4x1,500-meterrelayattheSeaRaysRelaysinatimeof16:23.43,finishingsixthoverall…Ranthe1,500metersin4:02.82placing19thattheTigerTrackClassic.

2007-08Cross CountryEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsafterplacing10thattheSBCChampionships,finish-ingthefive-milecoursein26:09.38...Finishedinthetop30infourofthefiveevents...Placed23rdattheUTCPoweradeInvitationalin16:09(5K),27thattheOldTimersClassicin26:53.24(5miles)andeighthattheFrontRunnerInvitation-alin16:05(5K)...Ran8KattheLouisvilleClassicin25:47.68.IndoorPlacedfourthinthemilerunin4:26.06andwasamemberoftheeighth-placemilerelay(3:45.65)attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finished12thinthemile(4:27.75)andwasamemberofthe10th-place4x400-meterrelay(3:43.27)attheKentucky Invitational ...Placedfourth inthe800meters in1:58.13attheMid-dleTennesseeClassic...Finished31stinthe800(2:01.35)and23rdinthemile(4:20.38)attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placedninthinthe800in1:58.91attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedfifthinapersonal-best15:08.14inthe5,000meters,sixthinthemilein4:20.28andwasamemberofthethird-placedistancemedleyrelay(10:18.16)attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorMemberofthethird-place4x1,500meterrelay(16:51.40)andthesecond-placedistancemedleyrelay(10:47.37)attheClemsonRelays...Placedfourthandsetapersonalbestinthe5,000meters(14:55.22)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Fin-ishedsecondinthe1,500metersattheCoachOInvitationalin3:59.24...Placedfourthinthe10,000metersattheSunBeltChampionshipsin32:38.33.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeRantrackforElijahKiprokosandattendedOlaarePrimaryandKapngetunyHSinEldoret,Kenya.

PersonalBornIsaacKiptanuiBiwottonAugust15,1986...SonofSimionandSarahBiwott...CousinJuliusKosgeiwasanAll-AmericanatHardingUniversity.

RobertCarterJunior•5-9•130Chattanooga,Tenn..•CentralHSSprints

55Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.41i200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.1o/22.28i400Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.52/49.87i

2008-09IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsasamemberofthethirdplaceDMRteamattheSun

BeltChampionshipswithatimeof10:18.31...Wonthe400metersin50.54attheBlueRaider Invitational ...Setapersonalbestof49.87inthe400placing14thandwasamemberofthefourthplace4x400m-relayteamfinishingin3:18.11attheRodMcCravyMemorial ...Memberofthefifthplace4x400m-relayteamin3:29.49at theMiddleTennesseeClassic ...Earnedtwofifth-placefinishes inthe200and400metersattheMTValentineInvitationalwithtimesof22.63and50.31,respectively...Placedsixthinthe200in22.44andfifthinthe400in51.65attheMTChristmasInvitational...Cameinseventhin51.72inthe400attheEdTempleClassic...Rana50.64preliminarytimeinthe400,finishing17thoverallattheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorSet a lifetime best of 49.53 in the 400 meters at the GeorgiaTech Invitationalplacing, 28th overall ...Won as a member of the distance medley relay at theGeorgiaRelayswithatimeof10:05.4,alsoplacedninthinthe400metersin50.5...Cameinfourthinthe400in50.12attheBoston-MoonClassic...Placed18thin the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships with a preliminary time of 50.23 ...Finished23rdinthe400in50.19attheWarEagleInvitational.

2007-08IndoorPlaced13thinthe400metersin54.43attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finished14thinthe200metersin23.41andpostedatimeof6.84inthe55metersattheBlueRaiderInvitational...Placed13thinthe200in23.32and12thinthe400in54.23attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished16thinthe400in53.55attheMTValentineInvitationaland21stin52.12attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorPosteda400-metertimeof52.77attheYellowJacketInvitational...Finishedthe200metersin23.15andthe400in52.26attheTigerTrackClassic...Postedatimeof22.76inthe200and52.69inthe400attheCoachOInvitational.

HighSchoolPostedpersonal-besttimesof22.1inthe200metersand11.01inthe100metersforcoachReggieUpshawatChattanoogaCentralHS.

PersonalBornRobertCurtisCarterIIIonMarch9,1989...SonofRobertandTinaCarter.

2009-10Cross CountryBecamethefirstmalerunneratMiddleTennesseetoqualifyfortheNCAACrossCountry Championships since 1971 ... Earned All NCAA South Regional (10K)honorsbyfinishing13thattheNCAASouthRegional(10K)inatimeof30:38.50... Garnered all-conference honors, placing second at the Sun Belt Champion-ships(8K)in26:42.14...WontheBelmontOpener(5K),UTCOpener(5K)andtheUTCFrontrunner Invitational (5K)withrespectivetimesof15:11.96,15:30and15:11...CameinthirdattheWKUOldTimersClassic(8K)inatimeof24:59.51...Placed10thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K)in24:20.48...Finished146thattheNCAACrossCountryChampionships(10K)in31:31.1.

2008-09Cross CountryFinished in the top 10 in five out of eight races ...Won the season opener attheAgnesScottInvitationalin17:13andfinishedninthattheBelmontOpener(5K)in15:54.35...Camein25thattheMemphisTwilightClassic(8K)in26:31.55and45thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K)in25:00.48foraseason-besttime...Finishedtheseasonwith twotop-10finishes,coming ineighthat theWKUOldTimer’sClassic(8K)in26:07.60andsixthattheUTCInvitational(5K)in15:28...EarnedAll-SunBelthonors,comingineighthattheSunBeltChampionships(8K),finishingin25:57.97.

2010 Men’s Profiles

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DavidEmeryJunior•6-3•154Pinckney,Mich.•PinckneyHSDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.48o/1:54.51i1,500Meters/MileRun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:54.03o/4:12.12i3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:38.57i

IndoorRanked60thontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthe800meterswithatimeof1:50.27recordedattheNCAALastChancemeettoearnanNCAAProvisionalmarkandsetaschoolrecord...EarnedTopMeetScorerandMostOutstandingMaletrackathleteattheSunBeltIndoorChampionshipsandearnedAll-Confer-enceinthe800meters,milerunand3000meters...Wonthe800in1:55.76andmilein4:11.18,placedsecondinthe3000in8:22.0,settingapersonalbest,andsetalifetimebestof14:49.29inthe5000metersattheSunBeltChampionships...Wonthe800in1:56.08andmilein4:14.40attheMTChristmasInvitational...Wonthe800attheMTValentineInvitationalin1:51.64...Placedeighthinthe3000attheKentuckyInvitationalin8:22.89...Placedfirstinthe800in1:54.78MiddleTennesseeClassic...Setpersonalbestsof4:06.29inthemile,placingsec-ondand11thinthe800in1:53.12attheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorRanked49thontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthe1,500metersand60thinthe800meters...EarnedNCAARegionalqualifyingtimesof3:44.62inthe1,500and1:49.48inthe800...SetMiddleTennesseerecordsof1:49.48inthe800and14:17.79inthe5000meters...Placedfirstoverallinthe5000atthePennRelaysinatimeof14:17.79...Wonboththe800and1,500attheSunBeltChampion-shipsintimesof1:51.66and3:47.25,respectively…Wonthe1500inanNCAARegionalqualifyingtimeof3:46.28andthirdinthe800metersin1:51.69attheTigerTrackClassic…Wonasamemberofthedistancemedleyrelayinatimeof10:05.04attheGeorgiaRelays,alsotook11thinthe4x400-meterrelay(3:40.96)and sixth in the 4x800-meter relay (8:08.29) … Placed 14th in the 800 at theGeorgiaTechInvitational.

2007-08Cross CountryPlacedinthetop25inthefirstfoureventsoftheyear,winningtwice...Wonhisfirstcollegiateevent,finishingthe5KcourseattheBelmontOpenerin15:12.45...PlacedfourthattheOldTimersClassicin25:27.91(5miles)and23rdattheLou-isvilleClassicin24:39.38(8K)...WontheUTCFrontRunnerInvitationalin15:16(5K)...HadamishapattheSunBeltChampionshipsinwhichhisshoecameoffduringtherace,whichpushedhimbackto11thin26:15.91(5miles)...Finished49thattheNCAASouthRegionalin32:33.99(10K).IndoorGarneredSunBeltFreshmanoftheYearhonorsaftercompiling18pointsattheconferencechampionships,winningthemilerunalongtheway ...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthemileandalsoafterplacingthirdinthe3000metersattheSBCChampionships...Wonthemilein4:13.96andthe3000in8:39.29attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedthirdinthe3000inapersonal-best8:30.61attheKentuckyInvitational...Placedthirdinthemilein4:17.55attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Wonthe3000in8:49.51andwasfourthinthemilein4:23.28attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished14thinthemilein4:13.59and36thinthe800metersin2:04.40attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placed17thinthe800in2:02.95attheMTValentineInvitational...Wonthemilein4:16.81,placedthirdinthe3000in8:31.04andfinishedseventhinthe5000inapersonal-best15:19.66attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorEarnedSunBeltFreshmanoftheYearhonorsafterearning19pointsattheSunBeltChampionshipsinfourevents...Ranked118thinthenationontheNCAAdescending order list in the 3000-meter steeplechase with time of 9:40.33 ...EarnedAll-SunBelthonors in thesteeplechaseand1500meters,winningthesteeplechase and placing third in 1500 at the SBC Championships ... Member

of the third-place 4x1500-meter re-lay (16:51.40) at the Clemson Relays... Placed third in the steeplechase in9:45.18atYellowJacketInvitationalandthirdinsameeventin9:28.82attheTi-gerTrackClassic...Memberofthewin-ning4x1500relay (16:23.42)at theSeaRayRelays ...Setapersonalbest inthe800 meters (1:57.24) and finished thirdin the 5000 meters in a personal-best14:54.48attheVanderbiltInvitational...Wonthe1500in3:56.34andplacedsec-ondinthe800withanotherPR(1:54.72)at the Coach O Invitational ...Won thesteeplechaseattheSBCmeetin9:40.33,placed third in the 1500 (3:57.38), fin-

2009-10Cross CountryPlaced11thattheSunBeltChampionship(8K)inatimeof28:00.88...CameinfourthattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)inatimeof15:59...Finished12thattheUTCOpener(5K)in16:17...Placed22ndattheWKUOldTimersClassic(8K)inatimeof27:32.74...Rantoa23rd-placefinishattheBelmontOpener(5K)in16:26.67...Finished85thattheLouisvilleClassic(8K)in25:37.57.

2008-09Cross CountryFinishedinthetop20infiveofeightraces...CameinfourthattheAgnesScottInvitational(5K)at18:01and11thattheBelmontOpener,finishingin15:54.87...Finished28thin26:44.91attheMemphisTwilightClassicand17thin27:38.30attheWKUOldTimer’sClassic...Placed63rdattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K)in25:18.10andseventhattheUTCInvitational(5K)in15:29forapersonalbest...FinishedninthattheSunBeltChampionships(8K)in26:01.54earningall-confer-encehonors.IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsasamemberofthethird-placeDMRteamattheSunBelt Championships with a time of 10:18.31 ...Won the mile run in 4:20.02 attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedsecondinthemilein4:15.14attheMTChristmasInvitational...Placedeighthinthe3000metersin9:04.61...Cameinninth at the Rod McCravy Memorial in the mile, running a 4:20.65 ... Finishedseventhinthemilein4:20.22and11thinthe800metersin1:58.87attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorPlacedfifthinthe1,500metersin3:54.03foralifetimebestandsixthinthe800metersin1:55.7attheSunBeltChampionships...Setalifetimebestof1:53.41in the800 in thepreliminaryheatat theSunBeltChampionships ...Wonasamemberof thedistancemedleyrelayteamat theGeorgiaRelays ina timeof10:05.04...Finishedsixthasamemberof4x1,500-meterrelayteamattheSeaRaysRelaysin16:23.43,alsofinished28thinthe800in1:55.48...Placed15thinboththe3,000and1,500metersattheTigerTrackClassicwithtimesof8:58.69and 3:59.49, respectively ... Placed 27th in the 1,500 in 3:55.58 at the GeorgiaTechInvitational.

2007-08IndoorPlacedfifthinthe3000metersin9:09.79attheMTChristmasInvitational...Fin-ished14thinthemilerunin4:29.93and20thinthe800metersin2:03.63andwasamemberofthe10th-place4x400-meterrelay(3:43.27)attheKentuckyIn-vitational...Placedfifthinthemilein4:25.66attheBlueRaiderInvitationalandfourthinthe3000in8:55.87attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished26thinthemilein4:20.94and34thinthe800in2:02.25attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placed10thinthe3000in9:04.46attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedeighth in themile run in4:22.84and21st in the5000meters in16:55.60andwasamemberofthethird-placedistancemedleyrelay(10:18.16)attheSunBeltChampionships.


Festus Chemaoi

ishedseventhinthe5000(15:34.83)andwaseighthinthe800...Finished22ndinthesteeplechaseattheNCAAMideastRegionalin9:40.18.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeVotedtheCrossCountryAthleteoftheYeartwiceatKapngetunyHSandwonthesecondaryschoolscrosscountrychampionshiponce.

PersonalBornFestusKipchirchirChemaoionNovember20,1986...SonofDavidChemaoiandNellyKiplagat.

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StanleyGbagbekeJunior•6-0•154Oginibo,Nigeria•DeltaStateSprints/Jumps

100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.62o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.08o/21.68iLongJump . . . . . . . . . . .26-5.5(8.06m)o/24-8.25(7.53m)i

2008-09IndoorRanked34thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthelongjumpwith 24-8.25 (7.52m) set at the MT Christmas Invitational, finishing second ...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthelongjump,placingsecondwithajumpof24-6.5 (7.48m) in the event at the SBC Championships ...Won the 200 meters in22.18attheMTValentineInvitational...Placedthirdinthe55metersin6.54andseventhinthe200in23.14attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finishedfourthinthe55in6.43andsecondinthe200in21.58attheMTChristmasInvitational...Cameinseventhin6.8secondsinthe60metersandeighthinthelongjump,22-4.25(6.76m),attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Finished14thin6.6secondsinthe55metersattheSBCChampionships.OutdoorQualifiedfortheIAAFWorldChampionshipswithalifetimebestleapof26-5.5(8.06m)...FinishedsecondintheNCAAinthelongjumpattheNCAAOutdoorChampionshipswithaleapof26-3(8.0m)earningAllAmericanhonors...Rankedt-29th as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team on the NCAA descendingorderlistwithatimeof39.95,earninganNCAARegionalqualifyingtimerunattheSunBeltChampionships...EarnedAllSunBelthonorswiththe4x100-meterrelay...Wonthe200meterdashin21.92andfinishedsecondinthe100meterdashin10.76attheBoston-MoonClassicandfinished4thasamemberofthe4x100meterrelayteam...Placedfourthinthelongjumpwithamarkof24-8.25(7.52m),secondonthe4x100meterrelay in39.95,ninth inthe100meters in10.62,and15thinthe200meterdashin21.76attheSunBeltChampionships...Finishedeighthinthe100metersin10.68attheTigerTrackClassic.

PersonalStanleyGbagbeke...SonofJoGbagbeke...TransferredfromDeltaState..

RodIssacSenior•5-11•188Miami,Fla.•Miami-DadeCentralHSSprints

2008-09IndoorPlacedsecondinthe200metersin21.93andthirdinthe55metersinatimeof6.5attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Ranonthe4x400m-relayteam,finishingfourthin3:18.11placed27thinthe60metersin7.08andattheRodMcCravyMemorial...Finishedsixthwithatimeof3:21.02onthe4x400m-relayteam.OutdoorPlacedseventhwiththe4x400-meterrelayteamin3:23.06,21stinthe100-me-terdashin10.92,and28thinthe200meterin22.36attheSunBeltChampion-ships.HighSchoolVotedAll-DadeSecondTeamin2006...NamedtotheDade-BrowardCountyAll-StarTeam...HelpedleadMiami-Dadetoan11-2recordin2006.

PersonalBornRoderickDevoneIssaconFebruary20,1989...SonofRoyandMamieIssac...Majorisundecided


2008-09IndoorTookfifthinthe55-meterdashin6.51attheMTChristmasInvitational...Camein10thinthe55metersin6.66attheMTValentineInvitational...Placed15thinthe55metersin6.72attheEdTempleClassic...Placed12thinthe55metersin6.58attheSunBeltChampionships...Finished36thinthe60metersattheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorFinishedfourthin100meterdashin11.03andeighthinthe200-meterdashin22.65attheBoston-MoonClassic…Setalifetimebestof10.9inthe100-meterdashattheGeorgiaTechInvitationalfinishing,23rdoverall…Placed20thinthe100-meterdashin10.94attheWarEagleInvitational…Camein14thinthe100meterdashattheWesternKentuckyInvitationalwithatimeof12.7.

2007-08Indoor Placed13thinthe200metersin23.11and11thinthe400metersin53.62attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished24thinthe200in22.56and43rdinthe400in54.41andwasamemberofthe17th-place4x400-meterrelay(3:25.81)attheRodMcCravyMemorial ...Placed13thinthe200in23.14andpostedaprelimtimeof6.60inthe55metersattheMTValentineInvitational...Finished10thinthe55in6.60andpostedaprelimtimeof23.69inthe200attheSunBeltChampionships.

HighSchoolBasketballandtrackletterwinneratAntiochHS...Earnedall-statehonorsasse-nior inthe100meters,200meters,400metersandonthe4x100-meter relay...Garneredall-regionaccoladesinthe100and200...Participatedinthe2007JuniorOlympics...Toptimesincludeda10.6inthe100anda21.8inthe200.

PersonalBornRobertIsaacEzellJr.onAugust20,1989...SonofRobertandAnnieEzell.

RobertEzellJunior•6-1•155Antioch,Tenn.•AntiochHSSprints

55Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.50i100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9o

OutdoorMemberofthethird-place4x1500-meterrelay(16:51.40)andthesecond-placedistancemedley relay (10:47.37)at theClemsonRelays ...Memberofwinning4x1500-relay (16:23.42) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed fifth in the 800 metersin 1:56.16 at the Coach O Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 1500 meters in3:59.62andseventhinthe800in1:59.82attheSunBeltChampionships.

HighSchoolRanthreeyearsofcrosscountryandfouryearsoftrackforcoachTomCarney...Wonthe2006statecrosscountryindividualchampionshipandwasamemberofthecrosscountrystateteamchampionshipsasjuniorandsenior...Individualstatechampioninthe3200metersandrunner-upinthe1600metersasseniorandalsoAll-Americaninthe4xMilerelay...Toptimesincludeda1:56.6inthe800meters,4:12.2inthe1600,9:22.02inthe3200and15:34inthe5000meters...Alsoletteredthreeyearsinswimming.

PersonalBornDavidCurtisEmeryonMarch1,1989...SonofDonandKimberlyEmery.

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CurtisKingSenior•5-9•165Montgomery,Ala.•DavisHS(PrattCC)Sprints

55Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.37i100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.46i/21.54o

2008-09IndoorPlacedfifthinboththe55and200metersattheSunBeltChampionshipsin6.45and21.82,respectively...PlacedfourthattheMTValentineInvitationalinthe55in6.48…Finishedninthinthe60-meterdashin6.95and16thinthe200in21.67attheNCAALastChanceMeet…Camein14thinthe60in6.89and10thinthe200in21.93attheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorRanked 30th on the NCAA descending order list with the 4x100-meter relayteamwithatimeof39.95setattheSunBeltChampionships...EarnedNCAARe-gionalqualifyingtimesinthe200metersandthe4x100-meterrelay...Wonthe4x100-meter relayandfinishedthird in the4x200-meter relaywith respectivetimesof40.77and1:25.79attheGeorgiaRelays...Placedfourthwiththe4x100relayteamin40.22,11thinthe200meters21.46,and16thinthe100-meterdashin10.82...Cameinseventhinboththe100and200-meterdashesattheSunBeltChampionshipswithtimesof10.69and22.33,earnedanNCAARegionalqualify-ingtimeof21.14inthe200meterspreliminaryheat...Finishedeighthwiththe4x100relayteamin40.6andninthwiththe4x200relayteamin1:24.19atthePennRelays...Placed29thinthe100metersattheSeaRaysRelays.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeStarted collegiate career in 2007 at Pratt Community College before transfer-ringtoJohnsonCountyCommunityCollegefor2007-08...Finishedasthe2008indoor200-meterNationalChampion...SelectedasatrackAll-American.

PersonalBornCurtisKingIIonOctober4,1988...SonofCynthiaWhiteandCurtisKing...Majoringinathletictraining.

DeRaySlossSenior•6-2•172Nashville,Tenn.•McGavockHS(Belmont)Hurdles/Jumps

55MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.36i110MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.29o400MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.92o

hurdlesin14.78andplaced15thinthe400hurdlesin1:03.7attheGeorgiaRe-laysalsocamein11thwiththe4x400-meterrelayteamin3:40.96...Placedsev-enthinthe110hurdlesin14.49attheWarEagleInvitational...Tookthirdinthe4x100-meterrelayin40.67,eighthinthe400hurdlesin54.08,and16thinthe110hurdlesin15.15attheSeaRaysRelays...Placedeighthwiththe4x100meterrelayteamandninthwiththe4x200meterrelayteamwithrespectivetimesof40.6and1:24.19atthePennRelays...Finishedeighthinthe110hurdlesin14.65attheGeorgiaTechInvitational.

HighSchoolAttended Carman-Ainsworth HS ... Four-year letterwinner in varsity track andfield...Juniorandseniorregionalchampioninthe110hurdles...Statechampionduringhissenioryear inthe110hurdles,300hurdles,4x200-relayand4x400-relay ...Wonthe2008MidwestMeetofChampionsinthe300Mhurdles ...Setpersonalbestsinthe110hurdles(13.80),300hurdles(36.86),400(48.5)and200(21.7).

PersonalBorn Roscoe Payne on September 9, 1989 ... Son ofTonya Payne andTyroneBrown.

Roscoe Payne DeRay Sloss

RoscoePayneSophomore•6-3•172Flint,Mich.•Carman-AinsworthHSHurdles

55MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.47i110MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07o400MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.41o

2008-09IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonors,winningthe55-meterhurdlesattheSunBeltCham-pionships in7.5alsoplacedsixthasamemberofthe4x400mrelay in3:21.02attheSunBeltChampionships...Cameinsecondinthe55hurdlesin7.59andfinishedfifthoverallasamemberofthe4x400m-relayinatimeof3:29.49attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Placedsecondinthe55hurdles(7.47),thirdinthe200metersin21.89,andthirdwiththe4x400m-relayteam(3:24.67)attheMTChristmasInvitational...Cameinsecondinthe55hurdlesin7.84,alsofinishedfourthinthe200in22.51attheEdTempleClassic...Placedseventhinthe60-meterhurdles8.15attheNCAALastChanceMeetandsetapersonalbestinthe60hurdlesprelimsin8.01...Ranninthinthe60hurdlesin8.06aswellas27thinthe200attheKentuckyInvitational.OutdoorRanked41stinthe400-meterintermediatehurdlesand50thin110-meterhighhurdlesontheNCAAdescendingorderlist...EarnedNCAARegionalqualifyingtimes in the110and400hurdles ...EarnedSunBeltFreshmanof theYear forthis performances at the SBC Championships, winning the 400-meter hurdlesin51.41andplacingsecondinthe110-meterhurdles in14.09 ...Wonthe110


2008-09IndoorPlaced32ndinthe60mhurdlesontheNCAAdescendingorderlistwithatimeof7.89...EarnedanNCAAprovisionalmarkof7.36winningthe55-meterhurdlesattheMTChristmasInvitationalalsoplacedsixthinthelongjumpwithaleapof23-0.25(7.02m)...Wonthe55hurdlesin7.36winningattheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Wonthe55hurdlesin7.55attheMTValentineInvitationalalsoplacedfifthinthelongjump,leaping22-0(6.71m)...Cameinsecondinthe55hurdlesin7.39attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Placedfifthinthelongjumpwithaleapof22-11.75(7.0m)attheEdTempleClassic...Finishedfifthinthe60hurdlesin8.07attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placedninthinthelongjump22-4.5(6.82m)attheSunBeltChampionshipsandfinishedsecondinthepreliminaryheatsofthe55mhurdlesin7.58butwasunabletofinishinthefinalsaftersustaininganin-jury...Ranapreliminary8.15,placing14thinthe60mhurdles,andsetalifetimebestinthetriplejump(45-4.25)attheKentuckyInvitational,placing12th.OutdoorCame in second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.86 at the Georgia Relays andplaced 11th in 3:40.96 with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Placed third in the400-meterhurdlesand10thinthe110hurdlesinrespectivetimesof53.11and14.55attheWarEagleInvitational...Cameineighthinthelongjumpin23-5.25(7.14m) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed eighth in the 110 hurdles in

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WilliamSongockSenior•5-9•116Moiben,Kenya•UasinGishuHSDistance

3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:14.15i5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:20.33/14:35.36i10,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30:43.11

14.62and15thinthe400hurdlesin55.5.

2007-08IndoorEarned All-Sun Belt honors in the 55-meter hurdles, placing third at the SBCChampionships...Placedthirdinthe55hurdlesin7.52andseventhinthe200metersin22.87andwasamemberofthefourth-placemilerelay(3:18.99)attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedseventhinthe60-meterhurdlesin8.24attheKentuckyInvitational...Wonthe55hurdlesin7.50andplacedsecondinthe200 in22.29andwasamemberofthefourth-placemilerelay(3:24.84)attheBlueRaider Invitational ...Wonthe55hurdles in7.52attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Placedninthinthe60hurdlesin8.18and28thinthe200in22.66attheRodMcCravyMemorial ...Finishedthirdinthe55hurdlesinpersonal-best7.45,eighthinthe200in22.67andseventhinthelongjumpwitha22-9.5attheMTValentineInvitational...Placedthirdinthe55hurdlesin7.51andsixthinthelongjump(23-1.75)attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorRanked106thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthe110-meterhurdleswithatimeof14.29,and70thinthe400-meterhurdleswithatimeof51.92...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthe400hurdles,placingsecondattheSBCChampionships ... Placed second in the long jump in a personal-best 23-6.75,finishedthirdinthe400hurdles(54.77)andseventhinthe110hurdles(15.53)attheClemsonRelays...Finished23rdinthehighhurdlesin14.65andwasamem-berofthesixth-place4x100-meterrelay(41.30)attheSeaRayRelays...Placedsecondinthehighhurdlesinapersonal-bestNCAAregional-qualifyingtimeof14.29andfinishedninthinthelongjump(23-5.25)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Finishedsecondinthehighhurdles(14.39)andthirdinthelongjump(23-0)andwasamemberofthefourth-place4x100relay(42.76)attheCoachOInvi-tational...Placedsecondinthe400hurdlesin52.52,justone-tenthofasecondfrom a regional-qualifying time, at the Sun Belt Championships ... Posted anNCAAregionalqualifyingtimeof51.92inthe400hurdles,placingninth,attheGeorgiaTechLastChanceInvitational...Postedtimesof14.72inthehighhurdlesand52.31inthe400hurdlespreliminariesattheNCAAMideastRegional.

HighSchoolTrackandcrosscountryletterwinnerforcoachRonnieSmith...Anall-statehon-oreeinthe300-meterhurdlesasasophomoreandjuniorandinthe110-meterhurdlesasajunior...Ranthefastest300hurdletimeinthestateasasenior...Besttimesandmarksincluded14.3inthe110hurdles,37.7inthe300hurdles,48.7inthe400meters,22-5inthelongjumpand6-6inthehighjump...Alsoplayedfootballandbasketball.

PersonalBornDeRaySlossonDecember8,1987...SonofSamuelandTraciSloss.

2009-10Cross CountryEarnedAllSunBelthonors,placingsixthattheSunBeltChampionships(8K)in27:32.13...CameinsecondattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)in15:21...PlacedthirdattheBelmontOpener(5K)inUTCOpener(5K)inrespectivetimesof15:36.59and15:44...FinishedfifthattheWKUOldTimersClassic(8K)inatimeof25:20.75...Camein14thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K)in27:32.13.

2008-09Cross CountryFinished the season with five top-10 finishes out of the six races ... FinishedsecondatboththeAgnesScott Invitational (5K)witha timeof17:31andtheBelmontOpener (5K)withatimeof15:15.89 ...Came in10that theMemphisTwilightClassic(8K),comingin25:28.74,andsixthattheWKUOldTimersClassic

(5M)withatimeof25:50.80...Placed15thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K),comingin24:22.33,andfifthwithapersonalbestattheUTCInvitational(5K)in15:20...SufferedaninjuryattheSunBeltChampionshipsandwasnotabletofinish.IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthe3,000and5,000metersattheSBCChampion-ships...Setapersonalbestof14:35.36inthe5,000meters,placingsecondattheSunBeltChampionshipsandranthirdinthe3,000inatimeof8:28.3...Wonthe3,000in8:28.30attheNCAALastChanceMeet...Wonthemilerunin4:17.46attheBlueRaiderInvitationalforalifetimebest...Setapersonalbestof8:14.15,finishingsixthinthe3,000attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Cameinsixthinthe800 meters, setting a personal best of 1:58.87 and won the 3,000 (8:45.47) attheMTValentineInvitational ...Placed10thin3000in8:27.33attheKentuckyInvitational.OutdoorRanked52ndontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthe10,000meters…EarnedAll-Sun Belt honors in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters by winning the 10,000 ina school-record and lifetime-best time of 30:43.11; and placing second in the5,000 in 14:34.66 at the Sun Belt Championships, also finished fourth in the1,500metersin3:53.03…Wonthe5,000attheWesternKentuckyInvitationalin15:16.34…Finishedsecondinthe5,000in14:34.66attheGeorgiaTechInvita-tional…Cameinfifthinthe10,000attheSeaRaysRelaysin31:14.25…Placedfifthinthe3,000metersin8:30.71and18thinthe1,500in4:00.35attheTigerTrackClassic.

2007-08Cross CountryFinishedintop20infiveofthesevenmeetsandearnedAll-SunBelthonorsforsecond-straightseason ...Placed14that theBelmontOpener in15:51.63 (5K)and19thattheUTCPoweradeInvitationalin15:59(5K)...Posteda20th-placeshowingattheOldTimersClassicin26:26.15(5miles)andwas55thattheLou-isvilleClassicin25:16.20(8K)...FinishedfifthattheFrontRunnerInvitationalin15:45(5K)andplacedeighthattheSBCChampionshipsin26:01.49(5miles)...Finished73rdattheNCAASouthRegionalin33:29.94(10K).IndoorPlacedsecondinthe3,000metersin8:44.50andthirdinthemilerunin4:23.06attheMTChristmasInvitational ...Finishedfifth inthemile inapersonal-best4:19.22 and 19th in the 800 meters in 2:02.13 at the Kentucky Invitational ...Placed third in the 3000 in 8:43.57 at the Blue Raider Invitational and secondin8:50.72attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Postedtimesof4:20.49inthemileand2:03.08inthe800attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placed15thinthe800in2:00.29attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedfourthinthe5,000metersinapersonal-best15:06.02andfifthwithaPRof8:34.80attheSunBeltChampion-ships.OutdoorRanked107thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthe5,000me-terswithatimeof15:02.87 ...EarnedAll-SunBelthonors intwoeventsattheSBCChampionships,winningthe5000andplacingsecondinthe10,000meters...Placedsecondinthe5,000in15:49.50attheClemsonRelaysandpostedaper-sonalbestinthe1,500meters(4:03.41)attheTigerTrackClassic...Memberofthewinning4x1500-meterrelay(16:23.42)andtheeighth-placedistancemedleyre-lay(10:32.47)attheSeaRayRelays...Finishedeighthinthe5,000inapersonal-best15:00.72attheVanderbiltInvitationalandwonthe3,000metersin8:35.13attheCoachOInvitational...Wonthe5,000in15:02.87andplacedsecondinthe10,000in31:54.10attheSunBeltChampionships.

2006-07Cross CountryPlacedsecond in25:13.94over8Kathisfirstcollegiateeventat theLouisvilleClassic ...Cameinsecondagain,thistimein15:22over5KattheFrontRunnerInvitational...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsafterplacingseventhin25:09.62over8KattheSunBeltChampionships,recordingthefastesttimebyaBlueRaiderharrierinmorethansixyears.OutdoorPlaced14thinthe5000metersin15:56.99andwasamemberofthesixth-placedistancemedleyrelay(10:45.01)attheAlabamaRelays ...Camein19th inthe5,000in15:58.05attheYellowJacketInvitationaland22ndinthe1,500metersin4:07.32attheTigerTrackClassic...Finished66thinthe800metersin2:00.73andfourthinthe3000metersin8:46.34attheVanderbiltInvitational...Finished14thinthe5,000in16:00.69and11thinthe10,000metersin34:34.01attheSun


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JoshuaWheelerSenior•5-10•155Mikwaukee,Wis.•RiversideHS(Condordia)MiddleDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04.60iMileRun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:52.60i

2009-10Cross CountryCamein12thattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)in19:09...Placed31stinattheWKUOldTimersClassic(8K)inatimeof30:13.23...Rantoa38thplacefinishattheUTCOpenerinatimeof18:25...Finished54thattheBelmontOpener(5K)in17:50.00.

2008-09Cross CountryPlaced63rdattheSunBeltChampionshipsin29:58.84.IndoorSet a personal best of 2:04.6 in the 800 meters at the Kentucky Invitational ...Finishedninththemilerunin4:52.6attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Camein15thinthe800in2:08.27attheEdTempleClassic...Placed15thinthemilein4:46.84attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Finished18thinthe800in2:10.84attheSunBeltChampionships.

HighSchoolAttendedRiversideHighSchool...Letteredincrosscounty,basketballandtrack...CoachedbyAndreaGremer...Tabbedasanall-conferenceselectionincrosscountry.

PersonalBornJoshuaWheeleronAugust11,1987...SonofDeborahWheeler...Majoringinaccounting...TransferredfromConcordiaUniversityinMequon,Wis.

MarlaBaileyJunior•5-9Barrie,Ontario•BarrieCentralHSDistance

3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:59.73i/10:48.55o3,000MetersSteeplechase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:47.50o5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:20.83o/18:52.67i

2010 Men’s/Women’s ProfilesBeltChampionships.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeMemberofthetrackandhandballteamsatUasinGishuHSinEldoret,Kenya...Ranbesttimesinboththe400and800metersduringhishighschoolcareer...Toptimesincluded4:20inthe1,500meters,15:09inthe5Kand9:09inthe3K...Academicrepresentative,chairoftheScienceClubandvicepresidentoftheAdventistSociety.

PersonalBornWilliamKipkosgeiSongockonJuly5,1986...SonofJonahSongockandMonicaKeter...UncleMartinTabuttwasnamedthebestjumperand800meterrunnerinhighschool...Majoringinnursing.

2009-10Cross CountryEarnedAllSunBelthonorsbyfinishingfourthattheSunBeltChampionships(5K) inatimeof19:58.33 ...FinishedfifthattheUTCFrontrunner Invitational(2M)inatimeof11:38...Placedseventhin12:04attheUTCOpener...Camein14thattheWKUOldTimersClassic(5K) in18:57.06 ...Finished20thattheBelmontOpener(4K)inatimeof15:03.48...Camein48thattheNCAASouthRegional(6K)inatimeof21:57.36.

2008-09Cross CountryFinishedinthetop20infiveoftheeightraces...CameinthirdattheAgnesScottInvitational(5K)in21:17andBelmontOpener(4K)in15:16.10...Finished42ndattheMemphisTwilightClassic(5K)in19:57.18,13thattheWKUOldTim-ersClassic(5K)19:23.20and70thintheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K),postingapersonalbestof18:45.34...PlacedseventhattheUTCInvitational(2miles)in11:43...Finishedtheseason11thattheSunBeltChampionshipswithatimeof19:12.71.IndoorPlacedthirdinthe3,000metersin10:46.68attheMTChristmasInvitational...Cameinfifthinthemilerunin5:28.6andeighthinthe800metersin2:34.73attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Finished12thinthemileattheMTValentineInvitational...Camein12thinthe5,000metersattheSunBeltIndoorChampi-onshipsin18:52.67andranontheDMRteamfinishingninth.OutdoorRanaseason-besttimeof4:55.47inthe1,500metersattheWarEagleInvita-tionalcomingin15th...Placed10thoverallinthe5,000metersin18:20.83and12thoverallinthe10,000metersin40:44.87attheSunBeltChampionships...Ran39:39.70 inthe10,000metersattheSeaRaysRelaysplacing10th ...Fin-ished14thinthe5,000in19:05.14attheGeorgiaRelays...Camein17thin3,000meters,runningatimeof10:52.49,and29thinthe1,500withatimeof5:02.99attheTigerTrackClassic.

2007-08Cross CountryEarned SBC Freshman of theYear honors after placing 13th at the Sun BeltChampionships ...Finished in top40 in fourof thefiveevents ...Placed25thattheUTCPoweradeInvitationalin12:26(2miles)and36thattheOldTimersClassicin19:43.27(5K)...Finished72ndattheLouisvilleClassicin19:08.80(5K)andeighthattheFrontRunnerInvitationalin11:47(2miles)...Posteda13th-placeshowingattheSunBeltChampionshipsin18:50.22(5K).IndoorPlacedseventhinthe3,000metersin10:44.66attheMTChristmasInvitational...Postedtimesof5:26.64inthemilerunand2:40.01inthe800metersattheKentuckyInvitational...Wonthe3,000in10:35.22attheBlueRaiderInvitationalandplaced30thin10:35.66attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Postedapersonal-best5:21.27inthemileattheMTValentineInvitational...Finished10thinthe3,000in10:39.42andpostedapersonal-best18:55.16inthe5,000metersattheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorMemberoftheschool-record4x1,500-meterrelay(19:45.74)attheClemsonRe-lays...Placedthirdinthe3,000-metersteeplechasein11:47.50attheTigerTrackClassic ...Memberofthefifth-place4x1,500relay(20:16.78)andeighth-placedistancemedleyrelay(12:44.24)attheSeaRayRelays...Finishedthirdinthe3000metersattheCoachOInvitational...Placedsixthinthe5,000metersinapersonal-best18:26.78attheSBCChampionships.

HighSchoolRantrackandcrosscountryforcoachDaveSmall ...PlacedfirstintheGBSSA

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KiaraHenrySophomore•5-8Atmore,Ala.•EscambiaCountryHSSprints

55Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.12i100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.94o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.90o/25.26i

2008-09IndoorSetapersonalbestinthe200metersin25.55attheMiddleTennesseeClassicfinishingseventhoverallalsoplacedsecondinthe55metersin7.19...Setalife-timebestof7.17finishingfourthinthe55metersattheSunBeltChampionshipsandcamein15thin25.84inthe200...Placedfifthin7.32inthe55andplaced

2010 Women’s Profiles

BrittanyCoxSenior•5-9Antioch,Tenn.•GlencliffHSThrows

ShotPut. . . . . . . . . . .53-6.25(16.31m)o/53-5.5(16.29m)iDiscus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-9(50.53m)oHammer/WeightThrow. . 176-10(53.91m)o/67-6(20.57m)i

2008-09IndoorEarned All-Sun Belt honors in the shot put with second-place finish, setting aschoolrecordof48-10.25(14.89m),andaccoladesintheweightthrowforthird-placefinishattheSunBeltChampionships...Wonboththeweightthrowandshotputwithrespectivetossesof55-8(16.97m)and48-4(14.73m)attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Wontheweightthrowwithamarkof57-6.5(17.54m)andplacedsecondintheshotput,throwing44-5(13.54m),attheBlueRaiderInvita-tional...Wontheweightthrowwitha58-01.0(17.7m)tossandcameinsecondintheshot(45-11.5[14.01m])attheMTValentine...PlacedsecondinboththeshotputandweightthrowattheMTChristmasInvitationalwithtossesof44-5.5 (13.52m) and 54-9 (16.69m), respectively ... Finished second in the weightthrowwithamarkof60-2(18.34m)andthirdintheshotput,throwing43-11.25(13.39m),attheEdTempleClassic...Placedthirdintheweightthrowwithatossof57-5(17.50m)attheKentuckyInvitationalandfifthintheshotput,recordingathrowof48-1.25(14.66m)...Finished18thintheshotputwithatossof44-7.5(13.60m)attheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorFinishedtheseason23rdat theNCAAChampionshipswithamarkof49-9.75(15.18m)...Ranked25thintheshotputontheNCAAdescendingorderlistwithatossof52-1.75(15.89m),and71stinthediscus,throwing160-9(49.0m)...Earned10totalNCAARegionalqualifyingmarksin2009season,seventotalintheshotput ... All Sun Belt in the shot put and discus ...Won the shot put and placed4thinthehammerthrowsettingaschoolrecordsinbothevents,withrespec-tive throws of 52-1.75 (15.89m) and 170-5 (51.94m) at theTigerTrack Classic,alsoplaced fourth in thediscus (156-11 [47.84m])and7th in the javelin (122-11[37.46m]),allpersonalbests...WontheshotputattheSunBeltChampion-shipswithamarkof50-0.75(15.26m),thirdinthediscuswithathrowof158-1(48.18m),andfourthinthejavelintossing128-1(39.04m)...WontheshotputanddiscusattheWesternKentuckyInvitationalwithtossesof48-2(14.68m)and151-7(46.2m),alsocameinsecondinthehammerthrowwithamarkof164-7(50.16m)...PlacedsecondinboththeshotputanddiscusattheWarEagleInvi-tationalwithmarksof49-3.75(15.03m)and160-9(49.01m),respectively,aswellasfinishingsixthinthehammerthrowwithatossof152-7(46.5m).

2007-08IndoorBrokeherownschoolrecordintheweightthrowduringtheseason...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsintheshotput,placingsecondattheSBCChampionships...Placedfourthintheshotput(45-11)andsixthintheweightthrow(46-7.5)attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedsixthintheshotput(47-3.75)andeighthintheweightthrow(52-8)attheKentuckyInvitational...Placedthirdintheshotput(45-3.5)attheBlueRaiderInvitationalandattheMiddleTennesseeClassic(45-1)...Brokeherownschoolrecordandpostedapersonal-bestmarkof59-0.25intheweightthrowtofinishfifthandalsowas10thintheshotput(46-8.25)attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Wontheweightthrow(57-10.5)andtheshotput(43-1)attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedsecondintheshotputwithamarkof46-4.75butfouledonallthreeattemptsintheweightthrowattheSun

BeltChampionships.OutdoorSet the school record three times in the hammer throw and posted personalbestsintheshotput,hammer,discusandjavelinduringtheseason...Ranked68thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistintheshotputwithamarkof49-0.25and101stinthediscuswithamarkof153-11...EarnedAll-SunBelthonors in the discus and shot put, winning the discus and placing second intheshotputattheSBCChampionships...Wonthehammer(161-1)andplacedsecondintheshotput(44-8)andjavelin(96-5)attheClemsonRelays...PlacedthirdintheshotputwithaPRandanNCAAregionalmarkof48-3.5attheYellowJacketInvitational...SetaPRinthehammerwithamarkof158-7attheSeaRayRelays...Placedthirdinthehammerwithamarkof162-11andfinishedsecondintheshotputattheVanderbiltInvitational...Placedsecondinthehammerwithamarkof164-2,finishedsecondintheshotputwithanotherPR(49-0.25)andwasfourthinthediscusattheCoachOInvitational...Wonthediscuswithaper-sonal-best153-11,placedsecondintheshotput(47-8)andfifthinthehammerwithanotherschoolrecord(165-4)attheSunBeltChampionships...AlsopostedaPRinthejavelin(107-1)attheSBCmeet...Placed29thintheshotput(45-8.5)andthediscus(136-11)attheNCAAMideastRegional.

2006-07IndoorPostedthreevictoriesandfivesecond-placefinishes,includingafirstandasec-ondat theSunBeltChampionships ...Wontheshotput inherfirstcollegiatemeetwithamarkof46-5andfinishedsecondintheweightthrowwithamarkof54-9attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedeighthwithamarkof56-6in the weight throw at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed second in the shotput(44-9.5)andwontheweightthrow(54-9.5)attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Cameinsecondintheshotput(44-9.5)andfinishedthirdintheweightthrow(56-8)attheCarle-HealthAllianceInvitational...Finishedsecondintheshotput(45-0.5)attheMTValentineInvitational...Wontheshotputwithamarkof46-10andbroketheschoolrecordintheweightthrowforathirdtime,placingsecondwithamarkof56-10.25attheSBCChampionships.OutdoorPlacedninthwithapersonal-best143-0inthediscus,sixthintheshotput(44-7)and11thinapersonal-best149-10inthehammerattheYellowJacketInvita-tional...Finishedseventhintheshotputwithamarkof45-9attheTigerTrackClassic...Cameineighthinthediscus(137-8)and11thinapersonal-best152-1inthehammerattheSeaRayRelays...Placedseventhintheshotput(45-10.5)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Finishedfourthinapersonal-best46-4.75intheshotputandwasseventhinthehammerwithaPRof154-1attheStanLyonsInvitational ... Placed third with an NCAA regional mark and a PR of 48-2.5 intheshotputattheSunBeltChampionships...Placed26thattheNCAAMideastRegionalintheshotput(42-6.75).

HighSchoolCompetedinfoursportsatGlencliffHS-volleyball,softball,basketballandtrackandfield...VotedtheDistrictMVPinvolleyballandOffensivePlayeroftheYearinsoftball...JuniorOlympicchampion...ElectedtheHomecomingQueen.

PersonalBornBrittanyJeneaCoxonApril18,1988...DaughterofTinaCoxandRickyCox...Majoringinathletictraining.

asafreshmanandsophomoreand10thattheCanadianXCmeetin2004...Fin-ished first in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at the GBSSA and 5th at the OFSSAasfreshman...Camein21stattheOFSSAasa juniorand9thattheOFSSAin3,000asasenior...Besttimesincludeda4:52forthe1,500,10:27forthe3,000and18:57forthe5,000meters...StudentcouncilpresidentandmemberoftheHonorRoll.

PersonalBorn Marla Blair Bailey on May 22, 1989 ... Daughter of Joe and Lori Bailey ...Motherwenttotheworldchampionshipsinmountainbiking,finishingseventh,andfatherisrankedinthetop3inCanadainmountainbiking.

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fourthinthe200in25.82attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Placedseventhinthe55in7.47andfifthinthe200in26.01attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedeighthinthe55in7.37and16th200in26.01attheEdTempleClassic...Placed15thinthe200in25.84attheSunBeltChampionships...Camein38thinthe60metersin7.93attheKentuckyInvitationaland40thin26.5inthe200meters...Finished17thinthe60in7.83and32ndinthe200in25.61attheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorEarnedAllSunBelthonorsasamemberof4x400-meterrelayteamplacingfirstoverallattheSBCChampionshipsinatimeof3:46.28...Wonthe100-meterdashin12.21at theBoston-MoonClassicandplaced fourth in the200-meterdashin25.85,andfifthinthelongjumpin17-4.75(5.3m)...Wonasamemberofthe4x100meterrelayteamin46.12andplacedsecondasamemberofthe4x200-meter relayteamin1:39.41at theGeorgiaRelays ...Placedfifth inthe100 in12.03withalifetime-besttimeof11.94inthepreliminaryheatattheSunBeltChampionships,andalsofinished15thinthe200meters in24.91and13thinthe long jumpwitha leapof18-8.5 (5.7m) ...Seta lifetimebestof24.9 inthe200 meters finishing 27th overall at the GeorgiaTech Invitational, and placed29thinthe100metersin12.17...Camein18thinthe100metersin12.05attheSeaRaysRelays...Ranatimeof12.09inthe100,finishing12thattheWarEagleInvitationalaswellas24.98inthe200placing18th…Finished27thinthe200metersin24.9and29thinthe100metersin12.17.

HighSchoolAttendedEscambiaCountyHighSchool...Rantrackandplayedbasketballandvolleyball...Alsowasacheerleader...Two-time4Atrackstatechampion...VotedMostAthleticandMostSchoolSpirited.

PersonalBornKiaraHenryonDecember14,1989...DaughterofSharonHenryandthelateKennethHenry...Majoringincriminaljusticeadministration.

SarahNambawaSenior•5-5Kampala,UgandaJumps/MiddleDistance

LongJump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-10(6.35m)ioTripleJump. . . . . . . . . . 45-9(13.94m)o/44-8.25(13.62m)i

2008-09IndoorEarnedindoorAll-Americanhonorforthesecondstraightyearandsetschoolrecordsinbothlongandtriplejump...RankedsecondinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistinthetriplejumpwithamarkof44-8.25(13.62m)and12thinthelongjumpwithajumpof20-10(6.35m)...VotedMostOutstandingFieldPerformerattheSunBeltChampionships,winningthetriplejumpandtakingsecond in the long jump ... Remained undefeated in the triple jump througheightweeksbeforeplacingsecondattheNCAAIndoorChampionshipstoFlor-idaState’sKimberlyWilliams...Wonthetriplejumpwithaprovisionalmarkof42-11.75 (13.10m)andplacedsecond in the long jump(19-6.75 [5.97m]),andranthe800,placing16thinatimeof2:25.16attheSunBeltChampionships…Finishedsecondinthetriplejump(44-4[13.51m])and10thinthelongjumpattheNCAAIndoorChampionships...EarnedtwoNCAAautomaticqualifiersandsettwoMiddleTennesseerecords,winningboththelongjump(20-10[6.35m])andtriple jump(44-8.25[13.62m]),andfinishedthird in the800metersat theMTValentine Invitational ... Earned an NCAA automatic qualifier and won thetriplejumpwithaleapof43-10.25(13.36m)andwonthelongjump,jumping19-9.25(6.03m),andranonthethird-placefinishing4x400mrelayteamattheMTChristmasInvitational...Wonboththelongandtriplejumpswithmarksof19-3.25(5.87m)and42-0(12.80m)attheEdTempleClassic...EarnedanNCAAprovisionalmarkwinningthetriplejumpwitha43-3.25(13.19m)jump,andtooksixthinthelongjumpwithaleapof18-8(5.69m)attheKentuckyInvitational...Finishedsecondinthe400metersin58.01attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Wonboththelongjump(19-04.75),triplejump(43-03.25)andfinishedsixthinthe200metersattheMiddleTennesseeClassic...EarnedanNCAAprovisionalmarkof42-8(13.00m),winningthetriplejumpandplacedsixthinthelongjumpwithamarkof18-9(5.71m)attheRodMcCravyMemorial.

OutdoorPlaced third in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the triplejump with a leap of 45-3 (13.79m), earning All American honors and finished23rdinthenationinthelongjumpwitha leapof18-8(5.69m) ...WasnamedMostOutstandingFieldAthleteattheSunBeltChampionships,alsoearningAllSunBelthonorsinthelongjump(20-10[6.35m]),triplejump(44-11.75[13.71m])and4x400meterrelay(3:46.28),winningall threeeventswithNCAARegionalqualifyingstandards...Wonthetriplejumpwithaleapof43-7.25(13.29m)andplacedsecondinthelongjump19-6.25(5.95m)attheTigerTrackClassic...Cameinsecondinthetriplejumpin42-0(12.8m)and14thinthelongjumpwithaleapof18-4(5.59m)andplacedsecondinthe4x200meterrelayin1:38.77andfourthinthe4x100-meterrelayin46.34attheSeaRaysRelays...Cameinsecondwiththe4x400-meterrelayteamin3:40.73andseventhinthelongjumpin19-4.75(5.91m)attheGeorgiaTechInvitational...Placedfourthinthetriplejump43-1(13.13m)atthePennRelays,alsoplaced19thinthe4x200-meterrelayin1:37.4, 26th in the 4x400 meter relay in 3:50.41, and 39th in the 4x100-meterrelay47.88.

2007-08Cross CountryParticipated in fourevents,finishing56that theUTCPowerade Invitational in13:58(2miles)and82ndattheOldTimersClassicin22:18.10(5K).IndoorEarnedAll-Americahonorsinthetriplejumpandbroketheschoolrecordinthesameevent ...Rankedfourth inthenationontheNCAAdescendingorder listinthetriple jumpwithamarkof44-8.25 ...VotedtheMostOutstandingFieldPerformerattheSunBeltChampionshipsafterwinningthetriplejumpandplac-ingsecondinthelongjump...WonthetriplejumpwithanNCAAprovisionalmarkof42-11.5,placedsecondinthelongjump(18-4.75)andsecondinthe400metersin56.05attheMTChristmasInvitational...WonthetriplejumpwithanNCAAmarkof43-1.75,finishedseventhinthelongjump(18-1)andalsoseventhin the 400 in 56.67 at the Kentucky Invitational ...Won the triple jump (41-7),finishedthirdinthe400in57.19andwasamemberofthewinningmilerelay(3:49.77)attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Wonthe400in56.42,placedsecondinthelongjump(18-3.75)andthirdinthe200metersin25.37attheMiddleTen-nesseeClassic...Finishedthirdinthetriplejump(40-9.5),fifthinthelongjumpwithmarkof18-7.25and19thinthe200withaPRof25.10attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Wonthelongjumpwithamarkof19-0andalsowonthetriplejump(42-3)aswellasplacingsixthinthe200in25.17attheMTValentineInvitational...Broketheschoolrecordwinningthetriplejump(44-8.25),placedsecondinthelongjumpwithaPRof(19-7.5),finishedeighthinthe400in56.79andwasamemberofthesecond-placemilerelay(3:48.25)attheSunBeltChampionships...Placedeighthinthetriplejump(43-10.5)attheNCAAChampionships,earningfirstcareerAll-Americahonor.OutdoorBecamethefirstBlueRaiderfemaletoparticipateintheNCAAChampionshipssince2004afterwinningthetriplejumpattheNCAAMideastRegional...Ranked39thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlistwithamarkof20-5.25inthelongjumpand10thinthetriplejumpwithamarkof44-4...VotedtheMostOutstandingFieldPerformerattheSunBeltChampionshipsafterwinningthetriplejumpandplacingsecondinthelongjump...Alsoplacedeighthinthe400metersandwasamemberofthefourth-place4x100-meterrelay,compiling20points...Wonthelongjump(19-1.5)andthetriplejump(42-5.5)andwasamem-berofthewinning4x400-meterrelay(3:52.71)attheClemsonRelays...Placedthirdinthelongjump(19-0)andthetriplejump(42-0)attheTigerTrackClassic...Finishedfourthinthetriplejump(41-7.25)and13thinthelongjump(19-1.25)andwasamemberoftheeighth-placedistancemedleyrelay(12:44.24)attheSeaRayRelays...Wonthetriplejump(43-1.5)withanNCAAqualifyingmarkandplacedthirdinthelongjump(19-6)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Wonthetriplejumpwithamarkof44-2andplacedsecondinthelongjumpwithhermarkof20-5.25,bothNCAAqualifyingmarks...Herlongjumpmarkwasthethirdbestinschoolhistory...Alsoplacedeighthinthe400andwasamemberofthefourth-place4x100-meterrelay(46.27)...Wonthetriplejumpwithawind-aidedmarkof44-5.5butalsopostedalegalmarkof44-4,anotherschoolrecord,attheNCAAMideastRegional...Placed21stinthelongjump(19-0.75)attheNCAAMideastRegional...Postedamarkof43-1.5intheprelimsandfinished12thoverallwithmarkof42-2.25attheNCAAChampionshipsinthetriplejump.


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2009-10Cross CountryBecamethefirstfemaleinschoolhistorytoqualifyfortheNCAACrossCountryChampionships...FinishedthirdattheSunBeltChampionships(5K)inatimeof19:49.09togarnerherthirdconsecutiveall-conferencehonor...PlacedfifthattheNCAASouthRegional(6K)in20:30.22toearnall-regionhonorsforthesec-ondstraightyear...WontheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)inatimeof11:13...Finishedrunner-upattheBelmontOpener(4K),UTCOpener(2M)andWKUOldTimersClassic(5K)withrespectivetimesof14:17.00,11:24and17:40.51...Placed11thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K)in17:43.05...Camein143rdattheNCAACrossCountryChampionshipsinatimeof21:36.0.

2008-09Cross CountryATwo-timeSunBeltRunneroftheWeekwhofinishednolowerthan16thinalleight races ...WontheAgnesScott Invitational (5K) in20:30andfinishedsev-enth at the Belmont Opener (2 miles) 14:50.81 ... Placed fifth at the MemphisTwilightClassic(5K)in18:09.78andsecondattheWKUOldTimersClassic(5K)in17:55.10...Camein13thattheGreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K),postingaseasonbestin17:44.07andwontheUTCInvitational(2miles)in11:07...FinishedtheseasonsecondattheSunBeltChampionships(5K),earningall-conferencehon-orsin17:45.89...Camein16thattheNCAARegionals(6K)inMaryville,Tenn.,in21:33.69.IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthe800meters,milerunand3,000metersattheSunBeltChampionships...BrokeherownMiddleTennesseerecordinthe800,running a 2:11.03 at the Rod McCravy Memorial, placing second ... Shatteredherpreviousschoolrecordinthe3,000attheKentuckyInvitational,runninga9:55.28andplacingninth...Wonthe800in2:15.55attheMTChristmasInvita-tional...Wonthe800in2:19.45andfinishedfirstwiththeDMRteamin12:40.53attheEdTempleClassic...Wonthemilein5:03.21attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Wonthe800in2:11.8andplacedsecondwiththe4x400mrelayteamin3:47.29attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Wonthe3,000in10:36.15attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedsecondinboththe800in2:11.03andthemilein4:50.35aswellasfourthonthe4x400mrelayin3:42.7attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Placed second in the 800 in2:12.36,secondinthemilein4:57.28,andthirdinthe3,000in 10:00.11 at the Sun BeltChampionships.OutdoorEarned All Sun Belt honorsin the 800, 1,500 and 5,000meters forwinningboth the800and1,500attheSunBeltChampionshipsinrespectivetimesof2:09.73and4:28.16,aswellasfinishingthirdinthe5,000 in 17:40.39 ... EarnedNCAA Regional qualifyingtimesofinthe800,1,500and4x400relay...Setaschoolre-cord of 2:07.38 in the 800 attheGeorgiaTechInvitationalplacing ninth overall ... Set aMiddle Tennessee standardof4:24.22inthe1,500attheNCAAMideastRegionalmeet

2010 Women’s Profiles2006-07IndoorPlacedthirdinthetriplejumpwithamarkof39-7.5andsecondinthe800me-tersin2:24.93andwasamemberofthewinningmilerelay(3:53.15)attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Finishedseventhinthelongjumpwithamarkof17-1.25,fifth in the triple jump (38-2.75) and sixth in the 600 meters in 1:39.46 at theCarle-HealthAllianceInvitational...Cameinsixthinthetriplejump(38-0.75)attheIndianaRelays...Finishedsecondinthetriplejumpwithaseason-bestmarkof 39-10 and also second in the 800 (2:19.44) at the MTValentine Invitational...Placedthirdinthetriplejump(39-7.25)andsecondinthe800(2:17.86)andwasamemberof the fourth-place4x400-meter relay (3:53.07)at theSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorPlaced14thwithaseason-best18-5.25 inthe long jump,secondwithamarkof41-7.75 in thetriple jumpandsixthwitha timeof56.11 in the400metersandwasamemberoftheschool-recordandNCAAregionalqualifying4x400-meterrelay(3:38.12)attheAlabamaRelays...Finishedeighthinaseason-best55.61inthe400andwasamemberofthesecond-place4x400relay(3:41.95)attheYellowJacketInvitational...Memberofthesecond-place4x200-meterrelay(1:40.26)attheTexasRelays ...Placedseventh inthetriple jump(40-0.75)andwasamemberofthefifth-place4x200(1:37.98)attheSeaRayRelays...Wonthetriplejumpwithaseason-bestmarkof41-10.75,placedfourthinthelongjumpwithamarkof18-7andwasseventhinthe800metersin2:12.11attheVander-biltInvitational...Memberofthesecond-place4x400relay(3:39.23)atthePennRelays...Placedninthinthetriplejumpwithamarkof39-0.25attheSBCCham-pionshipsand13thwithamarkof41-2.25attheNCAAMideastRegional.

HighSchoolAttendedMasindiAcademyforcoachPkanyaPatrick...Postedbesttimesof57.26inthe400meters,2:13inthe800metersandmarksof17-3inthelongjumpand37-10inthetriplejump...AlsoattendedNdejjeUniversityforoneyear.

PersonalBornSarahNambawaonSeptember23,1985...DaughterofKalandaPaulandNamutebiImmaculate...Majoringinliberalstudies.

ZamzamSangauSenior•5-6Kampala,Uganda•KyambogDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.38o/2:08.23i1,500Meters/MileRun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:24.22o/4:48.37i 5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17:21.42o/17:54.42i

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ChericeRobertsonR-Junior•5-8Memphis,Tenn.•RidgewayHSJumps/Hurdles

55meterhurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.84ihighjump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8(1.73m)i

BeforeMiddleTennesseeRanforVanderbiltbeforeinjuringherknee...FinishedseventhintheHeptathlonatthe2008SECOutdoorwith4854points.

HighSchoolSeniorcaptainintrackatRidgewayHSunderFeliciaEverson...Statechampionin pentathlon and triple jump as senior ... Also earned state title as freshmanhighjumper...Helpedteamtoapairofcitytitles,astatechampionshipin2003,andthreeregionaltitles...StudentCouncilrepresentativeandNationalHonorsSocietymember.

PersonalCherice Rashay Robertson ... Born Dec. 28, 1987 ... Daughter of James E. Rob-ertsonSr.,andLindaRobertson... OldsisterCandicewasafourtimeSunBeltChampioninthehurdleseventforMiddleTennessee.

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MeLynThompsonSenior•5-6Chattanooga,Tenn.•GirlsPrep.Throws

ShotPut. . . . . . . . . 50-8.75(15.46m)o/47-11.25(14.61m)iDiscus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135-0(41.16m)oHammer/WeightThrow. . . 142-0(43.29m)o/45-9(13.94m)i

2008-09IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsintheshotputplacingthirdintheeventattheSunBeltChampionshipsandseta lifetimebestsof47-11.25(14.61m) intheeventalsothrew45-9(13.94m)intheweightthrowplacing16thintheevent...Wontheshotputwithatossof46-4(14.12m)andninthintheweightthrow(42-0

JackieSeremSophomore•5-1RiftValley,Kenya.•SachoHSDistance

MileRun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:13.66i5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:03.52o10,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:31.61o

2010 Women’s Profilesplacingseventh...Wonthe800in2:09.17andplacedsecondinthe1,500in4:27.11attheTigerTrackClassic...Finishedfirstwiththe4x400relayteamin3:47.28attheGeorgiaRelays...Placedfifthinthe4:27.04attheWarEagleIn-vitationalinthe1,500...Cameineighthinthe1,500in4:30.66attheSeaRaysRelays.

2007-08Cross CountryFinishedinthetop20inallsevenevents,earningAll-SunBelthonorsaswellasAll-SouthRegionaccolades...Placed12thattheBelmontOpenerin15:01.35(4K)andfourthattheUTCPoweradeInvitationalin11:23(2miles)...Finished13thattheOldTimersClassicin18:17.31(5K)and14thattheLouisvilleClassicin17:50.13 (5K) ...WontheFrontRunner Invitational in11:01 (2miles) ...Fin-ishedthirdattheSBCChampionshipsin18:01.50(5K)andcamein19thattheNCAASouthRegionalin21:26.55(6K).IndoorSetschoolrecordsinthreeeventsandalsowasamemberofarecord-settingrelay...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthreeeventsafterwinningthemilerun,placingsecondinthe800metersandfinishingthirdinthe5000metersattheSBCChampionships...Wonthemilein5:09.04andthe3000metersin10:21.75attheMTChristmasInvitational...Placed13thinthemileinaschool-recordtimeof5:00.69and12thinthe800in2:16.99attheKentuckyInvitational ...Wonthe800inaschool-record2:12.63andwasamemberofthewinningmilerelay(3:49.77)attheBlueRaider Invitational ...Wonthe3000 inaschool-re-cord10:17.08andplacedsecondinthemilein5:04.54attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...SetaschoolrecordinthemileattheRodMcCravyMemorial,finish-ingfourthin4:48.37...Wonthe800in2:15.77attheMTValentineInvitational... Scored infiveeventsat theSunBeltChampionships,netting acombined28.5points:winningthemilein4:55.17,placingsecondinthe800in2:16.13,finishingthirdin17:54.42inthe5000metersandalsowasamemberofthere-cord-settingdistancemedleyrelay(12:07.87)andthesecond-placemilerelay(3:48.25)...Placedfifthinthemilein4:55.04attheNCAALastChanceMeet.OutdoorSettheschoolrecordinthe3000metersduringtheseason,herfourthindi-vidualschoolrecordduringthe2007-08academicyear...Ranked117thinthenationontheNCAAdescendingorderlist inthe1500meterswithatimeof4:33.79 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in three events at the SBC Champion-ships,winningthe1500andplacingsecondinthe800metersandthe5000meters...Memberoftheschool-record4x1500-meterrelay(19:45.74)aswellasthewinningdistancemedleyrelay(12:34.46)andthewinning4x400-meterrelay(3:52.71)attheClemsonRelays...Setaschoolrecordandapersonalbestinthe3000in10:07.40,placedthirdattheTigerTrackClassic...Finished31stinthe1500in4:49.42andwasamemberofthefifth-place4x1500relay(20:16.78)and the eighth-place distance medley relay (12:44.24) at the Sea Ray Relays...Placedsixthin4:31.99attheVanderbiltInvitational...Finishedsecondinapersonal-best2:10.40inthe800attheCoachOInvitational...Wonthe1500in4:33.79,placedsecondinthe800in2:11.82andsecondinthe5000in17:51.86attheSunBeltChampionships...QualifiedfortheNCAAMideastRegionalinthe1500butdidnotparticipatebecauseofinjury.

2006-07IndoorFinished 10th in the mile run in 5:25.14 at the MT Christmas Invitational ...Placed26thinthemilein5:17.88and20thinthe800metersin2:24.79attheKentuckyInvitational...Cameineighthinthemilein5:25.83andeighthinthe600metersin1:43.35attheCarle-HealthAllianceInvitational...Placed10thinthemileinapersonal-best5:13.75attheIndianaRelaysandsecondinthe3000metersinapersonal-best10:26.92attheMTValentineInvitational...FinishedfourthinthemileinaPRof5:13.16,fifthinthe3000inaschoolrecord10:20.49andsixthinthe5000metersin19:01.20attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorPlacedfourthin2:13.88inthe800metersand11thina4:50.05inthe1500me-tersandwasamemberofthesecond-placedistancemedleyrelay(12:15.62)attheAlabamaRelays...Settheschoolrecordinthe5000metersin17:50.43attheYellowJacketInvitational...Finished12thinaPRof4:39.41inthe1500attheTigerTrackClassicand32ndin4:40.73inthe1500attheSeaRayRelays...Placedsixthinapersonal-best2:12.03inthe800andbroketheschoolrecordagaininthe5000,cominginthirdin17:21.42attheVanderbiltInvitational...Wonthe1500inatimeof4:38.74andthe5000in17:39.43attheStanLyonsInvitational...Wonthe1500inaPRof4:36.73,placedthirdinthe800in2:16.46

2009-10Cross CountryEarned All Sun Belt Honors by finishing seventh in 20:30.52 at the Sun BeltChampionships(5K)...PlacedfourthattheUTCOpener(2M)andtheUTCFront-runnerInvitational(2M)withrespectivetimesof11:47and11:34...Rantoa10thplacefinishattheWKUOldTimersClassic(5K)inatimeof18:45.37...Finished26that theBelmontOpener (4K) inatimeof15:12.95 ...Came in43rdat theNCAASouthRegional(6K)inatimeof21:51.65.

2008-09IndoorEarnedapersonalbestof5:37.41attheRodMcCravyMemorialinthemilerun,placingninth...Placedsixthinthe3,000in12:05.15attheEdTempleClassic...Finishedthemilein5:45.51,placingninthattheBlueRaiderInvitational...Fin-ishedninthinthemilein5:50.9attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Placed15thinthe3,000metersin11:17.39and20thinthemilein5:45.08attheSunBeltChampionships...Cameinseventhinthe3,000in11:41.20attheMTChristmasInvitational ... Came in 15th in the mile in 5:50.67 at the MTValentine Invita-tional.OutdoorFinishedseventhinthe5,000metersandeighthinthe10,000metersattheSunBeltChampionshipsintimesof18:03.25and39:31.61,respectively...Cameinsixthinthe5,000attheGeorgiaTechInvitationalin18:08.15...Placedseventhinthe3,000metersin10:56.05attheBoston-MoonClassic...Finishedeighthinthe1,500attheWesternKentuckyInvitationalin5:01.34...Camein17thattheGeorgiaRelaysin5:18.81.

PersonalBornJacklineSerem...DaughterofDavidandElizabethSerem...AttendedSa-choHighSchool...Letteredintrackrunningthe3000...Majoringinnursing.

andthirdinthe5000in18:07.54attheSBCChampionships.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeAttendedKyambogoUniversityforoneyear...Participatedintrack,crosscoun-tryandvolleyball...NamedOutstandingSportsWomeninallthreesportsattheKibuliPrimaryTeachersSchool...Besttimesincluded4:45inthe1500meters.

PersonalBornZamzamSangauonApril8,1987...DaughterofSangauandMarianAbdul...BrotherRajabplaysvolleyball,handballandbasketball,andbrotherAhmedplayscricketandrunstrack...Majoringinliberalstudies.

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KortneyThurmanJunior•5-7PowerSprings,Ga.•McEachernHSJumps/Sprints

LongJump . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-9.5(6.03m)o/19-5(5.91m)iTripleJump. . . . . . . . . . . .42-8(11.12m)i/38-2(11.63m)o

2008-09IndoorPlacedsecondinthelongjumpwithaleapof19-1.5(5.83m)attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedthirdinthelongjump,leapingof18-7.5(5.67m),andthirdasamemberofthe4x400mrelayteam(4:17.6)attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedfifthinthe200metersin25.96andfourthinthelongjump,jumping18-5(5.61m)attheEdTempleClassic...Camein18thinthelongjump,recordingamarkof18-9.25(5.72m),and18thinthetriplejump(35-9.25[10.6m])attheKentucky Invitational ...Setapersonal-best timeof7.22 in the55-meterdashinthepreliminaryheatandfinishedfifthoverallin7.25andplacedninthinthe200 in26.02at theBlueRaider Invitational ...Placedninth inthe200 in26.03andfourthinthelongjump(17-11.5[5.47m])attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Placed11thinthetriplejump(36-5.75[11.12m])andfinishedfifthinthelongjumpwith18-9.25(5.72m)attheRodMcCravyMemorial...Camein14thinthe55in7.42,finishedfifthinthelongjump(18-10[5.74m])and14thinthetriplejump(34-6.25[10.52m])attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorEarned a lifetime best, recording a NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 19-9.5(6.03m) in the long jump, placing second overall at the Tiger Track Classic ...Wonthelongjumpwithaleapof19-1.25(5.82m)andplacedfourthinthetriplejumpwithajumpof38-2(11.63m)attheGeorgiaRelays...CameinsixthinthelongjumpattheWarEagleInvitationalwith19-0.75(5.81m)...Finishedeighthinthelongjumpin19-3.25(5.87m),19thinthe4x200-meterrelaysin1:37.4,and39thinthe4x100meterrelayin47.88atthePennRelays...Cameineighthasamemberofthe4x100relayteamin 46.34, 14th in the long jumpwithamarkof18-4(5.59m),and17th in the triple jump in 37-1(11.31m)...Setalifetimebestof25.25 in the 200-meter dash inplacing 20th, sixth in the 4x100relay 46.48 and came in 20th inthe100meterdashin12.33and19th in the triple jump with 34-9.5 (10.6m) ... Placed fifth in the4x100 relay in 46.45 and 21st inthelongjumpin18-1(5.51m)atthe Georgia Tech Invitational ...Came in 31st in the long jumpwith 18-8 (5.69m) at the NCAAMideastRegionalMeet.

2007-08IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthelong jump, placing third at theSBC Championships ... Placed10th in the long jump (17-9.75)at theKentucky Invitationalandfourth(17-1.5)attheBlueRaiderInvitational ... Finished third in Kortney Thurman

[12.8m])attheEdTempleClassic ...Wontheshotput,throwing45-2(13.76m)and placed 12th in the weight throw with a toss of 40-3 (12.26m) at the MTChristmasInvitational...PlacedsecondintheshotputandthirdintheweightthrowattheMiddleTennesseeClassicwithoftossesof47-5(14.32m)and45-5(13.84m),respectively...Placedoverallthirdintheshotput(43-7[13.28m])andninthintheweightthrow(42-0[12.8m])attheMTValentineInvitational...Threw47-6.25(14.48m)intheshotputfinishingseventhalsoplaced26thintheweightthrowtossing43-7.75(13.3m)attheKentuckyInvitational...Finished12thintheshotputwithatossof46-3.5(14.11m)attheRodMcCravyMemorial.OutdoorPlacedsecondintheshotputwithamarkof41-3.25(12.58m),fourthinthedis-cusrecording123-0 (37.51m),andeighth inthehammerthrowwithatossof114-5.5(34.89m)attheBoston-MoonClassic...Cameinsixthintheshotputin44-6.75(13.58m)attheSunBeltChampionships...Placed10thinthediscusattheGeorgiaRelaysrecordingatossof129-0(39.32m)...Finished11thintheshotputwithamarkof44-11.5(13.70m)and14thinthediscuswithatossof135-0(41.15m)attheTigerTrackClassic.

2007-08IndoorWontheshotput(47-6)andplaced10thintheweightthrow(43-5.5)attheMTChristmas Invitational ...Finishedfourth intheshotput (47-11.25)at theKen-tucky Invitational ...Won the shot put (46-10) and placed ninth in the weightthrow(38-7)attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Finishedfourthintheshotput(43-3)andeighthintheweightthrow(36-10.5)attheMiddleTennesseeClassic ...Placedsecondintheshotput(45-2)and12thintheweightthrow(39-2)attheMTValentineInvitational...Finishedfourthintheshotput(45-4.25)attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorRanked90th in thenationontheNCAAdescendingorder list in theshotputwithamarkof47-11.75...EarnedAll-SunBelthonorsafterwinningtheshotputat the SBC Championships ...Won the shot put (46-9) and placed third in thehammer throw with a mark of 129-1 at the Clemson Relays ... Placed seventhin the shot put (46-3.25) at theYellow Jacket Invitational and ninth (42-11) attheTigerTrackClassic ...Finished35thintheshotput(41-9.75)attheSeaRayRelays...Placedeighthintheshotput(44-0.75)and25thinthehammer(124-3)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Finishedthirdintheshotput(46-9),fifthinthediscuswithapersonal-best132-8andeighthinthehammerwithPRof138-4attheCoachOInvitational...Wontheshotputwithamarkof47-11.75attheSunBeltChampionships...Placed35thintheshotput(44-2)attheNCAAMideastRegional.

2006-07IndoorPlacedsecondintheshotputwithamarkof45-11andplaced10thintheweightthrowwithamarkof35-2attheMTChristmasInvitational...Finishedeighthintheshotput(44-8)and25thintheweightthrowwithpersonal-best44-11attheKentuckyInvitational...Cameinfourthintheshotput(41-6)andweightthrow(42-9.5)attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Wontheshotputwithapersonal-best46-6.75at theCarle-HealthAlliance Invitational ...Finishedsecond intheshotput(45-4.5)attheIndianaRelays...Placedthirdintheshotput(45-0)andsixthin the weight throw (44-5)at theMTValentine Invitational ... Finished10th inthe shot put (41-1.75) and 14th in the weight throw (44-3.25) at the Sun BeltChampionships.OutdoorPlaced ninth in the shot put with a mark of 43-3 at the Alabama Relays andeighthwithamarkof43-9.75attheYellowJacketInvitational...Finishedsecondintheshotput(40-11.75),seventhinthehammerthrow(122-0)and10thinthediscus(93-2)attheBoston-MoonClassic...Placed10thintheshotput(43-7)and23rdinthehammerwithapersonal-best132-2attheVanderbiltInvitational...Wontheshotputwithamarkof49-5.75attheStanLyonsInvitational ...Alsoplaced18thinthediscus(122-8)and23rdinthehammer(116-11)attheStanLyonsmeet...Setaschoolrecordagaininshotput,winningeventattheSunBeltChampionshipswithamarkof50-8.75...Camein15thinthediscus(123-11)and14thinthehammer(118-1)attheSBCChampionships...Placed10thintheshotputwithamarkof48-10.25attheNCAAMideastRegional.

HighSchoolWas the state title winner in both the shot put and discus as a senior at GirlsPreparatorySchool...Winningmarkswere44-4.25intheshotputand124-4in

2010 Women’s Profilesthediscus...SetapersonalbestinthediscusasaseniorattheDivisionIIEastSectionalmeetwithamarkof125-0.5andaPRintheshotputattheGPShomemeetwithamarkof45-2.

PersonalBorn MeLyn MarieThompson on October 12, 1987 ... Daughter of Melvin andGwendolynThompson ...Majoring in interdisciplinarystudies (earlychildhoodeducation).

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KristenTithofSophomore•5-6Friendsville,Tenn.•WilliamBlountHSDistance

5,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:14.76i/19:25.40o10,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41:37.63o

2008-09Cross CountryFinishedinthetop50insixofthesevenraces ...CameinfourthattheAgnesScott Invitational (5K) in 22:15 and 47th at the Belmont Opener in 16:04.06 ...Finished47thattheMemphisTwilightClassic(5K)in20:04.73and18thattheWKUOldTimersClassic(5K)in20:10.50...Placed14thattheUTCInvitational(2miles)in12:23...Finishedtheseasonwithaseason-besttimeof19:45.18attheSunBeltChampionships.IndoorWonasamemberoftheDMRteamin12:40.53andplacedfourthinthe3,000metersin11:40.98attheEdTempleClassic...Finishedthirdinthe800metersin2:39.02attheBlueRaiderInvitational...Placedsixthinthe3,000in11:07.72intheMTChristmasInvitational...FinishedninthasamemberoftheDMRteamin13:20.09and17thinthe5,000metersin19:14.76attheSunBeltChampionships...Placed12thinthe800in2:40.74andseventhinthemile(5:44.90)attheMid-dleTennesseeClassic...Camein14thinthe800in2:36.45attheMTValentineInvitational...Camein32ndinthemilerunin5:48.27attheKentuckyInvitational...Ranthe3,000attheRodMcCravyMemorial,finishing31stin11:04.63.OutdoorPlaced14thinthe1,500metersin5:14.72attheWesternKentuckyInvitational...Camein15thinthe5,000metersin19:25.4attheGeorgiaRelays...Finished15thinthe3,000metersand18thinthe1,500attheBoston-MoonClassicintimesof11:13.2and5:20.32,respectively…Placed15thinthe10,000metersin41:10.39attheSunBeltChampionships…Finished19thinthe5,000in19:26.84attheWarEagleInvitational…Camein23rdinthe3,000and33rdinthe1,500attheBoston-MoonClassicwithtimesof11:08.79and5:18.31,respectively.

HighSchoolAttendedWilliamBlountHighSchool...Letteredintrackandfieldallfouryearsofhighschooland lettered incrosscountry fromhersophomorethroughse-nioryearsundercoachChrisFrary...Wasthecrosscountryregionalchampionin2005and2006...anall-regioncrosscountryselectionin2007...Tabbedtotheall-statecrosscountryteamin2005,2006and2007...All-statetrackmemberin2006...Graduatedinthetop10inherclass.


NyeishaWrightR-Junior•5-7Colo.Springs,Colo.•(WidefieldHS[SouthernMiss.])Sprints/Jumps

100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.92o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.34o/24.47iLongJump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-9(5.71m)i/19-11(6.07m)

2008-09IndoorEarnedAll-SunBelthonorsinthe200meters,finishingthirdin24.83attheSunBeltChampionshipsandcominginseventhinthe55metersin7.25aswellasplacing11thinthelongjumpwithamarkof18-3.25(5.57m)...Wonboththe55and200meters,settinglifetimebestsinbothevents,attheMTValentineInvita-tionalin7.15and24.47,respectively...Wonboththe200in24.63andlongjumpleaping18-7(5.67m)andplacedsecondinthe55in7.17attheBlueRaiderInvi-tational...Placedthirdinthelongjumpwithaleapof18-9(5.72m)andplacedsecondinthe4x400mrelayin3:47.29attheMiddleTennesseeClassic...Placedsixthinthelongjump(18-4.25[5.6m])attheEdTempleClassic...Cameinfourthasamember4x400mrelayteamin3:42.7andplaced16thinthe55metersin7.77 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Competed in the long (17-6.25 [5.34m])andtriplejumps(35-6[10.82m])attheKentuckyInvitationalfinishing19thand21st,respectively.OutdoorEarned All Sun Belt honors as member of the 4x400 relay team, winning theeventinatimeof3:46.28attheSunBeltChampionships...Wonthe4x100-meterrelayin46.12andwonthe4x400relayin3:47.28attheGeorgiaRelaysaswellasplacingsecondwiththe4x200-meterrelayteamin1:39.41...Placedsecondinthe4x200in1:38.77andfourthinthe4x100in46.34andplaced33rdinthe100-meterdashin12.46attheSeaRaysRelays...Placedsixthinthe100-meterdashin12.1,sixthinthe200-meterdashin24.71,andsixthinthe4x100relayin47.88attheSunBeltChampionships...Placedseventhinthelongjumpwithaleapof18-6.5(5.65m),ninthinthe200in24.58,and19thinthe100in12.33attheWarEagleInvitational.

2007-08RedshirtedaftertransferringfromSouthernMiss.IndoorDidnotcompete.OutdoorCompetedunattachedinonemeet,placing16thwithamarkof17-8.75inthelongjumpandfoulingonherthreeattemptsinthetriplejumpattheVanderbiltInvitational.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeSpentoneseasonatSouthernMiss.

HighSchoolFour-yeartrack letterwinner forcoachFredMarjerrsonatWidefieldHS ...Wonthestatechampionshipinthetriplejumpasasophomoreandthestatetitlesinthelongjumpandtriplejumpasasenior...Earnedall-statehonorsinthe400meters as a sophomore and junior ... Region and CSML champion as a juniorandsenior...Selectedasthe2006GatoradeAthleteoftheYearforColorado...Toptimesinclude11:54inthe100meters,23.67inthe200meters,54.23inthe400,andtopmarksincluded20-10.5inthelongjumpand42-8.75inthetriplejump.

PersonalBornNyeishaOliviaWrightonSeptember6,1988...DaughterofDonandCoreyWright.

thelongjump(17-8)andseventhinthe200metersin26.69attheMiddleTen-nesseeClassic ...Placedsixth in the long jump(18-7.25)andposteda timeof26.44inthe200attheRodMcCravyMemorial ...Finishedseventhinthelongjump(17-8.75)attheMTValentineInvitational...Placedthirdinthelongjump(19-4.75)and17thinthetriplejump(35-8.75)attheSunBeltChampionships.OutdoorPlacedsecondinthelongjump(18-11.25)attheClemsonRelaysandfourth(17-4.75)attheTigerTrackClassic ...Finished14th inthe long jump(19-0.75)and30thinthetriplejump(33-10)attheSeaRayRelays...Placedeighthinthelongjump(18-7.25)and20thinthe100meters(12.58)attheVanderbiltInvitational...Wonthelongjumpwithapersonal-bestmarkof19-6.25andplacedfourthinthe100in12.15attheCoachOInvitational...Finishedfourthinthelongjump(19-4)andwasamemberofthefourth-place4x100-meterrelay(46.27)attheSunBeltChampionships.

HighSchoolFour-year letterwinner for coachMichaelTaylor ...State champion in the longjumpasaseniorandtheregionchampionasafreshman,sophomoreandsenior...Besttimesincluded11.97inthe100meters,24.37inthe200metersandbestmarksincludeda18-11inthelongjumpand38-7inthetriplejump.

PersonalBornKortneyChanelleMarieThurmanonJuly8,1989...DaughterofBrianandGwenMason.

PersonalBornKristenTithofonNovember16,1989...MotherisaprofessorofveterinaryscienceatTennessee...Majoringinbiology.

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2010 Newcomer Profiles

JustinChambersFreshman•5-9•160Acworth,Ga.•KellHS(CottageSchool)Sprints

200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21.88i/21.50o400Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50o

SeanGiffinFreshman•5-7•145Shelbyville,Tenn.•ShelbyvilleHSDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04o

MatthewFarrisFreshman•6-0•170Winchester,Tenn.•FranklinHSMiddleDistance

JoshuaButlerJunior•5-11•168Glassboro,N.J.•DelseaHS(NeoshoCountyC.C.)Jumps

HighJump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.75oTripleJump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-8o

HighSchoolMemberofthe20086ARegionChampionshipwinningKellHighSchooltrackteam...Wasthe2008Georgiastatechampioninthe400meters...2008GHSAClass5AStateChampion400Meters(47.59)...ArmoryNY200MeterAll-Ameri-can200Meters(21.88)

PersonalBornJustinBrittChambersonJune5,1991...SonofRickyandRosalineCham-bers...TwinsisternLaurenChamberthroweratUniversityofSouthernCalifornia...OlderbrotherTreyChambersprinterWesternKentucky.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeFive-timeNCCCtrackandfieldAll-AmericanatNeoshoCountyCommunityCol-legeinChanute,Kan.,settingpersonalbestsof7-1.75inthehighjump,50-8inthetriplejumpand23-11inthelongjump.

HighSchoolThreeyeartrackandfieldletterwinnerunderheadcoachRonaldFlaimatDelseaRegionalHighSchool...Wascrownedindividualstatechampionsixtimesinthehighjump,indoorandoutdoor,andonceinthetriplejump...Rankedfourthinthenationinthehighjump.

PersonalBornJoshuaM.ButleronDecember29,1987...SonofDonaldandDeniseButler...MajoringinExerciseScience.

HighSchoolRan track and cross country at Franklin County High School under coach LeeBrannon.

PersonalBornMatthewRyanFarrisonJune27,1991...SonofChrisandKathyBall...Ma-joringinmasscommunications.

HighSchoolRantrackandcrosscountryatShelbyvilleCentralHighSchool...Personalbestsof18:06inthe5,000metersand2:04inthe800meters.

PersonalBornSeanPatrickGiffinonJune25,1991...SonofLarryandSusanGiffin...Major-inginagribusiness.

JarellDorseyFreshman•5-6•155Baltimore,Md.•CalvertHallCollegeHS[TempleUniv.]Sprints

100Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.75o200Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4o

HighSchoolThreeyearletterwinnerunderheadcoachDonaldDavisatCalvertHallCollegeHighSchool...Setpersonalbestsof6.96inthe60meters,10.75inthe100me-tersand22.4inthe200meters...WasnamedtotheWho’sWhoAmongAmeri-canHighSchoolstudentsandMarylandDistinguishedScholars.

PersonalBornJarellRichardDorseyonJune30,1990...SonofJaiDorseySr.andBrendaBarksdale...FatherJaiwasAll-Stateinfootball,baseballandtrackwithGrand-fatherJamesplayedfootballforthePhiladelphiaEagles...MajoringinCriminalJustice.

DavidBoiywaFreshman•5-3•118Kabarnet,Kenya•AtnasKandieSSDistance

1,500Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:57o3,000Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30o

HighSchoolAttendedAtnasKandieSS inEldoret,Kenya ...Set lifetimebestsof3:57 in the1,500metersand8:30inthe3,000meters.

PersonalBornDavidKibnnotBoiywoonMarch24,1990.

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HighSchoolThreeyearletterwinnerintrackandfieldatHoustonHighSchoolundercoachGeorgeGibson.

PersonalBornAndrewWagneronSeptember5,1990...SonJohnandBarbaraWagner...Enjoysflying,kayakingandbiking...Majoringinaerospace.

AnntoinetteDudleyFreshman•5-11Jacksonville,Fla.•TerryParkerHSHurdles/Jumps

100MeterHurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6oHighJump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8o

AndrewWagnerFreshman•6-2•195Germantown,Tenn.•HoustonHSThrows

Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-0

KaylaBryanFreshman•5-5Knoxville,Tenn.•KarnsHSDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15.9o

SamanthaHuntFreshman•5-6Gaylord,Mich.•GaylordHSDistance

800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15.9o

2009-10Cross CountryPlaced16thattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)in13:22...Rantoan18thplacefinishattheUTCOpener(2M)in13:01...Camein27thattheWKUOldTim-ersClassic(5K)inatimeof21:08.61...Finished45thattheSunBeltChampion-ships(5K)inatimeof22:58.78.

HighSchoolLetteredincrosscountry2005-08andletteredintrack2006-08undercoachesErinChadyandMartySonnenfeldt.

PersonalBornKaylaMarieBryanonNovember8,1990...DaughterofPhilipandDonnaBryan...Majorisundecided.

2009-10Cross CountryEarned All Sun Belt honors by placing eighth at the Sun Belt Championships(8K)inatimeof27:42.24...CameinfifthattheBelmontOpener(5K)inatimeof15:47.40...FinishedsixthattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)in16:04...PlacedeighthattheUTCOpener(5K) in16:12 ...Rantoaninth-placefinishattheWKUOldTimerClassic(8K)in26:09.14...Camein46thattheNCAASouthRegional(10K)ina32:09.05.

BeforeMiddleTennesseeNJCAAXCDIIINationalChampion2008and2009andOutdoorDIIITrackNation-alChampionin10Kand5Kin2008and2009.

HighSchoolFour year cross country letterwinner and three year indoor and outdoor trackletterwinneratAuburnHighschool.

PersonalBornChrisMasononJanuary10,1989...SonofWayneMasonandChristineLock-row...MajoringinBusinessAdministration.

HighSchoolRantrackandfieldatTerryParkerHighSchoolforcoachAgathaHenry...Sethighschoolrecordof14.6inthe100meterhurdles.

PersonalBornAnntoinetteDudleyonMay28,1991...DaughterofAnthonyDudleyandTeresaParson...Enjoysspendingtimewithfriendsandhopestobecomeaphysi-caltherapist...Majorisundeclared.

2009-10Cross CountryFinished11thattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)inatimeof12:32...Camein21stattheUTCOpener(2M)in13:25...Placed24thattheSunBeltChampion-ships(5K)inatimeof23:04.57.

HighSchoolAll Michigan Cross Country 2006-07 and All Region 2005-08 under coach JeffKalember.

PersonalSamanthaHunt...DaughterofEdandCathyHunt...BornOctober15,1991...Ma-joringinpysicaleducation.

ChrisMasonr-Junior•5-10•135Auburn,N.Y.•AuburnHS[SUNYDelhi]Distance

VincentJohnsonFreshman•5-9•160Nashville,Tenn.•GlencliffHSSprints

HighSchoolRantrackatGlencliffHighSchoolforcoachPhilipDavis ...Playedfootballandbasketballfouryears.

PersonalBornVincentJohnsonJr.onMarch6,1991...SonofVincentandPatriciaJohn-son...Enjoysplayingsports,videogamesandwatchingtelevision...MajoringinBusinessAdministration.

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AmberJacksonFreshman•5-7Chicago,Illi.•EvanstonTownshipHSSprints

400Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.31o800Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15.9o

HighSchoolThree-year letterwinner in track and field at Evanston Township High Schoolunder head coach Fenton Gunter ... As a senior, placed second in 400 metersandfirstasamemberofthe4x400-meterrelayteamatthe2009IllinoisClassAAAChampionships ...RecognizedbyKiwanisClub foracademicandathleticexcellence.

PersonalBornAmberSiannaJacksononJuly26,1991...DaughterofMarcellaJackson...Majoringinnutritionandfoodservice.


RispahSangFreshman•5-2Kericho,Kenya•KabokyekAdventistSecondaryDistance

AmberKassubaFreshman•5-4Vanderbilt,Mich.•GaylordHSDistance

2009-10Cross CountryCameinninthattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)inatimeof12:12...Placed13thattheUTCOpener(2M)in12:33...Rantoa22nd-placefinishin19:56.09attheWKUOldTimersClassic(5K)...Finished47thattheSunBeltChampionships(5K)inatimeof23:04.57.

HighSchoolAll-state2006-07crosscountry,allregion2006-08,andamemberofthe2007Michigan state championship team under coach Jeff Kalember ... Earned theGovernor’sServiceAward.

PersonalAmberKassuba...DaughterofJillandVernKassuba...BornMarch3,1991...Major-inginExerciseScience.2009-10

AlissaRuggleFreshman•5-4Manhattan,Kan.•RileyCountyHSDistance

2009-10Cross Country

Finished 10th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 12:30 ... Came in17th in13:00at theUTCOpener (2M) ...Placed42ndat theSunBeltChampionships(5K)inatimeof22:51.37...Camein56thattheBelmontOpener(4K)inatimeof16:36.71.

HighSchoolTwo time cross country letter winner and two time track letter winner undercoachGarrySigle...All-stateandacademicall statecrosscountryasasenior ...

HighSchoolRan cross country at Kabokyek Adventist Secondary School ... Participated inChristianUnionandhistoryclub.

PersonalBornRispahChepkoechSangonFebruary12,1990...DaughterofAlexanderandFlomenaSang...Majoringinnursing.

CarolineTanuiFreshman•5-2Eldoret,Kenya•LoretoHSDistance

StephanieSmithFreshman•5-4Aurora,Ontario•Dr.G.W.WilliamS.S.Distance

2009-10Cross CountryFinished13thattheUTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)in13:06...Placed24thattheUTCOpener(2M)in13:41...Camein27thattheSunBeltChampionships(5K)in22:14.98...Finished34thattheBelmontOpener(4K)inatimeof15:31.93.

HighSchoolThree-time cross country letterwinner and four-time track letterwinner undercoachesTaniaDeViresandMariaMoreau...Crosscountryregionalchampion.

PersonalStephanieSmith...DaughterofStuartandSusanSmith...BornApril,25,1990... OFSAA champion in the 800, 1500 and 3000 meters ... Majoring in politicalscience.

Statechampioninthe1,600metersasasenior.

PersonalAlissaRuggle...DaughterofKevinandKristiRuggle...BornDecember16,1990...Majoringinpre-med.

HighSchoolParticipatedinathleticsatLoretoHighSchoolundercoachJosephNyangweso...Involvedinthescienceandmathcompetitionsandfirstaidclub.

PersonalBornCarolineJ.TanuionMay15,1991...DaughterofPhilipandBettyTanui...Majoringinmathematics.

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2010 Men’s PreviewSprints

Distance

Relays

Jumps

Hurdles

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksCurtisKing 200 Meter Regional 4x100 Meter RegionalGregFranklin(Outdoor) 100 Meter Regional 200 Meter Regional 4x100 Meter Regional

SeniorsCurtisKingandGregFranklinwilllead the men’s sprinters in 2010. King setseasonbestsof21.50intheindoor200anda lifetime bestof21.14outdoors toearn abirth at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet.Franklinwillcompeteintheoutdoorseasonand earned NCAA Mideast Regional quali-fyingmarksof10.45inthe100metersand21.08inthe200meters. StanleyGbagbekewillalsoparticipate in55metersindoorsandthe100metersout-doors.FootballplayersMalcolmBeyahandRodIssacareexpectedtohelp,aswell. Freshman Justin Chambers will run the400 meters. Chambers had a successfulhighschoolinthemiddledistancesandranapersonalbestof47.50inthe400meters.

Curtis King placed ��th on the NCAA decsending order list in the 200 meters outdoors

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksFestusChemaoi Indoor 800 Provisional 800 Meter Regional 1,500 Meter RegionalWilliamSongockDavidEmery IsaacBiwott

ThedistanceraceslooktobeMiddleTen-nessee’sdeepesteventsin2010.ReturningFestusChemaoiwontheSunBelt800me-tersindoorsandoutdooraswellasthecon-ferenceindoormileandoutdoor1,500me-ters. Outdoor SBC 10,000-meter championWilliam Songock will help lead the squad.David Emery and Isaac Biwott also eachscored multiple conference points in 2009andwillbecrucial intheoverallsuccessofthe2010squad.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksRoscoePayne 110 Hurdles Regional 400 Hurdles RegionalDeRaySloss Indoor 55 Hurdles Provisional

2009wasaseasonofhighsand lows forBlue Raider hurdlers DeRay Sloss and Ros-coePayne.Slossenjoyedearlysuccessandearned his first NCAA Indoor Provisionalmarkbeforebeinginjuredinboththecon-ferenceindoorandoutdoorchampionships.Payneburstonthescene,winningthe55-meterhurdlesattheSBCIndoorChampion-ships.HewasnamedSBCOutdoorFreshmanoftheyearfortakingthe400intermediatehurdlesandplacingsecondinthe110highhurdles. He followed this performance byplacingninthattheNCAAMideastRegionaland just missing NCAA Championshipsqualification in the 110-meter hurdles.Theduoshouldhavecontinuedsuccessin2010as two of the top hurdlers in the Sun BeltConference.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksStanleyGbagbeke NCAA Outdoor All-American

Stanley Gbagbeke is the lone returningMiddle Tennessee jumper. The Nigeria na-tiveburstontothesceneinhisfirstseasoncompeting for Blue Raider, earning NCAAProvisional Marks indoors. He also earnedan NCAA Regional mark in the long jumpbeforeplacingsecondat theNCAACham-pionships.Gbagbekewentontoqualifyforthe IAAF World Championships in Berlinwitha jumpof26-5.5(8.06m)attheAbujaCAASuperGrandPrix.In2010,hewilljump

inthetriplejumpaswell. Junior college transfer Josh Butler is ahighjumperwhohascleared7-0andwhocanalsojump50-0inthetriplejump.

Stanley Gbagbeke finished second at the NCAA Out-door Championships, earning All-American honors.

The men’s 4x100-meter relay will returnthree of its four members from 2009. Lastseason,theteam’s39.95timewasthe30thbest time run the NCAA. In 2010, CurtisKing, Greg Franklin and Stanley GbagbekewilllooktoaddonemorememberinordertotaketheSunBeltcrown. The 4x400-meter relay team’s sixth placefinishatthe2009SunBelt IndoorChampi-onshipswasenoughtoholdouttowintheconference title. In 2010, Justin Chambers,RoscoePayneandDeRaySlossshouldhelpwiththe4x400meterrelay.

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2010 Women’s PreviewSprints

Distance

Relays

Jumps

Throws

Hurdles

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksKiaraHenry NyeishaWright 4x400 Meter Regional

NyeishaWright is the top returning BlueRaidersprinter.Shesetseasonbestsinthe200metersof24.47indoorsand24.34out-doors.KiaraHenryreturnsin2010withaca-reerbestof7.17inthe55metersand25.55in the 200 meters indoor and 11.94 in the100metersand24.90inthe200metersout-doors. Newcomer Amber Jackson will run the400 meters.The freshman joins the Raidersquadwitha55.08careerbest.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksZamzamSangau 800 Meter Regional 1,500 Meter RegionalMarlaBaileyJackieSerem

Zamzam Sangau enters her senior cam-paign already as the most decorated dis-tancerunnerinschoolhistory.Shecurrentlyholds every school record indoor and out-doorbetweenthe800and5,000metersex-ceptthe3,000steeplechase,whichshedoesnotcompete.Lastseason,shewonboththe800and1,500 metersat theSun BeltOut-doorChampionships.Shewasalsothefirstfemale in school history to qualify for the

Zamzam Sangau owns almost all school distance records from the �00 meters to the 5,000 meters.

NCAACrossCountryChampionships. Marla Bailey and Jackie Serem will bothcompete in the longer distances. Eachplacedwellinthe5,000and10,000metersat the 2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Champion-ships and Sun Belt Cross Country Champi-onships.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarks

The hurdle event were an area lackingfor the Raiders in 2009. Cherice Robertsonjoinstheteamaftersittingoutin2009upontransferring from Vanderbilt. She currentlyhas a career best of 7.84 in the 55-meterhurdles.SheshouldcompeteforaSunBelttitle.FreshmanAnnDudleycomestoMiddleTennesseeasahighjumper,butislearningandwillcompeteinthehurdles.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksSarahNambawa NCAA Indoor All-American NCAA Outdoor All-AmericanKortneyThurman NCAA Long Jump Regional NyeishaWright

SarahNambawaisthetopreturningBlueRaiderjumpathlete;shewontwoAll-Amer-ican awards in 2009. The Uganda nativeholdsallMTindoorandoutdoorstandardsinthelongjumpandtriplejump.Herversa-tilitywillallowhertocompeteforthecon-ferencelongandtriplejumptitles. Kortney Thurman and Nyeisha Wrightprovideteamdepthandcanscorepointsinboththelongandtriplejump. Newcomers Cherice Robertson and AnnDudleywillbothcompeteinthehighjumpin 2010.This should provide extra neededpointsnotcompetedforin2009.

Top ReturnersName ‘09NCAAMarksBrittanyCox NCAAOutdoorQualifierMeLynThompson

Seniors Brittany Cox and MeLynThomp-son will handle the throwing duties forMiddle Tennessee in 2010. The duo are

amongthetopsintheSunBeltConferenceandhavetakenindividualconferencetitlesintheshotput.Coxalsotookthe2008SBCdiscus, and Thompson has the ability toscore in the discus as well.Throws will beanareatheteamwilllooktoscorepointsinbunchesin2010.

The �x�00 relay team took the 200� SBC title earning an NCAA Regional Qualifying time.

The women’s team returns three of thefourmembersfromits2009NCAARegionalqualifying 4x400-meter relay team. SarahNambawa, Nyesisha Wright and ZamzamSangau will look to capture this qualifieragain in 2010 with the help of freshmanAmber Jackson. The team also took the2009SunBeltOutdoorcrown. Tthe 4x100 meters team should consistNyeisha Wright, Kortney Thurman, KiaraHenryandarunnertobenamed.The20094x100 team placed sixth at the Sun BeltConferenceChampionships.

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Throughout the re-cent history of Mid-dle Tennessee trackand field, there havebeen two constants–veterancoachDean Hayesandalegacyofchampionshipperfor-mances. A renowned

track and field coach both in college andprofessionalcircles,DeanHayeshasgainedgreat respectsincecomingtoMiddleTen-nessee45yearsago. Hismen’steamsdominatedtheOhioVal-ley Conference, and the women’s teamshave duplicated that success since Hayestookovertheprogramin1987.Bothsquadshave continued their successes in the SunBeltConference,capturing15ofthe38in-doorandoutdoortitlesforwhichtheyhavebeen eligible since joining the league tenyearsago. Overall, Hayes has guided the programsto29OVCtitles,16SunBeltchampionships,and 18 NCAA Top 25 finishes. Fifty-two ofhis athletes have earned 84 All-Americanhonors, four have become national cham-pionsandanumberofthemhavegoneonto compete internationally in the OlympicGames, World University Games and Pan-American Games. There could have beenmoreawards,butMiddleTennesseedidnotsportatrackprogramfrom1987to1990. Hayes has added 12 Sun Belt Coach oftheYearawardstocomplementhis15OVCCoach of the Year honors, which included10 ina rowfrom1977to1986.Hewas in-ductedintotheBlueRaiderHallofFamein1982andtheTennesseeSportsHallofFamein1994.HayesbecameamemberoftheIl-linois Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, was in-ductedintotheMason-DixonAthleticClubHallofFameinMarch2005andinDecem-ber2008hewasinductedintotheU.S.Track&FieldandCrossCountryCoachesAssocia-tionHallofFame. In May 2009, a formal dedication tookplace to rename the outdoor track faciiltyinhishonorastheDeanA.HayesTrackandSoccerStadium.Theannouncementregard-ingtherenamingofthestadiumhappenedearlierinthespringandthededicationwastimed to coincide with the Blue Raiders

playing hosting to the Sun Belt Confer-ence Outdoor Track & Field Champion-ships. Following the 1981 season, the Di-vision I Track and Field Coaches Asso-ciation voted Hayes the NCAA OutdoorCoachoftheYear.Hayesservedaspresi-dentoftheTFCAin1982-83. InhisfirstattemptataSunBeltCham-pionship, Hayes delivered. The MiddleTennesseewomentookfirstplaceinMi-ami,Fla., in2000,andHayesearnedhisfirstSunBeltCoachoftheYearaward. Since taking its place in the Sun Beltfull-time prior to the beginning of the2000-01academicyear,MiddleTennes-seehascaptured14ofthe30leagueti-tlesinindoorandoutdoortrackandfield.Hayesandhischargeswereinstrumentalincapturingtheschool’sfirst-everVicBu-bas Cup, the league’s all-sports trophy,

HAYES AT A GLANCEPeRSoNALBirthdate:December14,1937Hometown:Morrison,Ill.Family:Wife,Jan;daughters,erinandKara

eDuCATIoNHighSchool:Naperville(Ill.)CentralCollege:LakeForest(1959)

HeADCoACHexPeRIeNCe(CoLLeGe)MiddleTennessee:1965-present

HeADCoACHexPeRIeNCe(WoRLD)GoodwillGames:1998(NewYork,N.Y.)WorldChampionships:1997(Athens,Greece)WorldCup:1994(London,england)GoodwillGames:1990(Seattle,Wash.)WorlduniversityGames:1985(Kobe,Japan)

ASSISTANTCoACHexPeRIeNCe(WoRLD)olympicGames:1988(Seoul,SouthKorea)WorldChampionships:1983(Helsinki,Finland)WorlduniversityGames:1981(Bucharest,Romania)uSolympicFestival:1978(ColoradoSprings,Colo.)*Servedasrefereeat1996olympicsinAtlanta,Ga.

NCAAToP25FINISHeS(18)Women’sIndoor:1994-8thMen’sIndoor:1971-22nd;1972-7th;1973-8th;1974-14th;1979-20th;1980-19th;1981-11th;1982-11th;1993-21stMen’soutdoor:1971-25th;1972-22nd;

1973-25th;1974-17th;1976-19th;2003-17th;2007-21stMen’sCrossCountry:1966-14th

oHIoVALLeYCoNFeReNCeTITLeS(29)Women’sIndoor:1988,1991,1994,1995,1996Men’sIndoor:1979,1981,1982,1983,1985,1986,1991,1993,2000Women’soutdoor:1991,1994,1996Men’soutdoor:1977,1978,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1993,1994Men’sCrossCountry:1983

SuNBeLTCoNFeReNCeCHAMPIoNSHIPS(16)Women’sIndoor:2001,2002,2003,2004Men’sIndoor:2001,2002,2003,2004,2006,2009Women’soutdoor:2000,2005Men’soutdoor:2001,2006,2007Men’sCrossCountry:2009

HoNoRSLakeForestCollegeAthleticHallofFame:2009unitedStatesTrack&FieldandCrossCountryCoachesAssociationHallofFame:2008Mason-DixonAthleticClubHallofFame:2005TennesseeSportsHallofFame:1994IllinoisSportsHallofFame:1993BlueRaiderHallofFame:1982oVCCoachoftheYear(15):1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1991,1994,1995,1996,2000SunBeltCoachoftheYear(14):2000(1),2001(3),2002(2),2003(1),2004(1),2005(1),2006(2),2007(1),2009(2)NCAAoutdoorCoachoftheYear:1981

Coach Hayes took over the women’s track & field program in ��3 when it was started in ��.

Head Coach Dean Hayes

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in2001,whenthetrackprogramsgarneredthreeSBCtitles.Theteamsplayedasignifi-cantroleinMiddleTennesseewinningtheBubasCupin2004,2005,2007,and2009aswell. Hayeshas indeedputMiddleTennesseeon the world map in terms of collegiatetrackandfield. However, Hayes’ experience is not lim-itedtothecollegiatelevel.HehascoachedseveralteamssponsoredbyeithertheUnit-edStatesOlympicCommitteeorUSATrackandField. His international experiencebeganatthefirstOlympicSportsFestival in Colorado Springs,Colo.(1978),andincludedwork-ing as the head coach at theWorldUniversityGamesinKobe,Japan (1985); Goodwill Gamesin Seattle, Wash. (1990); WorldCup in London, England (1994);World Championships in Ath-ens,Greece(1997);andagainattheGoodwillGamesinNewYorkCity(1998). The Naperville, Ill., native alsohasservedasanassistantatsev-eralinternationalmeets.Inaddi-tion to the first Olympic SportsFestival,Hayesworkedasanas-sistant at the World University

Games in Bucharest, Romania (1981),the World Championships in Helsin-ki, Finland (1983), and the SummerOlympicGames inSeoul,SouthKorea(1988). In1996,HayesservedasarefereeattheSummerOlympicGamesinAtlanta,Ga. Because of Hayes’ internationalsuccess, numerous foreign athleteshavesoughtoutMiddleTennesseeastheircollegeofchoice. Hayes’ most successful collegiateathletes at Middle Tennessee havecompetedintheNCAAtriplejump,aneventinwhichHayesspecializes. He coached NCAA championsTommy Haynes (1974) and Barry Mc-Clure(1972,1973)aswellasNCAAhighhurdle champion Dionne Rose (1994)and his most recent national cham-pion, Blue Raider Mardy Scales in the100-meters (2003). Hayes also guidedRoland McGhee to nine All-Americanhonors, and both McClure and Greg

ArtiswonAll-Americanhonorsseventimes. HayesearnedhisB.A.atLakeForest(Ill.),wherehecompetedinthe800meters,longjump and triple jump, an event in whichhewasanNCAAqualifier.AfterearninghisM.S.Ed.atNorthernIllinois,Hayesbeganhiscoachingcareeratthehighschool level inChicago(threeyears)andMinneapolis(oneyear) before returning to Lake Forest andthen moving on to Middle Tennessee in1965.

ALL-AmEriCANSUNdEr HAYES

GregArtis(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979-81RonBramlett(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999JacquiBrown(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994JasperDemps(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001JohnDoDoo(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978-79RayfieldDupree(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977SheikhFaye(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1976-78KimFreeman(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001StanleyGbagbeke(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009TommyHaynes(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974GodfreyHerring(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-02DwightJohnson(2). . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-85AndreKirnes(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980,1983eddieLoyd(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982GarlandMartin(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004BarryMcClure(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970-73RolandMcGhee(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94orestesMeeks(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982SarahNambawa(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-09ChristianNsiah(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996,1999Victorokorie(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Brianoldfield(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965Micahotis(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994orlandoReid(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07AndrejaRibac(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000DionneRose(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994MardyScales(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-04JuanWalker(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07JimmyWashington(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976LinnieYarbrough(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

1981MileRelay(1)BarryGambrell,MikeDavidson,GaryMitchell,TimJohnson

1982MileRelay(1)HerbNewton,GaryMitchell,TimJohn-son,FloydJames

1982DistanceMedley(1)HerbNewton,Joeo’Loughlin,TimJohnson,JohnDavis

20034x100mRelay(1)DJSpann,MardyScales,Bradorr,PedroHoliday

20044x100mRelay(1)xavierDarden,MardyScales,WesleyDupar-Scott,JJSturm,PedroHoliday

20074x100mRelay(1)JuanWalker,orlandoReid,SeanWaller,SamuelAdade

Coach Hayes giving his acceptance speech at the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches

Association Hall of Fame ceremony in December 200�.

photo courtesy of the USTFCCCA

Coach Hayes and his wife of �� years, Jan

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Assistant Coaches

KeithVromanbeginshisseventhseasonat

Middle Tennessee and his second as a full-

time assistant for the Blue Raiders. Vroman

iscurrentlyinhis10thyearofcoachingand

brings with him the experience of two dis-

tancerunningprogramssteepedintradition,

Eastern Kentucky University and GrandVal-

leyStateUniversity.

Vroman’s experience in distance running

hashelpedtheBlueRaidercrosscountryteamsmakeconsistentstrides

andtostrongshowingsduringthedistanceeventsintheindoorand

outdoortrackseasons.EightmenandfivewomenhaveearnedAll-Sun

BelthonorsunderVroman’stutelageincludingatleastonemaleineach

ofthelastfiveyears.

In the 2009 cross country season,Vroman helped coach the men’s

teamtoitsfirst-everSunBeltCrownsincejoiningtheleaguein2001.It

wasalsothefirstcrosscountrychampionshipstheprogramwonsince

the1983squadtooktheOhioValleytitle.

Vromanwashiredfull-timeduringthesummerof2007andhelpsin

allareasoftheprogramincludingrecruitingandmeetmanagement.

TheLudington,Mich.,nativeearnedhisbachelor’sinphysicaleduca-

tion,hismaster’sinhealtheducationandanM.S.insportsadministra-

tionatEasternKentucky,wherehecompetedincrosscountryandthe

steeplechase.

Keith Vroman Thomas Keith ThomasKeithhasbeenavaluablemem-

ber of Dean Hayes’ track and field coaching

staffsince1976.

Known for his positive attitude and un-

canny patience, Keith is considered among

thenation’stopcoaches intermsofdealing

withathletes.

Exceedingly versatile, Keith is able to run

practices, coach meets and handle equip-

mentaswellasworkwithathletesinaprofessionalmanner.Keithtrans-

ferredtoMiddleTennesseeinthefallof1976andimmediatelywentto

workasteammanager.Hehasbeenwiththeprogrameversince.

TheTullahoma,Tenn.,nativeteachesatMitchell-NeilsonElementary

SchoolinMurfreesboro.Keithhasonedaughter,Desiree.

His extensive history with Dean Hayes and the Middle Tennessee

trackandfieldprogrammakeshimanextremelyvaluablecog in the

machineryofBlueRaidersuccess.

Keith Vroman giving three-time All-Sun Belt Runner William Songock last minute advice prior to the 200� Sun Belt Conference Cross Coun-

try Championships in Monroe, La.

Thomas Keith has over thirty year experience with the Middle Tennessee track teams. He is picture with 200� SBC Champion

and All-American Juan Walker.

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Assistant CoachesAndrew Owusu

Andrew Owusu advises three-time All-American triple jumper Sarah Nambawa at the 200� Sun Belt Conference Championships.

AndrewOwususervesasanassistantatMid-

dleTennessee,bringingavastamountofex-

perienceinthehorizontaljumps.

OwusuhasbeenassociatedwiththeMid-

dleTennesseetrackprogramsince1999,and

hiscontributiontotheprogramsolidifies its

positionasoneofthepremierinstitutionsfor

longandtriplejumpintheSunBeltConfer-

enceandthenation.

Owusuisafull-timeassistantprofessorintheHealthandHumanPer-

formanceDepartmentatMiddleTennessee.Hehasawealthofinterna-

tionalexperience,includingtwoWorldChampionships,threeOlympic

games,oneWorldCupandfourAll-AfricaGames.

Owusu earned his bachelor’s in biology from Alabama, where he

garneredeightAll-Americahonors.Heheldschoolrecordsinboththe

longandtriplejumpupongraduation.OwusucompletedanM.S.Ed.in

sportsadministrationandmanagementatWayneStateCollegeandin

2004earnedaPh.D.fromMiddleTennesseeinhumanperformance.

Willie Parker WillieParkerisenteringhisfirstseasonon

the Middle Tennessee coaching staff after

a successful career as a Blue Raider athlete.

Parker was a part of four Middle Tennessee

men’steamtitlesinhisundergraduatecareer.

He ranks third on the MT men’s hammer

throwandweight throwhonor roll. Hewas

alsonamedtomultipleAll-SunBeltteamsin

hiscareerunderheadcoachDeanHayes.

TheFarragut,Tenn.,nativehastrainedwiththeU.S.NationalBobsled

Team and also trained under Louie Simmons at theWestside Barbell

GyminIndianapolis,Ind.

Parker’sfather,Bill,istheheadtrackandfieldcoachatFarragutHigh

School. Inhas20yearsatFarragut,hehasledhismen’sandwomen’s

teamsto11totalTennesseestatechampionshipsandninerunner-ups.

WilliegraduatedfromMiddleTennesseein2006withadegreeinen-

trepreneurship.

Willie Parker competed for head coach Dean Hayes in the throw-ing events before becoming an assistant coach

FacilitiesFacilities

Facilities

DeanA.HayesStadium 30-31MurphyCenter 32-33SportsMedicine 34StrengthandConditioning 35AcademicEnhancement 36ResidenceandDining 37

MiddleTennesseeStateUniversityheldaformaldedicationceremonyMay8,2009,tonametheDeanA.HayesTrackandSoccerStadium.Nearly400peoplewereinattendanceincludingover100formertrackathletesinhonoringtheirformercoach.

TheTennessee Board of Regents approved the renaming of the sta-diuminlateMarch.

TheceremonytookplaceintheGreenlandDriveparkinglotdirectlyinfrontofthenewlynamedstadium.FeaturedspeakersincludedMiddleTennesseepresidentDr.SidneyA.McPhee,directorofathleticsChrisMas-saro,formertrackstudent-athleteTommyHaynesandCoachHayes.

The ceremony coincided with the first day of the Sun Belt OutdoorTrackandFieldChampionships,aneventMiddleTennesseehostedtofor

thefirsttimesincejoiningtheleaguein2000-01.TheBlueRaiderslasthostedanoutdoorleaguechampionshipeventin2000,theirlastseasoncompetingintheOhioValleyConference.JuniorWilliamSongockconcludedtheeveninglastMayindramaticfashion,takingfirstplaceinthe10,000metersfollowingtheceremonysettingastadiumrecord.

The Dean A. HayesTrack and Soccer Stadium is thehomeandtrainingfacilityoftheBlueRaiderstrackandfieldprogram.TheOlympic-sizetrackwas laid10yearsago and has hosted the 2000 Ohio Valley ConferenceOutdoorChampionshipsandthe2009SunBeltOutdoorChampionships,andistheannualhostoftheTennesseeSecondarySchoolAthleticAssociationhighschooltrackchampionships.In2006-07,thefacilityunderwenta$3.5millionadditionwith theconstructionof locker rooms,apressboxanda1,500-seatgrandstand.Thestadiumisscheduledtohostthe2011SunBeltOutdoorChampion-ships.

The running surface features eight lanes measur-ing42 incheseach,whichallowsamplespace foreachcompetitortorunwithoutfeelingclosedinbyotherrun-ners.

Like the running surface, the infield portion of thecomplexisuser-friendly.Itfeaturestheuniqueaspectoftwolongjumprunways,allowingbothmen’sandwom-en’steamstocompeteorpracticeatthetime.

Apolevaultrunway, javelinrunway,highjumpareaandhammer/discuscagearealso located inthe infieldarea.

Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium

Hayes Stadium RecordsMEN’SEvent Name(School) Date Time/Mark100m GavinSmellie(WesternKentucky) 5/10/09 10.29200m GavinSmellie(WesternKentucky) 5/09/09 20.58400m JarrodMacklin(EasternIllinois) 5/05/00 46.54800m BrianRecktenwald(MurrayState) 5/05/00 1:53.091,500m Festus Chemaoi (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 3:47.253,000mST JohnathanCherono(UALR) 5/09/09 9:09.695,000m ZacEdward(SouthAlabama) 5/10/09 14:14.3310,000m William Songock (Middle Tennessee) 5/08/09 30:43.11110m H Jasper Demps (Middle Tennessee) 5/05/00 13.97400m H Roscoe Payne (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 51.41LJ Rob Jordan (Middle Tennessee) 5/05/00 25-5.5 [7.76m]TJ Carl Morgan (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 52-4.5 [15.96m]HJ JermaineJamison(NorthTexas) 5/09/09 6-10.75[2.1m]PoleVault JordanWehr(NorthTexas) 5/08/09 17-6.5[5.35m]Discus KirbyAtkins(UALR) 5/08/09 172-5[52.55m]Javelin RichardMcKay(Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 210-8[64.22m]Shot MattTaitt(WesternKentucky) 5/09/09 55-2.25[16.28m]Hammer KirbyAtkin(UALR) 5/10/09 184-7[56.27m]4x100mrelay WesternKentucky 5/10/09 39.934x400mrelay WesternKentucky 5/10/09 3:08.89

WOMEN’SEvent Name(School) Date Time/Mark100m MiaieWilliams(WesternKentucky) 5/10/09 11.57200m MiaieWilliams(WesternKentucky) 5/10/09 23.43400m CharmishaMorrow(ArkansasState) 5/09/09 53.92800m SheenaGooding(AustinPeay) 5/06/00 2:09.141,500m Zamzam Sangau (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 4:28.163,000mST PaolaReategui(FlordiaInternational) 5/09/09 11.14.135,000m EmiearO’Brien(WesternKentucky) 5/10/09 17:22.8510,000m JanetJeSang(WesternKentucky) 5/08/09 36:41.01100mH LaurenWiggins(NorthTexas) 5/10/09 13.40400mH NaimYisrael(FloridaInternational) 5/10/09 57.83LJ Sarah Nambawa (Middle Tennessee) 5/09/09 20-10 [6.35m]TJ Sarah Nambawa (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 44-11.75 [13.71m]HJ HeatherDavis(Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 5-8.75[1.75m] NicoleKnox(SouthAlabama) 5/09/09PoleVault StephanieForeman(ArkansasState) 5/08/09 13-1.5[4.0m]Discus TiphanieBaker(Troy) 5/08/09 179-0[54.56m]Javelin MarcieRichard(Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 147-8[45.01m]Shot Brittany Cox (Middle Tennessee) 5/09/09 50-0.75 [15.26m]Hammer TiphanieBaker(Troy) 5/10/09 178-2[54.31m]4x100mrelay WesternKentucky 5/10/09 45.364x400mrelay AustinPeay 5/06/00 3:41.08

Roscoe Payne set the Dean Hayes Stadium record in the �00-meter

hurdles at the 200� Sun Belt Championships.

Brittany Cox’s shot put toss of 50-0.�5

at the 200� Sun belt Championships

set the Dean Hayes Stadium record.

Carl Morgan’s triple jump of 52-�.5

holds the Hayes Stadium record.

Murphy Center Indoor Track Facility

Murphy Center Murphy Center is Middle Tennessee’s winter home andhousestheteam’sindoortrainingfacilityandhostsmultipleindoorhomemeetsintheindoorseason.

Constructed in 1972, Murphy Center’s indoor track is lo-catedontheupper levelabovethebasketballcourtsand isone of only two such facilities in the Sun Belt Conference.ThearenahasplayedhosttofourSunBeltConferenceIndoorChampionshipsandnumerousindoorchampionshipsintheOhioValleyConference.The2010SBCIndoorChampionshipswilltakeplaceatMurphyCenteronFebruary27-28.

The indoor track facility measures 50,000 square feet andcanaccomadateeverytrackandfieldevent.Ajumprunwayandbuiltinsandpitforlongandtriplejumpevents,polevaultandhighjumppadsmakeMurphyCenterauniquevenuetheBlueRaidersareproudtocallhome.

MurphyCenteralsofeaturetwoauxiliarygymsforthrowingeventsaswellasteampracticesorphysicaleducationclasses,raquetballcourtsandtwodancestudios.Itisalsohometoanathletic training room that features state-of-the-art modali-tiesforthetreatmentandcareofathleticinjuries.

MurphyCenterhasalongandstoriedhistoryinhighschoolathleticaswell.ThefacilityhaslongbeenhosttotheTSSAAboy’sandgirl’sstatebasketballchampionships,thestatvol-leyballchampionshipsandthestatecheerleadingfinals.

Asidefromathletics,thefacilityhasstagedcountlesscon-certs for some the world’s most renowned artists includingElvisPresley,U2,EltonJohn,theJuddsandthreeconsecutivesoldoutshowsbycountrymusicsuperstarGarthBrooks.

MurphyCenter is unique oncampus and in theareaas ishasservedasthesiteforseverallargeconventionsandtradeshowsaswellasforMiddleTennessee’scommencementcer-emoniesthreetimesayear.

20�0 SBC Indoor Championships MurphyCenterwillhostthe2010SunBeltConference In-doorChampionshipsontheweekendofFebruary27-28.Thiswillmarkthe24thtimeintheschool’shistoryMurphyCenterhas hosted a conference championships and the fifth timesincejoiningtheSunBeltIndoorChampionships.

Middle Tennessee teams have had great success on theirhometrackwinning18totalconferencechampionshipsbe-tweenthemen’sandwomen’ssquads.

2008markedthelasttimeMurphyCenterhostedtheSunBeltChampionships,bothteamsfinishedrunnerupperennialrivalWesternKentucky.

The Murphy Center will play host to the 20�0 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

Murphy Center

Middle Tennessee Founded Indoor Last Chance Meets at Murphy Center

The first indoor meet in the Ohio Valley Conference washeldinMurphyCenterin1976,andthemeetwasawatershedmomentfortheNCAA.ThecurrentqualifyingsystemfortheNCAAchampionshipswasderivedfromthismeet.

Head Coach Dean Hayes and several area coaches werelookingforafinaloppotunityfortheirathletestoqualifyfortheNCAAIndoorChampionships.ThecoachesgottogetherandheldameetatMurphyCenter theweekbeforethena-tional meet. The practice continued in ensuing years andcametobeknownastheNCAALastChanceMeet.

ThereareatleastsixLastChanceMeetsaroundthenationeachyear,includingAmes,Iowa(IowaState);SouthBend,Ind.(Notre Dame); Blacksburg Va. (Virginia Tech); Lincoln, Neb.(Nebraska); Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas); and Gainsville, Fla.(Florida).

Coach Hayes monitors a photo finish area,

one of two around the Murphy Center track.

Murphy Center has a jump runway and sand pit for long and triple jump events

The Blue Raiders compete on the upper level of Murphy Center.

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Drew Shea

Chris Harris

Allison Ness

� Training tables • 2 Full-size whirlpool • Dressing areas • Private offices • Mondo Ramflex flooring • X-ray • K-laser • Treadmills • Exercise Bikes • Stairmaster

Sports Medicine Facility

Healthcareisoneofthemostimportantaspectsofastudent-athlete’slife,andnouniversityismorecommit-tedtokeepingathleteshealthythanMiddleTennesseee.TheSportsMedicinefacilityprovidesMTSUstudent-ath-leteswithoneofthefinestathletictrainingfacilitiesinthenation.

HeadAthleticTrainerDrewSheaandtheSportsMedi-cinestaffhavesetliberalhourstomakesureeachstu-dent-athletehashisorherneedsmet.

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Strength and Conditioning

Matt Riley Russell PattersonJason Spray Katie Abundiz

20,000 pounds of weights • � full power racks • � elevated platforms • � half-racks • 5 ground-base jammers • dead lifts • Leg press • Leg curls • Leg extension • Bench press •

Military press • Rowing machine • Treadmills • Stationary bikes • Cable television

Strength and Conditioning

On of the biggest changes in college athleticsinthepastfewyearshasbeentheattitudetowardstrength and conditioning. Performing in theweightroomhasbecomejustasimportantason-the-fieldcompetition,andMiddleTennesseehasoneoftheverybeststaffsinthenationcommittedtomakingstudent-athletesthebesttheycanbe.

AssistantAthleticDirectorMattRiley takecareofallthestrengthandconditioningincludingallstretchingbeforepracticesandworkouts.

It all happens in the Blue Raiders’ 10,000-plussquarefootweightroomfacilitylocatedadjacenttothenorthendzoneofFloydStadiumandde-signed for use by all MiddleTennessee student-athletes.Itisastrengthandtrainingareathatri-valsanyinthecountry.Theweightroomhasbeendescribed by many people as better than any inthe immediate area, including those at SEC andConferenceUSAschoools.

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Academic Enhancement CenterAcadmeic Enhancement

The Student-Athlete Enhancement Cen-ter (SAEC) at MTSU houses the academicsupport system and the Blue Raider Ath-lete Skills for Success (B.R.A.S.S.) Life Skillsprogramforall17Division1-Asports.ThecenterishousedatJohnny“Red”FloydSta-diumonRaiderDrive.

The facilityopened itsdoorsonJanuary4,1999,tothedelightofstudent-athletes,coaches,andadministrators.

Themissionof thecenter is tohelpstu-dent-athletestakeskillslearnedonthefieldandturnthemintopositivepreparationforlife after college. The center is also com-mitted to meeting the changing needs ofstudent-athletes. It continues to promotepartnerships between the University, theNCAA, and the Murfreesboro communitytohelpachieveitsgoals.

In addition to to providing the academ-ic support needed to be successful in theclassroom, the center is committed tomeeting the needs of student-athletes inlife skills development through the verypopularB.R.A.S.S.program.

200�-0� Academic Review

•159of289(55%)ofallstudent-athleteshadagradepointaverageof3.0orhigherduringthespringsemester.

•72student-athletesmadetheDean’sListinthespringbyearningagradepointaverageof3.5ofhigher,and17attainedaperfect4.0.

•8of17teamshada2008springsemesterGPAof3.0orhigher.

•Inthespring,thestudent-athleteshadanaverage2.95GPA.

MTSUhasinducted70student-athletesintotheChiAlphaSigmaNa-tionalCollegeAthleteHonorSocietyafter justfiveyearsofbeingeligi-ble.

ChiAlphaSigma isanonprofitorganizationestablishedto recognizecollege students who earn a varsity letter in at lease one sport whilemaintaininga3.4ofhighercumulativeGPAthroughouttheirjuniorandsenioryears.

Wynnifred Counts Debbie Carroll Angel Nathan

Study tables • Tutoring • Computer lab • Library-like atmosphere • Spacious study carrels • Task lighting

Todd Wyant

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Residence and DiningDining

MTSU offers five different on-campus dining areas,withthemostpopularbeingKeathleyUniversityCenter(KUC)GrillandCyberCafé.

TheKUCislocatedinthecenterofcampusandisama-jorintersectionforstudentactivities.TheGrillislocatedon the second floor and features Pizza Hut, Quizno’sSubs,GrilleWorks,SaladGarden,Chick-Fil-A,andFresh-ens(dessertsandsmoothies).TheKUCGrillisopenfrom6:30a.m.to6:30p.m.Monday–Thursdayandisopenun-til5p.m.onFridays.

TheCyberCaféisthefirstofitskindintheTennesseeBoard of Regents system, offering a futuristic and effi-cientwayforstudentstodine.Studentsareabletoeatwhilee-mailingorsearchingtheWebatthesametimeoneightcomputers.

MTSUalsofeaturesbuffet-stylediningatMcCallieDin-inginCorlewHallandtheRaiderZoneatJamesUnionBuilding. Both dining option subs, pizza, grill works,carved meats, fresh deli food, fresh-made pasta, and asaladbar.

Scarlett Commons

ScarlettCommons,namedforformerMTSUpresidentM.G.Scarlett,isoneofthepremierlivingarrangementsatanyuniversityintheregion.Openedtostudentsinthefall of 1999, the facility provides apartment-style livingwiththeconvenienceofstayingoncampus.

Nine three-story buildings with 12 apartments eachand a useful clubhouse make up the Scarlett complex.Each apartment contains four private bedrooms con-nected by two private bathrooms, a full kitchen, and acomfortablelivingroom.

TheScarlettCommonsclubhousecreatesarealsenseof community with its recreation/meeting rooms, fire-place,bigscreenTV,andlaundryroom.Maintenanceis-sues can be resolved with a phone call to the 24-hourreceptionandservicedeskintheclubhouse.

StudentslivinginScarlettCommonshavetheirownre-strictedparkinglot,soit’seasytofindparkinginfrontoftheirbuildings24hoursaday.

Fully furnished • Beautfiul clubhouse • 2� hour parking • Laundry facilities • On campus convenience

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2009 Year in ReviewGbagbeke takes silver medal at NCAA Championships

Junior transfer Stanley Gbagbeketooksecondplace in the long jumpatthe NCAA Outdoor Championships inFayetteville, Ark., becoming the firstMiddle Tennessee Outdoor All-Ameri-can since Juan Walker in 2007. Gbag-beke took second place with a leap of26-3(8.0m)cominginastherunner-upto Florida State’s Ngonidzashe Maku-sha with recorded a mark of 26-7.25(8.11m). The Nigeria native got off to a slowstartinhisfirstmeetfortheBlueRaiders.However,apromisingthird-placefinishinthelongjumpattheSunBeltCham-pionships earned him his first NCAAMideast Regional qualifying mark. Heplaced fifth at the NCAA Mideast Re-gional with a mark of 25-3.5 (7.71m).Thejumpplacedhim23rdintheNCAAdescendingorderlist. The eight points Gbagbeke scored earned the team a32nd-placefinishnationally,itshighestfinishsince2007.

In thesummer, Gbagbeke compet-edontheinternationalscenewinningtheNigeriannationalchampionshipsandearningaslotontheIAAFWorldChampionshipqualifying‘B’Listwithamarkof26-5.5(8.06m)placinghim15thintheworldintheevent.Hefin-ished27thattheIAAFWorldChampi-

onships.

2009 NCAA Outdoor Long Jump Championships

1. NgonidzasheMakusha. 26-7.252. Stanley Gbagbeke . . 2�-33. NicholasGordon . . . . . 26-2.754. JulianReid . . . . . . . . . .26-1.55. JeremyHicks. . . . . . . . .26-1.56. LuisRivera-Morales . . . 26-0.757. AlainBailey. . . . . . . . . 25-11.58. MychaelStewart. . . . . . 25-119. WillClaye. . . . . . . . .25-10.7510.TyronStewart. . . . . . . .25-3.5

Nambawa earns two triple jump All-American honors SarahNambawaincreasedherAll-Americantallytothreein 2009 after garnering the honor in the triple jump at theNCAAIndoorandOutdoorChampionships.NambawaplacedsecondattheNCAAIndoorChampionshipstoFloridaState’s

KimWilliamsandthirdat the NCAA OutdoorChampionshipsbehindWilliams and YasmineRegisofTexasA&M. NambawaandWil-liamsbattledtheentireindoor and outdoorseasons for the topmarkontheNCAAde-scending list. Namba-wa’s mark of 44-11.75(13.71m) at the Sun

BeltChampionshipstoppedWilliams’mark.Nambawabrokethismarktwoweekslaterwithajumpof45-9(13.94m)attheNCAAMideastRegional,however,Williams’wouldoutdothemark the same day at the NCAA South Regionals.Williams’bested Nambawa again at the NCAA Outdoor Champion-ships. Nambawa’s three NCAA All-Americans designates her

third on the MiddleTennessee list of fe-male All-Americans,behind Jacqui Brownand Dionne Rose,whoaretiedwithfourtitleseach.

Middle Tennessee Women’sAll-Americans

t1. JacquiBrown. . . . . . (4)t1. DionneRose. . . . . . . (4)3. Sarah Nambawa . (3)t4. KimFreeman. . . . . . (1)t4. AndrejaRibac. . . . . . (1)

Stanley Gbagbeke

Sarah Nambawa

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Blue Raiders send four to NCAA Outdoor Championships Fourteen MiddleTennessee top track athletes competedin19eventsatthe2009NCAAMideastQualifierinLouisville,Ky.FourathletesadvancedtotheNCAAOutdoorChampion-shipsinFayetteville,Ark. Threeathletescompetedforthefirsttimeatthenationallevel,andjuniorSarahNambawacompetedin the outdoor championships for the sec-ondstraightseason. SeniorCarlMorganqualifiedinthetriplejumpattheNCAAMideastChampionships,taking second in the event with a lifetimebestof52-9.5(16.09m)andensuringhisfirsttriptothenationalcompetition.Hisbrother,Carlosqualifiedinthesameeventin2007. Sophomore transfer Stanley Gbagbekeplaced fifth in the long jump with mark of25-3.5(7.71m)togivehimhisfirstbidtotheNCAA Outdoor Championships. GbagbekeplacedthirdinthelongjumpattheSunBeltChampionships in his first season for theBlueRaiders.

BrittanyCoxqualifiedintheshotput,throwingaschoolre-cordandlifetimebest53-6.25attheNCAAMideastRegional.Asajunior,Coxpositionedherselfasoneofthetopthrowersinthenationandwillbeaforcetobereckonedwithinthe2010season.

Sarah Nambawa is the only previousNCAAqualifier.Nambawaqualifiedinboththelongandtriplejumpafterwinningthetriple jump with a leap of 45-9 (13.94m)and placing fifth in the long jump. Nam-bawacompetedinthe2009NCAAIndoorChampionships,takingsecondinthetriplejump.Shealsocompetedin2008OutdoorChampionship in Ames, Iowa, placing13th. The women’s team finished 11th outof39teamsintheteamscoring.Themen’steamplaced20thoutof42.

Carl Morgan

Men take 2009 Sun Belt Indoor Title Itcamedowntothefinaleventoftheweekend,butonceagainthe4x400-meterrelaypushedthemen’steamoverri-valWesternKentuckyforthe15thindoorconferencetitleintheprogram’shistory. Led byTop Meet Scorer and SBCTrack Performer of theYearFestusChemaoiandSBCFieldPerformeroftheYearCarlMorgan,theteamwontheitsfirstSunBeltIndoortitlesince2006. Chemaoi won the 800 and 1,500 me-ters,tooksecondinthe3,000meters,andplaced fourth in the 5,000. Morgan wontheboththelongandtriple jump. ItwasthesecondyearinarowMorganwonthetriplejumpevent.FreshmanRoscoePayneearnedhisfirstvictoryinhiscollegecareerinthe55-meterhurdles. Other team highlights included GregFranklin,whoplacedthirdinboththe100and200meters,WilliamSongockwhofin-ishedastherunner-upinthe5,000metersandthirdinthe3,000meters,andthedis-tancemedleyrelayteamtakingthird.

HeadcoachDeanHayeswasnamedSunBeltMen’sCoachoftheYearforthefifthtimesincejoiningtheleaguein2001. The women, led by Sun Belt Field Performer of theYearSarah Nambawa, placed second behind Western Kentucky.Nambawatookfirstplaceinthetriplejumpandthirdinthelongjump.

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Stadium Named in Hayes’ Honor OnMay8,2009,MiddleTennesseehostedaformaldedica-tionceremonytonameitsneweststadiumtheDeanA.HayesTrackandSoccerStadium.Withnearly400peoplewereonhand,includingover100formertrackathletestohonortheirformercoach. ThededicationhonoredMiddleTennessee’smostsuccess-fulcoachandhis45yearsofservicetotheUniversity. Coach Hayes has served as the head coach of the BlueRaidertrackandfieldprogramssince1965.Hissuccessstart-edwithmen’strackandcontinuedwhenwomen’strackwasaddedtotheslatein1987.Hehasalsocoachedthecrosscountryprograms. Among his many accomplishments are 82 All-American honors won by 48 student-athletes, 43totalconferencechampionships,and18NCAAtop-25finishes. Hayeshasalsocoachedfournationalchampionsandnumerousathleteswhohavecompetedinter-nationally intheOlympicGames,WorldUniversityGames,andPan-AmericanGames. He is a member of five halls of fame, has beennamedaconferencecoachoftheyear26timesand

wasanassistantcoachduringthe1988SummerOlympicsinSeoul,SouthKorea. The dedication ceremony took place in the GreenlandDrive parking lot directly in front of the stadium. FeaturedspeakersincludedMiddleTennesseepresidentDr.SidneyA.McPhee,DirectorofAthleticsChrisMassaro,formertrackstu-dent-athleteTommyHaynesandCoachHayes. TheceremonycoincidedwiththefirstdayoftheSunBeltOutdoorTrackandFieldChampionships.

Track Alumni in attendance to honor Hayes

Team’s host Sun Belt Outdoor Championships MiddleTennesseehostedtheSunBeltConferenceCham-pionshipsin2009forthefirsttimesincejoiningtheleaguein2001.ThemeetwastheheldattheDeanHayesTrackandSoccer Stadium since the addition of the 1,500-seat grand-standandlockerroomfacilityin2006. Junior distance runner William Songock highlighted thefirst day’s action for the Blue Raiders by winning the finaleventofthedaythemen’s10,000meters.Songocktookvic-

toryintheevent inaMiddleTennessee record, breakingRobert Willis’ 25 year record.Willis was on hand to con-gratulate Songock; he waspresentforthestadiumdedi-cationforDeanHayes.

Throughout the three-daymeet, 34 stadium recordswereset,with10beingsetbyMiddleTennesseeathletes.

Other highlights were

SarahNambawa’sperformanceinthetriplejump,whenthejunior recordeda then-NCAAseasonbestmarkof44-11.75(13.71m).Itwas,atthetime,the15thlongestjumprecordedintheworldin2009andaMTrecord. Bothmen’sandwomen’sconferencechampionshipsweretakenbyWesternKentucky.TheBlueRaidermentooksecondtheBlueRaiderwomenplacedthird. Theeventwasconsideredatremendoussuccess,andMid-dleTennesseehasalreadybeenscheduledtohostthe2011SunBeltOutdoorChampionships.

William Songock

2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships Results Men’s Women’s1. WesternKentucky . . . . . (161) 1. WesternKentucky . . . . . . (153)2. Middle Tennessee . . . . (�30) 2. FloridaIntl. . . . . . . . . . . (115.6)3. uL-Monroe. . . . . . . . . . (121) 3. Middle Tennessee . . .(�0�.�)4. NorthTexas. . . . . . . . . . (91.5) 4. NorthTexas . . . . . . . . . . . (97)5. uALR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (74) 5. uL-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . (90.2)6. ArkansasState. . . . . . . . (72.5) 6. ArkansasState . . . . . . . . . (82)7. Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (65) 7. Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (65.6)8. SouthAlabama . . . . . . . . (48) 8. Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . (35)9. Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . (35) 9. SouthAlabama . . . . . . . . . (29)10. FloridaIntl. . . . . . . . . . . . (21) 9. FloridaAtlantic . . . . . . . . . .29 11. uALR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13)

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Cox and Sangau rewrite record books BlueRaiderjuniorsBrittanyCoxandZa-mzam Sangau were a mission in 2009 tostamptheirnamesintheBlueRaiderrecordbooks. Between the two, Cox and Sangaubroke school records 12 different times in2009. When the indoor and outdoor sea-sonsconcluded,theyowenedcombined12schoolrecords. Cox will enter the 2010 season as the

school indoor andoutdoor shot putrecordholderwithrespectivemarksof48-10.25 (14.89m)and 53-6.25 (16.31m) and hammerthrowwithamarkof176-10(53.9m). Sangauwillstart2010owningtheschool standard in the indoor 800meters, mile run, 3,000 meters and5,000 meters with times of 2:11.03,

4:48.27,9:55.28and17:54.42,respectively.The Uganda native also holds outdoorstandardsinthe800meters,1,500metersand 5,000 meters with respective time of2:07.38,4:24.44and17:21.44. Theduo’ssuccesswasnotlimitedtoschoolrecords.CoxsettheSunBeltConfer-enceshotputrecordtwicein2009throw-ing52-0.75(15.87m)attheTigerTrackClas-sic and again attheNCAAMideastRegional tossing53-6.25 (16.31m)at the NCAA Mid-

eastChampionships.Shealsoset theSBC Outdoor Championships recordintheshotputwithamarkof50-0.75.Sangau set the 800 meter outdoorchampionships record with a time of2:09.73.

Cox Indoor ShotPut. . . . . . . . . . . . 48-10.25 Outdoor ShotPut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-6.25 HammerThrow. . . . . . . . . 176-10

Sangau Indoor 800meters . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11.03 Milerun. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:48.27 3,000meters. . . . . . . . . . 9:55.28 5,000meters. . . . . . . . . 17:54.42 Outdoor 800meters . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.38 1,500meters. . . . . . . . . . 4:24.44 5,000meters. . . . . . . . . 17:21.44

Cox and Sangau’s MT Records

Zamzam Sangau Brittany Cox

Morgan and Chemaoi highlight Blue Raiders at Penn Relaysevent. Chemaoi best-ed a 31-man field totake victory in a timeof14:17.79. Other highlightsof the festival includ-ed Sarah Nambawa’sfourth-place finish intheWomen’sCollegiatetriplejumpChampionshipsdivision

recordingajumpof43-1(13.13m)andKort-neyThurman coming in eighth in the longjump,leaping19-3.5(5.88m). Intherelayevents,themen’s4x100teamof Greg Franklin, Curtis King, Stanley Gbag-beke, and Roscoe Payne finished eighthoverall in the men’s collegiate division in atimeof40.60.Theteamalsofinishedninthinthe 4x200-meter relay.The women’s 4x400-meterrelayteamhadthebestfinishofallthewomen’srelayteamsplacing26th.

Middle Tennessee senior Carl Morgan and sophomoreFestusChemaoiledtheBlueRaidersatthe2009PennRelaysinPhiladelphia,Pa.,Morganwonthecollegiatemen’striplejump, and Chemaoi finished first overall in the men’s 5,000meters. Morgan’sleapof50-6.75(15.41m)inthetriplejumpbest-edafieldof20entries.ThiscameoffMorgan’ssecond-placefinish in the long jump the day before when the CaymanIslandnative leapt24-6.25(7.47m)totakerunnerupinthe

Festus ChemaoiCarl Morgan

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55m (Auto: �.��, Prov: �.2�)GregFranklin 6.30! A 12/6/08SamuelAdade 6.41 A 12/6/08StanleyGbagbeke 6.43 A 12/6/08MalcolmBeyah 6.44 E 1/31/09RodIssac 6.45 E 1/31/09RobertEzell 6.51 A 12/6/08

MT Record: Mardy Scales 6.14 , 2003

55mH (Auto: �.��, Prov: �.3�)DeRaySloss 7.36+ E 1/31/09RoscosPayne 7.47! A 12/6/08

MT Record: Linnie Yarbrough 7.20, 2006

�0m (Auto: �.�3, Prov: �.��)GregFranklin 6.80 F 2/6-7/09StanleyGbagbeke 6.80 F 2/6-7/09CurtisKing 6.89 F 2/6-7/09MalcolmBeyah 6.97p F 2/6-7/09SamuelAdade 7.02p C 1/16-17/09RodIssac 7.08p F 2/6-7/09RobertEzell 7.16p F 2/6-7/09

�0mH (Auto: �.�0, Prov: �.��)RoscoePayne 8.01p I 3/7/09DeRaySloss 8.02 I 3/7/09

200m (Auto: 2�.0�, Prov: 2�.��)%CurtisKing 21.50 H 2/28-3/1/09GregFranklin 21.58 A 12/6/08StanleyGbagbeke 21.83 A 12/6/08SamuelAdade 21.86p H 2/28-3/1/09RoscoePayne 21.89 A 12/6/09AdrianBentley 21.92 A 12/6/09RodIssac 21.93 E 1/31/09RobertCarter 22.28 C 1/16/09DarnellMcCurdy 24.00 G 2/14/09

MT Record: Mardy Scales 20.84, 2004

�00m (Auto: ��.�5, Prov: ��.�5)%AdrianBentley 49.55 A 12/6/09GregFranklin 49.56 A 12/6/09SamuelAdade 49.78 E 1/31/09RobertCarter 49.87! F 2/6-7/09DarnellMcCurdy 51.72 B 1/11/09FestusChemaoi 52.51 D 1/24/09DennisRockholt 54.01 A 12/6/09

MT Record: Godfrey Herring 46.36, 2001

�00m (Auto: �:��.�0, Prov: �:5�.�0)FestusChemaoi 1:50.27+!r I 3/7/09DavidEmery 1:58.87 H 2/28-3/1/09WilliamSongock 1:58.87! G 2/14/09.JuliusKirui 2:01.24 B 1/11/09PhilipBenavides 2:01.69 F 2/6-7/09JoshuaWheeler 2:04.60! C 1/16-17/09

MT Record: Dennis Votava 1:51.84 , 1977

Mile (Auto: �:00.30, Prov: �:0�.�0)FestusChemaoi 4:06.29! F 2/6-7/09DavidEmery 4:15.14! A 12/6/09WilliamSongock 4:17.46! D 1/24/09IsaacBiwott 4:20.84 G 2/14/09

JuliusKirui 4:25.07! C 1/16-17/09MT Record: Joe O’Loughlin 4:03.47, 1982

3,000m (Auto: �:55.�0, Prov: �:0�.30)%WilliamSongock 8:14.15! F 2/6-7/09FestusChemaoi 8:22.00! H 2/28-3/1/09IsaacBiwott 8:48.21! E 1/31/09JuliusKirui 8:59.48 F 2/6-7/09DavidEmery 9:04.61 E 1/31/09

MT Record: Joe O’Loughlin 8:12.64, 1981

5,000m (Auto: �3.��.�0, Prov: ��:��.�0)%WilliamSongock 14:35.36! H 2/28-3/1/09FestusChemaoi 14:49.29! H 2/28-3/1/09JuliusKirui 15:15.85! H 2/28-3/1/09

MT Record: Geoffrey Lagat 14:39.99, 2001

Mile Relay (Auto: 3:0�.�0, Prov: 3:�2.00)%RelayA 3:18.11 F 2/6-7/09 . Isaac,Adade,Franklin,CarterRelayA 3:21.02 H2/28-3/1/09 Isaac,Franklin,Payne,MorganRelayA 3:24.67 A 12/6/09 Payne,Bentley,McCurdy,MorganRelayA 3:29.49 E 1/31/09 Payne,Carter,McCurdy,Chemaoi

MT Record: Okorie, Darden, Hicks, Waller 3:08.32 2004

DMR (Auto: �:3�.20, Prov: �:��.�0)%RelayA 10:18.81 H2/28-3/1/09 . Kirui,Carter,Benavides,Emery

MT Record: Johnson, Mitchell, David, O’Loughlin9:48.04, 1981

High Jump (Auto: 2.2�, Prov: 2.��)MT Record: Alex Pruitt 7-1.5, 2005

Pole Vault (Auto: 5.50, Prov: 5.20)MT Record: Tom Yelverton 15-8.5 1981

Long Jump (Auto: �.�5, Prov: �.50)CarlMorgan 24-11.00(7.59m)+A 12/6/08StanleyGbagbeke24-08.25(7.53m)!A 12/6/08DeRaySloss 23-00.25(7.02m) B 1/11/09

Meet Key

A - MT Christmas Classic (�2/�/0�) F - Rod McCravy Memorial (2/�-�/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbytheUniversityofKentucky Murfreesboro,Tenn. Lexington,Ky.

B - Ed Temple Classic (�/��/0�) G - MT Valentine Invitational (2/��/0�) HostedbyTennesseeState HostedbyMiddleTennessee Nashville,Tenn. Murfreesboro,Tenn.

C - Kentucky Invitational (�/��-��/0�) H - SBC Indoor Championships (2/2�-3/�/0�) HostedbytheUniversityofKentucky HostedbyArkansasState Lexington,Ky. Jonesboro,Ark.

D - Blue Raider Invitational (�/2�/0�) I - NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/�/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbyIowaState Murfreesboro,Tenn. Ames,Iowa

E - Middle Tennessee Classic (�/3�/0�) J - NCAA Indoor Championships (3/�3-��/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbyTexasA&M Murfreesboro,Tenn. CollegeStation,Texas

BrandonJones 22-10.25!(6.69m)G 2/14/09MT Record: Roland McGhee 27-0.75, 1993

Triple Jump (Auto: ��.�0, Prov: �5.�0)CarlMorgan 51-02.25(15.60m)+A 12/6/08BrandonJones 48-01.00(14.66m) A 12/6/08DeRaySloss 45-04.25(13.82m)!D 1/24/09

MT Record: Tommy Haynes 54-6.5, 1974

Shot Put (Auto: ��.30, Prov: ��.�5)DerrickCrutcher 34-10.00(11.70m)D 1/24/09

MT Record: Brian Oldfield 57-7, 1966

Weight Throw (Auto: 2�.50, Prov: ��.50)DerrickCrutcher 34-10.00(10.61m)D 1/24/09

MT Record: James Thomas 58-8.75, 2007

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Meet Key

A - MT Christmas Classic (�2/�/0�) F - Rod McCravy Memorial (2/�-�/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbytheUniversityofKentucky Murfreesboro,Tenn. Lexington,Ky.

B - Ed Temple Classic (�/��/0�) G - MT Valentine Invitational (2/��/0�) HostedbyTennesseeState HostedbyMiddleTennessee Nashville,Tenn. Murfreesboro,Tenn.

C - Kentucky Invitational (�/��-��/0�) H - SBC Indoor Championships (2/2�-3/�/0�) HostedbytheUniversityofKentucky HostedbyArkansasState Lexington,Ky. Jonesboro,Ark.

D - Blue Raider Invitational (�/2�/0�) I - NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/�/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbyIowaState Murfreesboro,Tenn. Ames,Iowa

E - Middle Tennessee Classic (�/3�/0�) J - NCAA Indoor Championships (3/�3-��/0�) HostedbyMiddleTennessee HostedbyTexasA&M Murfreesboro,Tenn. CollegeStation,Texas

55m (Auto: �.��, Prov: �.�2)TeneshaHill 7.05 A 12/6/09KiaraHenry 7.17! H 2/28-3/1/09NyeishaWright 7.17 D 1/24/09KortneyThurman 7.22! D 1/24/09ErikaPalmer 7.27 A 12/6/09

MT Record: Dionne Rose 6.89, 1994

55mH (Auto: �.5�, Prov: �.��)MT Record: Dionne Rose 7.59, 1994

�0m (Auto: �.2�, Prov: �.��)TeneshaHill 7.75 F 2/6-7/09KiaraHenry 7.83 F 2/6-7/09

�0mH (Auto: �.��, Prov: �.�3)

200m (Auto: 23.�0, Prov: 2�.�0)%NyeishaWright 24.47! G 2/14/09TraMayneGillyard 24.74! E 1/31/09TeneshaHill 25.41p H 2/28-3/1/09KiaraHenry 25.55! E 1/31/09KortneyThurman 25.96 B 1/11/09

MT Record: Nadia Graham 23.54, 1996

�00m (Auto: 52.�0, Prov: 5�.�0)%TraMayneGillyard 56.39 H 2/28-3/1/09SarahNambawa 58.01 D 1/24/09MarionNakaziba 1:04.13! D 1/24/09ErikaPalmer 1:07.81 G 2/14/09

MT Record: Rosemary Okafor 52.41, 2004

�00m (Auto: 2:05.�0, Prov: 2:0�.�0)%ZamzamSangau 2:12.36!r H 2/28-3/1/09AshleyComstock 2:10.20! E 1/31/09SarahNambawa 2:19.80 G 2/14/09MarlaBailey 2:34.73! E 1/31/09KristenTithof 2:36.45 G 2/14/09AshleighThaler 2:45.56 E 1/31/09

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 2:12.63, 2008

Mile (Auto: �:3�.�0, Prov: �:��.�0)%ZamzamSangau 4:50.35 F 2/6-7/09

AshleyComstock 5:05.93! H 2/28-3/1/09MarlaBailey 5:26.89 C 1/16-17/09KristenTithof 5:44.90 E 1/31/09JacklineSerem 5:45.41! D 1/24/09AshleighThaler 5:46.08 G 2/14/09


3,000m (Auto: �:�5.�0, Prov: �:3�.�0)%ZamzamSangau 9:55.28!r C 1/16-17/09AshleyComstock 10:00.52! F 2/6-7/09MarlaBailey 10:37.06 F 2/6-7/09KristenTithof 11:04.63 F 2/6-7/09

AshleighThaler 11:05.71 A 12/6/09JacklineSerem 11:17.39 H 2/28-3/1/09


5,000m (Auto: ��:0�.�0, Prov: ��:��.�0)%MarlaBailey 18:52.67 H 2/28-3/1/09KristenTithof 19:14.76 H 2/28-3/1/09AshleighThaler 20:08.54 H 2/28-3/1/09


Mile Relay (Auto: 3:35.�0, Prov. 3:�2.�0)%RelayA 3:42.70 F 2/6-7/09 Wright,Nambawa,Gillyard,SangauRelayA 3:47.39 E 1/31/09 Wright,Nambawa,Gillyard,SangauRelayA 4:17.60 A 12/6/08 Thurman,Nambawa,Nakaziba,GillyardRelayA 4:34.73 B 1/11/09 Henry,Nakaziba,Palmer

MT Record: Hall, Parrish, Phillips, Graham3:42.78, 1996

Distance Medley Relay (Auto: ��:0�.00, Prov: ��:30.00)%

RelayA 12:40.53 B 1/11/09 Comstock,Palmer,Sangau,TithofRelayA 13:20.09 H2/28-3/1/09 Tithof,Henry,Thaler,Bailey

MT Record: Barnes, McGill, Smith, DeOliveira12:22.45, 1992

High Jump (Auto: �.��, Prov: �.��)NicoleNeeb 5-02.05(1.58m) H2/28-3/1/09

MT Record: Tipton, Florence 5-8, 1991, 1995

Pole Vault (Auto: �.20, Prov: 3.�5)MT Record: Jennifer Howard 10-8.25, 2003

Long Jump (Auto: �.35, Prov: �.�0)SarahNambawa 20-10(6.35m)*!r G 2/14/09KortneyThurman 19-01.5(5.82m) G 2/14/09NyeishaWright 18-09(5.71m) E 1/31/09

MT Record: Dionne Rose 20-8.25, 1994

Triple Jump (Auto: �3.30, Prov: �2.�5)SarahNambawa 44-8.25(13.62m)*!r G 2/14/09KortneyThurman 36-5.75(11.12m)! F 2/6-7/09NyeishaWright 35-6(10.72m) C 1/16-17/09

MT Record: Sarah Nambawa 44-8.25, 2008

Shot Put (Auto: ��.�0, Prov: �5.20)BrittanyCox 48-10.25(14.89m)!rH2/28-3/1/09MeLynThompson47-11.25(14.61m)!H2/28-3/1/09MaiteCortin 32-6(9.9m) A 12/6/09

MT Record: Shelly Johnson 48-7.25, 1996

Weight Throw (Auto: 2�.00, Prov: ��.00)BrittanyCox 60-2(18.34m)!r B 1/31/09MaiteCortin 47-11(14.61m) A 12/6/08MeLynThompson45-9(13.94m)! H2/28-3/1/09

MT Record: Brittany Cox 59-0.25, 2008

Nyeisha Wright

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2009 Women’s Indoor Performance Chart

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�00m (Regional: �0.55)GregFranklin 10.45!* H 5/10-11/09CurtisKing 10.59 H 5/10-11/09StanleyGbagbeke 10.62p H 5/10-11/09SamuelAdade 10.70p H 5/10-11/09MalcolmBeyah 10.89p H 5/10-11/09RodIsaac 10.92p H 5/10-11/09RobertEzell 10.9! I 5/15-16/09DeRaySloss 11.82 G 4/25/09

MT Record: Mardy Scales 10.07, 2004

��0mH (Regional: ��.30)RoscoePayne 14.07!* I 5/15-16/09DeRaySloss 14.55 E 4/17-18/09

MT Record: Linnie Yarbrough 13.67, 2006

200m (Regional: 2�.35)GregFranklin 21.08!*pH 5/10-11/09CurtisKing 21.14!*pH 5/10-11/09CarlMorgan 21.49 I 5/15-16/09SamuelAdade 21.59 H 5/10-11/09StanleyGbagbeke 21.76 H 5/10-11/09RobertEzell 22.31 E 4/17-18/09RodIsaac 22.36 H 5/10-11/09MalcolmBeyah 22.52 H 5/10-11/09DarnellMcCurdy 23.99 D 4/11/09RobertCarter 50.28 B 4/3-4/09

MT Record: Roland McGhee 20.44, 1994

�00m (Regional: ��.20)RobertCarter 49.53! I 5/15-16/09DarnellMcCurdy 54.09 A 3/21/09

MT Record: Godfrey Herring 45.35, 2001

�00mH (Regional: 52.5�)RoscoePayne 51.41!*f H 5/10-11/09DeRaySloss 54.08 E 4/17-18/09RobertCarter 1:00.35 E 4/17-18/09

MT Record: Victor Okorie 49.19, 2003

�00m (Regional: �:50.�0)FestusChemaoi 1:49.4!r*E 4/17-18/09

DavidEmery 1:53.41! H 5/10-11/09PhilipBenavides 1:55.01 H 5/10-11/09JoshuaWheeler 2:06.77 G 4/25/09

MT Record: Festus Chemaoi 1:49.4, 2009

�,500m (Regional: 3:��.�0)FestusChemaoi 3:44.62!*E 4/17-18-09WilliamSongock 3:53.03! H 5/10-11/09DavidEmery 3:54.03! H 5/10-11/09IsaacBiwott 4:02.82 B 4/3-4/09JuliusKuris 4:06.77 G 4/25/09PhilipBenavides 4:07.12! D 4/11/09

MT Record: Gary Perry 3:42.9, 1977

3000mWilliamSongock 8:30.71 B 4/3-4/09DavidEmery 8:58.69 B 4/3-4/09

3,000mST (Regional: �:0�.00)IsaacBiwott 9:20.01! H 5/10-11/09JuliusKurui 9:27.92! H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Danny Green 9:08.37, 1986

5,000m (Regional: ��:�0.00)FestusChemaoi 14:17.19!r* F 4/23-25/09WilliamSongock 14:20.33! H 5/10-11/09IsaacBiwott 15:02.54 H 5/10-11/09JuliusKirui 15:12.28! H 5/10-11/09DavidEmery 16:55.73 G 4/25/09

MT Record: Festus Chemaoi 14:17.19, 2009

�0,000mWilliamSongock 30:43.11!rf H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: William Songock 30:43.11, 2009

�x��0m Shuttle Hurdle RelayMT Record: R. Davis, Kirnes, Nesbitt, Williams

56.73, 1983

�x�00m Relay (Regional: �0.��)Team‘A’ 39.95 H 5/10-11/09

Franklin,King,Gbagbeke,AdadeTeam’A’ 40.67 B 4/3-4/09 Franklin,King,Payne,AdadeTeam‘A’ 40.77 A 3/21/09 Adade,King,Franklin,Morgan

MT Record: Spann, Scales, Orr, Holiday38.94, 2003

�x200m RelayTeam‘A’ 1:25.79 A 3/21/09 Adade,King,Franklin,Morgan

MT Record: Loyd, McGhee, Gupton, Otis1:21.17, 1994

�x�00m Relay (Regional: 3:�0.00)Team‘A’ 3:23.06 H 5/10-11/09 Isaac,Payne,Sloss,FranklinTeam‘A’ 3:40.69 A 3/21/09 Gbagbeke,Sloss,Payne,Chemaoi

MT Record: Darden, Scales, Dupar-Scott, Waller 3:05.65, 2004

�x�00m RelayTeam‘A’ 8:08.29 A 3/21/09 Benavides,Chemaoi,Songock,Biwott

MT Record: Yates, Anderson, Bandy, Singleton7:34.4, 1967

Distance Medley RelayTeam‘A’ 10:05.04 A 3/21/09 Benavides,Chemaoi,Songock,Biwott

MT Record: Lawrence, Farris, Davis, O’Loughlin9:50.64, 1982

Long Jump (Regional:�.3�m)StanleyGbagbeke25-3.5(7.71m) J 5/29-30/09CarlMorgan 25-1.25(7.65m)*E 4/17-18/09BrandonJones 23-6(7.16m) B 4/3-4/09DeRaySloss 23-5.25(7.14m) H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Roland McGhee 27-6, 1993

Triple Jump (Regional: �5.00m)CarlMorgan 52-4.5(15.96m)!*fH 5/10-11/09BrandonJones 49-5(15.06m)*! H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Eddie Loyd 55-2, 1982

Shot Put (Regional: ��.�0m)DerrickCrutcher 38-9.75(11.83m) A 3/21/09

MT Record: Brian Oldfield 59-2 1966

Discus (Regional: 5�.�0m)DerrickCrutcher 116-2(35.41m) H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Harrison Salami 182-9, 1977

Hammer (Regional: 5�.�0m)DerrickCrutcher 106-0(32.3m) D 4/11/09

MT Record: James Thomas 182-6, 2007

Javelin (Regional: ��.�0m)CarlMorgan 182-7(60.19m) H 5/10-11/09DerrickCrutcher 133-7(40.72m) H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Jeff Sims 220-11, 1984

Meet Key

A - Georgia Relays (3/2�/0�) G - Western Kentucky Invitational (�/25/0�) HostedbyGeorgia HostedbyWesternKentucky Athens,Ga. BowlingGreen,Ky.

B - Tiger Track Classic (�/3-�/0�) H - SBC Outdoor Championships (5/�0-��/0�) HostedbyAuburn HostedbyMiddleTennessee Auburn,Ala. Murfreesboro,Tenn.

C - Sea-Rays Relays (�/�0-��/0�) I - Georgia Tech Invitational (5/�5-��/0� HostedbyTennessee HostedbyGeorgiaTech Knoxville,Tenn. Atlanta,Ga.

D - Boston-Moon Invitational (�/��/0�) J - NCAA Mideast Regional (5/2�-30/0�) HostedbyTennesseeState HostedbyLouisville Nashville,Tenn. Louisville,Ky.

E - War Eagle Invitational (�/��-��/0�) J - NCAA Outdoor Championships (�/�0-�3/0�) HostedbyAuburn HostedbyArkansas Auburn,Ala. Fayetteville,Ark.F - Penn Relays (�/23-25/0�) HostedbyPennsylvania Philadelphia,Pa.

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2009 Men’s Outdoor Performance Chart

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Meet Key

A - Georgia Relays (3/2�/0�) G - Western Kentucky Invitational (�/25/0�) HostedbyGeorgia HostedbyWesternKentucky Athens,Ga. BowlingGreen,Ky.

B - Tiger Track Classic (�/3-�/0�) H - SBC Outdoor Championships (5/�0-��/0�) HostedbyAuburn HostedbyMiddleTennessee Auburn,Ala. Murfreesboro,Tenn.

C - Sea-Rays Relays (�/�0-��/0�) I - Georgia Tech Invitational (5/�5-��/0� HostedbyTennessee HostedbyGeorgiaTech Knoxville,Tenn. Atlanta,Ga.

D - Boston-Moon Invitational (�/��/0�) J - NCAA Mideast Regional (5/2�-30/0�) HostedbyTennesseeState HostedbyLouisville Nashville,Tenn. Louisville,Ky.

E - War Eagle Invitational (�/��-��/0�) J - NCAA Outdoor Championships (�/�0-�3/0�) HostedbyAuburn HostedbyArkansas Auburn,Ala. Fayetteville,Ark.F - Penn Relays (�/23-25/0�) HostedbyPennsylvania Philadelphia,Pa.

�00m (Regional: ��.�5)TeneshaHill 11.92 B 4/3-4/09NyeishaWright 11.92p H 5/10-11/09KiaraHenry 11.94p! H 5/10-11/09KortneyThurman 12.10 B 4/3-4/09NyeishaWright 12.22 B 4/3-4/09

MT Record: Douglas, Okafor 11.34, 1994, 2003

200m (Regional: 23.��)NyeishaWright 24.34 H 5/10-11/09SarahNambawa 24.74 B 4/3-4/09TraMayneGillyard 24.77 E 4/17-18/09KiaraHenry 24.9! I 5/15-16/09TeneshaHill 25.16 B 4/3-4/09


�00m (Regional: 5�.��)TraMayneGillyard 55.42 H 5/10-11/09SarahNambawa 56.67p H 5/10-11/09


�00m (Regional: 2:0�.�0)ZamzamSangau 2:07.38!r I 5/15-16/09AshleyComstock 2:19.24 B 4/3-4/09


�,500m (Regional: �:2�.�0)ZamzamSangau 4:24.22!pr J 5/30-31/09AshleyComstock 4:38.85! H 5/10-11/09MarlaBailey 4:55.47 E 4/17-18/09JackieSerem 5:01.33 G 4/25/09AshleighThaler 5:11.87 D 4/11/09KristenTithof 5:11.87 G 4/25/09


3,000mAshleyComstock 10:24.98 C 4/10-11/09MarlaBailey 10:52.49 B 4/3-4/09JacklineSerem 10:56.05 D 4/11/09AshleighThaler 11:02.43 D 4/11/09KristenTithof 11:08.79 B 4/3-4/09


5,000m (Regional: ��:52.00)ZamzamSangau 17:40.39f H 5/10-11/09

JackieSerem 18:03.52f! H 5/10-11/09MarlaBailey 18:20.83 H 5/10-11/09AshleyComstock 18:23.98 H 5/10-11/09AshleighThaler 19:05.29 E 4/17-18/09KristenTithof 19:25.4 A 3/21/09


�0000m (Auto: 33:30.00; Prov.: 35:00.00)JackieSerem 39:31.61! H 5/10-11/09MarlaBailey 39:39.7 C 4/10-11/09KristenTithof 41:10.39 H 5/10-11/09AshleighThlaer 41:37.63 H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Lea White 37:38.5, 1992

�x�00m Relay (Regional: �5.�0)Team‘A’ 46.12 A 3/21/09 Hill,Thurman,Wright,HenryTeam‘A’ 46.68 H 5/10-11/09 Hill,Thurman,Wright,Nambawa

MT Record: Douglas, Rose, Brown, Watson 44.87, 1994

�x200m RelayTeam‘A’ 1:25.79r A 3/21/09 Hill,Thurman,Wright,Henry

MT Record: Hill, Thurman, Wright, Henry1:25.79, 2009

�x�00m Relay (Regional: 3:�2.00)Team‘A’ 3:40.73* I 5/15-16/09 Gillyard,Nambawa,Wright,SangauTeam‘A’ 3:44.99 J 5/29-30/09 Gillyard,Nambawa,Wright,Henry

MT Record: Gillyard, Nambawa, Campbell, Patterson 3:38.12, 2007

High Jump (Regional: �.�5m)NicoleNeeb 5-3(1.6m) H 5/10-11/09

MT Record: Veronica Tipton 5-10.5, 1992

Long Jump (Regional: �.00m)SarahNambawa 20-10(6.35m)w H5/10-11/09KortneyThurman 19-9.5(6.03m)!* B 4/3-4/09KiaraHenry 19-2(5.84m) G 4/25/09NyeishaWright 18-6.5(5.65m) E4/17-18/09

MT Record: Dionne Rose 21-9, 1994

Triple Jump (Regional: �2.32m)SarahNambawa 45-9(13.94m)!r J 5/29-30/09KortneyThurman 38-2(11.63m) A 3/21/09

MT Record: Sarah Nambawa 45-9, 2009

Shot Put (Regional: ��.30m)BrittanyCox 53-6.25(16.31m)!r J 5/29-30/09MeLynThompson44-11.5(13.70m) B 4/3-4/09

MT Record: Brittany Cox 53-6.25, 2009

Discus (Regional: ��.30m)BrittanyCox 165-9(50.53m)! J 5/29-30/09MeLynThompson135-0(41.14m) B 4/3-4/09

MT Record: Shelly Johnson 168-5, 1995

Hammer (Regional: 5�.�5m)BrittanyCox 176-10(53.91m)!r I 5/15-16/09MaiteCortin 142-0(43.29m) G 4/25/09MeLynThompson133-4(40.64m) G 4/25/09

MT Record: Brittany Cox 176-10, 2009

Javelin (Regional: �3.�5m)BrittanyCox 128-1(39.05m)! H5/10-11/09NicoleNeeb 109-3(33.30m) D 4/11/09MT Record: Laetitia Florimond 140-9 2005

Hammer (Regional: 5�.�5m)BrittanyCox 170-5(51.94m)!r B 4/3-4/09MaiteCortin 142-0(43.29m) G 4/25/09MeLynThompson133-4(40.64m) G 4/25/09MT Record: Brittany Cox 170-5 2009

TraMayne Gillyard

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2009 Women’s Indoor Performance Chart

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55m 4 KiaraHenry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.177 NyeishaWright. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.25p KortneyThurman. . . . . . . . . . . . 7.42p TeneshaHill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DQ

200m3 NyeishaWright. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.837 TraMayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.38p TeneshaHill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.41p KiaraHenry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.84

�00m4 TraMayneGillyard. . . . . . . . . . . 56.39

�00m2 ZamzamSangau...........2:12.36p SarahNambawa. . . . . . . . . . . 2:25.15

Mile Run2 ZamzamSangau...........4:57.485 AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . . 5:05.9320 JackieSerem. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:45.08

3,000m3 ZamzamSangau.......... 10:00.115 AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . 10:08.0915 JackieSerem. . . . . . . . . . . . 11:17.39

5,000m 12 MarlaBailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:52.6717 KristenTithof. . . . . . . . . . . . 19:14.7627 AshleighThaler . . . . . . . . . . 20:08.54- AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . . . . DNF

Distance Medley Relay 9 Tithof,Henry,Thaler,Bailey. . . .13:20.09

High Jump7 NicoleNeeb . . . . . . . . .5-2.25(1.58m)

Long Jump2 SarahNambawa. . . . . 19-6.75(5.96m)5 KortneyThurman. . . . . .18-10(5.74m)11 NyeishaWright. . . . . . . 18-3.75(5.57m)

Triple Jump1 SarahNambawa. . . . .42-11.75(13.1m)14 KortneyThurman. . . .34-6.25(10.52m)

Shot Put2 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . 48-10.25(14.89m)3 MeLynThompson. . . 47-11.25(14.61m)

Weight Throw3 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . . 56-7.25(17.2m)13 MaiteCortin . . . . . . . 46-8.25(14.23m)16 MeLynThompson. . . . . .45-9(13.94m)

Long Jump10 SarahNambawa. . . . . . . 20-3(6.17m)

Triple Jump2 SarahNambawa. . . . . . .44-4(13.51m)

Sun Belt Indoor NCAA Indoor

�00m 5 KiaraHenry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.036 NyeishaWright. . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10p TeneshaHill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.27p KortneyThurman. . . . . . . . . . . 12.33

200m7 NyeishaWright. . . . . . . . . . . . 24.71p TraMayneGillyard. . . . . . . . . . 24.83p KiaraHenry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.91p KortneyThurman. . . . . . . . . . . 25.25

�00m 4 TraMayneGillyard. . . . . . . . . . 55.42p SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . 56.67

�00m 1 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . 2:09.73

�,500m 1 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . 4:28.164 AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . . 4:38.85

5,000m 3 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . 17:40.397 JackieSerem. . . . . . . . . . . . 18:03.5210 MarlaBailey. . . . . . . . . . . . 18:20.8312 AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . 18:23.98

�0,000m 8 JackieSerem. . . . . . . . . . . . 39:31.6112 MarlaBailey. . . . . . . . . . . . 40:44.8715 KristenTithof . . . . . . . . . . . 41:10.3916 AshleighThaler . . . . . . . . . . 41:37.63

�x�00m Relay 3 Hill,Thurman,Wright,Nambawa. 46.48

�x�00m Relay 1 Gillyard,Nambawa,Wright,Henry3:46.2

High Jump 7 NicoleNeeb . . . . . . . . . . .5-3(1.60m)

Long Jump 4 SarahNambawa . . . . . .20-10(6.35m)p KortneyThurman. . . . . 18-8.25(5.7m)

Triple Jump 1 SarahNambawa . . . 44-11.75(13.71m)

Sun Belt Outdoor

p KortneyThurman. . . . . .34-9.5(10.6m)

Shot Put 1 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . 50-0.75(15.26m)7 NyeishaWright. . . . . 44-6.75(13.58m)

Discus 3 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . 158-1(48.19m)

Hammer Throw p MaiteCortin. . . . . . . . 143-1(43.61m)- BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOUL

Javelin 4 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . 128-1(39.05m)p NicoleNeeb . . . . . . . . 113-3(34.53m)

�500m7 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . 4:29.95

�x�00m Relay15 Gillyard,Nambawa,Henry,Sangau3:44.9

Long Jump5 SarahNambawa . . . . . .20-4.5(6.21m)p KortneyThurman. . . . . . . 18-8(5.69m)

Triple Jump1 SarahNambawa . . . . . . 45-9(13.94m)

Shot Put4 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . 53-6.25(16.31m)

Discus7 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . 165-9(50.53m)

Long Jumpp SarahNambawa . . . . . . . 18-8(5.69m)

NCAA Mideast Regional

NCAA Outdoor Triple Jump

6 SarahNambawa . . . . . . 45-3(13.79m)

Shot Put9 BrittanyCox. . . . . . . 49-9.75(15.18m)

2009 Women’s Championships Results

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55m3 GregFranklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.405 CurtisKing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.45p MalcolmBeyah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.51p RodIsaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.58p RobertEzell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.58p StanleyGbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . . 6.60

55mH1 RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50p DeRaySloss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.58

200m3 GregFranklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.705 CurtisKing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.827 SamuelAdade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.19p RodIsaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.48p StanleyGbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . 23.02

�00mp SamuelAdade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.27p RobertCarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.64

�00m1 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.76p DavidEmery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58.87p JoshuaWheeler. . . . . . . . . . . .2:1084

Mile Run1 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 4:11.184 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . . 4:18.847 DavidEmery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:20.22p JuliusKirui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:27.97p IsaacBiwott. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:30.03

3,000m2 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 8:22.003 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . . 8:36.746 IsaacBiwott. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:53.80

5,000m2 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . 14:35.364 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . 14:49.297 JuliusKirui . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:15.85- IsaacBiwott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DNF- DavidEmery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DNF

�x�00m Relay6 Isaac,Franklin,Payne,Morgan. . 3:21.02

Distance Medley Relay3 Kirui,Carter,Benavides,Emery 10:18.81

Long Jump1 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . .24-10(7.57m)2 StanleyGbagbeke . . . . .24-6.5(7.48m)9 DeRaySloss. . . . . . . . .22-4.5(6.82m)11 BrandonJones . . . . . . 21-11.75(6.7m)

Triple Jump1 CarlMorgan . . . . . . .50-7.25(15.42m)6 BrandonJones . . . . . 47-2.25(14.38m)

�00m 4 GregFranklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.507 CurtisKing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.69p GregGbagbeke. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.62p SamuelAdade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.70p MalcolmBeyah . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.89p RodIsaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.92

�00mH 2 RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.09

200m 3 GregFranklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.157 CurtisKing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.23p SamuelAdade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.59p StanleyGbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . 21.76p RodIsaac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.36p MalcolmBeyah . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.52

�00m p RobertCarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.23

�00mH 1 RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.41

�00m 1 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 1:51.246 DavidEmery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.70p PhilipBenavides . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.01

�,500m 1 FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 3:47.254 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . . 3:53.035 DavidEmery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:54.03

5,000m 2 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . 14:20.338 IsaacBiwott. . . . . . . . . . . . 15:02.5412 JuiliusKirui. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:12.28

�0,000m1 WilliamSongock. . . . . . . . . 30:43.11

�x�00m Relay 2 Franklin,King,Gbagbekek,Adade 39.95

�x�00m Relay5 Isaac,Payne,Sloss,Franklin . . . 3:23.06

Long Jump3 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . .25-0.5(7.63m)4 StanleyGbagbeke . . . . .24-8.5(7.53m)8 DeRaySloss. . . . . . . . 23-5.5(7.14m)p BrandonJones . . . . . . 22-5.25(6.84m)

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Sun Belt Outdoor

Triple Jump1 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . 52-4.5(15.96m)4 BrandonJones . . . . . . . 49-5(15.06m)

Shot Putp DerrickCrutcher . . . . . 37-0.5(11.29m)

Discusp DerrickCrutcher . . . . . 116-2(35.41m)

Hammer Throwp DerrickCrutcher . . . . . . 95-1(28.98m)

Javelin5 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . 197-5(60.19m)p DerrickCrutcher . . . . . 133-7(40.72m)

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p RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.11

200mp GregFranklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.27

�00mHp RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.53

�,500mp FestusChemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . 3:49.41

�x�00m Relayp Franklin,King,Gbagbeke,Adade. 40.43

Long Jump5 StanleyGbagbeke . . . . .25-3.5(7.71m)p CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . 24-8.25(7.52m)

Triple Jump2 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . 52-9.5(16.09m)- BrandonJones . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foul

NCAA OutdoorLong Jump

2 StanleyGbagbeke . . . . . . .26-3(8.0m)

Triple Jumpp CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . 51-5.5(15.68m)

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2009 Cross Country Review

Men take Sun Belt title TheslipperyandwetconditionsofSelmanFieldinMonroe,La.werenotenoughtokeeptheMiddleTen-nessee men’s cross country team from taking theirfirsteverSunBeltConferencetitle. Led by the efforts of individual runner-up FestusChemaoi and fifth-place William Songock, all BlueRaider scorers placed in the top 11. Chemaoi com-pletedthe8,000-metercoursein26:42.14,andSon-gock came in at 27:32.13.The Blue Raiders finishedwith 36 team points to defeat second-place SouthAlabamawith43points. “I’mreallyproudofwhattheydid. Itwasagood,solidteamperformance.Allfiveknewtheywerego-ingtohavetogooutanddotheirjobsandtheydid.Festus and William had to neutralize South Alabama’s topguysandthenthethree,fourandfiveguysneededtobeattherestofSouth’smens,”saidheadcoachDeanHayes. Hayesreceivedhisfirst-evermen’scrosscountrySunBeltConferenceCoachoftheYearaward. NewcomerChrisMasonrananinspiredraceathisfirstcon-ferencemeet.TheSUNYDelhitransferfinishedeighthoveralltoearnhisfirstAll-SunBeltawardatMiddleTennessee.Whatwas perhaps more impressive was Mason ran a majority of

theraceshoelessuponlosingbothinthefirstmile. Senior Isaac Biwott earned the second all-conferencecross country award of his career by taking ninth in a timeof27:42.24.Biwottfirstwontheawardin2007atthecham-pionships in Bowling Green, Ky. David Emery rounded outthe Middle Tennessee scorers, placing 11th with a time of28:00.88. Itwasthefirsttimeinschoolhistorythemen’scrosscoun-tryteamhadfourrunnersearnall-conferencehonors.

Chemaoi and Sangau qualify for NCAA Cross Country Championships For the first time in school history, MiddleTennessee had a male and a female runnerqualify for the NCAA Cross Country NationalChampionships. Zamzam Sangau and FestusChemaoi garnered qualification at the NCAASouth Regional Championships in Tuscaloosa,Ala.,onNovember14. SangaubecamethefirstwomeninprogramhistorytoqualifyfortheNCAAChampionships.The Uganda native finished fifth place overallonthe6,000-metercourseinatimeof20:30.22.Shecameinsecondintheindividualswithateamstandings.ItwasthesecondconsecutiveseasonSangauearnedall-re-gionhonors. Chemaoi qualified with an at-large bid by finishing 13thoverallattheNCAASouthRegionalChampionships.Initially,hewasnotinthetop-fiveindividualfinishersnotonaquali-fyingteam.However,whenAuburnreceivedanat-largebid

as a team, Chemaoi moved to the top-five in-dividual finishers. The junior became the firstBlueRaidermen’srunnertocompeteinthena-tional championships since Richard Russo ranat the 1971 event in Knoxville,Tenn. Chemaoiwas,however, thefirstmen’s runnertoqualifyunderthecurrentqualifyingsystem.ItwasalsothefirsttimeChemaoiwasnamedtotheNCAAAll-SouthRegionteam. The1965men’scrosscountryteamfinished14thoverallasateamattheNCAACrossCoun-

tryD-IIchampionshipsforMT’sbestfinish. The2009NCAACrossCountryNationalChampionshipwasheldinTerreHaute,Ind.,hostedbyIndianaStateonMonday,November23.Chemaoiplaced146thoutof250finisher.San-gaucamein143rdoutof254finishers.

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Seven Blue Raiders earn All-Sun Belt Cross Country honors

TheBlueRaiderssetaschoolrecordforthemostathletestoearnAll-SunBeltcrosscountryhonorsatasingleconfer-encechampionshipmeet.GoingintotheOctober31,2009,championship, the most Blue Raider cross country runners,both male and female, to earn the honor in one meet wasfour,occurringin2007and2008.However,the2009squadsshatteredtherecordwithsevenathletes (maleandfemale)garneringthetitle. WilliamSongockandZamzamSangauwereawardedtheirthirdAll-SunBelttitles,andFestusChemaoiandIsaacBiwottwon their second awards. Marla Bailey, Jackie Serem andChrisMasonwerefirst-timerecipients.

Women finish second at Sun Belt Forthesecondseasoninarow,theBlueRaidersmatchedtheir best-ever finish at a conference championship meet,takingsecondatthe2009SunBeltCrossCountryChampion-ships. LedbyseniorZamzamSangau,theBlueRaidersrecordedtheir lowest team score in the history of the program, 65.Sangauplaced thirdoverallon the5,000-metercourse inatime of 19:49.09, Marla Bailey finish fourth in 19:58.33, andJackieSeremfinished inseventh in20:30.52.All therewerehonoredall-conferencerunners.Theladiesweredefeatedbydefending2008SunBeltChampionWesternKentucky,whichrecorded53points. SamanthaHunt’s25th-placefinishandStephanieSmith’s27th-place finish rounded out the MT five scoring runnerswithrespectivetimesof22:05.26and22:14.98. FreshmenAlissaRuggle,AmberKassubaandKaylaBryanran in their first championships for the Blue Raiders. Alongwith Hunt and Smith, the five Middle Tennessee freshmangained valuable experience that will be important in thecomingyears.

200� Sun Belt ConferenceTeam Results

Men’s

�. Middle Tennessee 3�2. SouthAlabama 433. UALR 864. NorthTexas 1585. Troy 1615. WesternKentucky 1617. FloridaAtlantic 1818. ArkansasState 1859. Louisiana-Monroe 19410. FloridaInternational 21011. Louisiana 280

Women’s

1. WesternKentucky 532. Middle Tennessee �53. NorthTexas 984. FloridaAtlantic 1035. UALR 1416. ArkansasState 1427. SouthAlabama 1528. Troy 1669. Louisiana-Monroe 22910. Louisiana 23911. FloridaInternational 302

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Isaac BiwottDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 16:24.15(18)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(5K) 16:17(11)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(8K) 26:55.52(17)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 25:47.92(104)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)16:01(5)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 27:52.35(9)

Philip BenavidesDate Event Time (Finish)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 32:12.02(72)

Festus ChemaoiDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 15:11.96(1)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(5K) 15:30(1)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(8K) 24:59.51(3)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 24:20.48(10)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)15:11(1)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 26:42.14(2)11/14/09 NCAASouthRegional(10K) 30:38.50(13)11/23/09 NCAAChampionships(10K) 31:21.1(146)David EmeryDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 16:26.67(23)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(5K) 16:17(12)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(8K) 27:32.74(22)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 25:37.57(85)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)15:59(4)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 28:00.88(11)

Chris MasonDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 15:47.40(5)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(5K) 16:12(8)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(8K) 26:09.14(9)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 25:18.57(57)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)16:04(6)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 27:42.24(8)11/14/09 NCAASouthRegional(10K) 32:09.05(46)William SongockDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 15:36.59(3)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(5K) 15:44(3)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(8K) 25:20.75(5)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 24:23.53(14)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)15:21(2)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) 27:32.13(6)

Josh WheelerDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(5K) 17:50.00(54)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(8K) 18:25(38)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 30:13.23(31)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(8K) 29:23.36(321)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(5K)19:09(12)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(8K) DNF

Belmont Opener (9/05 - 5K) �. Middle Tennessee �5 2. Belmont 57 3. Lipscomb 78 t4. Vanderbilt 96 t4. Belmont-Alumni 96 6. Tennessee-Martin 142 7. MurrayState 169Top MT Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (1)

UTC Powerade Opener (9/11 - 5K) �. Middle Tennessee 2� 2. Chattanooga 48 3. KennesawState 55 4. Mercer 81 5. TennesseeState 149Top MT Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (1)

WKU Old Timers Classic (9/19 - 5K)NoTeamScoringTop MT Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (3)

Greater Louisville Classic (10/3 - 8K) 1. Louisville 68 2. Kentucky 153 3. Tennessee 188 4. CentralMichigan 205 5. Middle Tennessee 25� 6. DavidsonCollege 259 7. QueensUniversity(Charlotte) 206 8. EasternKentucky 274 9. RendLakeCollege 284 10. Purdue 288 11. SouthernIndiana 345 12. Oakland 350 13. Arkansas 363 14. MississippiState 413 15. Belmont 435 16. EastTennesseeState 514 17. WashingtonUniversity(St.Louis) 520 18. WesternKentucky 543 19. McKendreeCollege 567 20. CornerstoneUniversity 616 21. DetroitMercy 629 22. Bellarmine 635 23. Lipscomb 664 24. SoutheastMissouriState 667 25. BryanCollege 671 26. Elon 681 27. Mississippi 717 28. GeorgiaState 728 29. CentreCollege 753 30. Vanderbilt 771 31. ShorterCollege 796 32. NorthernKentucky 797 33. MoreheadState 848 34. ArkansasState 876 35. Findlay 880 36. Lee 898 37. WheelingJesuit 1024 38. SetonHall 1107 Top MT Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (11)

UTC Invitational (10/17 - 5K) �. Middle Tennessee ��

2. Chattanooga 37Top MT Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (1)

Sun Belt Championships (10/31 - 8K) �. Middle Tennessee 3� 2. SouthAlabama 43 3. Arkansas-LittleRock 86 4. NorthTexas 158 5. Troy 161 5. WesternKentucky 161 7. FloridaAtlantic 181 8. ArkansasState 185 9. Louisiana-Monroe 195 10. FloridaInternational 210 11. Louisiana-Lafayette 280Top MT Finisher:Festus Chemaoi (2)

NCAA South Regional (11/14 - 10K) 1. Alabama 45 2. FloridaState 80 ........................ 26. Miami 716NoFullMiddleTennesseeTeamTop Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (13)

NCAA Championships (11/23 - 10K) 1. OklahomaState 127 2. Oregon 143 ........................ 31. MichiganState 654NoFullMiddleTennesseeTeamTop Finisher: Festus Chemaoi (146)

2009 Men’s Cross Country ResultsIndividual Results Team Results

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Marla BaileyDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 15:03.48(20)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 12:04(7)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 18:57.06(14)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 18:26.93(46)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)11:38(5)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 19:58.33(4)11/14/09 NCAASouthRegional(6K) 21:57.36(48)

Kayla BryanDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 16:34.99(55)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 13:01(18)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 21:08.61(27)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 19:45.38(168)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)13:22(16)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 22:58.78(45)

Samantha HuntDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 17:58.61(77)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 13:25(21)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 20:59.92(250)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)12:32(11)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 22:05.26(24)

Amber KassaubaDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 16:44.14(61)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 12:33(13)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 19:56.09(22)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 19:32.44(140)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)12:12(9)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 23:04.57(47)

Alissa RuggleDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 16:36.71(56)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 13:00(17)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 20:35.66(225)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)12:30(10)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 22:51.37(42)Zamzam SangauDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 14:17.00(2)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 11:24(2)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 17:40.51(2)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 17:43.05(11)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)11:13(1)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 19:49.09(3)11/14/09 NCAASouthRegional(6K) 20:30.22(5)11/23/09 NCAAChampionships(6K) 21:36.0(143)

Jackie SeremDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 15:12.95(26)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 11:47(4)9/19/09 WKUOldTimersClassic(5K) 18:45.37(10)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 18:26.75(45)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)11:34(4)10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 20:30.52(7)11/14/09 NCAASouthRegional(6K) 21:51.65(43)

Stephanie SmithDate Event Time (Finish)9/4/09 BelmontOpener(4K) 15:31.93(34)9/11/09 UTCPoweradeOpener(2M) 13:41(24)10/3/09 GreaterLouisvilleClassic(5K) 21:37.41(267)10/17/09 UTCFrontrunnerInvitational(2M)13:06(13)

10/31/09 SunBeltChampionships(5K) 22:14.98(27)

Belmont Opener (9/05 - 4K) 1. Vanderbilt 42 2. Alabama 57 3. UAB 109 �. Middle Tennessee �2� 5. Tennessee 129 6. Belmont 142 7. MurrayState 164 8. Lipscomb 170 9. Tennessee-Martin 271Top MT Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (2)

UTC Powerade Opener (9/11 - 2M) �. Middle Tennessee �� 2. Chattanooga 42 3. KennesawState 48 4. Mercer 98 5. TennesseeState 150Top MT Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (2)

WKU Old Timers Classic (9/19 - 5K)NoTeamScoringTop MT Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (2)

Greater Louisville Classic (10/3 - 8K) 1. Purdue 88 2. Kentucky 130 3. Louisville 141 t4. Missouri 173 t4. WesternKentucky 173 6. Vanderbilt 179 t7. CentralMichigan 208 t7. EasternKentucky 208 9. WashingtonUniv.(St.Louis) 290 10. SouthernIndiana 295 11. Davidson 360 12. MississippiState 379 �3. Middle Tennessee 3�� 14. Belmont 426 15. Elon 430 16. GeorgiaState 497 17. RendLakeCollege 533 18. Findlay 538 19. Bellarmine 551 20. Oakland 570 21. Lipscomb 571 22. Mississippi 587 23. ArkansasState 600 24. Lewis 646 25. NorthernKentucky 652 26. SoutheastMissouriState 657 27. ShorterCollege 686 28. DetriotMercy 716 29. UALR 721 30. CornerstoneUniversity 756 31. SetonHall 816 32. Lee 853 33. MoreheadState 965 34. AugustaState 1002 35. EastTennesseeState 1158Top MT Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (11)

UTC Invitational (10/17 - 2M) 1. Chattanooga 26 2. Middle Tennessee 2� 3. TennesseeState 80Top MT Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (1)

Sun Belt Championships (10/31 - 5K) 1. WesternKentucky 53 2. Middle Tennessee �5 3. NorthTexas 98 4. FloridaAtlantic 103 5. Arkansas-LittleRock 141 6. ArkansasState 142 7. SouthAlabama 152 8. Troy 166 9. Louisiana-Monroe 229 10. Louisiana-Lafayette 239 11. FloridaInternational 302Top MT Finishner: Zamzam Sangau (3)

NCAA South Regional (11/14 - 6K) 1. Florida 33 2. FloridaState 54 ........................ 23. JacksonvilleState 637NoFullMiddleTennesseeTeamTop Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (5)

NCAA Championships (11/23 - 6K) 1. Villanova 86 2. FloridaState 133 ........................ 33. Indiana 716NoFullMiddleTennesseeTeamTop Finisher: Zamzam Sangau (143)

2009 Women’s Cross Country ResultsIndividual Results

Team Results

History and RecordsHistory and Records

History and RecordsHistory and Records

MTTrackThroughtheYears 56-57Olympians 58SchoolRecords 59All-Americans 60-61ConferenceChampions 62-68SunBeltRecords 69TeamConferenceChampions 70-71HonorRoll

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MT Track and Field Through the Years ThetrackandfieldprogramatMiddleTen-nesseehasbeeninexistencefor55yearsandhasbecometheschool’smostdominantath-leticprogram. Blue Raider and Lady Raider track hasracked up 18 NCAA top 25 finishes, 44 con-ference titlesand11Olympians.During thisspan, 54 individuals have brought 84 All-AmericanawardsbacktoMiddleTennessee..

MiddleTennesseefootballcoach,JoeBlackHayes founded the track and field in 1954.HayescoachedtheBlueRaidersforthenexttenyears.

Lake Forest College (Ill.) assistant coachDean Hayes, no relation to the previouscoach,tookovertheprogramin1965wouldasthesecondofonlytwoheadcoachesintheprogram’shistory. BrianOldfield’splacedsecondintheNCAAshot put. Oldfield later set a world recordthrow of 75-0 and competed for the UnitedStates in the1972Olympics inMunich,Ger-many.

BarryMcClure,whobecamethefirstMid-dle Tennessee athlete to win All-American

honors on the Division 1 level in 1970, wonback-to-back NCAA triple jump crowns in1972 and 1973. He set NCAA records of 52-10.5and54-1.75. Tommy Haynes followed McClure’s suc-cess by breaking all of his triple jump re-cords.The1974NCAAtriplejumpchampion,earnedAll-Americanhonorsinboththelongjump and triple jump that year. He later settheNCAAandAmericanrecordsinthetriplejumpbeforegoingontocompeteinthe1976Olympics. McClure and Haynes’ success was thefoundation of the reputation of MiddleTen-nesseeasoneofthepremierjumpschoolsinthecountry,dominatingthejumpingeventson the OVC and NCAA level. All-AmericanJimmyWashington and later the“Grasshop-perGang”ofAll-AmericansJohnDoDooandSheikh FayeandCharlesHollisbeganade-cade of dominance where the Blue Raiderswould win 10 straight OVC long jump titlesand nine of 10 triple jump titles between1976and1985.

TheBlueRaiderswontheirfirstOVCout-door title in 1977 and 1978 outdoor title aswell. The squad took home its first OVC in-door championship in 1979. After that, thechampionshipswouldcomeatafastandfuri-ouspace.TheBlueRaidersandLadyRaiderseventuallywonacombined29titles inOVCcompetition.

TheseventimeAll-AmericanGregArtiswasnamedOVCathleteoftheyear in 1981 for his accomplish-ments in the long and triple jump.Artis holds the second most All-Americanhonorsinschoolhistory. Also during this period, 1980 to1986,asuccessionofgreatsprintersand hurdlers called MiddleTennes-

see home. All-Americans Andre Kirnes, Or-estesMeeksandDwightJohnsonalongwithOVCchampionsKennyNesbitt,TimJohnsonandKennyShannondominantedthe55,100,200and400metersaswellasthe110and400meterhurdles.Of72OVCindoorandoutdoorgoldmedalsgiveninsprintandhurdleeventsbetween1980and1986,40werecapturedbyBlueRaiderathletes. ThissuccessonthetrackandinthejumpswouldearnHayes’Raiderssevenstraightout-doorconferencetitlesandfiveandsevenin-doortitles.

Duringthisboomperiodfortheprogram,averyquietchampionshipwaswonthatwasnot to be repeated at MiddleTennessee for26years.The1983men’scrosscountryteamwontheconferencechampionshipsthatsea-son.

In1988,headcoachDeanHayesassumedtheroleoftwonewteams.ThisyearhewouldbeaffordedtheprivilegeofservingtheUnitedStatesOlympicTeamasanassistantcoach. Hayes,whowasnolongercoachingMid-dleTennesseewhenmen’sprogramhadbeendiscontinued in 1986, would took over thenewly formed Middle Tennessee women’s.Likethemen’steambefore,histeamswouldhave immediate success winning the 1988OVCIndoorChampionshipsinhisfirstseasonatthehelm.

Men’strackandfieldwasrevivedatMiddleTennesseeinthe1990s.Thisperiodofrenais-

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Joe “Black” Hayes’ ��0 Blue Raiders

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sanceintrackandfieldatMiddleTennesseesawtheBlueRaidermentakingthe1991OVCIndoorandthewomentakingbothOVC In-doorandOutdoorChampionships.

One of the biggest years in Blue Raidertrackwas1994.TheMiddleTennesseemen’s4x200-meter relay team was ranked first intheNCAA.Theteamwonitssecondconsecu-tive4x200metertitleattheprestigiousPennRelays. Also that year, Dionne Rose became thefirstwomanatMiddleTennesseetoearnAll-American honors with her performances inthelongjumpandthe55mhurdlesherwinin the win the 55m hurdles at the NCAA In-door Championships . Rose competed forher native Jamaica in both the 1992 Olym-

pics inBarcelona,Spain,and1996OlympicsinAtlanta,Ga..RoseisonoffourfemalesAll-Americansinthehistoryoftheprogram.

2000wasthelastyearintheOVCforMid-dleTennessee and both squads went out instyle. Both teams placed well in the indoorandoutdoormeets,andthementookthein-doortitleforthefirsttimeinsevenyears. WhenitwasannouncedthatMiddleTen-nessee would move to the Sun Belt Confer-ence in 2000-2001, the teams received andunexpectedcall. Both themen’sandwomen’s teamswereinvited to participate in the 2000 Sun BeltOutdoor Championships in Miami, Fla., andthe women’s team responded by winningtheevent,givingtheschoolitsfirst-everSBCtitle.

MiddleTennesseedidnotwasteanytimeshowing in its first full season showing theSBCitwouldbeaforcetobereckonedwith,starting with Geoffrey Lagat defending his2000crosscountry individualchampionshipandtakingthe2001individual. Also, themen’sandwomen’s teamswonthreeofthefourconferencetrackchampion-ships.

Mardy Scales became the University’sfourth national champion winning the 2003NCAA 100-meter dash. The seven-time All-American went on to have one of the mostillustrious careers in school history. He wasalsobenamedthe2004SunBeltAthleteoftheYear.

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2000

200�

2003

Mardy Scales pictured in SportsIllustrated, wins the �0m at the 200� Millrose Games at historic Madison Square Garden

NCAA National Champions

Barry McClure��2, ��3 NCAA Triple Jump

Set Collegiate Records at 52-�0.5 and 5�-�.�5

Tommy Haynes��5 NCAA Triple Jump

Set Collegiate Record of 5�-�.�5American Record of 5�-5.25

Dionne Rose�� NCAA Indoor 55 Meter Hurdles

Mardy Scales2003 NCAA �00 Meters

�� Penn Relay �x200 Meter Champions

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200� SamuelAdade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100(Alt.) Ghana Team TankoBraimah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100 Ghana Team ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100 Ghana Team AndrewOwusu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TripleJump Ghana Team

2000 AlbertAgyemang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Meters Ghana Team TankoBraimah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Meters Ghana Team ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . . . 100Meters,4x100 Ghana Team AndrewOwusu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TripleJump Ghana Team

�� AlbertAgyemang. . . . . . .200Meters,4x100 8th(4x100) Ghana Team ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4x400Meters Ghana Team DionneRose. . . . . . . . . . . .100-MeterHurdles 5thPlace Jamaica Team

��2 DionneRose. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-eterHurdles Jamaica Team

�� DeanHayes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AssistantCoach United States Team

�� RayfieldDupree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TripleJump United States Team SheikhFaye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HighJump Gambia Team TommyHaynes................ TripleJump 5thPlace United States Team

��2 SheikhFaye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LongJump Gambia Team BrianOldfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ShotPut 6thPlace United States Team

Blue Raiders Olympians

Christian NsiahThree time Olympian

Brian Oldfield��2 Olympian

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Men’s Women’s 55 Meters 6.14MardyScales,2003 6.89 DionneRose,1994

200 Meters 21.07 MardyScales,2004 23.54NadiaGraham,1996

400 Meters 46.36 GodfreyHerring,2001 52.41RosemaryOkafor2004

800 Meters 1:50.27Festus Chemaoi, 2009 2:12.36Zamzam Sangau, 2008

Mile Run 4:03.47JoeO’Loughlin,1982 4:48.37 Zamzam Sangau, 2008

3,000 Meters 8:12.64JoeO’Loughlin,1981 9:55.28 Zamzam Sangau, 2008

5,000 Meters 14:35.36William Songock, 2009 17:54.42Zamzam Sangau, 2008

55-Meter Hurdles 7.20 LinnieYarbrough,2006 7.59DionneRose,1994

4x400 Meter Relay 3:08.32Okorie,Darden,Hicks,Waller,2004 3:42.78Hall,Parrish,Phillips,Graham,1996

DMR 9:48.04Johnson,Mitchell,David,O’Loughlin,198112:22.45Barnes,McGill,Smith,DeOliveira,1992

High Jump 7-1.5AlexPruitt,2005 5-8mVeronicaTipton,1991

MiaFlorence,1995 Cherice Roberson, 2010

Pole Vault 15-8.5TomYelverton,1981 5-8JenniferHoward,2003

Long Jump 27-0.75 RolandMcGhee,1993 20-10.5 Sarah Nambawa, 2010

Triple Jump 54-6.5TommyHaynes,1974 44-8.25Sarah Nambawa, 2008

Shot Put 57-7BrianOldfield,1966 53-5.5 Brittany Cox, 2010

Weight Throw 58-8.75JamesThomas,2007 67-6Brittany Cox, 2010

Middle Tennessee RecordsIndoor

Men’s Women’s 100 Meters 10.07MardyScales,2004 11.34NatalieDouglas,1994 RosemaryOkafor,2003

200 Meters 20.44RolandMcGhee,1994 23.18 RosemaryOkafor,2003

400 Meters 45.35GodfreyHerring,2001 52.29RosemaryOkafor,2004

800 Meters 1:49.40 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 2:37.38 Zamzam Sangau, 2009

1,500 Meters 3:42.9 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 4:27.04Zamzam Sangau, 2009

3,000 Meter ST 9:08.37DannyGreen,1986 11:31.44SaraLunning,2007

5,000 Meters 14:17.19 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 17:21.42 Zamzam Sangau, 2007

10,000 Meters 30:43.11William Songock, 2009 37:38.5LeaWhite1992

110/100 Meter Hurdles 13.67LinnieYarbrough,MT,2006 13.14DionneRose,1994

400 Meter Hurdles 49.19VictorOkorie,2003 58.72 KisharaGeorge,2005

4x100 Meter Relay 38.94Spann,Scales,Orr,Holiday,2003 44.87 Douglas,Rose,Brown,Watson,1994

4x200 Meter Relay 1:21.17Lloyd,McGhee,Gupton,Otis,1994 1:25.79Hill,Thurman,Wright,Henry,2009

4x400 Meter Relay 3:05.65 Darden,Scales,Dupar-Scott,Waller,2004 3:38.12 Gillyard,Nambawa,Campbell,Patterson,2007

4x800 Meter Relay 7:34.4Yates,Anderson,Bandy,Singleton,1967 9:06.63 Smith,Barnes,DeOliveria,Weathers,1992

4x1,500 Meter Relay 16:31.8 Green,Flint,Burn,Porter,1985 19:45.74Bailey,Sangau,Gombert,Comstock,2008

Sprint Medley Relay 3:20.68 Shannon,Mitchell,T.Johnson,Davis,1982 4:01.92 Jarrett,Blander,Gray,Parker,2002 Distance Medley Relay 9:50.64 Lawrence,Farris,Davis,O’Loughlin,1982 12:07.74Barnes,McGill,Smith,DeOliveria,1991

Shuttle Hurdle Relay 56.73 R.Davis,Kirnes,Nesbitt,Williams,1983 57.69 Anderson,Brown,Douglas,Robertson,2005

High Jump 7-1.75ChrisKoger,2002 5-10.5VeronicaTipton,1992

Pole Vault 16-0TomYelverton,1985 10-0.5 JenniferHoward,2003

Long Jump 27-6RolandMcGhee,1993 21-9DionneRose,1994

Triple Jump 55-2EddieLoyd,1982 45-9 Sarah Nambawa, 2009

Shot Put 59-2BrianOldfield,1966 50-8.75 Brittany Cox, 2009

Discus 182-9HarrisonSalami,1977 168-5ShelleyJohnson,1995

Hammer Throw 182-6JamesThomas,2007 165-4 Brittany Cox, 2009

Javelin 220-11JeffSims,1983 140-9 LaetitiaFlorimond,2005

Outdoor

Athletes of the Year

Greg Artis�� OVC Athlete of the Year

OVC Indoor/Outdoor Trackman of the Year

Dionne Rose�� OVC Track Woman of the Year

Mardy Scales200� Sun Belt Athlete of the Year

Nadia Graham�� NCAA Indoor 55 Meter Hurdles

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Brian Oldfield: Shot Put, Outdoor ��5World Record (ITA): �5-0

Barry McClure:Triple Jump

Outdoor ��0-�3Indoor ��-�3

Collegiate Record

Tommy Haynes:Triple JumpIndoor ��

Outdoor ��

Sheikh Faye: Long JumpIndoor1976

Outdoor1976-78

Jimmy Washington:Triple Jump

Outdoor1976

Rayfield Dupree:Triple JumpIndoor1977

John DoDoo: Triple Jump

Outdoor1978-79

Greg Artis: Long Jump

Indoor1979-81Outdoor1979-81

Triple JumpIndoor1981

Andre’ Kirnes:Long Jump

Outdoor1980Outdoor1983

Barry Gambrell, Mike Davidson, Tim Johnson, Gary Mitchell:

Mile RelayOutdoor1981

Herb Newton, Gary Mitchell,Tim Johnson, Floyd James:

Mile RelayOutdoor1982

Orestes Meeks:Long JumpIndoor1982

Eddie Loyd: Triple Jump

Outdoor1982

Herb Newton,Joe O’Loughlin, Tim Johnson,

John Davis (inset): Distance Medley Relay

Outdoor1982

Dwight Johnson: Long Jump

Indoor1984-85

Roland McGhee: Long Jump

Indoor1991-94Outdoor1991-92,1994

55 metersIndoor1993-94

Jacqui Brown: Long JumpIndoor1994

Outdoor1994Triple JumpIndoor1994

Outdoor1994

All-Americans

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Godfrey Herring: �00 meters Indoor 2000-02, Outdoor 200�-02

Andreja Ribac: Triple Jump : Outdoor 2000

Dionne Rose:55m Hurdles

Indoor&Outdoor1994Long Jump

Indoor&Outdoor1994

Micah Otis: Long JumpIndoor1994

Christian Nsiah:200 metersIndoor1996�0 meters

Indoor1999

Ron Bramlett: ��0m HurdlesOutdoor1999

Jasper Demps:�0m HurdlesIndoor2001

Kim Freeman: Triple JumpIndoor2001

Mardy Scales:�0 meters

Indoor2002-04�00 meters

Outdoor2003-04�x�00m Relay

Outdoor2003-04

Pedro Holiday, Brad Orr, Mardy Scales, DJ Spann: �x�00m RelayOutdoor2003

Victor Okorie:�00m HurdlesOutdoor2003

Garland Martin:�0m HurdlesIndoor2004

Xavier Darden:�x�00m RelayOutdoor2004

Wesley Dupar-Scott:�x�00m RelayOutdoor2004

Pedro Holiday:�x�00m RelayOutdoor2004

JJ Sturm:�x�00m RelayOutdoor2004

Juan Walker:Long JumpIndoor2006,

Outdoor2007�x�00m RelayOutdoor2007

Orlando Reid:200 metersOutdoor2006-07

�00 metersOutdoor2007�x�00m RelayOutdoor2007

Linnie Yarbrough:��0m HurdlesOutdoor2006

Samuel Adade: �x�00m RelayOutdoor2007

Sean Waller: �x�00m Relay

Sarah Nambawa:Triple Jump

Indoor2008-09Outdoor2009

All-Americans

Stanley Gbagbeke:Long Jump

Outdoor2009

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OVC Championships1979,1981,1982,1983,1985,1986,1991,1993,2000

Sun Belt Championships2001,2002,2003,2004,2006,2009

OVC Coach of the YearDeanHayes–1979,1981,1982,1983,1985,1986,2000

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDeanHayes–2001,2002,2003,2006,2009

OVC Athlete of the YearGregArtis,1980&1981KennyNesbitt,1985RolandMcGhee,1994RobJordan,2000

Sun Belt most OutstandingTrack PerformerMardyScales,2003MardyScales,2004FestusChemaoi,2009

Sun Belt most OutstandingField PerformerJamesThomas,2006CarlMorgan,2008CarlMorgan,2009

Sun Belt Freshman of the YearFestusChemaoi,2008

individual Champions55 Meters/�0 Yards Dash1982 KennyShannon . . . . . . . .6.33(y)1984 KennyShannon . . . . . . . .6.41(y)1985 MikePittman . . . . . . . . . .6.42(y)1986 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . .6.41(y)1991 WalterDunson . . . . . . . . 6.35(m)1992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . .6.34(m)1993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . .6.27(m)1994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . .6.25(m)1995 KeithWatkins. . . . . . . . . 6.29(m)

1996 ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . 6.39(m)1998 ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . 6.27(m)1999 ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . . 6.24(m)2000 AlbertAgyemang......6.31(m)2002 MardyScales . . . . . . . . .6.32(m)2003 MardyScales . . . . . . . . .6.31(m)2004 MardyScales . . . . . . . . .6.34(m)2007 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . .6.36(m)

55 Meters/�0 Yard High Hurdles1979 EdThomas. . . . . . . . . . . .7.59(y)1983 MiguelWilliams . . . . . . . .7.29(y)1984 RonDavis . . . . . . . . . . . .7.44(y)1985 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . . .7.30(y)1991 VinceParks . . . . . . . . . .7.44(m)1992 VinceParks . . . . . . . . . .7.60(m)1993 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . . 7.30(m)1994 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . . 7.34(m)1995 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . . 7.47(m)1996 CarlosClardy . . . . . . . . .7.51(m)1998 HaneefSharif . . . . . . . . . 7.39(m)1999 RonBramlett . . . . . . . . .7.28(m)2000 JasperDemps. . . . . . . . .7.35(m)2001 JasperDemps. . . . . . . . .7.31(m)2006 LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . .7.34(m)2009 RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . .7.50(m)

200 Meters/300 Yards Run1984 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . 30.46(y)1985 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . 30.82(y)1986 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . 30.88(y)1992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 21.15(m)1993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 21.00(m)1994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 21.04(m)1995 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 21.59(m)

OVC records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YearLongJump 26-6.5 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981TripleJump 53-0.5 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198155Meters 6.24 ChristianNsiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199955MHurdles 7.23 MicahOtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993200Meters 21.00 RolandMcGhee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993MileRelay 3:11.86 PeraldEllis,HerbNewton,TimJohnson,GaryMitchell 1983

retired Events60YardHurdles 7.29 MiguelWilliams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983300YardDash 30.46 DwightJohnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984500Meters 1:03.21 PeraldEllis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986

Sun Belt records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year60Meters 6.60 MardyScales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200355MHurdles 7.20 LinnieYarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 7.31 JasperDemps(SBCChampionship) . . . . . . . . .200160MHurdles 7.75 JasperDemps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001200Meters 21.12 TankoBraimah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001400Meters 46.41 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 46.98 GodfreyHerring(SBCChampionship) . . . . . . . .20014x400mRelay 3:08.32 VictorOkorie,XavierDarden,DwoneHicks,SeanWaller2004

Christian NsiahTwo time SBC Champion

Albert AgyemangSix time SBC Champion

Indoor Conference ChampionsMen

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1996 ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . 21.38(m)1999 ChristianNsiah. . . . . . . 21.79(m)2000 AlbertAgyemang..... 21.36(m)2001 TankoBraimah . . . . . . . 21.12(m)2003 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 21.16(m)2004 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 21.00(m)2006 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 21.20(m)2007 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 21.32(m)

�00 Meters/��0 Yards Run1978 J.T.Musgrove . . . . . . . . . 48.05(y)1979 EdStegall . . . . . . . . . 47.4(HT/y)1980 EdStegall . . . . . . . . . . 48.08(m)1983 TimJohnson . . . . . . . 47.5(HT/y)1984 TimJohnson . . . . . . . . . 48.64(y)1999 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . 48.28(m)2000 GodfreyHerring,. . . . . . 46.66(m)2001 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . 46.98(m)2002 FredWilliams . . . . . . . . 47.95(m)2003 SeanWaller . . . . . . . . . 47.95(m)2004 SeanWaller . . . . . . . . . 47.25(m)2006 SeanWaller . . . . . . . . . 48.11(m)

�00 Meters/��0 Yards Run2009 FestusChemaoi . . . . .1:55.76(m)

One Mile Run2008 FestusChemaoi . . . . . . . .4:16.812009 FestusChemaoi . . . . . . . .4:11.18

3000 Meters/Two Mile Run1985 DannyGreen . . . . . . . .9:12.25(y)

5000 Meters/Three Mile Run1993 JeffLingwall . . . . . . . 15:19.79(m)

Distance Medley Relay1982 MiddleTennessee . . 9:48.6(HT/m)

Mile/��00 Meter Relay1978 MiddleTennessee . . . 3:14.3(HT/y)1979 MiddleTennessee . . . 3:15.0(HT/y)1980 MiddleTennessee . . 3:15.9(HT/m)1981 MiddleTennessee . . 3:12.1(HT/m)1983 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:11.86(m)1984 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:14.97(m)1985 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:15.15(m)1986 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:13.98(m)1996 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:15.77(m)2000 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:13.74(m)2003 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:16.42(m)2004 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:10.15(m)2006 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:14.36(m)

Long Jump1979 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . 25-3.251980 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-0.51981 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-6.51982 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . . . . 25-01983 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . . 25-6.751986 MalcolmBranham. . . . . . . 25-2.5

1991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 25-4.251992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . 26-2.51993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 26-3.751994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 26-2.751997 BonifaceAmuzu . . . . . . . . 24-1.51998 BonifaceAmuzu . . . . . . . 24-10.51999 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1.52000 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . 25-1.252007 JuanWalker. . . . . . . . . . 23-6.252008 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . . .24-102009 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . . .24-10

Triple Jump1976 JimmyWashington . . . . . 51-3.251977 RayfieldDupree . . . . . . . 51-9.751978 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . 52-0.751979 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . 52-3.751981 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-0.51982 EddieLoyd, . . . . . . . . . . 52-9.251983 EddieLoyd. . . . . . . . . . . 52-10.51986 WilliamBeasley. . . . . . . . . . 50-21991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . .49-101992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 49-7.251993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 51-0.751994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . . 51-61997 JahezSalahuddin . . . . . .49-11.752008 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . 50-1.752009 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . 50-7.25

High Jump1984 LinwoodHarris. . . . . . . . . . 6-111986 SeanSmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91991 VinceParks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41994 MarlinCobwell. . . . . . . . . . . 6-41995 TorrenceRiley. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Jaz SalahaudinFive Time OVC Champion

Indoor Conference Champions1997 JahezSalahuddin . . . . . . . . . 6-82001 ChrisKoger . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9.752002 ChrisKoger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0

Shot Put1976 TedHausauer. . . . . . . . . . . 56-11984 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . 52-11.51985 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . . 52-51986 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . 51-10.51994 MelvinStevenson . . . . . . . 50-0.5

Weight Throw2006 JamesThomas . . . . . . . . . 57-1.52007 JamesThomas . . . . . . . . 55-9.25

Pole Vault1976 JackWarner. . . . . . . . . . . . 15-61980 DavidCleveland . . . . . . . . . 15-0

rETirEd EVENTS500 Meters1984 GaryMitchell . . . . . . . . . .1:04.511985 PeraldEllis. . . . . . . . . . . .1:04.021986 PeraldEllis. . . . . . . . . . . .1:03.21

�00 Yards1979 J.T.Musgrove . . . . . . . 1:10.3(HT)1983 HerbNewton. . . . . . . . . .1:10.12

�000 Meters/�000 Yards Run1985 BillyPorter . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15.251986 JerryMalone . . . . . . . . . .2:16.15

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekMardyScales. . . . . . . . . . January15,2002MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . January22,2003LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . February6,2003SeanWaller. . . . . . . . . . .February13,2003JasperDemps. . . . . . . . .February20,2003MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . January20,2004PedroHoliday. . . . . . . . . January27,2004MardyScales. . . . . . . . . .February10,2004LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . February9,2005LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . .February15,2005LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . January18,2006LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . January24,2006JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . January23,2007OrlandoReid. . . . . . . . . . February6,2007DeRaySloss . . . . . . . . . . January22,2008DeRaySloss . . . . . . . . . . February3,2009FestusChemaoi . . . . . . . . Februay17,2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekAlexPruitt . . . . . . . . . . . February1,2005JamesThomas. . . . . . . . . January18,2006JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . January24,2006CarlosMorgan. . . . . . . . . January23,2007JamesThomas. . . . . . . . .February13,2007LeeJohnson. . . . . . . . . . February5,2008

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OVC Championships1988,1991,1994,1995,1996

Sun Belt Championships2001,2002,2003,2004

OVC Coach of the YearDeanHayes–1991,1994,1995,1996

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDeanHayes–2001,2002,2004

OVC Athlete of the YearDionneRose,1994MiaFlorence,1995NadiaGraham,1996

Sun Belt most OutstandingTrack PerformerRosemaryOkafor,2003

Sun Belt most OutstandingField PerformerKimFreeman-2001,2002LetitiaEady,2002SarahNambawa,2008

individual Champions55Meters1996 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .06 NekeyaRalls1997 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .011999 StacyAcklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .062000 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .022001 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .992003 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .942004 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .93

55MeterHurdles1992 KokoRowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .031994 DionneRose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .591996 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .841997 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .821998 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .092001 JerkitaMcClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .882004 CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .222005 CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .962006 CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .88

200Meters1995 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .791996 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .942000 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .142001 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .032003 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .85

400Meters1995 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .171996 MelanieHall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .602002 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 .872004 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 .262005 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 .58

1,000Yards1986 DebbieMorrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45 .24

MileRun1991 DianneDeOliveira . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:01 .73

4x400mRelay1996 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:48 .062002 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:44 .692003 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43 .942004 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43 .552005 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:45 .43

TwoMileRelay1990 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:28 .891991 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:28 .191992 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:24 .28

DistanceMedleyRelay2008 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:07 .87

ShotPut1995 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-11996 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-101997 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-01998 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-2 .252007 BrittanyCox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-10

WeightThrow2006 MeaghanByrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-7

LongJump1986 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-81988 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-0 .51989 UrsulaLangford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-5 .51990 MichelleWelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-51991 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-101992 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-5 .251993 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-2 .51994 DionneRose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-4 .51995 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-101996 BiancaConley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-4 .251997 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-8 .252001 JerkitaMcClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .52002 LetitiaEady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .752003 KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-10

TripleJump1985 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-61989 KyietaBeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-9

1992 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-21993 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-111994 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-21995 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-6 .751996 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-31999 AndrejaRibac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-4 .752000 AndrejaRibac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-10 .752001 KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-4 .252002 KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-10 .752003 KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-52008 SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44-8 .25

HighJump1986 UrsulaLangford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61988 UrsulaLangford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51991 VeronicaTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61992 VeronicaTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81993 VeroniceTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81994 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61995 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82002 AmandaForrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekWillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January16,2002KelleySmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January22,20024x400mRelay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February5,2002RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . January22,2003RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . February20,2003KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . December10,2003RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . January27,2004RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . February3,2004KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . February10,2004ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . January14,2008NyeishaWright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January27,2009ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . February3,2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekStephanyReid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January29,2002KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February13,2002StephanieTamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January18,2006StephanieTamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January31,2006StephanieTamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January23,2007StephanieTamgho . . . . . . . . . . . February13,2007SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January14,2008BrittanyCox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February5,2008SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . February13,2008SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January13,2009SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February3,2009SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . February17,2009

OVC records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual YearLongJump 20-5 MichelleWelch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990TripleJump 42-2 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199455MHurdles 7 .59 DionneRose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994200Meters 23 .54 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996

retired EventsTwoMileRelay 9:24 .28 DianneDeOliveira,KarenBarnes,LeighWeathers,SharonSmith . 1992

Sun Belt records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Year55MHurdles 7 .88 JerkitaMcClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001

Indoor Conference ChampionsWomen

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OVC Championships1977,1978,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1993,1994

Sun Belt Championships2001,2006,2007

OVC Coach of the YearDeanHayes–1977,1978,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1993,1994

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDeanHayes–2001,2006,2007

OVC Athlete of the YearTommyHaynes,1974JohnDoDoo,1977EdThomas,1980GregArtis,1981DwightJohnson,1984-86RolandMcGhee,1993-94MicahOtis,1995JahezSalahuddin,1998RobJordan,1999

Sun Belt most OutstandingTrack PerformerGodfreyHerring,2001-02MardyScales,2004

Sun Belt most OutstandingField PerformerCarlMorgan-2008,2009

Sun Belt Freshman of the YearPeteSenatus,2006FestusChemaoi,2008RoscoePayne,2009

individual Champions�00 Meters/�00 Yards Dash1958 RayPurvis . . . . . . . . . . . .9.90(y)1960 RayPurvis . . . . . . . . . . . .9.90(y)1970 CharlesWilson . . . . . . . . .9.60(y)1980 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . 10.62(m)1981 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . 10.32(m)1983 OrestesMeeks . . . . . . . 11.22(m)1984 KennyShannon . . . . . . 10.42(m)1985 DwightJohnson . . . . . . 10.47(m)1986 DwightJohnson . . . . . . 10.73(m)1991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 10.94(m)1992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 10.80(m)1993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 10.58(m)1994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 10.00(m)1995 KeithWatkins. . . . . . . . 10.48(m)1996 DaveCreary. . . . . . . . . 11.29(m)1999 AlbertAgyemang..... 10.37(m)2000 AlbertAgyemang..... 10.33(m)2003 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 10.35(m)

2004 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 10.12(m)2006 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 10.37(m)2007 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 10.30(m)

200 Meters/220 Yards Dash1980 DavidRobinson . . . . . . 21.10(m)1981 BarryGambrell . . . . . . . 21.10(m)1982 MikeFarris . . . . . . . . . . 21.30(m)1984 DwightJohnson . . . . . . 20.90(m)1985 DwightJohnson . . . . . . 20.56(m)1986 DwightJohnson . . . . . . 21.00(m)1991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 21.53(m)1992 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 21.38(m)1993 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 21.24(m)1994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . 20.40(m)1995 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 21.36(m)1997 KendenMaynard. . . . . . 21.04(m)1999 AlbertAgyemang..... 20.81(m)2000 AlbertAgyemang..... 20.90(m)2001 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 20.65(m)2002 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . 20.77(m)2003 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 20.78(m)2004 MardyScales . . . . . . . . 20.52(m)2006 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 20.85(m)2007 OrlandoReid . . . . . . . . 20.53(m)

�00 Meters/��0 Yards Dash1967 JerrySingleton. . . . . . . . 47.20(y)1978 EdStegall . . . . . . . . . . 46.50(m)1979 EdStegall . . . . . . . . . . 47.33(m)1984 TimJohnson . . . . . . . . 47.71(m)1985 PeraldEllis. . . . . . . . . . 47.14(m)1986 PeraldEllis. . . . . . . . . . 47.00(m)1993 CarlosGupton . . . . . . . 46.99(m)1997 KendenMaynard. . . . . . 46.12(m)2001 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . 45.55(m)

2002 GodfreyHerring . . . . . . 45.68(m)2003 SeanWaller . . . . . . . . . 46.43(m)

�00 Meters/��0 Yards Run1969 JerrySingleton. . . . . . .1:53.60(y)1979 DanaMcCutcheon. . . .1:52.73(m)1980 DanaMcCutcheon. . . .1:51.20(m)2009 FestusChemaoi . . . . .1:51.24(m)

�,500 Meters/Mile Run1961 TomCannon . . . . . . . .4:25.50(y)2009 FestusChemaoi . . . . .3:47.25(m)

3,000 Meters Steeplechase2008 FestusChemaoi . . . . .9:40.33(m)

5,000 Meters/Three Mile Run1985 DannyGreen . . . . . . 15:31.60(m)2001 GeoffreyLagat . . . . . 14:41.22(m)2008 WilliamSongock. . . . 15:02.87(m)

�0,000 Meters1984 JeffSkinner . . . . . . . 31:15.85(m)1985 RobertWillis. . . . . . . 31:26.76(m)1992 JeffLingwall . . . . . . . 33:47.00(m)1993 JeffLingwall . . . . . . . 32:29.00(m)2001 GeoffreyLagat . . . . . 30:52.70(m)2009 WilliamSongock. . . . .30:43.11(m)

��0 Meters/�20 Yards High Hurdles1961 RayCooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.10(y)1963 RayCooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.50(y)1970 LonnellPoole. . . . . . . . . 14.30(y)1980 EdThomas. . . . . . . . . . 14.34(m)1981 MiguelWilliams . . . . . . 14.18(m)1983 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.64(m)

Outdoor Conference Champions

OVC records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YearLongJump 26-8.5 TommyHaynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1974TripleJump 54-0.5 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979100Meters 10.24 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994 RonLloyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994110MHurdles 13.89 RonBramlett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999200Meters 20.56 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985400MHurdles 50.14 RussellHolloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19774x100MRelay 40.01 KennyShannon,BarryGambrell,GregArtis,AndréKirnes. .1981

retired Events440YardHurdles50.0 RussellHolloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977MileRelay 3:10.5 DennisBandy,DavieWyatt,TerryScott,JerrySingleton1969 DavidRobinson,LarryCotton,J.T.Musgrove,EdStegall1977

Sun Belt records (Through 2007-08)Event Record Individual/Relay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year100Meters 10.02 MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004200Meters 20.37 MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004400Meters 45.35 GodfreyHerring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20014x100MRelay 38.94 DJSpann,MardyScales,BradOrr,PedroHoliday . . . . .2003

Men

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1982 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.03(m)1983 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.26(m)1984 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.65(m)1985 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.66(m)1986 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.60(m)1992 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.68(m)1993 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.12(m)1995 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.22(m)1997 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.65(m)1999 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.71(m)2000 MiddleTennessee(SBC) . 40.00(m)2001 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 39.59(m)2002 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 39.76(m)2003 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.19(m)2004 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.15(m)2006 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.22(m)2007 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 39.84(m)

�x�00 Meters/Mile Relay1969 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:10.50(y)1973 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:12.70(y)1977 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:10.50(y)1978 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:14.20(y)1979 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:15.68(y)1981 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:11.64(y)1983 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:12.06(y)1984 MiddleTennessee . . . . .3:12.68(y)1985 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:14.19(m)1993 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:09.38(m)1994 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:09.13(m)1999 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:12.69(m)2002 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:09.47(m)2003 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:09.03(m)2006 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:08.73(m)2007 MiddleTennessee . . . . 3:08.80(m)

High Jump1957 JerryHurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-01960 TroyHaydon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31960 FrankHalliburton . . . . . . . . . 6-31978 RoscoKidd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-111985 SkipperWillbanks........ 6-101996 MarlinCobwell. . . . . . . . . . . 6-81997 TorrenceRiley. . . . . . . . . . 6-9.751998 TorrenceRiley. . . . . . . . . . . 6-102002 ChrisKoger . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9.752005 AlexPruitt . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10.75

Long Jump1959 RayPurvis . . . . . . . . . . . 22-11.51960 RayPurvis . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-9.51973 TommyHaynes . . . . . . . . . . 23-71974 TommyHaynes . . . . . . . . . 26-8.51977 SheikhFaye . . . . . . . . . . 25-6.251978 SheikhFaye . . . . . . . . . . . 25-.251979 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-8.51980 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . . . 24-7.51981 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-2.51982 AndréKirnes . . . . . . . . . 25-6.751983 OrestesMeeks . . . . . . . . 25-7.251984 DwightJohnson . . . . . . . . . 25-51985 MalcombBranham . . . . . 25-1.251986 MalcolmBranham. . . . . . . 26-0.51991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 25-8.751992 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 25-4.751993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . . 25-71994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 26-2.251995 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . . 24-11.51997 JazSalahuddin. . . . . . . . 24-1.751998 JazSalahuddin. . . . . . . . . 24-6.51999 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . 25-9.752000 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . . 25-5.52003 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . . 25-2.5

Triple Jump1971 BarryMcClure. . . . . . . . . 50-9.751973 BarryMcClure. . . . . . . . . . . 52-61974 TommyHaynes . . . . . . . . . 52-3.51976 JimWashington . . . . . . .52-11.751977 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . 52-2.51978 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . .51-11.251979 JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . 54-0.51980 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . .50-11.751981 GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . .52-11.251982 EddieLoyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-8


1984 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.00(m)1985 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.03(m)1993 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 14.24(m)1994 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 14.20(m)1995 MicahOtis. . . . . . . . . . 14.32(m)1998 HaneefSharif . . . . . . . . 14.16(m)1999 RonBramlett . . . . . . . . 13.94(m)2000 HaneefSharif . . . . . . . . 14.20(m)2000 JasperDemps(SBC) . . . . 14.06(m)2001 JasperDemps. . . . . . . . 13.97(m)2004 LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . 13.76(m)2005 LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . 13.73(m)2006 LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . 13.96(m)2007 JuanWalker. . . . . . . . . 13.80(m)

�00 Meters/��0 Yards Intermediate Hurdles1967 DonJones. . . . . . . . . . . 54.30(y)1970 DavidWyatt. . . . . . . . . . 52.50(y)1972 MylesMaillie . . . . . . . . . 52.00(y)1977 RussellHolloway . . . . . . 50.00(m)1978 RussellHolloway,. . . . . . 51.00(m)1980 EdThomas. . . . . . . . . . 51.54(m)1981 PeteWilliams . . . . . . . . 52.70(m)1982 HerbNewton. . . . . . . . 52.09(m)1983 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.95(m)1984 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.52(m)1985 KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.92(m)1986 DericHaynes . . . . . . . . 53.40(m)1992 TomHampton . . . . . . . 51.70(m)1993 TomHampton . . . . . . . 51.85(m)1994 TomHampton . . . . . . . 51.55(m)1998 MarioPaul. . . . . . . . . . 52.02(m)2000 DJSpann. . . . . . . . . . . 51.55(m)2001 DJSpann. . . . . . . . . . . 50.75(m)2003 VictorOkorie . . . . . . . . 50.53(m)2004 VictorOkorie . . . . . . . . 51.87(m)2006 PeteSenatus . . . . . . . . 52.54(m)2009 RoscoePayne . . . . . . . . 51.41(m)

�x�00 Meters/��0 Yards Relay1973 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . 41.00(y)1980 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.12(m)1981 MiddleTennessee . . . . . 40.01(m)

Andre KirnesSeven time OVC-Champion

200� �x�00 Relay Team200� All-American

Roscoe Kidd�� OVC High Jump Champion

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1983 EddieLoyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-21984 LinwoodHarris. . . . . . . .50-11.751986 WilliamsBeasley . . . . . . .50-11.751991 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . .46-111993 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . 51-3.51994 RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . 51-4.751997 JazSalahuddin. . . . . . . .49-11.251998 JazSalahuddin. . . . . . . . 49-6.251999 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . . .51-102000 RobJordan . . . . . . . . . . . 51-8.52008 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . 51-8.252009 CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . . 52-4.5

Discus1968 JohnEdwards . . . . . . . . . . 154-111974 HarrisonSalami. . . . . . . . . .155-31976 HarrisonSalami. . . . . . . . . .167-21977 HarrisonSalami. . . . . . . . . .168-31986 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . .153-1

Pole Vault1980 DavidCleveland . . . . . . . . . 15-0

Javelin1983 JeffSims . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208-11984 JeffSims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-111985 JeffSims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205-112005 LindsaySims . . . . . . . . . . .200-8

Shot Put1964 BrianOldfield. . . . . . . . . . . 53-41965 BrianOldfield. . . . . . . . . 52-3.751966 BrianOldfield. . . . . . . . . 54-5.751983 JimFitch . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-8.751984 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . .52-6.51985 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . . 53-81986 SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . 54-2.51993 MelvinStevenson . . . . . . 46-3.25

Hammer Throw2007 JamesThomas . . . . . . . . . .180-8

rETirEd EVENTS220 Yards Low Hurdles1957 EdCarson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.201961 RayCooper . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.40

3,000 Meters/Two Mile Run1956 MilnerCarden. . . . . . . 10:23.00(y)1962 PorterMaxwell. . . . . . .10:15.5(y)

Broad Jump1960 RayPurvis . . . . . . . . . . 22-11.625

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekGodfreyHerring. . . . . . . . . . April18,2000MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . March18,2001GodfreyHerring. . . . . . . . . March26,20014x100mRelay . . . . . . . . . . . . April8,2001MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . April22,20014x100mRelay . . . . . . . . . . . April29,2001DJSpann. . . . . . . . . . . . . March26,2002

GodfreyHerring. . . . . . . . . . April16,2002SeanWaller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . April9,2003MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . April23,20034x400Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . April30,20034x400Relay . . . . . . . . . . . March23,2004MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . April13,2004MardyScales. . . . . . . . . . . . April20,2004LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . . March29,2005LinnieYarbrough. . . . . . . . . April26,20054x400Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . April4,2006OrlandoReid. . . . . . . . . . . . April23,2006JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . April10,2007OrlandoReid. . . . . . . . . . . . April24,2007SamuelAdade. . . . . . . . . . . April22,2008FestusChemaoi . . . . . . . . . . April29,2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekChrisKoger. . . . . . . . . . . . March18,2001ChrisKoger. . . . . . . . . . . . March19,2002JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . . April4,2006JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . April25,2006JamesThomas. . . . . . . . . . . April17,2007CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . . . April22,2008CarlMorgan . . . . . . . . . . . . April29,2009

Outdoor Conference ChampionsWomen

OVC Championships1991,1994,1996,2000

Sun Belt Championships2000,2005

OVC Coach of the YearDeanHayes–1996,2000

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDeanHayes–2005

OVC Athlete of the YearNadiaGraham,1996

Sun Belt most OutstandingTrack PerformerWillisaHeintz,2001

Sun Belt most OutstandingField PerformerStephanyReid,2002SarahNambawa-2008,2009

individual Champions100Meters1995 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .671996 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 .121999 StacyAcklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .832001 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .472003 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .642004 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .43

200Meters1981 DonnaSims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .561996 NadiaGraham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .172000 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .222001 WillisaHeintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .352003 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .642004 RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .49

400Meters1982 JackieWilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .711996 MelanieHall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .622005 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 .29

800Meters1991 LeighWeathers . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13 .152009 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09 .73

1,500Meters2007 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . .4:36 .732008 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . .4:33 .792009 ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . .4:28 .19

10,000Meters1982 LisaMitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39:46 .8

Ray Cooper�� 220-Yards Hurdles OVC Champion

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OVC records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual YearLongJump 20-6 .5 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988TripleJump 43-7 .25 AndrejaRibac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000

Sun Belt records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual YearShotPut 50-8 .75 MeLynThompson(SBCChampionship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007


100MeterHighHurdles1992 LatoniaJackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .511993 NadrianMcGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .581994 NadrianMcGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .571996 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .742005 CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .17

400MeterIntermediateHurdles1994 NadrianMcGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:02 .311996 SarahDunmore . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:02 .071999 ToriBlander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:01 .972000 ToriBlander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00 .342000 ToriBlander(SBC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 .782003 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 .672005 KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 .72

4x100Meter/440YardRelay1981 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . 47 .14(y)1994 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . 45 .70(m)1995 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . 46 .72(m)1996 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . 46 .84(m)2001 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . . 44 .99(m)

4x400Meter/4x440YardRelay1981 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . . 3:58 .36(y)1996 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:50 .97(m)2003 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:41 .55(m)2004 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:42 .32(m)2005 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:40 .84(m)2006 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:41 .37(m)2009 MiddleTennessee . . . . . . . 3:46 .28(m)

HighJump1986 UrsulaLangford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61988 UrsulaLangford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61989 KristaHare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61991 VeronicaTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61992 VeronicaTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51993 VeronicaTipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61994 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81995 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61996 MiaFlorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

LongJump1985 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-01986 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 .251988 SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 .51991 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-10 .751992 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .51993 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-0 .51994 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-31996 NekeyaRalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-0

2000 KimFreeman(SBC) . . . . . . . . 19-4 .752009 SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-10

TripleJump1991 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-31992 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-4 .251993 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-51994 JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-5 .51999 AndrejaRibac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-5 .252000 AndrejaRibac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-7 .252000 AndrejaRibac(SBC) . . . . . . . . . . . 42-42002 StephanyReid . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-10 .752008 SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-22009 SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . .44-11 .75

Discus1993 TinaRumsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-6 .51995 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-51996 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151-21997 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-01998 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-42008 BrittanyCox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153-11

Javelin2000 KelleySmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125-112005 LaetitiaFlorimond . . . . . . . . . . . . 140-9

ShotPut1995 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-4 .51996 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-01997 ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-1 .5

2007 MeLynThompson . . . . . . . . . . 50-8 .752008 MeLynThompson . . . . . . . . . .47-11 .752009 BrittanyCox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-0 .75

Heptathlon2003 JerkitaMcClorin . . . . . . . . . . . .4774pts

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekRosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . March26,2002RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April2,2003RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . March23,2004KisharaGeorge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April6,2004RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . April13,2004RosemaryOkafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . April20,2004KerryBarrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March29,2005CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . . . . . . April12,2005ZamzamSangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April7,2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekLetitiaEady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March19,2002KimFreeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April23,2003SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . March27,2007SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April24,2007SarahNambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . March25,2008BrittanyCox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April1,2008

Candice Robertson2005 SBC �00-Meter Hurdles Champion

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Indoor

Men’s Championship Men’s Season Women’s Championships Women’s Season

55 Meters 6.24ChrisJohnson,UALR,2/2005 6.18 ChrisJohnson,UALR,1/27/02 6.77 TaynaLawrence,FIU,2/22/99 6.75SheriBrooks,FIU,2/26/05

200 Meters 21.07 TerrillMcCombs,WKU,2/23/08 21.07TerrillMcCombs,WKU,2/23/8 23.45 SheriBrooks,FIU,2/28/05 23.18TaynaLawrence,FIU,3/5/99

400 Meters 46.98 Godfrey Herring, MT, 2/25/0� 46.41Godfrey Herring, MT, 3/�/02 54.32 DawnWilliams,UALR,2/26/96 52.74ValerieBrown,WKU,3/13/09

800 Meters 1:51.48JohnMcGrew,ASU,1993 1:48.45LamontLeach,LTU,1995 2:10.08DawnWilliams,UALR,2/25/96 2:04.91DawnWilliams,UALR,3/9/96

Mile Run 4:11.15VincentRono,USA,2/25/07 4:02.69 VincentRono,USA,2/3/06 4:48.27Zamzam Sangau, MT, 2008 4:38.28IdaNilsson,UALR,1/27/01

3,000 Meters 8:14.18SeanDollman,WKU,1992 7:52.64DavidKimani,USA,1/22/00 9:35.11IdaNilsson,UALR,2/25/01 9:19.41IdaNilsson,UALR,3/10/01

5,000 Meters 14:05.04ZacEdwards,USA,2/28/09 13:42.23DavidKimani,USA,2/12/00 17:09.66DebbieThornhill,UNT,2/22/01 16:01.77JanetJesang,WKU,3/13/09

55 Meter Hurdles 7.15 RonaldForbes,FIU,2/8/08 7.15RonaldForbes,FIU,2/23/08 7.72LaurenWiggins,UNT,2/23/08 7.68 LaurenWiggens,UNT,2/16/08

4x400 Meter Relay 3:13.41UL-Lafayette,1992 3:08.32Middle Tennessee, 3/�/0� 3:44.30FloridaInternational,2/26/01 3:37.97WesternKentucky,2/7/09

DMR 10:06.06,ArkansasState,2/25/01 9:36.91SouthAlabama,3/3/06 11:29.63UALR,2/25/01 12:04.08FloridaInternational,2/9/08

High Jump 7-2.5KetricPatton,UL,1997 7-5.25SamHill,ASU,1995 5-10.5HeatherDavis,ULM,2/28/09 5-11.25HeatherDavis,ULM,2/7/09

Pole Vault 17-10.5KellyRiley,ASU,1992 17-10.5KellyRiley,ASU,1992 13-0.25SaraYoung,ASU,2/25/06 13-0.25SaraYoung,ASU,2/25/06

Long Jump 25-1.25 GabeClementUL,1995 25-11MesutYavas,ASU2/3/01 20-5.75ElisaDieme-Erlich,FIU2/25/06 20-10.5Sarah Nambawa, MT, 12/12/09

Triple Jump 53-7NdabeMdlongwa,UL,1994 54-8.25LarryMoore,UL,1992 44-8.25Sarah Nambawa, MT 2/23/08 44-8.25Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2/14/09

Shot Put 18.51mRaigoToompuu,WKU,2005 18.71mRaigoToompuu,WKU2005 50-10.75MelissaGibbons,LTU,2/25/01 53-5.5Brittany Cox, MT, 2/9/10

Weight Throw 72-3.75CandonPowell,ASU,2005 72-3.75CandonPowell,ASU,2005 58-10.75TiphanieBaker,ULM2/28/09 67-6Brittany Cox, MT, 2/9/10

Outdoor

Men’s Championships Men’s Season Women’s Championships Women’s Season

100 Meters 10.12Mardy Scales, MT, 200� 10.02 Mardy Scales, MT, 200� 11.17TwiletMalcom,UL,1993 11.17TwiletMalcom,UL,1993

200 Meters 20.53 Orlando Reid, MT, 200� 20.37 Mardy Scales, MT, 200� 22.93TwiletMalcom,UL,1993 22.89TanyaLawrenece,FIU,1999

400 Meters 45.51Godfrey Herring, MT 2002 45.51 Godfrey Herring, MT, 2002 52.95AjokeOdumosu,USA,2007 50.46AjokeOdumosu,USA,2007

800 Meters 1:49.40ArthaSimpson,Lamar,1993 1:48.00VincentRono,USA,2006 2:09.73Zamzam Sangau, MT, 2009 1:59.06DawnWilliams,UALR,1996

1,500 Meters 3:47.25 Festus Chemaoi, MT, 2009 3:37.96VincentRono,USA,2007 4:23.17IdaNilsson,ASU,2001 4:22.53IdaNilsson,ASU,2001

3,000 Meter ST 9:02.63WalterWhitfield,UL,2005 8:47.60RobertAnderson,LTU,1992 10:49.14NatalieLeeper,WKU,2007 10:49.14NatalieLeeper,WKU,2007

5,000 Meters 14:25.81VincentRono,USA,2006 13:25.37,DavidKimani,USA,2000 17:04.76DianaJipchirchir,UNO,2006 16:28.82 BrendaDennehy,WKU,199

10,000 Meters 29:04.04VincentRono,USA,2006 27:56.32,SeanDollman,WKU,1992 35:23.02DianaJipchirchir,UNO,2006 35:19.63ValerieLynch,WKU,2001

110 Meter Hurdles 13.73LinnieYarbrough,MT,2005 13.54MarioRusso,LTU,1992 13.40LaurenWiggins,UNT,2009 13.35OlgaMencnarowskaUSA,1999

400 Meter Hurdles 49.77WinstonSinclair,UL1994 49.19 VictorOkorie,MT,2003 57.83Yisrael,Niam,FIU,2009 55.37AjokeOdumosu,USA,2007

4x100 Meter Relay 39.59 Middle Tennessee, 200� 38.94 Middle Tennessee, 2003 44.81WesternKentucky,2005 44.81 WesternKentucky,2005

4x400 Meter Relay 3:08.05NorthTexas,2005 3:04.84UL-Lafayette,1992 3:39.82FloridaInternational,2001 3:35.37WesternKentucky,2008

High Jump 7-4.25EdgarGarcia,UL,1994 7-4.25EdgarGarcia,UL,1994 5-10.75EdithMontgomery,ASU,2003 5-11.25NicoleKnoxUSA,2007

Pole Vault 17-9.75JonKelly,ASU,1993 18-0.5JonKelly,ASU,1992 13-1.5StephanieForeman,ASU,2009 13-5.5MichelleLegatt,ASU,2001

Long Jump 26-0.75MesutYavas,ASU,2002 26-0.75MesutYavas,ASU,2002 21-2IndiaGeorge,FIU,2007 21-2IndiaGeorge,FIU,2007

Triple Jump 54-8.25NdabeMdlongwa,UL,1995 55-6.25NdabeMdlongwa,UL,1996 44-11.75Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2009 45-9 Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2009

Shot Put 60-10.75RaigoToompuu,WKU,2005 60-10.75 RaigoToompuu,WKU,2005 50-8.75 MeLyn Thompson, MT, 2007 53-6.25Brittany Cox, MT, 2009

Discus 192-9RaigoToompuu,WKU,2005 192-9RaigoToompuu,WKU,2005 179-0TiphanieBaker,Troy,2009 187-10 AprilMalveo,LTU,1999

Hammer Throw 204-11CandonPowell,ASU,2005 204-9 CandonPowell,ASU,2005 184-4SarahLambrecht,WKU,2008 187-6DestinyMontemayor,ULM,2008

Javelin 232-6RockyGuidry,UL,1992 234-8 KevinBateman,FIU,2000 166-4OliviaMcKoy,LTU,1998 182-0OliviaMcKoy,LTU,1999

Sun Belt Records

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Year Winner – Women Winner – Men Site MT Women MT Men1976 – WesternKentucky,68 Murfreesboro – 3rd,391977 – MoreheadState,601/3 Morehead,Ky. – 5th,291978 – AustinPeay,94 JohnsonCity,Tenn. – 4th,82.51979 – Middle Tennessee, 127.5 Murfreesboro – 1st,27.51980 – MurrayState Murfreesboro – 3rd,1041981 – Middle Tennessee, 145.5 Morehead – 1st,145.51982 – Middle Tennessee, 162.5 Murfreesboro – 1st,162.51983 – Middle Tennessee, 151 Murfreesboro – 1st,1511984 – EasternKentucky,181.5 Murfreesboro – 2nd,178.51985 EasternKentucky,111 Middle Tennessee, 93 Murfreesboro 4th,19 1st,931986 EasternKentucky,137 Middle Tennessee, 84 Murfreesboro 3rd,38 1st,841987 ChampionshipsNotHeld1988 Middle Tennessee, 130 – Murfreesboro 1st,130 –1989 MurrayState,81 – Murfreesboro 3rd,44 –1990 MurrayState,75.5 – Murfreesboro 2nd,63 –1991 Middle Tennessee, 81 Middle Tennessee, 68 Murfreesboro 1st,81 1st,681992 MurrayState,61 MurrayState,98.5 Murfreesboro 2nd,57 2nd,73.51993 EasternKentucky,133 Middle Tennessee, 152 Murfreesboro 3rd,84.5 1st,1521994 Middle Tennessee, 112 EasternKentucky,136 Murfreesboro 1st,112 2nd,1361995 Middle Tennessee, 140 EasternKentucky,153 Murfreesboro 1st,140 3rd,114.51996 Middle Tennessee, 146 SoutheastMissouri,162 Murfreesboro 1st,146 2nd,1551997 SoutheastMissouri,134 EasternIllinois,174 Charleston,Ill. 3rd,111 2nd,1041998 SoutheastMissouri,126.5 EasternIllinois,166 Murfreesboro 3rd,95 2nd,122.51999 EasternKentucky,109.5 EasternIllinois,176 Charleston,Ill. 5th,63 2nd,1222000 SoutheastMissouri,103 Middle Tennessee, 146 Murfreesboro 3rd,86 1st,1462001 Middle Tennessee, 102.5 Middle Tennessee, 104 Jonesboro,Ark. 1st,102.5 1st,1042002 Middle Tennessee, 138 Middle Tennessee, 126 Murfreesboro 1st,138 1st,1262003 Middle Tennessee, 108 Middle Tennessee, 157 Jonesboro,Ark. 1st,108 1st,1572004 Middle Tennessee, 124 Middle Tennessee, 124 Murfreesboro 1st,124 1st,1242005 SouthAlabama,138 NorthTexas,111 Jonesboro,Ark. 3rd,96 3rd,76.52006 WesternKentucky,115.5 Middle Tennessee, 153 Murfreesboro 5th,70 1st,1532007 WesternKentucky,126 ArkansasState,129 Jonesboro,Ark. 3rd,87 4th,84.5 SouthAlabama,1292008 WesternKentucky,149 WesternKentucky,128 Murfreesboro 2nd,95 2nd,1212009 WesternKentucky,142 Middle Tennessee, 131 Jonesboro,Ark. 2nd,93 1st,131

Indoor Conference Results

The2009BlueRaidermen’steamearnedtheprogram’smostrecentSunBeltIndoorTrack&FieldChampionshipatMurphyCenter.Overall,MiddleTennesseehaswon15indoorchampionships,includingsixsincejoiningtheSunBeltin2000-01.TheBlueRaiderswillplayhosttotheleague’sindoormeetagainin2010.

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Year Winner – Women Winner – Men Site MT Women MT Men1955 – MoreheadState,64.5 BowlingGreen,Ky. – 6th,5.51956 – MoreheadState,61 BowlingGreen,Ky. – 6th,141957 – EasternKentucky,38.5 Murfreesboro – 5th,31.51958 – MurrayState,48.3 Cookeville,Tenn. – 4th,33.31959 – MurrayState,68 Murray,Ky. – 5th,241960 – MurrayState,663/7 Murfreesboro – 2nd,486/71961 – MurrayState,75 Cookeville,Tenn. – 2nd,551962 – MurrayState,101.3 Richmond,Ky. – 4th,33.31963 – MurrayState,102 Murray,Ky. – 4th,261964 – WesternKentucky,91 Murfreesboro – 5th,241965 – WesternKentucky,77.5 Morehead,Ky. – 6th,17.51966 – WesternKentucky,82 Richmond,Ky. – 4th,341967 – WesternKentucky,89 Ft.Campbell,Ky. – 5th,301968 – WesternKentucky,96 JohnsonCity,Tenn. – 5th,221969 – WesternKentucky,102 BowlingGreen,Ky. – 4th,271970 – WesternKentucky,71.5 Murfreesboro – 3rd,521971 – WesternKentucky,88 Cookeville,Tenn. – 5th,341972 – WesternKentucky,85.5 JohnsonCity,Tenn. – 4th,391973 – WesternKentucky,90 Morehead,Ky. – 2nd,581974 – WesternKentucky,166 Murray,Ky. – 2nd,1071975 – WesternKentucky,171 Richmond,Ky. – 4th,421976 – AustinPeay,119 Clarksville,Tenn. – 2nd,871977 – Middle Tennessee, 113 BowlingGreen,Ky. – 1st,1131978 – Middle Tennessee, 119 Murfreesboro – 1st,1191979 EasternKentucky,216 WesternKentucky,166 Cookeville,Tenn. 6th,14 2nd,105.51980 EasternKentucky,188 Middle Tennessee, 155 Morehead,Ky. 5th,18 1st,1551981 MurrayState,179 Middle Tennessee, 162 Murray,Ky. 4th,107 1st,1621982 MurrayState,100 Middle Tennessee, 153 Richmond,Ky. 4th,28 1st,1531983 EasternKentucky,177 Middle Tennessee, 203 Murfreesboro 4th,18 1st,2031984 EasternKentucky,184 Middle Tennessee, 233.5 Murray,Ky. 5th,12 1st,233.51985 EasternKentucky,140 Middle Tennessee, 120 Akron,Ohio 4th,14 1st,1201986 EasternKentucky,152 Middle Tennessee, 84 Clarksville,Tenn. 4th,40.3 1st,841987 ChampionshipsNotHeld1988 EasternKentucky,199.5 – Richmond,Ky. 3rd,102 –1989 MurrayState,125 – Murray,Ky. 3rd,56 –1990 EasternKentucky,64.5 – Richmond,Ky. 3rd,34 –1991 Middle Tennessee, 88 MurrayState,164 Murray,Ky. t1st,88 2nd,45 MurrayState,881992 EasternKentucky,74 MurrayState,108 Richmond,Ky. 3rd,64 2nd,59 MurrayState,741993 EasternKentucky,178 Middle Tennessee, 165 CapeGirardeau,Mo. 3rd,110 1st,1651994 Middle Tennessee, 133 Middle Tennessee, 159 Murray,Ky. 1st,133 1st,1591995 SoutheastMissouri,193.5 SoutheastMissouri,178 CapeGirardeau,Mo. 2nd,149.5 3rd,1281996 Middle Tennessee, 180 SoutheastMissouri,190.5 Cookeville,Tenn. 1st,180 2nd,1691997 SoutheastMissouri,201 EasternIllinois,203 Charleston,Ill. 3rd,89 2nd,1471998 SoutheastMissouri,157 EasternIllinois,205 Clarksville,Tenn. 5th,66.5 2nd,1141999 EasternKentucky,142 EasternIllinois,206 Richmond,Ky. 5th,70 2nd,1442000 SoutheastMissouri,136 EasternIllinois,222 Murfreesboro 2nd,111 2nd,153.52000 Middle Tennessee, 103 NorthTexas,122 Miami,Fla. 1st,103 3rd,1122001 ArkansasState,124 Middle Tennessee, 154 NewOrleans,La. 3rd,99 1st,1542002 NewMexicoState,138 NorthTexas,148.25 NewOrleans,La. 2nd,119 4th,116.52003 WesternKentucky,171 NorthTexas,179.67 Denton,Texas 5th,95 2nd,1632004 NewMexicoState,175 WesternKentucky,147 Denton,Texas 3rd,114 3rd,1232005 Middle Tennessee, 153.5 ArkansasState,146.5 NewOrleans,La. 1st,153.5 5th,962006 WesternKentucky,141.5 Middle Tennessee, 163 Lafayette,La. 5th,90 1st,1632007 WesternKentucky,143 Middle Tennessee, 130 Lafayette,La. 4th,87 1st,1302008 WesternKentucky,143 WesternKentucky,144 Denton,Texas 3rd,109 2nd,1242009 WesternKentucky,161 WesternKentucky,153 Murfreesboro 3rd,108 2nd,130


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Willisa HeintzSeven-Time SBC Champion

Men’s 100 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . �0.0� . . . . . . . . . . 200�orlandoReid. . . . . . . . . . . 10.17. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . . 10.24. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994RonLloyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.24. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994DwaineCopeland . . . . . . . . 10.30(y). . . . . . . . . . 1973xavierDarden. . . . . . . . . . . 10.31. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004AlbertAgyemang. . . . . . . . 10.36. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999TankoBraimah. . . . . . . . . . 10.36. . . . . . . . . . . . 2000KennyShannon. . . . . . . . . . 10.42. . . . . . . . . . . . 1984ChristianNsiah . . . . . . . . . . 10.45. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996KeithWatkins . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993PedroHoliday. . . . . . . . . . . 10.48. . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Women’s 100 Meters

55 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . �.�� . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Natalie Douglas . . . . . . . . ��.3� . . . . . . . . . . ��Rosemaryokafor. . . . . . . . . 11.34. . . . . . . . . . . . 2003WillisaHeintz. . . . . . . . . . . 11.47. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001erikaPalmer. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.62. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007AntranetteStringer. . . . . . . 11.63. . . . . . . . . . . . 2008NadiaGraham. . . . . . . . . . . 11.67. . . . . . . . . . . . 1995KimWatson . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.79. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994StacyAklin. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.83. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Tiffanyowens. . . . . . . . . . . 11.84. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004MichelleWelch. . . . . . . . . . 11.91. . . . . . . . . . . . 1989MarciaHill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.93. . . . . . . . . . . . 1981

Indoor 55 MetersDionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . �.��. . . . . . . . . ��

Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . �0.02 . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Wind-Aided 100 Meters Mardy Scales2003 NCAA �00m Champion

Seven-time All-American

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Men’s 200 Meters


Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 20.�� . . . . . . . . . . ��orlandoReid. . . . . . . . . . . 20.51. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007MardyScales . . . . . . . . . . . 20.52. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004DwightJohnson . . . . . . . . . 20.65. . . . . . . . . . . . 1985TankoBraimah. . . . . . . . . . 20.77. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001GodfreyHerring. . . . . . . . . 20.77. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002DwaineCopeland . . . . . . . . 20.80(y) . . . . . . . . . . 1973AlbertAgyemang. . . . . . . . 20.85. . . . . . . . . . . . 2000CharlesWilson. . . . . . . . . . 20.90(y). . . . . . . . . . 1971ChristianNsiah . . . . . . . . . . 20.90. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996xavierDarden. . . . . . . . . . . 20.91. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004DwaineCopeland . . . . . . . . 21.04. . . . . . . . . . . . 1973KendenMaynard. . . . . . . . . 21.04. . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . 23.�� . . . . . . . . . . 2003 WillisaHeintz. . . . . . . . . . . 23.35. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Tiffanyowens. . . . . . . . . . . 24.25. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004NadiaGraham. . . . . . . . . . . 23.54. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996AntranetteStringer. . . . . . . 23.94. . . . . . . . . . . . 2006erikaPalmer. . . . . . . . . . . . 23.98. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007DionneRose. . . . . . . . . . . . 24.02. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994KisharaGeorge. . . . . . . . . . 24.12. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002NatalieDouglas. . . . . . . . . . 21.14. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994DonnaSims. . . . . . . . . . . . 24.21. . . . . . . . . . . . 1981JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . 24.44. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994NicoletteJarrett . . . . . . . . . 24.45. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

Wind Aided 200 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 20.3� . . . . . . . . . . 200�

Indoor 200 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 20.�� . . . . . . . . . . 200�

Indoor 200 MetersNadia Graham . . . . . . . . . �.5� . . . . . . . . . . . ��

Orlando ReidFour-time All-American

Tiffany Owens

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Men’s 400 Meters


Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . . . �5.35 . . . . . . . . . . 200�KendenMaynard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.12. . . . . . . . . . . . 1997SeanWaller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.43. . . . . . . . . . . . 2003edStegall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.30. . . . . . . . . . . . 1977TimJohnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.78. . . . . . . . . . . . 1983CarlosGupton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.99. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993JerrySingleton(y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.04. . . . . . . . . . . . 1969JohnJohnson(y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.14. . . . . . . . . . . . 1972J.T.Musgrove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.14. . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Victorokorie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.27. . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . 52.2� . . . . . . . . . . 200�KisharaGeorge. . . . . . . . . . 53.29. . . . . . . . . . . . 2005NadiaGraham. . . . . . . . . . . 53.30. . . . . . . . . . . . 1996BromekaHolmes. . . . . . . . . 53.59. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001VeroniaPatterson . . . . . . . . 54.00. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007NaomiAnsah . . . . . . . . . . . 54.22. . . . . . . . . . . . 2000NicoletteJarrett . . . . . . . . . 55.12. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001MelanieHall. . . . . . . . . . . . 55.37. . . . . . . . . . . . 1995TyjuanaPhilips. . . . . . . . . . 55.88. . . . . . . . . . . . 1997KerryBarrow. . . . . . . . . . . . 53.96. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004AngieAllison. . . . . . . . . . . 56.03. . . . . . . . . . . . 1986

Indoor 400 MetersGodfrey Herring . . . . . . . . ��.3� . . . . . . . . . . 200�

Indoor 400 MetersRosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . 52.�� . . . . . . . . . . 200�

Godfrey HerringFive-time All-American

Rosemary OkaforSeven-time SBC Champion

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Men’s 800 Meters

Women’s 800 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 2:07.38 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Rosemaryokafor. . . . . . . . . 2:10.03. . . . . . . . . . . 2004KapreiaKirk. . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11.64. . . . . . . . . . . 2000Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . 2:12.11 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007LeighWeathers. . . . . . . . . . 2:13.15. . . . . . . . . . . 1991ColeenParker. . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.42. . . . . . . . . . . 2002SabrinaSmith. . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.90. . . . . . . . . . . 2000elissaDavis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15.67. . . . . . . . . . . 1990DianneDeoliveria . . . . . . . . 2:16.66. . . . . . . . . . . 1991MelanieHall. . . . . . . . . . . . 2:16.87. . . . . . . . . . . 1996

Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . 1:49.41 . . . . . . . . . . 2009 JerrySingleton . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.74(y). . . . . . . . . 1969JohnDavis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.96. . . . . . . . . . . 1981GaryPerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50.34. . . . . . . . . . . 1977DanaMcCutcheon. . . . . . . . 1:50.84. . . . . . . . . . . 1978DennisVotava. . . . . . . . . . . 1:50.94. . . . . . . . . . . 1977HomerHuffman. . . . . . . . . 1:51.0(y). . . . . . . . . . 1971PaulAnderson . . . . . . . . . . 1:51.9(y). . . . . . . . . . 1697HowardYates . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52.9(y). . . . . . . . . . 1967MyleMaillie . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53.2(y). . . . . . . . . . 1972

Indoor 800 MetersFestus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . 1:50.27 . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor 800 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 2:08.23 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Festus ChemaoiFive-time SBC Champion

Zamzam SangauFour-Time SBC Champion

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Men’s 1,500 Meters

Women’s 1,500 Meters

Gary Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:�2.� . . . . . . . . . . ��Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Joeo’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.8(y). . . . . . . . . . 1982DennisVotava. . . . . . . . . . . 3:46.0............1977DanaMcCutcheon. . . . . . . . 3:52.0............1980CharlesDahlgren. . . . . . . . . 3:54.5(y). . . . . . . . . . 1967GaryRobinson. . . . . . . . . . 3:55.0(y). . . . . . . . . . 1971JamesKey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:55.5(y). . . . . . . . . . 1975

Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 4:24.20 . . . . . . . . . . 2009DianneDeoliveria . . . . . . . . 4:35.09. . . . . . . . . . . 1991AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . 4:38.85. . . . . . . . . . . 2009MarjorieGombert . . . . . . . . 4:42.04. . . . . . . . . . . 2008SharonSmith . . . . . . . . . . . 4:43.11. . . . . . . . . . . 1990KarenBarnes . . . . . . . . . . . 4:44.90. . . . . . . . . . . 1992KiyaThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . 4:50.33. . . . . . . . . . . 1991SharonJohnson. . . . . . . . . 4:50.94. . . . . . . . . . . 1981

Indoor MileJoe O’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . �:0�.2� . . . . . . . . . ��2

Indoor Mile Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 4:48.37 . . . . . . . . . . 2008

Ashley Comstock200� SBC DMR Champion

Gary PerryOutdoor �,500 Meter Record Holder

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Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplchase

Women’s 3,000 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 10:07.40 . . . . . . . . . 2008KiyaThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . 10:21.57. . . . . . . . . . 1990SharonSmith . . . . . . . . . . . 10:21.74. . . . . . . . . . 1989KarenBarnes . . . . . . . . . . . 10:22.37. . . . . . . . . . 1992DianneDeoliveria . . . . . . . . 10:29.06. . . . . . . . . . 1991VickiWells . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:39.24. . . . . . . . . . 1981

3,000 Meter SteeplchaseSara Lunning . . . . . . . . . . ��:3�.�� . . . . . . . . 200�MirandaGalloway . . . . . . . . 11:37.60. . . . . . . . . . 2005MarlaBailey . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:47.50. . . . . . . . . . 2008

Danny Green . . . . . . . . . . �:0�.3� . . . . . . . . . ��LeviSybert. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:10.14. . . . . . . . . . . 2003JonathanGuillou. . . . . . . . . 9:14.80. . . . . . . . . . . 2006IsaacBiwott . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20.01. . . . . . . . . . . 2009ericKiauka. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:24.34. . . . . . . . . . . 1998Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 9:28.82 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008AnthonyMcGary. . . . . . . . . 9:29.97. . . . . . . . . . . 2002ZackWood. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:36.30. . . . . . . . . . . 2003CurtArthur . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:37.95. . . . . . . . . . . 1995JoshCarroll . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:44.34. . . . . . . . . . . 2001

Indoor 3,000 MetersJoe O’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . �:�2.�� . . . . . . . . . ��

Sara LunningOutdoor 3,000 Steeplechase Record Holder

Danny GreenTwo-time OVC Champion

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Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . 14:17.19 . . . . . . . . . 2009William Songock . . . . . . . . . . 14:20.33 . . . . . . . . . . 2009RossDowland(y). . . . . . . . . 14:20.84. . . . . . . . . . 1981Joeo’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . 14:21.80. . . . . . . . . . 1981GeoffreyLagat. . . . . . . . . . 14:33.40. . . . . . . . . . 2000JeffSkinner . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:44.24. . . . . . . . . . 1982RichardRusso(y). . . . . . . . . 14:48.44. . . . . . . . . . 1972GaryPerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:49.14. . . . . . . . . . 1977Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:55.34 . . . . . . . . . . 2008

Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 17:21.42 . . . . . . . . . 2007JoanBecker . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:01.72. . . . . . . . . . 1986Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:03.52 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:20.83 . . . . . . . . . . 2009AshleyComstock. . . . . . . . . 18:23.98. . . . . . . . . . 2009AshleighThaler. . . . . . . . . . 18:26.57. . . . . . . . . . 2008LeaWhite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:27.01. . . . . . . . . . 1992LisaMitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . 18:47.68. . . . . . . . . . 1982RobinMoses. . . . . . . . . . . . 18:48.34. . . . . . . . . . 1981KiyaThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . 18:53.14. . . . . . . . . . 1991

Indoor 5,000 MetersWilliam Songock . . . . . . . . 14:35.36 . . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor 5,000 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 17:54.42 . . . . . . . . . 2008

Geoffrey LagatTwo time SBC Champion

Two Time SBC XC Champion

Jackie Serem

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William Songock . . . . . . . . 30:43.11 . . . . . . . . . 2009RobertWillis. . . . . . . . . . . . 30:51.20. . . . . . . . . . 1983GeoffreyLagat. . . . . . . . . . 30:52.70. . . . . . . . . . 2001JeffSkinner . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:01.44. . . . . . . . . . 1984JeffLingwall. . . . . . . . . . . . 31:50.94. . . . . . . . . . 1993DerekDell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:53.14. . . . . . . . . . 2006JasonSmith. . . . . . . . . . . . 32:57.25. . . . . . . . . . 1997

Lea White . . . . . . . . . . . . 3�:3�.�0 . . . . . . . . ��2DebbieMorrison. . . . . . . . . 38:33.09. . . . . . . . . . 1986AshleighThaler. . . . . . . . . . 39:20.32. . . . . . . . . . 2008Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.31.61 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:39.70 . . . . . . . . . . 2009LisaMitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . 39:46.32. . . . . . . . . . 1982TiffanySawyer. . . . . . . . . . . 39:47.74. . . . . . . . . . 2007RobinMoses. . . . . . . . . . . . 40:01.30. . . . . . . . . . 1981

Robert Willis��5 OVC �0,000 meter

Champion

William SongockTwo-Time SBC Cham-

Ashleigh Thaler

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Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles

Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . �3.�� . . . . . . . . . . 200�MiguelWilliams. . . . . . . . . . 13.69. . . . . . . . . . . . 1983RonBramlet. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.72. . . . . . . . . . . . 1999GarlandMartin . . . . . . . . . . 13.73. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004JasperDemps. . . . . . . . . . . 13.75. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.80. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Micahotis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.90. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993NatePorter . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.90. . . . . . . . . . . . 1971KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . . . . 13.97. . . . . . . . . . . . 1984HaneefSharif . . . . . . . . . . . 14.02. . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009RussellHolloway. . . . . . . . . 14.10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1978edThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1980RonDavis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.12. . . . . . . . . . . . 1984

Dionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . �3.�� . . . . . . . . . . ��JerkitaMcClorin . . . . . . . . . 13.46. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001CandiceRobertson . . . . . . . 13.64. . . . . . . . . . . . 2006SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . 13.90. . . . . . . . . . . . 1987JessicaAnderson. . . . . . . . . 14.00. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004KelleySmith. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002LatoniaJackson. . . . . . . . . . 14.15. . . . . . . . . . . . 1992KokoRowley . . . . . . . . . . . 14.16. . . . . . . . . . . . 1992NekeyaRalls. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.22. . . . . . . . . . . . 1995NadrianMcGill. . . . . . . . . . 14.57. . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

Indoor 55 Meter HurdlesLinnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . �.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200�

Indoor 55 Meters HurdlesDionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . �.5� . . . . . . . . . . . ��

Linnie Yarbrough200� ��0-Meter Hurdles All-American

Dionne Rose�� NCAA 55m Hurdle Champion

Four-Time All-American

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Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Women’s 400 Meter HurdlesKishara George . . . . . . . . . 5�.3� . . . . . . . . . . 200�VeroniaPatterson . . . . . . . . 59.60. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007ToriBlander . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.78. . . . . . . . . . . . 2000ContrenaBrown. . . . . . . . . 1:01.74. . . . . . . . . . . 2004AliciaMoore. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:01.78. . . . . . . . . . . 2000SaranDunmore. . . . . . . . . . 1:02.07. . . . . . . . . . . 1996NadrianMcGill. . . . . . . . . . 1:02.31. . . . . . . . . . . 1994JamekaCollins. . . . . . . . . . 1:02.45. . . . . . . . . . . 2001LatoniaJackson. . . . . . . . . . 1:02.78. . . . . . . . . . . 1991MarshaCleveland. . . . . . . . 1:03.34. . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Victor Okorie . . . . . . . . . . ��.�� . . . . . . . . . . 2003RussellHolloway. . . . . . . . . 50.14. . . . . . . . . . . . 1977DJSpann. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.55. . . . . . . . . . . . 2003DavidWyatt. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.84(y) . . . . . . . . . 1970KennyNesbitt. . . . . . . . . . . 50.97. . . . . . . . . . . . 1984edThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.99. . . . . . . . . . . . 1980TomHampton. . . . . . . . . . 51.25. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.41 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009MylesMaillie. . . . . . . . . . . . 51.54(y). . . . . . . . . . 1972KeithCromartie. . . . . . . . . . 52.5(y). . . . . . . . . . . 1972

Kishara GeorgeFive-time SBC Champion

David Wyatt��0 OVC Champion

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Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay

Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay

Spann, Scales, Orr, Holiday . . . . 3�.�� . . . . . . 2003 Darden,Scales,Dupar-Scott,Holiday.39.02. . . . . . . . 2004Spann,Scales,Braimah,Herring. . . . .39.30. . . . . . . . 2001Lloyd,McGhee,Gupton,otis. . . . . .39.55. . . . . . . . 1993Darden,Scales,Dupar-Scott,Strum. .39.57. . . . . . . . 2004Spann,Scales,Dupar-Scott,Herring. .39.57. . . . . . . . 2002Walker,Reid,Barton,Adade. . . . . . .39.57. . . . . . . . 2007Lloyd,McGhee,Primm,otis . . . . . . .39.62. . . . . . . . 1994Shannon,Kirnes,Farris,Mitchell. . . . .39.64. . . . . . . . 1982Nsiah,Maynard,Watkins,Amuzu. . . .39.83. . . . . . . . 1997

Douglas, Rose, Brown, Watson . ��.�� . . . . . . . . ��Cain,Heintz,Davis,Holmes. . . .44.99. . . . . . . . . 2001okafor,George,Barrow,Jarrett. .45.64. . . . . . . . . 2003Deckard,Francis,Marcus,owens 45.66. . . . . . . . . 2004okafor,George,Barrow,owens 45.79. . . . . . . . . 2004Purham,Heintz,Brent,Davis 45.83. . . . . . . . . 2000Philips,Douglas,Brown,Watson 45.84. . . . . . . . . 1994Jackson,Cody,Wells,Welch. .46.28. . . . . . . . . 1991Weddington,Brent,Jones,Acklin 46.54. . . . . . . . . 1999Ralls,Graham,Hall,Watson. .46.55. . . . . . . . . 1996

DJ SpannMardy Scales

Kerry BarrowNicolette Jarrett

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Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay

Women’s 4x400-Meter RelayGillyard, Nambawa, Campbell, Patterson 3:3�.�2 .200�George,Gray,okafor,Holmes. . . . . . . . .3:38.18. . . . . 2002Barrow,owens,George,Holmes . . . . . . .3:39.75. . . . . 2004Barrow,George,Freeman,okafor. . . . . . .3:40.15. . . . . 2003Barrow,Brown,George,okafor . . . . . . . .3:40.71. . . . . 2004Gray,Barrow,George,okafor . . . . . . . . .3:41.53. . . . . 2003Hall,Parrish,Philips,Graham. . . . . . . . . .3:42.25. . . . . 1996Jarrett,McClorin,Holmes,Ansah. . . . . . .3:43.68. . . . . 2001Parker,Gray,Collins,okafor...........3:45.23. . . . . 2002Blander,Kirk,Smith,Ansah. . . . . . . . . . .3:45.33. . . . . 2000

Darden, Scales, Dupar-Scott, Waller 3:05.�5 . . . 200�Terrell,Waller,Reid,Barton. . . . . . . . . . 3:06.22..... 2006Darden,Scales,Hicks,Waller. . . . . . . . . 3:06.40..... 2004Dupar-Scott,Spann,Williams,Herring. . . 3:06.48..... 2002Terrell,Fraley,Barton,Waller . . . . . . . . . 3:06.68..... 2006Ali,Williams,Jordan,Herring. . . . . . . . . 3:07.03..... 2002okorie,Williams,Hicks,Waller. . . . . . . . 3:07.25..... 2003ellis,Nesbitt,T.Johnson,Mitchell. . . . . . 3:07.28..... 1983Paul,Spann,Jordan,Herring. . . . . . . . . 3:07.39..... 2000ellis,Newton,T.Johnson,Nesbitt. . . . . . 3:07.55..... 1983

Indoor 4x400 Meter RelayOkorie, Darden, Hicks, Waller . . . . . 3:0�.32 . . . 200�

Indoor Distance Medley RelayJohnson, Mitchell, David, O’Loughlin �:��.0� . . . ��

Indoor 4x400 Meter RelayHall, Parrish, Philips, Graham�.5 . . 3:�2.�� . . . ��

Indoor Distance Medley RelayBarnes, McGill, Smith, DeOliveira . . �2:22.�5 . . ��2

Shanna Campbell

Daryl Terrell Jermaine Barton

Veronica Patterson

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Men’s Shot Put

Women’s Shot Put

Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 5�-2 . . . . . . . . . ��TedHausauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56-10.75. . . . . . . 1976SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . . . . .55-7.5. . . . . . . . . 1985JamesThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-9.5. . . . . . . . . 2007Buckedwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-5. . . . . . . . . . 1970JamesMcClellan . . . . . . . . . . . .53-1. . . . . . . . . . 1982GregLintner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-0. . . . . . . . . . 1974JimFitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52-11.5 . . . . . . . . 1980ScottAkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52-6. . . . . . . . . . 1977

Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 53-6.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2009MeLyn Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 50-8.75 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007ShellyJohnson . . . . . . . . . . 48-7.25........... 1996LaetitiaFlorimond . . . . . . . . 47-5.25........... 2005RhondaHall. . . . . . . . . . . . 47-0.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1995ShauntelJennings. . . . . . . . 44-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999MeaghanByrd. . . . . . . . . . 43-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Kelleyenoch. . . . . . . . . . . . 40-5.5. . . . . . . . . . . 2004TinaRumsey. . . . . . . . . . . . 39-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982HollyHoover . . . . . . . . . . . 39-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Tracyedens . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-2.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Indoor Shot Put Brianoldfield . . . . . . . . . . . 57-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966

Indoor Shot PutBrittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 53-5.5 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Brian Oldfield��5 All-American Shot Put

MeLyn ThompsonTwo-time SBC Champion

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Men’s Discus

Women’s DiscusShelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . ��-5 . . . . . . . . . . ��Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009LaetitiaFlorimond . . . . . . . . 143-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 2005TinaRumsey. . . . . . . . . . . . 139-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 1993KatieMirgliotta. . . . . . . . . . 135-9. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004RhondaHall. . . . . . . . . . . . 133-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 1995DeidreMitchell. . . . . . . . . . 128-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Tracyedens . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-7. . . . . . . . . . . . 1989MeaghanByrd. . . . . . . . . . 114-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Harrison Salami . . . . . . . . . . ��2-� . . . . . . . . ��SteveMcQuiston. . . . . . . . . . . .167-1 . . . . . . . . . 1985JamesThomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-9 . . . . . . . . . 2007Brianoldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166-5 . . . . . . . . . 1966Buckedwards. . . . . . . . . . . . . .162-9 . . . . . . . . . 1970VinceAkridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . .156-2 . . . . . . . . . 1997JimFitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152-11. . . . . . . . 1984ScottieAkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-3 . . . . . . . . . 1976Billelmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147-8 . . . . . . . . . 1971

Shelly Johnson��-time OVC Champion

Harrison SalamiThree-time OVC Champion

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Men’s Hammer

Women’s Hammer

James Thomas . . . . . . . . . ��2-� . . . . . . . . . . 200�NickDiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 2006WillieParker . . . . . . . . . . . . 162-5. . . . . . . . . . . . 2006GermayleFranklin . . . . . . . . 117-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 2007LindsaySims. . . . . . . . . . . . 89-6.75........... 2005

Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 176-10 . . . . . . . . . . 2009MeLyn Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 162-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008MeaghanByrd. . . . . . . . . . 162-5. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004LaSeanBell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 2005KatieMirgliotta. . . . . . . . . . 148-7. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Weight Throw

Weight ThrowBrittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 67-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010MeaghanByrd. . . . . . . . . . 55-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006MaiteCortin. . . . . . . . . . . . 51-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008LaSeanBell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-3.5. . . . . . . . . . . 2005KatieMirgliotta. . . . . . . . . . 47-9.25........... 2004

James Thomas . . . . . . . . . 5�-�.�5 . . . . . . . . . 200�NickDiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005WillieParker . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006BrandonParker. . . . . . . . . . 45-9.25........... 2002JesseNewsome . . . . . . . . . 37-3.25........... 2003

James ThomasThree-time SBC Champion

Brittany CoxThree-time SBC Champion

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Men’s Javelin

Women’s Javelin

Jeff Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-�� . . . . . . . . . ��HarrisonSalami. . . . . . . . . . 217-0. . . . . . . . . . . . 1976CarlosMorgan. . . . . . . . . . 208-4. . . . . . . . . . . . 2008LindsaySims. . . . . . . . . . . . 200-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 2005KeithCromartie. . . . . . . . . . 198-0. . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Billelmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197-8. . . . . . . . . . . . 1976LindsaySims. . . . . . . . . . . . 188-1. . . . . . . . . . . . 2001StanSummerall. . . . . . . . . . 183-5. . . . . . . . . . . . 1971KenForte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183-2. . . . . . . . . . . . 1963MickeyMeislohn. . . . . . . . . 176-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 1966

Laetitia Florimond . . . . . . . ��0-� . . . . . . . . . . 2005BrittanyCox. . . . . . . . . . . . 128-1. . . . . . . . . . . . 2009KelleySmith. . . . . . . . . . . . 127-3. . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Tracyedens . . . . . . . . . . . . 124-6. . . . . . . . . . . . 1989DaraMcLean. . . . . . . . . . . 121-5. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002ToriBlander . . . . . . . . . . . . 118-1. . . . . . . . . . . . 2002TinaRumsey. . . . . . . . . . . . 114-11. . . . . . . . . . . 1994KatieMigliotta . . . . . . . . . . 110-2. . . . . . . . . . . . 2004AngieVenable . . . . . . . . . . 109-11. . . . . . . . . . . 1997NadrianMcGill. . . . . . . . . . 109-9. . . . . . . . . . . . 1991

Kelley Smith2000 OVC Javelin Champion

Jeff SimsThree-time SBC Champion

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Men’s Long Jump

Women’s Long Jump

Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 2�-� . . . . . . . . . . . ��3TommyHaynes. . . . . . . . . . 26-8.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1974GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-7.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1981DwightJohnson . . . . . . . . . 26-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . . . 26-5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Andre’Kirnes . . . . . . . . . . . 26-3.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1982orestesMeeks . . . . . . . . . . 26-0.75........... 1983SheikhFaye. . . . . . . . . . . . 25-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1976JuanWalker . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-6.25........... 2007JimmyWashington . . . . . . . 25-4.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1974TerryJohnson. . . . . . . . . . . 24-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970

Dionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . 2�-� . . . . . . . . . . . ��JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3.25...........1994Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . 20-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009MichelleWelch. . . . . . . . . . 20-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990StephanieTamgho. . . . . . . . 20-3.75...........2007SherrieBingham . . . . . . . . . 20-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987KimFreeman. . . . . . . . . . . 20-1.5. . . . . . . . . . . 2002ursulaLangford. . . . . . . . . . 20-1.25...........1988StephanyReid........... 19-11.5...........2002Kortney Thurman . . . . . . . . . . 19-9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009

Indoor Long JumpRoland McGhee . . . . . . . . 2�-0.�5 . . . . . . . . . ��3

Indoor Long JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 20-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Jacqui BrownFour-time All-American

Roland McGheeNine-time All-American

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Men’s Triple Jump

Women’s Triple JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 45-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009AndreaRibac. . . . . . . . . . . 43-7.25........... 2000JacquiBrown . . . . . . . . . . . 43-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994KimFreeman. . . . . . . . . . . 42-4.25........... 2001StephanyReid........... 41-10.25. . . . . . . . . . 2002Letitiaeady . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-5.25........... 2002StephanyReid........... 42-2.25........... 2001JamekaCollins. . . . . . . . . . 41-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000MichelleWelch. . . . . . . . . . 39-11.5........... 1991MiaFlorence. . . . . . . . . . . . 39-11. . . . . . . . . . . . 1995KyietaBeeson. . . . . . . . . . . 39-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1990

Eddie Loyd . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-2 . . . . . . . . . . . ��2TommyHaynes. . . . . . . . . . 54-6.75........... 1974BarryMcClure. . . . . . . . . . . 54-4.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1973RolandMcGhee . . . . . . . . . 54-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993JohnDoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . . 54-0.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1979JimmyWashington . . . . . . . 53-4.75........... 1976GregArtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-0.5. . . . . . . . . . . 1981RayfieldDupree.......... 52-10.25. . . . . . . . . . 1977CarlMorgan. . . . . . . . . . . . 52-9.5. . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor Triple JumpTommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . 5�-�.5 . . . . . . . . . . ��

Indoor Triple JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 44-8.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2008

Sarah NambawaThree-time All-American

Eddie Loyd��2 All-American Long Jump

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Men’s High Jump

Women’s High Jump

Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . �-�.�5 . . . . . . . . . . 2002AlexPruitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005SkipperWillbanks . . . . . . . . 7-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985RoscoeKidd. . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978LinwoodHarris . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984SeanSmith............. 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985ChrisKoger . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10.75........... 2001SammyCrump . . . . . . . . . . 6-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1979GregSmith. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1982TorranceRiley. . . . . . . . . . . 6-10. . . . . . . . . . . . 1998SheikhFaye. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976

Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . 5-10 .5 . . . . . . . . . 1992ursulaLangford. . . . . . . . . . 5-8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989MiaFlorence. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994KristaHare. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989KokoRowley . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992AmandaForrester. . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002LaToyaBrown. . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Indoor High JumpAlex Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . . �-�.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005

Indoor High JumpVeronica Tipton, Mia Florence . 5-� . . . . . ��,��5

Chris KogerThree-time SBC Champion

Amanda Forester2002 SBC Indoor High Jump Champion

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Men’s Pole Vault

Women’s Pole Vault

Tom Yelverton . . . . . . . . . ��-0 . . . . . . . . . . . ��2DavidCleveland. . . . . . . . . 15-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978JackWarner . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Scottellis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981MikeStevens. . . . . . . . . . . 14-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967TomShigo. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979KevinHale. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978FredRohrdanz . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972TerryStepp . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974FredWright. . . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969

Jennifer Howard . . . . . . . . �0-�.25 . . . . . . . . . 2003

Indoor Pole VaultTom Yelverton . . . . . . . . . �5-�.5 . . . . . . . . . . ��

Indoor Pole VaultJennifer Howard . . . . . . . . �0-�.25 . . . . . . . . . 2003

Tom YelvertonIndoor/Outdoor Recoder Holder

Jennifer HowardIndoor/Outdoor Recoder Holder

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ThreeNobelPrizewinnershavebeenassociatedwithMTSu:alumnusDr.JamesBuchanan(‘40)andfacultymembersDr.MuhammadYu-nusandformerVicePresidentAlGore.

WeareTennessee’sBest

MiddleTennesseeisadestinationschoolandhasthelargestundergraduateenrollmentinthestateofTennessee.•Foundedin1911withaprogramtotrainteachers,MTSUremainsoneofthefinestteacherprepara-tioninstitutionsinthesoutheast.•TheCenterforPopularMusicisanationallyrec-ognizedrepositorywithoneofthelargestsheetmusiccollectionsinthecountry.Itwaslistedasoneofthetop100placestovisitinTennesseeinthe20thcenturybytheTennessean.•Studentsenjoynumerousextracurricularactivi-tiesthroughmorethan220studentorganizationsincludinghonorsocieties,serviceclubs,andanac-tiveGreeksystemoffraternitiesandsororities.•TheHonorsCollege,withitsprestigiousBuchananFellowships–thehighestacademicscholarshipawardedatMTSU–offerstalentedstudentstheatmosphereofasmall,selectcollegenestledwithinamajoruniversity.•DoctoralprogramsinEnglish,Economics,HumanPerformance,andPublicHistoryhavebeencalledthe“highestquality,”andtheprogramPublicHistoryisuniqueinTennessee.•Nationallyrecognizedprogramsinaerospace,recordingindustry,andconcreteindustrymanage-mentattractstudentsfromaroundtheglobe.

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WhyMiddleTennessee

AsMTSUcountsdowntoitscentennialcelebra-tionin2011,there’svibrancyinabundanceacrosscampus,inMurfreesboroandRutherfordCounty,andaroundtheregion. Growthcanbenseenatmanylevels,fromenroll-menttofacilitiestoscholarshipaidtoendowmenttostudentinvolvementtoresearchandmore. Witharecord25,188enrolledinfall2009,thelargestundergraduatetotalinTennessee,enrollmentremainsontherisesincethearrivalofDr.SidneyA.McPhee,MTSU’s10thpresident,in2001.TheUniver-sity’sgrowthparallelsthatofMurfreesborowithover100,000andRutherfordCountywithnearly250,000residents. RecentprojectsincluderenovationoftheHealth,WellnessandRecreationCenter;ReeseSmithJr.Field;andtheconstructionofDeanA.HayesTrackandSoc-cerStadium.Futureprojectsplannedareanewsci-encebuilding,astudentunion,andanewCollegeofEducationbuilding.Peoplewhohavenotvisitedthecampusinmayyearsareastonishedatthechanges. TheMTSUFoundationhasanendowmentofal-most$27million,andtotalfoundationassetsexceed$58million. Morethan$1millionayearintheformofscholar-ships,facultyawardsandstudent-supportprogramsisnowpumpedintoacademicunitsinearningsfromtheendowments.

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WRIGHTWATERSCommissioner

BERTCARTERAssociate

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KATHYKEENEAssociate

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RICKMELLOAssociate

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JOHNMcELWAINAssociate

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BRYANTCARTERAssistant

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TRAVISLLEWELLYNElectronicMedia

Wright Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CommissionerBert Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assoc . Commissioner/CFOKathy Keene . . . . . . . . . . . Assoc . Commissioner/ComplianceRick Mello . . . . Assoc . Commissioner/Sports AdministrationJohn McElwain . . . . Assoc . Commissioner/CommunicationsBryant Carter . . Asst . Commissioner/Sports AdministrationTravis Llewellyn . . . . . . .Director of Multimedia/New MediaKeith Nunez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media RelationsChauntrell Shelby . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Administrative OfficerJonathan Diedrich . . . . . . . . . . . . .Media Relations AssistantAndrew Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Championships AssistantKeith Nunez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Media Relations Director

KEITHNUNEZMediaRelations

Director

SunBeltConference

While there are 31 NCAA conferences that sponsor multiplesports,theSunBeltisoneofonlyeleventoparticipateintheBowlChampionshipSeries(BCS)andFootballBowlSubdivision.TheSunBeltwasformedin1976withsixmemberscompetinginfourmen’ssports,andtodaycomprises13institutionsofhigherlearningwhilesponsoring19championshipsportsformenandwomen. The Sun Belt Conference entered its 34th season in 2009-10withaproudhistoryofathleticandacademicsuccess.Theconfer-encesponsors10women’ssports-basketball,crosscountry,golf,soccer,softball,swimminganddiving,tennis, indoorandoutdoortrackandfieldandvolleyball;andninemen’ssports-baseball,bas-ketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennisandindoorandoutdoortrackandfield. eachofthe19sportshasseennumerousteamandindividualaccomplishments,and12SunBeltConferenceschoolsarecurrentlygraduatingtheirstudentathletesataratehigherthantheirschool’sstudentbody.AllSunBeltschoolsarecommittedtoexcellenceinthe21stcenturyandfacilityupgradesandexpansionsareoccurringonvirtuallyeverycampus. BecauseofitsstatusasamemberoftheDivision1-Afootballcoalition, the Sun Belt Conference has a permanent seat on theNCAA’s17-memberBoardofDirectors.Asaresult,theconferencehasacrucialvoiceonsomeofthemostpressingissuesincollegeathleticsandwillalwayshavearoleintheimplementationofanyfutureNCAAlegislationandguidelines. Theconferencecontinuestoutilizetelevisiontogrowandpro-mote the league. Adding volleyball, baseball and softball to theconference’stelevisionpackagehasresultedinmorenationalandregionaltelevisionexposureforthe leaguethanatanytimein itshistory. Theconference’s regional televisionpackageenables livetelecasts of Sun Belt events to reach over 20 million households.Additionally, eSPN televised the conference’s men’s basketballchampionshipgameforthe28thstraightseasonin2008,markingitslongestaffiliationwithanyconferenceinthecountry. The Sun Belt Conference has partnered with JumpTV Sports,Inc.todeliverafull-service,customized,publicandpremiumwebsitetoprovidefanswithabroadrangeofreal-timeinformationandcontentabouttheconference’sathleticteams.TheSunBeltisoneof the few conferences in the nation to provide video highlightsand features on its web site from each of the league’s respectivechampionships.Thistechnologyisagreatrecruitingtool:enablinganyoneintheworldwithinternetaccesstoviewtheconference’schampionships.Fansinfivedifferentcountriesviewedtheconfer-ence’smostrecentsoccerchampionship. TheSunBeltConferenceisledbyCommissionerWrightWaters,who is in his ninth full year as commissioner. He was named theconference’sfourthcommissionerinFebruaryof1999followingthetenuresofVicBubas(1976-1990),JimLessig(1990-1991),andCraigThompson(1991-1998).Theleague’sannualallsportschampionisawardedtheVicBubasAll-SportsCup,namedaftertheconference’sfirstcommissioner. Theconferenceofficehasbeenheadquartered indowntownNeworleanssince2000aftermovingfromitssurburanlocationofMetairie,La.

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BlueRaiderAthleticAssciation

ThemissionoftheBRAAistosupport,promote,andenhancenationallycompetitiveintercollegiateathleticprograms,whichmirrortheinterestofthestudents,faculty,alumni,andfriendsofMiddleTennesseeStateuniversity. Theseprogramsprovideasenseofprideandsourceofenthusiasm,whileinstillingloyaltytotheuni-versity. Thespiritoftheacademiccommu-nityisstimulatedandenrichedbytheseprograms.Theysupplyameansofcommunica-tionbetweentheuniversityanditsgraduateslongaftertheyleavecampus.Also,theyserveasarallyingpointforpeopleofallagesandbackgroundswhosharethiscommoninterest. Byprovidingdirectfinancialandmoralsupport,the

BRAAstrivestoheightenacademicgrowththroughthesuccessoftheathleticprograms.Astheathleticprogramsgainstrengthandnotoriety,theuniver-sitybenefitsbyattractinghigherqualitystudents.Jointodayandmakeadifference.

BrandiBrown•3.98GPA

•NamedtoESPNtheMagazineDistrict4AcademicSecondTeamin2009.

•RecipientoftheSBCFemalePostgraduateScholarshipaward.

PhillipTanner•3.27GPA

•NamedESPNtheMagazineAcademicAll-Districtin2007and2008.

•NationalOffensivePlayeroftheWeekin2008.

•RepresentedMTatthe2008NCAALeadershipCouncil.

SarahBethLee•4.0GPA

•TeamCaptainandVicePresidentoftheSAAC

•RecipientoftheSBCFemaleSportingBehavioraward.

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Murfreesboro,Tennessee

Astudent-athlete’slifeinvolvesmorethanacademicsandathletics. Likemostcollegestudents, student-athletesneedtoenjoythemselves,relax,andhaveagoodtime,andMurfreesborofitsthebill. Murfreesboroisoneofthefastestgrowingcitiesinthesouthwithapopulationofover100,000,andRutherford County has more than 250,000 resi-dents. A short 40-minute drive from Nashville, Mu-sicCityu.S.A.,Murfreesboro isa largecitywithasmall-townatmosphere. Murfreesboro has many appealing places toshop, eat, and socialize. one of the largest out-door shopping malls in the region, the AvenueofMurfreesboro,opened in2007.This specialtycentercombinespremiernationalretailers,selectlocalmerchants,andspecialtyrestaurantsinanattractivesettingthatispopularwithstudents. There are several beautiful parks, walkwaysand greenways throughout the city, and nu-merous lakes are located close by for swim-ming, water skiing, and boating. History buffsenjoy the 600-acre Stones River National Battle-field,oaklandshistoricsite,theSamDavishome,FortressRosecransandCannonsburghVillage.Allarerichinhistoryandwelcomevisitors.

Rutherford is the fastest-growing county in Tennessee .

–U.S.CensusBureau,March2008

The Nashville – Davidson – Murfreesboro MSA ranks 2nd on the

list of “Best Cities for Relocating Families .”

–WorldwideERCandPrimacyRelocation,May2007Murfreesboro

hasbeenrankedasoneofAmerica’s

top100placestoliveby

CNNMoney Magazine.

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Dr. Sidney A. McPhee is the tenth presidentof MiddleTennessee State university. Prior to hisappointmentatMTSu in2001,hewasexecutivevicechancellorattheTennesseeBoardofRegents(TBR) in Nashville. In addition, he served as chiefacademic officer and interim chancellor for theBoardofRegentssystem.Beforehisappointmentat TBR, McPhee served in various administrativecapacities at several major universities includingoklahomaStateuniversity,universityofLouisville,anduniversityofMemphis.InMay2007,PresidentMcPheereceivedthetitleofHonoraryProfessorat

ChinaAgriculturaluniversityinBeijing.TheHonoraryProfessortitleisthehighestacademicawardgivenattheinstitution. McPhee was named outstanding American university President of2002bytheAmericanFootballFoundation.In2003,hewaslistedbyNash-villePostbusinessmagazineasoneofTennessee’s100MostPowerfulIn-dividuals,andin2004,hewasrankedbyTennesseeBusinessmagazineasoneoftheTop50MostPowerfulAfricanAmericansin the State ofTennessee. In 2006, Dr. McPhee waslistedbytheChronicleofHighereducationasoneofsevenuniversitypresidents intheu.S.who isshap-ingintercollegiateathleticsonanationalscale.Mostrecently,inthespringof2009,PresidentMcPheewasthekeynotespeakerforPrairieViewA&MFounder’sDaycelebrations,andinJuneofthisyearDr.McPheewasan invitedparticipantatthe InternationalAgri-culturaluniversityPresidentialForumheldinBeijingandsponsoredbytheBillandMelindaGatesFoun-dation. McPheeearnedhisbachelor’sdegree(withhigh-esthonors,summacumlaude)fromPrairieViewA&Muniversity;amaster’sdegree fromtheuniversityofMiami,CoralGables,Florida;andadoctorate inap-pliedbehavioralstudiesineducationfromoklahomaStateuniversity.HeisalsoagraduateoftheHarvarduniversityManagementDevelopmentProgramandhascompletedprofessionaldevelopmentprogramsat St. Mary’s university of San Antonio,Texas, and Colorado College inColoradoSprings,Colorado. Asanacademician,PresidentMcPhee’sscholarlypublicationsandpre-sentationsareextensive.Hispublicationshaveappearedinlocal,national,andinternationalprofessionaljournals.Inaddition,heistheseniorauthorofabook,understandingtheCampusCulture:An IntroductiontoCol-lege,andhasco-authoredachapterforamajorcollegetextbookonaca-demicadvising.McPhee’sscholarlypursuitsincludeseveralinternationalvisitsandpresentationsinlocationssuchasBeijing,Shanghai,Hangzhou,and Lanzhou, China; Mekelle, ethiopia; Penang, Malaysia; Hong Kong;MoscowandSt.Petersburg,Russia;Tokyoandosaka,Japan;Seoul,SouthKorea;JerusalemandTelAviv,Israel;Antwerp,Belgium;Montreal,Canada;oxford,england;RiodeJaneiro,Brazil;andNassau,Bahamas. McPhee iscurrentlyaparticipatingmemberofNCAA’sFootballAca-demic Working Group and just recently chaired the NCAA Division IWorking Group to Review“At-Risk” Student-Athlete issues (ARSA). TheARSAfinalreportwassubmittedtotheNCAABoardofDirectorsinJanu-ary.McPheealsoservedafive-year termontheNCAADivision IBoardofDirectors,athree-yeartermontheNCAAexecutiveCommittee,andtwotermsaspresidentoftheSunBeltConferenceathletic leagueandchairmanoftheSBC’sCeoexecutiveCommittee.InMay2005,hewasap-pointedtotheNCAAPresidentialCommissionontheFutureofIntercol-legiateAthletics.In2002,PresidentGeorgeW.BushappointedhimtotheNationalCouncilfortheHumanities,andtheu.S.Senateconfirmedhim.

ApastmemberoftheRutherfordCountyChamberofCommerceBoardofDirectors,McPheechaireditsmembershipcouncil.HeisamemberoftheMurfreesboroNoonRotaryClubandservesasamemberoftheSun-TrustBankBoardofDirectors(Nashville)andSunTrustRegionalBankAd-visoryBoard(Murfreesboro).HealsoservedontheNashvilleAdventureScienceCenterBoard,theMiddleTennesseeMedicalCenterBoard,andtheMiddleTennesseeCouncilforBoyScoutsofAmericaexecutiveBoardand co-chaired theTennessee Legislative RetreatTask Force on Highereducation.McPheewasrecentlyreelectedtoasecondthree-yeartermasacommissionmemberof theSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchools. DuringMcPhee’stenureatMTSu,theuniversityhasexperiencedcon-siderablegrowthinmanyareas.Studentenrollmenthasincreasedsignifi-cantly,makingMTSuundergraduateenrollmentthelargestinthestate.Duringthepastseveralyears,theuniversityaddedtwelvenewdegreeprogramsatthegraduateandundergraduatelevels.In2002,forthefirsttime in thehistoryof theuniversity, threePh.D.programswereestab-lished:ineconomics,english,andHumanPerformance.APh.D.inPublic

History was instituted shortly thereafter, and in July2007, a new Ph.D. in Literacy Studies was approved.From2001to2007,theuniversityincreasedextramu-ralfundingfrom$6milliontoapproximately$40mil-lion.Since McPhee’s arrival, MTSu has been successful inraisingadmissionstandards,resultinginanincreaseinhigh-abilitystudents.MTSuhasbeentheinstitutionofchoiceformidstatevaledictoriansandsalutatoriansinrecentyearsandhasenrolledasignificantnumberofNationalMeritscholarsandAchievementscholars. McPhee’s presidency has coincidedwithseveralmajor improvements inuniversity facili-ties.A ten-year,$70millionrenovationofall studentresidential housing is scheduled for completion by2011,theuniversity’scentennialyear.Inaddition,theuniversityacquiredthe500-acreGuyJamespropertyto consolidate its highly regarded programs in theSchoolofAgribusinessandAgriscience.Thisacquisi-tiondoubledthesizeofcampusacreagefrom500to

1,000.over$9millionwasspenttorenovateAndrewL.ToddHall,whichnowhousestheDepartmentofArtandhasstate-of-the-artequipmentfor itsstudentsand faculty.ThePaulW.MartinSr.HonorsBuildingwasbuiltwithprivatefunding.InJanuary2007,anadditiontotheCason-Ken-nedyNursingBuildingwasopenedanddedicated,bringingthefacilityto28,000squarefeet.Theuniversitysecuredprivategiftsinsupportofa$6millionbaseballstadiumcompletedin2008anddedicatedthispastspring. In2006, theuniversity received$15million instatesupport fortheplanningand infrastructuredevelopmentforaproposed$120mil-lionsciencebuilding,andinApril2007,anew$3milliontrackandsoc-cercomplexwasopened.Recently,theTennesseeGeneralAssemblyap-proved theconstructionofa$31.7millionbuilding for theuniversity’sCollegeofeducationandBehavioralScience.A$19millionexpansionoftheHealth,Wellness,andRecre-ationCenterwascompletedin2008.Presently,theuniversityisinvolved inproposedoractivecapital projects totaling nearly$400million. PresidentMcPheeismarriedtoelizabethMcPhee,andtheyhavetwochildren,SenecaandSidney-Anthony.

Dr. Sidney A. McPheePresident • 9th year • Prairie View, 1976

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Thelandscapeofcollegeathleticshaschangeddrasticallyoverthepastdecadeandthatrenovationalsohasbeendemonstrated at Middle Tennessee, particularly duringthefour-plusyearssinceChrisMassarowasnameddirec-torofathleticsonApril8,2005.Provingtobeatruevisionary,Massarohashelpedrevolu-tionizetheBlueRaiders’athleticdepartmentwhilehelp-ingpavethewayforevengreatersuccessinfutureyears.Duringhisshortbuthighlysuccessfulreign,Massarohasoverseenunprecedentedsuccessnotonlyintheuniver-sity’s athletic programs but also in regard to academicsuccess, facilityupgrades,andaprovenrecordofhiringcoacheswhohavethrivedunderhiswatch.

underMassaro’s leadership, theBlueRaidershavecaptured theSunBelt’sall-sportstrophythreetimesinfiveyears. Sincehisarrival,MassarohasenhancedtheBlueRaiders’broad-based,17-sportprograms.Amongtheaccomplishmentsincludedinthelastfouryears: •TheAthleticDepartmenthascaptured20SunBeltConferencechampionshipsandearned14coachoftheyearhonors. •Theathleticprogramhashadarecord18nationallytelevisedeventsduringhistenure. •MiddleTennessee’sfootballteamearnedanat-largeinvitationtotheMotorCityBowlin2006,thefirstbowlappearanceduringtheDivisionIera,thenpickedupasecondinvitationin2009totheNeworleansBowl. •Thewomen’svolleyballteamreachedtheSweet16forthefirsttimein2007andhasmadefourstraightNCAAappearances. •Themen’sgolfteamreceiveditsfirst-everat-largeinvitationintotheeastRe-gionalin2008andsubsequentlyadvancedtotheNationalChampionshipwheretheyfinished15thinthecountry.TheybackedupthateffortwithanotherNCAAregionalin2009afterwinningtheSBCtitle. •Thewomen’sbasketballteamappearedinback-to-backNCAATournamentsin2006and2007andreturnedagainin2009.TheteamnarrowlymissedreachingtheSweet16in2007afterearningaNo.5seed. •The Middle Tennessee tennis doubles team of Marco Born and AndreasSiljestromwontheNationalChampionshipin2007–thefirstNCAAdoublestitleinAthleticDepartmenthistory. •The MiddleTennessee track teams have combined for four conference titlesandthe2007men’soutdoorsquadfinishedNo.21 inthenationwhilethe2009women’sindoorteamrankedtiedfor30th. •The Blue Raider baseball team captured the regular season and tournamentchampionshipin2009andadvancedtotheNCAAs. Massaro’s success at Middle Tennessee doesn’t stop with the athletic teams.There has been a tremendous track record for hiring quality coaches with headfootballcoachRickStockstill,women’sheadbasketballcoachRickInsell,andmen’sgolfcoachWhitTurnbow–andallMassarohires–eachearningSunBeltCoachoftheYearintheirfirstseasonsandmen’stenniscoachDavidMcNamarawhowontheSunBeltandCoachoftheYearhonors inhissecondseason. Inall,Massaro’sguidance has provided coaches with the re-sources to produce 20 conference titles, 21NCAA postseason appearances, one Sun BeltConferenceAthleteoftheYear,and14CoachoftheYearawards. Academic enhancement has also skyrock-etedunderMassaro’sleadership.Massaro,whowas appointed to a panel on APR Improve-ment Plans for the 2007 NCAA Convention,inherited a football program with a national-lowscoreof812andsawitincreasetoacur-rent990(ona1,000-pointscale)in2009.Asawhole,theAthleticDepartmenthasimprovedfroma908scorewhenMassarowashiredtoanimpressivecumulative(fouryears)scoreof951in2007-08.All17MiddleTennesseesportsteamsachievedpassingmarksof925orhigherin2006-07withfourteamsturninginaperfect

markof1,000.In2007-08,16of17teamstoppedthe925mark. Massaro,whospent20yearsattheuniversityofSouthCarolinapriortohisap-pointmentatMiddleTennessee,alsooverhauledtheannualBlueRaiderAthleticAssociation’sannualgivingprogram,whichresultedinarecordnumberofmem-bersandfinancialgivingin2008,indicatingthefourthsuchyearrecordnumbershavebeenrealized.Theannualcampaignhas improved40percentsincehisar-rival. Facilityupgradesalsohavebeenat the topofMassaro’s impressive listofac-complishments.Hecompleteda$6millioncapitalcampaignforthenewbaseballstadiumandinitiatedaseriesofmajorrenovationstoexistingathleticfacilitiesdur-ingthepreviousthreeyears,includingastate-of-the-artsoccerandtrackcomplex.Most recently, a state-of-the-art golf performance center was completed in De-cember2008. Inthemidstofnumerousupgrades,Massaroalsohasinitiatedgenerouscontri-butionsthatmadeitpossibletoinstallanewsyntheticsurfaceinFloydStadiumforthe2006season.Additionally,newvideoboards–oneforfootballandtwoinsideMurphyCenter–wereinstalledin2007. InaspanoffouryearsMassaro’shiringpracticeshavebeenregardedasexcel-lent.onDec.12,2005,hemadehishighestprofilehirewhenheselectedStockstilltotakeoverthefootballprogram.StockstillbecamejustthesecondheadcoachintheI-AeraandledtheBlueRaiderstoaleaguechampionshipandabowlappear-anceinhisfirstseason. Twodaysfollowinghishiring,Massarowaspressedintoactiontofindareplace-ment to lead the nationally recognized women’s basketball program. MassaromadehisfirsthirewhenhebroughtonboardlegendaryhighschoolcoachRickInsell to takeover theprogram.Both InsellandStockstillwonchampionships intheirfirstseasonsonthejob. MassarohasalsomadeasignificantupgradeintheBlueRaiderfootballsched-ule.Duringthesummerof2005,heannouncedahomegamein2007thatmadeVirginia the first team from the highly regarded ACC to visit Floyd Stadium, andthenquicklyaddedasecondACCmemberwhenMarylandagreedtomakethetriptoMurfreesboroin2008andtheBlueRaidersrewardedhimwitha24-14upset.onhis100thdayonthejob,Massaromadeoneofhisbiggestannouncements:afive-yearcontractwiththeuniversityofMemphistoplayfootballthatstartedin2007. TheTigersbecamethefirstin-stateDivisionI-A(FBS)footballteamtoplaytheBlueRaidersinMurfreesboro.Massarohasalsoworkedoutahome-and-homese-rieswithMississippiStatethatsawtheBulldogscometoFloydStadiumin2009–makingthemthefirstSeCprogramtoplayinaSunBeltstadium–andnearbyGeorgiaTechthatwillhavetheYellowJacketscomingtoMurfreesboroin2011.Hehasalsoinkedahome-and-homewithMinnesotathatwillseetheGoldenGopherscometoMurfreesborotobeginthe2010seasononThursday,Sept.2. InMarch2008,Massaromadeanotherbigmovewhenheannouncedafour-gameserieswithneighboringrivalVanderbiltoftheSeC.Theseriesbeginsin2015andtheteamswillplaytwiceinMurfreesboroandtwiceinNashville. TheGlenwoodSprings,Colo.,nativejoinedtheSouthCarolinastaffundertheohiouniversitysportadministrationprogramin1985.MassarohelpedushertheGamecocks into the SeC and learned under legendary athletic director Dr. Mike

McGee.Massaro earned his bachelor’s degree in busi-nessadministrationfromtheuniversityofNorth-ernColoradoin1983andhismaster’sdegreeinsport administration from ohio university in1986. At uNC, Massaro was a five-year footballteammember. Massaro is also heavily involved in com-munityserviceprojectsandorganizations.HeisamemberoftheRedCrossBoard,theCityGolfCommissionand theRutherfordCountySportsCouncilexecutiveCommittee,andheservedonthesearchcommitteefortheRutherfordCountyChamberofCommercepresident.Massaroandhiswife,Cindy,havefourchildren:Hank,Lainey,Rachel,andBen.

Chris MassaroDirector of Athletics • 5th year • Northern Colorado, 1983

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GoBlueRaiders.comisafastand

accurateInternetsourceforofficial

coverage of Blue Raider athlet-

ics. Regardless of where you are

or what time of day it is, you can

accessup-to-date informationon

yourfavoriteBlueRaidersportsor

athletes.

GoBlueRaiders.com has

growntoaveragemorethan14.9

million page views a year, with

the average visitor spending

nearly five minutes on the site

eachday.Thesitehasseeninex-

cessof3.1millionvisitorssince

Januaryof2004.

After three years of opera-

tion under a national sports

Web site provider, GoBlueR-

aiders.com moved to a total

in-house operation with a

newdesignandformat.Since

2001, the Athletic Communi-

cations office has managed

thesiteandbeenresponsible

for all content, designs, ser-

vice and updates. The Web

site, named Best Collegiate

Sports Web site in 2002 by

the Tennessean, underwent

a complete renovation in

2006.

Thanks to members of

the athletic communica-

tions staff, pre-game re-

leases, game stories, fea-

tures,up-to-datestatistics,

photos and results for all

17 Blue Raider sports are

regularly posted to the site. Add online

ticketing by Ticketmaster and links to Blue

Raideralumniandspiritgroupsandyouhave

the most complete source of information

aboutMiddleTennesseeathleticsanywhere.

Full-motionvideoisfeaturedaspartofa

newInternetstreamingpackageintroduced

inthesummerof2007.

TheWebsitehasbecomeavaluabletool

inpromotingeachandeveryMiddleTennes-

seescholarshipsport.Customsitesforrecent

standouts such as Dewon Brazelton, Court-

ney Mitchell, Dwone

Hicks,PatriceHolmes,AmberHoltandChrissy

GivenshavebeenintegratedintotheGoBlu-

eRaiders.comWebSite.

The site also features complete bios on

playersandcoaches,printablemonthlyevent

calendars,pressconferenceaudioandvideo,

and photo galleries of many events and

games. In partnertship with Yahoo! Sports,

Middle Tennessee broadcasts play-by-play

ofallfootball,men’sandwomen’sbasketball,

andbaseballgamesonline.

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