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Quick Facts Name: Middle Tennessee State University Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Enrollment: 25,191 Founded: 1911 Nickname: Blue Raiders Colors: Royal Blue and White President: Sidney A. McPhee Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Sr. Women’s Administrator: Diane Turnham Main Athletics Phone: 615/898-2450 Web Site: GoBlueRaiders.com Conference: Sun Belt Indoor Facilty: Murphy Center Outdoor Facility: Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium

Athletic Communications Director/Assistant AD: Mark Owens Track Contact: Christian Lemon Lemon’s e-mail: lemon@goblueraiders.com Lemon’s Office Phone: 615/898-5272 Lemon’s Cell Phone: 901/268-9383 Assistant: Jessica Stauffacher Assistant: Travis Woods AC Fax: 615/898-5626 Mailing Address: 1301 E. Main St., MTSU Box 20 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Overnight Address: 1500 Greenland Dr. Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Head Coach Head Coach: Dean Hayes Alma Mater/Year: Lake Forest/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: Keith Vroman Alma Mater/Year: Eastern Kentucky/2000 Vroman’s Office Phone: 615/898-5879 Assistant Coach: Andrew Owusu Alma Mater/Year: Alabama/1996 Owusu’s Office Phone: 615/898-5878 Alma Mater/Year: Middle Tennessee/2005 Assistant Coach: Thomas Keith Alma Mater/Year: Middle Tennessee/1980

ContentsAthletes and Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42010 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Men’s Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Women’s Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Newcomers’ Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Head Coach Dean Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Murphy Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Sports Medicine Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Strength and Conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Academic Enhancement Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Residence and Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312010 Year in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342010 Indoor Performance Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382010 Outdoor Performance Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402010 Championships Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422010 Cross Country Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44History and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46MT Track Through the Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Middle Tennessee Olympians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Middle Tennessee School Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Middle Tennessee All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Indoor Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Outdoor Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Sun Belt Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Sun Belt Team Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Blue Raider Honor Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64We are Middle Tennessee’s Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88Why Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89Sun Belt Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90President Sidney McPhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91Athletic Director Chris Massaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92GoBlueRaiders.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Mission StatementThe Middle Tennessee athletic program is committed to qual-ity athletics that bring the campus together and promote a sense of pride and tradition in academic and athletic excellence. These programs also bring the University regional and national recognition and pro-vide a link between the University, its alumni, and the community at large. They give students, faculty, and alumni opportunities for in-novative public service activities that better the community. Ath-letics uses financial and physical resources to maintain and develop sports programs to accomplish the mission of the University.

CreditsThe 2011 Middle Tennessee Track Media Guide is a production of the Athletic Communications Depart-ment. The guide was written and designed by Staff Intern Christian Lemon. Photography provided by Bradley Lambert. Content assis-tance provided by Bradley Lambert and Mark Owens. Special thanks to the Middle Tennessee track coach-ing staff, the Sun Belt Conference, opposition sports information con-tacts and past track sports informa-tion directors.

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

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Athletes and Coaches

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2011 Team Schedule 42011 Blue Raider Roster 5Men’s Bios 6-8Women’s Bios 9-13Newcomers 14-17Head Coach Dean Hayes 18-19Assistant Coaches 20-21

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2009-10 Middle Tennessee Schedule

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

8 Tennessee State Invitational Nashville, Tenn. 14-15 Kentucky Invitational Lexington, Ky. 22 Blue Raider Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) 28-29 Rod McCravey Memorial Lexington, Ky.

5 Middle Tennessee Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) 12 MT Valentine Invitational Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

26-27 Sun Belt Indoor Championships Jonesboro, Ark.

12-13 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas

5 NCAA Last Chance Invitational Ames, Iowa

19 Rhodes Invitational Memphis, Tenn. 25-26 Yellow Jacket Invitational Atlanta, Ga.

1-2 Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. 8-9 Sea-Rays Relays Knoxville, Tenn. 9 Boston-Moon Invitational Nashville, Tenn. 15-16 War Eagle Invitational Auburn, Ala. 22-23 Vanderbilt Invitational Nashville, Tenn. 28-30 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Memphis Invitational Memphis, Tenn.

13-15 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships Murfreesboro, Tenn.

8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa

26-28 NCAA East Region Preliminaries Bloomington, Ind.

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Men’s Track and FieldName Event Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)Noah Akwu Sprints 5-8 170 SO Egume, Nigeria (Ochaja Boy’s Science) Kendall Bacchus Sprints 6-2 185 SO Diamond Vale, (Sixth Form Government Secondary [Nebraska]) Isaac Biwott Distance 5-9 130 SR Burnt Forest, Kenya (Kapngetuny) De’Angelo Blair Middle Distance 6-0 170 FR Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) David Boiywo Distance 5-3 118 SO Kabarnet, Kenya (Atnas Kandie SS) Joshua Butler Jumps 5-11 168 SR Glassboro, N.J. (Delsea Regional High School [Neosho County CC]) Justin Cacaro Distance 5-11 135 SR Lakeland, Tenn. (Cordova HS [UT-Martin]) Robert Carter Sprints 5-9 130 SR Chattanooga, Tenn. (Central HS) Festus Chemaoi Distance 5-9 128 SR Ainobkoi, Kenya (Kapngetuny) Keith Davis Distance 5-8 FR Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) Sean Giffin Distance 5-7 145 SO Shelbyville, Tenn. (Shelbyville Central HS) Kenneth Gilstrap Sprints 5-10 175 FR Lithonia, GA (Miller Grove HS) Cordairo Golden Jumps 6-4 180 FR Memphis, Tenn. (Sheffield HS)Vincent Johnson Sprints/Jumps 5-9 160 SO Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) Jamarious Jones Spints 6-2 174 SO Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) Chris Mason Distance 5-10 135 SR Auburn, N.Y. (Auburn High School [SUNY Delhi]) Nathaniel Moore Sprints 5-7 JR Antioch, Tenn. (Antioch HS)Steven Palmer Sprints/Jumps 6-3 172 FR Atlanta, Ga. (Stockbridge HS) Roscoe Payne Hurdles 6-3 172 JR Flint, Mich. (Carman-Ainsworth HS) Kameron Rory Sprints/Jumps 6-1 168 FR Birmingham, Ala. (Shades Valley HS)

Women’s Track and FieldName Event Ht. Cl. Hometown (Previous School)Rosina Amenebede Sprints/Jumps 5-7 JR Accra, Ghana (Univ. of Ghana [Utah Valley]) Marla Bailey Distance 5-9 SR Barrie, Ontario (Barrie Central HS) Deanna Brasz Distance 5-7 FR Vineland Station, Ontario (Heritage Christian School) Kayla Bryan Distance 5-5 SO Knoxville, Tenn. (Karns HS) Anntoinette Dudley Hurdles 5-11 SO Jacksonville, Fla. (Terry Parker HS) Autumn Gipson Middle Distance 5-7 FR Knoxville, Tenn. (Oak Ridge HS)Corzaria Harpe Sprints 5-4 FR Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS)Kiara Henry Sprints 5-8 JR Atmore, Ala. (Escambia County HS) Rachel Islam Middle Distance 5-8 FR Barrie, Ontario (Innisdale SS) Amber Jackson Middle Distance 5-7 SO Chicago, Ill. (Evanston Township HS)Amber Kassuba Distance 5-4 FR Vanderbilt, Mich. (Gaylord HS) France Makabu Jumps 5-11 SO Paris, France (Lycee Jaques Feyder [Milligan College]) Jasmine Nesbitt Sprints 5-4 FR Nashville, Tenn. (McGavock HS) Keana Richardson Middle Distance 5-8 JR Nashville, Tenn. (McGavock HS) Cherice Robertson Hurdles/Jumps 5-8 r-SR Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) Alissa Ruggle Distance 5-2 SO Manhattan, Kan. (Riley County HS) Stephanie Smith Distance 5-4 SO Aurora, Ontario (Dr. G.W. Williams S.S.) Caroline Tanui Distance 5-2 SO Eldoret, Kenya (Loreto High School) Kortney Thurman Jumps/Sprints 5-7 SR Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS) Kristen Tithof Distance 5-6 JR Friendsville, Tenn. (William Blount HS) Nyeisha Wright Jumps/Sprints 5-7 r-SR Colorado Springs, Colo. (Widefield HS [Southern Miss])

Head Coach: Dean Hayes

Assistant Coach: Keith Vroman

Assistant Coach: Thomas Keith

Assistant Coach: Andrew Owusu

Assistant Coach: Willie Parker

2011 Blue Raider Track Roster

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2011 Men’s ProfilesIsaac BiwottSenior • 5-9 • 130Burnt Forest, Kenya • KapngetunyDistance

800 Meters 1:57 63 o / 1:59 61 i1,500 Meters/Mile Run 4:01 19 o/4:14 89 i3,000 Meters ST/3,000 Meters 9:20 84 o/8:49 86 i 9:01 95 i

2009-10IndoorBronze medal winner in DMR at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships in a time of 10:10.34. Biwott also placed fifth in the mile run in 4:14.89 at the championships, a lifetime best ... Took first place in the DMR at the Ed Temple Classic in 10:26.04 ... Placed second in the 800 meters in 1:59.94 ... Came in third in the mile run in 4:29.6 at the MT Christmas Invitational.OutdoorBronze medal winner in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships in a time of 9:20.84 ... Won the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in a time of 9:23.45 ... Finished sixth in the 1,500 meters in 4:05.90 at the WKU Invitational.

2008-09IndoorSet a personal best of 8:48.21 in the 3,000 meters at the Middle Tennessee Clas-sic, finishing second overall ... Finished second in mile run at the MT Valentine Invitational in 4:20.84 ... Came in sixth in the 3,000 meters in 8:53.8 at the Sun Belt Championships, also placed 15th in the mile in 4:30.03 ... Placed seventh in the mile in 4:28.78 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished ninth in the 800 meters in 2:02.02 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in 17th in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing in 4:27.57.OutdoorPlaced fifth for a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships in a time of 9:20.01, also finished eighth in the 5,000 meters in a 15:02.54 ... Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:39.7 at the War Eagle Invitational ... Came in sixth as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team in a time of 8:08.29 at the Georgia Relays … Ran the 4x1,500-meter relay at the Sea Rays Relays in a time of 16:23.43, finishing sixth overall … Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:02.82 placing 19th at the Tiger Track Classic.

2007-08IndoorPlaced fourth in the mile run in 4:26.06 and was a member of the eighth-place mile relay (3:45.65) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 12th in the mile (4:27.75) and was a member of the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:43.27) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 800 meters in 1:58.13 at the Mid-dle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 31st in the 800 (2:01.35) and 23rd in the mile (4:20.38) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed ninth in the 800 in 1:58.91 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fifth in a personal-best 15:08.14 in the 5,000 meters, sixth in the mile in 4:20.28 and was a member of the third-place distance medley relay (10:18.16) at the Sun Belt Championships.OutdoorMember of the third-place 4x1,500 meter relay (16:51.40) and the second-place distance medley relay (10:47.37) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed fourth and set a personal best in the 5,000 meters (14:55.22) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Fin-ished second in the 1,500 meters at the Coach O Invitational in 3:59.24 ... Placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in 32:38.33.

Before Middle TennesseeRan track for Elijah Kiprokos and attended Olaare Primary and Kapngetuny HS in Eldoret, Kenya.

Personal Born Isaac Kiptanui Biwott on August 15, 1986 ... Son of Simion and Sarah Biwott ... Cousin Julius Kosgei was an All-American at Harding University.

David BoiywoSophomore • 5-3 • 118Kabarnet, Kenya • Atnas Kandis SSDistance

1,500 Meters/Mile Run 4:15 53 o/ 4:23 58 i3,000 Meters 9:45 42 o/8:51 95 i5,000 Meters 15:31 56 o/15:35 78 i

2009-10IndoorPlaced 13th in the 5,000 meters in 15:35.78 and 12th in the 3,000 meters in 9:01.17 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Came in 13th in the 3,000 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational in a time of 9:06.03.Outdoor: Won the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:45.42 at the Boston-Moon Clas-sic ... Took sixth in 3,000 meter steeplechase in 10:16.64 at the Yellow Jacket In-vitational ... Came in 12th in the 5,000 meters in 15:31.56 at the Rhodes Open Meet in 15:31.56.

High School Attended Atnas Kandie SS in Eldoret, Kenya ... Set lifetime bests of 3:57 in the 1,500 meters and 8:30 in the 3,000 meters.

PersonalBorn David Kibnnot Boiywo on March 24, 1990.

Josh ButlerSenior • 5-11 • 168Glassboro, N.J. • Delsea HS (Neosho CC)Jumps

High Jump 6-8 75 (2 05m) o/6-6 25 (1 99m) iLong Jump 22-6 25 (6 86m) o/22-3 75 (6 80m) i Triple Jump 50-2 (15 29m) o/51-3 (15 62m) i

2009-10OutdoorGold Medal winner in the high jump at 2010 Sun Belt Championships with a winning mark of 6-8.75 (2.05m), also took second in the triple jump at the Cham-pionships with a leap of 51-3.5 (15.64m) ... Placed 36th in the triple jump at the NCAA East Region Preliminary with a mark of 48-10.25 (14.89m).

Before Middle Tennessee Five time NCCC track and field All-American at Neosho County Community Col-lege in Chanute, Kan., setting personal bests of 7-1.75 in the high jump, 50-8 in the triple jump and 23-11 in the long jump.

High SchoolThree year track and field letter-winner under head coach Ronald Flaim at Del-sea Regional High School ... Was crowned individual state champion six times in the high jump indoor and outdoor and once in the triple jump ... Ranked fourth in the nation in the high jump.

Personal Born Joshua M. Butler on December 29, 1987 ... Son of Donald and Denise Butler ... Majoring in Exercise Science/Pre Physical Therapy.

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2011 Men’s ProfilesRobert CarterSenior • 5-9 • 130Chattanooga, Tenn. • Central HSSprints

55 Meters/100 Meters 11 04 o/6 41 i200 Meters 21 87 o/ 22 11 i400 Meters 48 57 o/ 50 20 i

2009-10Indoor Bronze medal winner in the 4x400 relay in 3:20.96 and placed 10th in the 55 meters at the 2010 SBC Championships ... Placed second in the 55 meters in a career best 6.41 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in second in 6.45 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Ran a lifetime best 22.11 in the 200 meters at the MT Valentines ... Finished third in the 55 meters in 6.51 at the Middle Tennessee Invitational.OutdoorPlaced 13th in the 400 meters in 49.52 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Set a lifetime best time of 48.57 in the 400 meters at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 13th with the 4x200 meter relay team at the Penn Relays in 1:25.12 ... Came in ninth in the 100 meters in a time of 11.04 at the Rhodes Open Meet.

2008-09Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors as a member of the third place DMR team at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 10:18.31...Won the 400 meters in 50.54 at the Blue Raider Invitational...Set a personal best of 49.87 in the 400 placing 14th and was a member of the fourth place 4x400m relay team finishing in 3:18.11 at the Rod McCravy Memorial...Member of the fifth place 4x400m relay team in 3:29.49 at the Middle Tennessee Classic...Earned two fifth place finishes in the 200 and 400 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational with times of 22.63 and 50.31, re-spectively...Placed sixth in the 200 in 22.44 and fifth in the 400 in 51.65 at the MT Christmas Invitational...Came in seventh in 51.72 in the 400 at the Ed Temple Classic...Ran a 50.64 preliminary time in the 400 finishing 17th overall at the Sun Belt Championships.Outdoor Set a lifetime best of 49.53 in the 400 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational placing 28th overall...Won as a member of the distance medley relay at the Geor-gia Relays with a time of 10:05.4, also placed ninth in the 400 meters in 50.5...Came in fourth in the 400 in 50.12 at the Boston-Moon Classic...Placed 18th in the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships with a preliminary time of 50.23...Fin-ished 23rd in the 400 in 50.19 at the War Eagle Invitational...Came in 23rd in the 400 meter hurdles 1:01.45 and 26th in the 200 meters in 50.28 at the Tiger Track Classic.

2007-08Indoor Placed 13th in 400-meters in 54.43 at MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 14th in 200-meters in 23.41 and posted time of 6.84 in 55-meters at Blue Raider Invita-tional ... Placed 13th in 200 in 23.32 and 12th in 400 in 54.23 at Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 16th in 400 in 53.55 at MT Valentine Invitational and 21st in 400 in 52.12 at Sun Belt Championships.Outdoor Posted 400-meter time of 52.77 at Yellowjacket Invitational ... Finished 200-me-ters in 23.15 and 400 in 52.26 at Tiger Track Classic ... Posted mark of 22.76 in 200 and 52.69 in 400 at Coach O Invitational.

High School Posted best times of 22.1 in 200-meters and 11.01 in 100-meters for coach Reg-gie Upshaw at Chattanooga Central HS.

Personal Robert Curtis Carter III ... Son of Robert Jr., and Tina Carter ... Born March 9, 1989.

Festus ChemaoiSenior • 5-9 • 128Ainobkoi, Kenya • KapngetunyDistance

800 Meters 1:50 93 o/1:50 70 i1,500 Meters/Mile Run 3:45 69 o/4:06 29 i5,000 Meter 14:54 4 o/14:18 17 i

2009-10Indoor One of the most dominant middle distance runners in Sun Belt history ... Was named Most Outstanding Male Track Performer and Top Male Meet Scorer at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Took gold medals in 800 meters, 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters at the 2010 SBC Championships in respective times of 1:52.08, 4:10.18 and 8:15.54 ... Earned an NCAA Provisional mark in the 800 meters in an indoor career best 1:50.77 at the GVSU Big Meet ... Won the 3,000 meters in 8:33.15 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Took first place in 1:54.74 in the 800 meters at the MT Christmas Invitational. Outdoor Gold medal winner in the 800 meters in 1:54.53 and silver medal winner in the 1,500 meters in 3:45.69 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Finished 23rd in the 1,500 meters in a time of 3:59.78 at the NCAA East Region Preliminary ... Won the 1,500 meters at the Sea-Rays Relays in a time of 3:48.71 ... Came in ninth in the 800 meters in a time of 1:50.93 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2008-09Indoor Ranked 60th on the NCAA descending order list in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.27 recorded at the NCAA Last Chance meet to earn an NCAA Provisional mark and set a school record...Earned Top Meet Scorer and Most Outstanding Male track athlete at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships and earned All-Con-ference in the 800 meters, mile run and 3000 meters...Won the 800 in 1:55.76 and mile in 4:11.18, placed second in the 3000 in 8:22.0 setting a personal best, and set a lifetime best of 14:49.29 in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Champion-ships...Won the 800 in 1:56.08 and mile in 4:14.40 at the MT Christmas Invita-tional... Won the 800 at the MT Valentine Invitational in 1:51.64...Placed eighth in the 3000 at the Kentucky Invitational in 8:22.89...Placed first in the 800 in 1:54.78 Middle Tennessee Classic...Set a personal bests of 4:06.29 in the mile placing sec-ond and 11th in the 800 in 1:53.12 at the Rod McCravy Memorial.Outdoor Ranked 49th on the NCAA descending order list in the 1500 meters and 60th in the 800 meters...Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times of 3:44.62 in the 1500 and 1:49.48 in the 800...Set Middle Tennessee records of 1:49.48 in the 800 and 14:17.79 in the 5000 meters...Placed first overall in the 5000 at the Penn Relays in a time of 14:17.79...Won both the 800 and 1500 at the Sun Belt Championships in times of 1:51.66 and 3:47.25, respectively...Won the 1500 in an NCAA Regional qualifying time of 3:46.28 and third in the 800 meters in 1:51.69 at the Tiger Track Classic...Won the as a member of the distance medley relay in a time of 10:05.04 at the Georgia Relays, also took 11th in the 4x400 meter relay (3:40.96) and sixth in the 4x800 meter relay (8:08.29)...Placed 14th in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2007-08Indoor Garnered Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors after compiling 18 points at con-ference championships, winning the mile run along the way ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in mile and also after placing third in 3000-meters at SBC Champion-ships ... Won mile in 4:13.96 and 3000 in 8:39.29 at MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished third in 3000 in personal-best 8:30.61 at Kentucky Invitational ... Placed third in mile run in 4:17.55 at Blue Raider Invitational ... Won 3000 in 8:49.51 and was fourth in mile run in 4:23.28 at Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 14th in mile run in 4:13.59 and 36th in 800-meters in 2:04.40 at Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 17th in 800 in 2:02.95 at MT Valentine Invitational ... Won mile run in 4:16.81, placed third in 3000 in 8:31.04 and finished seventh in 5000 in personal-best 15:19.66 at Sun Belt Championships.Outdoor Earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors after earning 19 points at Sun Belt

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2011 Men’s ProfilesChampionships in four events ... Ranked 118th in the nation on the NCAA de-scending Order List in 3000-meter steeplechase with time of 9:40.33 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in steeplechase and 1500-meters, winning the steeple-chase and placing third in 1500 at SBC Championships ... Member of third-place 4x1500-meter relay (16:51.40) at Clemson Relays ... Placed third in steeplechase in 9:45.18 at Yellowjacket Invitational and third in same event in 9:28.82 at Ti-ger Track Classic ... Member of winning 4x1500 relay (16:23.42) at Sea Ray Relays ... Set personal-best in 800-meters (1:57.24) and finished third in 5000-meters in personal-best 14:54.48 at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won 1500 in 3:56.34 and placed second in 800 with another PR (1:54.72) at Coach O Invitational ... Won steeplechase at SBC meet in 9:40.33, placed third in 1500 (3:57.38), finished sev-enth in 5000 (15:34.83) and was eighth in 800 ... Finished 22nd in steeplechase at NCAA Mideast Regional in 9:40.18.

Before Middle Tennessee Voted Cross Country Athlete of the Year twice at Kapngetuny HS and won sec-ondary schools cross country championship once.

Personal Festus Kipchirchir Chemaoi ... Son of David Chemaoi and Nelly Kiplagat ... Born November 20, 1986.

Chris Mason Senior • 5-10 • 135Auburn, N.Y. • Auburn HS (SUNY Delhi)Distance

3,000 Meters 8:46 50 o/8:41 56 i5,000 Meters 14:52 59 o/15:08 0610,000 Meters 30:31 85o

2009-10Indoor Finished sixth in the 5,000 meters in 15:08.06 at the Sun Belt Championships; also took ninth in the 3,000 meters in 8:41.56 ... Ran a lifetime best 4:27.57 in the mile run at the Blue Raiders Invitational ... Finished third in the 3,000 meters in 8:57.72 at the MT Christmas Invitational.OutdoorPlaced sixth in the 10,000 meters and seventh in the 5,000 meters with respec-tive times of 31:29.77 and 14:52.59 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Set a Middle Tennessee record of 30:31.85 in the 10,000 meters at the Sea-Rays Relays placing fifth overall ... Set personal best times of 2:07.52 and 4:06.96 in the 800 and 1,500 meter at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Before Middle Tennesse NJCAA XC DIII National Champion 2008 and 2009 and Outdoor DIII Track Na-tional Champion in 10K and 5K in 2008 and 2009.

High School Four year cross country letterwinner and three year indoor and outdoor track letterwinner at Auburn High school.

PersonalChris Mason...Son of Wayne Mason and Christine Lockrow...Born January 10, 1989...Majoring in Business Administration.

Roscoe PayneJunior • 6-3 • 172Flint, Mich. • Carman-Ainsworth HSHurdles

55 Meter Hurdles/110 Meter Hurdles 14 14 o/7 40 i400 Meter Hurdles 51 0 o

2009-10Indoor Bronze medal winner in the 4x400 meter relay at the 2010 Sun Belt Champion-ships, finishing in a time of 3:20.96; also placed fourth in the 55 meter hurdles in 7.46 ... Set a personal best 7.44 in the 55 meter hurdles at the Middle Tennessee Invitational ... Won the 55 meter hurdles in 7.50 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed eighth in 8.34 in the 60 meter hurdles at the Rod McCravy Memorial.Outdoor Silver medal winner in the 400 meter hurdles and bronze medal winner in the 110 meter hurdles at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships with respective times of 14.23 and 51.91 ... Ran a lifetime 51.0 at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries placing 13th overall ... Won the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 14.14 and came in second in the 400 meter hurdles in 51.34 at the Sea-Rays Relays ... Placed 13th with the 4x200 meter relay team at the Penn Relays.

2008-09Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors winning the 55 meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Cham-pionships in 7.5 also placed sixth as a member of the 4x400m relay in 3:21.02 at the Sun Belt Championships...Came in second in the 55 hurdles in 7.59 as well as finishing fifth overall as a member of the 4x400m relay in a time of 3:29.49 at the Middle Tennessee Classic...Placed second in the 55 hurdles (7.47), third in the 200 meters in 21.89, as well as placed third in the 4x400m relay team (3:24.67) at the MT Christmas Invitational...Came in second in the 55 hurdles in 7.84 also finished fourth in the 200 in 22.51 at the Ed Temple Classic...Placed fourth in the 55 hurdles at the Blue Raider Invitational...Finished sixth in the 60 hurdles in 8.11 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ...Placed seventh in the 60 meter hurdles 8.15 at the NCAA Last Chance Meet and set a personal best in the 60 hurdles prelims in 8.01...Ran ninth in the 60 hurdles in 8.06 as well as 27th in the 200 at the Ken-tucky Invitational.OutdoorRanked 41st in the 400 meter intermediate hurdles and 50th in 110 meter high hurdles on the NCAA descending order list...Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times in the 110 and 400 hurdles...Earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year for this performances at the SBC Championships winning the 400 meter hurdles in 51.41 and placing second in the 110 meter hurdles in 14.09...Won the 110 hurdles in 14.78 and placed 15th in the 400 hurdles in 1:03.7 at the Georgia Relays also came in 11th with the 4x400 meter relay team in 3:40.96...Placed seventh in the 110 hurdles in 14.49 at the War Eagle Invitational...Took third in the 4x100 meter relay in 40.67, eighth in the 400 hurdles in 54.08, and 16th in the 110 hurdles in 15.15 at the Sea Rays Relays...Placed eighth with the 4x100 meter relay team and ninth with the 4x200 meter relay team with respective times of 40.6 and 1:24.19 at the Penn Relays...Finished eighth in the 110 hurdles in 14.65 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

High SchoolAttended Carman-Ainsworth High School ... Four year letterman in varsity track and field ... Team captain sophomore, junior, and senior years ... Junior and se-nior regional champion in 110M hurdles ... All-State junior year in 110M Hurdles, 4x200M relay, 4x400M relay... State champion senior year in 110M hurdles, 300M hurdles, 4x200M relay, and 4x400M relay ... 2008 Midwest Meet of Champions 300M hurdles ... Set personal best in the 110M hurdles 13.80, 300M hurdles 36.86, 400M 48.5, 200M 21.7.

PersonalRoscoe Payne ... Son of Tonya Payne and Tyrone Brown ... Born September 9,1989.

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2011 Women’s ProfilesMarla BaileySenior • 5-9 Barrie, Ontario • Innisdale HSDistance

1,500 Meter/Mile Run 4:54 10o/5:12 53 i3,000 Meter 9:59 73 i5,000 Meter 18:04 57 o/17:52 10 i

2009-10Indoor Bronze medal finisher in the 5,000 meters in a time of 17:52.1 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships, also placed sixth in the 3,000 meters in 10:17.16 at the Championships ... Set a lifetime best time of 9:59.73 in the 3,000 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Took second place in the mile run at the Blue Raider Invitational in a career indoor best time of 5:12.32.Outdoor Silver medal winner in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 11:16.33 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships; also placed seventh in the 5,000 meters in 18:04.57 ... Set a Middle Tennessee record time of 11:05.2 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Bailey also set a lifetime best of 2:28.65 in the 800 meters at the meet ... Came in fourth in the 1,500 meters in 4:54.1 at the WKU Invitational.

2008-09IndoorPlaced third in the 3000 meters in 10:46.68 at the MT Christmas Invitational...Came in fifth in the mile run in 5:28.6 and eighth in the 800 meters in 2:34.73 at the Middle Tennessee Classic...Finished 12th in the mile at the MT Valentine Invi-tational...Came in 12th in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in 18:52.67 and ran on the DMR team finishing ninth.Outdoor Ran a season best time of 4:55.47 in the 1500 meters at the War Eagle Invita-tional coming in 15th...Placed 10th overall in the 5000 meters in 18:20.83 and 12th overall in the 10000 meters in 40:44.87 at the Sun Belt Championships...Ran 39:39.70 in the 10000 meters at the Sea Rays Relays placing 10th...Finished 14th in the 5000 in 19:05.14 at the Georgia Relays...Came in 17th in 3000 meters running a time of 10:52.49 and 29th in the 1500 with a time of 5:02.99 at the Tiger Track Classic.

2007-08Indoor Placed seventh in 3000-meters in 10:44.66 at MT Christmas Invitational ... Posted times of 5:26.64 in mile run and 2:40.01 in 800-meters at Kentucky Invitational ... Won 3000 in 10:35.22 at Blue Raider Invitational and placed 30th in 10:35.66 at Rod McCravy Memorial ... Posted personal-best 5:21.27 in mile run at MT Val-entine Invitational ... Finished 10th in 3000 in 10:39.42 and posted personal-best 18:55.16 in 5000-meters at Sun Belt Championships.OutdoorMember of school-record 4x1500-meter relay (19:45.74) at Clemson Relays ... Placed third in 3000-meter steeplechase in 11:47.50 at Tiger Track Classic ... Mem-ber of fifth-place 4x1500 relay (20:16.78) and eighth-place DMR (12:44.24) at Sea Ray Relays ... Finished third in 3000-meters at Coach O Invitational ... Placed sixth in 5000-meters in personal-best 18:26.78 at SBC Championships.

High SchoolRan track and cross country for coach Dave Small at Barrie Central Collegiate ... Placed first in the GBSSA as freshman and sophomore and 10th at Canadian XC meet in 2004 ... Finished first in 1500 and 3000-meters at GBSSA and 5th at OFS-SA as freshman ... Came in 21st at OFSSA as junior and 9th at OFSSA in 3000 as senior ... Best times include 4:52 for 1500, 10:27 for 3000 and 18:57 for 5000-me-ters ... Student Council President and member of the Honor Roll.

PersonalMarla Blair Bailey ... Daughter of Joe and Lori Bailey ... Born May 22, 1989 ... Moth-er went to the world championships in mountain biking, finishing seventh, and father is ranked in the Top 3 in Canada in mountain biking ... Also brother, Mitch-ell, is Canadian mountain biking champion for under 16.

Kayla BryanSophomore • 5-5Knoxville, Tenn. • Karns HSDistance

800 Meter 2:22 30 o/2:25 58 i1,500 Meter/Mile Run 4:56 13 o/5:39 39 i3,000 Meter 11:30 52 i

2009-10Indoor Placed 22nd in the 800 meters at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships in a time of 2:30.25 ... Came in ninth in the 3,000 meters in 11:52.99 at the MT Christmas Invi-tational ... Came in 12th in the 800 meters at MT Valentine Invitational in a time of 2:25.58 ... Earned a 12th placed finish in the 3,000 meters in a time of 11:30.52 at the Blue Raider Invitational.Outdoor Finished 17th in the 800 meters in a lifetime best 2:22.3 and 16th in the 1,500 meters in 4:56.18 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Set a career best 4:56.13 at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

High SchoolLettered in cross country 2005-08 and lettered in track 2006-08 under coaches Erin Chady and Marty Sonnenfeldt.

PersonalKayla Marie Bryan ... Daughter of Philip and Donna Bryan ... Born November 8, 1990 ... Major is undecided.

Ann DudleySophomore • 5-11Jacksonville, Fla. • Terry Parker HSHurdles/Jumps

55 Meter Hurdles/100 Meter Hurdles 14 89 o/8 31 iHigh Jump 5-6 5 (1 69m) o/5-11 5 (1 81m) iTriple Jump 36-4 (11 07m) o/38-7 (11 76m) i

2009-10 OutdoorSilver medal winner in the high jump at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships with a mark of 5-6.5 (1.69m) and placed ninth in the 100 meter hurdles in 14.89 ... Placed second overall in the high jump at the WKU Invitational with a mark of 5-4.5 (1.64m) ... Set a lifetime best time of 15.21 in the 100 meter hurdles at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Came in seventh in the a career best in the triple jump with a mark of 38-1.5 (11.62m).IndoorPlaced 12th in the high jump with a leap of 5-0.25 (1.53m) and 15th in the triple jump with a mark of 36-5.75 (11.12m) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Had a season best leap of 5-2.25 (1.58m) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Took second in the high jump with a jump of 5-2 (1.57m) and ran a season best 8.44 in the 55 meter hurdles at the MT Christmas Invitational.

High SchoolRan track and field at Terry Parker High School for coach Agatha Henry ... Set high school record of 14.6 in the 100 meter hurdles.

PersonalBorn Anntoinette Dudley on May 28, 1991 ... Daughter of Anthony Dudley and Teresa Parson ... Enjoys spending time with friends and hopes to become a physi-cal therapist ... Major is undeclared.

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2011 Women’s ProfilesKiara HenryJunior • 5-8Armore, Ala. • Escambia Country HSSprints/Jumps

55 Meter/100 Meter 12 0 o/6 99 i200 Meter 24 37 o/25 26 iLong Jump 20-5 25 (6 23m) o/19-6 75 (5 96m) i

2009-10Indoor Finished fourth place in the 55 meters at the Sun Belt Championships, ran a life-time best time of 6.99 in the preliminary round of the event ... Won the long jump at the MT Valentine Invitational with a leap of 18-8.25 (5.70m) ... Set a lifetime best jump of 19-1.5 (5.83m) in the long jump at the Middle Tennessee Invita-tional.Outdoor Silver medal winner in a career best mark of 20-6.5 (6.26m) in the long jump at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Set personal bests of 11.77 and 24.37 in the 100 and 200 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Placed 32nd in the long jump at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries with a recorded mark of 19-3.25 (5.87m) ... Won the long jump at the Rhodes Open Meet with a mark of 19-1.25 (5.82m).

2008-09Indoor Set a personal best in the 200 meters in 25.55 at the Middle Tennessee Classic finishing seventh overall also placed second in the 55 meters in 7.19...Set a life-time best of 7.17 finishing fourth in the 55 meters at the Sun Belt Championships and came in 15th in 25.84 in the 200...Placed fifth in 7.32 in the 55 and placed fourth in the 200 in 25.82 at the Blue Raider Invitational...Placed seventh in the 55 in 7.47 and fifth in the 200 in 26.01 at the MT Christmas Invitational...Finished eighth in the 55 in 7.37 and 16th 200 in 26.01 at the Ed Temple Classic...Placed 15th in the 200 in 25.84 at the Sun Belt Championships ...Came in 38th in the 60 meters in 7.93 at the Kentucky Invitational and 40th in 26.5 in the 200 meters...Finished 17th in the 60 in 7.83 and 32nd in the 200 in 25.61 at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Earned All Sun Belt honors as a member of 4x400 meter relay team placing first overall at the SBC Championships in a time of 3:46.28...Won the 100 meter dash in 12.21 at the Boston-Moon Classic and placed fourth in the 200 meter dash in 25.85, and fifth in the long jump in 17-4.75 (5.3m)...Won as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team in 46.12 and placed second as a member of the 4x200 meter relay team in 1:39.41 at the Georgia Relays...Placed fifth in the 100 in 12.03 with a lifetime best time of 11.94 in the preliminary heat at the Sun Belt Cham-pionships, she also finished 15th in the 200 meters in 24.91, and 13th in the long jump with a leap of 18-8.5 (5.7m)...Set a lifetime best of 24.9 in the 200 meters finishing 27th overall at the Georgia Tech Invitational, she also placed 29th in the 100 meters in 12.17...Came in 18th in the 100 meters in 12.05 at the Sea Rays Relays...Ran a time of 12.09 in the 100 finishing 12th at the War Eagle Invitational as well as 24.98 in the 200 placing 18th...Finished 27th in the 200 meters in 24.9 and 29th in the 100 meters in 12.17.

High SchoolAttended Escambia County High School in Atmore, Ala. ...Ran track and played basketball and volleyball and was a cheerleader ... Two-time 4A track state cham-pion...Voted Most Athletic and Most School Spirited.

PersonalKiara Henry...Daughter of Kenneth Henry (dec.) and Sharon Henry...Born Decem-ber 14, 1989...Majoring in Criminal Justice.

Amber JacksonSophomore • 5-7Chicago, Ill. Evanston Township HSSprints

200 Meter 25 67 o/25 91 i400 Meters 55 28 o/55 82 i

2009-10Indoor Silver medal winner in a school record time of 12:12.59 in the DMR and bronze medal winner in the 400 meters in 57.43 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Won the 400 meters in a time of 57.79 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Took third place in the 400 meters in 57.20 at the MT Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Took fifth in the 400 meters in a time of 56.60 at the 2010 Sun Belt Champion-ships ... Set a school record time of 11:38.88 with the distance medley relay team at the Sea-Ray Relays ... Won the 400 meters in 55.56 at the Vanderbilt Invita-tional ... Came in fourth in the 400 meters in 55.95 at the Rhodes Open Meet ... Finished 20th in the 200 meters in a season best time of 25.40 at the Sea-Rays Relays.

High SchoolThree year letter winner in track and field at Evanston Township High School under head coach Fenton Gunter ... As a senior placed second in 400 meters and first as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team at the 2009 Illinois Class AAA Championships ... Recognized by Kiwanis Club for academic and athletic excellence.

PersonalBorn Amber Sianna Jackson on July 26, 1991 ... Daughter of Marcella Jackson ... Majoring in nutrition and food service.

Cherice RobertsonSenior • 5-8Memphis, Tenn. • Ridgeway HSHurdles/Jumps

100 Meter Hurdles/55 Meter Hurdles 13 68 o /7 77 iHigh Jump 5-8 75 (1 75m) o/5-8 (1 73m) iLong Jump 18-10 75 (5 76m) o/19-4/75 (5 91) i

2009-10Indoor January 26, 2010 Sun Belt Track Athlete of the Week ... 2010 Women’s Top Meet Scorer at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won the high jump with a leap of 5-6 (1.68m), placed second in the 55 meter hurdles in an NCAA Provisional mark of 7.77, came in third in the long jump with a mark of 19-4.75 (5.91m), and sixth in the triple jump with a recorded mark of 38-4.75 (11.70m) at the Sun Belt Cham-pionships ... Set a Middle Tennessee record in the high jump with a mark of 5-8 (17.3m) ... Earned eighth first place finishes in 2010. OutdoorTook fourth in the high jump with a mark of 5-4.5 (1.69m) and seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18-10.75 (5.76m) ... Set a personal best mark of 5-8.75 (1.75m) in the high jump with a leap of Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Ran a lifetime best of 13.77 in the 100 meter hurdles at the Tiger Track Classic ... Won the high jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a mark of 5-7 (1.70m).

Before Middle Tennessee Ran for Vanderbilt before injuring her knee ... Finished seventh in the Heptathlon at the 2008 SEC Outdoor with 4854 points.

High School Senior captain in track at Ridgeway HS under Felicia Everson ... State champion in pentathlon and triple jump as senior ... Also earned state title as freshman

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2011 Women’s Profileshigh jumper ... Recognized as Memphis Commercial Appeal’s Best of the Prep as senior ... Three-time city MVP in track & field ... Helped team to a pair of city titles, a state championship in 2003, and three regional titles ... Student Council representative and National Honors Society member.

Personal Cherice Rashay Robertson ... Born Dec. 28, 1987 ... Daughter of James E. Robert-son Sr., and Linda Robertson ... Dad is a band director and professional musician; mom is a speech pathologist ... Old sister Candice was a four time Sun Belt Cham-pion in the hurdles event for Middle Tennesse ... Hopes for a career in physical therapy ... Enjoys dance and is an avid singer.

Alissa RuggleSophomore • 5-2Manhattan, Kan. • Riley County HSDistance

800 Meters 2:21 50 o/2:22 53 i1,500 Meters/Mile Run 4:50 12 o/5:16 51 i

2009-10Indoor Silver medal winner in the DMR in a school record time of 12:12.59 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships; also placed 12th in the mile run in a time of 5:17.63 at the championships ... Placed second in the 800 meters in a time 2:30.02 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished in second in the 800 meters in 2:22.66 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Came in sixth in the 3,000 meters in 10:43.97 at the Rod McCravy Memorial.Outdoor Placed 14th overall in 1,500 meters in 4:55.29 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Set a Middle Tennessee record of 19:01.81 with the 4x1,500 meter relay team at the Sea-Rays Relays ... Ran a personal best time if 4:50.19 in the 1,500 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

High School Two time cross country letter winner and two time track letter winner under coach Garry Sigle...All-state and academic all state cross country as a senior...State champion 4x800 meter champion as a junior and state champion 1600 meter as a senior.

Personal Alissa Ruggle...Daughter of Kevin and Kristi Ruggle...Born December 16, 1990...Majoring in pre-med.

Stephanie SmithSophomore • 5-4Aurora, Ontario • Dr. William SSDistance

800 Meters 2:16 12 o/2:17 51 i1,500 Meters/Mile Run 4:46 54 o/5:10 44 i3,000 Meters 10:29 82 o/10:34 45 i

2009-10Indoor Silver medal winner in the DMR in a school record time of 12:12.59 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships; also placed seventh in the 800 meters in a personal best time 2:17.51 ... Won the 800 meters in 2:20.61 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Came in second in the 3,000 meters in 10:34.45 at the Middle Tennessee Invi-tational ... Finished 24th in the mile run at the Rod McCravy Memorial in a time of 5:11.58 ... Placed fifth in the 800 meters in 2:27.30 at the Ed Temple Classic.Outdoor Placed eighth in the 1,500 meters in 4:46.53 and ninth in the 800 meters in 2:18.15 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Set school records in the 4x1,500 meter relays and distance medley relay at the Sea-Rays Relays with respective time 19:01.81 and 11:38.88 ... Finished fifth overall in the 5,000 meters in 18:11.38

at the Rhodes Open Meet ... Came in sixth overall in the 800 meters in a time of 2:18.02 at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

High School Three-time cross country letter winner and four time track letter winner under coaches Tania DeVires and Maria Moreau...Cross Country Regional Champion.

Personal Stephanie Smith...Daughter of Stuart and Susan Smith...Born April, 25, 1990...OF-SAA Champion in the 800, 1500 and 3000 meters...Majoring in political science.

Caroline TanuiSophomore • 5-2Eldoret, Kenya • Loreto HSDistance

1,500 Meters/Mile Run 5:02 36 o/5:26 66 i3,000 Meters 10:46 88 o/10:37 75 i5,000 Meters 18:35 81 o/18:45 28 i

2009-10Indoor Placed 10th in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:48.56 and 24th in the 5,000 meter in 19:14.20 at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Finished 11th in the 800 me-ters in 2:32.34 and 10th in the mile run in 5:39.41 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Came in 11th in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:49.72 at the MT Valentine Invitational.Outdoor Placed 17th overall in the 10,000 meters at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Placed sixth in the 3,000 meters in a time of 10:46.88 at the Boston-Moon Clas-sic ... Finished ninth in the 5,000 meter at the Rhodes Open Meet in a time of 18:35.81.

High School Participated in athletics at Loreto High School under coach Joseph Nyangweso ... Involved in the science and math competitions and first aid club.

Personal Born Caroline J. Tanui on May 15, 1991 ... Daughter of Philip and Betty Tanui ... Majoring in Actuarial Science.

Kortney ThurmanSenior • 5-7Powder Springs, Ga. • McEachern HSJumps/Sprints

Long Jump 19-9 (6 02m)) o/20-5 25 (6 23m) iTriple Jump 39-2 5 (11 95m) o/40-2 (12 24m) i

2009-10Indoor Placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-11.75 (5.79m) and eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 38-4.75 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Set a per-sonal indoor best mark of 19-5 (5.91m) in the long jump at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Took second place in the triple jump, jumping 36-5.5 (11.11m) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Jumped 37-1 (11.30m) at the MT Valentine Invita-tional to place third.OutdoorBronze medal winner with the 4x100 meter relay team at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships finishing in a time of 45.52; also placed fifth in the long jump with a personal best mark of 19-9 (6.02m) ... Placed 15th in the long jump and 43rd in the triple jump at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries with a jumps of 19-10.25 (6.05m) and 39-2.5 (11.95m), respectively ... Won the long jump marking 19-8.75 (6.01m) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and set a personal best in the triple jump with a leap of 39-3.25 (11.97m) ... Finished second in the long jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a mark of 19-8 (6.0m).

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2011 Returning Women’s Profiles2008-09 Indoor Placed second in the long jump with a leap of 19-1.5 (5.83m) at the MT Valentine Invitational...Finished third in the long jump leaping of 18-7.5 (5.67m) and third as a member of the 4x400m relay team (4:17.6) at the MT Christmas Invitational...Finished fifth in the 200 meters in 25.96 and fourth in the long jump jumping 18-5 (5.61m) at the Ed Temple Classic...Came in 18th in the long jump recording a mark of 18-9.25 (5.72m) and 18th in the triple jump (35-9.25 [10.6m]) at the Ken-tucky Invitational...Set a personal best time of 7.22 in the 55 meter dash in the preliminary heat and finished fifth overall in 7.25 also placed ninth in the 200 in 26.02 at the Blue Raider Invitational...Placed ninth in the 200 in 26.03 and fourth in the long jump (17-11.5 [5.47m]) at the Middle Tennessee Classic... Placed 11th in the triple jump (36-5.75 [11.12m]) and finished fifth in the long jump jumping 18-9.25 (5.72m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial...Came in 14th in the 55 in 7.42, finished fifth in the long jump (18-10[5.74m]) and 14th in the triple jump (34-6.25[10.52m]) at the Sun Belt Championships.Outdoor Earned 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...Won the long jump with a leap of 19-1.25 (5.82m) and placed fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 38-2 (11.63m) at the Georgia Relays...Came in sixth in the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational in 19-0.75 (5.81m)...Finished eighth in the long jump in 19-3.25 (5.87m), 19th in the 4x200 meter relays in 1:37.4, and 39th in the 4x100 meter relay in 47.88 at the Penn Relays...Came in eighth as a member of the 4x100 relay team in 46.34, 14th in the long with a mark of 18-4 (5.59m), and 17th in the triple jump in 37-1 (11.31m)...Set a lifetime best of 25.25 in the 200 meter dash in placing 20th, sixth in the 4x100 relay 46.48, came in 20th in the 100 meter dash in 12.33, and 19th in the triple jump in 34-9.5 (10.6m)...Placed fifth in the 4x100 relay in 46.45 and 21st in the long jump in 18-1 (5.51m) at the Georgia Tech Invitational...Came in 31st in the long jump in 18-8 (5.69m) at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet.

2007-08Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in long jump, placing third at SBC Championships ... Placed 10th in long jump (17-9.75) at Kentucky Invitational and fourth (17-1.5) at Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished third in long jump (17-8) and seventh in 200-meters in 26.69 at Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed sixth in long jump (18-7.25) and posted time of 26.44 in 200 at Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished seventh in long jump (17-8.75) at MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in long jump (19-4.75) and 17th in triple jump (35-8.75) at Sun Belt Championships.OutdoorPlaced second in long jump (18-11.25) at Clemson Relays and fourth (17-4.75) at Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 14th in long jump (19-0.75) and 30th in triple jump (33-10) at Sea Ray Relays ... Placed eighth in long jump (18-7.25) and 20th in 100-meters (12.58) at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won long jump with personal-best mark of 19-6.25 and placed fourth in 100 in 12.15 at Coach O Invitational ... Finished fourth in long jump (19-4) and member of fourth-place 4x100-meter relay (46.27) at Sun Belt Championships.

High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Michael Taylor at McEachern HS in Powder Springs, Ga. ... State champion in long jump as senior and region champion as freshman, sophomore and senior ... Best marks include 11.97 in 100-meters, 24.37 in 200-meters, 18-11 in long jump and 38-7 in triple jump.

Personal Kortney Chanelle Marie Thurman ... Daughter of Brian and Gwen Mason ... Born July 8, 1989.

Kristen TithofJunior • 5-6Friendsville, Tenn. • William Blount HS Distance

3,000 Meters 11:05 78 o/ 10:46 49 i5,000 Meters 18:39 38 o/ 19:11 93 i10,000 Meters 39:59 88 o

2009-10Indoor Came in 22nd in the 5,000 meters at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships finishing in a time of 19:11.93 ... Set a career best time of 10:46.49 in the 3,000 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational.OutdoorPlaced 16th in the 10,000 meters in a time of 39:59.88 ... Finished 17th in the 5,000 meters in 18:48.27 at the Rhodes Open Meet ... Came in 16th in the 1,500 meters in 5:13.12 at the Boston-Moon Classic.

2008-09Indoor Won the as a member of the DMR team in 12:40.53 and placed fourth in the 3000 meters in 11:40.98 at the Ed Temple Classic...Finished third in the 800 me-ters in 2:39.02 at the Blue Raider Invitational...Placed sixth in the 3000 in 11:07.72 in the MT Christmas Invitational...Finished ninth as a member of the DMR team in 13:20.09 and 17th in the 5000 meters in 19:14.76 at the Sun Belt Champion-ships...Placed 12th in the 800 in 2:40.74 and seventh in the mile (5:44.90) at the Middle Tennessee Classic...Came in 14th in the 800 in 2:36.45 MT Valentine Invi-tational...Came in 32nd in the mile run in 5:48.27 at the Kentucky Invitational...Ran the 3000 at the Rod McCravy Memorial finishing 31st in 11:04.63. Outdoor Placed 14th in the 1500 meters in 5:14.72 at the Western Kentucky Invitational...Came in 15th in the 5000 meters in 19:25.4 at the Georgia Relays...Finished 15th in the 3000 meters and 18th in the 1500 at the Boston-Moon Classic in times of 11:13.2 and 5:20.32, respectively...Placed 15th in the 10000 meters in 41:10.39 at the Sun Belt Championships...Finished 19th in the 5000 in 19:26.84 at the War Eagle Invitational...Came in 23rd in the 3000 and 33rd in the 1500 at the Boston-Moon Classic with times of 11:08.79 and 5:18.31, respectively.

High School Attended William Blount High School in Maryville, TN...Lettered in track and field all four years of high school and lettered in cross country sophomore through senior years under coach Chris Frary...Cross country regional champion 2005 and 2006...All region cross country 2007...All-state cross country 2005, 2006, and 2007...All state track 2006. Graduated top 10 in class.

Personal Kristen Tithof...Mother is a professor of veterinary science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville...Born November 16, 1989...Majoring in Biology.

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2011 Returning Women’s ProfilesSenior • 5-7Colorado Springs, Colo. • Widefield HSJumps/Sprints

200 Meters 24 26 o/24 33 iLong Jump 20-6 5 (6 26m) o/ 20-6 5 (6 26m) iTriple Jump 39-10 (12 14m) i

2009-10Indoor Gold medal winner in the long jump with a personal best jump of 20-6.5 (6.26m) and bronze medal recipient in the triple jump, marking 39-8.5 (12.10m) at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships ... Set a personal best mark of 39-10.25 (12.14m) in the triple jump winning the event at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won both the long jump and triple jump at the Ed Temple Classic with respective marks of 18-8 (5.69m) and 38-11 (11.86m).OutdoorPlaced 17th in the nation in the long jump at the 2010 NCAA Track and Field Championships jumping 19-6.75 (5.96m) ... Finished in the long jump in a career best 20-9.25 (6.33m) at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries ... Bronze medal in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100 meter relay and long jump at the 2010 Sun Belt Championships with times of 11.69, 23.97, 45.52 and 19-11 (6.07m) ... Won the long jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a leap of 19-11.75 (6.09m).

2008-09Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 200 meters finishing third in 24.83 at the Sun Belt Championships as well as coming in seventh in the 55 meters in 7.25 as well as placing 11th in the long jump with a mark of 18-3.25 (5.57m) ...Won both the 55 and 200 meters setting lifetime bests in both events at the MT Valentine Invitational in 7.15 and 24.47, respectively...Won both the 200 in 24.63 and long jump leaping 18-7 (5.67m) and placed second in the 55 in 7.17 at the Blue Raider Invitational...Placed third in the long jump with a leap of 18-9 (5.72m) and placed second in the 4x400m relay in 3:47.29 at the Middle Tennessee Classic...Placed sixth in the long jump (18-4.25 [5.6m]) at the Ed Temple Classic...Came in fourth as a member 4x400m relay team in 3:42.7 and placed 16th in the 55 meters in 7.77 at the Rod McCravy Memorial...Competed in the long (17-6.25 [5.34m]) and triple jumps (35-6 [10.82m]) at the Kentucky Invitational finishing 19th and 21st, respectively.OutdoorEarned All Sun Belt honors as member of the 4x400 relay team winning the event in a time of 3:46.28 at the Sun Belt Championships...Won the 4x100 meter relay in 46.12 and won the 4x400 relay in 3:47.28 at the Georgia Relays as well as placing second with the 4x200 meter relay team in 1:39.41...Placed second in the 4x200 in 1:38.77 and fourth in the 4x100 in 46.34 and placed 33rd in the 100 meter dash in 12.46 at the Sea Rays Relays...Placed sixth in the 100 meter dash in 12.1, sixth in the 200 meter dash in 24.71, and sixth in the 4x100 relay in 47.88 at the Sun Belt Championships...Placed seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18-6.5 (5.65m), ninth in the 200 in 24.58, and 19th in the 100 in 12.33 at the War Eagle Invitational.

2007-08Indoor: Did not participate.Outdoor: Competed unattached in one meet, placing 16th with mark of 17-8.75 in long jump and fouling on her three attempts in triple jump at Vanderbilt In-vitational.

Before Middle Tennessee Spent one season at Southern Miss.

High School Four-year track letterwinner for coach Fred Marjerrson at Widefield HS in Colo-rado Springs, Colo. ... Won state championship in triple jump as sophomore and state titles in long jump and triple jump as senior ... Earned All-State honors in 400-meters as sophomore and junior ... 2006 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Colorado ... Top times includes 11:54 in 100-meters, 23.67 in 200-meters, 54.23 in 400, 20-10.5 in long jump and 42-8.75 in triple jump.

Nyeisha WrightPersonal Nyeisha Olivia Wright ... Daughter of Dons Wright and Corey Wright ... Born Sep-tember 6, 1988.

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2011 Newcomer Men’s Profiles

Solomon AtosonaFreshman • 6-1 • 150Navrongo, Ghana • Bolgatanga SSJumps

Long Jump 25-8 5 (7 53m) oTriple Jump 50-9 25 (15 47m) o Justus David

Junior • 5-10 • 134Kitui, Kenya • Kitui HS (Morgan State)Distance

800 Meters 1:52 0 o/1:52 38 i1,500 Meters/ Mile Run 3:50 o/ 4:13 78 i3,000 Meters 8:06 95 i

High School Competed in track and field at Bolgatanga SS on the inter-scholastic, regional and national level in his native Ghana.

Personal Solomon Atosona ... Born September 8,1989.

Noah AkwuSophomore • 6-1 • 150Egume, Nigeria • Ochaja Boy’s ScienceSprints

200 Meters 20 92 o/ 21 36 i400 Meters 46 00 o/ 47 49 i

High School Competed in track and field, soccer and volleyball at Ochaja Boy’s Science school. Running personal best of 11.20 in the 100 meters, 22.50 in the 200 meters and 53.10 in the 400 meters.

Personal Noah Akogwu Akwu ... Born September 23, 1990 to Silas Akwu ... Father and mother involved in buisness ... Hopes to compete professionally upon gradua-tion ... Majoring in Health and Human Permance.

Kendall BacchusSophomore • 6-2 • 185Diamond Vale, Trinidad • Sixth Form SS (Nebraska)Sprints

100 Meters/55 meters 10 32 o/6 48 i200 Meters 21 13 o/ 21 70 i

High SchoolRan track and field at Sixth Form Government Secondary School in St. James, Trinidad.

Before Middle Tennessee Ran one season for the University of Nebraska.

Personal Kendall Bacchus ... Born May 20, 1990 ... Son of Kenneth and Amanda Bacchus.

High SchoolRan track and field at Kitui High School in Kitui Kenya

Before Middle Tennessee Ran one season for Morgan State before transferring to Central Arizona Com-munity College.

Personal Justus Mulinge David ... Born December 30, 1986 ... Son of David Muia and Dorcas David ... Wants to become an accountant upon graduation ... Majoring in accounting.

Keith DavisFreshman • 5-8 • 130Manchester, Tenn. • Oakland HSDistance

1,600 Meters/ Mile Run 4:40 o/ 4:35 35 i3,200 Meters/ 3,000 Meters 9:57 o/ 9:12 08 i

High SchoolThree-year letterwinner in cross country and one year in track under Jason Woo-ten and Jami Huffman at Oakland High School ... Also lettered one year in soccer ... Named to the All Mid-State Cross Country Team in 2010.

Personal Keith Irvin Davis ... Born December 20, 1992 ... Son of Keith and Vicki Davis ... Plans to be a pilot upon graduation ... Majoring in Aerospace.

Justin Cacaro Senior • 5-11 • 135Lakeland, Tenn. • Cordova HS (UT-Martin)Distance

1,500 Meters/Mile Run 4:04 o/4:09 15 i5,000 Meters 15:10 o/15:06 94 i10,000 Meters 32:07 88 o

Before Middle TennesseeRan two seasons at Cowley Community College in Arkansas City, Kan., listing best times of 15:44 in the 5,000 meters, 25:47 in the 8,000 meters, and 32:31 in the 10,000 meters ... Ran one season at UT-Martin and was named to the 2009 All-OVC Cross Country team. Set career best times of 15:10 in the 5,000 meters and 25:34 in the 8,000 meters.

High School Four-year winner at Cordova High School under head coach Jason Wood. Named to Commercial Appeal Best of the Preps in 2005 and 2006 ... All-region team member sophomore, junior and senior ... Named All-American as a fresh-man in the 5,000 meters ... Four-year Tennessee Cross Country and Nationals Cross Country Finals qualifier.

Personal Justin Taylor Cacaro ... Majoring in Health and Human Performance and Busi-ness ... Wants to work in marketing in professional sports upon graduating Middle Tennessee.

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2011 Newcomer Men’s ProfilesCordario GoldenFreshman • 6-4 • 180Memphis, Tenn. • Sheffield HSJumps

High Jump 6-5 (1 96m) o/6-1 5 (1 87m) iLong Jump 23-0 (7 01m) iTriple Jump 48-10 (14 88m) o/ 48-8 (14 83m) i

High SchoolFour-year letterwinner under head coach Fernando Branch and Kievette Carter at Sheffield High School ... Also played basketball at Sheffield ... Won the 2010 triple jump crown at the city, district, regional and state level ... Team MVP and Best Jumper ... Voted Most Likely to Succeed.

Personal Cordario Laquez Golden ... Born September 3, 1992 ... Son of Brenda Jones and Andre Golden ... Majoring in Criminal Justice.

Fredrick KipsangFreshman • 5-7 • 130Eldoret, Kenya • St. Augustine HSDistance

Mile Run 4:43 10 i3,000 Meters 8:30 o/ 9:11 80 i5,000 Meters 14:41 o/ 16:42 52 i

High SchoolCompeted in athletics at St. Augustine High School in Eldoret, Kenya.

Personal Fredrick Kipsang ... Born May 2, 1990 ... Majoring in Engineering Technology.

Jamarious JonesFreshman • 6-2 • 174Memphis, Tenn. • White Station HS (Memphis)Middle Distance

400 Meters 55 47 i800 Meters 2:05 o/ 2:03 05 i

High SchoolLetterwinner in track and field and cross country under Royce Meyer at White Station High School.

Before Middle Tennessee Attended the University of Memphis before transferring to Middle Tennessee.

Personal Jamarious M. Jones ... Born August 13, 1991 ... Son of Gidget and Eric Jones ... Plans to attend Physical Therapy School upon graduation ... Majoring in Health and Human Permance.

Steven PalmerFreshman • 6-3 • 172Atlanta, Ga. • Stockbridge HS Sprints

200 Meters 22 20 o/ 21 95 i400 Meters 48 00 o/ 47 95 i

High SchoolLetterwinner in track and field under head coach James Thorton at Stockbridge High School ... Also played football at Stockbridge ... Recorded the seventh fast-est high school in the nation in the 400 meters ... Recorded the seventh fastest AAU 400 meter time in 2010 ... Set school record in the 400 meter and the triple jump ... Placed third in the 400 at the Georgia State High School Meet.

Personal Steven Levette Palmer II ... Born December 19, 1992 ... Son of Eureka Battie and Steven Palmer ... Wants to coach track and field upon graduation ... Majoring in Health and Human Performance.

Kameron RoryFreshman • 6-1 • 168Birmingham, Ala. • Shades Valley HSSprints/Jumps

400 Meters 50 0 o/ 53 13 iLong Jump 22-0 (6 70) o/ 21-8 25 (6 61m) i

High SchoolTwo-year letterwinner in the track and field under head coach Gary Ferguson at Shades Valley High School ... Also a four-year letterwinner in football and bas-ketball ... Member of the a 4x400 meter relay team that qualified for the national meet.

Personal Kameron Rory ... Born June 15, 1992 ... Son of Tresha Moore and Donniel Rory ... Father is an accountant while mother is an adminsitrative assistant ... Wants to become a high school or college basketball coach ... Majoring in Health in Human Performance.

Kenneth GilstrapFreshman • 5-10 • 175Lithonia, Ga. • Miller Grove HSSprints

100 Meters/55 Meters 10 31 o/6 83 i200 Meters 20 89 o/21 71 i

High SchoolInvited to compete in the USA Youth National track team for 100 and 200 meters ... Is a seven-time Junior Olympic champion, a two-time World Team participant, and owns school records in the 100 meter and 200 meters ... Played for Coach Jasper Jewell ... Personal best times of 10.31 in the 100 meters and 20.89 in the 200 meters

Full Name Kenneth D’Antignac Gilstrap II ... Parents: Kenneth Sr. and Darla Gilstrap ... Born: 7/30/91 ... His father played receiver at Tennessee Tech from 1985 to 1988 where he ranks sixth in all-time receiving yards.

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2011 Newcomer Women’s ProfilesRachel IslamFreshman • 5-8Barrie, Ontario • Innisdale SSMiddle Distance

400 Meters 59 04 o/1:01 93 i800 Meters 2:14 58 o/2:17 85 i 1,500 Meters/ Mile Run 4:51 o/5:40 01 i

Rosina AmenebedeJunior • 5-7Accra, Ghana • Garden City (Utah Valley)Sprints/Jumps

100 Meter Dash/55 Meter Dash 11 92 o/7 18 i100 Meter Hudles/55 Meter Hurdles 13 57 o/7 85 iLong Jump 20-5 75 (6 24m) o/19-2 (5 84m)i

Before Middle Tennessee Competed in track and field at Utah Valley in Odem, Utah ... Set school indoor records in the long and triple jumps ... Won the 100 meter hurdles at the GWC Outdoor Championships in a school records ... Attended Garden City Commer-cial College in Kumasi, Ghana before transferring to Utah Valley.

Personal Rosina Amenebede ... Born December 24, 1985 ... Daughter of Koti and Mary Amenebede ... Father is a banker ... Enjoys watching movies ... Majoring in Public Health.

High SchoolRan cross country and track under Joe Denes at Innisdale SS, also played soccer at Innisdale ... Placed fourth place individual and as a team at the 2006 OFSAA Cross Country meet ... Took eighth at the 2008 OFSAA Cross Country meet ... Finished fourth in the 3,000 meters at the 2008 OFSAA Track and Field meet ... Holds personal best times of 59.04 in the 400 meters, 2:14.58 in the 800 meters, and 4:51 in the 1,500 meters ... Was named an Ontario Scholar.

PersonalRachel Leigh Islam ... Born June 15, 1992 daughter of David and Debbie Islam ... Mother Debbie was a competitive figure skater, taking third place at the 1979 Canadian Figure Skating Championships ... Major is currently undeclared.Deanna Brasz

Freshman • 5-7Vineland Station, Ontario • Heritage ChristianDistance

1,500 Meter/Mile Run 4:49 08 o/5:07 80 i3,000 Meters 10:02 00 o/10:12 27 i

High School Ran cross country and track under Stuart Galloway at Heritage Christian School ... Won the 3,000 meters and placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the 2008 OF-SAA Track meet ... Took sixth in the 3,000 meters at the 2007 OFSAA Track meet ... Personal bests of 10:02 in the 3,000 meters and 4:49.08 in the 1,500 meters ... Earned Heritage Christian SS Sportsmanship Award ... Named to the school honor roll every semester.

PersonalDeanna Timena Brasz ... Born April 14, 1993 daughter of Rick and Yvette Brasz ... Majoring in Biology.

Autumn GipsonFreshman • 5-7Knoxville, Tenn. • Oak Ridge HSMiddle Distance

400 Meters 1:06 01 i 800 Meters 2:19 00 o/2:19 50 iMile Run 5:20 08 i

High SchoolFour year letter-winner in cross country and track under coach Allen Ether-idge at Oak Ridge High School ... Two-state Champion with Oak Ridge team ... Named to the Cross Country All-Region team all for years and All-State team as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... Set a personal best time of 2:19 in the 800 meters ... Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal Autumn Shonice Gipson ... Born February 3, 1992 daughter of Christina Davis ... Hoping to attend physical therapy school upon graduation ... Majoring in Exercise Science.

France MakabuSophomore • 5-11Paris, France • Lycee Jaques Feyder (Milligan)Jumps

400 Meters 58 76 iLong Jump 16-10 25 (5 14m) iTriple Jump 40-7 5 (12 38m) o/41-5 25 (12 63m) i

High SchoolCompeted in track and field under head coach Joel Hegesippe at Lycee Jaques Feyder.

Before Middle TennesseeCompeted for one season at Milligan College in Johnson City, Tenn.

PersonalFrance Makabu ... Born January 6, 1990 ... Daughter of Makanda and Bealsie Makabu ... Plan to continue in track and field after graduation ... Majoring in Business Administration

Jasmine NesbittFreshman • 5-4Nashville, Tenn. • McGavock HSSprints

200 Meters 27 74 i400 Meters 1:03 22 i

High SchoolRan track and cross country under head coach Traci Sloss at McGavock High School ... Set a personal best time in the 800 meters in a time of 2:25.

PersonalJasmine Nesbitt ... Born December 10, 1991 ... Daughter of Katina Floyd ... Enjoys shopping and hanging out with friends ... Major is currently undeclared.

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2011 Newcomer Men’s ProfilesKeana RichardsonJunior • 5-8Nashville, Tenn. • McGavock HSMiddle Distance

55 Meters 8 22 i 200 Meters 27 61 i

High SchoolRan track and field under Traci Sloss at McGavock High School ... Set a school record in the 300 meter hurdles ... Member of the 4x400 meter relay regional championship team.

PersonalKeana Richardson ... Born June 30,1990 ... Daughter of Tiana Conwell ... Plans to attend Law School upon graduation ... Majoring in Political Science.

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Throughout the re-cent history of Middle Tennessee track and field, there have been two constants – vet-eran coach Dean Hayes and a legacy of championship perfor-mances. A renowned

track and field coach both in college and professional circles, Dean Hayes has gained great respect since coming to Middle Ten-nessee 45 years ago. His men’s teams dominated the Ohio Val-ley Conference, and the women’s teams have duplicated that success since Hayes took over the program in 1987. Both squads have continued their successes in the Sun Belt Conference, capturing 15 of the 38 in-door and outdoor titles for which they have been eligible since joining the league ten years ago. Overall, Hayes has guided the programs to 29 OVC titles, 16 Sun Belt championships, and 18 NCAA Top 25 finishes. Fifty-two of his athletes have earned 84 All-American honors, four have become national cham-pions and a number of them have gone on to compete internationally in the Olympic Games, World University Games and Pan-American Games. There could have been more awards, but Middle Tennessee did not sport a track program from 1987 to 1990. Hayes has added 12 Sun Belt Coach of the Year awards to complement his 15 OVC Coach of the Year honors, which included 10 in a row from 1977 to 1986. He was in-ducted into the Blue Raider Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. Hayes became a member of the Il-linois Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, was in-ducted into the Mason-Dixon Athletic Club Hall of Fame in March 2005 and in Decem-ber 2008 he was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Associa-tion Hall of Fame. In May 2009, a formal dedication took place to rename the outdoor track faciilty in his honor as the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium. The announcement re-garding the renaming of the stadium hap-pened earlier in the spring and the dedica-tion was timed to coincide with the Blue

Raiders playing hosting to the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Cham-pionships. Following the 1981 season, the Di-vision I Track and Field Coaches Asso-ciation voted Hayes the NCAA Outdoor Coach of the Year. Hayes served as presi-dent of the TFCA in 1982-83. In his first attempt at a Sun Belt Cham-pionship, Hayes delivered. The Middle Tennessee women took first place in Mi-ami, Fla., in 2000, and Hayes earned his first Sun Belt Coach of the Year award. Since taking its place in the Sun Belt full-time prior to the beginning of the 2000-01 academic year, Middle Tennes-see has captured 14 of the 30 league titles in indoor and outdoor track and field. Hayes and his charges were instru-mental in capturing the school’s first-ev-er Vic Bubas Cup, the league’s all-sports

HAYES AT A GLANCEPERSONALBirthdate: December 14, 1937Hometown: Morrison, Ill.Family: Wife, Jan; daughters, Erin and Kara

EDUCATIONHigh School: Naperville (Ill.) CentralCollege: Lake Forest (1959)

HEAD COACH EXPERIENCE (COLLEGE)Middle Tennessee: 1965 - present

HEAD COACH EXPERIENCE (WORLD)Goodwill Games: 1998 (New York, N.Y.)World Championships: 1997 (Athens, Greece)World Cup: 1994 (London, England)Goodwill Games: 1990 (Seattle, Wash.)World University Games: 1985 (Kobe, Japan)

ASSISTANT COACH EXPERIENCE (WORLD)Olympic Games: 1988 (Seoul, South Korea)World Championships: 1983 (Helsinki, Finland)World University Games: 1981 (Bucharest, Romania)US Olympic Festival: 1978 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)*Served as referee at 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga.

NCAA TOP 25 FINISHES (18)Women’s Indoor: 1994 - 8thMen’s Indoor: 1971-22nd; 1972 - 7th;1973 - 8th; 1974 - 14th; 1979 - 20th; 1980 - 19th; 1981 - 11th; 1982 - 11th; 1993 - 21stMen’s Outdoor: 1971 - 25th; 1972 - 22nd;

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

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE TITLES (29)Women’s Indoor: 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996Men’s Indoor: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2000Women’s Outdoor: 1991, 1994, 1996Men’s Outdoor: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994Men’s Cross Country: 1983

SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (16)Women’s Indoor: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004Men’s Indoor: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009Women’s Outdoor: 2000, 2005Men’s Outdoor: 2001, 2006, 2007Men’s Cross Country: 2009

HONORSLake Forest College Athletic Hall of Fame: 2009United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame: 2008Mason-Dixon Athletic Club Hall of Fame: 2005Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame: 1994Illinois Sports Hall of Fame: 1993Blue Raider Hall of Fame: 1982OVC Coach of the Year (15): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000Sun Belt Coach of the Year (14): 2000 (1), 2001 (3), 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (2), 2007 (1), 2009 (2)NCAA Outdoor Coach of the Year: 1981

Coach Hayes took over the women’s track & field program in when it was started in 1987.

Head Coach Dean Hayes

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trophy, in 2001, when the track programs garnered three SBC titles. The teams played a significant role in Middle Tennessee win-ning the Bubas Cup in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009 as well. Hayes has indeed put Middle Tennessee on the world map in terms of collegiate track and field. However, Hayes’ experience is not lim-ited to the collegiate level. He has coached several teams sponsored by either the Unit-ed States Olympic Committee or USA Track and Field. His international experience began at the first Olympic Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo. (1978), and included work-ing as the head coach at the World University Games in Kobe, Japan (1985); Goodwill Games in Seattle, Wash. (1990); World Cup in London, England (1994); World Championships in Ath-ens, Greece (1997); and again at the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998). The Naperville, Ill., native also has served as an assistant at sev-eral international meets. In addi-tion to the first Olympic Sports Festival, Hayes worked as an as-sistant at the World University

Games in Bucharest, Romania (1981), the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland (1983), and the Summer Olym-pic Games in Seoul, South Korea (1988). In 1996, Hayes served as a referee at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. Because of Hayes’ international success, numerous foreign athletes have sought out Middle Tennessee as their college of choice. Hayes’ most successful collegiate athletes at Middle Tennessee have competed in the NCAA triple jump, an event in which Hayes specializes. He coached NCAA champions Tommy Haynes (1974) and Barry Mc-Clure (1972, 1973) as well as NCAA high hurdle champion Dionne Rose (1994) and his most recent national cham-pion, Blue Raider Mardy Scales in the 100-meters (2003). Hayes also guided Roland McGhee to nine All-American honors, and both McClure and Greg Artis won All-American honors seven

times. Hayes earned his B.A. at Lake Forest (Ill.), where he competed in the 800 meters, long jump and triple jump, an event in which he was an NCAA qualifier. After earning his M.S.Ed. at Northern Illinois, Hayes began his coaching career at the high school level in Chicago (three years) and Minneapolis (one year) before returning to Lake Forest and then moving on to Middle Tennessee in 1965.

ALL-AMERICANSUNdER HAYES

Greg Artis (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-81Ron Bramlett (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Jacqui Brown (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Brittany Cox (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Jasper Demps (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001John DoDoo (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-79Rayfield Dupree (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Sheikh Faye (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-78Kim Freeman (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Stanley Gbagbeke (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Tommy Haynes (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Godfrey Herring (5) . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02Dwight Johnson (2). . . . . . . . . . . 1984-85Andre Kirnes (2) . . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1983Eddie Loyd (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Garland Martin (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Barry McClure (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970-73Roland McGhee (9) . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-94Orestes Meeks (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Sarah Nambawa (4) . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09Christian Nsiah (2) . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1999Victor Okorie (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Brian Oldfield (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965Micah Otis (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Orlando Reid (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Andreja Ribac (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Dionne Rose (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Mardy Scales (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04Juan Walker (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07Jimmy Washington (1) . . . . . . . . . . . 1976Linnie Yarbrough (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

1981 Mile Relay (1)Barry Gambrell, Mike Davidson,Gary Mitchell, Tim Johnson

1982 Mile Relay (1)Herb Newton, Gary Mitchell, Tim John-son, Floyd James

1982 Distance Medley (1)Herb Newton, Joe O’Loughlin,Tim Johnson, John Davis

2003 4x100m Relay (1)DJ Spann, Mardy Scales, Brad Orr,Pedro Holiday

2004 4x100m Relay (1)Xavier Darden, Mardy Scales, Wesley Dupar-Scott, JJ Sturm, Pedro Holiday

2007 4x100m Relay (1)Juan Walker, Orlando Reid, Sean Waller, Samuel Adade

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

Association Hall of Fame ceremony in December 2008.

photo courtesy of the USTFCCCA

Coach Hayes and his wife of 48, Jan

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Thomas Keith has been a valuable mem-

ber of Dean Hayes’ track and field coaching

staff since 1976.

Known for his positive attitude and un-

canny patience, Keith is considered among

the nation’s top coaches in terms of dealing

with athletes.

Exceedingly versatile, Keith is able to run

practices, coach meets and handle equip-

ment as well as work with athletes in a professional manner. Keith trans-

ferred to Middle Tennessee in the fall of 1976 and immediately went to

work as team manager. He has been with the program ever since.

The Tullahoma, Tenn., native teaches at Mitchell-Neilson Elementary

School in Murfreesboro. Keith has one daughter, Desiree.

His extensive history with Dean Hayes and the Middle Tennessee

track and field program makes him an extremely valuable cog in the

machinery of Blue Raider success.

Assistant Coaches

Keith Vroman begins his seventh season at

Middle Tennessee and his second as a full-

time assistant for the Blue Raiders. Vroman

is currently in his 10th year of coaching and

brings with him the experience of two dis-

tance running programs steeped in tradition,

Eastern Kentucky University and Grand Val-

ley State University.

Vroman’s experience in distance running

has helped the Blue Raider cross country teams make consistent strides

and to strong showings during the distance events in the indoor and

outdoor track seasons. Eight men and five women have earned All-Sun

Belt honors under Vroman’s tutelage including at least one male in each

of the last five years.

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

team to its first-ever Sun Belt Crown since joining the league in 2001. It

was also the first cross country championships the program won since

the 1983 squad took the Ohio Valley title.

Vroman was hired full-time during the summer of 2007 and helps in

all areas of the program including recruiting and meet management.

The Ludington, Mich., native earned his bachelor’s in physical educa-

tion, his master’s in health education and an M.S. in sports administra-

tion at Eastern Kentucky, where he competed in cross country and the

steeplechase.

Keith Vroman Thomas Keith

Keith Vroman giving three-time All-Sun Belt Runner William Songock last minute advice prior to the 2009 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 2007 SBC Champion

and All-American Juan Walker.

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Micah Tirop joins the Blue Raider staff as a

graduate assistant for the 2010 season.

Tirop, an 18 time All-Sun Belt Conference

runner at South Alabama, is a two time Sun

Belt Individual Cross Country Champion tak-

ing the 2007 and 2008 title. Tirop also took

the 2008 Sun Belt Indoor 3,000 and 5,000 me-

ter crowns. While at USA, Tirop ran a career

best time of 29:18 in the 10,000 meters.

Micah has competed on the international level, running the 5,000

meters at the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey.

A native of Moi’s Bridge, Kenya native attended Uasin Gishu High

School and Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya, before attending South

Alabama. Tirop graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from

South Alabama in 2010. Tirop is currently working on a master’s in

health and human performance with a concentration in Sport Manage-

ment at Middle Tennessee.

Andrew Owusu serves as an assistant at Mid-

dle Tennessee, bringing a vast amount of ex-

perience in the horizontal jumps.

Owusu has been associated with the Mid-

dle Tennessee track program since 1999, and

his contribution to the program solidifies its

position as one of the premier institutions for

long and triple jump in the Sun Belt Confer-

ence and the nation.

Owusu is a full-time assistant professor in the Health and Human Per-

formance Department at Middle Tennessee. He has a wealth of interna-

tional experience, including two World Championships, three Olympic

games, one World Cup and four All-Africa Games.

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

garnered eight All-America honors. He held school records in both the

long and triple jump upon graduation. Owusu completed an M.S.Ed. in

sports administration and management at Wayne State College and in

2004 earned a Ph.D. from Middle Tennessee in human performance.

Assistant CoachesAndrew Owusu

Andrew Owusu advises four-time All-American triple jumper Sarah Nambawa at the 2009 Sun Belt Conference Championships.

Micah Tirop

Graduate Assistant Micah Tirop is a two-time SBC Cross Country Champion.

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Facilities

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Dean Hayes Track Stadium 24-25Murphy Center Indoor 26-27Sports Medicine 28Strength and Conditioning 29Academic Enhancement 30Dining and Residential 31

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Middle Tennessee State University held a formal dedication ceremony May 8, 2009, to name the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium. Nearly 400 people were in attendance including over 100 former track athletes in honoring their former coach.

The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the renaming of the stadium in late March.

The ceremony took place in the Greenland Drive parking lot directly in front of the newly named stadium. Featured speakers included Middle Tennessee president Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, director of athletics Chris Massaro, former track student-athlete

Tommy Haynes and Coach Hayes.

The ceremony coincided with the first day of the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships, an event Middle Tennessee hosted to for the first time since joining the league in 2000-01. The Blue Raiders last hosted an outdoor league championship event in 2000, their last season competing in the Ohio Valley Conference. Junior William Songock concluded the evening last May in dramatic fashion, taking first place in the 10,000 meters following the ceremony setting a stadium record.

The Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium is the home and training facility of the Blue Raiders track and field program. The Olympic-size track was laid 10 years ago and has hosted the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships and the 2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, and is the annual host of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association high school track championships. In 2006-07, the facility underwent a $3.5 million addition with the construction of locker rooms, a press box and a 1,500-seat grandstand. The stadium is scheduled to host the 2011 Sun Belt Outdoor Champion-ships.

The running surface features eight lanes measuring 42 inches each, which allows ample space for each com-petitor to run without feeling closed in by other runners.

Like the running surface, the infield portion of the complex is user-friendly. It features the unique aspect of two long jump runways, allowing both men’s and wom-en’s teams to compete or practice at the time.

A pole vault runway, javelin runway, high jump area and hammer/discus cage are also located in the infield area.

Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium

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Hayes Stadium RecordsMEN’SEvent Name (School) Date Time/Mark100m Gavin Smellie (Western Kentucky) 5/10/09 10.29200m Gavin Smellie (Western Kentucky) 5/09/09 20.58400m Jarrod Macklin (Eastern Illinois) 5/05/00 46.54800m Brian Recktenwald (Murray State) 5/05/00 1:53.091,500m Festus Chemaoi (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 3:47.253,000m ST Johnathan Cherono (UALR) 5/09/09 9:09.695,000m Zac Edward (South Alabama) 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 Jermaine Jamison (North Texas) 5/09/09 6-10.75 [2.1m]Pole Vault Jordan Wehr (North Texas) 5/08/09 17-6.5 [5.35m]Discus Kirby Atkins (UALR) 5/08/09 172-5 [52.55m]Javelin Richard McKay (Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 210-8 [64.22m]Shot Matt Taitt (Western Kentucky) 5/09/09 55-2.25 [16.28m]Hammer Kirby Atkin (UALR) 5/10/09 184-7 [56.27m]4x100m relay Western Kentucky 5/10/09 39.934x400m relay Western Kentucky 5/10/09 3:08.89

WOMEN’S Event Name (School) Date Time/Mark100m Miaie Williams (Western Kentucky) 5/10/09 11.57200m Miaie Williams (Western Kentucky) 5/10/09 23.43400m Charmisha Morrow (Arkansas State) 5/09/09 53.92800m Sheena Gooding (Austin Peay) 5/06/00 2:09.141,500m Zamzam Sangau (Middle Tennessee) 5/10/09 4:28.163,000m ST Paola Reategui (Flordia International) 5/09/09 11.14.135,000m Emiear O’Brien (Western Kentucky) 5/10/09 17:22.8510,000m Janet JeSang (Western Kentucky) 5/08/09 36:41.01100m H Lauren Wiggins (North Texas) 5/10/09 13.40400m H Naim Yisrael (Florida International) 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 Heather Davis (Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 5-8.75 [1.75m] Nicole Knox (South Alabama) 5/09/09Pole Vault Stephanie Foreman (Arkansas State) 5/08/09 13-1.5 [4.0m]Discus Tiphanie Baker (Troy) 5/08/09 179-0 [54.56m]Javelin Marcie Richard (Louisiana-Monroe) 5/09/09 147-8 [45.01m]Shot Brittany Cox (Middle Tennessee) 5/09/09 50-0.75 [15.26m]Hammer Tiphanie Baker (Troy) 5/10/09 178-2 [54.31m]4x100m relay Western Kentucky 5/10/09 45.364x400m relay Austin Peay 5/06/00 3:41.08

Roscoe Payne set the Dean Hayes Stadium record in the 400-meter

hurdles at the 2009 Sun Belt Championships.

Jumper Sarah Nambawa owns Dean

Hayes Stadium record in both the long

and triple jump.

Carl Morgan’s triple jump of 52-4.5 is

the Hayes Stadium record.

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Murphy Center Indoor Track Facility

Murphy Center Murphy Center is Middle Tennessee’s winter home and houses the team’s indoor training facility and hosts multiple indoor home meets in the indoor season.

Constructed in 1972, Murphy Center’s indoor track is lo-cated on the upper level above the basketball courts and is one of only two such facilities in the Sun Belt Conference. The arena has played host to four Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships and numerous indoor championships in the Ohio Valley Conference. The 2010 SBC Indoor Championships will take place at Murphy Center on February 27-28.

The indoor track facility measures 50,000 square feet and can accomadate every track and field event. A jump runway and built in sand pit for long and triple jump events, pole vault and high jump pads make Murphy Center a unique venue the Blue Raiders are proud to call home.

Murphy Center also feature two auxiliary gyms for throwing events as well as team practices or physical education classes, raquetball courts and two dance studios. It is also home to an athletic training room that features state-of-the-art modali-ties for the treatment and care of athletic injuries.

Murphy Center has a long and storied history in high school athletic as well. The facility has long been host to the TSSAA boy’s and girl’s state basketball championships, the stat vol-leyball championships and the state cheerleading finals.

Aside from athletics, the facility has staged countless con-certs for some the world’s most renowned artists including Elvis Presley, U2, Elton John, the Judds and three consecutive sold out shows by country music superstar Garth Brooks.

Murphy Center is unique on campus and in the area as is has served as the site for several large conventions and trade shows as well as for Middle Tennessee’s commencement cer-emonies three times a year.

2012 SBC Indoor Championships Murphy Center will host the 2011 Sun Belt Conference In-door Championships on the weeked of February 27-28. This will mark the 24th time in the school’s history Murphy Center has hosted a conference championships and the fifth time since joining the Sun Belt Indoor Championships.

Middle Tennessee teams have had great success on their home track winning 18 total conference championships be-tween the men’s and women’s squads.

2010 marked the last time Murphy Center hosted the Sun Belt Championships, the women’s team finished runner up perennial rival Western Kentucky.

The Murphy Center will play host to the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

Murphy Center

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Middle Tennessee Founded Indoor Last Chance Meets at Murphy Center

The first indoor meet in the Ohio Valley Conference was held in Murphy Center in 1976, and the meet was a watershed moment for the NCAA. The current qualifying system for the NCAA championships was derived from this meet.

Head Coach Dean Hayes and several area coaches were looking for a final oppotunity for their athletes to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The coaches got together and held a meet at Murphy Center the week before the na-tional meet. The practice continued in ensuing years and came to be known as the NCAA Last Chance Meet.

There are at least six Last Chance Meets around the nation each year, including Ames, Iowa (Iowa State); South Bend, 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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9 training tables • 2 full-size whirlpools • Dressing areas • Private offices • Mondo ramflex flooring • X-ray • K-laser • Treadmills • Exercise bikes • Stairmaster

Sports Medicine Facility

Health care is one of the most important aspects of a student-athlete’s life, and no university is more committed to keeping athletes healthy than Middle Tennesseee. The Sports Medicine facility provides MTSU student-athletes with one of the finest athletic training facilities in the nation. Head Athletic Trainer Drew Shea and the Sports Medicine staff have set liberal hours to make sure each student-athlete has his or her needs met.

Drew Shea

Alicia Grover

Whitney Payne

Sports Medicine

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20,000 pounds of weights • 9 full power racks • 9 elevated platforms • 9 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

One of the biggest changes in college athletics in the past few years has been the attitude toward strength and conditioning. Performing in the weight room has become just as important as on-the-field competi-tion, and Middle Tennessee has one of the very best staffs in the nation committed to making student-athletes the best they can be. Assistant Athletic Director Matt Riley takes care of all the strength and conditioning, in-cluding all stretching before practices and workouts as well as conditioning. It all happens in the Blue Raiders’ 10,000-plus square foot weight room facility, locat-ed adjacent to the north end zone of Floyd Stadium and designed for use by all Middle Tennessee student-athletes. It is a strength and training area that rivals any in the coun-try. The weight room has been described by many people as better than any in the imme-diate area, including those at SEC and Con-ference USA schools.Matt Riley Russell PattersonJason Spray Katie Abundiz

Strength and Conditioning

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Academic Enhancement

The Student-Athlete Enhancement Cen-ter (SAEC) at MTSU houses the academic support system and the Blue Raider Ath-lete Skills for Success (B.R.A.S.S.) Life Skills Program for all 17 Division 1-A sports. The center is housed at Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium on Raider Drive. The facility opened its doors on January 4, 1999, to the delight of student-athletes, coaches, and administrators. The mission of the center is to help stu-dent-athletes take skills learned on the field and turn them into positive prepa-ration for life after college. The center is also committed to meeting the changing needs of student-athletes. It continues to promote partnerships between the Uni-versity, the NCAA, and the Murfreesboro community to help achieve its goals. In addition to to providing the academic support needed to be successful in the classroom, the center is committed to meeting the needs of student-athletes in life skills development through the very popular B.R.A.S.S. program.

2009-10 Academic Review

• STUDENT ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Sara Beth Lee and Kenneth Roberts

• OUTSTANDING JUNIOR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Kelsey Dortch (Female) and Jeremy Kellem (Male)

• RAIDER AWARD FOR TOP GPA (4.0):Kristen Tithof (Track), Clara Leather (Golf ), Matthew Langley (Tennis), Za-mzam Sangau (Track), Jud Stoltz (Base-ball), Sara Beth Lee (Soccer)

• HIGHEST TEAM GPA: Golf (Women) and Tennis (Men)

MTSU has inducted 86 student-athletes into the Chi Alpha Sigma Na-tional College Athlete honor Society after just five years of being eli-gible.

Chi Alpha Sigma is a nonprofit organization established to recognize college students who earn a varsity letter in at lease one sport while maintaining a 3.4 or higher cumulative GPA throughout their junior and senior years.

Wynnifred Counts Debbie Carroll Angel NathanTodd Wyant

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

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Residence and DiningDining

MTSU offers five different on-campus dining areas, with the most popular being Keathley University Center (KUC) Grill and Cyber Café.

The KUC is located in the center of campus and is a ma-jor intersection for student activities. The Grill is located on the second floor and features Pizza Hut, Quizno’s Subs, Grille Works, Salad Garden, Chick-Fil-A, and Fresh-ens (desserts and smoothies). The KUC Grill is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday and is open un-til 5 p.m. on Fridays.

The Cyber Café is the first of its kind in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, offering a futuristic and effi-cient way for students to dine. Students are able to eat while e-mailing or searching the Web at the same time on eight computers.

MTSU also features buffet-style dining at McCallie Din-ing in Corlew Hall and the RaiderZone at James Union Building. Both dining option subs, pizza, grill works, carved meats, fresh deli food, fresh-made pasta, and a salad bar.

Scarlett Commons

Scarlett Commons, named for former MTSU president M.G. Scarlett, is one of the premier living arrangements at any university in the region. Opened to students in the fall of 1999, the facility provides apartment-style living with the convenience of staying on campus.

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

The Scarlett Commons clubhouse creates a real sense of community with its recreation/meeting rooms, fire-place, big screen TV, and laundry room. Maintenance is-sues can be resolved with a phone call to the 24-hour reception and service desk in the clubhouse.

Students living in Scarlett Commons have their own re-stricted parking lot, so it’s easy to find parking in front of their buildings 24 hours a day.

Fully furnished • Beautfiul clubhouse • 24 hour parking • Laundry facilities • On campus convenience

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2009-2010 Year in Review

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2009-2010 Year in Review

09-10 Year in Review 34-3710 Indoor Top Performances 38-3910 Outdoor Top Performances 40-4110 Championship Results 42-4310 Cross Country Review 44-45

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09-10 Year in ReviewGbagbeke takes silver medal at NCAA Championships

EUGENE, Ore. - For the second time since joining the Middle Tennessee track and field team, Stanley Gbagbeke finished run-ner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Gbagbeke ended the 2010 meet with a re-corded mark of 26-1.25 (7.96m). Gbagbeke, the 2009 NCAA runner-up in the event, be-comes the eighth athlete in school history to earned mul-tiple long jump All-American awards under head coach Dean Hayes. Texas’ Marquise Goodwin won the event with a mark of 26-9 (8.15m) In the women’s long jump, Nyeisha Wright took 14th for the Blue Raiders. The Colorado Springs, Colo., native jumped 19-5 (5.96m) in championship

competition. At the 2010 NCAA Championships, the Middle Tennessee women’s nine team points placed them 30th over-all, while the men’s eight points slot-ted them 33rd. Stayed tuned to GoBlueRaiders.com for all Middle Tennessee track and field updates through the summer.

2010 NCAA Outdoor Long Jump Championships

1. Marquise Goodwin . . . . . . 26-92. Stanley Gbagbeke . 26-1.53. Reindell Cole . . . . . . . . . 25-114. Christian Taylor . . . . . . . . 25-65. Chris Phipps . . . . . . . . .25-4.56. Madanha Chibudu . . . . .25-4.57. Andrejs Maskancevs . . . 25-0.758. Nicholas Gordon . . . . 24-11.259. Ronald Brookins . . . . . . 24-1010. Zedric Thomas . . . . . . 24-9.75

Nambawa runner-up in Triple Jump at NCAA OutdoorsEUGENE, Ore. - Middle Tennessee senior Sarah Nambawa was named NCAA All-American for the fourth time in her col-legiate career. Nambawa placed second overall in the triple jump with a leap of 44-9.75 (13.66m) at the 2010 NCAA Out-

door Championship in Eugene, Ore. Nambawa’s re-corded mark came on her third attempt of the competition. The All-American honor ties her with Blue Raider greats Jacqui Brown and Dionne Rose for most awarded to a Mid-dle Tennessee female with four.

After originally coming to Murfreesboro as a quarter-miler, Nambawa has developed into one of the top triple and long jumpers in the NCAA. The Uganda native’s career also had been highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2009 NCAA In-door Championships. She holds school records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump as well as the indoor long jump. In addition, the Sun Belt indoor and outdoor standards in the

triple jump are in her name.Middle Tennessee Women’s

All-Americans

t1. Jacqui Brown . . . . . . (4)t1. Dionne Rose . . . . . . . (4)t1. Sarah Nambawa . (4)t4. Kim Freeman . . . . . . (1)t4. Andreja Ribac . . . . . . (1)t4. Brittany Cox . . . . . . . (1)

Stanley Gbagbeke

Sarah Nambawa

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Blue Raiders send five to NCAA Outdoor ChampionshipsGREENSBORO, N.C. - Eleven of Middle Tennessee’s top track athletes competed in 15 events at the 2010 NCAA East Final in Greensboro, N.C. Five athletes advanced to the NCAA Out-door Championships in Eugene, Ore. All-Americans Stanley Gbagbeke and Sarah Nambawa as well as Brittany Cox earned NCAA outdoor qualifiers for the second time in their ca-reers with Zamzam Sangau and Nyeisha Wright garnering bids for the first time in their collegiate careers. Wright finished fourth overall in the long jump competition with a mark of 20-9.25 (6.33m) to qualify. The distance was a career best/fourth longest in school history and came on her third attempt of the competi-tion. Cox advanced to the finals in Eugene, garnering qualifying in the shot put. The se-nior’s toss of 54-3.75 (16.55m) in the event breaks her own Middle Tennessee and Sun Belt record. The Antioch, Tenn., native

would go on to become the first Blue Raider women’s athlete to earn All-American honors in a throwing event. It had been 45 years since MT had a player be named All-American in a throwing event as Brian Oldfield garnered the title in the shot put in 1965.

Senior Sangau extended her collegiate campaign by placing eighth in the 800 meters in a Middle Tennessee record time of 2:04.97. In the women’s triple jump, Nambawa’s mark of 44-3.5 (13.5m) was the longest of her season and qualified her for the NCAA Finals. Josh Butler, Festus Chemaoi, Roscoe Payne all competed in the men’ s compe-tion were able qualify for Eugene. Kortney Thurman, Kiara Henry and Cherice Rob-ertson were ran in their women’s events, but did not finish in the necessary top 12 to advance.Nyeisha Wright

Women Runner-Up at SBC Outdoor; Men place thirdDENTON, Texas - Despite strong performances in the Sun-day field events, the Middle Tennessee women’s track and field team took second at the 2010 Sun Belt Outdoor Cham-pionships. The men’s team placed third. Sarah Nambawa won her first event of the 2010 spring season, taking gold in the triple jump. Nambawa leapt 43-4.25 (13.21m) on her second jump to take victory for the third consecutive season. Teammate Kortney Thurman took third overall, jumping 41-10.5 (12.76m). Nyeisha Wright placed sixth with a mark of 39-10.75 (12.16m). Brittany Cox placed second in the ham-mer throw with a toss of 172-3 (52.51m) for eight Blue Raider points. In sprints, Wright took third in both the 100 and 200 meters. Her times of 11.69 and 23.97 are personal bests. Kiara Henry placed seventh in the 200 in 25.14. Amber Jackson finished fifth in the 400 meters in 56.60. The Middle Tennessee men’s third place finish was led by transfer Josh Butler. Butler became the first Blue Raider since Alex Pruitt

in 2005 to win the Sun Belt high jump title as he leapt 6-8.75 (2.05m). He would then take second place in the triple jump with a mark of 51-3.5 (15.63m).

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Blue Raiders shine at Penn RelaysPHILADELPHIA - Middle Tennessee continued to shine on the biggest stage as the Blue Raiders posted a medley of im-pressive performances at the 2010 Penn Relay Carnival on April 22 and 23. Stanley Gbagbeke won the collegiate long jump champi-onships at the Penn Relays with a mark of 25-11 (7.9m) . Gbagbeke’s leap came on his final jump of the day and ranked as the third longest in the NCAA this season, second in the East Region. The Nigeria native out leapt Arkansas’ Alain Bailey to take victory. Bailey helds the top NCAA mark in the event at that time. Brittany Cox set Middle Tennessee records in both the shot put and hammer throw at the Penn Relays on Thursday. The senior threw 181-7 (55.37m) in the hammer throw before tossing a mark of 54-1.25 (16.49m) in the shot put. Cox’s toss of 181-7 (55.37m) won the hammer throw in the college women’s division. Her shot put mark of 54-1.25 (16.49m) placed her third in the college women’s champion-ship division where she threw against the best in the NCAA. The Antioch, Tenn., native also won the discus in the college women’s division with a mark of 167-8 (51.13m). Her discus throw just missed topping Shelly Johnson’s Middle Tennes-see discus record and was a personal best for Cox.

Sarah Nambawa placed fourth in the college women’s triple jump champi-onship with a leap of 41-10 (12.75m). In the long jump, Nambawa placed ninth in the college women’s championship with a mark of 18-10.75 (5.76m).Kortney Thurman placed 10th leaping 18-10.5 (5.75m). Nyei-sha Wright came in 18th with a jump of 18-3 (5.56m). In the distance events, Zamzam Sangau finished sixth in the college women’s 3,000-meter championships in a time of 9:46.42. Sangau sets a career best. Festus Chemaoi placed 13th in the college men’s 5,000 meter championships in a time of 14:18.17. The men’s 4x200 meter relay team of Greg Franklin, Curtis King, Robert Carter and Roscoe Payne took 12th of 69 teams in the Friday’s preliminary round in a time of 1:25.12. Franklin, King and Carter teamed with Philip Tanner to run the 4x100 meter relay. The team placed 24th in 41.58.

Cox throws at NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Middle Tennessee’s Brittany Cox fin-ished 10th in the NCAA in the weight throw and 19th in the shot at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. The senior recorded respective marks of 63-7.75 (19.40m) and 50-6 (15.89m). Cox, who entered the weight throw competition ranked eighth in the NCAA, placed 10th overall in competition with a 63-7.75 (19.40m) best throw re-cording on the third and final at-tempt of her preliminary flight. The Antioch, Tenn., native was just out of the top nine athletes who would go on to compete in the finals. The event was won by Louisville’s D’Ana McCarty with a 74-8.25 (22.78m) toss. Cox’s season/career best weight throw of 67-6 (20.57m) was thrown at the Middle Ten-

Brittany Cox

nessee Invitational at the Murphy Center. Cox’s shot put toss of 50-6 (15.89m) came on the senior’s third throw of the preliminary round of the competition. She threw 49-5.75 (15.08m) and 48-1.75 (14.67m) in her first two tosses, respectively. The Antioch, Tenn., native’s indoor season best throw of

53-5.5 (16.29m) was recorded at the Middle Tennessee Invi-tational in February. This toss would set a new Sun Belt and Middle Tennessee record. Cox would injury her ankle in prac-tice the following week, mak-ing it unclear at the time if she would be able to compete at the 2010 indoor champion-ships.

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Men’s Take 2009 SBC XC Title; Women Place Second

Women Runner-up at SBC Indoor; Men FourthMURFREESBORO, Tenn. - It was a weekend of individual highs for the Middle Tennessee track and field teams as five athletes won single events at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Murphy Center. However, in the end the women’s team finished second overall with the men’s team placing fourth. Thin Blue Raider rosters could not compete with the West-ern Kentucky depth in the men’s and women’s champion-ships. The Lady Toppers would defeat the Blue Raiders 179.33 to 110 while the Middle Tennessee men placed fourth with 87 team points behind Western Kentucky, North Texas and Louisiana-Lafayette. Senior Brittany Cox completed the sweep of the women’s throwing events taking gold on Sunday’s weight throw com-petition. On Saturday, she stole victory in the shot put con-test giving her the sweep. Her throw of 61-11 (18.78m) in the weight throw breaks a Sun Belt championships record in the event and earned the Antioch, Tenn., native Most Outstand-ing Field Athlete for the weekend. The men’s mile run highlighted the team’s track events

MONROE, La. - The slippery and wet conditions of Selman Field in Monroe, La. were not enough to keep the Middle Ten-nessee men’s cross country team from taking their first ever Sun Belt Conference title. Led by the efforts of individual runner-up Festus Chemaoi and fifth-place William Songock, all Blue Raider scorers placed in the top 11. Chemaoi completed the 8,000-meter course in 26:42.14, and Songock came in at 27:32.13. The Blue Raiders finished with 36 team points to defeat second-place South Alabama with 43 points. “I’m really proud of what they did. It was a good, sol-id team performance. All five knew they were going to have to go out and do their jobs and they did. Festus and William had to neutralize South Alabama’s top guys and then the three, four and five guys needed to beat the rest of South’s mens,” said head coach Dean Hayes. Hayes received his first-ever men’s cross country Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year award. Newcomer Chris Mason ran an inspired race at his first conference meet. The SUNY Delhi transfer finished eighth overall to earn his first All-Sun Belt award at Mid-dle Tennessee. What was perhaps more impressive was Mason ran a majority of the race shoeless upon losing

both in the first mile. Senior Isaac Biwott earned the second all-conference cross country award of his career by taking ninth in a time of 27:42.24. Biwott first won the award in 2007 at the cham-pionships in Bowling Green, Ky. David Emery rounded out the Middle Tennessee scorers, placing 11th with a time of 28:00.88. It was the first time in school history the men’s cross coun-try team had four runners earn all-conference honors.

on the second day of competition. Festus Chemaoi took the event, defending his 2008 and 2009 crown, clocking a time of 4:10.18. David Emery took the bronze medal in the race, fin-ishing third in a time of 4:12.45. Chemaoi would complete his trifecta later in the evening winning the 800 meters in 1:52.08, scoring 30 total points for the men’s team and earning Men’s Top Meet Scorer. Hurdler DeRay Sloss placed third in the 55 meter hurdles in a lightning quick race, winning the first finals heat in 7.46. On the first day, Stanley Gbagbeke in the long jump won the long jump with a leap of 25-4.25 (7.73). His jump was a Sun Belt Conference Championship record. In the women’s long jump, Nyeisha Wright took first with a leap of 20-6.5 (6.26m) with teammate Cherice Robertson placing third jumping 19-4.75 (5.91m). Wright becames the first woman since Kim Freeman in 2003 to take the Sun Belt Indoor Long Jump title. Robertson would continue to perform well taking the women’s high jump competition jumping 5-6 (1.68m).

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55m (Auto: 6.14, Prov: 6.24)Stanley Gbagbeke 6.35p H 2/27/10Curtis King 6.37! A 12/12/09Robert Carter 6.41! A 12/12/09D.D. Kyles 6.51p H 2/27/10Philip Tanner 6.55 G 2/13/10Jarell Dorsey 6.77p H 2/27/10

MT Record: Mardy Scales 6.14 , 2003

55mH (Auto: 7.17, Prov: 7.38)DeRay Sloss 7.50 D 1/23/10Roscos Payne 7.54 D 1/23/10

MT Record: Linnie Yarbrough 7.20, 2006

60m (Auto: 6.63, Prov: 6.74)Stanley Gbagbeke 6.68p E 1/30/10Robert Carter 6.97p E 1/30/10Jarell Dorsey 7.37p E 1/30/10

60mH (Auto: 7.70, Prov: 7.91)DeRay Sloss 8.14p E 1/30/10Roscoe Payne 8.26p E 1/30/10

200m (Auto: 21.08, Prov: 21.48)%Curtis King 21.46 A 12/12/09Stanley Gbagbeke 21.68 E 1/30/10Robert Carter 22.11 G 2/13/10Justin Chambers 22.59 C 1/16/10Philip Tanner 23.14 G 1/16/10Vincent Johnson 23.88 C 1/16/10

MT Record: Mardy Scales 20.84, 2004

400m (Auto: 46.45, Prov: 47.65)%Robert Carter 50.20 C 1/16/10Justin Chambers 50.33 E 1/30/10Vincent Johnson 52.38 F 2/6/10Matt Farris 54.35 A 12/12/09

MT Record: Godfrey Herring 46.36, 2001

800m (Auto: 1:48.60, Prov: 1:51.10)Festus Chemaoi 1:54.51 B 1/10/10David Emery 1:54.62! H 2/27/10Philip Benavides 1:57.88 A 12/12/09 Isaac Biwott 1:59.94 D 1/23/10Chris Mason 2:08.51 D 1/23/10Sean Giffin 2:10.88 D 1/23/10

MT Record: Festus Chemaoi 1:50.27, 2009

Mile (Auto: 4:00.30, Prov: 4:04.80)Festus Chemaoi 4:09.67 E 1/30/10David Emery 4:12.12! A 12/12/10Isaac Biwott 4:14.89! H 2/28/10Chris Mason 4:27.57! D 1/23/10David Boiywo 4:35.68 F 2/6/10

MT Record: Joe O’Loughlin 4:03.47, 1982

3,000m (Auto: 7:55.80, Prov: 8:06.30)%Festus Chemaoi 8:15.54! H 2/27/10William Songock 8:31.59 H 2/27/10David Emery 8:38.57 C 1/15/10Chris Mason 8:41.56 H 2/27/10Isaac Biwott 8:49.86 G 2/13/10David Boiywo 9:01.17 H 2/27/10

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

DMR (Auto: 9:36.20, Prov: 9:47.90)%Relay A 10:10.34 H 2/28/10 Chemaoi, Payne, Biwott, Emery

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

High Jump (Auto: 2.24, Prov: 2.14)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: 7.85, Prov: 7.50)Stanley Gbagbeke 25-5.25 (7.75m)!+ F 2/6/10Vincent Johnson 22-0.25 (6.71m) E 1/29/10

MT Record: Roland McGhee 27-0.75, 1993

Triple Jump (Auto: 16.10, Prov: 15.40)Stanley Gbagbeke 44-6.25 (13.57m) H 2/28/10Vincent Johnson 39-7.25 (12.07m) B 1/10/10

MT Record: Tommy Haynes 54-6.5, 1974

Shot Put (Auto: 19.30, Prov: 17.75)Andrew Wagner 21-1.25 (6.40m) C 1/15/10

MT Record: Brian Oldfield 57-7, 1966

Weight Throw (Auto: 21.50, Prov: 19.50)Andrew Wagner 35-0.05 (10.68m) H 2/27/10

MT Record: James Thomas 58-8.75, 2007

Meet Key

A - MT Christmas Classic (12/12/09) F - Middle Tennessee Invitational (2/6/10) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Hosted by the Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

B - Ed Temple Classic (1/10/10) G - MT Valentine Invitational (2/13/10) Hosted by Tennessee State Hosted by Middle Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

C - Kentucky Invitational (1/15-16/10) H - SBC Indoor Championships (2/27-28/10) Hosted by the Kentucky Hosted by Middle Tennessee Lexington, Ky. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

D - Blue Raider Invitational (1/23/10) I - NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/6/09) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Hosted by Iowa State Murfreesboro, Tenn. Ames, Iowa

E - Rod McCravy Memorial (1/29-30/10) J - NCAA Indoor Championships (3/12-13/10) Hosted by Kentucky Hosted by Arkansas Lexington, Ky. Fayetteville, Ark.

•* - NCAA automatic mark • + - NCAA provisional mark • ! - personal best • ^ - oversized track • $ - Non-NCAA event• f - facility record • h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • % Standards based upon banked/oversized

2010 Men’s Indoor Performance Chart

5,000m (Auto: 13.48.90, Prov: 14:11.90)%Chris Mason 15:08.06 H 2/28/10David Boiywo 15:35.78 H 2/28/10

MT Record: William Songock 14:35.36, 2009

Mile Relay (Auto: 3:08.10, Prov: 3:12.00)%Relay A 3:13.88 E 1/30/10 Carter, Payne, Chambers, JohnsonRelay A 3:20.96 H 2/28/10 Carter, Payne, Chambers, KingRelay A 3:26.45 B 1/10/10 Carter, Gbagbeke, Chemaoi, Chambers

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

Stanley Gbagbeke

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55m (Auto: 6.74, Prov: 6.92)Kiara Henry 6.99p! H 2/27/10Nyeisha Wright 7.07p H 2/27/10Sarah Nambawa 7.33 A 12/12/10

MT Record: Dionne Rose 6.89, 1994

55mH (Auto: 7.57, Prov: 7.86)Cherice Robertson 7.77!+ H 2/28/10Ann Dudley 8.44 A 12/12/09

MT Record: Dionne Rose 7.59, 1994

60m (Auto: 7.26, Prov: 7.44)Kiara Henry 7.72 C 1/17/10Nyeisha Wright 7.77 E 1/30/10

60mH (Auto: 8.14, Prov: 8.43)Cherice Robertson 8.54 E 1/30/10Ann Dudley 9.45 C 2/7/10

200m (Auto: 23.40, Prov: 24.10)%Nyeisha Wright 24.33! G 2/13/10Kiara Henry 25.26! C 1/16/10Sarah Nambawa 25.74 A 12/12/10Amber Jackson 26.28 D 1/24/10Kortney Thurman 27.25 F 2/6/10

MT Record: Nadia Graham 23.54, 1996

400m (Auto: 52.70, Prov: 54.70)%Zamzam Sangau 56.19p! H 2/27/10Amber Jackson 57.20 G 2/13/10

MT Record: Rosemary Okafor 52.41, 2004

800m (Auto: 2:05.40, Prov: 2:09.40)%Zamzam Sangau 2:06.11!r+ G 2/13/10Stephanie Smith 2:17.51!p H 2/27/10Alissa Ruggle 2:22.53!p H 2/27/10Kayla Bryan 2:25.58 G 2/13/10Amber Kassuba 2:27.81 F 2/6/10Jackie Serem 2:29.39 C 1/16/10Caroline Tanui 2:30.46 F 2/6/10Kristen Tithof 2:36.38 F 2/6/10Samantha Hunt 2:41.82 F 2/6/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 2:06.11, 2010

Mile (Auto: 4:38.60, Prov: 4:48.60)%Zamzam Sangau 4:53.72 E 1/30/10Stephanie Smith 5:10.84 H 2/28/10Marla Bailey 5:12.53! D 1/23/10Jackie Serem 5:13.66! D 1/23/10Alissa Ruggle 5:16.51 E 1/30/10Caroline Tanui 5:28.67 F 2/6/10Kristen Tithof 5:33.04 E 1/30/10Samantha Hunt 5:35.33 E 1/30/10Amber Kassuba 5:37.89 E 1/30/10Kayla Bryan 5:42.62 C 1/16/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 4:48.37, 2008

3,000m (Auto: 9:15.80, Prov: 9:34.80)%Zamzam Sangau 9:55.63 D 1/23/10Marla Bailey 9:59.73! E 1/30/10Jackie Serem 10:21.63! E 1/30/10Stephanie Smith 10:34.45 F 2/6/10Alissa Ruggle 10:43.97 F 2/6/10

Kristen Tithof 10:45.49! F 2/13/10Caroline Tanui 10:48.56 H 2/27/10Amber Kassuba 11:26.69 D 1/23/10Samantha Hunt 11:30.02 D 1/23/10Kayla Bryan 11:30.52 D 1/23/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 9:55.63, 2009

5,000m (Auto: 16:09.60, Prov: 16:46.60)%MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 17:54.42, 2008

Mile Relay (Auto: 3:35.40, Prov. 3:42.40)%Relay A 3:51.90 A 12/12/10 Jackson, Nambawa, Wright, SangauRelay A 3:54.03 B 1/10/10 Jackson, Wright, Henry, SangauRelay A 4:13.25 E 1/30/10 Smith, Sangau, Ruggle TanuiRelay A 4:24.58 D 1/23/10 Bailey, Smith, Ruggle, SangauRelay A 4:26.81 F 2/6/10 Kassuba, Ruggle, Hunt, Smith

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

Distance Medley Relay (Auto: 11:09.00, Prov: 11:30.00)%

Relay A 12:12.59 H 2/27/10 Smith, Jackson, Ruggle, SangauRelay A 12:45.41 B 1/10/10 Sangau, Ruggle, Smith, Serem

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

High Jump (Auto: 1.84, Prov: 1.78)Cherice Roberston 5-8 (1.79m)!r B 1/10/10Ann Dudley 5-2.25(1.53m) B 1/10/10

MT Record: Tipton, Florence, Robertson 5-8, 1991, 1995, 2010

Pole Vault (Auto: 4.20, Prov: 3.95)MT Record: Jennifer Howard 10-8.25, 2003

Long Jump (Auto: 6.35, Prov: 6.10)Sarah Nambawa 20-10.5 (6.36m)!r+ A 12/12/09Nyeisha Wright 20-6.5 (6.26m)! H 2/27/10Cherice Robertson 17-4.75 (5.91m) H 2/27/10Kortney Thurman 19-5 (5.92m) ! A 12/12/09Kiara Henry 19-1.5 (5.82m) F 2/6/10

MT Record: Sarah Nambawa 20-10.5, 2009

Triple Jump (Auto: 13.30, Prov: 12.65)Sarah Nambawa 44-3 (13.49m)* A 12/12/09Nyeisha Wright 39-10.25 (12.14m) D 1/23/10Cherice Robertson 38-6.25 (11.74m) H 2/28/10Kortney Thurman 38-4.75 (11.7m) H 2/28/10Ann Dudley 36-5.75 (11.12m) H 2/28/10

MT Record: Sarah Nambawa 44-8.25, 2008

Shot Put (Auto: 16.90, Prov: 15.20)Brittany Cox 53-5.5 (16.29m)!r+ F 2/6/10MeLyn Thompson 47-5 (14.45m) D 1/23/10

MT Record: Brittany Cox 53-5.5, 2010

Weight Throw (Auto: 21.00, Prov: 19.00)Brittany Cox 67-6 (20.57m)!r+ F 2/6/10

MT Record: Brittany Cox 67-6, 2010

• * - NCAA regional mark • ! - personal best • $ - Non-NCAA event • w - wind-aided • f - facility record• h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • M - Multi-event

2010 Women’s Indoor Performance

Nyeisha Wright

Cherice Robertson

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100mStanley Gbagbeke 10.57 D 4/10/10Greg Franklin 10.70 B 3/27/10Jarell Dorsey 10.81 C 4/3/10 Robert Carter 10.86 B 3/27/10Curtis King 11.11 A 3/20/10Philip Tanner 11.23 F 4/17/10DeRay Sloss 11.31 F 4/17/10

MT Record: Mardy Scales 10.07, 2004

110mHRoscoe Payne 14.14 D 4/10/10DeRay Sloss 14.76 D 4/10/10

MT Record: Linnie Yarbrough 13.67, 2006

200mGreg Franklin 21.21 F 4/17/10Curtis King 21.37 J 5/15/10Robert Carter 21.87 B 3/27/10 Stanley Gbagbeke 22.28 E 4/10/10Justin Chambers 22.43 B 3/27/10

MT Record: Roland McGhee 20.44, 1994

400mRobert Carter 48.57! C 4/3/10Justin Chambers 49.31 C 4/3/10Curtis King 51.05 C 4/3/10Vincent Johnson 51.15 C 4/3/10

MT Record: Godfrey Herring 45.35, 2001

400mHRoscoe Payne 51.0! J 5/28/10DeRay Sloss 53.95 F 4/17/10

MT Record: Victor Okorie 49.19, 2003

800mFestus Chemaoi 1:50.93 J 5/15/10David Emery 1:53.16! E 4/10/10Philip Benavides 1:57.33 D 4/10/10Isaac Biwott 1:57.63 D 4/10/10David Boiywo 2:04.86 B 3/27/10Chris Mason 2:07.52! F 4/17/10Sean Giffin 2:08.13 F 4/17/10

MT Record: Festus Chemaoi 1:49.4, 2009

1,500mFestus Chemaoi 3:45.69! J 5/15/10David Emery 3:55.30 B 3/27/10William Songock 3:56.23 E 4/10/10Isaac Biwott 4:01.19 B 3/27/10Chris Mason 4:06.96! F 4/17/10David Boiywo 4:15.53 A 3/20/10Sean Giffin 4:50.50 F 4/17/10

MT Record: Gary Perry 3:42.9, 1977

3000mWilliam Songock 8:29.88 E 4/10/10Chris Mason 8:55.98 C 4/3/10David Boiywo 9:00.93 E 4/10/10

3,000mSTIsaac Biwott 9:23.45 B 3/27/10David Boiywo 9:45.42 E 4/10/10

MT Record: Danny Green 9:08.37, 1986

5,000mFestus Chemaoi 14:18.17 G 4/23/10William Songock 14:18.55! F 4/17/10Chris Mason 14:53.05 A 3/20/10David Boiywo 15:31.56 A 3/20/10David Emery 15:46.22 A 3/20/10

MT Record: Festus Chemaoi 14:17.19, 2009

10,000mChris Mason 30:31.85!r D 4/10/10

MT Record: Chris Mason 30:31.85, 2010

4x100m Relay (Regional: 40.66)Team ‘A’ 40.44 J 5/15/10 Franklin, King, Carter, GbagbekeTeam ’A’ 41.06 C 4/3/10 Franklin, Carter, King, PayneTeam ‘A’ 41.58 G 4/23/10 Franklin, King, Carter, Tanner

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

4x200m RelayTeam ‘A’ 1:25.12 G 4/23/10 Franklin, Payne, Carter, KingMT Record: Loyd, McGhee, Gupton, Otis 1:21.17, 1994

4x400m Relay (Regional: 3:10.00)Team ‘A’ 3:14.12 D 4/10/10 Carter, Franklin, King, PayneTeam ‘B’ 3:32.82 F 4/18/10 Benavides, Chambers, Chemaoi, Sloss

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

4x800m RelayTeam ‘A’ 8:14.58 A 3/20/10 Biwott, Benavides, Emery, Giffin

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

Distance Medley RelayTeam ‘A’ 10:05.04 D 4/10/10 Biwott, Sloss, Benavides, Chemaoi

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

High JumpJosh Butler 6-8.75 (2.05m) I 5/8/10

MT Record: Chris Koger 7-1.75, 2002

Long JumpStanley Gbagbeke 26-1.25 (7.79m) L 6/12/10Josh Butler 22-6.25 (6.84m) I 5/7/10Vincent Johnson 20-11 (6.38m) E 4/10/10

MT Record: Roland McGhee 27-6, 1993

Triple JumpJosh Butler 51-3.5 (15.63m) I 5/9/10

MT Record: Eddie Loyd 55-2, 1982

DiscusAndrew Wagner 121-1 (36.9m) B 3/26/10

MT Record: Harrison Salami 182-9, 1977

Hammer (Regional: 56.80m)Andrew Wagner 114-10 (35.0m) A 3/20/10

MT Record: James Thomas 182-6, 2007

Meet Key

A - Rhodes Invitational (3/20/10) G - Penn Relays (4/22-24/10) Hosted by Rhodes College Hosted by Pennsylvania Memphis, Tenn. Philadelphia, Pa.

B - Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/26-27/10) H - WKU Invitational (4/24/10) Hosted by Georgia Tech Hosted by WKU Atlanta, Ga. Bowling Green, Ky.

C - Tiger Track Classic (4/2-3/10) I - Sun Belt Championships (5/7-9/10) Hosted by Auburn Hosted by North Texas Auburn, Ala. Denton, Texas

D - Sea-Rays Relays (4/9-10/10) J - Georgia Tech Invitational (5/14-15/10) Hosted by Tennessee Hosted by Georgia Tech Kentucky, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.

E - Boston-Moon Invitational (4/10/10) K - NCAA East Region Preliminaries (5/27-29/10) Hosted by Tennessee State Hosted by North Carolina A&T Nashville, Tenn. Greensboro, N.C.F - Vanderbilt Invitational (4/16-17/10) L - NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/9-12/10) Hosted by Vanderbilt Hosted by Oregon Nashville, Tenn. Eugene, Ore.

• * - NCAA regional mark • ! - personal best • $ - Non-NCAA event • w - wind-aided • f - facility record• h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • M - Multi-event

2010 Men’s Outdoor Performance Chart

Curtis King

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100mNyeisha Wright 11.74! F 4/17/10Kiara Henry 11.77! F 4/17/10

MT Record: Douglas, Okafor 11.34, 1994, 2003

100mHCherice Robertson 13.68 J 5/15/10Ann Dudley 15.21! F 4/17/10

MT Record: Dionne Rose 13.14, 1994

200mKiara Henry 24.37! C 4/3/10Nyeisha Wright 24.54 C 4/3/10Amber Jackson 25.40 C 4/3/10

MT Record: Rosemary Okafor 23.18, 2003

400mZamzam Sangau 55.02 J 5/15/10Amber Jackson 55.28 J 5/15/10Sarah Nambawa 1:03.55 B 3/27/10

MT Record: Rosemary Okafor 52.29, 2004

400mHAnn Dudley 1:13.38 E 4/10/10

MT Record: Kishara George 58.72, 2005

800mZamzam Sangau 2:04.97!r K 5/27/10Stephanie Smith 2:18.02 F 4/17/10Alissa Ruggle 2:18.41 F 4/17/10Kayla Bryan 2:23.67! F 4/17/10Jackie Serem 2:25.98! F 4/17/10Caroline Tanui 2:26.86! F 4/17/10Marla Bailey 2:28.65! F 4/17/10Amber Kassuba 2:33.04 F 4/17/10Kristen Tithof 2:36.97 F 4/17/10Samantha Hunt 2:46.47 F 4/17/10Rispah Sang 3:08.58 B 3/27/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 2:04.97, 2010

1,500mZamzam Sangau 4:27.10 F 4/17/10Ashley Comstock 4:37.65! B 3/27/10Stephanie Smith 4:48.97 D 4/10/10Alissa Ruggle 4;50.12! F 4/17/10Jackie Serem 4:53.11! F 4/17/10Kayla Bryan 4:56.13! F 4/17/10Marla Bailey 4:56.65 B 3/27/10Carolina Tanui 5:02.36 E 4/10/10Amber Kassuba 5:08.68 E 4/10/10Kristen Tithof 5:13.12 E 4/10/10Samantha Hunt 5:19.06 B 3/27/10Rispah Sang 6:04.19 J 5/15/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 4:24.22, 2009

3,000mZamzam Sangau 9:46.42!r G 4/22/10Marla Bailey 10:03.8! D 4/10/10Ashley Comstock 10:08.22 C 4/3/10Caroline Tanui 10:46.88 E 4/10/10Kristen Tithof 11:05.78 C 4/3/10Rispah Sang 13:54.50 C 4/3/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 9:46.42, 2010

3,000mSTMarla Bailey 11:05.20!r F 4/17/10Samantha Hunt 12:05.54 C 4/3/10Amber Kassuba 12:35.78 F 4/17/10

MT Record: Marla Bailey 11:05.20, 2010

5,000mZamzam Sangau 17:34.28 B 3/27/10Ashley Comstock 17:38.74 A 3/20/10Jackie Serem 18:07.58 A 3/20/10Marla Bailey 18:10.09 A 3/20/10Stephanie Smith 18:11.38 A 3/20/10Caroline Tanui 18:35.81 A 3/20/10Kristen Tithof 18:48.27 A 3/20/10

MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 17:21.42, 2007

10,000mJackie Serem 37:16.12!r D 4/10/10

MT Record: Jackie Serem 37:16.12, 2010

4x100m Relay (Regional: 45.70)Team ‘A’ 45.94 F 4/18/10 Henry, Thurman, Wright, Robertson

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

4x200m RelayTeam ‘A’ 1:37.05 D 4/9/10 Jackson, Henry, Thurman, Wright

MT Record: Hill, Thurman, Wright, Henry 1:25.79, 2009

4x400m RelayTeam ‘A’ 3:49.49 C 4/3/10 Jackson, Thurman, Wright, SangauTeam ‘A’ 3:52.46 F 4/17/10 Jackson, Nambawa, Wright, SangauTeam ‘A’ 4:16.64 B 3/27/10 Comstock, Ruggle, Bryan, Smith

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

4x1,500m RelayTeam ‘A’ 19:01.81!r D 4/10/10 Comstock, Sangau, Smtih, Ruggle

MT Record: Comstock, Sangau, Smith, Ruggle19:01.81, 2010

Distance Medley RelayTeam ‘A’ 11:38.88!r D 4/10/10 Comstock, Jackson, Smith, Sangau

MT Record: Comstock, Jackson, Smith, Sangau11:38.88, 2010

High Jump

Cherice Roberston 5-8.75 (1.75m) B 3/27/10Ann Dudley 5-5 (1.65m) J 5/15/10

MT Record: Veronica Tipton 5-10.5, 1992

Long Jump (Regional: 6.00m)Nyeisha Wright 20-9.25 (6.33m) K 5/27/10Kiara Henry 20-6.5 (6.26m) I 5/6/10Sarah Nambawa 19-11.5 (6.08m) E 4/10/10Kortney Thurman 19-8.75 (6.01m)! B 3/27/10

MT Record: Dionne Rose 21-9, 1994

Triple Jump (Regional: 12.32m)Sarah Nambawa 44-9.75 (13.66m) L 6/11/10Kortney Thurman 39-3.25 (11.97m) B 3/27/10Ann Dudley 38-1.5 (11.62m) B 3/27/10

MT Record: Sarah Nambawa 45-9, 2009

Shot PutBrittany Cox 54-3.75 (16.55m)!r K 5/28/10MeLyn Thompson 44-3 (13.49m) B 4/10/10

MT Record: Brittany Cox 54-3.75, 2010

DiscusBrittany Cox 167-8 (51.10m)! G 4/23/10MeLyn Thompson 130-10 (39.88m) A 3/20/10

MT Record: Shelly Johnson 168-5, 1995

HammerBrittany Cox 181-7 (55.37m) G 4/23/10

MT Record: Brittany Cox 181-7, 2010

JavelinBrittany Cox 121-0 (36.88m) C 4/3/10

MT Record: Laetitia Florimond 140-9, 2005

•* - NCAA automatic mark • + - NCAA provisional mark • ! - personal best • ^ - oversized track • $ - Non-NCAA event• f - facility record • h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • % Standards based upon banked/oversized

2010 Women’s Outdoor Performance

Zamzam Sangau

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55m 4 Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.07p Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.07

55m H2 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.77p Ann Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.58

200mp Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.62p Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.34

400m3 Amber Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.43p Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.19

800m7 Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 2:20.80p Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . 2:16..68p Alissa Ruggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:22.53p Kayla Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30.25p Amber Kassuba . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:31.01

Mile Run6 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . 5:03.479 Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 5:10.8412 Alissa Ruggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:17.6322 Amber Kassuba . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:35.5425 Kayla Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:39.29

3,000m6 Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:17.167 Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:34.9610 Caroline Tanui . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:48.56

5,000m 3 Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17:52.106 Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:09.4822 Kristen Tithof . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:11.9324 Caroline Tanui . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:14.2033 Samantha Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 20:29.76

Distance Medley Relay2 Smith, Jackson, Ruggle, Sangau . . 12:12.59

High Jump1 Cherice Roberston . . . . . . . 5-6 (1.68m)12 Ann Dudley . . . . . . . . . 5-0.25 (1.53m)

Long Jump1 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . 20-6.5 (6.26 m)3 Cherice Robertson . . . . 19-4.75 (5.91m) 6 Kortney Thurman . . . 18-11.75 (5.78m)

Triple Jump3 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . 39-8.5 (12.1m)6 Cherice Robertson . . . 38-6.25 (11.74m)8 Kortney Thurman . . . . 38-4.75 (11.7m)15 Ann Dudley . . . . . . . 36-5.75 (11.12m)

Shot Put1 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . 48-11.5 (14.92m)4 MeLyn Thompson . . . . . 46-6 (14.17m)

Weight Throw1 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . .61-11 (18.87m)

Shot Put19 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . 50-6 (15.89m)

Weight Throw 10 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . 63-7.75 (19.4m)

Sun Belt Indoor

100m 3 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.69p Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.25

100mH8 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . 14.70p Ann Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.89

200m3 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.977 Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.14

400m 5 Amber Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.60

800m 3 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11.82p Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 2:18.15p Kayla Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:22.30p Alissa Ruggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:24.18

1,500m 3 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . 4:37.637 Ashley Comstock . . . . . . . . . . . 4:42.858 Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 4:46.5314 Alissa Ruggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:55.2916 Kayla Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:56.18

3,000mST 2 Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:16.3314 Samantha Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 12:14.66

5,000m 7 Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:04.579 Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:14.2617 Caroline Tanui . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:03.9222 Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . 19:28.66- Ashley Comstock . . . . . . . . . . . . .DNF

10,000m 7 Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . 38:21.9616 Kristen Tithof . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:59.8817 Caroline Tanui . . . . . . . . . . . . 40:02.10

4x100m Relay 3 Henry, Thurman, Wright, Robertson . . . 45.52

High Jump 2 Ann Dudley . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6.5 (1.69m)4 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . 5-4.5 (1.64m)

Long Jump 2 Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . 20-6.5 (6.26m)3 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . 19-11 (6.07m)4 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . 19-9.75 (6.04m)5 Kortney Thurman . . . . . . 19-9 (6.02m)7 Cherice Robertson . . . 18-10.75 (5.76m)

Sun Belt Outdoor

Triple Jump 1 Sarah Nambawa . . . . 43-4.25 (13.21m)3 Kortney Thurman . . . 41-10.5 (12.76m)6 Nyeisha Wright . . . . .39-10.75 (12.16m)10 Cherice Robertson . . . 38-2.75 (11.65m)18 Ann Dudley . . . . . . . . 36-5.5 (11.11m)

Shot Put 1 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . 53-1.5 (16.19m)4 MeLyn Thompson . . . 46-6.25 (14.18m)

Discus 4 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . 150-11 (45.99m)12 MeLyn Thompson . . . . .124-1 (37.82m)

Hammer Throw 2 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . .172-3 (52.51m)

Javelin 13 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . .104-9 (31.93m)

NCAA East Prelims

NCAA Outdoor

100mH29 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . 13.72

800m5 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04.97

High Jump39 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . 5-4.5 (1.64m)

Long Jump4 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . 20-9.25 (6.33m)15 Kortney Thurman . . . 19-10.25 (6.05m)32 Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . 19-3.25 (5.87m)

Triple Jump3 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . 44-3.5 (13.5m)

Shot Put4 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . 54-3.75 (16.55m)

Discus13 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . .162-2 (49.42m)

Hammer Throw42 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . 160-11 (49.06m)

2010 Women’s Championships Results

800m13 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.49

Long Jump17 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . 19-6.75 (5.96m)

Triple Jump2 Sarah Nambawa . . . . 44-9.75 (13.66m)

Shot Put8 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . 53-4.5 (16.27m)

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Meet Key

A - Rhodes Invitational (3/20/10) G - Penn Relays (4/22-24/10) Hosted by Rhodes College Hosted by Pennsylvania Memphis, Tenn. Philadelphia, Pa.

B - Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/26-27/10) H - WKU Invitational (4/24/10) Hosted by Georgia Tech Hosted by WKU Atlanta, Ga. Bowling Green, Ky.

C - Tiger Track Classic (4/2-3/10) I - Sun Belt Championships (5/7-9/10) Hosted by Auburn Hosted by North Texas Auburn, Ala. Denton, Texas

D - Sea-Rays Relays (4/9-10/10) J - Georgia Tech Invitational (5/14-15/10) Hosted by Tennessee Hosted by Georgia Tech Kentucky, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.

E - Boston-Moon Invitational (4/10/10) K - NCAA East Region Preliminaries (5/27-29/10) Hosted by Tennessee State Hosted by North Carolina A&T Nashville, Tenn. Greensboro, N.C.F - Vanderbilt Invitational (4/16-17/10) L - NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/9-12/10) Hosted by Vanderbilt Hosted by Oregon Nashville, Tenn. Eugene, Ore.

55m6 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.42p Robert Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.44p Philip Tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50p D.D. Kyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.51p Curtis King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.54p Jarell Dorsey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.77

55mH3 DeRay Sloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.464 Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.46

200m4 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . . 21.95p Curtis King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.13p Robert Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.24

400mp Justin Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.79

800m1 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52.089 David Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:58.70p Sean Giffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:14.77

Mile Run1 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 4:10.183 David Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:12.457 Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:14.89

3,000m1 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 8:15.546 William Songock . . . . . . . . . . . 8:31.599 Chris Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:41.5612 David Boiywo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:01.17

5,000m6 Chris Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:08.0613 David Boiywo . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:35.78

4x400m Relay3 Carter, Johnson, Chambers, Payne . . . 3:21.02

Distance Medley Relay3 Biwott, Chambers, Emery, Chemaoi . . .10:18.81

Long Jump1 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . 25-4.5 (7.73m)19 Vincent Johnson . . . . . . 21-9.5 (6.64m)

Triple Jump11 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . 44-6.25 (13.57m)

Shot Put16 Andrew Wagner . . . . . 35-0.5 (10.68m)

100m p Greg Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.81p Curtis King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.87p Philip Tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.15

100mH 3 Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.235 DeRay Sloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.88

200m 4 Curtis King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.246 Greg Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.448 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . . . . . 21.85

400m p Robert Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.52p Justin Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.16p Vincent Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.81

400mH 2 Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.914 DeRay Sloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.19

800m 1 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54.53p David Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56.31

1,500m 1 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 3:59.6016 David Emery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:10.5521 Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:21.54

3,000mST3 Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20.84

5,000m 6 William Songock . . . . . . . . . . 14:50.167 Chris Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:52.59

10,000m5 William Songock . . . . . . . . . . 31:07.546 Chris Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:29.77

4x100m Relay 3 Franklin, King, Gbagbeke, Tanner . . 39.95

High Jump1 Josh Butler . . . . . . . . . . 6-8.75 (2.05m)

Long Jump1 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . 24-08.25 (7.52m)11 Josh Butler . . . . . . . . . 22-6.25 (6.86m)18 Vincent Johnson . . . . . 21-6.25 (6.56m)

Triple Jump1 Josh Butler . . . . . . . . . 51-3.5 (15.63m)p Derrick Crutcher . . . . . .133-7 (40.72m)

Sun Belt Indoor

Sun Belt Outdoor

800mp Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 3:48.66

400mHp Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.00

Long Jump2 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . 25-11.5 (7.91m)

Triple Jump36 Josh Butler . . . . . . . .48-10.25 (14.89m)

NCAA East Prelims

NCAA Outdoor

2010 Men’s Championships Results

Long Jump2 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . 26-1.25 (7.96m)

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2010 Cross Country Review

Men runner-up at 2010 Sun Belt ChampionshipsBOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The Middle Tennessee men’s cross country team finished second as a team at the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championships on Janu-ary 30 at the Kereiakes Park Race Course in Bowling Green, Ky. The Blue Raider men totaled 76 in a second place effort at the ‘10 championships. UALR would earn the title, scoring 50 points with South Alabama finishing third with 97 points. Festus Chemaoi was unable to outlast the continu-ous assault by host WKU’s Shadrack Chipchirchir and Dues Rwaheru over the grueling hilly five mile layout en route to a third place overall finish. The MT senior put on a heroic effort hoping to stay with the Hilltopper frontrunners to the last mile and out kick the duo the last 800 meters. Running neck and neck with the pair in an even five min-ute pace over the first three miles, Chemaoi feel back into to third and was unable recover the lead. The Ainobkoi, Kenya native would complete the difficult course in 25:02.8 as the meet’s second runner-up. Head coach Dean Hayes commented, “Festus ran a great race. In his four years here, he has proven he has range like

no other. As an athlete who excels so much in the 800 and 1,500 meters events, it is impressive to watch him challenge the best at this distance.” Chris Mason placed 11th in 25:52.1, just missing his sec-ond All-Sun Belt mention in as many years. Isaac Biwott fin-ished 13th with a time of 25:55.4 and Justin Cacaro came in 19th in 26:24.0. David Boiywo was the last Blue Raider scorer taking 31st in 27:11.5.

Chemaoi, Mason and Cacaro run at NCAA RegionsHOOVER, Ala. - Middle Tennessee’s Festus Che-maoi and the Middle Tennessee cross country team concluded the 2010 campaign, Saturday at the Veteran Park race course in Hoover, Ala. Chemaoi placed 32nd overall at the meet. The Ainobkoi, Kenya native completed the 10,000 meter layout in a time of 31:29.90. His 32nd place finish does not make him eligible for November 22nd’s NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Chemaoi placed 13th at the 2009 south regional en route to a 146th finish at last year’s national competition. “Festus ran well the first three-fourths of the race, but fell back towards the end,” said head coach Dean Hayes. “There was very strong competition at this race.” Chris Mason placed 57th overall in 32:17.75. Teammate Justin Cacaro took 74th in a time of 32:45.48. Cacaro’s time was almost a minute faster than his mark at 2009 year’s re-

gional. This concludes the 2010 cross country sea-son. The teams will return to action as the teams will begin indoor competition on December 11 at Murphy Center. Full results and coverage will be available on GoBlueRaiders.com. Chemaoi qualified with an at-large bid by finishing 13th overall at the NCAA South Re-gional Championships. Initially, he was not in the top-five individual finishers not on a quali-fying team. However, when Auburn received an

at-large bid as a team, Chemaoi moved to the top-five indi-vidual finishers. The junior became the first Blue Raider men’s runner to compete in the national championships since Rich-ard Russo ran at the 1971 event in Knoxville, Tenn. Chemaoi was, however, the first men’s runner to qualify under the cur-rent qualifying system.

Justin Cacaro

2010 SBC XC Runner-Up

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In the women’s race, Deanna Brasz led the Blue Raider squad for the sixth consecutive race in 2010. The freshman placed ninth overall to become just the third Middle Tennessee runner in school history to be named to the All-Sun Belt team in their rookie season. Brasz ran strong through the first half of the race, pacing with the lead trio in 5:32 for the first mile. Unfortunately, Brasz was unable to stay with the leaders and crossed the line in 18:36.9. Fellow freshman Autumn Gipson ran her strongest race of the year, finishing second on the MT roster and 18th over-all in 19:09.23. Teammates Kristen Tithof, Carolyne Tanui and Alissa Ruggle rounded out the Middle Tennessee scorers with times of 19:16.9, 19:38.0 and 19:38.6, respectively. As a team, the Blue Raider women placed fourth overall with 100 points behind third-place Arkansas State, runner-up Florida Atlantic and champion WKU.

Middle Tennessee senior Festus Chemaoi put an exclamation point on a brilliant collegiate cross country in 2010. From the first race, Chemaoi dominated all competition impressively taking individual victory in the first three races of the season. In all three of the opening contest, the Ainobkoi, Kenya na-tive won the three races by an average of more than eight seconds. Upon an underwhelming 52nd finish as the highly com-petitive Greater Louisville Classic, Chemaoi rebounded by winning the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) for his fourth win of the season, setting a school record for most individual victories in a single season by a Middle Tennessee runner. The victory was also the eight total victories in his college career, a Blue Raider record. At the 2010 Sun Belt Championships, Chemaoi made a strong push for the individual title leading the race for almost three miles, before falling back to third behind Dues Rwahe-ru and eventual Champion Shadrack Chipchirchir. The senior was named to an All-Sun Belt Team for the third time in his collegiate career. He joins Geoffrey Lagat, William Songock and Zamzam Sangau as the only runners in program history to finish in the top 10 in SBC races in three different champi-onships.

2010 Sun Belt Conference Team Results

Men’s1. UALR 502. Middle Tennessee 763. South Alabama 974. WKU 1245. Louisiana-Monroe 1626. North Texas 1677. Florida Atlantic 1728. Arkansas State 1758. Troy 17510. FIU 23511. Louisiana-Lafayette 299

Women’s1. WKU 392. Florida Atlantic 863. Arkansas State 944. Middle Tennessee 1005. South Alabama 1546. North Texas 1577. Troy 1618. UALR 2139. FIU 21510. Louisiana-Monroe 23211. Louisiana-Lafayette 252

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History and Records

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MT Track Through the Years 48-49National Champions 49Olympians 50Program Records 51All-Americans 52-53Conference Champions 54-63

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MT Track and Field Through the Years The track and field program at Middle Ten-nessee has been in existence for 55 years and has become the school’s most dominant ath-letic program. Blue Raider and Lady Raider track has racked up 18 NCAA top 25 finishes, 44 con-ference titles and 11 Olympians. During this span, 54 individuals have brought 84 All-American awards back to Middle Tennessee. .

Middle Tennessee football coach, Joe Black Hayes founded the track and field in 1954. Hayes coached the Blue Raiders for the next ten years.

Lake Forest College (Ill.) assistant coach Dean Hayes, no relation to the previous coach, took over the program in 1965 would as the second of only two head coaches in the program’s history. Brian Oldfield’s placed second in the NCAA shot put. Oldfield later set a world record throw of 75-0 and competed for the United States in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Ger-many.

Barry McClure, who became the first Mid-dle Tennessee athlete to win All-American

honors on the Division 1 level in 1970, won back-to-back NCAA triple jump crowns in 1972 and 1973. He set NCAA records of 52-10.5 and 54-1.75. Tommy Haynes followed McClure’s suc-cess by breaking all of his triple jump re-cords. The 1974 NCAA triple jump champion, earned All-American honors in both the long jump and triple jump that year. He later set the NCAA and American records in the triple jump before going on to compete in the 1976 Olympics. McClure and Haynes’ success was the foundation of the reputation of Middle Ten-nessee as one of the premier jump schools in the country, dominating the jumping events on the OVC and NCAA level. All-American Jimmy Washington and later the “Grasshop-per Gang” of All-Americans John DoDoo and Sheikh Faye and Charles Hollis began a de-cade of dominance where the Blue Raiders would win 10 straight OVC long jump titles and nine of 10 triple jump titles between 1976 and 1985.

The Blue Raiders won their first OVC out-door title in 1977 and 1978 outdoor title as well. The squad took home its first OVC in-door championship in 1979. After that, the championships would come at a fast and furi-ous pace. The Blue Raiders and Lady Raiders eventually won a combined 29 titles in OVC competition.

The seven time All-American Greg Artis was named OVC athlete of the year in 1981 for his accomplish-ments in the long and triple jump. Artis holds the second most All-American honors in school history. Also during this period, 1980 to 1986, a succession of great sprinters and hurdlers called Middle Tennes-

see home. All-Americans Andre Kirnes, Or-estes Meeks and Dwight Johnson along with OVC champions Kenny Nesbitt, Tim Johnson and Kenny Shannon dominanted the 55, 100, 200 and 400 meters as well as the 110 and 400 meter hurdles. Of 72 OVC indoor and outdoor gold medals given in sprint and hurdle events between 1980 and 1986, 40 were captured by Blue Raider athletes. This success on the track and in the jumps would earn Hayes’ Raiders seven straight out-door conference titles and five and seven in-door titles.

During this boom period for the program, a very quiet championship was won that was not to be repeated at Middle Tennessee for 26 years. The 1983 men’s cross country team won the conference championships that sea-son.

In 1988, head coach Dean Hayes assumed the role of two new teams. This year he would be afforded the privilege of serving the Unit-ed States Olympic Team as an assistant coach. Hayes, who was no longer coaching Mid-dle Tennessee when men’s program had been discontinued in 1986, would took over the newly formed Middle Tennessee women’s. Like the men’s team before, his teams would have immediate success winning the 1988 OVC Indoor Championships in his first season at the helm.

Men’s track and field was revived at Middle Tennessee in the 1990s. This period of renais-

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1983 OVC Cross Country Champions

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1983 OVC Cross Country Champions

sance in track and field at Middle Tennessee saw the Blue Raider men taking the 1991 OVC Indoor and the women taking both OVC In-door and Outdoor Championships.

One of the biggest years in Blue Raider track was 1994. The Middle Tennessee men’s 4x200-meter relay team was ranked first in the NCAA. The team won its second consecu-tive 4x200 meter title at the prestigious Penn Relays. Also that year, Dionne Rose became the first woman at Middle Tennessee to earn All-American honors with her performances in the long jump and the 55m hurdles her win in the win the 55m hurdles at the NCAA In-door Championships . Rose competed for her native Jamaica in both the 1992 Olym-

pics in Barcelona, Spain, and 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga.. Rose is one of four females All-Americans in the history of the program.

2000 was the last year in the OVC for Mid-dle Tennessee and both squads went out in style. Both teams placed well in the indoor and outdoor meets, and the men took the in-door title for the first time in seven years. When it was announced that Middle Ten-nessee would move to the Sun Belt Confer-ence in 2000-2001, the teams received and unexpected call. Both the men’s and women’s teams were invited to participate in the 2000 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in Miami, Fla., and the women’s team responded by winning the event, giving the school its first-ever SBC title.

Middle Tennessee did not waste any time showing in its first full season showing the SBC it would be a force to be reckoned with, starting with Geoffrey Lagat defending his 2000 cross country individual championship and taking the 2001 individual. Also, the men’s and women’s teams won three of the four conference track champion-ships.

Mardy Scales became the University’s fourth national champion winning the 2003 NCAA 100-meter dash. The seven-time All-American went on to have one of the most illustrious careers in school history. He was also be named the 2004 Sun Belt Athlete of the Year.

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Mardy Scales pictured in Sports Illustrated, wins the 60m at the 2004 Millrose Games at historic Madison Square Garden

NCAA National Champions

Barry McClure1972, 1973 NCAA Triple Jump

Set Collegiate Records at 52-10.5 and 54-1.75

Tommy Haynes1975 NCAA Triple Jump

Set Collegiate Record of 54-6.75American Record of 56-5.25

Dionne Rose1994 NCAA Indoor 55 Meter Hurdles

Mardy Scales2003 NCAA 100 Meters

1994 Penn Relay 4x200 Meter Champions

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2004 Samuel Adade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100 (Alt.) Ghana Team Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100 Ghana Team Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100 Ghana Team Andrew Owusu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Ghana Team

2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Meters Ghana Team Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Meters Ghana Team Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . 100 Meters, 4x100 Ghana Team Andrew Owusu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Ghana Team

1996 Albert Agyemang . . . . . . .200 Meters, 4x100 8th (4x100) Ghana Team Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4x400 Meters Ghana Team Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . .100-Meter Hurdles 5th Place Jamaica Team

1992 Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . .100-Meter Hurdles Jamaica Team

1988 Dean Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach United States Team

1976 Rayfield Dupree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump United States Team Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump Gambia Team Tommy Haynes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 5th Place United States Team

1972 Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump Gambia Team Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put 6th Place United States Team

Blue Raiders Olympians

Christian NsiahThree time Olympian

Brian Oldfield1972 Olympian

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Men’s Women’s 55 Meters 6.14 Mardy Scales, 2003 6.89 Dionne Rose, 1994

200 Meters 20.84 Mardy Scales, 2004 23.54 Nadia Graham, 1996

400 Meters 46.36 Godfrey Herring, 2001 52.41 Rosemary Okafor 2004

800 Meters 1:50.27 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 2:06.11 Zamzam Sangau, 2010

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

3,000 Meters 8:06.95 Justus david, 2011 9:55.28 Zamzam Sangau, 2008

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

55-Meter Hurdles 7.20 Linnie Yarbrough, 2006 7.59 Dionne Rose, 1994

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

dMR 9:48.04 Johnson, Mitchell, David, O’Loughlin, 1981 12:07.87 Comstock, Stringer, Gombert, Sangau, 2008

High Jump 7-1.5 Alex Pruitt, 2005 5-11.25 Ann dudley, 2011

Pole Vault 15-8.5 Tom Yelverton, 1981 10-8.25 Jennifer Howard, 2003

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

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

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

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

Middle Tennessee RecordsIndoor

Men’s Women’s 100 Meters 10.07 Mardy Scales, 2004 11.34 Natalie Douglas,1994 Rosemary Okafor, 2003

200 Meters 20.44 Roland McGhee, 1994 23.18 Rosemary Okafor, 2003

400 Meters 45.35 Godfrey Herring, 2001 52.29 Rosemary Okafor, 2004

800 Meters 1:49.40 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 2:04.97 Zamzam Sangau, 2010

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

3,000 Meter ST 9:08.37 danny Green, 1986 11:05.20 Marla Bailey, 2010 5,000 Meters 14:17.19 Festus Chemaoi, 2009 17:21.42 Zamzam Sangau, 2007

10,000 Meters 30:31.85 Chris Mason, 2010 37:16.12 Jackie Serem, 2010

110/100 Meter Hurdles 13.67 Linnie Yarbrough, MT, 2006 13.14 Dionne Rose, 1994

400 Meter Hurdles 49.19 Victor Okorie, 2003 58.72 Kishara George, 2005

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

4x200 Meter Relay 1:21.17 Lloyd, McGhee, Gupton, Otis, 1994 1:25.79 Hill, 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 7:34.4 Yates, Anderson, Bandy, Singleton, 1967 9:06.63 Smith, Barnes, DeOliveria, Weathers, 1992

4x1,500 Meter Relay 16:31.8 Green, Flint, Burn, Porter, 1985 19:01.81 Comstock, Sangau, Smith, Ruggle, 2010

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 11:38.88 Comstock, Jackson, Smith, Sangau, 2010

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

High Jump 7-1.75 Chris Koger, 2002 5-10.5 Veronica Tipton, 1992

Pole Vault 16-0 Tom Yelverton, 1985 10-0.5 Jennifer Howard, 2003

Long Jump 27-6 Roland McGhee, 1993 21-9 Dionne Rose, 1994

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

Shot Put 59-2 Brian Oldfield, 1966 54-1.25 Brittany Cox, 2010

discus 182-9 Harrison Salami, 1977 168-5 Shelley Johnson, 1995

Hammer Throw 182-6 James Thomas, 2007 181-7 Brittany Cox, 2010

Javelin 220-11 Jeff Sims, 1983 140-9 Laetitia Florimond, 2005

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Athletes of the Year

Greg Artis1981 OVC Athlete of the Year

OVC Indoor/Outdoor Trackman of the Year

Dionne Rose1994 OVC Track Woman of the Year

Mardy Scales2004 Sun Belt Athlete of the Year

Nadia Graham1994 NCAA Indoor 55 Meter Hurdles

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Brian Oldfield: Shot Put, Outdoor 1965World Record (ITA): 75-0

Barry McClure:Triple Jump

Outdoor 1970-73Indoor 1971-73

Collegiate Record

Tommy Haynes:Triple JumpIndoor 1974

Outdoor 1974

Sheikh Faye: Long JumpIndoor 1976

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Jimmy Washington:Triple Jump

Outdoor 1976

Rayfield Dupree:Triple JumpIndoor 1977

John DoDoo: Triple Jump

Outdoor 1978-79

Greg Artis: Long Jump

Indoor 1979-81Outdoor 1979-81

Triple JumpIndoor 1981

Andre’ Kirnes:Long Jump

Outdoor 1980Outdoor 1983

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

Mile RelayOutdoor 1981

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

Mile RelayOutdoor 1982

Orestes Meeks:Long JumpIndoor 1982

Eddie Loyd: Triple Jump

Outdoor 1982

Herb Newton,Joe O’Loughlin, Tim Johnson,

John Davis (inset): Distance Medley Relay

Outdoor 1982

Dwight Johnson: Long Jump

Indoor 1984-85

Roland McGhee: Long Jump

Indoor 1991-94Outdoor 1991-92, 1994

55 metersIndoor 1993-94

Jacqui Brown: Long JumpIndoor 1994

Outdoor 1994Triple JumpIndoor 1994

Outdoor 1994

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Godfrey Herring: 400 meters Indoor 2000-02, Outdoor 2001-02

Andreja Ribac: Triple Jump : Outdoor 2000

Dionne Rose:55m Hurdles

Indoor & Outdoor 1994Long Jump

Indoor & Outdoor 1994

Micah Otis: Long JumpIndoor 1994

Christian Nsiah:200 metersIndoor 199660 meters

Indoor 1999

Ron Bramlett: 110m HurdlesOutdoor 1999

Jasper Demps:60m HurdlesIndoor 2001

Kim Freeman: Triple JumpIndoor 2001

Mardy Scales:60 meters

Indoor 2002-04100 meters

Outdoor 2003-044x100m Relay

Outdoor 2003-04Pedro Holiday, Brad Orr, Mardy Scales, DJ Spann:

4x100m RelayOutdoor 2003

Victor Okorie:400m HurdlesOutdoor 2003

Garland Martin:60m HurdlesIndoor 2004

Xavier Darden:4x100m RelayOutdoor 2004

Wesley Dupar-Scott:4x100m RelayOutdoor 2004

Pedro Holiday:4x100m RelayOutdoor 2004

JJ Sturm:4x100m RelayOutdoor 2004

Juan Walker:Long Jump Indoor 2006,

Outdoor 20074x100m Relay Outdoor 2007

Orlando Reid:200 meters Outdoor 2006-07

100 meters Outdoor 2007 4x100m Relay Outdoor 2007

Linnie Yarbrough:110m HurdlesOutdoor 2006

Samuel Adade: 4x100m RelayOutdoor 2007

Sean Waller: 4x100m Relay

Sarah Nambawa:Triple Jump

Indoor 2008-09Outdoor 2009-10

All-Americans

Stanley Gbagbeke:Long Jump

Outdoor 2009-10

Brittany CoxShot Put

Outdoor 2010

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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 YearDean Hayes – 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 2000

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

OVC Athlete of the YearGreg Artis, 1980 & 1981Kenny Nesbitt, 1985Roland McGhee, 1994Rob Jordan, 2000

Sun Belt Most OutstandingTrack PerformerMardy Scales, 2003Mardy Scales, 2004Festus Chemaoi, 2009

Sun Belt Most OutstandingField PerformerJames Thomas, 2006Carl Morgan, 2008Carl Morgan, 2009

Sun Belt Freshman of the YearFestus Chemaoi, 2008

Individual Champions55 Meters/60 Yards Dash1982 Kenny Shannon . . . . . . . .6.33 (y)1984 Kenny Shannon . . . . . . . .6.41 (y)1985 Mike Pittman . . . . . . . . . .6.42 (y)1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . .6.41 (y)1991 Walter Dunson . . . . . . . . 6.35 (m)1992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 6.34 (m)1993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 6.27 (m)1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 6.25 (m)1995 Keith Watkins . . . . . . . . . 6.29 (m)

1996 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . 6.39 (m)1998 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . 6.27 (m)1999 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . 6.24 (m)2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . . 6.31 (m)2002 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . 6.32 (m)2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . 6.31 (m)2004 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . 6.34 (m)2007 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . . 6.36 (m)

55 Meters/60 Yard High Hurdles1979 Ed Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . .7.59 (y)1983 Miguel Williams . . . . . . . .7.29 (y)1984 Ron Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .7.44 (y)1985 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . . .7.30 (y)1991 Vince Parks . . . . . . . . . . 7.44 (m)1992 Vince Parks . . . . . . . . . . 7.60 (m)1993 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . 7.30 (m)1994 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . 7.34 (m)1995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . 7.47 (m)1996 Carlos Clardy . . . . . . . . . 7.51 (m)1998 Haneef Sharif . . . . . . . . . 7.39 (m)1999 Ron Bramlett . . . . . . . . . 7.28 (m)2000 Jasper Demps. . . . . . . . . 7.35 (m)2001 Jasper Demps. . . . . . . . . 7.31 (m)2006 Linnie Yarbrough. . . . . . . 7.34 (m)2009 Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . 7.50 (m)

200 Meters/300 Yards Run1984 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . 30.46 (y)1985 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . 30.82 (y)1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . 30.88 (y)1992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 21.15 (m)1993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 21.00 (m)1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 21.04 (m)1995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.59 (m)

OVC Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YearLong Jump 26-6.5 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Triple Jump 53-0.5 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198155 Meters 6.24 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199955M Hurdles 7.23 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993200 Meters 21.00 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Mile Relay 3:11.86 Perald Ellis, Herb Newton, Tim Johnson, Gary Mitchell 1983

Retired Events60 Yard Hurdles 7.29 Miguel Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983300 Yard Dash 30.46 Dwight Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984500 Meters 1:03.21 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986

Sun Belt Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year60 Meters 6.60 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200355M Hurdles 7.20 Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 7.31 Jasper Demps (SBC Championship) . . . . . . . . . 200160M Hurdles 7.75 Jasper Demps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001200 Meters 21.12 Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001400 Meters 46.41 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 46.98 Godfrey Herring (SBC Championship) . . . . . . . . 20014x400m Relay 3:08.32 Victor Okorie, Xavier Darden, Dwone Hicks, Sean Waller 2004

Christian NsiahTwo time SBC Champion

Albert AgyemangSix time SBC Champion

Indoor Conference ChampionsMen

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1996 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . 21.38 (m)1999 Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . 21.79 (m)2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 21.36 (m)2001 Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . 21.12 (m)2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 21.16 (m)2004 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 21.00 (m)2006 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 21.20 (m)2007 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 21.32 (m)

400 Meters/440 Yards Run1978 J.T. Musgrove . . . . . . . . . 48.05 (y)1979 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . 47.4 (HT/y)1980 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . 48.08 (m)1983 Tim Johnson . . . . . . . 47.5 (HT/y)1984 Tim Johnson . . . . . . . . . 48.64 (y)1999 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 48.28 (m)2000 Godfrey Herring, . . . . . . 46.66 (m)2001 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 46.98 (m)2002 Fred Williams . . . . . . . . 47.95 (m)2003 Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . 47.95 (m)2004 Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . 47.25 (m)2006 Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . 48.11 (m)

800 Meters/880 Yards Run2009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 1:55.76 (m)2010 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 1:52.08 (m)

One Mile Run2008 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . .4:16.812009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . .4:11.182010 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . .4:10.18

3000 Meters/Two Mile Run1985 Danny Green . . . . . . . .9:12.25 (y)2010 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 8:15.54 (m)

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

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

Mile/1600 Meter Relay1978 Middle Tennessee . . . 3:14.3 (HT/y)1979 Middle Tennessee . . . 3:15.0 (HT/y)1980 Middle Tennessee . . 3:15.9 (HT/m)1981 Middle Tennessee . . 3:12.1 (HT/m)1983 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:11.86 (m)1984 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:14.97 (m)1985 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:15.15 (m)1986 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:13.98 (m)1996 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:15.77 (m)2000 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:13.74 (m)2003 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:16.42 (m)2004 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:10.15 (m)2006 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:14.36 (m)

Long Jump1979 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . 25-3.251980 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-0.51981 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-6.51982 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . . . . 25-01983 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . . 25-6.751986 Malcolm Branham . . . . . . . 25-2.5

1991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 25-4.251992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 26-2.51993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 26-3.751994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 26-2.751997 Boniface Amuzu . . . . . . . . 24-1.51998 Boniface Amuzu . . . . . . . 24-10.51999 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1.52000 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . 25-1.252007 Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . 23-6.252008 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . .24-102009 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . .24-102010 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . 25-4.5

Triple Jump1976 Jimmy Washington . . . . . 51-3.251977 Rayfield Dupree . . . . . . . 51-9.751978 John DoDoo. . . . . . . . . . 52-0.751979 John DoDoo. . . . . . . . . . 52-3.751981 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-0.51982 Eddie Loyd, . . . . . . . . . . 52-9.251983 Eddie Loyd. . . . . . . . . . . 52-10.51986 William Beasley. . . . . . . . . . 50-21991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . .49-101992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 49-7.251993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 51-0.751994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . 51-61997 Jahez Salahuddin . . . . . .49-11.752008 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . 50-1.752009 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . 50-7.25

High Jump1984 Linwood Harris . . . . . . . . . . 6-111986 Sean Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-91991 Vince Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41994 Marlin Cobwell . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41995 Torrence Riley. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Jaz SalahaudinFive Time OVC Champion

Indoor Conference Champions1997 Jahez Salahuddin . . . . . . . . . 6-82001 Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9.752002 Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0

Shot Put1976 Ted Hausauer . . . . . . . . . . . 56-11984 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . 52-11.51985 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . . . 52-51986 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . 51-10.51994 Melvin Stevenson . . . . . . . 50-0.5

Weight Throw2006 James Thomas . . . . . . . . . 57-1.52007 James Thomas . . . . . . . . 55-9.25

Pole Vault1976 Jack Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-61980 David Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 15-0

RETIREd EVENTS500 Meters1984 Gary Mitchell . . . . . . . . . .1:04.511985 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . .1:04.021986 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . .1:03.21

600 Yards1979 J.T. Musgrove . . . . . . . 1:10.3 (HT)1983 Herb Newton . . . . . . . . . .1:10.12

1000 Meters/1000 Yards Run1985 Billy Porter . . . . . . . . . . . .2:15.251986 Jerry Malone . . . . . . . . . .2:16.15

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekMardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . January 15, 2002Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . January 22, 2003Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . February 6, 2003Sean Waller. . . . . . . . . . .February 13, 2003Jasper Demps . . . . . . . . .February 20, 2003Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . January 20, 2004Pedro Holiday . . . . . . . . . January 27, 2004Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . .February 10, 2004Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . February 9, 2005Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . .February 15, 2005Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . January 18, 2006Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . January 24, 2006Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . January 23, 2007Orlando Reid. . . . . . . . . . February 6, 2007DeRay Sloss . . . . . . . . . . January 22, 2008DeRay Sloss . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 2009Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . Februay 17, 2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekAlex Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . February 1, 2005James Thomas. . . . . . . . . January 18, 2006Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . January 24, 2006Carlos Morgan. . . . . . . . . January 23, 2007James Thomas. . . . . . . . .February 13, 2007Lee Johnson . . . . . . . . . . February 5, 2008

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OVC Championships1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996

Sun Belt Championships2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

OVC Coach of the YearDean Hayes – 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDean Hayes – 2001, 2002, 2004

OVC Athlete of the YearDionne Rose, 1994Mia Florence, 1995Nadia Graham, 1996

Sun Belt Most OutstandingTrack PerformerRosemary Okafor, 2003

Sun Belt Most OutstandingField PerformerKim Freeman - 2001, 2002Letitia Eady, 2002Sarah Nambawa, 2008Brittany Cox, 2010

Individual Champions55 Meters1996 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .06 Nekeya Ralls1997 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .011999 Stacy Acklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .062000 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .022001 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .992003 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .942004 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 .93

55 Meter Hurdles1992 Koko Rowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .031994 Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .591996 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .841997 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .821998 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .092001 Jerkita McClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .882004 Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 .222005 Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .962006 Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 .88

200 Meters1995 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .791996 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .942000 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .142001 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .032003 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .85

400 Meters1995 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .171996 Melanie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .602002 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 .872004 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 .262005 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 .58

1,000 Yards1986 Debbie Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:45 .24

Mile Run1991 Dianne DeOliveira . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:01 .73

4x400m Relay1996 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:48 .062002 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:44 .692003 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43 .942004 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:43 .552005 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:45 .43

Two Mile Relay1990 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:28 .891991 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:28 .191992 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:24 .28

Distance Medley Relay2008 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . .12:07 .87

Shot Put1995 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-11996 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-101997 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-01998 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-2 .252007 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-102010 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-11 .5

Weight Throw2006 Meaghan Byrd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-72010 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-11

Long Jump1986 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-81988 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-0 .51989 Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-5 .51990 Michelle Welch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-51991 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-101992 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-5 .251993 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-2 .51994 Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-4 .51995 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-101996 Bianca Conley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-4 .251997 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-8 .252001 Jerkita McClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .52002 Letitia Eady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .752003 Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-102010 Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-6 .5

Triple Jump1985 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-61989 Kyieta Beason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-91992 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-21993 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-111994 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-21995 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-6 .751996 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-3

1999 Andreja Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-4 .752000 Andreja Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-10 .752001 Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-4 .252002 Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-10 .752003 Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-52008 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44-8 .25

High Jump1986 Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61988 Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51991 Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61992 Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81993 Veronice Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81994 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61995 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82002 Amanda Forrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62010 Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekWillisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 16, 2002Kelley Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 22, 20024x400m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 5, 2002Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 22, 2003Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . February 20, 2003Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . December 10, 2003Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 27, 2004Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 2004Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 10, 2004Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 14, 2008Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 27, 2009Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 2009Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 2010

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekStephany Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 29, 2002Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 13, 2002Stephanie Tamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January 18, 2006Stephanie Tamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January 31, 2006Stephanie Tamgho . . . . . . . . . . . . January 23, 2007Stephanie Tamgho . . . . . . . . . . . February 13, 2007Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 14, 2008Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 5, 2008Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 13, 2008Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 13, 2009Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3, 2009Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 17, 2009Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 2010Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 2010Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 9, 2010

OVC Records (Through 2009-10)Meet Record Individual YearLong Jump 20-5 Michelle Welch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Triple Jump 42-2 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199455M Hurdles 7 .59 Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994200 Meters 23 .54 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Retired EventsTwo Mile Relay 9:24 .28 Dianne DeOliveira, Karen Barnes, Leigh Weathers, Sharon Smith . 1992

Sun Belt Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year55M Hurdles 7 .88 Jerkita McClorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 7 .88 Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

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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 YearDean Hayes – 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDean Hayes – 2001, 2006, 2007

OVC Athlete of the YearTommy Haynes, 1974John DoDoo, 1977Ed Thomas, 1980Greg Artis, 1981Dwight Johnson, 1984-86Roland McGhee, 1993-94Micah Otis, 1995Jahez Salahuddin, 1998Rob Jordan, 1999

Sun Belt Most OutstandingTrack PerformerGodfrey Herring, 2001-02Mardy Scales, 2004

Sun Belt Most OutstandingField PerformerCarl Morgan - 2008, 2009

Sun Belt Freshman of the YearPete Senatus, 2006Festus Chemaoi, 2008Roscoe Payne, 2009

Individual Champions100 Meters/100 Yards Dash1958 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . .9.90 (y)1960 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . .9.90 (y)1970 Charles Wilson . . . . . . . . .9.60 (y)1980 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . 10.62 (m)1981 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . 10.32 (m)1983 Orestes Meeks . . . . . . . 11.22 (m)1984 Kenny Shannon . . . . . . 10.42 (m)1985 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 10.47 (m)1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 10.73 (m)1991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.94 (m)1992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.80 (m)1993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.58 (m)1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.00 (m)1995 Keith Watkins . . . . . . . . 10.48 (m)1996 Dave Creary . . . . . . . . . 11.29 (m)1999 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 10.37 (m)2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 10.33 (m)2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 10.35 (m)

2004 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 10.12 (m)2006 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 10.37 (m)2007 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 10.30 (m)

200 Meters/220 Yards Dash1980 David Robinson . . . . . . 21.10 (m)1981 Barry Gambrell . . . . . . . 21.10 (m)1982 Mike Farris . . . . . . . . . . 21.30 (m)1984 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 20.90 (m)1985 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 20.56 (m)1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 21.00 (m)1991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 21.53 (m)1992 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.38 (m)1993 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.24 (m)1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 20.40 (m)1995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.36 (m)1997 Kenden Maynard. . . . . . 21.04 (m)1999 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 20.81 (m)2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 20.90 (m)2001 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.65 (m)2002 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 20.77 (m)2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.78 (m)2004 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.52 (m)2006 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 20.85 (m)2007 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 20.53 (m)

400 Meters/440 Yards Dash1967 Jerry Singleton . . . . . . . . 47.20 (y)1978 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . 46.50 (m)1979 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . 47.33 (m)1984 Tim Johnson . . . . . . . . 47.71 (m)1985 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . 47.14 (m)1986 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . 47.00 (m)1993 Carlos Gupton . . . . . . . 46.99 (m)1997 Kenden Maynard. . . . . . 46.12 (m)2001 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 45.55 (m)2002 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 45.68 (m)

2003 Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . 46.43 (m)

800 Meters/880 Yards Run1969 Jerry Singleton . . . . . . .1:53.60 (y)1979 Dana McCutcheon. . . . 1:52.73 (m)1980 Dana McCutcheon. . . . 1:51.20 (m)2009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 1:51.24 (m)2010 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 1:54.53 (m)

1,500 Meters/Mile Run1961 Tom Cannon . . . . . . . .4:25.50 (y)2009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 3:47.25 (m)

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

5,000 Meters/Three Mile Run1985 Danny Green . . . . . . 15:31.60 (m)2001 Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . 14:41.22 (m)2008 William Songock . . . . 15:02.87 (m)

10,000 Meters1984 Jeff Skinner . . . . . . . 31:15.85 (m)1985 Robert Willis. . . . . . . 31:26.76 (m)1992 Jeff Lingwall . . . . . . . 33:47.00 (m)1993 Jeff Lingwall . . . . . . . 32:29.00 (m)2001 Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . 30:52.70 (m)2009 William Songock . . . . .30:43.11(m)

110 Meters/120 Yards High Hurdles1961 Ray Cooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.10 (y)1963 Ray Cooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.50 (y)1970 Lonnell Poole . . . . . . . . . 14.30 (y)1980 Ed Thomas. . . . . . . . . . 14.34 (m)1981 Miguel Williams . . . . . . 14.18 (m)1983 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.64 (m)1984 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.00 (m)

Outdoor Conference Champions

OVC Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YearLong Jump 26-8.5 Tommy Haynes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1974Triple Jump 54-0.5 John DoDoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979100 Meters 10.24 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994 Ron Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994110M Hurdles 13.89 Ron Bramlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999200 Meters 20.56 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985400M Hurdles 50.14 Russell Holloway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19774x100M Relay 40.01 Kenny Shannon, Barry Gambrell, Greg Artis, André Kirnes . .1981

Retired Events440Yard Hurdles 50.0 Russell Holloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977Mile Relay 3:10.5 Dennis Bandy, Davie Wyatt, Terry Scott, Jerry Singleton 1969 David Robinson, Larry Cotton, J.T. Musgrove, Ed Stegall 1977

Sun Belt Records (Through 2007-08)Event Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year100 Meters 10.02 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004200 Meters 20.37 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004400 Meters 45.35 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20014x100M Relay 38.94 DJ Spann, Mardy Scales, Brad Orr, Pedro Holiday . . . . .2003

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

4x400 Meters/Mile Relay1969 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:10.50 (y)1973 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:12.70 (y)1977 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:10.50 (y)1978 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:14.20 (y)1979 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:15.68 (y)1981 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:11.64 (y)1983 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:12.06 (y)1984 Middle Tennessee . . . . .3:12.68 (y)1985 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:14.19 (m)1993 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:09.38 (m)1994 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:09.13 (m)1999 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:12.69 (m)2002 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:09.47 (m)2003 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:09.03 (m)2006 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:08.73 (m)2007 Middle Tennessee . . . . 3:08.80 (m)

High Jump1957 Jerry Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-01960 Troy Haydon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31960 Frank Halliburton . . . . . . . . . 6-31978 Rosco Kidd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-111985 Skipper Willbanks . . . . . . . . 6-101996 Marlin Cobwell . . . . . . . . . . . 6-81997 Torrence Riley. . . . . . . . . . 6-9.751998 Torrence Riley. . . . . . . . . . . 6-102002 Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9.752005 Alex Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10.752010 Josh Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8.75

Long Jump1959 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . 22-11.51960 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-9.51973 Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . . 23-71974 Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . 26-8.51977 Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . 25-6.251978 Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . . 25-.251979 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-8.51980 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . . . 24-7.51981 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-2.51982 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . . 25-6.751983 Orestes Meeks . . . . . . . . 25-7.251984 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . . . 25-51985 Malcolm Branham . . . . . . 25-1.251986 Malcolm Branham . . . . . . . 26-0.51991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 25-8.751992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 25-4.751993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . 25-71994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 26-2.251995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . 24-11.51997 Jaz Salahuddin . . . . . . . . 24-1.751998 Jaz Salahuddin . . . . . . . . . 24-6.51999 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . 25-9.752000 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . 25-5.52003 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . 25-2.52010 Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . 24-8.25

Triple Jump1971 Barry McClure. . . . . . . . . 50-9.751973 Barry McClure. . . . . . . . . . . 52-61974 Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . 52-3.51976 Jim Washington . . . . . . .52-11.751977 John DoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . 52-2.51978 John DoDoo. . . . . . . . . .51-11.251979 John DoDoo. . . . . . . . . . . 54-0.51980 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . .50-11.751981 Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . .52-11.251982 Eddie Loyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-8

Outdoor Conference Champions

1985 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 14.03 (m)1993 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 14.24 (m)1994 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 14.20 (m)1995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 14.32 (m)1998 Haneef Sharif . . . . . . . . 14.16 (m)1999 Ron Bramlett . . . . . . . . 13.94 (m)2000 Haneef Sharif . . . . . . . . 14.20 (m)2000 Jasper Demps (SBC) . . . . 14.06 (m)2001 Jasper Demps. . . . . . . . 13.97 (m)2004 Linnie Yarbrough. . . . . . 13.76 (m)2005 Linnie Yarbrough. . . . . . 13.73 (m)2006 Linnie Yarbrough. . . . . . 13.96 (m)2007 Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . 13.80 (m)

400 Meters/440 Yards Intermediate Hurdles1967 Don Jones . . . . . . . . . . . 54.30 (y)1970 David Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . 52.50 (y)1972 Myles Maillie . . . . . . . . . 52.00 (y)1977 Russell Holloway . . . . . . 50.00 (m)1978 Russell Holloway,. . . . . . 51.00 (m)1980 Ed Thomas. . . . . . . . . . 51.54 (m)1981 Pete Williams . . . . . . . . 52.70 (m)1982 Herb Newton . . . . . . . . 52.09 (m)1983 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.95 (m)1984 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.52 (m)1985 Kenny Nesbitt. . . . . . . . 51.92 (m)1986 Deric Haynes . . . . . . . . 53.40 (m)1992 Tom Hampton . . . . . . . 51.70 (m)1993 Tom Hampton . . . . . . . 51.85 (m)1994 Tom Hampton . . . . . . . 51.55 (m)1998 Mario Paul . . . . . . . . . . 52.02 (m)2000 DJ Spann. . . . . . . . . . . 51.55 (m)2001 DJ Spann. . . . . . . . . . . 50.75 (m)2003 Victor Okorie . . . . . . . . 50.53 (m)2004 Victor Okorie . . . . . . . . 51.87 (m)2006 Pete Senatus . . . . . . . . 52.54 (m)2009 Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . 51.41 (m)

4x100 Meters/440 Yards Relay1973 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . 41.00 (y)1980 Middle Tennessee . . . . . 40.12 (m)1981 Middle Tennessee . . . . . 40.01 (m)1982 Middle Tennessee . . . . . 40.03 (m)

Andre KirnesSeven time OVC-Champion

2007 4x100 Relay Team2007 All-American

Roscoe Kidd1978 OVC High Jump Champion

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1983 Eddie Loyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-21984 Linwood Harris . . . . . . . .50-11.751986 Williams Beasley . . . . . . .50-11.751991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . .46-111993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 51-3.51994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . 51-4.751997 Jaz Salahuddin . . . . . . . .49-11.251998 Jaz Salahuddin . . . . . . . . 49-6.251999 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . .51-102000 Rob Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . 51-8.52008 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . 51-8.252009 Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . 52-4.5

Discus1968 John Edwards . . . . . . . . . . 154-111974 Harrison Salami. . . . . . . . . .155-31976 Harrison Salami. . . . . . . . . .167-21977 Harrison Salami. . . . . . . . . .168-31986 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . . .153-1

Pole Vault1980 David Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 15-0

Javelin1983 Jeff Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208-11984 Jeff Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-111985 Jeff Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205-112005 Lindsay Sims . . . . . . . . . . .200-8

Shot Put1964 Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . 53-41965 Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . 52-3.751966 Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . 54-5.751983 Jim Fitch . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-8.751984 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . . 52-6.51985 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . . . 53-81986 Steve McQuiston. . . . . . . . 54-2.51993 Melvin Stevenson . . . . . . 46-3.25

Hammer Throw2007 James Thomas . . . . . . . . . .180-8

RETIREd EVENTS220 Yards Low Hurdles1957 Ed Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.201961 Ray Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.40

3,000 Meters/Two Mile Run1956 Milner Carden. . . . . . . 10:23.00 (y)1962 Porter Maxwell . . . . . . .10:15.5 (y)

Broad Jump1960 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . 22-11.625

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekGodfrey Herring. . . . . . . . . . April 18, 2000Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . . March 18, 2001Godfrey Herring. . . . . . . . . March 26, 20014x100m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . April 8, 2001Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . April 22, 20014x100m Relay . . . . . . . . . . . April 29, 2001DJ Spann . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 26, 2002Godfrey Herring. . . . . . . . . . April 16, 2002Sean Waller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 9, 2003Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 2003

4x400 Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . April 30, 20034x400 Relay . . . . . . . . . . . March 23, 2004Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . April 13, 2004Mardy Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . April 20, 2004Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . . March 29, 2005Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . April 26, 20054x400 Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4, 2006Orlando Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 2006Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . April 10, 2007Orlando Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . April 24, 2007Samuel Adade. . . . . . . . . . . April 22, 2008Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . April 29, 2009

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekChris Koger. . . . . . . . . . . . March 18, 2001Chris Koger. . . . . . . . . . . . March 19, 2002Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4, 2006Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . April 25, 2006James Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . April 17, 2007Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . April 22, 2008Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . April 29, 2009

Outdoor Conference ChampionsWomen

OVC Championships1991, 1994, 1996, 2000

Sun Belt Championships2000, 2005

OVC Coach of the YearDean Hayes – 1996, 2000

Sun Belt Coach of the YearDean Hayes – 2005

OVC Athlete of the YearNadia Graham, 1996

Sun Belt Most OutstandingTrack PerformerWillisa Heintz, 2001

Sun Belt Most OutstandingField PerformerStephany Reid, 2002Sarah Nambawa - 2008, 2009

Individual Champions100 Meters1995 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .671996 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 .121999 Stacy Acklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .832001 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .472003 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .642004 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .43

200 Meters1981 Donna Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .561996 Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .172000 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 .222001 Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .352003 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .642004 Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 .49

400 Meters1982 Jackie Wilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .711996 Melanie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 .622005 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 .29

800 Meters1991 Leigh Weathers . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:13 .152009 Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . .2:09 .73

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

10,000 Meters1982 Lisa Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39:46 .8

Ray Cooper1961 220-Yards Hurdles OVC Champion

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OVC Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual YearLong Jump 20-6 .5 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988Triple Jump 43-7 .25 Andreja Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000

Sun Belt Records (Through 2007-08)Meet Record Individual YearShot Put 50-8 .75 MeLyn Thompson (SBC Championship) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007

Outdoor Conference Champions

100 Meter High Hurdles1992 Latonia Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .511993 Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .581994 Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .571996 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .742005 Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . 14 .17

400 Meter Intermediate Hurdles1994 Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:02 .311996 Sarah Dunmore . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:02 .071999 Tori Blander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:01 .972000 Tori Blander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:00 .342000 Tori Blander (SBC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 .782003 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 .672005 Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 .72

4x100 Meter/440 Yard Relay1981 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . 47 .14 (y)1994 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . 45 .70 (m)1995 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . 46 .72 (m)1996 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . 46 .84 (m)2001 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . 44 .99 (m)

4x400 Meter/4x440 Yard Relay1981 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . 3:58 .36 (y)1996 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:50 .97 (m)2003 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:41 .55 (m)2004 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:42 .32 (m)2005 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:40 .84 (m)2006 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:41 .37 (m)2009 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . 3:46 .28 (m)

High Jump1986 Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61988 Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61989 Krista Hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61991 Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61992 Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51993 Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61994 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81995 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61996 Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Long Jump1985 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-01986 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 .251988 Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 .51991 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-10 .751992 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-11 .51993 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-0 .51994 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-31996 Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-0

2000 Kim Freeman (SBC) . . . . . . . . 19-4 .752009 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-10

Triple Jump1991 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-31992 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-4 .251993 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-51994 Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-5 .51999 Andreja Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-5 .252000 Andreja Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-7 .252000 Andreja Ribac (SBC) . . . . . . . . . . . 42-42002 Stephany Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-10 .752008 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-22009 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . .44-11 .752010 Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . 43-4 .25

Discus1993 Tina Rumsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-6 .51995 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-51996 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151-21997 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-01998 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-42008 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153-11

Javelin2000 Kelley Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125-112005 Laetitia Florimond . . . . . . . . . . . . 140-9

Shot Put1995 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-4 .51996 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-0

1997 Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-1 .52007 MeLyn Thompson . . . . . . . . . . 50-8 .752008 MeLyn Thompson . . . . . . . . . .47-11 .752009 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-0 .752010 Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-1 .5

Heptathlon2003 Jerkita McClorin . . . . . . . . . . . .4774 pts

Sun Belt Track Performers of the WeekRosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . March 26, 2002Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2, 2003Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . March 23, 2004Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 6, 2004Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 13, 2004Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 20, 2004Kerry Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 29, 2005Candice Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . April 12, 2005Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 7, 2009Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 13, 2010

Sun Belt Field Performers of the WeekLetitia Eady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 19, 2002Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 2003Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 27, 2007Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 24, 2007Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 25, 2008Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1, 2008Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 23, 2010Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 13, 2010Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 20, 2010Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 21, 2010

Candice Robertson2005 SBC 100-Meter Hurdles Champion

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Indoor

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

55 Meters 6.20 Keyth Talley, UNT, 2/27/10 6.18 Chris Johnson, UALR, 1/27/02 6.77 Tayna Lawrence, FIU, 2/22/99 6.75 Sheri Brooks, FIU, 2/26/05

200 Meters 20.98 Keyth Talley, UNT, 2/27/10 20.98 Keyth Talley, UNT, 2/27/10 23.45 Sheri Brooks, FIU, 2/28/05 23.18 Tayna Lawrence, FIU, 3/5/99

400 Meters 46.98 Godfrey Herring, MT, 2/25/01 46.41 Godfrey Herring, MT, 3/9/02 54.32 Dawn Williams, UALR, 2/26/96 52.74 Valerie Brown, WKU, 3/13/09

800 Meters 1:51.48 John McGrew, ASU, 1993 1:48.45 Lamont Leach, LTU, 1995 2:10.08 Dawn Williams, UALR, 2/25/96 2:04.91 Dawn Williams, UALR, 3/9/96

Mile Run 4:10.18 Festus Chemaoi, MT, 2/27/10 4:02.69 Vincent Rono, USA, 2/3/06 4:48.27 Zamzam Sangau, MT, 2008 4:38.28 Ida Nilsson, UALR, 1/27/01

3,000 Meters 8:14.18 Sean Dollman, WKU, 1992 7:52.64 David Kimani, USA, 1/22/00 9:35.11 Ida Nilsson, UALR, 2/25/01 9:11.1 Janet Jesang, WKU, 1/15/10

5,000 Meters 14:05.04 Zac Edwards, USA, 2/28/09 13:42.23 David Kimani, USA, 2/12/00 17:09.66 Debbie Thornhill, UNT , 2/22/01 16:01.77 Janet Jesang, WKU, 3/13/09

55 Meter Hurdles 7.15 Ronald Forbes, FIU, 2/8/08 7.15 Ronald Forbes, FIU, 2/23/08 7.72 Lauren Wiggins, UNT, 2/23/08 7.68 Lauren Wiggens, UNT, 2/16/08

4x400 Meter Relay 3:13.41 UL-Lafayette, 1992 3:08.32 Middle Tennessee, 3/6/04 3:44.30 Florida International, 2/26/01 3:37.97 Western Kentucky, 2/7/09

dMR 10:06.06, Arkansas State, 2/25/01 9:36.91 South Alabama, 3/3/06 11:29.63 UALR, 2/25/01 11:29.63 UALR, 2/25/01

High Jump 7-2.5 Ketric Patton, UL, 1997 7-5.25 Sam Hill, ASU, 1995 5-10.5 Heather Davis, ULM, 2/28/09 5-11.25 Ann dudley, MT, 1/8/11

Pole Vault 17-10.5 Kelly Riley, ASU, 1992 17-10.5 Kelly Riley, ASU, 1992 13-3.5 Stephanie Foreman, ASU, 2/27/10 13-3.5 Stephanie Foreman, ASU, 2/27/10

Long Jump 25-4.5 Stanley Gbagbeke, MT, 2/27/10 25-11 Mesut Yavas, ASU 2/3/01 20-6.5 Nyeisha Wright, MT 2/27/10 20-10.5 Sarah Nambawa, MT, 12/12/09

Triple Jump 53-7 Ndabe Mdlongwa, UL, 1994 54-8.25 Larry Moore, UL, 1992 44-8.25 Sarah Nambawa, MT 2/23/08 44-8.25 Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2/14/09

Shot Put 60-8.75 Raigo Toompuu, WKU, 2005 61-4.75 Raigo Toompuu, WKU 2005 50-10.75 Melissa Gibbons, LTU, 2/25/01 53-5.5 Brittany Cox, MT, 2/9/10

Weight Throw 72-3.75 Candon Powell, ASU, 2005 72-3.75 Candon Powell, ASU, 2005 61-11 Brittany Cox, MT 2/28/10 67-6 Brittany Cox, MT, 2/9/10

Outdoor

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

100 Meters 10.12 Mardy Scales, MT, 2004 10.02 Mardy Scales, MT, 2004 11.17 Twilet Malcom, UL, 1993 11.17 Twilet Malcom, UL, 1993

200 Meters 20.53 Orlando Reid, MT, 2007 20.37 Mardy Scales, MT, 2004 22.93 Twilet Malcom, UL, 1993 22.89 Tanya Lawrenece, FIU, 1999

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

800 Meters 1:49.40 Artha Simpson, Lamar, 1993 1:48.00 Vincent Rono, USA, 2006 2:07.81 Vasity Chemweno, WKU, 5/11/10 1:59.06 Dawn Williams, UALR, 1996

1,500 Meters 3:47.25 Festus Chemaoi, MT, 2009 3:37.96 Vincent Rono, USA, 2007 4:23.17 Ida Nilsson, ASU, 2001 4:22.53 Ida Nilsson, ASU, 2001

3,000 Meter ST 9:02.63 Walter Whitfield, UL, 2005 8:47.60 Robert Anderson, LTU, 1992 10:49.14 Natalie Leeper, WKU,2007 10:49.14 Natalie Leeper, WKU, 2007

5,000 Meters 14:06.17 Deus Rwaherus, WKU, 5/11/10 13:25.37, David Kimani, USA, 2000 17:04.76 Diana Jipchirchir, UNO, 2006 16:14.52 Janet Jesang, WKU, 4/15/10

10,000 Meters 29:04.04 Vincent Rono, USA, 2006 27:56.32, Sean Dollman, WKU, 1992 35:23.02 Diana Jipchirchir, UNO, 2006 35:19.63 Valerie Lynch, WKU, 2001

110/100 Meter Hurdles 13.73 Linnie Yarbrough, MT, 2005 13.54 Mario Russo, LTU, 1992 13.29 Alysha Adams, UNT, 5/9/10 13.29 Alysha Adams, UNT, 5/9/10

400 Meter Hurdles 49.77 Winston Sinclair, UL 1994 49.19 Victor Okorie, MT, 2003 57.83 Yisrael, Niam, FIU, 2009 55.37 Ajoke Odumosu, USA, 2007

4x100 Meter Relay 39.59 Middle Tennessee, 2001 38.94 Middle Tennessee, 2003 44.81 Western Kentucky, 2005 44.61 North Texas, 5/27/10

4x400 Meter Relay 3:08.05 North Texas, 2005 3:04.84 UL-Lafayette, 1992 3:39.82 Florida International, 2001 3:35.37 Western Kentucky, 2008

High Jump 7-4.25 Edgar Garcia, UL, 1994 7-4.25 Edgar Garcia, UL, 1994 5-10.75 Edith Montgomery, ASU, 2003 5-11.25 Nicole Knox USA, 2007

Pole Vault 17-10.25 Chris Roy, ULL, 5/9/10 18-0.5 Jon Kelly, ASU, 1992 13-1.5 Stephanie Foreman, ASU, 2009 13-5.75 Stephanie Smith, ASU, 5/14/10

Long Jump 26-0.75 Mesut Yavas, ASU, 2002 26-1.5 Stanley Gbagbeke, MT, 6/9/10 21-2 India George, FIU, 2007 21-2 India George, FIU, 2007

Triple Jump 54-8.25Ndabe Mdlongwa, UL, 1995 55-6.25 Ndabe Mdlongwa, UL, 1996 44-11.75 Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2009 45-9 Sarah Nambawa, MT, 2009

Shot Put 60-10.75 Raigo Toompuu, WKU, 2005 60-10.75 Raigo Toompuu, WKU, 2005 53-1.5 Brittany Cox, MT, 5/9/10 54-3.75 Brittany Cox, MT,5/27/10

discus 192-9 Raigo Toompuu, WKU, 2005 192-9 Raigo Toompuu, WKU, 2005 179-0 Tiphanie Baker, Troy, 2009 187-10 April Malveo, LTU, 1999

Hammer Throw 204-11 Candon Powell, ASU, 2005 204-9 Candon Powell, ASU, 2005 184-4 Sarah Lambrecht, WKU, 2008 192-6 Tiphanie Baker, TROY, 5/14/10

Javelin 232-6 Rocky Guidry, UL, 1992 234-8 Kevin Bateman, FIU, 2000 166-4 Olivia McKoy, LTU, 1998 182-0 Olivia McKoy, LTU, 1999

Sun Belt Records

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Year Winner – Women Winner – Men Site MT Women MT Men1976 – Western Kentucky, 68 Murfreesboro – 3rd, 391977 – Morehead State, 60 1/3 Morehead, Ky. – 5th, 291978 – Austin Peay, 94 Johnson City, Tenn. – 4th, 82.51979 – Middle Tennessee, 127.5 Murfreesboro – 1st, 27.51980 – Murray State Murfreesboro – 3rd, 1041981 – Middle Tennessee, 145.5 Morehead, Ky. – 1st, 145.51982 – Middle Tennessee, 162.5 Murfreesboro – 1st, 162.51983 – Middle Tennessee, 151 Murfreesboro – 1st, 1511984 – Eastern Kentucky, 181.5 Murfreesboro – 2nd,178.51985 Eastern Kentucky, 111 Middle Tennessee, 93 Murfreesboro 4th, 19 1st, 931986 Eastern Kentucky, 137 Middle Tennessee, 84 Murfreesboro 3rd, 38 1st, 841987 Championships Not Held1988 Middle Tennessee, 130 – Murfreesboro 1st, 130 –1989 Murray State, 81 – Murfreesboro 3rd, 44 –1990 Murray State, 75.5 – Murfreesboro 2nd, 63 –1991 Middle Tennessee, 81 Middle Tennessee, 68 Murfreesboro 1st, 81 1st, 681992 Murray State, 61 Murray State, 98.5 Murfreesboro 2nd, 57 2nd, 73.51993 Eastern Kentucky, 133 Middle Tennessee, 152 Murfreesboro 3rd, 84.5 1st, 1521994 Middle Tennessee, 112 Eastern Kentucky, 136 Murfreesboro 1st, 112 2nd, 1361995 Middle Tennessee, 140 Eastern Kentucky, 153 Murfreesboro 1st, 140 3rd, 114.51996 Middle Tennessee, 146 Southeast Missouri, 162 Murfreesboro 1st, 146 2nd, 1551997 Southeast Missouri, 134 Eastern Illinois, 174 Charleston, Ill. 3rd, 111 2nd, 1041998 Southeast Missouri, 126.5 Eastern Illinois, 166 Murfreesboro 3rd, 95 2nd,122.51999 Eastern Kentucky, 109.5 Eastern Illinois, 176 Charleston, Ill. 5th, 63 2nd, 1222000 Southeast Missouri, 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 South Alabama, 138 North Texas, 111 Jonesboro, Ark. 3rd, 96 3rd, 76.52006 Western Kentucky, 115.5 Middle Tennessee, 153 Murfreesboro 5th, 70 1st, 1532007 Western Kentucky, 126 Arkansas State, 129 Jonesboro, Ark. 3rd, 87 4th, 84.5 South Alabama, 1292008 Western Kentucky, 149 Western Kentucky, 128 Murfreesboro 2nd, 95 2nd, 1212009 Western Kentucky, 142 Middle Tennessee, 131 Jonesboro, Ark. 2nd, 93 1st, 1312010 Western Kentucky, 179.33 Western Kentucky, 136 Murfreesboro 2nd, 110 4th, 87

Indoor Conference Results

The 2009 Blue Raider men’s team earned the program’s most recent Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championship at Murphy Center. Overall, Middle Tennessee has won 15 indoor championships, including six since joining the Sun Belt in 2000-01. The Blue Raiders will play host to the league’s indoor meet again in 2010.

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Year Winner – Women Winner – Men Site MT Women MT Men1955 – Morehead State, 64.5 Bowling Green, Ky. – 6th, 5.51956 – Morehead State, 61 Bowling Green, Ky. – 6th, 141957 – Eastern Kentucky, 38.5 Murfreesboro – 5th, 31.51958 – Murray State, 48.3 Cookeville, Tenn. – 4th, 33.31959 – Murray State, 68 Murray, Ky. – 5th, 241960 – Murray State, 66 3/7 Murfreesboro – 2nd, 48 6/71961 – Murray State, 75 Cookeville, Tenn. – 2nd, 551962 – Murray State, 101.3 Richmond, Ky. – 4th, 33.31963 – Murray State, 102 Murray, Ky. – 4th, 261964 – Western Kentucky, 91 Murfreesboro – 5th, 241965 – Western Kentucky, 77.5 Morehead, Ky. – 6th, 17.51966 – Western Kentucky, 82 Richmond, Ky. – 4th, 341967 – Western Kentucky, 89 Ft. Campbell, Ky. – 5th, 301968 – Western Kentucky, 96 Johnson City, Tenn. – 5th, 221969 – Western Kentucky, 102 Bowling Green, Ky. – 4th, 271970 – Western Kentucky, 71.5 Murfreesboro – 3rd, 521971 – Western Kentucky, 88 Cookeville, Tenn. – 5th, 341972 – Western Kentucky, 85.5 Johnson City, Tenn. – 4th, 391973 – Western Kentucky, 90 Morehead, Ky. – 2nd, 581974 – Western Kentucky, 166 Murray, Ky. – 2nd, 1071975 – Western Kentucky, 171 Richmond, Ky. – 4th, 421976 – Austin Peay, 119 Clarksville, Tenn. – 2nd, 871977 – Middle Tennessee, 113 Bowling Green, Ky. – 1st, 1131978 – Middle Tennessee, 119 Murfreesboro – 1st, 1191979 Eastern Kentucky, 216 Western Kentucky, 166 Cookeville, Tenn. 6th, 14 2nd, 105.51980 Eastern Kentucky, 188 Middle Tennessee, 155 Morehead, Ky. 5th, 18 1st, 1551981 Murray State, 179 Middle Tennessee, 162 Murray, Ky. 4th, 107 1st, 1621982 Murray State, 100 Middle Tennessee, 153 Richmond, Ky. 4th, 28 1st, 1531983 Eastern Kentucky, 177 Middle Tennessee, 203 Murfreesboro 4th, 18 1st, 2031984 Eastern Kentucky, 184 Middle Tennessee, 233.5 Murray, Ky. 5th, 12 1st, 233.51985 Eastern Kentucky, 140 Middle Tennessee, 120 Akron, Ohio 4th, 14 1st, 1201986 Eastern Kentucky, 152 Middle Tennessee, 84 Clarksville, Tenn. 4th, 40.3 1st, 841987 Championships Not Held1988 Eastern Kentucky, 199.5 – Richmond, Ky. 3rd, 102 –1989 Murray State, 125 – Murray, Ky. 3rd, 56 –1990 Eastern Kentucky, 64.5 – Richmond, Ky. 3rd, 34 –1991 Middle Tennessee, 88 Murray State, 164 Murray, Ky. t1st, 88 2nd, 45 Murray State, 881992 Eastern Kentucky, 74 Murray State, 108 Richmond, Ky. 3rd, 64 2nd, 59 Murray State, 741993 Eastern Kentucky, 178 Middle Tennessee, 165 Cape Girardeau, Mo. 3rd, 110 1st, 1651994 Middle Tennessee, 133 Middle Tennessee, 159 Murray, Ky. 1st, 133 1st, 1591995 Southeast Missouri, 193.5 Southeast Missouri, 178 Cape Girardeau, Mo. 2nd, 149.5 3rd, 1281996 Middle Tennessee, 180 Southeast Missouri, 190.5 Cookeville, Tenn. 1st, 180 2nd, 1691997 Southeast Missouri, 201 Eastern Illinois, 203 Charleston, Ill. 3rd, 89 2nd, 1471998 Southeast Missouri, 157 Eastern Illinois, 205 Clarksville, Tenn. 5th, 66.5 2nd, 1141999 Eastern Kentucky, 142 Eastern Illinois, 206 Richmond, Ky. 5th, 70 2nd, 1442000 Southeast Missouri, 136 Eastern Illinois, 222 Murfreesboro 2nd, 111 2nd, 153.52000 Middle Tennessee, 103 North Texas, 122 Miami, Fla. 1st, 103 3rd, 1122001 Arkansas State, 124 Middle Tennessee, 154 New Orleans, La. 3rd, 99 1st, 1542002 New Mexico State, 138 North Texas, 148.25 New Orleans, La. 2nd, 119 4th, 116.52003 Western Kentucky, 171 North Texas, 179.67 Denton, Texas 5th, 95 2nd, 1632004 New Mexico State, 175 Western Kentucky, 147 Denton, Texas 3rd, 114 3rd, 1232005 Middle Tennessee, 153.5 Arkansas State, 146.5 New Orleans, La. 1st, 153.5 5th, 962006 Western Kentucky, 141.5 Middle Tennessee, 163 Lafayette, La. 5th, 90 1st, 1632007 Western Kentucky, 143 Middle Tennessee, 130 Lafayette, La. 4th, 87 1st, 1302008 Western Kentucky, 143 Western Kentucky, 144 Denton, Texas 3rd, 109 2nd, 1242009 Western Kentucky, 161 Western Kentucky, 153 Murfreesboro 3rd, 108 2nd, 130 2010 Western Kentucky, 175 Western Kentucky, 138 Deont, Texas 2nd, 137 3rd, 100

Outdoor Conference Champions

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Honor Roll

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Honor Roll

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Willisa HeintzSeven-Time SBC Champion

Men’s 100 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 10.07 . . . . . . . . . . 2004Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . . . . 10.17 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . 10.24 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Ron Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.24 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Dwaine Copeland . . . . . . . . 10.30 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1973Xavier Darden . . . . . . . . . . . 10.31 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Albert Agyemang . . . . . . . . 10.36 . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . . . . 10.36 . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Kenny Shannon . . . . . . . . . 10.42 . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . 10.45 . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Keith Watkins . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Pedro Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Women’s 100 Meters

55 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 6.14 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Natalie Douglas . . . . . . . . 11.34 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . 11.34 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . 11.47 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Erika Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.62 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Antranette Stringer . . . . . . . 11.63 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . 11.67 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . 11.74 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.77 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Kim Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.79 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Stacy Aklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.83 . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Tiffany Owens . . . . . . . . . . . 11.84 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Indoor 55 MetersDionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . 6.89. . . . . . . . . 1994

Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 10.02 . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Wind-Aided 100 Meters Mardy Scales2003 NCAA 100m Champion

Seven-time All-American

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Men’s 200 Meters

Women’s 200 Meters

Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 20.44 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . . . . 20.51 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . 20.52 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . . . 20.65 . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Tanko Braimah . . . . . . . . . . 20.77 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . 20.77 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Dwaine Copeland . . . . . . . . 20.80(y) . . . . . . . . . . 1973Albert Agyemang . . . . . . . . 20.85 . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Charles Wilson . . . . . . . . . . 20.90 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1971Christian Nsiah . . . . . . . . . . 20.90 . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Xavier Darden . . . . . . . . . . . 20.91 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Dwaine Copeland . . . . . . . . 21.04 . . . . . . . . . . . 1973Kenden Maynard . . . . . . . . . 21.04 . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . 23.18 . . . . . . . . . . 2003Willisa Heintz . . . . . . . . . . . 23.35 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Tiffany Owens . . . . . . . . . . . 24.25 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . 23.54 . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Antranette Stringer . . . . . . . 23.94 . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Erika Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.98 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Dionne Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.02 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . 24.12 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Natalie Douglas . . . . . . . . . 21.14 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Donna Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.21 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.37 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . 24.44 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

Wind Aided 200 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 20.37 . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Indoor 200 MetersMardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . 20.84 . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Indoor 200 MetersNadia Graham . . . . . . . . . 7.59 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

Orlando ReidFour-time All-American

Antranette Stringer

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Men’s 400 Meters

Women’s 400 Meters

Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . . . 45.35 . . . . . . . . . . 2001Kenden Maynard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.12 . . . . . . . . . . . 1997Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.43 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.30 . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Tim Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.78 . . . . . . . . . . . 1983Carlos Gupton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.99 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Jerry Singleton (y) . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.04 . . . . . . . . . . . 1969John Johnson (y) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.14 . . . . . . . . . . . 1972J.T. Musgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.14 . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Victor Okorie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.27 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . 52.29 . . . . . . . . . . 2004Kishara George . . . . . . . . . . 53.29 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Nadia Graham . . . . . . . . . . 53.30 . . . . . . . . . . . 1996Bromeka Holmes . . . . . . . . . 53.59 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Veronia Patterson . . . . . . . . 54.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Naomi Ansah . . . . . . . . . . . 54.22 . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . . 55.02 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Nicolette Jarrett . . . . . . . . . 55.12 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Amber Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . 55.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Melanie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.37 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Tyjuana Philips . . . . . . . . . . 55.88 . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Indoor 400 MetersGodfrey Herring . . . . . . . . 46.36 . . . . . . . . . . 2001

Indoor 400 MetersRosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . . 52.41 . . . . . . . . . . 2004

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 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Rosemary Okafor . . . . . . . . . 2:10.03 . . . . . . . . . . 2004Kapreia Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11.64 . . . . . . . . . . 2000Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . . 2:12.11 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Leigh Weathers . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.15 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Coleen Parker . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.42 . . . . . . . . . . 2002Sabrina Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.90 . . . . . . . . . . 2000Marjorie Gombert . . . . . . . . 2:14.49 . . . . . . . . . . 2007Elissa Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15.67 . . . . . . . . . . 1990Dianne DeOliveria . . . . . . . . 2:16.66 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Melanie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:16.87 . . . . . . . . . . 1996

Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . 1:49.41 . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Jerry Singleton . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.74 (y) . . . . . . . . 1969John Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.96 . . . . . . . . . . 1981Gary Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50.34 . . . . . . . . . . 1977Dana McCutcheon . . . . . . . . 1:50.84 . . . . . . . . . . 1978Dennis Votava . . . . . . . . . . 1:50.94 . . . . . . . . . . 1977Homer Huffman . . . . . . . . . 1:51.0 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1971Paul Anderson . . . . . . . . . . 1:51.9 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1697Howard Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 1:52.9 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1967David Emery. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53.16 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Myle Maillie . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:53.2 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1972

Indoor 800 MetersFestus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . 1:50.27 . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor 800 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 2:08.23 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Festus Chemaoi10-time SBC Champion

Zamzam SangauFour-Time SBC Champion

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Men’s 1,500 Meters

Women’s 1,500 Meters

Gary Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:42.9 . . . . . . . . . . 1977Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Joe O’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.8 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1982Dennis Votava . . . . . . . . . . 3:46.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Dana McCutcheon . . . . . . . . 3:52.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1980William Songock . . . . . . . . . 3:53.03 . . . . . . . . . . 2009David Emery. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:54.03 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Charles Dahlgren . . . . . . . . . 3:54.5 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1967Gary Robinson . . . . . . . . . . 3:55.0 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1971David Emery. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:55.3 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010James Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:55.5 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1975

Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . 4:24.20 . . . . . . . . . 2009Dianne DeOliveria . . . . . . . . 4:35.09 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Ashley Comstock . . . . . . . . . 4:37.65 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Marjorie Gombert . . . . . . . . 4:42.04 . . . . . . . . . . 2008Sharon Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 4:43.11 . . . . . . . . . . 1990Karen Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . 4:44.90 . . . . . . . . . . 1992Kiya Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:50.33 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Sharon Johnson . . . . . . . . . 4:50.94 . . . . . . . . . . 1981

Indoor MileJoe O’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . 4:06.29 . . . . . . . . . 1982

Indoor Mile Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 4:48.37 . . . . . . . . . 2008

Ashley Comstock2008 SBC DMR Champion

Gary PerryOutdoor 1,500 Meter Record Holder

71

Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplchase

Women’s 3,000 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 10:07.40 . . . . . . . . 2008Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:03.8 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Kiya Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:21.57 . . . . . . . . . 1990Sharon Smith . . . . . . . . . . . 10:21.74 . . . . . . . . . 1989Karen Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . 10:22.37 . . . . . . . . . 1992Marjorie Gombert . . . . . . . . 10:23.93 . . . . . . . . . 2008Dianne DeOliveria . . . . . . . . 10:29.06 . . . . . . . . . 1991

3,000 Meter SteeplchaseMarla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . 11:05.20 . . . . . . . . . 2010Sara Lunning . . . . . . . . . . . 11:31.44 . . . . . . . . . 2007Miranda Galloway . . . . . . . . 11:37.60 . . . . . . . . . 2005Samantha Hunt . . . . . . . . . . 12:05.54 . . . . . . . . . 2010

Danny Green . . . . . . . . . . 9:08.37 . . . . . . . . . 1986Levi Sybert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:10.14 . . . . . . . . . . 2003Jonathan Guillou . . . . . . . . . 9:14.80 . . . . . . . . . . 2006Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20.01 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Eric Kiauka . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:24.34 . . . . . . . . . . 1998Julius Kirui . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:27.92 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . . . . 9:28.82 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Anthony McGary . . . . . . . . . 9:29.97 . . . . . . . . . . 2002Zack Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:36.30 . . . . . . . . . . 2003Curt Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:37.95 . . . . . . . . . . 1995

Indoor 3,000 MetersJustus david . . . . . . . . . . . 8:06.95 . . . . . . . . . . 2011

Marla Bailey 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Record Holder

Danny GreenTwo-time OVC Champion

72

Men’s 5,000 Meters

Women’s 5,000 Meters

Festus Chemaoi . . . . . . . . 14:17.19 . . . . . . . . 2009William Songock . . . . . . . . . 14:18.55 . . . . . . . . . 2010Ross Dowland (y) . . . . . . . . . 14:20.84 . . . . . . . . . 1981Joe O’Loughlin . . . . . . . . . . 14:21.80 . . . . . . . . . 1981Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . . . . . . 14:33.40 . . . . . . . . . 2000Jeff Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:44.24 . . . . . . . . . 1982Richard Russo (y) . . . . . . . . . 14:48.44 . . . . . . . . . 1972Gary Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:49.14 . . . . . . . . . 1977Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:55.34 . . . . . . . . . . 2008

Zamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 17:21.42 . . . . . . . . 2007Ashley Comstock . . . . . . . . . 17:38.74 . . . . . . . . . 2010Joan Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:01.72 . . . . . . . . . 1986Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:03.52 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:10.83 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Stephanie Smith . . . . . . . . . . 18:11.38 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Ashleigh Thaler . . . . . . . . . . 18:26.57 . . . . . . . . . 2008Lea White . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:27.01 . . . . . . . . . 1992Caroline Tanui . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:35.81 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Lisa Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:47.68 . . . . . . . . . 1982Kristen Tithof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:47.27 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Indoor 5,000 MetersWilliam Songock . . . . . . . . 14:35.36 . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor 5,000 MetersZamzam Sangau . . . . . . . . 17:54.42 . . . . . . . . 2008

Stephanie Smith

William SongockTwo-time SBC Champion

73

Men’s 10,000 Meters

Women’s 10,000 Meters

Chris Mason . . . . . . . . . . . 30:31.85 . . . . . . . . . 2010William Songock . . . . . . . . . 30:43.11 . . . . . . . . . 2009Robert Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:51.20 . . . . . . . . . 1983Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . . . . . . 30:52.70 . . . . . . . . . 2001Jeff Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:01.44 . . . . . . . . . 1984Jeff Lingwall . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:50.94 . . . . . . . . . 1993Derek Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31:53.14 . . . . . . . . . 2006Isaac Biwott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:38.33 . . . . . . . . . . 2008Jason Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 32:57.25 . . . . . . . . . 1997

Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . 37:16.12 . . . . . . . . 2010Lea White . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37:38.80 . . . . . . . . . 1992Debbie Morrison . . . . . . . . . 38:33.09 . . . . . . . . . 1986Ashleigh Thaler . . . . . . . . . . 39:20.32 . . . . . . . . . 2008Jackie Serem . . . . . . . . . . . 39.31.61 . . . . . . . . . 2009Marla Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:39.70 . . . . . . . . . . 2009Lisa Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:46.32 . . . . . . . . . 1982Tiffany Sawyer . . . . . . . . . . 39:47.74 . . . . . . . . . 2007Robin Moses . . . . . . . . . . . 40:01.30 . . . . . . . . . 1981

Chris Mason10,000 Meter Record Holder

Jackie Serem10,000 Meter Record Holder

74

Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles

Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles

Linnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . 13.49 . . . . . . . . . . 2006Miguel Williams . . . . . . . . . 13.69 . . . . . . . . . . . 1983Ron Bramlet . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.72 . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Garland Martin . . . . . . . . . . 13.73 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Jasper Demps . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.80 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.90 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Nate Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.90 . . . . . . . . . . . 1971Kenny Nesbitt . . . . . . . . . . . 13.97 . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Haneef Sharif . . . . . . . . . . . 14.02 . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Russell Holloway . . . . . . . . . 14.10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Ed Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Ron Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.12 . . . . . . . . . . . 1984

Dionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . 13.14 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Jerkita McClorin . . . . . . . . . 13.46 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Candice Robertson . . . . . . . 13.64 . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . 13.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . 13.90 . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Jessica Anderson . . . . . . . . . 14.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Kelley Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Latonia Jackson . . . . . . . . . 14.15 . . . . . . . . . . . 1992Koko Rowley . . . . . . . . . . . 14.16 . . . . . . . . . . . 1992Nekeya Ralls . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.22 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . 14.57 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

Indoor 55 Meter HurdlesLinnie Yarbrough . . . . . . . 7.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006

Indoor 55 Meters HurdlesDionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . 7.59 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994

Linnie Yarbrough2006 110-Meter Hurdles All-American

Dionne Rose1994 NCAA 55m Hurdle Champion

Four-Time All-American

75

Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles

Women’s 400 Meter HurdlesKishara George . . . . . . . . . 58.37 . . . . . . . . . . 2004Veronia Patterson . . . . . . . . 59.60 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Tori Blander . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.78 . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Contrena Brown . . . . . . . . . 1:01.74 . . . . . . . . . . 2004Alicia Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:01.78 . . . . . . . . . . 2000Saran Dunmore . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.07 . . . . . . . . . . 1996Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.31 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Jameka Collins . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.45 . . . . . . . . . . 2001Latonia Jackson . . . . . . . . . 1:02.78 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Marsha Cleveland . . . . . . . . 1:03.34 . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Victor Okorie . . . . . . . . . . 49.14 . . . . . . . . . . 2003Russell Holloway . . . . . . . . . 50.14 . . . . . . . . . . . 1977DJ Spann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.55 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003David Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.84 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1970Kenny Nesbitt . . . . . . . . . . . 50.97 . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Ed Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.99 . . . . . . . . . . . 1980Roscoe Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Tom Hampton . . . . . . . . . . 51.25 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Myles Maillie . . . . . . . . . . . 51.54 (y) . . . . . . . . . 1972Keith Cromartie . . . . . . . . . 52.5 (y) . . . . . . . . . . 1972

Kishara GeorgeFive-time SBC Champion

DJ Spann2003 All-American

76

Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay

Women’s 4x100-Meter Relay

Spann, Scales, Orr, Holiday . . . . 38.94 . . . . . . 2003Darden, Scales, Dupar-Scott, Holiday39.02 . . . . . . . 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 . 44.87 . . . . . . . . 1994Cain, 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 . . . . . . . . . 1994Henry, Thurman, Wright, Robertson 45.94 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Jackson, Cody, Wells, Welch . . . . 46.28 . . . . . . . . . 1991Weddington, Brent, Jones, Acklin 46.54 . . . . . . . . . 1999Ralls, Graham, Hall, Watson . 46.55 . . . . . . . . . 1996

DJ SpannMardy Scales

Kerry BarrowKishara George

2003 4x100 meter RelayAll-American

77

Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay

Women’s 4x400-Meter RelayGillyard, Nambawa, Campbell, Patterson 3:38.12 .2007George, 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 . . . . 2004Gillyard, Stringer, Campbell, Patterson . .3:41.37 . . . . 2006Gray, 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 . . . . 2002

Darden, Scales, Dupar-Scott, Waller 3:05.65 . . . 2004Terrell, 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 . . . . . 3:08.32 . . . 2004

Indoor Distance Medley RelayJohnson, Mitchell, David, O’Loughlin 9:48.04 . . . 1981

Indoor 4x400 Meter RelayHall, Parrish, Philips, Graham7.5 . . 3:42.78 . . . 1996

Indoor Distance Medley RelayBarnes, McGill, Smith, DeOliveira . . 12:22.45 . . 1992

Shanna Campbell

Daryl Terrell Jermaine Barton

Tiffany Owens

2006 4x400 meter RelaySBC Champions

78

Men’s High Jump

Women’s High Jump

Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.75 . . . . . . . . . . 2002Alex Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Skipper Willbanks . . . . . . . . 7-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Roscoe Kidd . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Linwood Harris . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984Sean Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Chris Koger . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10.75 . . . . . . . . . . 2001Sammy Crump . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Greg Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Torrance Riley . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976

Veronica Tipton . . . . . . . . 5-10.5 . . . . . . . . . . 1992Cherice Robertson . . . . . . . . . 5-8.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . 5-8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Krista Hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989Koko Rowley . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992Amanda Forrester . . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002LaToya Brown . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Indoor High JumpAlex Pruitt . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005

Indoor High JumpVeronica Tipton, Mia Florence . 5-8 . . . . . 1991,1995

Chris KogerThree-time SBC Champion

Amanda Forester2002 SBC Indoor High Jump Champion

79

Men’s Pole Vault

Women’s Pole Vault

Tom Yelverton . . . . . . . . . 16-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982David Cleveland . . . . . . . . . 15-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Jack Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977Scott Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Mike Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . 14-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967Tom Shigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Kevin Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978Fred Rohrdanz . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972Terry Stepp . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Fred Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969

Jennifer Howard . . . . . . . . 10-8.25 . . . . . . . . . 2003

Indoor Pole VaultTom Yelverton . . . . . . . . . 15-8.5 . . . . . . . . . . 1981

Indoor Pole VaultJennifer Howard . . . . . . . . 10-8.25 . . . . . . . . . 2003

Tom YelvertonIndoor/Outdoor Recoder Holder

Jennifer HowardIndoor/Outdoor Recoder Holder

80

Men’s Long Jump

Women’s Long Jump

Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . 27-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . . 26-8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-7.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . . . 26-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985Stanley Gbagbeke . . . . . . . . . 26-5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Andre’ Kirnes . . . . . . . . . . . 26-3.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Orestes Meeks . . . . . . . . . . 26-0.75 . . . . . . . . . . 1983Sheikh Faye . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1976Juan Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-6.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2007Jimmy Washington . . . . . . . 25-4.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Terry Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . 24-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970

Dionne Rose. . . . . . . . . . . 21-9 . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3.25 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Sarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . . 20-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Nyeisha Wright . . . . . . . . . . . 20-9.25 . . . . . . . . . . . .2010Kiara Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .2010Michelle Welch . . . . . . . . . . 20-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990Stephanie Tamgho . . . . . . . . 20-3.75 . . . . . . . . . . 2007Sherrie Bingham . . . . . . . . . 20-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Ursula Langford . . . . . . . . . 20-1.25 . . . . . . . . . . 1988Stephany Reid . . . . . . . . . . 19-11.5 . . . . . . . . . . 2002

Indoor Long JumpRoland McGhee . . . . . . . . 27-0.75 . . . . . . . . . 1993

Indoor Long JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 20-10 . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Jacqui BrownFour-time All-American

Roland McGheeNine-time All-American

81

Men’s Triple Jump

Women’s Triple JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 45-9 . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Andrea Ribac . . . . . . . . . . . 43-7.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2000Jacqui Brown . . . . . . . . . . . 43-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994Kim Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . 42-4.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2001Stephany Reid . . . . . . . . . . 41-10.25 . . . . . . . . . 2002Letitia Eady . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-5.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2002Stephany Reid . . . . . . . . . . 42-2.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2001Jameka Collins . . . . . . . . . . 41-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Michelle Welch . . . . . . . . . . 39-11.5 . . . . . . . . . . 1991Mia Florence . . . . . . . . . . . 39-11 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Kyieta Beeson . . . . . . . . . . . 39-10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1990

Eddie Loyd . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . . 54-6.75 . . . . . . . . . . 1974Barry McClure . . . . . . . . . . . 54-4.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1973Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . 54-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993John DoDoo . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1979Jimmy Washington . . . . . . . 53-4.75 . . . . . . . . . . 1976Greg Artis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981Rayfield Dupree . . . . . . . . . 52-10.25 . . . . . . . . . 1977Carl Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2009

Indoor Triple JumpTommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . 54-6.5 . . . . . . . . . . 1974

Indoor Triple JumpSarah Nambawa . . . . . . . . 44-8.25 . . . . . . . . . 2008

Sarah NambawaFour-time All-American

Jimmy Washington1976 All-American

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Men’s Shot Put

Women’s Shot Put

Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-2 . . . . . . . . . 1966Ted Hausauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-10.75 . . . . . . . 1976Steve McQuiston . . . . . . . . . . . 55-7.5 . . . . . . . . 1985James Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-9.5 . . . . . . . . 2007Buck Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-5 . . . . . . . . . . 1970James McClellan . . . . . . . . . . . 53-1 . . . . . . . . . . 1982Greg Lintner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-0 . . . . . . . . . . 1974Jim Fitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-11.5 . . . . . . . . 1980Scott Akins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-6 . . . . . . . . . . 1977

Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 54-3.75 . . . . . . . . . 2010MeLyn Thompson . . . . . . . . 50-8.75 . . . . . . . . . . 2007Shelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . . 48-7.25 . . . . . . . . . . 1996Laetitia Florimond . . . . . . . . 47-5.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2005Rhonda Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995Shauntel Jennings . . . . . . . . 44-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999Meaghan Byrd . . . . . . . . . . 43-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003Kelley Enoch . . . . . . . . . . . 40-5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Tina Rumsey . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Holly Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . 39-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982Tracy Edens . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1989

Indoor Shot Put Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . 57-7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1966

Indoor Shot PutBrittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 53-5.5 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Brian Oldfield1965 All-American Shot Put

MeLyn ThompsonTwo-time SBC Champion

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Women’s DiscusShelly Johnson . . . . . . . . . 168-5 . . . . . . . . . . 1997Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . 167-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Laetitia Florimond . . . . . . . . 143-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Tina Rumsey . . . . . . . . . . . . 139-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1993Katie Mirgliotta . . . . . . . . . . 135-9 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Rhonda Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 133-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995MeLyn Thompson . . . . . . . . 130-10 . . . . . . . . . . 2010Deidre Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . 128-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1987Tracy Edens . . . . . . . . . . . . 126-7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1989Meaghan Byrd . . . . . . . . . . 114-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Harrison Salami . . . . . . . . . . 182-9 . . . . . . . . 1977Steve McQuiston . . . . . . . . . . . 167-1 . . . . . . . . . 1985James Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-9 . . . . . . . . . 2007Brian Oldfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166-5 . . . . . . . . . 1966Buck Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162-9 . . . . . . . . . 1970Vince Akridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156-2 . . . . . . . . . 1997Jim Fitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152-11 . . . . . . . . 1984Scottie Akins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-3 . . . . . . . . . 1976Bill Elmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147-8 . . . . . . . . . 1971

Shelly Johnson11-time OVC Champion

Harrison SalamiThree-time OVC Champion

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Men’s Hammer

Women’s Hammer

James Thomas . . . . . . . . . 182-6 . . . . . . . . . . 2007Nick Diel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Willie Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . 162-5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Germayle Franklin . . . . . . . . 117-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007Andrew Wagner . . . . . . . . . 114-10 . . . . . . . . . . 2010

Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 181-7 . . . . . . . . . . 2010MeLyn Thompson . . . . . . . . 162-7 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Meaghan Byrd . . . . . . . . . . 162-5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004LaSean Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Katie Mirgliotta . . . . . . . . . . 148-7 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004

Weight Throw

Weight ThrowBrittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . 67-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010Meaghan Byrd . . . . . . . . . . 55-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Maite Cortin . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008LaSean Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-3.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Katie Mirgliotta . . . . . . . . . . 47-9.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2004

James Thomas . . . . . . . . . 58-8.75 . . . . . . . . . 2007Nick Diel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Willie Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006Brandon Parker . . . . . . . . . . 45-9.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2002Jesse Newsome. . . . . . . . . . 37-3.25 . . . . . . . . . . 2003

James ThomasThree-time SBC Champion

Brittany CoxSix-time SBC Champion

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Women’s Javelin

Jeff Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220-11 . . . . . . . . . 1984Harrison Salami . . . . . . . . . . 217-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1976Carlos Morgan . . . . . . . . . . 208-4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008Lindsay Sims . . . . . . . . . . . 200-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 2005Keith Cromartie . . . . . . . . . 198-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1974Bill Elmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1976Lindsay Sims . . . . . . . . . . . 188-1 . . . . . . . . . . . 2001Stan Summerall . . . . . . . . . 183-5 . . . . . . . . . . . 1971Ken Forte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183-2 . . . . . . . . . . . 1963Mickey Meislohn . . . . . . . . . 176-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1966

Laetitia Florimond . . . . . . . 140-9 . . . . . . . . . . 2005Brittany Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . 128-1 . . . . . . . . . . . 2009Kelley Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . 127-3 . . . . . . . . . . . 2000Tracy Edens . . . . . . . . . . . . 124-6 . . . . . . . . . . . 1989Dara McLean . . . . . . . . . . . 121-5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Tori Blander . . . . . . . . . . . . 118-1 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002Tina Rumsey . . . . . . . . . . . . 114-11 . . . . . . . . . . 1994Katie Migliotta . . . . . . . . . . 110-2 . . . . . . . . . . . 2004Angie Venable . . . . . . . . . . 109-11 . . . . . . . . . . 1997Nadrian McGill . . . . . . . . . . 109-9 . . . . . . . . . . . 1991

Jeff SimsThree-time SBC Champion

Laetitia Florimond2005 SBC Javelin Champion

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This is Middle Tennessee

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This is Middle Tennessee

We Are Tennessee’s Best 88Why Middle Tennessee 89Sun Belt Conference 90President Sidney McPhee 91A.D. Chris Massaro 92

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We Are Tennessee’s Best

• Middle Tennessee is a destination school and has the largest undergraduate enrollment in the state of Tennessee.

• Founded in 1911 with a program to train teachers, MTSU remains one of the finest teacher preparation institutions in the southeast.

• The Center for Popular Music is a nationally recognized repository with one of the largest sheet music collections in the country. It was listed as one of the top 100 places to visit in Tennessee in the 20th century by the Tennessean.

• Students enjoy numerous extracurricular activities through more than 220 student organiztions includ-ing honor societies, service clubs, and an active Greek system of fraternities and sororities.

• The Honors College, with its prestigious Buchanan Fellowships the highest academic scholarship award-ed at MTSU-offers talented students the atmosphere of a small, select college nestled within a major university.

• Doctoral programs in english, economics, human performance, and public history have been called the “highest quality,” and the Public History programs is unique in Tennessee.

• Nationally recognized programs in aerospace, recording industry, and concrete industry management attract students from around the globe.

“Middle Tennessee’s geographic location in the backyard of a major metropolitan area and its athletic tradition enable the Universi-ty to bring awareness and visibility to its com-plete athletic program.”

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As MTSU counts down to its centennial in 2011, there’s vibrancy in abundance across campus, in Murfreesboro and Rutherford Coun-ty, and around the region. Growth can be seen at many levels, from enrollment to facilities to scholarship aid to endowment to student involvement to research and more. With a record 26,432 registered and attending in the fall 2010, the largest undergraduate total in Ten-nessee, enrollment remains on the rise since the arrival to Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, MTSU’s 10th president, in 2001. The University’s growth parallels that of Murfreesboro over 100,000 and Rutherford County with nearly 250,000 residents. Recent projects include reno-vations of the Health, Wellness and

Recreation Center; Reese Smith Jr. Field; and the construction of Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium as well as a new College of Educa-tion building and student union. Fu-ture projects planned are a new sci-ence building, a student union, and a new College of Education. People who have not visited the campus in many years are astonished at the changes. The MTSU Foundation has an endowment of almost $27 million, and total foundation assets exceed $58 million.

More than $1 million a year in the form of scholarships, faculty awards and student-support pro-gram is now pumped into academ-ics units in earning from the endow-ments. Once on campus, students have about 225 registered organiza-tions to choose from. They can be in-volved in student government and political groups, Greek life (sorori-ties and fraternities), student pub-lications, honor societies, profes-sional organizations, human interest groups, and more. In fiscal year 2008-2009, MTSU received $38.1 million in extramural funds for research, service and in-struction an increase of $1.54 million over the previous year, according to campus reports.

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While there are 31 NCAA conferences that sponsor multiple sports, the Sun Belt is one of only eleven to participate in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Football Bowl Subdivision. The Sun Belt was formed in 1976, with six mem-bers competing in four men’s sports, and today comprises 13 institutions of higher learning while sponsoring 19 champion-ship sports for men and women. The Sun Belt Conference entered its 35th season in 2010-11 with a proud his-tory of athletic and academic success. The conference sponsors 10 women’s sports - basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and div-ing, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball; and nine men’s sports - baseball, basketball, cross coun-try, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field. Each of the 19 sports has seen nu-merous team and individual accom-plishments, and 12 Sun Belt Conference schools are currently gradu-ating their student athletes at a rate higher than their school’s student body. All Sun Belt schools are com-mitted to excellence and facility upgrades and expan-sions are occurring on virtu-ally every campus. Because of its status as a

member of the Division 1 football coali-tion, the Sun Belt Conference has a per-manent seat on the NCAA’s 17-member Board of Directors. As a result, the con-ference has a crucial voice on some of the most pressing issues in college ath-letics and will always have a role in the implementation of any future NCAA leg-islation and guidelines. The conference continues to utilize television to grow and promote the league. Adding volleyball, baseball, and softball to the conference’s television package has resulted in more national and regional television exposure for the league than at any time in its history. The conference’s regional television package enables live telecasts of Sun Belt events to reach over 20 million households. Additionally, ESPN televised the confer-ence’s men’s basketball championship game for the 29th straight season in 2009, marking its longest affiliation with any conference in the country. The Sun Belt Conference has part-

nered with JumpTV Sports Inc. to deliver a full-service, customized, public and premium Web site to provide fans with a broad range of real-time information and content about the conference’s ath-letic teams. The Sun Belt is one of the few conferences in the nation to provide video highlights and features on its web site from each of the league’s respec-tive championships. This technology is a great recruiting tool, enabling anyone in the world with internet access to view the conference’s championships. Fans in five different countries viewed the con-ference’s most recent soccer champion-ship. The Sun Belt Conference is led by Commissioner Wright Waters, who is in his ninth full year as commissioner. He was named the conference’s fourth com-missioner in February of 1998 following the tenures of Vic Bubas (1976-1990), Jim Lessig (1990-1991), and Craig Thomp-son (1991-1998). The league’s annual all sports champion is awarded the Vic

Bubas All-Sports Cup, named after the conference’s first commissioner. The conference office has been headquartered in downtown New Orleans since 2000 after moving from its suburban location of Metairie, La.

Sun Belt StaffWright Waters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CommissionerBert Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assoc. Commissioner/CFOKathy Keene. . . . . . . . .Assoc. Commissioner/ComplianceRick Mello . . . Assoc. Commissioner/Sports AdministrationJohn McElwain . . . . Assoc. Commisioner/ Commincations Bryant Carter . .Assoc. Commissioner/Sport AdministrationTravis Llewellyn. . . . . . . . . Director of Media/New MediaChauntrell Shelby . . . . . . . . . Chief Administrative OfficerKeith Nunez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media RelationsAndrew Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Champonships Assistant

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President Dr. Sidney A. McPhee; Prarie View A&M, 1976

Dr. Sidney A. McPhee is the tenth president of Middle Tennes-see State Univer-sity. Prior to his appointment at MTSU in 2001, he was executive vice chancellor at the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)

in Nashville. In addition, he served as chief academic officer and interim chancellor for the Board of Regents system. Before his appoint-ment at TBR, McPhee served in various admin-istrative capacities at several major universities including Oklahoma State University, Univer-sity of Louisville, and University of Memphis. In May 2007, President McPhee received the title of Honorary Professor at China Agricultural University in Beijing. The Honorary Professor title is the highest academic award given at the institution. McPhee was named Outstanding American University President of 2002 by the American Football Foundation. In 2003, he was listed by Nashville Post business magazine as one of Ten-nessee’s 100 Most Powerful Individuals, and in 2004, he was ranked by Tennessee Business magazine as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful African Americans in the State of Tennessee. In 2006, Dr. McPhee was listed by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of seven university presidents in the U.S. who is shaping intercol-legiate athletics on a national scale. Most re-cently, in the spring of 2009, President McPhee was the keynote speaker for Prairie View A&M Founder’s Day celebrations, and in June of this year Dr. McPhee was an invited participant at the International Agricultural University Presi-dential Forum held in Beijing and sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. McPhee earned his bachelor’s degree (with highest honors, summa cum laude) from Prai-rie View A&M University; a master’s degree from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; and a doctorate in applied behavioral studies in education from Oklahoma State Uni-versity. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Uni-versity Management Development Program and has completed professional development programs at St. Mary’s University of San Anto-nio, Texas, and Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As an academician, President McPhee’s scholarly publications and presentations are extensive. His publications have appeared in local, national, and international professional journals. In addition, he is the senior author of

a book, Understanding the Campus Culture: An Introduction to College, and has co-authored a chapter for a major college textbook on academ-ic advising. McPhee’s scholarly pursuits include several international visits and presentations in locations such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Lanzhou, China; Mekelle, Ethiopia; Penang, Malaysia; Hong Kong; Moscow and St. Peters-burg, Russia; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel; Ant-werp, Belgium; Montreal, Canada; Oxford, Eng-land; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Nassau, Bahamas. McPhee is currently a participating member of NCAA’s Football Academic Working Group and just recently chaired the NCAA Division I Working Group to review “At-Risk” Student-Ath-lete issues (ARSA). The ARSA final report was sub-mitted to the NCAA Board of Directors in January 2009. McPhee also served a five-year term on the

NCAA Division I Board of Directors, a three-year term on the NCAA Executive Committee, and two terms as president of the Sun Belt Confer-ence athletic league and chairman of the SBC’s CEO Executive Committee. In May 2005, he was appointed to the NCAA Presidential Commission on the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed him to the National Council for the Humanities, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him. A past member of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, McPhee chaired its member-ship council. He is a member of the Murfrees-boro Noon Rotary Club and serves as a member of the SunTrust Bank Board of Directors (Nash-ville) and SunTrust Regional Bank Advisory Board (Murfreesboro). He also served on the Nashville Adventure Science Center Board, the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Board, and the Mid-dle Tennessee Council for Boy Scouts of America Executive Board and co-chaired the Tennessee Legislative Retreat Task Force on Higher Educa-tion. McPhee was recently re-elected to a second three-year term as a commission member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. During McPhee’s tenure at MTSU, the Univer-

sity has experienced considerable growth in many areas. Student enrollment has increased significantly, making MTSU undergraduate enrollment the largest in the state. During the past several years, the University added twelve new degree programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In 2002, for the first time in the history of the University, three Ph.D. programs were established: in Economics, Eng-lish, and Human Performance. A Ph.D. in Public History was instituted shortly thereafter, and in July 2007, a new Ph.D. in Literacy Studies was approved. From 2001 to 2007, the University increased extramural funding from $6 million to approximately $40 million. Since McPhee’s arrival, MTSU has been suc-cessful in raising admission standards, resulting in an increase in high-ability students. MTSU has been the institution of choice for midstate valedictorians and salutatorians in recent years and has enrolled a significant number of Na-tional Merit scholars and Achievement schol-ars. McPhee’s presidency has coincided with several major improvements in University fa-cilities. A ten-year, $70 million renovation of all student residential housing is scheduled for completion by 2011, the University’s centenni-al year. In addition, the University acquired the 500-acre Guy James property to consolidate its highly regarded programs in the School of Agribusiness and Agriscience. This acquisition doubled the size of campus acreage from 500 to 1,000. Over $9 million was spent to renovate Andrew L. Todd Hall, which now houses the Department of Art and has state-of-the-art equipment for its students and faculty. The Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building was built with private funding. In January 2007, an ad-dition to the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Build-ing was opened and dedicated, bringing the facility to 28,000 square feet. The University secured private gifts in support of a $6 million baseball stadium completed in 2008 and dedi-cated in spring 2009. In 2006, the University received $15 million in state support for the planning and infrastructure development for a proposed $120 million science building, and in April 2007, a new $3 million track and soccer complex was opened. Recently, the Tennessee General Assembly approved the construction of a $31.7 million building for the University’s College of Education. A $19 million expansion of the Health, Wellness, and Recreation Center was completed in 2008. Presently, the Univer-sity is involved in proposed or active capital projects totaling nearly $400 million. President McPhee is married to Elizabeth McPhee, and they have two children, Seneca and Sidney-Anthony.

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Athletic Director Chris Massaro; Northern Colorado 1983 The landscape of college athletics has changed drasti-cally over the past decade and that renovation also has been demonstrated at Middle Tennessee, particularly during the four-plus years since Chris Massaro was named director of athletics on April 8, 2005.

Proving to be a true visionary, Massaro has helped revolutionize the Blue Raiders’ athletic department while helping pave the way for even greater success in future years. During his short but highly successful reign, Massaro has overseen unprecedented success not only in the university’s athletic programs but also in regard to academic success, facility upgrades, and a proven record of hiring coaches who have thrived under his watch. Under Massaro’s leadership, the Blue Raiders have captured the Sun Belt’s all-sports trophy three times in five years. Since his arrival, Massaro has enhanced the Blue Raiders’ broad-based, 17-sport programs. Among the accomplishments included in the last four years: • The Athletic Department has captured 20 Sun Belt Conference championships and earned 14 coach of the year honors. • The athletic program has had a record 18 na-tionally televised events during his tenure. • Middle Tennessee’s football team earned an at-large invitation to the Motor City Bowl in 2006, the first bowl appearance during the Division I era, then picked up a second invitation in 2009 to the New Orleans Bowl. • The women’s volleyball team reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in 2007 and has made four straight NCAA appearances. • The men’s golf team received its first-ever at-large invitation into the East Regional in 2008 and subsequently advanced to the National Champi-onship where they finished 15th in the country. They backed up that effort with another NCAA regional in 2009 after winning the SBC title. • The women’s basketball team appeared in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2006 and 2007 and returned again in 2009. The team nar-rowly missed reaching the Sweet 16 in 2007 after earning a No. 5 seed. • The Middle Tennessee tennis doubles team of Marco Born and Andreas Siljestrom won the National Championship in 2007 – the first NCAA doubles title in Athletic Department history. • The Middle Tennessee track teams have com-bined for four conference titles and the 2007 men’s outdoor squad finished No. 21 in the nation while the 2009 women’s indoor team ranked tied for 30th. • The Blue Raider baseball team captured the regular season and tournament championship in 2009 and advanced to the NCAAs. Massaro’s success at Middle Tennessee doesn’t

stop with the athletic teams. There has been a tre-mendous track record for hiring quality coaches with head football coach Rick Stockstill, women’s head basketball coach Rick Insell, and men’s golf coach Whit Turnbow – and all Massaro hires – each earning Sun Belt Coach of the Year in their first sea-sons. In all, Massaro’s guidance has provided coach-es with the resources to produce 20 conference titles, 21 NCAA postseason appearances, one Sun Belt Conference Athlete of the Year, and 14 Coach of the Year awards. Academic enhancement has also skyrocketed under Massaro’s leadership. Massaro, who was ap-pointed to a panel on APR Improvement Plans for the 2007 NCAA Convention, inherited a football program with a national-low score of 812 and saw it increase to a current 990 (on a 1,000-point scale) in 2009. As a whole, the Athletic Department has im-proved from a 908 score when Massaro was hired to an impressive cumulative (four years) score of 951 in 2007-08. All 17 Middle Tennessee sports teams achieved passing marks of 925 or higher in 2006-07 with four teams turning in a perfect mark of 1,000. In 2007-08, 16 of 17 teams topped the 925 mark. Massaro, who spent 20 years at the University of South Carolina prior to his appointment at Middle Tennessee, also overhauled the annual Blue Raider Athletic Association’s annual giving program, which resulted in a record number of members and finan-cial giving in 2008, indicating the fourth such year record numbers have been realized. The annual campaign has improved 40 percent since his arrival. Facility upgrades also have been at the top of Massaro’s impressive list of accomplishments. He completed a $6 million capital campaign for the new baseball stadium and initiated a series of major renovations to existing athletic facilities during the previous three years, including a state-of-the-art soccer and track complex. Most recently, a state-of-the-art golf performance center was completed in December 2008. In the midst of numerous upgrades, Massaro also has initiated generous contributions that made it possible to install a new synthetic surface in Floyd Stadium for the 2006 season. Additionally, new vid-eoboards – one for football and two inside Murphy Center – were installed in 2007. In a span of five years Massaro’s hiring practices have been regarded as excellent. On Dec. 12, 2005, he made his highest profile hire when he selected Stockstill to take over the football program. Stockstill became just the second head coach in the I-A era and led the Blue Raiders to a league championship and a bowl ap-pearance in his first season. Two days following his hiring, Mas-saro was pressed into action to find a replacement to lead the nation-ally recognized women’s basketball program. Massaro made his first hire when he brought on board legend-ary high school coach Rick Insell to take over the program. Both Insell and Stockstill won championships in their first seasons on the job. Massaro has also made a significant upgrade in the Blue Raider football

schedule. During the summer of 2005, he an-nounced a home game in 2007 that made Virginia the first team from the highly regarded ACC to vis-it Floyd Stadium, and then quickly added a second ACC member when Maryland agreed to make the trip to Murfreesboro in 2008 and the Blue Raiders rewarded him with a 24-14 upset. On his 100th day on the job, Massaro made one of his biggest announcements: a five-year contract with the Uni-versity of Memphis to play football that started in 2007. The Tigers became the first in-state Division I-A (FBS) football team to play the Blue Raiders in Murfreesboro. Massaro has also worked out a home-and-home series with Mississippi State that saw the Bulldogs come to Floyd Stadium in 2009 – making them the first SEC program to play in a Sun Belt stadium – and nearby Georgia Tech that will have the Yellow Jackets coming to Murfrees-boro in 2011. He has also inked a home-and-home with Minnesota that will see the Golden Gophers come to Murfreesboro to begin the 2010 season on Thursday, Sept. 2. In March 2008, Massaro made another big move when he announced a four-game series with neighboring rival Vanderbilt of the SEC. The series begins in 2015 and the teams will play twice in Murfreesboro and twice in Nashville. The Glenwood Springs, Colo., native joined the South Carolina staff under the Ohio University sport administration program in 1985. Massaro helped usher the Gamecocks into the SEC and learned under legendary athletic director Dr. Mike McGee. Massaro earned his bachelor’s degree in busi-ness administration from the University of North-ern Colorado in 1983 and his master’s degree in sport administration from Ohio University in 1986. At UNC, Massaro was a five-year football team member. Massaro is also heavily involved in community service projects and organizations. He is a mem-ber of the Red Cross Board, the City Golf Commis-sion and the Rutherford County Sports Council Ex-ecutive Committee, and he served on the search committee for the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce president. Massaro and his wife, Cindy, have four children: Hank, Lainey, Rachel, and Ben.

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