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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Hammond, La. Founded 1925 Enrollment 14,727 Nickname Lions Colors Green and Gold Conference Southland President Dr. John L. Crain NCAA Faculty Representative Dr. Joe Morris Director of Athletics Bart Bellairs Athletic Web Site www.LionSports.net University Web Site www.selu.edu

TRACK AND FIELD INFORMATION Head Coach Sean Brady Alma Mater Southeastern, 1994 Assistant Coaches Michael Bartolina Brian Mondschein Graduate Assistant Coach Peter Kosgei Volunteer Assistant Coach Erica Bartolina Interim Head Athletic Trainer Cary Berthelot LIONS IN CONFERENCE 2009 SLC Indoor Finish 3rd/81.5 pts 2009 SLC Outdoor Finish 1st/140 pts 2009 SLC CC Finish 6th/162 pts

LADY LIONS IN CONFERENCE 2009 SLC Indoor Finish 7th/36 pts 2009 SLC Outdoor Finish 8th/37 pts 2009 SLC CC Finish 10th/237 pts

TEAM HISTORY First Year of NCAA Div. 1 Competition 1982 OlympicQualifiers 3 NCAA Division II National Champions 3 NAIA National Champions 5 NCAA All-Americans 26 NCAANationalQualifiers 19 Academic All-Americans 3

MEDIA RELATIONS Track and Field/Cross Country Contact: Chris Mycoskie Cell Phone: (225) 788-4801 Media Relations Fax: (985) 549-3773 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address: Southeastern Louisiana University Athletic Media Relations SLU 10309 Hammond, LA 70402 Overnight Address: Southeastern Louisiana University Athletic Media Relations 800 Galloway Drive Hammond, LA 70402

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Table of ContentsIntroduction2009-10 Schedule .......................................................................... Inside Front Cover Table of Contents/Quick Facts/Credits ................................................................................................1Roster Breakdown .................................................................................................2-32009 Cross Country Results ...................................................................................................................3

Looking at the Lions2009-10 State of the Program ...........................................................................................................4-5

CoachesSean Brady ...................................................................................................................................................6Michael Bartolina/Brian Mondschein....................................................................................................7Peter Kosgei/Erica Bartolina ...................................................................................................................8

Lions and Lady LionsReturning Student-Athletes ..............................................................................................................9-18Newcomers ................................................................................................................................................18

HistoryLion Track Hall of Fame/All-Time Best List ...............................................................................19-20Lady Lion Track Hall of Fame/All-Time Best List .....................................................................21-22Lions for Life (All-Time Roster).....................................................................................................23-25

The University Athletic History ..................................................................................................................................26-27This is Southeastern ........................................................................................................................28-29Administration ...........................................................................................................................................30Bart Bellairs, Athletic Director..............................................................................................................31Southland Conference ............................................................................................................................32

Credits

The 2009-10 Southeastern Louisiana Track and Field/Cross Country MediaGuideisaproductionoftheSportsInformationOffice.Theguide was prepared by student assistant Chris Mycoskie, with sup-port from Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations Matt Sullivan and Associate Director of Media Relations Kemmler Chapple.

PhotographybyRandyBergeron,ClaudeLevet(SoutheasternOfficeof Public Information), Don Aime, Ally OKeefe (Southeastern Depart-ment of Student Publications) and Melissa Jones.

Special thanks to head coach Sean Brady, assistant coaches Michael Bartolina and Brian Mondschein, Larry Hymel of the Southeastern Alumni Association, Charlie Gillingham of Nicholls, plus Bruce Ludlow, Jimmy Glenn and Todd Lamb of the Southland Conference.

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Quick Facts

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2009-10 Lions Track and Field Roster

Name Yr. (Ind./Out.) Events Ht./Wt. Hometown/Last SchoolM.J. Ahmad So./So. Distance/CC 6-0/156 Gretna, La./Archbishop Shaw HSStephen Atkinson So./So. Multi 6-0/187 Mandeville, La./Fontainebleau HSJerel Butler Jr./Jr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-10/144 New Orleans, La./Edna Karr HS Brandon Camp Fr./Fr. Sprints 6-0/175 Rosenberg, Texas/Lamar Consolidated HSMalcolm Carter Fr./Fr. Sprints 5-7/162 Calhoun, La./West Ouachita HSRocky Caruth Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-11/179 Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago/Central ArizonaGeorge Cunningham Sr./NA Sprints 6-1/180 Gilbert, Ariz./Central Arizona Brandon Daniels Fr./Fr. Sprints/Jumps 6-1/162 Marrero, La./John Ehret HSBeauDeMars Fr./Fr. PoleVault 5-11/164 Springfield,La./AlbanyHSChris Diez So./So. Sprints/Hurdles 5-10/166 Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HSKevin Dorhauer Fr./Fr. Pole Vault 5-7/129 Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HS Zack Dufrene Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-10/148 Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw HS Kyle Francis R-Sr./NA Throws 6-6/300 Tortola, British Virgin Islands/Central Arizona Kyle Golden Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 6-2/164 Baton Rouge, La./Redemptionist HS Shannon Grover Jr./Jr. Sprints 5-9/150 New Orleans, La./East St. John HS Kernell Jupiter Sr./Sr. Jumps 6-0/151 Hahnville, La./Hahnville HS Kalphys Kemboi Jr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-8/129 Eldama Ravine, Kenya/Simontro HSDamian Manning Sr./Sr. Hurdles 5-11/175 Baton Rouge, La./Broadmoor HS Jesse McDavitt Fr./Fr. Distance 5-8/125 Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist HSJeremey Miller So./So. Throws 6-0/200 Baton Rouge, La./Istrouma HS Andon Mitchell Sr./NA Sprints 5-6/134 Mt. Craven, Grenada/TCUDrew Mizell So./So. Pole Vault 5-7/157 Covington, La./Covington HS Faisal Muhammad Sr./Sr. Throws 6-2/241 Brooklyn, N.Y./Kingsborough CC Jaron Ortego So./So. Distance 5-9/137 Walker, La./UL LafayetteAndrew Pennington Jr./Jr. Pole Vault 5-8/139 Covington, La./Covington HS Johnel Reams Fr./Fr. Jumps 6-2/151 Walker, La./Walker HSJosh Reed Fr./Fr. Jumps 5-10/190 Hammond, La./St. Thomas Aquinas HSJordan Redd R-So./Jr. Sprints 6-0/180 Lafayette, La./Westminster Christian Michael Rheams Jr./Jr. Jumps 6-3/161 Walker, La./Walker HS Scott Richardson Fr./Fr. Distance 5-7/147 New Orleans, La./Brother Martin HSCory Roberts Sr./Sr. Combined Events 5-11/185 Meraux, La./St. Thomas Aquinas HS Chris Robinson Jr./Jr. Combined Events 6-1/168 Slidell, La./Northshore HS Henry Rop So./Jr. Distance 5-7/126 Kapsabet, Kenya/Union UniversityCote Ryland Sr./Sr. Combined Events 5-11/167 Dellville, La./Buckeye HSCorey Santangelo Fr./So. Combined Events 5-9/157 Central, La./Central Private School Adonson Shallow Sr./Sr. Throws 6-1/293 Kingston, St. Vincent/Central ArizonaKovey Simmons So./So. Pole Vault 6-0/165 DeRidder, La./DeRidder HS Abram Taylor Fr./Fr. Sprints/Hurdles 6-0/168 Hammond, La./Hammond HSMatt Thiel So./So. Pole Vault 5-6/138 Covington, La./St. Pauls SchoolWinston Walker Fr./Fr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-7/162 West Weggo, La./L.H. Higgins HSAdlus Wiltz Sr./Sr. Hurdles/Relays 6-3/180 Waggaman, La./L.H. Higgins HS

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Sean Brady, Southeastern (1994) - 9th Season at Southeastern/9th Season as Head CoachAssistant Coach: Michael Bartolina, Central Oklahoma (1992) - 5th Season at Southeastern/12th Season as Coach

Assistant Coach: Brian Mondschein, Washington (1977) - 3nd Season at Southeastern/28th Season as CoachGraduate Assistant Coach: Peter Kosgei, Arkansas (2008) - 2nd Season at Southeastern/2nd Season as Coach

Volunteer Assistant Coach: Erica Bartolina, Texas A&M (2002) - 5th Season at Southeastern/5th Season as Coach

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Date Meet Host Location Results___________________ Sept. 4 McNeese State Invitational McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Meet Not Scored Two-person relay teams competed in 6K events. Henry Rop and Kalphys Kemboi won the mens event with a time of 17:10.

Dorcus Kapkiai and Kim Gastinell led the Lady Lions with a second place finish at 21:25. Sept. 19 Azalea City Classic South Alabama Mobile, Ala. Men: 2nd/55, Women: 3rd/63

Kapkiai captured the individual womens title with a time of 19:35.2 in the 5K event, topping her closest challenger by over nine seconds.Kemboi was Southeasterns top male finisher, coming in third place at 16:19.5 in the 5K competition.

Sept. 26 LSU Invitational LSU Baton Rouge, La. Men: 4th/93, Women: 6th/151Southeasterns Kemboi won the 8K event (25:38.71), crossing the finish line less than three hundreths of a second ahead of teammate Rop (25:38.94).

Kapkiai stayed stride for stride with the lead pack until the 3K mark of the 5K event. She finished 5th at 19:40.07. Oct. 3 McNeese Cowboy Stampede McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Men: 3rd/75, Women: 2nd/49

With some of Southeasterns top athletes not making the trip, the Lady Lions finished in 2nd place and the Lion men came in 3rd. The women and men both ran 5K races.Naomi Jeruto led Southeastern with a fourth place finish at 19:51.33. Nelphat Boit placed 10th (16:59:59) to lead the Lion men.

Oct. 10 Watson Ford Invitational Mississippi College Clinton, Miss. Men: 2nd/76, Women: 1st/36 The Southeastern womens cross country team came in first, while the mens team finished second behind Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Kapkiai won her second race of the season, clocking a time of 23:18.54 in the 6K event. Rop was the first place individual on the mens side, completing the 8K event in 25:37.73. Oct. 31 Southland Conference Championships Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Men: 6th/162, Women: 10th/237

Kemboi was Southeasterns top male finisher in the 8K event, placing sixth by clocking a time of 24:23. Rop joined him in the top 10, coming in ninth, just two seconds behind at 24:25.The Lady Lions best performer was Kapkiai, who came in 12th place with a time of 21:42 in the 6K race.

Nov. 14 NCAA Regionals Baylor Waco, Texas Men: 17th/447 Rop led the Southeastern contingent, crossing the finish line with a time of 31:54.8 in the 10K event, good for 20th place.

2009 Cross Country Results

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2009-10 Lady Lions Track and Field Roster

Name Yr. (Ind./Out.) Events Ht. Hometown/Last SchoolBethany Burst Fr./Fr. Distance/CC 5-4 Metairie, La./Sacred Heart HSMarissa Cannon Fr./Fr. Throws 5-4 Amite, La./Oak Forest AcademyErnestine Carodine R-Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Central HS Whitney Clay Sr./Sr. Sprints/Relays 5-7 Slidell, La./Slidell HS Kristen Eubanks So./So. Combined Events 5-5 Oak Grove, La./Oak Grove HS Jessica Fekete Fr./Fr. Heptahalon 5-5 Holden, La./Holden HSKim Gastinell Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-7 New Orleans, La./Edna Karr HS Naomi Jeruto Jr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-5 Kaimoji, Kenya/Lindenwood UniversityDorcus Kapkiai Jr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-6 Eldoret, Kenya/Union University Renada Living So./So. Throws 5-4 Lafayette, La./Lafayette HS Everlyne Matonyei Sr./NA Distance/CC 5-4 Eldoret, Kenya/Central Arizona Domonique Morley Fr./Fr. Sprints 5-4 Nassau, Bahamas/St. Augustines CollegeMichelle Ogashi So./So. Sprints/Relays 5-7 New Iberia, La./New Iberia HS Erika Payton So./So. Sprints/Relays 5-9 Baton Rouge, La./Dutchtown HS Brittany Pfantz Fr./Fr. Pole Vault 5-4 DeRidder, La./DeRidder HSPetra Poznic So./So. Combined Events 6-0 Velenje, Slovenia/School Center Velenje Shalicia Rochon Fr./Fr. Throws 5-9 New Iberia, La./New Iberia HSLacey Sanchez So./So. Pole Vault 5-4 Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael the Archangel HS Yvette Schubert Sr./Sr. Throws 5-3 Walker, La./Walker HS Courtney Schultheis Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-9 Gretna, La./Archbishop Blenk HS Judith Schultheis Jr./Jr. Hurdles/Jumps 5-9 Gretna, La./Archbishop Blenk HSChelsea Steele Fr./Fr. Javelin 5-4 Gray, La./HL Bourgeois HSAmber Thomas So./So. Throws 5-9 Morgan City, La./New Iberia HS Clara Wells Jr./Jr. Sprints 5-1 Baton Rouge, La./Baton Rouge Magnet HS

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It was the greatest finish in the history of Southeastern Louisiana Track and Field. Trailing UT Arlington by one and a half points heading into the final event, the Lions 4x400 meter relay team posted a school record time to beat the Mavericks and capture the 2009 Southland Confer-ence mens outdoor championship.

Tasting that success made the Lions hun-gry for more, while the Lady Lions want to have their own moment in the cham-pionship spotlight.

Distance/Cross Country

On the mens side, Kalphys Kemboi and Henry Rop enter the 2010 track season after another stellar cross country cam-paign in 2009. The pair earned All-South-land and All-Louisiana honors after fin-ishing in the top 10 at the league meet. Rop went on to capture a top 20 finish in the NCAA south central regional meet.

Kemboi and Rop will be supported by Jaron Ortego, a transfer from the Univer-sity of Louisiana at Lafayette, plus senior Kyle Golden. Freshman Jesse McDavitt will redshirt during the indoor season, but could contribute in the 10k during the outdoor campaign. New Orleans na-tive Scott Richardson joins the Lions af-ter a solid career at Brother Martin High School, and will likely be a key compo-nent of the distance medley relay. On the womens side, there are great

expectations for junior Dorcus Kapkiai. The Louisiana Sports Writers Association awarded her with cross country co-run-ner of the year honors. She was South-easterns top female runner in every meet she participated in during the 2009 season and earned two individual victo-ries in the process.

Naomi Jeruto was the LSWAs choice as female newcomer of the year. The trans-fer from Lindenwood College made an immediate impact on the Southeastern womens cross country team. She racked up four straight individual top ten fin-ishes. The Lady Lions will be counting on her to perform well in middle distance races.

Sprints/Hurdles

Southeastern has an outstanding group of hurdlers returning in 2010. For the men, Kernell Jupiter, Cory Roberts and Damian Manning are expected to have great indoor and outdoor seasons. They should head up one of the most solid units on the team.

Adlus Wiltz looks to improve upon his school record 800 meter run time of 1:53.18 during the indoor campaign. Outdoors, hell be called upon to lead the Lions in the 400 meter dash, and will be part of the championship 4x400 meter relay team again in 2010.

Shannon Grover will be called on to con-

tribute in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay and 4x400 me-ter relay. He reached the NCAA outdoor regionals in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash in both the 2008 and 2009 season, and should have a three-peat performance in 2010.

TCU transfer Andon Mitchell does not have outdoor eligibility, but will be a fac-tor during the indoor campaign. The for-mer Horned Frog captured All-American honors and four Mountain West Confer-ence championships during his time in Fort Worth.

The long sprints group will feature the talents of Jerel Butler, who missed quali-fying for regionals in the 400 meter dash last season by less than half a sec-ond. George Cunningham will be a big boost to the Lions in the indoor season, but does not have outdoor eligibility left. Both Butler and Cunningham could score in 400 meter dash and 4x400 meter relay.

Judith Schultheis returns to the South-eastern womens track team after com-peting unattached in 2009, and immedi-ately steps back in the role of top hurdler for the Lady Lions. Her primary focus will be the 60 meter hurdles, but shell also join the 4x400 meter relay team.

Erika Payton should also be a big contrib-utor for the Green and Gold. She scored last year in the 200 meter dash at the

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Southland Conference indoor and out-door championships.

Jumps

On the mens side, two-time Southland Conference champion Michael Rheams looks to add even more hardware to his trophy case. This solid veteran won the outdoor triple jump title in 2008 and fol-lowed that up with an indoor long jump victory in 2009.

Sophomore Kovey Simmons has a great shot to lead the SLC in vertical jumps. He took fifth place in the outdoor champi-onships last season, despite the meet being his first performance of the sea-son due to injury. He also posted a top ten finish in the pole vault at the indoor championships.

Michelle Ogashi is Southeasterns top returning female in the long and triple jump. She was consistent as a freshman and should be in a position to be on the podium at the conference champion-ships as a sophomore.

Throws

Adonson Shallow may be the best all-around thrower in the country, with amazing skills in shot put, discus, ham-mer, weight throw and javelin. He has already assured his spot in Southeastern lore with record-breaking throws in the

hammer, weight throw and indoor shot. In discus, he advanced to the NCAA Na-tional Championships in 2009, placing 11th.

Faisal Muhammad is also back for 2010. He set the school record in the weight throw early in the indoor campaign last year, only to see it broken by Shallow later. The two very well may continue to trade places at the top of the all-time list.

Kyle Francis also has a chance to score in weight throw at the indoor champi-onships to close out his Southeastern career.

Yvette Schubert looks to return to the form that saw her capture the 2008 Southland Conference outdoor title in javelin. She took sixth place season, and also put together a top ten performance at the Texas Relays.

Renada Living saw consistent improve-ment in hammer throw throughout the 2009 outdoor season. Amber Thomas and Shalicia Rochon also have oppor-tunities to break through at the college level.

Combined Events

Senior Cory Roberts looks to close out an amazing career with the Lions. He was the 2009 Southland Conference outdoor de-cathlon champion, setting a school record

in the process with 7,451 points. Roberts ended the year with a 19th place finish at the NCAA National Championships.

Chris Robinson looks to break back into the top ten in 2010. He placed ninth in de-cathlon at the 2008 conference meet, but dropped to 12th place last year.

Schedule

Southeasterns schedule will not take the Lions and Lady Lions to all corners of the country, but that wont keep them from competing against the nations best teams. The Green and Gold will line up vs. Olympians and national champions on a regular basis.

Highlights include several visits to Baton Rouge for meets at LSU, plus an appear-ance at the Texas Relays, arguably the finest collegiate track meet in the United States.

This set-up will give Southeasterns com-petitors a chance to be real student-ath-letes. Not being on long road trips every weekend, theyll be able to have a life out-side of athletics and further enjoy their college experience.

The Lions and Lady Lions hope there is one very long trip, though. By qualifying for the NCAA Division I National Cham-pionships, Southeastern would go to historic Hayward Field, home of the Uni-versity of Oregon.

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Sean BradyHead Coach

Alexandria, La.B.A., Southeastern Louisiana (1994)

Post-Grad Diploma, University of Edinburgh (1998)Ninth Season as Head Coach

Ninth Season at Southeastern

Southland Conference Champions: 26

NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifiers: 81

NCAA All-Americans: 4 Curtis Moss (Mens Javelin, 2007) Avery Sorapuru (Mens Long Jump, 2006) Chris Carter (Mens Javelin, 2005) Lars Laursen (Mens Javelin, 2006)

NCAA Championship Qualifiers: 17 Cory Roberts (Mens Decathalon, 2009) Adonson Shallow (Mens Discus, 2009)

Teremine White (Mens Discus, 2006-08; Shot Put, 2006) Curtis Moss (Mens Javelin, 2007) Avery Sorapuru (Mens Long Jump, 2006) Cal Hamilton (Mens Javelin, 2006) Lars Laursen (Mens Javelin, 2006) Shakeitha Henfield (Womens 100 M Dash, 2004) Betsy Baldwin (Womens Javelin, 2004/2007) Chris Carter (Mens Javelin, 2003,/2005-06)

All-Southland Conference Athletes: 121

Southland Conference Athletes of the Year: 4

Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year: 2 Southland Conference Newcomers of the Year: 3 All-Louisiana Athletes: 88 LSWA Athletes of the Year: 4 Academic All-Southland Conference Selections: 8

Academic All-Region Selections: 4

Academic All-Americans: 2

In his eighth season as South-eastern Louisianas track and field coach, Sean Brady led themens team to its first SouthlandConference championship. The for-mer Southeastern pole vaulter has built the Lions and Lady Lions into a force in the highly competitive league and expects continued suc-cess in 2010. Shortly after winning the confer-ence title, Brady made program his-tory once again as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him the 2009 South Central Region Co-Mens Head Coach of the Year, sharing the award with Chris Bucknam, head coach of the 2009 SEC champion and traditional national powerhouse program at the University of Arkan-sas. The national honor came on the heels of being named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year. Im very honored to receive this award, Brady said. Its nice to see our program mentioned with some of the best in the nation. However, this award is not about a head guy. This is a credit to the effort our kids put in all year long and a credit to the support our administration and university has given us. Without that, something like this wouldnt be possible. So Im happy that our program has put itself in a position to get itself mentioned with one of the best programs in the nation.

Bradys main duties include over-seeing the Southeastern sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams; a group that broke three school records and saw five NCAA Mideast Regionalqualifiers during the course of the2009 season. In total, the Alexandria native oversaw a team that produced ten student-athletes that qualified forNCAA postseason competition in 15 different events. Bradys 2009 Lions also produced the SLC Athlete of the Year (sophomore distance run-ner Henry Rop) and Outstanding Field Performer of the Year (junior thrower Adonson Shallow). Under the tutelage of Brady and his staff, Southeastern student ath-letes have constantly attacked the school record books, setting more than 50 standards since 2002. In the past eight seasons, 81 student-athletes have qualified forthe NCAA Mideast Regionals, 17 student-athletes have competed in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with four Lions earning All-America honors and Jan-ice Ezegbunum earning Academic All-America honors. Twenty six student-athletes have captured Southland Conference in-dividual championships. Brady began his college coaching career as a volunteer assistant at LSU, where he served two seasons under head coach Pat Henry. During his tenure in Baton Rouge,

Brady coached several world class sprinters and eventual professional jumpers on the mens squad while assisting with meet preparation. After two seasons with the Tigers, Brady moved to Utah State in 1998 where he worked as an assistant and coached a pair of Big West Con-ference championship teams and developed a pair of Aggie school record holders. Prior to his coaching career, Brady proved to be a standout student-athlete. The Alexandria native at-tended Northwestern State for one year where he played wide receiver for the Demon football team, before transferring to Southeastern. Brady spent three years in Ham-mond competing in the pole vault and earned a personal-best mark of 16 feet-5 inches as a senior. After earning his degree in Ki-nesiology at Southeastern in 1994, Brady went on and earned his Post Graduate Degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he taught athletics classes in the sports science curriculum and trained pro-fessional athletes. Brady graduated from Alexandria Senior High School where he was a district and regional champion in the pole vault. The son of James and Karen Brady, both Southeastern alums, SeanBradyholdscertification fromUSA Track and Field as a Level I and II coach.

Bradys Career Breakdown

2009 Southland Conference Coach

of the Year

2009 USTFCCCA South Central

Region Co-Mens Coach of the Year

2009 Louisiana Sports Writers

Association Mens Cross Country

Coach of the Year


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Brian Mondschein

Brian Mondschein begins his third season as an assistant coach with the Southeastern Louisiana track and field program after a fourteen year run at Division II Kutztown (Pa.) Uni-versity. Mondscheins main responsibilities include working with the Lions throwers and heptathletes. Brian brings a wealth of knowledge and experi-ence to our teams on top of being a great coach and person, head coach Sean Brady said. I be-lieve he will be able to recruit some athletes from areas regionally and nationally where we have not recruited before. Hes a great coach with a lot of experience. While at Kutztown, Mondschein helped turn the Golden Bears track and field program into a pow-erhouse in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Confer-ence. In 14 years at Kutztown, Mondscheins squad collected 18 conference championships, produced 90 individual conference champions, 38 Division II All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans and

two PSAC scholar athletes of the year. Prior to his time at Kutztown, Mondschein served as an assistant with the University of Virginia track and field program from 1987 to 1992. While at Vir-ginia, Mondschein helped the Cavaliers to their best conference finish in the 1990s when the mens squad finished fourth in indoors and outdoors and the womens team claimed third overall at the ACC outdoor meet. During his time at Virginia, Mondschein coached 12 All-ACC athletes and four All-Americans. From 1984-1987, Mondschein served as an as-sistant coach at Rice where he worked with the mens field events, combined events and hurdles as well as the womens javelin, hurdles and combined events. Mondschein began his coaching career in 1980 at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. and coached jumpers, hurdlers, sprinters and combined events for both mens and womens teams.

Mondschein turned in a stellar career as a student athlete at the University of Washington where he earned All-America honors by finishing seventh in the decathlon at the 1977 NCAA Championships. During his freshman campaign in 1973, Monds-chein was part of a U.S. Junior 4x400m relay team that posted a then-junior world record. A 1977 graduate of the University of Washington, Mondschein holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism and English and also holds IAAF Level Two Throws Instructor credentials. Mondscheins father, Irv, was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic Team, competing in the decath-lon. The elder Mondschein went on to coach at Lin-coln University of Pennsylvania before joining the coaching staff at the University of Pennsylvania, he was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame in the fall of 2007. Mondscheins wife Lauri currently serves as the track coach and a teacher at Albany Middle School.

Assistant CoachEdmund, Okla.

B.S., University of Central Oklahoma (1992)M.A., University of Central Oklahoma (1996)

17th Season CoachingFifth Season at Southeastern

Assistant CoachHavertown, Pa.B.A., University of Washington (1977)28th Season CoachingThird Season at Southeastern

During his 16 year coaching career, Mi-chael Bartolina has established himself as one of the premier jumps and com-bined event coaches in the nation.

The 2009-10 campaign will see Bartolina enterhisfifthseasontutoringtheLionsandLady Lions jumping and combined event ath-letes. Before joining the Southeastern coaching staff, Bartolina spent three years as National Equipment Manager for First to the Finish - the secondlargesttrackandfieldsupplycompanyin the United States. Prior to his time in the private sector, Barto-lina spent seven seasons coaching at the col-legiate level most recently as assistant track coach at McNeese State University. Before taking the job at McNeese, Bartolina served as head coach at Ranger Junior College

(Texas) where he led the team to three top-threefinishesinJUCONationalMeets. Bartolina began his college coaching career in 1992-93 at Southeastern where he served as a graduate assistant and coached current Southeastern head coach Sean Brady. Since joining the Lions track program, Barto-linas athletes have produced twelve regional performances, one national qualifying mark and an All-America honoree (Avery Sorapuru: 2006 Mens Long Jump). In total, Bartolinas collegiate athletes have earned 17 All-Southland Conference awards, six Southland Conference championships, 12 NCAA Regional Championship berths, three NCAA National Championship berths, and one All-America award. Bartolina is also one of the most sought af-tercoachesintheprofessionaltrackandfield

community, coaching at least one Olympian in the past three summer games and develop-ing Estonian heptathlete Kristian Rahnu who claimed fourth place at the 2006 World Cham-pionships. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bartolina was represented by male pole vaulter Jure Rovan of Slovenia as well as female pole vaulter Erica Bartolina of the United States. Bartolina holds USA Track and Field Level II coachingcertificationsinthejumpsandmulti-events. After competing in the pole vault for theOklahomaStatetrackandfieldteam,hecompleted both his BS and MA degrees at The University of Central Oklahoma. A native of Edmund, Oklahoma, Bartolina is married to Erica (Boren) Bartolina. He has one son, Ethan (10).

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Olympic pole vaulter Erica Bartolina enters herfifth campaignasa volunteer assis-tant with the Southeastern Louisiana Uni-versitytrackandfieldprogram. Bartolina, a three-time NCAA Championship qualifier and two-time Big 12 Champion in thepole vault at Texas A&M assists coaching the Li-ons and Lady Lions pole vaulters. Despite losing her right eye in a car accident when she was only four months old, Bartolina ranks as one of the top-20 pole vaulters in the world. Bartolinahasplacedinthetop-fiveattheU.S.Track and Field National Championships three times in her career fourth at the 2005 indoors, fifthatthe2007indoors,andthirdatthe2008outdoors.

In2008,Bartolinaearnedherfirst trip to theOlympic Games by posting her personal best height of 14 ft. 11 in. (4.55 m) to claim third place at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore-gon. ThefirstfemalepolevaulterinTexasA&Mhis-tory, where she was known as Erica Boren, Bar-tolina still holds the Aggie school record in the event at 13 ft. 3.75 in. (4.06 m) as well as the top ten marks in school history. As a junior, Bartolina claimed the 2000 Big 12 title in the pole vault with a winning jump of 12 ft. 11.5 in. (3.95 m). Bartolina earned her second Big 12 title as se-nior in 2001 by clearing 13 ft. 1.5 in. (4.00 m). In her four years in College Station, Bartolina advanced to the NCAA Championships three

times before graduating from Texas A&M with a B.S. in marketing in 2002. Born Erica Boren in Philomath, Ore., Erica is married to and coached by Southeastern assis-tanttrackandfieldcoachMichaelBartolina.Thecouple married in 2002.

Peter Kosgei

Erica Bartolina

Graduate Assistant CoachKapsabet, KenyaB.A., University of Arkansas (2008)Second Season CoachingSecond Season at Southeastern

Volunteer Assistant CoachPhilomath, Ore.

B.A., Texas A&M (2002)Fifth Season Coaching

Fifth Season at Southeastern

Peter Kosgei joins the Southeastern track andfieldcoachingstaffafterconcludingastellar career as a member of the national powerhouse University of Arkansas distance run-ning programs. Kosgei will help oversee the Li-ons and Lady Lions cross country and distance running programs at Southeastern. Peter is a tremendous addition to our pro-gram, Brady said. Having competed at a high level at a storied program like Arkansas, he knows what it takes to help our distance runners fulfilltheirpotential. In just two seasons with the Razorbacks, Kos-geiwonfiveindividualSoutheasternConferencetitles, was named a 10-time All-SEC honoree and earned 10 All-American honors in cross country andoutdoorandindoortrackandfield. In his 2006-07 senior season, Kosgei earned All-America honors in cross country, the indoor 3,000 m and the indoor 5,000 m.

Duringthefinaloutdoorseasonofhiscareer,Kosgei led the Razorbacks in a strong showing at theSECChampionships,finishingsecondinthe5,000 m and 10,000 m and third in the 3,000 m steeplechase. As a junior in 2005-06, Kosgei took runner-up honors at the 2005 NCAA South Central Regional CrossCountrymeetandwentontofinish12thatthe National Championships. During the indoor season, Kosgei claimed the SEC title as a junior in the 5K and was a runner-up in the 3K before going on to earn All-American honors in both events at the NCAA Indoor Cham-pionships. InhisfirstseasoninFayetteville,Kosgeimadea big impression, claiming SEC titles and earn-ing All-America honors in both the indoor 3K and indoor 5K in 2005. During the 2005 outdoor season, Kosgei was the SECs highest point scorer at the leagues

championship meet before going on to win the NCAA South Central Regional title in the 3K stee-plechase and earning All-America honors in the 10K and 3K steeplechase. Prior to his arrival in Fayetteville, Kosgei com-peted at Harding University in Searcy, Ark. where he earned 2003 Gulf South Freshman of the Year and 2004 Division II South Region Athlete of the Year honors. Born in Sangalo, Kenya, Kosgei is the son of Kipkosgei Choge and Magrine Chepkemboi. He has two brothers, William and Kipruto, and four sisters, Everlyne, Jeptanui, Jelagai and Jerono. Kosgei earned his bachelors degree in Orga-nizational Leadership from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in 2008.


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Jerel ButlerJr./Jr. Sprints/Relays 5-10/144 New Orleans, La. Edna Karr HS

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran anchor at Texas Relays as 4x400 m relay team posted the best mark in school history (3:09.78) ... Turned heads at LSU Alumni Gold meet with a victory in the 400 m dash with a time of 47.69 that missed the qualfying mark by just 0.49 seconds ... 4x400 m relay team posted a school record time of 3:06.79, propelling Southeast-ern over UT Arlington for the Lions firsteverSouthlandConferencecrownby 0.5 points.

2009 Indoor (Sophomore): In a crowded field at the Southland in-door championships 4x400 m, fell to the track after taking the exchange, yet still managed to get back in the race and help Southeastern to a sea-son best time of 3:20.10 that was just 0.17 seconds behind a school record.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Gar-neredfourtop-tenfinishesinthe400m including an eighth-place time of 49.78 in his SLC championships debut ... Helped Lions 4x400 m relay team

to an NCAA Mideast Regional qualify-ing time of 4:06.93.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Ran the 400 m dash at four indoor events ... Tookfirstat theMcNeese Indoor In-vitational (52.71) ... Posted his best 400 m time at the Southland Indoor Championships where he claimed 21st (51.06).

High School: A two-time all-district honoree in football and earned all-state honors in track at Edna Karr HS.

Career Honors:2008-09: Southland Conference Champion: 4x400 m Relay

Career Best Times:Event Time400 m 47.684x400 m relay 3:06.79

Shannon GroverJr./Jr. Sprints 5-9/150 New Orleans, La. East St. John HS

Career Honors:2008-09:Southland Conference Champion: 4x400 m RelayNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 100 m, 200 m

2007-08: School Record: Mens 200 m (20.82)NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 100 m, 200 mAll-Louisiana: 100 mAll-Louisiana: 4x400 m Relay

Career Best Times:Event Time100 m 10.33200 m 20.82400 m 48.394x400 m Relay 3:06.79

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran third leg as 4x400 m team posted third-place time of 3:09.78 at Texas Relays, setting school record ... Won Lamars Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays 100 m dash (10.57), then went on to post a time of 20.99 in the 200 m dashtoclaimfirstandpostanNCAAMideastRe-gional Qualifying time ... Clocked his second NCAA Regional qualifying time of the season by posting a time of 10.53 in the 100 m at LSUs Alumni Gold meet...Thirdplacefinisherin200m(21.03),fourthplace in 100 m (10.53) and part of record-setting 4x400 m performance (3:06.79) at Southland out-door championships.

2009 Indoor (Sophomore): At Southland indoor championships, recorded a personal best time of 22.15 seconds in the 200 m dash prelims.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Had a breakthrough freshman campaign during the outdoor season ... Advanced to the finals of the 100m dash at the

Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with a third-place preliminary time of 10.47 ... Went on to claim seventh in the 100 m dash with a time of 10.55 and fourth in the 200 m dash with a time of 21.14...QualifiedfortheNCAAMideastRegionalsin his freshman season in both short sprint events ... Claimed 14th in the 100 and 11th in the 200 in his firstcareerRegionalappearance...Clockedinwitha personal-best time of 10.33 in the 100 m dash at the NCAA Mideast Regionals, earning All-Loui-siana honors as the third-fastest time in the state during the 2008 outdoor season ... Added another personal-best time and set a school record with a mark of 20.82 in the 200 ... Ran the second leg of Southeasterns 4x400 relay team that clocked in at 3:09.83 at the LSU Alumni Gold to earn All-Loui-siana honors with the third-fastest time by a Louisi-ana school during the outdoor season.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Earned All-Southland Conference honors with a personal best time of 6.92

in the 60 m dash to claim seventh place ... Claimed 12th place at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational with a 23.15 200 m dash, a personal best time in that event ... Posted a time of 7.04 seconds in the 55 m dash, the second-best mark by a Lion sprinter during the indoor campaign.

Prior to Southeastern -

High School: Lettered in football, baseball and track at East St. John HS in Reserve, La. ... Named all-district in football in 2007 and captained the track squad ... Member of East St. Johns Beta Club.

Personal: The oldest son of Donna Grover ... Has two siblings, Shonna and James ... Twin sister Shonna competed as a sprinter for Southeasterns womens track team.

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Dorcus KapkiaiJr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-6 Eldoret, Kenya Union University

2009 Cross Country (Junior): Southeasterns top female runner in every cross country meet she par-ticipated in this season She also led the Lady Lions academically, carrying a 3.69 GPA as an accounting ma-jorKapkiaiearnedherfirstoftwoindividualvictoriesbybestinganoutstandingfieldatSouthAlabamas5Kmeet, the Azalea City Classic Dorcus followed that up witha5thplacefinishatLSUs5KThencameherbestday of the season, her second individual win as part of a Southeastern team victory at the Mississippi College 6K event, theWatson Ford Invitational ... Dorcus fin-ished 12th at the conference championships 6K event ... Named Co-Runner of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Narrowly missed out on All-Southland Conference honors with a fourth-place timeof37:49.79 topickupfivepoints forSoutheast-ern at Southland championships ... Named to ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team ... Auto-matic selection to the SLC All-Academic squad.

2009 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed sixth (18:04.46) in 5000 m run at Southland championships.

2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned All-SouthlandConferencehonorsbyfinishingseventhattheleague meet with a time of 22:31 over the 6K course ... Totaledthreetop-threefinishesontheseason,includingathird-placefinishattheLSUCrossCountryFestivalonSept.27,asecond-placefinishattheAzaleaCityClassicon Sept. 13 and an individual title at the Mississippi Col-lege Invitational on Oct. 11 ... Logged a personal best 5K time of 17:59.24 at the Auburn Tiger Invitational.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Earned a pair of top-ten finishesinthe5000m,placingninthattheLSUAlumniGold and seventh at the Tiger Invitational ... Posted a time of 5:07.48 in her only 1500 m run of the season at the ULM Warhawk Invitational ... Logged a personal record of 19:08.53 in the 5K at the SLC Outdoor meet.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Finished second in the 3000 m (10:57.58) at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ... Posted her best time in the indoor 3K at the Purple TigerInvitational,finishingfifthwithatimeof10:54.67...Notchedapairoftop-threefinishesattheArkansasStateIndoorInvitationalbyfinishingsecond inthe3K(10:57.29) and third in the 5000 m (18:46.92).


Union University: Ran cross country, 3K and 5K at Union University prior to transferring to Southeastern.

High School: Played field hockey andparticipated indrama at Kenyas Singnore Girls School.

Personal: One of 11 children of Jacob and Helen Kap-kiai ... Older brothers Henry and Michael Kapkiai both compete professionally in the marathon ... Majoring in Accounting.

Career Honors2009-10:All-Louisiana: Female Cross Country Co-Runner of the Year

2008-09:All-Southland Conference: Cross Country

2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross Country

Career Best Times:Event Time6000 m (cc) 21:425000 m (cc) 17:59.2410000 m 37:49.795000 m 17:43.57 1500 m 5:07.483000 m (ind.) 10:37.39

Kalphys KemboiJr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-8/129 Eldama Ravine, Kenya Simontro HS

Career Honors:2006-07: All-Southland Conference: Indoor 5K, Indoor 3K SteeplechaseSouthland Conference Outdoor Male Athlete of the YearSouthland Conference Outdoor Cham-pion: 3K Steeplechase, 10KNCAA Mideast Regional Qualifier

2007-08: All-Southland Conference: Cross CountrySLC Cross Country Freshman of the YearAll-Louisiana: Cross CountryAll-Southland Conference Indoor : 5KAll-Southland Conference Outdoor: 3K Steeplechase, 5K, 10K

2008-09: All-Southland Conference: Cross Country

2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross CountryAll-Louisiana: Cross Country

Career Best Times:Event Time3K Steeplechase 9:03.365K 14:33.5410K 31:26.26

2009 Cross Country (Junior): Teamed with Henry Rop to win McNeese Invitational 6000 m relay (17:10) ... Led Southeastern at South Alabamas Azalea City Classic 5K with a third place finish (16:19.5) ...WonLSUInvitational,finishingthe8Keventwitha timeof25:38.71, earning SLC athlete of the week in the pro-cess ... Claimed fourth place (26:06.72) at Mississippi Colleges Watson Ford Invitational 8K ... Was Southeast-ernstopfinisherat8KSouthlandchampionships,plac-ing sixth (24:23) ... Missed NCAA south central regional meet due to an injury suffered that week ... Selected to All-Louisiana team.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Finished second in 3000 m steeplechase at Lamars Ty Tyrell Relays (9:26.73).

2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland honors with a third-place time of 24:47 in the SLC Championships ... Second at the Mississippi College Invitational (24:46) ... Earned medalist honors at the LSU CC Festival with an 8K time of 24:32.

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Had three top-three finishesattheSLCChampionships...Tookfirstinthe3Ksteeplechase (9:03.36), second in the 10K (31:26.26) and third in the 5K (14:33.54) ... Earned All-Louisiana honors with the top time in the state in the 3K steeple-chase and the third best time in the 10K.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Posted a time of 8:34.33 to take first place in the 3000m at the Purple TigerInvitational ...Hadapair of first-placefinishesat theArkansas State Indoor Invitational, winning the 1 Mile Run with a time of 4:17.67 and taking medalist honors in the 5000 m with a time of 14:46.62 ... Claimed second in the 1 Mile Run at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a time of 4:22.84 ... Set a new personal best in the 5000 m run (14:36.56) to claim second place behind team-mate Henry Rop at the SLC Indoor Championships.

2007 Cross Country (Freshman): Finished third at the 2007 Southland Conference Cross Country Cham-pionships, garnering Freshman of the Year honors ...

Earned All-Regional honors by finishing 21st at theNCAA Cross Country Mideast Regionals ... Named to the All-Louisiana Cross Country team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

2007 Indoor/Outdoor (Freshman): Joined the Li-ons in the spring semester ... Earned Southland Con-ference Male Athlete and Freshman of the Year honors after scoring a meet-best 26 points at the SLC Outdoor Championships ... Captured the 3,000-meter steeple-chase (9:01.13) and 10,000-meter titles (31:32.05) whilefinishingthird inthe5,000-meters(14:46.19)...Qualified for theNCAAMideastRegionals in the stee-plechaseafterfinishing fourth (9:04.74)overall at theTexas Relays ... Finished second in the 5,000-meters (14:37.82) and third in the 3,000 (8:26.06) at the SLC Indoor Championships.

Personal: Younger sister, Esther, was a member of the Southeastern womens track team ... One of Eric and Sarah Kembois six children.


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Damian Manning

2009 Outdoor (Junior): Put up a time of 14.21 in the LSU Relays 110 m hurdles to qualify for the regional meet ... Came up big in the Southland outdoor champion-ships110mhurdlesashisfirst-placetimeof 14.13 earned ten points for the Lion cause and gave Manning a new personal best that was also the third-best time in school history ... Recorded a time of 14.51 in the NCAA regionals 110 m hurdles.

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Clocked inat14.91totakefifthinthefinalsofthe110 m hurdles at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships ... Logged personal and season best times of 14.44 in the 110

hurdles and 54.86 in the 400 m hurdles at the Mississippi Open ... His 110 m time was good for the tenth-best mark in the SLC during the outdoor season.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Turned in a time of 7.44 in the 60 m dash and claimed 11th place in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 8.40 at the PurpleTigerInvitational...Claimedfifthinthe55m hurdles with a 7.79 mark at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational ... Clocked in at 7.42 in the 60 m dash and claimed tenth in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 8.50 at the Bayou Bengal Invita-tional ... Finished fourth and set a new school record in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 8.08 at the 2008 Southland Conference Indoor Meet ... Won the 400 m hurdles with a time of 56.06 at the Golden Eagle Classic.

2006-07 (Freshman): Specialized in the 110-me-ter and 400-meter hurdles ... Posted best times in the 110 (14.52) and 400 (54.98) at the SLC Outdoor Championships (14.52) ... Ran 22.66 in the 200-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold ... Ran 8.25 in the 60-meter hurdles at the LSU Bayou Bengal.


High School: District and regional champion in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles at Broadmoor High School ... Named All-East Baton Rouge Parish in both events by the Baton Rouge Morning Advo-cate.

Personal: One of three children of Jewel and San-dra Manning.

Career Honors:2007-08: School Record: Indoor 60 m hurdles (8.08)

2008-09:SLC Outdoor Champion: 110 m HurdlesNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 110 m Hurdles

Career Best Times:Event Time60 m hurdles 8.08110 m hurdles 14.43400 m hurdles 53.08

Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-11/175 Baton Rouge, La. Broadmoor HS

Andon Mitchell Sr./NA Sprints 5-6/134 Mt. Craven, Grenada TCU

After earning his undergraduate degree from Texas Chris-tian University, Mitchell transferred to Southeastern to compete during his final season of eligibility.

2009 Outdoor (Senior):Mitchellgarneredfirst-placehonors in the 100 meters at the 2009 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with a personal-best time of 10.26 seconds ... Competed in the 100 me-ters at the NCAA Championships, going into nationals with the No. 20 ranked time in the country in the event ... Also placed sixth overall at the MWC Outdoor Cham-pionships in the 200 with a time of 21.22 seconds ... Helped the mens 4x100 win the conference champion-ship with a seasonal-best time of 39.42 seconds ... Also ledthequartettoafirst-placeshowingattheTexasTechInvite ... Ran the anchor leg on the 4x100 squad that finishedthirdoverallattheMidwestRegional.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Won the MWC 60-meter title for the second-consecutive season during the indoor season with a time of 6.81 seconds.

2008 Outdoor (Junior): Was part of the mens 4x100 unit, consisting of Justyn Warner, Mychal Dungey, Mitch-ell and Otis McDaniel, who earned All-America honors bycrossingthefinishlineinseventh-placewithatimeof 39.60 seconds ... Mitchell, who competed in both the 100 meters and the 4x100 at nationals, collected a seasonal best time of 10.30 seconds at the Midwest Regional in the 100 meters to place fourth overall ... The nationsNo.21rankedsprintermadehisfirstapperanceat the NCAA Championships in a Flyin Frog uniform ... Mitchell earned all-conference honors in the event after finishinginthird-placewithatimeof10.55attheMWCChampionships ... Also competed in the 200 meters, placing fourth at the Mountain West Conference Out-door Championships ... Was a key component on both the sprint medley and 4x100 units that ranked in the top 10 of the world standings for most of the outdoor season ... In the college mens 4x100 at the Penn Re-lays, the unit clocked a regional qualifying time of 40.25 tofinishsecondoverallintheevent...Theunit,whichconsisted of Mitchell, Otis McDaniel, Justyn Warner and Mychal Dungey, clocked the sixth fastest collegiate time duringspringattheTexasRelaysinafieldthatincluded

the likes of Tyson Gay and several other world-class Olympic athletes ... The unit, whose time was ranked in the top 15 in the world, recorded a seasonal best time of39.70secondstofinishfourthoverall.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Won the MWC indoor championship in the 60 meters with a personal-best timeof6.70seconds...Placedfirstinthe60metersatthe Arkansas Invitational.

Prior to TCU: Mitchell transferred to TCU following an All-America career at Central Arizona College ... Was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the 100 meters during the 2005 indoor season ... Finished as the school re-cord holder in the 100, 200 and 400 meters ... Posted personal records of 10.50 in the 100 meters, while also running 21.40 in the 200 meters ... Mitchell also com-peted for the Grenada national and junior squad from 2002-2005.

(Action photo and biographical information courtesy of TCU sports information department)

Career Honors:2008-09:Mountain West Champion: 100 mMountain West Champion: 4x100 m RelayNCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier: 100 mNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 100 mNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 4x100 m RelayMountain West Champion: 60 m (Indoor)

2007-08: NCAA All-American: 4x100 m RelayNCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier: 100 mNCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier: 4x100 m RelayAll-Mountain West: 100 mMountain West Champion: 60 m (Indoor)

Career Best Times:Event Time Event Time100 m 10.26 60 m 6.70

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Michael RheamsJr./Jr. Jumps 6-3/161 Walker, La. Walker HS

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Claimed firstplace in long jump at the McNeese Cowboy Relays with a mark of 21 ft. 5.5 in. (6.54 m) ... Battled ankle injury throughout season ... Returned for Northwestern State Invitational and posted an NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying mark of 50 ft. 7in.totakefirstplaceinthetriplejump...Pickedup a point in the Southland outdoor champion-shipslongjumpbyfinishingeighthwithamarkof 22-06.50 (6.87 m) ... Earned All-SLC honors in triple jump with a second-place leap of 50-0.75 (15.26 m) ... Posted his second-best jump of the season, leaping 49-2.50 (15.00 m) to claim 13th place at NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Received All-Louisiana honors in triple jump.

2009 Indoor (Sophomore): Turned heads in the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational triple jump, setting a personal

best mark of 49 ft. 2.25 in. (14.99 m) to claim second place ... Claimed first place among collegiate athletesin the long jump (23 ft. 0.75 in. / 7.03 m) and claimed second in the triple jump (48 ft. 4.5 in. / 14.74 m) to head up an impressive list of performances from the Lionjumpscrewonthesecondandfinaldayofcompeti-tionattheHoustonIndoorInvitational...Placedfirstinthe Southland indoor championships long jump with a 23 ft. 9 in. (7.24 m) mark ... Overcame an ankle injury to earn All-SLC honors with a third place jump of 49 ft. 5.75 in. in the triple jump.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Battled injuries during the outdoorseason,butstillqualifiedfortheNCAAMideastRe-gionalsinhisfirstcollegiateoutdoormeetwitha50ft.10.75in.(15.51m)leapinthetriplejumptotakefirstplaceattheNorthwestern State Relays ... Also earned a regional berth in the long jump with a second-place leap of 24 ft. 1.5 in. (7.35 m) at the NSU Relays ... Claimed the Southland Conference triplejumptitlewithafirst-placeleapof51ft.7.0in.(15.72m) at the league meet, the best mark in the triple jump by

anySLCathleteduringthe2008season...Wentontofinisheighth in the triple jump at his NCAA Regional debut with a 50 ft. 11 in. (15.52 m) leap ... Also placed 24th in the region with a (7.10 m) jump in the long jump at the NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Earned All-Louisiana honors in the triple jump with the second best mark of any Louisiana athlete in that event during the 2008 season.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Finished 11th in the triple jump (14.27 m) at the Purple Tiger Invitational ... Won the triple jump(14.87m)andfinishedfifthinthelongjump(6.81m)at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational ... Finished 20th in thelongjump(6.46m)andfifthinthetriplejump(14.66m)at the Bayou Bengal Invitational.


High School: Served as class president while at Walker High ... Lettered in track and basketball.

Personal: Full name: Michael A. Rheams, Jr. ... The eldest of three children of Michael Rheams, Sr. and Cynthia Rheams.

Career Honors:2008-09:NCAA Regional Qualifier: Outdoor Triple JumpAll-Louisiana: Outdoor Triple JumpSouthland Conference Champion: Indoor Long JumpAll-SLC: Indoor Triple Jump

2007-08: Southland Conference Champion: Outdoor Triple JumpNCAA Regional Qualifier: Outdoor Triple JumpNCAA Regional Qualifier: Outdoor Long JumpAll-Louisiana: Outdoor Triple Jump

Career Best Marks:Event MarkTriple Jump 51 ft. 7 in. (15.52 m)Long Jump 24 ft. 1.5 in (7.35 m)

Cory Roberts

2009 Outdoor (Junior): Started day two of Texas Relays by winning the 110 m hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.57. Then took second in the discus with a personal record toss of 137 ft. 3 in. (41.84 m) and tied for second in the pole vault by setting a new personal record in the event by clearing 15 ft. 3 in. (4.65 m). Roberts fourth personal record of the day came in the javelin, with a seventh-place throw of 176 ft.2in.(53.71m).Afterpostingafifth-placetimeof4:37.60 in the 1500 m run, Roberts had totaled 7,364 points. A total good enough to give him a new school record for the third consecutive season and conclude an impressive second day charge that saw him climb from 14th place at the end of day one, all the way to third ... Broke his own school record by posting 7,451 points to lay claim to the conference decathlon crown ... Set seasonal best marks in the 100 m dash, jav-elin and 1500 m run and claimed 19th place at NCAA championships ... First team ESPN the Magazine/Co-SIDA Academic All-District VI honoree ... Named Southland Conference Track and Field Student Athlete of the Year.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Came up big for the Lions at South-land indoor championships despite nagging injuries. After missing previous two weeks of practice with knee and groin injuries,Robertsenteredthefinaleventoftheheptathloninfourth place. However, after a time of 2:44.48 in the 1,000 m run, Roberts moved up two spots to claim second and add a crucial eight points to the Lion cause.

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland Con-ferencehonorsforthesecondyearinarowbyfinishingthirdin the decathlon with a school and personal record 7,123 points at the SLC Outdoor Championships ... Finished in the topfiveofeightdecathlonevents,placingsecondinthejav-elin,discusand110mhurdleswhiletakinghomefirstplacein the 1500 m run ... Posted the highest point total of any Louisiana athlete en route to All-Louisiana honors.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Tookfirstinsection1oftheshot put with a throw of 12.58 m and took medalist honors in section 1 of the long jump with a leap of 6.36 m at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ... Clocked a time of 7.48 (59th place) in the 60 m Dash and 8.61 (21st place) in the 60 m Hurdles at the Purple Tiger Invitational ... Finished second in the heptathlon with 4951 points at the Arkansas State In-

door Invitational ... Earned All-Southland Conference honors byfinishingthirdintheindoorheptathlonatthe2008SLCIndoor Championships with 4,992 points.

2006-07 (Freshman): Finished third overall in the de-cathlon at the Southland Conference championships, scor-ing 7,068 points and securing a berth in the NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Finished second overall in the heptathlon at the SLC Indoor with 5,150 points ... Captured the heptathlon title at the LSU Bayou Bengal with 5,077 points.

High School: Named All-State in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where he at-tended after Hurricane Katrina ... The Class 2A state cham-pion in the 300-meter hurdles and javelin ... Captured Class 4A state championships in the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles while at Archbishop Hannan High School ... Finished third in the pentathlon twice at the National Scho-lastic Indoor Championships ... A two-time AAU national champion in the decathlon.

Personal: Majoring in organismal biology.

Sr./Sr. Combined Events 5-11/185 Meraux, La. St. Thomas Aquinas HSCareer Honors:2008-09:SLC Champion: Outdoor DecathalonSchool Record: Decathalon (7,451 points)First Team ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-DistrictSLC Track and Field Student-Athlete of the YearAll-Southland Conference: Indoor HeptathalonNCAA Outdoor Nationals Qualifier: Decathalon

2007-08: All-Southland Conference: Indoor HeptathlonAll-Southland Conference: Outdoor Decathlon

School Record: Decathlon (7,123 points)All-Louisiana: DecathlonFirst Team ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-Southland Conference

2006-07: All-Southland Conference: Indoor HeptathlonAll-Southland Conference: Outdoor DecathlonNCAA Mideast Outdoor Regional Qualifier: DecathlonSchool Record: Pentathlon (5,150 points)School Record: Decathlon (7,068 points)

Career Best Marks:Event MarkJavelin 194 ft. 2 in. (59.19m)Heptathalon 5,235 ptsDecathlon 7,451 pts


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Henry Rop

2009 Cross Country (Junior): Started season at Mc-Neese States two-man relay 6K event, teaming with Kal-physKemboiforafirstplacefinishThreeweekslater,Rop and Kemboi went stride for stride at the 8K LSU In-vitational, well ahead of their nearest competitors, with Kemboi edging Rop by less than three hundredths of a secondatthefinishlineHisnexttimeout,RoppickeduphisfirstindividualvictoryoftheseasonatMississippiColleges 8K meet (25:37.73) ... He followed that up with aninthplacefinishatthe8Kconferencechampionships...Ropsyearendedwitha20thplacefinishinthe10KNCAA regional meet in Waco, Texas ... Named South-land Conference male cross country student-athlete of the year ... Selected to All-Louisiana team.

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Settled for a time of 15:04.88 in the 5000 m run en route to tenth-place at theTexasRelaysinafieldfilledwithsomeofthebestdistance runners in the country ... Clocked in at 9:23.3 to win the 3000 m steeplechase at the Exxon Mobil Ty TyrellRelaysinBeaumont,Texas...ClaimedfirstintheNorthwestern State Invitational 1500 m run with a time

of 4:01.61 ... Claimed third in the Southland outdoor championships 10 K with a personal and school record time of 31:01.09 to add eight points to the Southeastern cause. Returned with another second place performance in the 3K steeplechase - recording a personal best time of 9:09.16. returned for the 5000 m run on Sunday and Then took third in 5000 m run with a time of 14:31.73, the fourth-best time in school history, bringing South-eastern to within 1.5 points and setting the stage for the Lions dramatic victory ... Earned Southland Conference male athlete of the year honors ... Automatic selection to All-SLC academic squad.

2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and earned All-SLC honors byfinishingfourthattheleaguemeetwithatimeof25:12overthe8Kcourse...Totaledfourtop-tenfinishesontheseason,includingafirst-placefinishat theMississippiCollege Invita-tional ... Named SLC Athlete of the Week after earning run-ner-up honors at the Azalea City Classic with a time of 15:01 over the 5K course ... Clocked a time of 23:17.1 to claim sixth place at the Lions biggest meet of the season, the Auburn Tiger Invitational.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Named the Southland Confer-enceFreshmanoftheYearafterwinningthe10,000m,finish-ing second in the 3,000 m steeplechase and claiming fourth in the5,000m...tookfirstplaceattheprestigiousTexasRelayswith a 10K time of 14:13.39.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Made his Southeastern debut at the 2008 Bayou Bengal Invitational, claiming second in the 3000 m run with a time of 8:27.85 ... Earned Southland Con-ference Newcomer of the Year honors at the 2008 conference indoormeetaftertakingfirstinthe5000mrunwithatimeof14:36.14 and third in the 3000 m run with a time of 8:25.68.


Union University: Earned NAIA All-American Honors at Union UniversityinJackson,Tenn...Finishedfirstattheconferenceand regional cross country meets at Union.

High School: Attended St. Michael Secondary School in Kapsabet, Kenya.

Personal: One of six children of Johana and Rebecca Rop.

So./Jr. Distance 5-7/126 Kapsabet, Kenya Union University

Career Honors:2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross CountrySLC Cross Country Male Student-Athlete of the YearAll-Louisiana: Cross Country

2008-09:All-Southland Conference Outdoor: 10KAll-Southland Conference: Cross CountrySouthland Conference Newcomer of the Year: Cross CountrySLC Track and Field Male Athlete of the YearAll-Southland Conference Academic Selection

2007-08: Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year: Indoor TrackSouthland Conference Freshman of the Year: Outdoor TrackSouthland Conference Indoor Champion: 5KSouthland Conference Outdoor Champion: 10KAll-Louisiana: 3K Steeplechase, 5K, 10K

Career Best Marks:Event Time3K Steeplechase 9:09.165K 14:13.3910K 31:01.09800 m 1:54.351500 m 3:57.99

Lacey SanchezSo./So. Pole Vault 5-4 Baton Rouge, La. St. Michael HS

2009 Outdoor (Freshman): Turned in the most impressive outing among Lady Lions at Lamars Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays, clearing 11 ft. 1.86 in. (3.4m)toclaimfirstplace...Tookthirdat Northwestern State Invitational by clearing 11 ft. 1.75 in.

2009 Indoor (Freshman): Man-aged to clear 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.5m) at LSU Purple Tiger Invitational, tying the school indoor mark set by Erica Cronin

in 2006 and tied by Aquellah El-Amin in 2008 ... Tied a personal best by clear-ing 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.50 m) to claim fourth at Southland championships.

High School: A two-year member of the track team at St. Michael the Arch-angel First team all-district: pole vault during her junior and senior year, 100 meter hurdles during her fresh-men, sophomore and junior year, and 300 meter hurdles sophomore, junior

and senior year Second team all-dis-trict: 300 meters and 100 meters dur-ing her freshmen and sophomore years Finished third in state in 300 meter hurdles in 2007 Member of the stu-dent council, National Honor Society vice president and Beta Club.

Personal: Daughter of Paula and John Sanchez Jr Sister Jaci (21) plays soft-ball at Southwest Mississippi Commu-nity College.

Career Best Marks:Event MarkOutdoor Pole Vault 11 ft. 7.75 in. (3.55m)Indoor Pole Vault 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.5m)

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Yvette SchubertSr./Sr. Javelin 5-3 Walker, La. Walker HSCareer Honors:2008-09:All-Southland Conference: Javelin

2007-08: All-Louisiana: JavelinAll-Southland Conference: JavelinSLC Champion: JavelinNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: Javelin

Career Best Marks:Event MarkJavelin 150 ft. 2 in. (45.78 m)

2009 Outdoor (Junior):Postedatop10fin-ish in the javelin at Texas Relays, recording a top throw of 127 ft. 1.98 in. (38.76 m) ... Narrowly missed a NCAA Regional mark with a throw of 132 ft. 4 in. at LSU Alumni Gold ... Could not defend conference title, taking sixth at Southland Championships with a throw of 120 ft. 11 in. (36.85 m).

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Won the 2008 Southland Conference Outdoor Champion-ships with a throw of 145 ft. 1 in. (44.23 m) ... Qualifiedforthe2008NCAAOutdoorRegion-als and placed 12th at the Mideast meet with a throw of 136 ft. 1 in. (41.49 m)... Posted a career-best mark of 150 ft. 2 in. (45.78 m) to place third at the UCSD Triton Invitational, the top throw in the SLC in 2008 ... Participated in nine regular season meets, placing in the

topfivesixtimesandneverthrowinglessthan40 m.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in just one meet during the indoor system, posting a toss of 35 ft. 1 in. (10.69 m) in the weight throw at the McNeese State Indoor In-vitational.

2007 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in eight meets as a freshman ... Recorded a sea-son-best mark of 139 ft. 10 in. (42.62 m) by taking third at the Louisiana Classics ... Placed eighth at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with at throw of 125 ft. 11 in. (38.38m)... Claimed her first individual jav-elin title by winning the Cowboy Classic with a throw of 138 ft. 7 in (42.45 m).


High School: The 2006 Class 5A state cham-pion in the javelin at Walker High School after throwing 128 ft. 8 in. (39.23 m) ... Finished second overall at the javelin at the Class 5A Region II meet with a throw of 125 ft. 5 in. (38.23 m) ... Captured the District 3-5A title in the javelin with a throw of 125 ft. 8 in. (38.30 m) as a senior ... Also played softball, earning academic all-state honors ... Attended Chal-mette HS before transferring to Walker after Hurricane Katrina.

Personal: Majoring in education with an em-phasis in mathematics ... The eldest of fivechildren of Alex and Beth Schubert.

Judith SchultheisJr./Jr. Hurdles/Jumps 5-9 Gretna, La. Archbishop Blenk HS

Career Best Marks/Times:Event Mark/TimeTriple Jump 38 ft. 10.5 in. (11.85m)100m Hurdles 14.28400m Hurdles 1:03.4060m Hurdles (indoor) 8.97

2009: Ran unattached during 2009 season...Highlightsincludedfinishingsecond in 100 m hurldes at Northwest-ern State Invitational (14.50) ... Run-ner-up in 100 m hurdles at UL Lafay-ettes Cole-Lancon Twilight (14.55).

2007-08 (Freshman): Battled through a leg injury to set a personal best in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 14.28,finishingsixthamongcollegians,at LSU Tiger Invitational ... Earned spot in60mfinalsagainstworld-classcom-

petition at LSU Purple Tiger Indoor ... Won 55 m hurdles (8.62) at McNeese Indoor Inviational ... Took 11th in 60 m hurdles (9.20) and 16th in 400 m dash (1:03.96) at LSU Purple Tiger Invita-tional ... Earned third place at Arkansas State Indoor Invitational with time of 8.47 in 55 m hurdles ... Took 10th in 60 m hurdles (9.13) at LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational.

High School: Teamed with sister (and current Southeastern teammate)

Courtney to help Archbishop Blenk High SchoolwinfirstRegionIIItracktitleinprogram history ... Named MVP of Loui-siana Class 4A state meet ... Says win-ning state in 55 m hurdles is biggest athletic accomplishment ... Coach had to shave his head after making bet with Judith that she wouldnt win state title.


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Adlus WiltzSr./Sr. Hurdles/Relays 6-4/175 Waggaman, La. L.H. Higgins HS

Career Honors:2008-09:NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m HurdlesSLC Champion: 4x400 m RelaySchool Record Holder: Indoor 800 m

2007-08: All-Southland Conference: 110 m HurdlesSchool Record Holder: 400 m HurdlesNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m Hurdles

2006-07: NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m Hurdles

Career Best Times:Event Time110 m Hurdles 14.34400 m Hurdles 50.98400 m Dash 47.82800 m (Indoor) 1:53.18

2009 Outdoor (Junior): At LSU Relays, impressed in the 400 m hurdles, posting a fourth-place time of 52.34, beating the regional mark by 0.38 seconds ... Punched his ticket to the NCAA Mideast Regionals in the 400 m hurdles at Texas Relays, winning his preliminary heat with a time of 52.04 ... Took third place in 400 m hur-dles at LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 51.76 ... Part of 4x400 m relay team that posted a school record time of 3:06.79 to win Southland outdoor championships. Made his first appearance of the day in the 400m hurdlesby taking second with a time of 52.05, the third-best time in school history ... Almost scored an upset in the NCAA Mideast Regionals 400 m hurdles by clocking in at51.83despitehittingoneofthefinalhurdles.How-ever, Wiltzs third-best time of the season in the event wasnotenoughinacrowdedfieldthatsawthreestu-dent-athletes break the course record in the event. The Waggaman native was just 0.05 seconds too slow to advancetothefinals.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Continued to make the transi-tion from hurdles and relays to middle distance events, setting the tone for the Lions at Middle Tennessee Valen-

tines Invitational with a blistering 800 m time of 1:53.18 to claim second and set a new Southeastern record by bettering the old mark of 1:53.98. 2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland Conferencehonorswithathirdplacefinish inthe110m hurdles with a season and career-best time of 14.34 ...QualifiedfortheSLCfinalsinthe400mhurdleswitha school and personal record time of 50.98 seconds, but suffered a hamstring injury and could not run in the championship heat ... Won the 400 m hurdle title at the UCSD Triton Invitational with a time of 52.34 ... Qualified for theNCAAOutdoorRegionalswitha timeof 52.29 in the 400 m hurdles at the Texas Relays ... Finished second in the 400 m hurdles at the Tiger Relays with a time of 52.59.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Set a school record, claiming2ndinthe55mhurdles(7.84)andfirstinthe600 m run (1:22.70) at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ...Tookthirdinthe55mdash(7.68)andfirstinthe400m dash (49.50) at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational ... Placed 7th in the 60 m hurdles (8.27) at the Purple

Tiger Invitational ... Helped the Lions 4x400 m Relay squadtoafirstplacefinishattheBayouBengalInvita-tional with a time of 3:19.93.

2006-07 Outdoor (Freshman): Qualified for the NCAAMideast Regionals in the 400-meter hurdles after running a season-best 52.23 in the preliminaries of the SLC Champi-onships ... Finished fourth overall at the conference meet, finishing in 52.28 ... Posted a time of 52.82 at the TexasRelays ... Finished sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at the SLC Championships with a top time of 14.51 ... Clocked a timeof49.60inthe400-meterdashtofinishsecondoverallat the Ty Terrell Relays ... Ran a season-best 49.73 in the 400-meter dash and 8.34 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Houston Indoor Invitational ... Ran anchor leg of the Lions distance medley relay team that posted a season-best time of 10:17.44 at the LSU Bayou Bengal.


High School: Earned Class 5A All-State honors in the 800-meter run at L.W. Higgins High School ... Finished fourth overall for the Hurricanes in the 800-meter run at the 2006 Class 5A state meet.

Adonson ShallowSr./Sr. Throws 6-1/293 Kingston, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Central Arizona College

2009 Outdoor (Junior): Claimed firstat McNeese Cowboy Relays in the weight throw with a throw of 196 ft. 11 in. (60.03 m), bettering the previous school record (Dwight Womacks 173 foot toss in 2007) by nearly17feet.BecamethefifthSoutheast-ern thrower to throw the discus more than 50 meters with his meet-winning heave of 50.63 meters ... Second in shot put and dis-cus at SLC championships ... Claimed fourth place in discus at the regional meet and earned NCAA All-Mideast honors ... Took 11th place in discus at 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.

2009 Indoor (Junior): At Southland in-door championships, picked a perfect time to set a new school record in the weight

throw with a heave of 65 ft. 2.25 in. (19.87 m),goodforfirstplace.ClaimedthirdplaceAll-SLC honors in the shot put with a throw of 55 ft. 2.75 in. ... Named SLCs Outstand-ing Field Athlete and Newcomer of the Year.


Central Arizona College: A seven-time Junior College All-American at Central Arizo-na College in the shot put, discus and ham-mer throw ... Also competed in the javelin at CAC ... Named the 2007 Junior College Field AthleteoftheYearbyplacingfirstplaceinthe shot and discus with throws of 53 ft. 8.88 in. and 173 ft. 11.8 in., respectively ... Claimed fourth in the hammer throw with a

toss of 167 ft. 3.09 in. and seventh in the javelin with a 176 ft. 3.75 in. throw to gar-ner 27 total points and two national cham-pionships on the day.

International Competition: Competed for his native St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2003 IAAF World Junior Champion-ships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia where he finished14th in the shot put with a throw of 48 ft. 5.1 in. ... Set national records for Saint Vin-cent and the Grenadines at the 2004 Central American and Caribbean Junior Champion-ships where he claimed silver in the shot and bronze in the discus ... Named the 2004 SVG Junior Sportsman of the Year.

Career Honors:2008-09:School Record: Indoor Wt. Throw(65 ft. 2.25 in.)All-SLC Indoor Shot PutSLC Indoor Outstanding Field AthleteSLC Indoor Newcomer of the Year

NCAA Outdoor Regionals Qualifier: Discus, Hammer and Shot PutNCAA Outdoor Nationals Qualifier: Discus

Career Best Marks:Event MarkShot Put 58 ft. 1.25 in (17.71m)Discus 193 ft. 1 in. (58.86m)Hammer 211 ft. 6 in. (64.46m)Weight Throw 65 ft. 2.25 in. (19.87m)

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Career Best Times:Event Time800 m 2:19.10

2009 Cross Country (Junior): Teamed with Courtney Schulthesis for a 12th place performance in the McNeese Invitational 6K two-person relay (24:05) ... Rounded out the five Southeastern athletes in the scoring process at SouthAlabamas Azalea City Classic 5K (23:41) ... Clocked a time of 28:17 in season-ending Southland championships 6K.

2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Posted a personal-best 5K time of 20:25.22 at Auburns Tiger Invitational.

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 15th with an 800 m time of 2:24.54 at the SLC Outdoor meet ... Posted a per-sonal record 800 m time of 2:24.41 at the LSU Alumni Gold.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Took fourth in the 600 m run (1:45.00) at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ... Placed 13th at the Purple Tiger Invitational with a time of 2:37.32 in the 800 m run.

Returning Student-AthletesMJ Ahmad

So./So. Distance/CC 6-0/156 Gretna, La. Archbishop Shaw

High School: Was a member of the Key Club and MIA Ran track and cross countryWas a member of the 4X800 meters championship team in 2006 Was track team captain in 2008. Personal: Son of Nedal Ahmad and Amal Zeidan Has four siblings, Tahreer (15), Emily (5), Layla (1) and Mohammed (1) Enjoys swimming and running An international business major.

Ernestine CarodineR-Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-6

Philadelphia, Pa. Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Kim GastinellSr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-7

New Orleans, La. Edna Karr HSCareer Best Times:

Event Time800 m 2:25.011500 m 5:02.78

2009 Cross Country (Senior): Teamed with Dorcus KapkiaiforsecondplacefinishinseasonopeningMcNeeseInvitational, a 6K two-person relay (21:25) ... Placed 10th at 20:55.5 in Azalea City Classic 5K ... Racked up another solid finishatMcNeeseCowboyStampede5K,placingninthat20:48.73...OneofthreeSoutheasternrunnersinthetopfiveatWatsonFordInvitational6K,placingfifthwithatimeof24:31.73. Lady Lions won event.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Highlighted the Southeastern womens effort at Middle Tennessee State, placing sixth in the 800 m at 2:21.87.

2008 Outdoor (Junior): Posted a personal record of 5:02.78tofinish15thinthe1500mattheSLCOutdoormeet... Posted a personal-best 800 m time of 2:25.01 at the Tiger Invitational.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Clockedatop-20finishinheronly appearance of the indoor season with an 18th-place time of 6:22.77 in the 1 Mile run at the Bayou Bengal Invitational.

2006-07 (Freshman): Competed in all six events in cross country...TeamedwithMandyWallacetofinishfirstattheMcNeese State Invitational, helping the Lady Lions to the team title ... Finished 13th overall at the Ragin Cajun Invite, covering the 5K course in 21:31.35 ... Ran 2:31.67 in the 800-meters at the Houston Indoor Invitational.

George CunninghamSr./NA Sprints/Relays 6-1/180

Gilbert, Ariz. Central Arizona College

Career Honors:Career Best Times:Event Time200 m 22.26400 m 47.71

2009 Outdoor (Senior): As part of 4x400 m relay, com-bined to post a third-place time of 3:09.78 at Texas Relays ... Member of 4x400 m relay team that shattered their school record by 2.11 seconds (3:06.79) to help Southeastern claim conference championship.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Posted a personal record time of 50.48 in the 400 at Houston Indoor Invitational ... At the Middle Tennessee Valentines Invitational, clocked a school-record 400 m time of 49.21. 2008 Outdoor (Junior): Helped the Lion 4x400 m Relay squad to an NCAA Mideast Regional appearance ... Finished 13th with a time of 48.44 in the 400 m dash at the SLC Out-door Championships.

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 600 m events during the indoor season after transfer-ring from Central Arizona College ... Finished 28th in the 200 m at the SLC Indoor Championships with a time of 23.44.

Zac DufreneSr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-10/148

Marrero, La. Archbishop Shaw HSCareer Best Times:

Event Time1500 m 4:44.605000 m 17:43.90

2008 Cross Country (Junior): Posted a season-best 5K time of 27:54.58 at Auburns Tiger Invitational.

Kyle GoldenSr./Sr. Distance/CC 6-2/164

Baton Rouge, La. Redemptorist HS

Career Best Times:Event Time800 m 1:57.771500 m 4:29.16

2008 Cross Country (Junior): Set a pair of season bests with an 8K time of 28:56.3 at the LSU CC Fesitval and a 5K time of 18:14 at Troys Coach O Invitational.

2007-08 (Junior): Set a pair of personal records at the Golden Eagle Classic with a time of 1:57.77 in the 800 m and a time of 4:29.16 in the 1500 m.

2006-07 (Sophomore): Competed in four events during crosscountryseasonwithbestfinish(25th)comingatthe Southern Miss Invitational ... Clocked best time on 8K course (31:21.70) at the Ragin Cajun Invitational.

2007-08 (Sophomore): Did not compete during the in-door trackseason ...Hadhisbestfinishof theyearat theMississippi College Invitational, claiming 19th with a time of 29:08.06 ... Finished 70th at the 2007 SLC Cross Country Championships with a time of 29:20.5.

Kyle FrancisR-Sr./NA Throws 6-6/300

Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Central Arizona College

Career Best Marks:Event MarkShot Put 45 ft. 9 in. (13.94 m)Discus 165 ft. 9 in. (50.52 m)Hammer 136 ft. 11 in. (41.73 m)Weight Throw 56 ft. 2 in. (17.12 m)

2009 Outdoor (Senior): Finished third in discus at ULLs Louisiana Classics with throw of 165 ft. 9 in. (50.52m) ... Led theLionsatSouthAlabamaInvitationalbyclaimingfirstinthediscus with a toss of 156 ft. 1.62 in. (47.59 m).

Rocky CaruthSr./Sr. Sprints 5-11/179

Trinidad and Tobago Central Arizona

2009 Outdoor (Junior): Claimed second place at Lamars Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays 100 m dash with a time of 10.68 ... As part of Southeasterns SLC cham-pionship performance, turned in personal best time in the 100 m dash, clocking in at 10.68 to take seventh ... Returned in 200 m dash and took sixth (21.61).

Personal: Son of Regis and Yuehe Caruth Has three siblings, Michael, Maurice and Ronnie.

Whitney ClaySr./Sr. Sprints/Relays 5-7

Slidell, La. Slidell HS

Career Best Times:Event Time100 m 12.39200 m 25.76

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Posted a personal-best time of 25.61 in the 200 m dash at the Tiger Invitational ... Posted a personal record in the 100 m dash at the Mississippi Open with an 11th place time of 12.29 ... Finished 22nd in the 100 (12.39) and 26th in the 200 (25.76) at the SLC Outdoor meet.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Narrowly missed a pair of top-20 finishes at the SLC Indoor Championships with a 21st-placeshowinginthe60mdash(8.02)anda22ndplacefinishin the 200 m dash (26.40).

So./So. Combined Events 5-5 Oak Grove, La. Oak Grove HS

Kristen Eubanks

2009 Indoor (Freshman): Placed 13th with 2,349 points to round out the SLU causeat LSU Combined Events.

High School: Played basketball and softball and ran track at Oak Grove Was a 300 m hurdle state champion and is the 1A class record holder in that event An all-district selection in basketball An academic all-state selection.

2009 Indoor (Junior): Claimed 11th with a career best mark of 50 ft. 6.25 in. (15.40 m) in weight throw at LSU Purple Tiger Invitational ... Added two points at Southland indoor championships with a seventh place toss of 54 ft. 8.75 in. (16.68 m) that set a personal record. 2008 Outdoor (Junior):TookfirstplaceattheTigerRelayswith a personal and season-best throw of 45 ft. 9 in. (13.94 m) in the shot put ... Posted a personal and season-best throw of 156 ft. 5 in. (47.68 m) in the discus to take fourth at the Golden Eagle Classic ... Finished 11th at the SLC Outdoor meet with a throw of 144 ft. 3 in. (43.97 m) in the discus).

2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Threw the weight and the shot during the indoor season after transferring from Central Ari-zona College ... Took second in the shot put at the McNeese Indoor Invitational with a 41 ft. 3.28 in. (12.58 m) throw and took fourth in the weight ... Took 11th place at the Purple Tiger Invitational with a toss of 47 ft. 4.9 in. (14.45 m).


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SLC outdoor championships with a seventh-place heave of 172 ft. 4 in. (52.53 m) to get Southeastern on the board.

2009 Indoor (Junior): At the LSU Purple Tiger Invita-tional, led the way for Southeastern in weight throw after transferring from Kingsbourough Community College (56 ft. 11.5 in./17.36 m) ... Led another assault on the South-eastern record books by setting a new school record with a throw of 62 ft. 8.75 in. (19.12 m) in the weight throw, finishingsecondinthateventatdayoneoftheHoustonIndoorInvitational...PickedupfivecrucialpointstotheSoutheastern total in the Southland indoor championships with a fourth-place toss of 59 ft. 7.75 in. (18.18 m) ... Cred-ited with a throw of 61 ft. 1.86 in. (18.64 m) at LSUs NCAA qualifyingmeet,finishinginfourthplaceandjustshortofthe NCAA provisional distance.

Career Best Mark:Javelin 127 ft. 7.89 in. (38.91m)

2009 Outdoor (Freshman):TookfifthinherSLCChampi-onship debut with a javelin toss of 127 ft. 8 in. (38.91 m).

2009 Indoor (Freshman): Lady Lions narrowly missed outontoptenfinishfromnewestpentathlete,asPoznictotaled 2,637 points to earn 11th place.

Career Best Times:100 m 11.24 200 m 23.28

2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Posted personal records in the 100 m dash (11.24) and 200 m dash (23.28).

High School: 2006 state champion in the 200 m dash ... Part of district and regional championship track squads in 2006 and 2007.

Returning Student-AthletesKernell JupiterSr./Sr. Jumps 6-0/151

Hahnville, La. Hahnville HSCareer Best Marks:Event MarkTriple Jump 47 ft. 7 in. (14.50 m)

2009 Outdoor (Junior): Helped the Lion cause at the Southlandoutdoorchampionshipsashefinishedsixthinthe110 m hurdles.

2009 Indoor (Junior):Recordedaneighthplacefinishintriple jump with measurement of 45 ft. 5.25

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