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Table of ContentsQuick Facts ...................................................................1Media Outlets ...............................................................1Southern Conference ...................................................2NCAA Qualifying Standards .........................................3Meet the Bulldog Staff ............................................ 4-12Meet the Bulldogs ................................................. 13-562009 Indoor Review ....................................................572009 Outdoor Review .................................................58Women’s Indoor History ....................................... 59-60Women’s Outdoor History .................................... 61-62Men’s Indoor History ............................................. 63-64Men’s Outdoor History .......................................... 65-67The Citadel’s All-Time Head Coaches ........................67NCAA East Regional ..................................................68SoCon Champions ............................................... 68-71Hall of Fame ......................................................... 72-73This is The Citadel ................................................ 74-79CitadelSports.com ......................................................80

General InformationLocation ............................................... Charleston, S.C.Founded .................................................................1842Enrollment .............................................................2,086Nickname ............................................ Bulldogs, CadetsColors ......................... Citadel Blue (PMS 278) & WhiteAffliation ................................................ NCAA Division IConference ......................................................SouthernPresident ..................................... Lt Gen John W. RosaAthletics Director ................................... Larry Leckonby

Coaching StaffHead Coach .........................................Jody HuddlestonOffice ..................................................... (843) 953-5900Fax ......................................................... (843) 953-6727Assistant Coach .................................................Kris KutGraduate Assistants ..................................Jamel Brown ................................................................ Allison TaylorVolunteer Coaches .....................................Gary Wilson ......................................................... Catherin Hinesley

Media RelationsDir. of Media Relations ............ Noelle Orr BlaneyMedia Relations Asst./Contact ........Ashley KeyesOffice ...................................................... (843) 953-5120Email ...................................... [email protected] ......................................www.CitadelSports.comMailing Address ............................McAlister Field House ........................................................ 171 Moultrie Street ................................................... Charleston, SC 29409

Media OutletsAssociated PressPete Iacobelli1311 Marion StreetColumbia, SC 29202Phone: (800) 922-1565Fax: (803) 252-2913

The Post & CourierJeff Hartsell134 Columbus StreetCharleston, SC 29403Phone: (843) 937-5586Fax: (843) 937-5579

The StateNeil WhiteP.O. Box 1333Columbia, SC 29202Phone: (803) 456-8430Fax: (803) 771-8643

WCBD-TV2210 Coleman Blvd.Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464Phone: (843) 884-2288Fax: (843) 881-3410

WCIV-TV4P.O. Box 22165Charleston, SC 29413Phone: (843) 881-4444Fax: (843) 849-2519

WCSC-TV52126 Charlie Hall Blvd.Charleston, SC 29414Phone: (843) 402-5751Fax: (843) 402-5591

The Citadel 2010 Track and Field Media Guide is a production of the Athletics Media Relations Office at The Citadel. Written and edited by Ashley Keyes, Me-dia Relations Assistant. Layout and design by Keyes. Covers designed by Grant Hawkins Design. Addition-al assistance provided by Jody Huddleston and Kris Kut. Photography by Russ Pace, Huddleston and the Southern Conference.

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The Southern Conference, which began its 89th season of intercollegiate competition in 2009, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models.

The Southern Conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first conference basketball tournament (1921), tackling the issue of freshmen eligibility (1922), developing women’s championships (1984), to becoming the first conference to install the three-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer.

The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination.

Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America and all-district teams. A total of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institu-tions.

The Conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships.

The Southern Conference offices are located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and today offers the league first class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storage of the conference’s historical documents.

Membership HistoryOn Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee.

Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secretary. The decision to form a new athletic conference was motivated by the desire to have a workable number of conference games for each league member. With 30 schools in the SIAA by the early 1920s, it was impossible to play every school at least once during the regular season and many schools went several years between playing some conference members. In addition, in 1920, the SIAA voted down proposed rules that an athlete must be in a college a year before playing on its teams and refused to abolish a rule permitting athletes to play summer baseball for money.

Play began in the fall of 1921 and a year later, six more schools joined the fledgling league including Tulane (which had attended the inaugural meeting but had elected not to join), Florida, Louisiana (LSU), Missis-sippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in 1929.

By the 1930s, membership in the Southern Conference had reached 23 schools. C.P. “Sally” Miles of Virginia Tech, president of the Southern Conference, called the annual league meeting to order on Dec. 9, 1932 at the Farragut Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia’s Dr. Sanford announced that 13 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference. Members of the new league included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt.

According to the minutes of the meeting, Dr. Sanford stated that the division was made along geographical lines. Florida’s Dr. J.J. Tigert, acting as spokesman for the withdrawing group, regretted the move but be-lieved it was necessary as the Southern Conference had grown too large. The resignations were accepted and the withdrawing schools formed the new league which began play in 1932.

The Southern Conference continued with membership of 10 institutions including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee.The second major shift occurred some 20 years later. By 1952, the Southern Conference included 17 colleges and universities. Another split occurred when seven schools including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest departed to form the Atlantic Coast Conference which began play in 1953. The revamped Southern Conference included members The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington, Richmond, VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee, West Virginia and William & Mary.

Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that includes 12 institutions and a footprint that spans five states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Current league mem-bers are Appalachian State, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia South-ern, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Chattanooga, Western Carolina and Wofford.

LeadershipJohn Iamarino was officially named commissioner of the conference on January 2, 2006. Iamarino has pro-moted the Southern Conference through an ambitious agenda which has improved competition, upgraded compliance-related matters, launched the conference’s Hall of Fame and increased the marketing and brand awareness of the conference and its member institutions.

The Southern Conference named its first commissioner in December 1950. Duke head football coach Wal-lace Wade made the transition from Blue Devil football coach to athletics administration as the first person at the helm of the conference.

Lloyd Jordan replaced Wade as the commissioner in 1960 and served a 14-year term until Ken Germann became the league head in 1974. Germann was the commissioner for 13 years and orchestrated the league’s expansion to include women’s athletics. In 1987, he was succeeded by Dave Hart who spear-headed the transfer of the league office from Charlotte, N.C., to Asheville, N.C.

Wright Waters succeeded Hart upon his retirement in 1991. Under Waters’ leadership, the Southern Confer-ence expanded to 12 members, added three women’s sports and posted record revenue from the basket-ball tournament. Waters, who is currently the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference, was followed by Alfred B. White in 1998. White, a veteran member of the NCAA office, introduced the current conference logo and elevated the conference’s commitment to marketing and development of corporate partners.

Danny Morrison headed the conference from 2001-2005 and orchestrated the league’s move from Asheville, N.C., to Spartanburg, S.C. Under Morrison’s leadership, the conference increased its marketing and promotional efforts.

Championship HistoryThe first Southern Conference Championship was the league basketball tournament held in Atlanta in 1922. The North Carolina Tar Heels won the tournament to become the first recognized league champion in any sport. The Southern Conference Tournament remains the oldest of its kind in college basketball.

Commissioner Germann spearheaded the Southern Conference’s expansion to include women’s athletics during the 1983-84 season. That year, league championships were held in volleyball, basketball and tennis. Cross country joined the mix in 1985 and the league began holding indoor and outdoor track championships in 1988. Most recently, the conference instituted golf and softball championships in the spring of 1994 and added soccer in the fall of 1994.

The Germann Cup, named in honor of the former commissioner, annually recognizes the top women’s ath-letics programs in the conference. From its humble beginnings, women’s athletics have become an integral part of the Southern Conference and its success.

The Southern Conference declares champions in 10 men’s sports - football, soccer, cross country, basket-ball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, baseball, tennis and golf - and nine women’s sports - soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and softball.

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2010 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S INDOORTRACK AND FIELD

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AUTOMATIC PROVISIONALEvent FAT MT FAT MT55 Meters 6.74@ — 6.92@ —60 Meters 7.26@ — 7.44@ —55-Meter Hurdles 7.57@ — 7.86@ —60-Meter Hurdles 8.14@ — 8.43@ —200 Meters

(Under 200m/220 yds)* 23.90 — 24.60 —(200m/220 yds)* 23.70 — 24.40 —(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 23.20 — 23.90 —

400 Meters(Under 200m/220 yds)* 53.20 52.9 55.20 54.9(200m/220 yds)* 52.90 52.6 54.90 54.6(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 52.40 52.1 54.40 54.1

800 Meters#(200m/220 yds or less)* 2:06.00 2:05.7 2:10.00 2:09.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 2:05.00 2:04.7 2:09.00 2:08.7

Mile#(200m/220 yds or less)* 4:38.90 4:38.6 4:48.90 4:48.6(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 4:37.00 4:36.7 4:47.00 4:46.7

3,000 Meters#(200m/220 yds or less)* 9:16.00 9:15.7 9:35.00 9:34.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 9:13.00 9:12.7 9:32.00 9:31.7

5,000 Meters#(200m/220 yds or less)* 16:12.50 16:12.2 16:49.50 16:49.2(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 16:07.50 16:07.2 16:44.50 16:44.2

1,600-Meter Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:37.00 3:36.7 3:44.00 3:43.7(200m/220 yds)* 3:35.80 3:35.5 3:42.80 3:42.5(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:33.00 3:32.7 3:40.00 3:39.7

Mile Relay(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:36.60 3:36.3 3:43.60 3:43.3(200m/220 yds)* 3:35.40 3:35.1 3:42.40 3:42.1(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:34.20 3:33.9 3:41.20 3:40.9

Distance Medley Relay—Meters#(200m/220 yds or less)* 11:09.40 11:09.1 11:30.40 11:30.1(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 11:05.50 11:05.2 11:26.50 11:26.2

Distance Medley Relay—Yards#(200m/220 yds or less)* 11:11.00 11:10.7 11:32.00 11:31.7(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 11:09.00 11:08.7 11:30.00 11:29.7

2010 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

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AUTOMATIC PROVISIONAL Event FAT MT FAT MT 55 Meters 6.14@ — 6.25@ — 60 Meters 6.60@ — 6.71@ — 55-Meter Hurdles 7.17@ — 7.38@ — 60-Meter Hurdles 7.70@ — 7.91@ — 200 Meters (Under 200m/220 yds)* 21.48 — 21.88 — (200m/220 yds)* 21.23 — 21.63 — (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 20.83 — 21.23 — 400 Meters (Under 200m/220 yds)* 47.15 46.9 48.25 48.0 (200m/220 yds)* 46.75 46.5 47.85 47.6 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 46.15 45.9 47.25 47.0 800 Meters# (200m/220 yds or less)* 1:48.90 1:48.6 1:51.40 1:51.1 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 1:48.00 1:47.7 1:50.50 1:50.2 Mile# (200m/220 yds or less)* 4:00.80 4:00.5 4:05.30 4:05. 0 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:59.00 3:58.7 4:03.50 4:03.2 3,000 Meters# (200m/220 yds or less)* 7:57.20 7:56.9 8:07.70 8:07.4 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 7:54.50 7:54.2 8:05.00 8:04.7 5,000 Meters# (200m/220 yds or less)* 13:50.80 13:50.5 14:13.80 14:13.5 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 13:47.00 13:46.7 14:10.00 14:09.7 1,600-Meter Relay (Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:10.50 3:10.2 3:14.40 3:14.1 (200m/220 yds)* 3:08.90 3:08.6 3:12.80 3:12.5 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:06.50 3:06.2 3:10.40 3:10.1 Mile Relay (Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:10.70 3:10.4 3:14.80 3:14.5 (200m/220 yds)* 3:09.10 3:08.8 3:13.20 3:12.9 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:07.50 3:07.2 3:11.60 3:11.3 Distance Medley Relay—Meters# (200m/220 yds or less)* 9:33.00 9:32.7 9:44.70 9:44.4 (Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 9:30.00 9:29.7 9:41.70 9:41.4 Distance Medley Relay—Yards# (200 m/220 yds or less)* 9:35.70 9:35.4 9:47.40 9:47.1 (Banked or Over 200 m/220 yds)* 9:33.50 9:33.2 9:45.20 9:44.9

@ Qualifying times attained at altitude of 6,000 feet and above, add .04 seconds. Times attained at altitude of 3,000-5,999 feet, add .02 seconds.

METRIC METRICHigh Jump 1.85 1.78Pole Vault 4.25 4.00Long Jump 6.38 6.13Triple Jump 13.30 12.65Shot Put 16.90 15.2020-Pound Weight 21.00 18.75Pentathlon 4,075 points 3,725 points

*—Size of track.#—Altitude adjustment available.

@ Qualifying times attained at altitude of 6,000 feet and above, add .04 seconds. Times attained at altitude of 3,000-5,999 feet, add .02 seconds. METRIC METRIC High Jump 2.24 2.14 Pole Vault 5.50 5.20 Long Jump 7.85 7.50 Triple Jump 16.15 15.45 Shot Put 19.30 17.75 35-Pound Weight 21.50 19.50 Heptathlon 5,675 points 5,325 points *—Size of track. #—Altitude adjustment available.

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Entering his 24th year at The Citadel, head cross country and track and field coach Jody Huddleston continues to lead one of the most successful programs at The Citadel and in the Southern Conference. Huddleston’s tenure has witnessed 53 confer-ence champions, 220 All-Southern Conference honors bestowed, the first woman to compete in athletics at The Citadel, the first woman to win a conference championship at The Citadel and the first woman to compete in an NCAA Championship event in school history. In addition, The Citadel has set seven NCAA Regional qualifying marks under Huddleston’s tenure since the implementation of the regional championship system in 2003.

In 2009, Huddleston earned the 2009 SoCon Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year award for the many successes of his athletes during the indoor season and at the SoCon Indoor Championships. Brian Baize clinched the school record in the heptathlon while Kevin Hardy and Megan Jenkins earned SoCon Track and Field Athletes of the Week in the same week for their performances at the Tiger Invitational in Clemson, S.C. Hardy then came back to the SoCon Indoor Championships and won the long jump while Jamel Brown earned All-Conference honors in the 60m hurdles. Brown joined Christian and Christo-pher Graham and Zach Johnson in earning All-Conference honors for the 4x400m relay. Hardy and Christian also made the SoCon’s inaugural All-Freshman team.

In 2008, Huddleston led Jamel Brown to his first Southern Conference title in the 400m hurdles and led another Bulldog to qualify for the NCAA regional. The Citadel men finished fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships in Clemson, S.C. and The Citadel women finished eighth. Tasha Sanders scored 14 of the 22 points that the women’s team collected. Sanders also broke several pentathlon school records and picked up All-Conference honors. At the SoCon Outdoor Championships, Brown brought home a title for the Bulldogs and The Citadel men finished in third place. Brown earned All-Conference honors while Jimmy Harris also earned All-Conference for finishing third in the high jump. The Citadel women placed seventh overall with Sanders and Monique Edwards tabbing All-Conference honors. Huddleston also coached off the track placing 12 men and women Bulldogs on the Southern Conference Winter Academic All-Conference Team.

The 2007 season, Huddleston witnessed four Southern Conference Championships as the women’s team recorded their best finish in school history. Senior Stephanie McNeill brought home three individual titles (20lb. weight throw, hammer, shot put) while junior Tasha Sanders won her first SoCon crown (heptathlon). The Citadel women placed a record fifth at the SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Boone, N.C., scoring a program-best 56 points. The men’s team showcased a stellar hurdles squad, placing two finalists in the 110m hurdles and three in the 400m hurdles at the SoCon Outdoor Cham-pionships. The fourth place finish by the men’s team marks the seventh time in the past eight years the Bulldog men have finished fourth.

Huddleston led the Bulldogs through the historic 2006 track and field seasons, which included then-junior Stephanie McNeill

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entering the history books on several separate occasions and the women’s team doubling their best performance at a conference championship. McNeill set history by becoming the first woman from the Military College of South Carolina to qualify for an NCAA Championship event, throwing a qualifying mark of 47’ 9” in the shot put. McNeill won her flight in the shot put at the NCAA Regional Championships with a throw of 46’ 10.25” as she finished 15th overall. The women’s team finished sixth at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a school record 48 team points scored.

Huddleston, along with assistant coach Kris Kut, guided McNeill as she won the 2006 Southern Conference discus title with a throw of 141’ 2”, making her the first female cadet to win a SoCon Championship. Those accomplishments, along with regional and national media exposure, came in a 2006 track and field season that saw 22 school records broken, 19 athletes receiving All-Conference honors, three SoCon Athlete of the Week honors, two conference champions and two conference superlative honors. Moreover, McNeill was named the SoCon’s Outstanding Field Performer and freshman Shaquill Smith was tabbed as Freshman of the Year after he won the high jump, placed fifth in the triple jump as he set a new freshman school record (47’ 4.25”) and placed eighth in the long jump.

Huddleston’s program first broke into the national headlines in August of 1997 when Mandy Garcia became the school’s first-ever female cadet-student-athlete and attracted unprecedented national media exposure as she set history. Garcia served as the lone member of the women’s cross country, indoor track and outdoor track “team” that year. Two years later, Peaches Hudson took second in the heptathlon and captured the institution’s first female All-Southern Conference honor.

Huddleston came to The Citadel from Oklahoma Baptist in Shawnee, Okla., where he served as head coach for seven years. In 1984, he earned NAIA District IX Coach of the Year honors. Earlier that year, the Bison finished second at the league cham-pionships, the best track performance for the school in 10 years.

An All-America decathlete at Florida Community College, Huddleston set a new national junior college decathlon long jump record in 1975. He transferred to South Alabama and went on to estab-lish two school records. Huddleston graduated from South Alabama in 1977 with a bachelor’s of science degree in physical education. He earned a master’s degree in education two years later at that same institution.

Huddleston has three children, Ryan (25) and Callie (18,) while he and his wife, Mary Ellen, have one daughter, Mary Kathryn (5). Mary Ellen also works at The Citadel in the Health, Exercise and Sport Science Department while serving as the Director of Intramural Athletics.


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Kris KutAssistant Coach ● 10th Year ● The Citadel ‘00

Kris Kut is in his 10th year as an coach at The Citadel and his fourth as the recruiting coordinator. Kut has watched from the sidelines as school records for the track and field and cross country teams have fallen over and over again. Kut, who focuses mainly on the field events, has helped coach 19 conference champions during his tenure at The Citadel, including the school’s first female to win a conference championship, Stephanie McNeill. Kut guided McNeill to a total of four SoCon titles as she also became the first female from The Citadel to qualify and compete in an NCAA Championship event. Under his tutelage, The Citadel’s cadet-student-athletes have won 119 All-Conference honors and numerous school records have fallen, including 23 during the 2007 season and 45 over the past three seasons.

In 2008, Kut helped Edwards to her All-Conference honors and coached the men’s team to a fourth place finish for the eighth time in nine years at the SoCon Outdoor Championships. The women’s team finished seventh with Jodi Whittle, Tasha Sand-ers, Sarah Strickland, Heather Harris, Natalie Wolin, Allison Taylor and Katheryn Gatewood along with Wolin and Sanders breaking school records.

In 2007, Kut guided McNeill to three league titles while coaching cadet-student-athletes to 27 All-Southern Conference hon-ors. The women’s team posted a record fifth-place finish at the SoCon Outdoor Championships while the men’s team placed fourth for the seventh time in eight years, maintaining their presence in the top-half of the conference.

Kut, a 2000 graduate from The Citadel, was a four-year letterwinner at The Military College of South Carolina as he pursued his bachelor’s degree in political science. He remained at the school as he earned his master’s degree in health, exercise and sport science in 2003.

A three-time Southern Conference Champion as a cadet-student-athlete, Kut also received four All-Conference honors. He remains the school record holder in the javelin and was a junior national qualifier, competing in the 1997 Junior National Track and Field meet in St. Louis, Mo. As a senior, Kut finished seventh in the javelin at the prestigious Penn Relays, as well as first at several other key meets.

Born Jan. 20, 1978, Kut married the former Holly Jones of Mechanicsville, Va., in 2003. They currently reside in Mount Pleas-ant, S.C., with their five-year old son, Andre Jackson, and their three-year old son, Preston.



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Dr. Gary WilsonVolunteer Assistant Coach ● Fourth Year ● Oklahoma Baptist ‘64


Dr. Gary Wilson (Ph.D.) enters his fourth year working with The Citadel cross country program, following an incredibly suc-cessful first two years. In 2008, Wilson helped lead Katheryn Gatewood, Natalie Wolin and Sarah Strickland to the NCAA East Regional. Gatewood finished with the second fastest time in school history while Wolin finished with the fourth fastest time in The Citadel history. The men’s and women’s team finished eighth overall at the SoCon Cross Country Championships. In his first season, Wilson helped lead the women’s cross country team to their most successful Southern Conference finish while the men placed sixth, their highest finish in 10 years. Wilson has a long history of success with track and field, qualifying three athletes for the NCAA Championships when he was a volunteer coach for Valdosta State in 1976. As a co-coach at the University of Tennessee, he helped lead the Lady Vols in the program’s first year. Prior to his helping start what has become one of the most competitive and successful women’s programs in the Southeastern Conference, Wilson was the head men’s track and cross country coach at West Georgia College from 1966-1968. Wilson was head coach of The Citadel prior to Jody Huddleston’s arrive, guiding the team in 1986, as the team (men’s only at that time) finished sixth at both the indoor and outdoor SoCon meets. Wilson currently resides in Charleston and is a faculty member at The Citadel.

Catherine HinesleyVolunteer Assistant Coach ● Third Year ● Erskine ‘06

Catherine Hinesley enters her third year working with The Citadel cross country program, mainly working with the female run-ners. A 2006 graduate of Erskine College, Hinesley ran cross country for the Flying Fleet while serving as the team captain her junior and senior year.

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Conference (CVAC) Presidential Honor Roll. Hinesley was also a member of the prestigious Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. A USATF Level I certified coach, Hinesley is currently working towards a master’s degree in health, exercise and sport science in The Citadel Graduate College. Hinesley is married and enjoys competing in triathlons

and participating in yoga and hiking in her spare time.

Jamel BrownGraduate Assistant Coach ● First Year ● The Citadel ‘08

Jamel Brown is in his first year as a graduate assistant coach, mainly working with the hurdlers. Brown is a 2008 graduate of The Citadel where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. A Ridgeville, S.C. native, Brown is currently pursuing a master’s degree in biology from The Citadel’s Graduate College.

As a cadet, Brown was a two-time SoCon Champion earning his first outdoor crown in the 400m hurdles in 2008. In 2009, Brown won the 110m hurdles to claim his second career SoCon title and advancing to the NCAA East Regional for the second consecutive year. Brown also holds The Citadel’s record in the indoor 60m hurdles and in the outdoor 400m hurdles.

Allison TaylorGraduate Assistant Coach ● Second Year ● The Citadel ‘08

Allison Taylor is in her second year as a graduate assistant coach. Taylor is a 2008 graduate of The Citadel where she re-ceived her bachelor’s degree in sports management. As a cadet, Taylor provided help for The Citadel’s media relations office, aiding in game-day duties as well as the 2008 SoCon baseball tournament.

While attending The Citadel, Taylor was a member of Mike Company and a member of The Citadel’s gospel choir. She was also a six-time letterwinner on the women’s track and field team. Allison was a six-time Southern Conference finalist, 2006 Braskie Award recipient, Dean’s List Honoree as well as an Athletics Director’s Honor Roll student.

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and national baseball/softball tournaments. She also served as the assistant registrar for the American Softball Associa-tion’s 2007 National Tournament. Taylor is a native of Lexington, Ky. Taylor is currently working towards a master’s de-gree in health, exercise and sport science with an emphasis in sports management in The Citadel Graduate College.

Joe VargaStrength & Conditioning Coach ● 2nd Year ● Central Connecticut ‘06

Joe Varga is in his second year as the graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for The Citadel athletics department. He works directly with the men’s and women’s track and field squads and serves as the strength coach for the tennis team. In addition, he serves under the head strength coach as an assistant coach for The Citadel football and baseball teams.

Prior to joining the Bulldog family, Varga was the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Rhode Island. His primary re-sponsibilities were to design and implement strength and conditioning programs for men’s track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, and was an assistant under the head strength and conditioning coach for the Rhode Island football team.

Varga was also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute women’s crew team before serving a two-year strength and conditioning internship at The College of the Holy Cross. Varga is a 2006 graduate of the University of Central Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. While at Central Connecticut, he earned four letters on the Blue Devil football team.

Michael MulhollonTeam Manager ● 1st Year ● Junior

Michael Mulhollon is in his first year as the head manager for The Citadel Track and Field team. Mulhollon is a junior cadet majoring in history. Mulhollon is a native of Florence, S.C., where he graduated from South Florence High School in 2007.

Born June 23, 1987, he is the son of Gary and Linda Mulhollon of Florence. Mulhollon also ran cross country and track and field at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy before transferring to The Citadel.


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Kelly Simpson enters her sixth year as the Senior Woman Administrator and her eighth on The Citadel campus. As the SWA, she oversees The Citadel’s eight sports programs in the areas of game management, academic advising and compliance. She also represents The Citadel at Southern Conference and NCAA Meetings. She is an active member of the SoCon Cross Country and Track and Field Committee and the SoCon Graduate Scholarship Committee and also serves on various campus committees.

Prior to coming to the athletic department, Simpson spent one year as an admissions counselor. Before that, she spent a year and a half in the Department of Health Exercise and Sport Science where she served as Director of Intramurals and a facility manager for Deas Hall. The past five years, Simpson has also served as an Adjuct Professor in the HESS Department.

A native of Weaverville, N.C., Simpson graduated from North Buncombe High School in 1995 before attending Clemson Uni-versity where she earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management in 1999. She earned a masters of science in the same discipline from Clemson in 2001. While at Clemson, Simpson ran on the cross country and track teams and was a member of the Tigers’ 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Outdoor Track team. Simpson is married to The Citadel’s head men’s tennis coach, Toby Simpson, and they have a one-year-old son, Lasher.

Ashley KeyesMedia Relations Assistant ● Second Year ● South Carolina ‘08

Keyes is in her second year as a media relations graduate assistant for The Citadel. Keyes is the primary contact for women’s soccer, tennis and track & field, while assisting with the other sport programs and the day-to-day duties of the Media Relations office.

Keyes gained her experience from the University of South Carolina Athletics Media Relations office where she served as an assistant for over a year. She assisted with all the athletic programs at South Carolina and has also worked for the Southeast-ern Conference, CSS Sports, ESPN, NBA and the NCAA.

Kelly SimpsonAssistant AD/SWA ● Sixth Year ● Clemson ‘99



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Lt Gen John W. RosaPresident ● Fifth Year ● The Citadel ‘73


The Citadel President Lt Gen John W. Rosa was born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 28, 1951. After graduating high school in Jack-sonville, Fla., in 1969, he was recruited to play football at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

While at The Citadel, Rosa was the starting Bulldog quarterback in 1970 and went on to earn three varsity letters in football. He graduated from The Citadel in 1973 with a degree in business administration and was awarded a commission in the Air Force.

A command fighter pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours, Rosa enjoyed an illustrious 32-year career in the Air Force. Among his career highlights, he was stationed in Lossiemouth, Scotland, as an American exchange officer flying the Jaguar for the Royal Air Force. He has commanded at squadron, group and wing levels at air bases in South Korea, Idaho, South Carolina, New Mexico and Georgia. He served as inspector general for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii and com-mandant of The Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.

As deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C., he was in charge of the National Military Command Center and served as the military spokesman for the Pentagon when U.S. troops were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002. In July 2003, he as named superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and in September of that year, he was promoted to lieutenant general. Rosa holds a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University. He is a graduate of the Air Force Com-mand and Staff College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He has also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Combat Readi-ness Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He has flown the A-7, A-10, Hunter and Jaguar aircraft, F-16, F-117A, HH-60G and HC-130. On Jan. 3, 2006, Rosa returned to The Citadel where he serves as 19th president. He is married to Donna Kangeter, a Charleston native. They have two sons, Jonathan and Brad (‘03), and a grandson, Michael Bradley, who is the son of Jona-than and his wife, Elisha.

The Goose Creek, S.C. native earned a bachelor of arts in advertising with a minor in sports management from the University of South Carolina in May 2008. She is a student in The Citadel Graduate College pursuing a MBA with a concentration in sports management.


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Larry LeckonbyAthletics Director ● Second Year ● Duke ‘79


The Citadel’s President Lt Gen John W. Rosa, Jr. named Larry Leckonby as the 11th athletics director at the South Carolina Military College in a press conference held at the Altman Athletics Center on June 13, 2008. Leckonby officially joined the Bulldog Family on July 15.

Prior to The Citadel, Leckonby spent six years as a senior associate athletic director at the University of Maryland. Hired as the athletic department’s Chief Financial Officer in September 2002, he managed the department’s annual $51.2 million operating budget, capital projects and long-range financial forecasting.

In addition, Leckonby was the sport supervisor for women’s basketball, assisted the Athletic Director with men’s basketball and football, and supervised the athletic business office, athletic ticket office and information technology. He was also re-sponsible for coordinating departmental construction projects, which have included a $50.8 million expansion of the Football Stadium, as well as expansions to the Gossett Football Team House, new grass and field turf practice fields and the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. He also served on several campus committees including the University Finance Committee and the University Facilities Advisory Committee.

Prior to accepting the position at Maryland, Leckonby served as the senior associate director of athletics at the University of Houston, appointed in January 1998. He was responsible for the daily administration of the department and specific areas of duty involving finance, planning, fund-raising and marketing. He also served as interim athletics director for six months in 2001 and 2002.

Leckonby also worked as the associate AD for business affairs at Boston College for four-and-a-half years (1993-98), and the assistant AD for finance and operations at Old Dominion University for five years (1988-93). He was the ticket manager and assistant business manager at Boston University from 1982 to 1988, after beginning his athletics business career at the Uni-versity of Massachusetts (Amherst) where he was an administrative assistant to the business manager beginning in 1981.

A former lacrosse player at Duke University, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management science in 1979. He earned a master’s degree in sport management from Massachusetts in 1983.

Leckonby is an active member of the College Athletic Business Managers Association. While serving on numerous finance and planning committees during his career, he also has helped direct several NCAA and conference championships including NCAA Baseball Super Regional events in 1999, 2000 and 2002.

Leckonby and his wife, Cris, have two daughters, Hunter and Katie, and a son, William.


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Women’s RosterName Cl. Ht. Company Event Hometown Previous SchoolSophia Bay Sr. 5-4 Kilo Distance Seaford, Del. Sussex Technical High SchoolKelsi Billings Fr. 6-0 Romeo Multi-events Carrollton, Ga. Carrollton High SchoolErinn Carter So. 5-3 November Hurdles Wilmington, Del. Charter School of WilmingtonSarah Creel Jr. 5-3 Alpha Sprints Cordova, Tenn. St. Benedict at Auburndale HSMonique Edwards RSr. 5-9 Bravo Throws Kingston, Jamaica Wolmers High School for GirlsLauren Fleming Sr. 5-1 Delta Hurdles/Pole Vault Gainesville, Fla. Gainesville HSAnna Fuzy So. 5-10 Tango Throws Easley, S.C. Wren HSKatheryn Gatewood Sr. 5-7 Tango Distance El Paso, Texas Franklin HSSuzanne Gay Jr. 5-4 India Distance St. Leonard, Md. Clavert HSEmily Green Sr. 5-8 Delta Throws Columbus, Ohio Columbus School for GirlsTheresa Johansen So. 5-11 Kilo Throws Bainbridge, Wash. Eagle Harbor HSCaitlyn Lees So. 5-0 Bravo Sprints Stanhope, N.J. Pope John XXIII HSFrancesca McCrary So. 5-11 Tango Hurdles Clarksville, Md. Mount de Sales AcademyJasmine McLamb Jr. 5-9 Lima Jumps Goldsboro, N.C. Eastern Wayne High SchoolWhitney Nave So. 5-10 Tango Throws Greencastle, Pa. Greencastle-Antrium HSSarah Stierwalt So. 5-2 Mike Distance Fremont, Ohio St. Joseph Central Catholic HSSarah Strickland RSr. 5-8 India Distance Belton, S.C. Belton-Honea Path HSMia Trevino So. 5-6 Tango Throws Naples, Fla. Palmetto Ridge HSMicah Wessinger Fr. 5-7 Charlie Mid-Distance Chester, S.C. Chester Senior High SchoolNatalie Wolin Sr. 5-2 Delta Distance Toledo, Ohio Whitmer Senior HS

Name Cl. Ht. Wt. Company Event Hometown Previous SchoolJordan Ashley Fr. 5-10 140 Charlie Distance Bellmore, N.Y. John F. Kennedy HSBrian Baize Jr. 5-11 165 Kilo Multi-events Clarksville, Tenn. Riverside Military AcademyBenjamin Canipe Fr. 5-10 155 November Distance Hickory, N.C. East Burke High SchoolCarl Carruth Fr. 5-11 207 Oscar Throws Camden, S.C. Wilson Hall High SchoolChristopher Castagno Jr. 6-0 220 Palmetto Battery Throws Sugarland, Texas Stephen F. Austin HSFrank Dioguardi So. 5-11 150 Charlie Distance Massapequa, N.Y. Massapequa HSMatthew Earls RSr. 6-3 277 Alpha Throws Boiling Springs, N.C. Crest HSChris Fallis Jr. 5-8 130 Charlie Distance Awendaw, S.C. Wando HSKevin Flood Jr. 5-3 120 Lima Distance Naples, Fla. Naples HSKeith Gamble So. 5-9 167 Alpha Jumps Sumter, S.C. Crestwood HSParker Gaston Fr. 6-2 178 Tango Jumps Isle of Palms, S.C. Wando HSJohn Gatewood Fr. 5-10 125 Romeo Distance El Paso, Texas Franklin HSChristopher Graham So. 5-9 157 Lima Sprints Roebuck, S.C. Dorman HSChristian Graham So. 5-7 155 India Sprints Roebuck, S.C. Dorman HSKevin Hardy So. 6-0 184 Alpha Jumps Ocala, Fla. Vanguard HSJames Harris Jr. 6-1 160 Romeo Jumps Myersville, Md. Middleston HSNicholas Hasty Fr. 5-8 160 Tango Distance Spartanburg. S.C. Dorman HSNathan Jackson Jr. 5-5 128 Golf Distance Marietta, S.C. Pickens HSZach Johnson RSr. 5-9 160 India Mid-Distance James Island, S.C. James Island HSHerbert Johnson So. 5-10 166 Alpha Distance Summerville, S.C. James Island HSKyle Keene Fr. 5-8 116 Alpha Distance Greenville, S.C. Wade Hampton HSBrendan Kight Sr. 5-9 145 Delta Distance Sumter, S.C. Wilson HSTrevor Kuroczka Fr. 5-8 164 Palmetto Battery Sprints Southhampton, N.J. Seneca HSChad Lange Fr. 5-10 155 India Distance Charleston, S.C. James Island HSBrent Little So. 6-2 199 F-Troop Throws Fort Mill, S.C. Oviedo HSBenjamin McCoy Fr. 5-6 156 Golf Sprints Maryville, Tenn. Maryville HSDavid Miller Fr. 6-0 178 Kilo Sprints Murrells Inlet, S.C. St. James HSXavier Newton Fr. 6-3 163 Mike Jumps Colorado Springs, Colo. Sierra HSWilliam Norris Sr. 6-0 230 India Throws Summerville, S.C. Summerville HSJoseph ORourke GS. 6-1 175 N/A Multi-events Mt. Plesant, S.C. Wando HSNick Parker Fr. 6-0 175 Golf Distance Spartanburg, S.C. Dorman HSAnthony Sizemore Fr. 5-10 155 Mike Mid-Distance Anderson, S.C. Westside HSRichard Sobrero So. 5-8 150 India Distance El Cerrito, Calif. Salesian HSClayton Thornton Fr. 5-5 135 Alpha Distance Summerville, S.C. Summerville HSDaniel Till Fr. 5-8 148 Romeo Sprints Fort Mill, S.C. Fort Mill HSQuintin Turner Jr. 6-0 260 Charlie Throws Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Wando HSMichael Vanswearingen Fr. 5-9 143 Bravo Sprints Palm Harbor, Fla. Palm Harbor Univeristy HSAustin Waldrop Fr. 5-10 135 F-Troop Distance Enoree, S.C. Woodruff HSStedmen Washington So. 6-2 229 Mike Throws Beaufort, S.C. Battery Creek HSP.J. Wasilchak So. 5-3 103 Hotel Distance Dickson City, Pa. Scranton Prepartory HSLeon Wilson Fr. 6-0 145 Oscar Distance Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Shaw High SchoolShane Woodard So. 6-1 160 Hotel Jumps Elbert, Colo. Falcon HSZach Yereb Jr. 5-9 138 Mike Distance Saint Clairsville, Ohio Bellaire St. Johns HSAtom Young Fr. 5-0 120 Oscar Distance Martinez, Ga Lakeside HS

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Women’s OutlookThis year’s team will count heavily on the fifth year experience of Monique Edwards and Sarah Strickland as they lead a relatively young squad into the 2010 season. Edwards returns for her fifth year having scored a total of 30

points during her previous indoor and outdoor championships events. She currently holds the freshman indoor 20lb. weight, the freshman outdoor hammer and discus school records. Her goals are to win a conference championship as well as chal-lenge several of the current school records held by Stephanie McNeill, who owns all five of the school weight event records. Strickland currently holds two indoor and one outdoor school record. After having a very good cross country training program in 2009, she will look to challenge several additional school records.

Sprints and HurdlesThe Bulldogs will miss sprinter Jodi Whittle who graduated with six individual school records and was a member of seven school record relay teams. The Citadel will also be without last year’s freshman Outstanding Track Athlete, Brillyance Gilchrist-Poteat, who scored in four events at last year’s outdoor championships. The Bulldogs will look forward to her return in 2011. Junior Sarah Creel, who is ranked third in school history in both the 100 and 200 meters, and sophomores Francesca McCrary and Caitlyn Lees will handle the sprints and run on several relays. They will be joined by freshman Chalita Johnson who will excel in the short sprints and add an explosive start to the relays. The Citadel will expect Chalita to run some really fast times and continue to help improve the relay teams. Senior Battalion Commander Lauren Fleming will run the 400 hurdles.

Jumps and Combined EventsFleming enters her senior year following a very good off season conditioning program and will look to better the indoor and outdoor pole vault records. Freshman Kelsi Billings will follow in the footsteps of Tasha Sanders competing in the combined events as well as the long jump, triple jump and high jump. Sanders holds the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon school records. It will be interesting to watch Billings as her strongest events are the jumps and Sanders’ strongest events were the throws and hurdles. It will be difficult to compare how Billings stacks up with Sanders. Jasmine McLamb will also compete in the high jump and long jump.

Middle DistanceStrickland will likely bounce back and forth between these events and the longer distance events as she currently owns the indoor 1000 meters and the mile school records as well as the outdoor steeplechase record. She will compete indoors in the mile and 3k and outdoors from the 1500 through the 5k. She will be joined by senior Katheryn Gatewood who holds the indoor 800m school record and has been our number one cross country runner the past two years. All indications are that freshman Micah Wessinger will run some very fast times in the 800m and mile and will be joined by sophomore Erinn Carter who will run the 800m and the relays.

DistancesSenior Natalie Wolin, who owns the indoor 3k and 5k school records and the outdoor 10k record, has been training very hard and will aim to lower her 10k record during the outdoor season. Suzanne Gay, Sarah Stierwalt and Sophia Bay will also run the 3k and 5k events.

ThrowsFollowing a very successful season last year, senior Emily Green and sophomore Theresa Johansen as well as Edwards, should give the Bulldogs tremendous depth in the indoor weight, outdoor hammer and discus. Green and Johansen had impressive seasons last year and The Citadel will look to them to continue to improve. Green and sophomore Anna Fuzy will throw the javelin. Whitney Nave and Mia Trevino will also throw the shot put, javelin and discus.


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Occasionally the Bulldogs lose someone to graduation that just can not be replaced. Jamel Brown is one of those ath-letes. This year’s team will definitely miss Brown but there are several athletes who will step up take over his role. Back for their final year of eligibility are fifth-year athletes Zach John-son and Matt Earls, who both have been in several champi-onship finals the past couple of seasons. Senior Brendan Kight who was this year’s cross country team captain, has his sights set on breaking the steeplechase school record he just missed last year. Junior Quintin Turner will also show vast improvement and should move into the group of elite throw-ers in the Southern Conference. Coach Kris Kut had a very successful recruiting year and The Citadel is looking forward to what this very talented group can accomplish in the next few seasons.

Sprints and HurdlesWith the exception of Brown, the sprint and hurdle group has been a little down the past couple of years. However, the Bulldogs think they may have rebounded and are looking to brothers Christian and Chris Graham to have much improved years. Christian, along with football standouts Kevin Hardy and Keith Gamble, will show great improvement this sea-son. These three along with freshmen Brunson Miller, Cody McCoy and Danny Till, should make the Bulldog sprint core very exciting to watch. Miller, state champion in the 400m, should add depth to both relays and hopes to improve on his 48.67 personal record in the open 400m. Till, all-region in the 100m and 200m, should bring much needed depth to the short sprints and will look to improve on his 10.88 personal record in the 100m. He will also help in the relays. McCoy will look to help in the relays and focus on the short sprints. Chris will handle the both hurdle distances and run on the 4x400m relay.

Jumps and Combined EventsHardy will look to defend his long jump championships from last year as well as run the sprints where he made the finals in the 60 meter dash. Hardy broke the indoor school record winning the indoor championships with a leap of 24’2.25” and then he followed with an outdoor championship with the third best outdoor jump ever at 23’9.5”. Gamble will also jump as will Shane Woodard who will also handle the triple jump du-ties. A healthy Brian Baize should show vast improvement in both the heptathlon indoors and decathlon outdoors. Baize had a great year last year in the pole vault and could chal-lenge both the indoor and outdoor school records. All-Confer-

ence performer Jimmy Harris who had a career-best jump last year of 6’6.75” in the high jump will get support from freshmen Xavier Newton and Parker Gaston.

ThrowsA very solid group of throwers will be led by Quintin Turner, who is expected to show huge improvement this year in the weight, shot put and discus. Team captain Will Norris has also worked very hard in the off season and should have a very good season in the weight and hammer throws. Earls returns in the weight throw and the javelin for his remaining year of eligibility and is expected to be a finalist in the javelin for the fourth consecutive year, as well as a finalist in the weight throw for the second consecutive year. Junior Chris Castagno rounds out the group with the ability to score in the weight and hammer throws.

Middle DistanceZach Johnson should have another strong year following the third-best all-time indoor 800m record last year. Along with the eighth best 800m, Frankie Dioguardi subs two minutes which gives the Bulldogs a pretty strong group. Jordan Ash-ley, county champ and all region in the 800m, will look to im-prove on his 1:56.34 personal record. Kight ran the fifth-best indoor mile last year and The Citadel have several quality freshmen milers this year. John Gatewood will look to make his presence known in the mile and 3K. Gatewood, an all-re-gion cross country runner, competed in a very talented region in track and qualified twice. Freshman Clayton Thornton, re-gion champ in the 3200m, will look to make an impact in the 800m and the mile.

DistanceThis group has quite a bit of talent and the Bulldogs are look-ing for good things from local product Chris Fallis, as well as Kevin Flood, Nathan Jackson, P.J. Wasilchak and Zach Yereb. They will all run the indoor 5k and the outdoor 5k and 10k. Fallis had his best cross country season in 2009 and should be much improved on the track. Flood also had a very good cross country season and should have a good year. Freshman Kyle Keene looks to continue his success thus far as a Bulldog after having a tremendous cross country season in the fall of 2009. Two other freshmen that are hop-ing to continue to make an impact are Atom Young and Austin Waldrop. They both like the longer distances and will be very excited to participate in the 10K during the outdoor season.

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Monique EdwardsRSr. ● 5-9 ● Bravo Co. ● Kingston, Jamaica (Wolmers HS for Girls) ● Throws


2009… Did not compete.

2008… Had nine top 10 finishes out of 11 meets… marked a 124’11” in discus for third place, posted 153’2” in hammer for first place and marked 84’2” in javelin for seventh place, all at Furman… recorded 113’2” in discus for ninth place, marked 146’5” in hammer for third place, and recorded 31’8.75” for eighth place, all at the Buccaneer Invitational… beat her personal record of 158’9” in hammer at the Pepsi Florida Relays marking 165’7”… broke several records for The Citadel in discus, hammer and weight throw.

2007… Set a then-personal-best as she threw the 20lb. weight 47’ 1.75” at the North Carolina Invitational (2/3)... topped that with a 49’ 0.25” mark in the 20lb. weight throw at the SoCon Indoor Championships (2/17), setting a new personal record and recording the second best throw in school history, placing seventh overall... Was the runner-up in the discus at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3) with a throw of 119’ 5”... finished 11th in the discus (116’ 1”) and the hammer (136’ 3”) at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/10)... placed sixth in the discus at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17) with a mark of 101’ 1”... her season-best hammer throw of 143’ 10.5” placed her third at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17)... at the Bagwell-Settle Relays (3/21), finished fourth in the shot put (33’ 6.75”), third in the discus (126’ 10”) and third in the hammer (154’ 7”)... finished fourth in the discus at the Military Championships (3/31) with a throw of 123’ 0”... also at the Military Championships, placed fifth in the hammer with a throw of 144’ 0”... finished 15th in the hammer at the Florida Relays (4/7), throwing 142’ 0”... set a new personal record in the hammer with a throw of 158’ 9” at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21), earning her first All-SoCon accolade.

2006… Opened the season with a 27th place finish in the shot put at the Clemson Opener (12/3) with a throw of 32’ 2.25”… finished seventh in the 20lb. weight throw at the UNC Opener (1/14) with a mark of 41’ 2.25”… topped that mark at the Fast Times Meet, also in Chapel Hill, throwing 43’ 5.25” as she finished 14th… finished 10th in the 20lb. weight throw with a mark of 43’ 8” at the UNC Invitational (2/4)… at the SoCon Indoor Championships, finished 12th in the 20lb. weight throw with a toss of 42’ 10.25”… Outdoors, threw a season best 131’ 0” in the discus to place fourth at the Clemson Invitational (4/8), which set the freshman school record and is the second-longest throw in school history... placed 10th in the discus at the Weems Baskin Relays (3/17) with a throw of 121’ 5” ... threw a season long 148’ 4” in the hammer at the Raleigh Relays (3/24) ... placed sixth in the Hammer at the Weems Baskin Relays (3/17) with a mark of 141’ 2” ... placed seventh in the Hammer with a throw of 143’ 8” at the Clemson Invitational (4/8)... threw the 10th longest javelin throw in school history as she finished 13th at the SoCon Championships with a mark of 96’ 8”... placed eighth at the SoCon Championships in the discus with a throw of 128’ 2”... set a new school record in the hammer as she finished fifth at the SoCon Championships with a throw of 155’ 1”.

High School... Attended Wolmers High School... girls national champion in 2001 and 2002... finished in the top three in girls national championships 2000-2004 five times.

Personal... Daughter of Milton Edwards and Celia Brown... born Dec. 21, 1984 in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

Personal BestIndoor: 20lb. WT 50’ 4.75” (3/1/2008) Outdoor: Discus 131’ 0” (4/8/2006)

Hammer 165’ 7” (4/5/2008) Javelin 96’ 8” (4/29/2006)

Shot Put 33’ 6.75” (3/21/2007)

SoCon Championships2008 Indoor: 20 lb. Weight Throw 50’ 4.75”

2008 Outdoor: Discus 125’ 11”(7th); Hammer 158’ 4” (2nd)2007 Indoor: 20 lb. Weight Throw 49’ 0.25” (7th)

2007 Outdoor: Discus 126’ 2” (6th); Hammer 158’ 9” (3rd)2006 Indoor: 20lb. Weight Throw 42’ 10.25” (12th)

2006 Outdoor: Discus 128’ 2” (8th); Hammer 155’ 1” (5th); Javelin 96’ 8” (13th)



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Lauren FlemingSr. ● 5-1 ● Delta Co. ● Gainesville, Fla. (Gainesville High School) ● Hurdles/Pole Vault


Lauren FlemingSr. ● 5-1 ● Delta Co. ● Gainesville, Fla. (Gainesville High School) ● Hurdles/Pole Vault

Personal BestIndoor: Pole Vault: 9’ 0.25” (2/18/2007)

200m: 29.12 (2/21/2009)400m 1:07.28 (3/1/2009)

60m Hurdles 11.82 (1/26/2008)Outdoor: 400m 1:11.40 (3/8/2008)400m Hurdles 1:12.16 (4/27/2008)

Pole Vault 9’ 00.25” (4/18/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 400m 1:07.28 (24th)

2009 Outdoor: 400m hurdles 1:13.89 (18th) 2008 Indoor: 4X400m 4:16.76 (9th)

2008 Outdoor: 400m Hurdles 1:12.16 (12th); 4X100m Relay 54.07 (6th)

2007 Indoor: Pole Vault 9’ 0.25” (12th)2007 Outdoor: 400m Hurdles 1:16.85 (P - 7th)

2009… Set a personal record in the indoor 200m with a time of 29.12 at the Tiger Invitational (2/21/)… ran 1:10.42 for 20th place in the 400m at the Carolina Classic (1/31)… broke her personal record in the 400m in the prelims at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:07.28… had a sixth place finish in the 400m hurdles at the Furman Invitational (4/11)… also finished ninth at the Tiger Open (3/7) when she ran a time of 1:17.64 in the 400m hurdles… set a new personal-best record in the pole vault at the UNF Osprey Challenge when she leaped to a mark of 9’00.25” for fifth place… also had a first place finish at the Georgia Southern Invitational in the pole vault with a mark of 8’11.75”… earned the SoCon Coleman Lew Award for her performances on and off the track.

2008… Broke her personal-best record in the 400m posting 1:11.40 at the Buccaneer Invitational and marking 1:14.26 in the 400m hurdles at the Fur-man Invitational earning a second place finish… recorded a time of 1:14.75 in the 400m at the Chanticleer Classic… ran with Creel, Gatewood and Strickland in the 4X400m relay at Furman placing third with a mark of 4:34.25.

2007… Opened her Bulldog career at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27), running the 200m in 29.92... set a new school record in her first mark recorded in the pole vault with a height of 9’ 0.25” as she finished 12th at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (2/18)... opened outdoor season with the second-best vault in school history with a mark of 9’ 0” at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3)... vaulted to a height of 8’ 6.5” to place third at the CSU Buc Invitational (3/10)... at the Military Championships (3/31), finished eighth with a mark of 8’ 0.5”... at the Furman Invitational (4/7), finished third in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:17.06 and placed second in the pole vault with a height of 8’ 6”... set a personal record with the school’s fourth-best 400m hurdles mark, running 1:16.85 at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21).

High School... A 2006 graduate of Gainesville High School... was a two-year captain of Gainesville High’s cross country team... won a team district championship in cross country... qualified for the Florida state track and field championships in the pole vault... lettered in cross country (four letters), track and field (four letters), weightlifting (twice) and was manager of the school’s wrestling team (three years)... coached by Larry Holsey, Michael Denmark and Mike Cotton.

Personal... Daughter of David and Shawn Fleming... her father, David, is a member of The Citadel class of 1991... born on Jan. 9, 1988... majoring in health and exercise science.

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Katheryn GatewoodSr. ● 5-7 ●Tango Co. ● El Paso, Texas (Franklin High School) ● Distance


Personal BestIndoor: 800m 2:20.95 (2/3/2007)

Outdoor: 800m 2:22.22 (3/17/2007)1,500m 4:52.48 (4/27/2008)

5,000m 19:25.32 (3/18/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: N/A

2009 Outdoor: N/A2008 Indoor: 4X400m 4:16.76 (9th)

2008 Outdoor: 400m Hurdles 1:12.16 (12th); 4X100m Relay 54.07 (6th)

2007 Indoor: Pole Vault 9’ 0.25” (12th)2007 Outdoor: 400m Hurdles 1:16.85 (P - 7th)

2009… Placed 20th at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21) with a time of 5:06.37 in the 1500m… also finished 14th at the Furman Invitational with a time of 5:07.21 in the 1500m… ran the 3000m with a time of 11:48.64 for second place at the Tiger Open (3/7/2009).

2008… Finished second at Furman marking 4:56.60 in the 1,500m… ran a time of 19:25.32 in the 5,000m for third place at the Buccaneer Invitational which beat her personal record… also reset her personal best in the 1,500m at 4.53.18 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational… ran with Creel, Fleming and Strickland in the 4X400m relay at Furman for a third place finish with a mark of 4:34.25… competed with Creel, Gay and Strickland at Chanticleer Classic in the distance medley relay posting 12:52.43 for eighth finish… also finished third with Strickland, Wolin and Gay in the 4X1600m at Pepsi Florida Relay recording a time of 22:32.66.

2007… Opened the 2007 season with a then-new school record in the 800m, running 2:22.11 to finish 14th at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27)... topped that mark with a close to two second drop in that record time with a 2:20.95 mark in the 800m at the North Carolina Invitational (2/3) as she finished eighth... placed 20th in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational (2/10), running 2:24.23... finished third in her preliminary heat of the 800m at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (2/17) with a time of 2:22.27, missing the finals by less than 0.1 seconds... ran the third leg of the school record 4x400m relay team that placed fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a time of 4:03.52... began the outdoor season with a 2:30.76 mark in the 800m at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3), the fourth-best time in school history... ran the then-second-fastest 800m time in school history at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/10), running 2:22.68 and finishing sixth... was the second leg of the school record 4x400m relay team at the Coastal Carolina Invite... topped her 800m time from Coastal Carolina as she ran 2:22.22 to place third at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17)... ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay team that set the second-fastest time in school history at the Bagwell-Settle Relays (3/21) with a mark of 4:08.51... was the opening leg of the school record 4x800m relay team that ran 9:46.93, also at the Bagwell-Settle Relays (3/21)... finished 10th in the 800m at the Military Champion-ships (3/31) as she ran 2:23.96... ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay at the Military Championships as the team ran the school’s second-fastest time with a mark of 4:04.55... placed fifth in her 800m heat at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21), running 2:25.71.

High School... Graduated from Franklin High School in 2006... ran track and cross country throughout high school... received First Team All-City hon-ors in cross country... received Second Team All-City honors in both cross country and track... was a state qualifier in cross country... brought home a team district cross country championship her senior year... coached by Jesse Aguliar.

Personal... Daughter of Mike and Kathy Gatewood... younger brother John Gatewood is also a member of the Bulldog track and field team... born on Jan. 21, 1988... majoring in political science.


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Emily GreenSr. ● 5-8 ● Delta Co. ● Columbus, Ohio (Columbus School for Girls) ● Throws

Personal BestIndoor: Shot Put 35’ 3” (2/17/2007)

20lb. Weight Throw 44’ 4.25” (2/7/2009) Outdoor: Discus 105’ 6” (4/12/2008)

Hammer 138’06.00” (4/26/2009) Javelin 117’01.00” (4/18/2009) Shot Put 34’ 1.25” (4/7/2007)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 20lb. Weight throw 39’11.25” (11th); Shot Put

33’04.00” (10th)

2009 Outdoor: Hammer 138’06.00” (7th); Javelin 115’05.00” (4th)

2008 Indoor: 20 lb. Weight Throw 40’ 7.75” (11th)2008 Outdoor: Shot Put 32’ 7” (13th); Discus 104’ 2” (12th);

Hammer 117’ 8” (13th)2007 Indoor: Shot Put 35’ 3” (12th); 20lb. Weight Throw: 36’

4.75” (14th)2007 Outdoor: Discus 96’ 11” (13th); Hammer 124’ 10”

(14th); Javelin 88’ 7” (16th); Shot Put 31’ 11.5” (15th)

2009… Broke her personal-best record and recorded the highest mark of the indoor season at the VMI Winter Relays (2/7) when she threw the 20lb. weight for second place with a mark of 44’04.25”… finished fifth when she threw 41’07.25” at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational in the 20lb. weight throw… placed second at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) in the hammer with a mark of 129’09.00”… also finished third at Charleston Southern (4/1) when she threw the hammer and recorded a mark of 122’09.00”… finished fourth in the hammer at the Coastal Carolina Classic and the UNF Osprey Challenge recording 137’03.00” and 128’10.00”, respectively… broke her personal hammer record at the SoCon Outdoor Championships when she threw 138’06.00”, which is also the best mark of the season… broke her personal-best record at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18) with a mark of 117’01.00” for second place in the javelin… finished first in the javelin at Charleston Southern (4/1) with a mark of 101’06.00… placed third in the javelin with a mark of 105’11.00” at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14)… finished fourth overall in the javelin at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a mark of 115’05.00”… finished fourth twice in the shot put… first at the VMI Winter Relays (2/7) when she threw 24’05.75” and then when she threw 32’07.00” at Charleston Southern (4/1).

2008… Had five top 10 finishes… finished second in shot put posting 33’3.25”, marked 113’5” for the hammer finishing third, recorded 105’6” in discus for fifth place and 92’11” for the javelin for sixth place, all at Furman… also threw the hammer at 115’5” earning sixth place at the Buccaneer Invitational.

2007… Began the season with a throw of 39’ 2.25” in the 20lb. weight throw at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27)... threw the fifth-best mark in school history at the Clemson Invitational (2/10) with a mark of 39’ 8.75” at the Clemson Invitational (2/10) in the weight throw... at the SoCon Indoor Championships (2/17), threw the fifth-best shot throw in school history as she finished 12th with a mark of 35’ 3” and followed that the next day with a 14th place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 36’ 4.75”... recorded a pair of marks at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/10) that are the seventh-best throws in school history, an 87’ 8” throw in the discus and a 30’ 10.5” mark in the shot put... recorded the school’s fourth-best hammer mark at the Coastal Carolina Invite with a throw of 125’ 4”... topped her personal record in the shot put at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17) with a mark of 32’ 4.25”, moving up to No. 6 in the school’s all-time charts... also at Winthrop, placed sixth in the hammer with a throw of 124’ 1.5”... at the Bagwell-Settle Relays (3/21), recorded a pair of 90’ 1” marks in both the discus and the javelin... set a new personal-best shot put throw at the Military Championships (3/31) with a mark of 33’ 6.5”... also at the Military Championships, set a new personal-best discus throw with a mark of 100’ 7”... recorded a stellar day at the Furman Invitational (4/7) as her shot put mark of 34’ 1.25” moves her up to fifth in the school’s all-time charts from seventh while her hammer throw of 127’ 6” keeps her at fourth in the school’s all-time charts but adds over two feet to her personal record mark.

High School... A 2006 graduate of The Columbus School for Girls... 2005 All-District Selection by the OHSAA in soccer... named 2005 Most Valuable Player... tabbed soccer captain senior season... recorded 139 saves in 34 halves and allowed 35 goals in 34 halves during her senior year... tallied 2.05 goals against average and notched 8.17 saves per game... part of the 2004 District runner-up team... lettered in soccer, basketball, lacrosse and track and field.

Personal... Born Oct. 4, 1988... daughter of Bruce and Kathy Green... sister Rebekah is a member of the track and field team at Kansas State University... majoring in criminal justice.

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Sarah StricklandRSr. ● 5-8 ● India Co. ● Belton, S.C. (Belton-Honea Path High School) ● Distance


Personal BestIndoor: 800m 2:42.60 (1/14/2006);

Mile 5:22.47 (2/24/2006)1000m 3:10.74 (2/2/2008)

3,000m 11:13.51 (12/1/2008) Outdoor: 1,500m 4:52.35 (4/30/2006)

3,000m 11:00.68 (4/15/2006) 3,000m Steeplechase 11:26.45 (4/29/2006)

5,000m 18:47.20 (3/8/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: Distance Relay 12:44.33 (6th)

2009 Outdoor: 5000m 19:37.76 (22nd); 3000m Steeple-

chase 12:22.99 (12th)2008 Indoor: Mile 5:19.45 (11th); Distance Relay 12:48.86

(8th); 4X400 Relay 4:16.76 (9th)

2008 Outdoor: 3,000 Steeplechase 12:03.48; 4X400 Relay 4:15.02

2006 Indoor: Mile 5:22.47 (10th); 4x400m Relay 4:07.87 (7th);

DMR 12:48.04 (6th)2006 Outdoor: 1500m 4:52.35 (12th); 3000m 11:00.68

(5th); 3000m Steeplechase 11:26.54 (6th); 4x400m

Relay 4:09.56 (9th)

2009… Finished fourth in the 5000m with a time of 18:54.62 at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… best finish in the mile was at the Carolina Classic (1/31) when she ran 5:34.15 for 14th place… placed sixth at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21) with a time of 12:04.27 in the 3000m steeplechase… also finished 12th at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase as she posted a time of 12:22.99.

2008… Finished in first place in the 5,000m at the Buccaneer Invitational marking 18:47.20… came in second for the steeplechase with 11:53.80 at Furman… posted 11:57.97 in the steeplechase at the Chanticleer Classic and marked 11:54.60 in the steeplechase at the Coastal Carolina Invitational for fifth place… notached a personal best record in the 5,000m with first place finish at the Buccaneer Invitational… ran with Creel, Fleming and Gatewood in the 4X400m relay at Furman for third place finish with a mark of 4:34.25… competed with Creel, Gay and Gatewood at the Chanticleer Classic for distance medley relay posting 12:52.43 for eighth finish… also finished third with Gatewood, Wolin and Gay in the 4X1,600m at the Pepsi Florida Relay recording 22:32.66.

2007... Redshirted the 2007 season due to a stress fracture in her foot.

2006... Opened her Bulldog career with a sixth-place finish in the mile at the Clemson Opener (12/3), running 5:34.30... finished 11th in the mile at the UNC Opener (1/14) as she ran 5:54.20... ran the mile in 5:32.26 at the UNC Invitational (2/4), placing 24th... finished 18th in the mile at the Clemson Tiger Invitational (2/10) with a time of 5:25.34... set the school record in the mile at the SoCon Indoor Championships as she finished 10th with a time of 5:22.47... outdoors, set a season-best 4:54.23 in the 1,500m at the Weems Baskin Relays (3/17) ... placed fifth in the 1,500m with a time of 5:05.07 at the Raleigh Relays (3/24), recording the second best time in school history ... set a season-best and placed second in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a mark of 11:47.78 at the Clemson Invitational (4/8), setting a school record ... placed fifth in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 12:11.40 at Coastal Carolina (3/10)... recorded the second best time in school history in the 3,000m at the UNC Fast Times Invitational (4/14), running 11:00.68 to finish fifth... set a new personal record in the 1,500m at the SoCon Championships, running 4:52.35 as she finished 12th overall, which goes into the books as the second-fastest time in school history... set a new school record in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the SoCon Championships as she finished sixth, running 11:26.54 and besting her previous school record by more than 21 seconds... ran as the third leg of the school record 4x400m relay team that finished ninth at the SoCon Championships wtih a time of 4:09.56.

High School... Attended Belton-Honea Path High School... coached by Matt Wurst... named team MVP three years

Personal... Daughter of Ray and Delores Strickland... born June 5, 1987... majoring in business administration.


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Natalie WolinSr. ● 5-2 ● Delta Co. ● Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer Senior High School) ● Distance

Personal BestIndoor: Mile 5:27.41 (1/27/2007)

3,000m 10:39.92 (2/17/2007) 5,000m 18:35.88 (2/18/2007)

Outdoor: 3,000m 10:43.04 (3/17/2007) 5,000m 18:44.14 (3/31/2007)

10,000m 39:34.32 (3/22/2008)

SoCon Championships2008 Indoor: 5,000m 18:46.68 (15th); Distance Relay

12:48.86 (8th)2008 Outdoor: 10,000m 42:51.18 (11th); 4X400m 4:15.02

(8th)2007 Indoor: 3,000m 10:39.92 (14th); 5,000m 18:35.88

(13th)2007 Outdoor: 5,000m 19:13.70 (12th)

2009… Did not compete.

2008… Finished second at the Buccaneer Invitational marking 19:08.71 for the 5,000m… also in the 5,000m, posted 19:08.50 for a sixth place finish at Coastal Carolina Invitational… finished fourth for 10,000m at 39:43.32 at the Chanticleer Classic… also finished third with Gatewood, Strickland and Gay in the 4X1600m at the Pepsi Florida Relay recording a time of 22:32.66.

2007… In her first race of the year, set the fourth fastest mile time in school history with a mark of 5:27.41, placing 25th at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27)... ran a personal-best and the second-fastest time in school history in the 3k at the Clemson Invitational, running 10:55.64 to finish 12th... an-nihilated the school record in the 5,000m run at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (2/18) as she ran 18:35.88, placing 13th... that topped Sharon Hacker’s previous record time of 19:09.21 from the 2002 Southern Conference Indoor Championships in Johnson City, Tenn... also set a school record in the 3k at the SoCon Indoor Championships, running 10:39.92 as she placed 14th... began the outdoor season by winning the 5k at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3) with a time of 18:49.51... ran the second-fastest 3k time in school history at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17), placing fourth with a time of 10:43.04 in the same race where teammate Megan Jenkins set the school record... ran the third leg of the 4x800m relay team that set the school record at the Bagwell-Settle Relays by running 9:46.93... finished fifth in the 5k at the Military Championships with a personal-best time of 18:44.14.

High School... A Whitmer High School graduate in 2006... received four letters in cross country and track and field... named Toledo All-City League three times in cross country... received one All-Great Lakes League honor... was a regional qualifier in the 3200m her junior year... cross country team finished second in the City League Championships... coached by Jeremy Elliott.

Personal... Daughter of Craig and Laura Wolin... born on Dec. 21, 1987... majoring in business administration.

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Sophia BaySr. ● 5-4 ● Kilo Co. ● Seaford, Del. (Sussex Technical High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Sussex Technical High School… lettered in track and field and soccer… was coached by Martin Cross and Paul Mohun.

Personal… Born April 18, 1988… daughter of Joseph and Selena Bay… sister to Jennifer, Mary and Robert… chose The Citadel over North Florida, Jacksonville University and U.S. Naval Academy.


Kelsi BillingsFr. ● 6-0 ● Romeo Co. ● Carrollton, Ga. (Carrollton High School) ● Multi-events

High School… Graduated from Carrollton High School in May 2009… lettered in basketball and track and field… earned numerous JROTC awards… was named the Best Mid-distance Runner and Most Improved Basketball Player… recorded a personal-best time of 2:25 in the 800m which placed her fifth in the Georgia State meet… recorded a personal-best time of 58.1 in the 400m and also jumped 36’ 5” in the triple jump.

Personal… Born April 10, 1991… daughter of Albert and Erica Billings… sister to Thanithia, Elijah, Sondae and Phillip… sister Thanithia ran track for Princeton… chose The Citadel over Georgia Southern, VMI and Elon… majoring in business.

Erinn CarterSo. ● 5-3 ● November Co. ● Wilmington, Del. (Charter School of Wilmington) ● Hurdles

Sophia BaySr. ● 5-4 ● Kilo Co. ● Seaford, Del. (Sussex Technical High School) ● Distance



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Personal BestIndoor: 400m 1:02.45 (3/1/2009)60m Hurdles 11.16 (1/31/2009)

800m 2:25.48 (2/21/2009)Outdoor: 400m 1:02.34 (4/26/2009)

400m Hurdles 1:10.49 (3/7/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 4x400m 4:17.99 (9th); 400m 1:02.45 (20th);

Distance Relay 12:44.33 (6th)2009 Outdoor: 4x400m 4:01.24 (8th); 400m 1:02.34 (19th);

2009… Set a personal record in the 400m at the Furman Invitational (4/11) with a time of 1:05.82 for eighth place… recorded a time of 1:10.49 for seventh place at the Tiger Open (3/7)… best time in the 60m hurdles came at the UNC Classic (1/24) when she ran a time of 11.62 for 46th overall… highest finish in the 60m hurdles was at the Carolina Classic (1/31) when she posted a time of 11.16 for 15th place… best time and best finish of the season in the 800m was eighth place with a time of 2:25.48 at the Tiger Invitational (2/21).

High School… Graduated from Charter School of Wilmington in 2008… a four-year letterman in track and field and in cross country… personal-best were 60.3 in 400m, 27.5 in 200m and 43.2 in 300m… was a member of the Spanish Club, Peer Leaders and Young Republican organizations.

Personal… Born Jan. 29, 1990… daughter of Valerie Davis… has three siblings, Autumn, Steven and Jaryn… chose The Citadel over Army, Delaware and Drexel… majoring in history.

Sarah CreelSo. ● 5-3 ● Alpha Co. ● Cordova, Tenn. (St. Benedict at Auburndale) ● Sprints

2009… Finished second at the Furman Invitational (4/11/) in the 100m dash with a time of 12.83… ran a personal-best outdoor time of 12.45 in the 100m in the prelims of the SoCon Outdoor Championships… Placed ninth in the 200m with a time of 26.68 at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… recorded a personal-best time of 25.63 in the prelims of the 200m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational ran for 24th place with a time of 8.19, which set a new personal-best record in the 60m.

2008… Had a total of three first place finishes, including two at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a mark of 12.80 in the 100m and a mark of 26.38 in 200m… also finished first at the Furman Invitational with a mark of 25.98 in the 200m… recorded her personal best record at 12.51 in 100m and 25.78 in 200m… ran with Fleming, Gatewood and Strickland in the 4X400m relay at Furman for third place finish marking 4:34.25… competed with Gatewood, Gay and Strickland at the Chanticleer Classic for Distance Medley Relay posting 12:52.43 for an eighth finish.

High School… A 2007 graduate of St. Benedict of Auburndale… lettered in track and field… received Gatorade Will to Win Athlete Award… voted team MVP in 2007… 2007 regional champion in the 100m, 200m and 400m… 2006 regional champion in the 100m and 200m…high school team was the Tennessee Division II Regional Champions… top marks include a 12.14 time in the 100m dash and a 25.25 time in the 200m dash, both of which are Division II Western Regional Tennessee meet records… member of the French Club, French and Spanish Honor Society and Model UN.

Personal… Born on Feb. 8, 1989… daughter of Wesley and Carol Creel… majoring in French and Spanish.

Personal BestIndoor: 200m 27.63 (2/13/2009)

60m 8.19 (2/13/2009)Outdoor: 100m 12:45 (4/26/2009)

200m 25.63 (4/26/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 60m 8.25 (21st)

2009 Outdoor: 100m 12.45 (10th); 200m 25.63 (18th); 4x100m 49.22 (6th)

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Anna FuzySo. ● 5-10 ● Tango Co. ● Easley, S.C. (Wren High School) ● Throws


2009… Threw the discus at Robert Jet Johnson Relays with a mark of 70’ 01.00” for 20th place… highest finish of the season was at Charleston Southern (4/1/) where she threw a personal-best mark of 81’ 06.00” for fifth place in the javelin.

High School… Graduated from Wren High School in 2008… earned two letters in outdoor track and field… personal- bests are 32’ in the shot put and 114’ in the discus… a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and JROTC… also received several academic honors.

Personal… Born March 2, 1990… daughter of Randi and Bill Fuzy… chose The Citadel over VMI, Norwich and Tulane… majoring in biology.

Personal BestIndoor: N/A

Outdoor: Discus 70’01.00” (3/14/2009)Javelin 81’06.00” (4/1/2009)


2009 Outdoor: N/A

Suzanne GayJr. ● 5-4 ● India Co. ● St. Leonard, Md. (Calvert High School) ● Distance

2009… Finished 11th at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) with a time of 5:24.62 in the 1500m… also placed 17th in the 1,500m with a time of 5:27.96 at the Furman Invitational (4/11)… broke her personal-record in the 800m with a time of 2:41.14 in the prelims at the SoCon Outdoor Champi-onships… highest finish was at the Tiger Open (3/7) when she placed ninth in the 800m with a time of 2:42.96… set a new personal-best record in the mile when she finished 27th overall at the SoCon Indoor Championships recording a time of 5:41.94.

2008… Recorded her personal-best record in the 800m marking 2:56.27 at the Buccaneer Invitational… also set a personal record in the 1,500m re-cording a mark 5:17.54 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational… finished fifth at Furman posting 5:29.49 in the 1,500m… competed with Creel, Gatewood and Strickland at Chanticleer Classic for distance medley relay posting 12:52.43 for an eighth finish… also finished third with Gatewood, Strickland and Wolin in the 4X1600m at Pepsi Florida Relay recording a mark of 22:32.66.


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High School... Graduated from Calvert High School in 2007... earned two letters in cross country and track, while earning four letters in swim-ming... cross country team placed seventh in the Maryland 2A regional meet... coached by Dave Spain.

Personal... Full name is Suzanne Marguerite Gay... born Nov. 2, 1989.... daughter of Bruce and Patricia Gay... chose The Citadel over the State Uni-versity of New York... wants to join the Navy after college... majoring in biology.


Distance Relay 12:51.83 (1/26/2008)4X800m 10:18.56 (2/2/2008)

Outdoor: 800m 2:41.14 (4/26/2009)1,500m 5.17.54 (3/15/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: Mile 5:41.94 (27th)

2009 Outdoor: 800m 2:41.14 (28th); 1500m 5:22.68 (24th)2008 Indoor: Mile 5:55.42 (24th)

2008 Outdoor: 1,500m 5:17.08 (26th)

Theresa JohansenSo. ● 5-11 ● Kilo Co. ● Bainbridge, Wash. (Eagle Harbor High School) ● Throws

2009… Finished eighth at the VMI Winter Relays (2/7) in the 20lb. weight throw with a mark of 35’06.75”… also set a personal-record in the 20lb. weight throw at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a mark of 39’03.75” for 12th place… threw for second place in the discus at Charleston Southern (4/1) with a mark of 112’09.00”… placed fifth at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, setting a personal-record of 123’01.00” in the discus… recorded a personal-record in the hammer at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a mark of 144’02.00” for fifth place… earned All-Freshman honors for her performance in the discus and hammer at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… finished fifth in the hammer at the Furman Invitational (4/11) with a mark of 127’06.00”… threw the javelin at the Tiger Open (3/7) placing sixth overall with a mark of 56’02.00”… set a personal-best record in the shot put at the Furman Invitational (4/11) with a mark of 31’05.00” for ninth place… finished seventh overall in the shot put recording 30’04.25” at Charleston Southern (4/1)… also placed ninth at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) throwing a mark of 29’03.75”.

High School… Graduated from Eagle Harbor High School in 2008… was a four-time letterman in track and field… earned the Most Improved Award in 2007 and MVP in 2008… marked 108’ in the discus and 32’6” in the shot put… coached by Andy Grimon, Dean Tarbill and Andy Reese.

Personal… Born April 6, 1990… daughter of Nels and Delora Johansen… majoring in business administration and Spanish.

Personal BestIndoor: 20lb. Weight Throw 39’03.75” (3/1/2009)

Outdoor: Discus 123’01.00” (4/26/2009)Hammer 144’02.00” (4/26/2009)

Javelin 56’02.00” (3/7/2009)Shot Put 31’05.00” (4/11/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 20lb. Weight Throw 39’03.75 (12th)

2009 Outdoor: Discus 123’01.00” (5th); Hammer 144’02.00” (5th)

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Caitlyn LeesSo. ● 5-0 ● Bravo Co. ● Stanhope, N.J. (Pope John XXIII High School) ● Sprints

2009… Earned two ninth place finishes in the 100m… first at the Tiger Open (3/7) when she ran a time of 14.89 and then at the Furman Invitational (4/11) with a time of 14.65… set a personal-record at the Georgia Southern Invitational when she finished 21st with a time of 14.18 in the 100m… placed seventh at the Furman Invitational (4/11) in the 200m dash with a time of 31.06… also broke her personal-best record at the Shamrock Invita-tional (3/21) when she ran 29.72 in the 200m… finished 19th overall at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) in the 60m dash posting a time of 9.04.

High School… Graduated from Pope John XXIII High School in 2008… lettered five times in track and field, one in cross country and participated in soccer… marked 7.7 in 55m, 12.9 in the 100m, 27.5 in the 200m indoors, 27.3 in 200m outdoors and 47.5 in the 300m… was a four-time county champion and relay champion… helped lead Pope John to three indoor and outdoor state championship titles and relay titles along with placing second in national competition.

Personal… Full name is Caitlyn Ann Lees… born Nov. 22, 1989… daughter of Robert and Catherine Lees… has two sisters, Rachel and Rhianna… father played soccer for the University of Bridgeport… chose The Citadel over Ramapo College of New Jersey… majoring in political science.



60m 9.02 (3/1/2009)Outdoor: 100m 14.18 (3/28/2009)

200m 29.72 (3/21/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 200m 30.30 (23rd); 60m 9.02 (23rd)

2009 Outdoor: N/A

Francesca McCrarySo. ● 5-11 ● Tango Co. ● Clarksville, Md. (Mount De Sales Academy) ● Hurdles

2009… Placed 11th at the Tiger Open (3/7) recording a time of 17.84 in the 100m hurdles… set a personal-best record in the 100m hurdles at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18) with a time of 17.45 for a 12th place finish… ran the 200m dash at the Carolina Classic (1/31) posting a time of 29.47… recorded a personal-best at the Furman Invitational (4/11) in the 400m dash with a time of 1:04.40 for sixth place… best finish in the 400m hurdles came at the UNF Osprey Challenge when she ran 1:10.98 for 11th place… personal-best time of 1:10.51 in the 400m hurdles came at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… finished 14th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 10.85 at the Carolina Classic… set personal-best time in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with a time of 10.61… ran the 60m dash at the Tiger Invitational, recording a time of 8.69 for 15th place.


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High School… Graduated from Mount de Sales Academy in 2008… earned three letters in indoor track and four letters in outdoor track… posted a mark 9.4 in the 55m hurdles, 49.7 in the 300m hurdles and 16.1 in the 100m hurdles… broke school records in 4X100m and hurdle relays… earned the Most Improved and Unsung Hero awards.

Personal… Born Aug. 27, 1990… daughter of Mercedes and Victor McCrary… sister to Max… chose The Citadel over Ohio-Weslyn, Navy and Mount St. Mary’s… majoring in chemistry.

Personal BestIndoor: 200m 29.47 (1/31/2009)60m hurdles 10.61 (2/21/2009)

60m 8.69 (2/21/2009)Outdoor: 100m hurdles 17.45 (4/18/2009)

400m 1:04.40 (4/11/2009)400m hurdles 1:10.51 (4/26/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 4x400m 4:17.99 (9th); 400m 1:04.98 (22nd);

60m hurdles 10.68 (17th)2009 Outdoor: 100m hurdles 17.98 (15th); 4x100m 49.22

(6th); 400m hurdles 1:10.51 (17th)

Jasmine McLambJr. ● 5-9 ● Lima Co. ● Goldsboro, N.C. (Eastern Wayne High School) ● Jumps

High School... Graduated from Eastern Wayne High School in 2007... earned three varsity letters in volleyball and basketball, one letter in soccer and a letter in track and field... was named the MVP of her soccer team in 2005, and was All-Conference in volleyball and basketball... was a member of the Goldsboro Gems, No. 2 AAU team in N.C., and won a volleyball conference championship at Eastern Wayne High School ... coached by Bruce Burridge.

Personal... Jasmine Renee McLamb... born on Jan. 3, 1989 in Merced, Calif... daughter of Annette McLamb... was also a member of the Bulldog volleyball team… majoring in biology.

Whitney NaveSo. ● 5-8 ● Tango Co. ● Greencastle, Pa. (Greencastle-Antrim High School) ● Throws

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2009… Recorded her best mark in the 20lb. weight throw at the SoCon Indoor Championships when she threw 29’09.50” for 16th place… threw 82’03.00” in the hammer at the Furman Invitational (4/11) to place 14th... highest finish of the season was in the javelin at the Furman Invitational (4/11) where she threw a mark of 70’06.00” for eighth place… finished ninth in the shot put with a mark of 27’08.75” at Charleston Southern (4/1)… set a personal-best indoor mark of 27’11.50” in the shot put at the SoCon Indoor Championships.

High School… Graduated from Greencastle-Antrim in 2008… lettered four years in soccer and earned three letters in basketball… was a first team Mid-Penn goalkeeper.

Personal… Also the starting goalkeeper for the Bulldog Soccer… full name is Whitney Monika Nave… born May 12, 1990… daughter of Scott and Sabine Nave… chose The Citadel over Clarion University and Millersville University… majoring in health, exercise and sport science.


Shot Put 27’11.50” (3/1/2009)Outdoor: Hammer 82’03.00” (4/11/2009)

Javelin 70’06.00” (4/11/2009)Shot Put 27’10.75” (3/7/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 20lb. Weight Throw 29’09.50” (16th); Shot Put

27’11.50” (19th)2009 Outdoor: N/A

Sarah StierwaltJr. ● 5-2 ● Mike Co. ● Fremont, Ohio (St. Joseph Central Catholic High School) ● Distance

2009… Broke her personal-best time in the 5,000m at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21) with her 12th place time of 19:20.36… also finished fourth in the 5,000m with a time of 19:31.62 at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14)… placed 18th in the 3,000m at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with her time of 11:49.03… also set a new personal-best record in the 3,000m with a time of 11:45.84 at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational (2/13)… ran the 1,500m for 16th place with a time of 5:42.43 at the Tiger Open (3/7).

2008… Notched personal-best marks in the 1,500m and 5,000m at the Buccaneer Invitational with times of 5:33.00 and 20:27.96, respectively... posted a mark of 11:57.58 at the Chanticleer classic... participated in the 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational posting a personal-best time in the 3,000m with a mark of 11:54.80

High School... A 2007 graduate of St. Joseph’s Central Catholic High School... earned four letters in cross country, swimming and track and field... named MVP of her cross country and track teams... became the first female at her high school to ever receive 12 varsity letters... was a three-time MVP of her swimming team.

Personal... Born July 26, 2007 in Fremont, Ohio... daughter of Tom and Kathy Stierwalt... chose The Citadel over Norwich University... majoring in criminal justice.

Personal BestIndoor: 3,000m 11:45.84 2/13/2009)

5,000m 20:22.95 (3/1/2009) Outdoor: 1,500m 5:33.00 (3/8/2008)

3,000m 11:54.80 (3/15/2008)5,000m 20:27.42 (4/18/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 5000m 20:22.95” (20th)

2009 Outdoor: 5000m 22:03.03 (33rd)2008 Indoor: 3,000m 11:57.91 (19th)

2008 Outdoor: 5,000m 22:06.52 (24th); 4X100m Relay 54.07 (6th)

2007 Indoor: 800m 2:37.59 (5th)2007 Outdoor: 800m 2:33.10 (7th)


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Mia TrevinoSo. ● 5-6 ● Tango Co. ● Naples, Fla. (Palmetto Ridge High School) ● Throws

2009… Placed 15th overall at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 20lb. weight throw with a mark of 32’07.00”… recorded a personal-best mark in the hammer throw when she threw 103’07.00” at Charleston Southern (4/1)… finished fourth in the javelin twice when she threw 76’10.00” and 82’00.00” at the Tiger Open (3/7) and Charleston Southern (4/1), respectively… earned her personal-best mark in the javelin at the UNF Osprey Chal-lenge with a mark of 87’10.00” for fifth place… placed ninth at the Tiger Open (3/7) with a mark of 32’00.00” in the shot put… recorded personal-best in the shot put at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with a mark of 32’05.50”.

High School… Graduated from Palmetto Ridge High School in 2008… lettered one year in softball, three-year lettermen in basketball and earned three letters in track.

Personal… Full name is Mia Christine Trevino… born Jan. 8, 1990… sister of Shaynna and Casey… chose The Citadel over Florida Atlantic University, South Florida and Central Florida… majoring in criminal justice.


Shot Put 32’05.50 (2/21/2009)Outdoor: Hammer 103’07.00” (4/1/2009)

Javelin 87’10.00” (4/18/2009)Shot Put 32’00.00” (3/7/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 20lb. Weight Throw 32’07.00” (15th); Shot Put

31’10.75” (16th)2009 Outdoor: N/A

Micah WessingerFr. ● 5-7 ● Charlie Co. ● Chester, S.C. (Chester Senior High School) ● Mid-Distance

High School… Graduated from Chester Senior High School in 2009… holds numerous records, received many awards and has competed in some of the nation’s most prestigious track and field events… is a five-year letterman in track and cross country and a four-year letterman in basketball… in cross country, she was a 2005 region 3-AAA upper state qualifier, 2005 Co-MVP, 2006-08 MVP, 2006 Summerfest 5k winner and 2006-08 3-AAA all-region team member… finished second with a time of 22:58 in the USATF South Carolina Association Junior Cross Country Championships… in track and field, she was a member of the 3-AAA all-region team from 2005-08 and holds Chester’s female records in the 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m, and

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the 4x800… is also the 2007 and 2008 South Carolina AAA State Champion in the 800m and placed first in the 800m and 1,500m at the USATF from 2006-2008… she competed in the 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals-Emerging Elite Division placing 15th overall with a time of 2:17.52… named the 2005-06 and 2007-08 Chester High School Female Athlete of the Year and Chester’s 2008 Homecoming Queen… was among the 10 finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award.

Personal… Born July 2, 1991… daughter of Mike and Kay Wessinger… major is undecided.

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Matt EarlsRSr. ● 6-3 ● 277 ● Alpha Co. ● Boiling Springs, N.C. (Crest High School) ● Throws


2009… Broke his personal-best record in the 35lb. weight throw at the SoCon Indoor Championships when he threw a mark of 57’08.00” for fifth place… threw a mark of 46’10.25” in the 35lb. weight throw for second place at the UNC Classic (1/24)… placed third in the 35lb. weight throw with a mark of 47’00.25” at the VMI Winter Relays (2/7)… set a new personal-record in the hammer when he recorded a mark of 141’00.00” at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… also placed sixth at Charleston Southern (4/1) when threw a mark of 137’02.00”… in the javelin, earned highest finish at the Coastal Carolina Classic (4/11) when he threw a mark of 140’10.00” for third place… recorded a season-best mark of 170’06.00” at the SoCon Outdoor Championships to finish eighth… placed fourth twice in the javelin… first when he threw 136’08.00” at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) and then at the Aggie Last Chance Classic (5/17) when he threw 154’09.00”.

2008… Placed ninth while setting personal best in the 35 lb. weight throw marking 41’ 7.75” at the SoCon Indoor Championships… finished first in the javelin marking 141’ 0” and placing third in the hammer with a mark of 123’ 6”, all at the Furman Invitational… also placed ninth in the javelin marking 122’ 8” at the Buccaneer Invitational… finished fourth overall in the javelin throw marking 172’ 3” and 129’ 11” in the hammer at the SoCon Outdoor Championships.

2007... Did not compete indoors... in his first appearance as a Bulldog, finished second in the javelin at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3), throwing 143’ 9”... finished 13th in the javelin at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/9) with a mark of 138’ 6”... placed third in the javelin at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17) with a throw of 139’ 11.5”... placed second in the javelin at the Bagwell-Settle Relays (3/21) with a mark of 142’ 5”... placed ninth in the javelin at the Military Championships (3/31) with a throw of 136’ 5”... finished third at the Furman Invitational (4/7) with a javelin throw of 143’ 2”... set a new personal record at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21), throwing the javelin 160’ 10” and finishing fourth.

High School... Graduated from Crest High School in 2005... lettered in wrestling, football and basketball.

Personal... Born on Aug. 28, 1987... son of Michael and Christine Kahn… majoring in health, exercise and sport science.

Personal BestIndoor: 35 lb. Weigth Throw 41’ 7.75” (3/1/2008)

Outdoor: Javelin 172’ 3” (4/27/2008)Hammer 129’ 11” (4/27/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 35lb weight throw 47’08.00” (5th)

2009 Outdoor: Hammer 141’00.00” (10th); Javelin 170’06.00” (8th)

2008 Indoor: 35 lb. WT 41’ 7.75” (9th)2008 Outdoor: Hammer 129’ 11” (10th); Javelin 172’ 3” (4th)

2007 Outdoor: Javelin 160’ 10” (4th)


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Zach JohnsonRSr. ● 5-9 ● 165 ● India Co. ● Summerville, S.C. (Summerville High School) ● Distance

2009… Placed first at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) in the 1500m when he recorded a time of 4:04.51… broke indoor personal-best record in the 1,500m at the Duke Invitational (4/4) when he posted a time of 4:04.21 for 12th place… competed in the 3,000m for the first time in his Bulldog career at the Shamrock Invitational where he recorded a time of 9:28.27 for seventh place… ran 51.46 in the 400m for eighth place at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… set a new indoor personal-best in the 800m at the UNC Classic (1/24) when he ran 1:55.37 for fifth place… also finished third in the 800m at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational when he recorded a time of 1:56.93… finished first in the prelims of the 800m with a time of 1:56.21 at the SoCon Indoor Championships… then he turned around and finished fifth overall with a time of 1:56.97.

2008… Placed 10th for the 800m with at time of 2:00.55 at the Clemson Opener… finished seventh for 800m with a time of 1:59.44 at the Eddie & Joe Smith UNC Classic beating the previous time… earned another 10th place finish and also setting a new personal best with 1:56.49 in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic… ran 1,000m at the Thomson Invitational recording 2:36.13 while creating a personal best… in outdoors placed third in the 800m marking 1:57.98 at the Furman Invitational… finished fifth in the 800m recording 1:59.03 at the Buccaneer Invitational… placed ninth record-ing a time of 1:57.91 in the 800m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational... placed fourth at the Purple and Orange Invitational for the 800m with a time of 1:53.87... also ran for a time of 1:53.93 in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Reebok Invitational in Atlanta, Ga.

2007... Finished 24th in the 800m, running 2:01.16 at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27)... placed 31st at the North Carolina Invitational (2/3), running 2:01.87 in the 800m... finished 18th at the Clemson Invitational (2/10), running the 800m in 2:00.99... ran the third leg of the DMR at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships as the team placed third, running 10:27.27, the eighth-fastest time in school history... began the outdoor season with a fifth-place finish in the 800m at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3), running 2:00.27... also ran the 1,500m run at that meet, finishing sixth with a time of 4:19.60... set a new personal record in the 800m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/10) by more than a second, running 1:59.25... finished sixth in his preliminary heat at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21), running the 800m in 2:00.35.

2006... Did not compete.

High School… Graduated from James Island High School in 2005... ran track his senior year... coached by Chris McDuffie.

Personal… Born on Jan. 21, 1987 in Charleston... son of Edith Johnson... twin brother Herbert runs cross country for Spartanburg Methodist College... majoring in criminal justice.


1,000m 2:36.13 (2/2/2008)Mile 4:28.79 (2/16/2008)

Outdoor: 400m 51.46 (418/2009)800m 1:53.87 (5/10/2008) 1,500m 4:04.21 (4/4/2009)3000m 9:28.27 (3/21/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 4x400m, 3:22.22 (2nd); 800m 1:56.97 (5th);

Distance Medley Relay 10:33.58 (6th)2009 Outdoor: 4x400m 3:20.37 (2nd); 800m 1:56.95 (7th)

2008 Indoor: Mile 4:40.36 (23rd); Distance Relay 4:37.80 (5th)2008 Outdoor: 800m 1:59.07 (7th)2007 Outdoor: 800m 2:00.35 (6th)

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Brendan KightSr. ● 6-0 ● 145 ● Delta Co. ● Sumter, S.C. (Wilson Hall High School) ● Distance


2009… Broke his personal-best time in the 3,000m when he finished first at the Coastal Carolina Classic (4/11) with a time of 8:54.73… his best finish in the 1,500m was at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) when he placed eighth with a time of 4:16.26… his best time of the season in the 1,500m was 4:06.11 for 11th place at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… broke his personal-best when he ran 4:23.23 for 11th place in the mile at the SoCon Indoor Championships… also set a new personal-best in the steeplechase when he ran 9:33.88 at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21) for first place… also placed seventh in the steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championships when he ran 9:43.88.

2008… Finished 11th at the Clemson Opener marking 4:38.47 for the mile run… placed 17th overall for the 3k at the Tiger Invitational with a mark of 9:11.05… had a first place finish at the Buccaneer Invitational in the steeplechase marking 10:13.07… finished third in 1,500m marking 4:05.12 at the Furman Invitational… also in steeplechase posted 9:40.14 for fifth place at the Chanticleer Classic and 9:49.49 for sixth place at the Coastal Carolina Invitational… ran the 3k one time marking 10:13.07 for 16th place at the Coastal Carolina Invitational… marked 4:27.51 for the mile run for 14th finish at the SoCon Indoor Championships… posted 4:06.76 for sixth place in the mile run and in the steeplechase marked 9:46.17 for sixth place at the SoCon Outdoor Championships.

2007... Finished 31st in the 3k at the Diet Pepsi Invitational (1/27) with a time of 9:15.84... ran the 3k in 9:13.00 at the North Carolina Invitational (2/3), finishing 19th... finished ninth in the 3k at the Clemson Invitational (2/10) with a personal best time of 9:10.34... ran a personal-best time of 9:00.56 in the 3,000m at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (2/17), finishing eighth... opened the outdoor season with a runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the SSU Eye Opener (3/3) with a time of 10:11.45, placing second only to teammate Will Wilson... ran the school’s seventh-best 3k mark at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/9) with a time of 9:06.98, the first time anyone has entered that top-10 list since 2004... placed third in the 3k at the Winthrop Invitational (3/17), running 9:15.44... finished 10th in the steeple at the Military Championships (3/31) with a time of 10:02.62... ran his first-ever sub-10:00 steeplechase time at the Southern Conference Championships (4/21), placing seventh with a time of 9:59.79.

High School... Three-time All-State cross country runner from Wilson Hall High School... All-State track runner his senior year in 2006... lettered in cross country, track and soccer... received All-State honors and named South Carolina’s Player of the Year in soccer in 2006... also received All-Region honors in soccer all four years of high school... coached by Tom O’Hare in track and cross country.

Personal... Born on Feb. 25, 1988... son of Greg and Carolyn Kight... brother Preston also is on The Citadel track team... majoring in civil engineer-ing.


3,000m 9:00.56 (2/17/2007)Outdoor: 1,500m 4:05.12 (4/12/2008)

3,000m 8:54.73 (4/11/2009)Steeplechase 9:33.88 (3/21/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: Distance Medley Relay 10:33.58 (6th); Mile

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2009 Outdoor: 1,500m 4:06.11 (4/26/2009); Steeplechase 9:43.88 (7th)

2008 Indoor: Mile 4:27.51 (14th); Distance Relay 10:43.81 (5th)

2008 Outdoor: 1,500m 4:06.76 (6th); 3,000m Steeplechase 9:46.17 (6th)

2007 Indoor: Mile 4:38.30 (13th); 3,000m 9:00.56 (8th)2007 Outdoor: Steeplechase 9:59.79 (7th); 5,000m 16:39.22

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William NorrisSr. ● 6-0 ● 230 ● India Co. ● Summerville, S.C. (Summerville High School) ● Throws

2009… Posted his best mark in the 35lb. weight throw when he threw 41’08.50” at the SoCon Indoor Championships… recorded his best mark of 104’00.00” in the discus at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) when he placed 10th… threw his best mark of 132’05.00” in the hammer at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… also finished fifth in the hammer at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/26) when he threw 129’04.00”… recorded his personal-best mark in the javelin at the Furman Invitational (4/11) when he threw a mark of 125’11.00”.

High School… Graduate from Summerville High School in 2006… earned a total of six letters participating in football, track and golf… a member of the prestigious Palmetto Boys State.

Personal… Born Feb. 16, 1988… son of Billy and Missy Norris… brother to Courtney… father played football for Clemson and grandfather ran track for Virginia Tech… chose The Citadel over Clemson.


Outdoor: Discus 104’00.00” (3/14/2009)Hammer Throw 132’05.00” (4/26/2009)

Javelin 125’11.00” (4/11/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 35lb. Weight Throw 41’08.50” (12th)

2009 Outdoor: Hammer 132’05.00” (14th)

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Jordan AshleyFr. ● 5-10 ● 140 ● Charlie Co. ● Bellmore, N.Y. (John F. Kennedy High School) ● Distance


High School… Graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 2009… is a region champion that recorded a time of 1:56 in the 800m and was ranked nationally for his 2:33 time in the 1,000m… is a nine-time MVP, four-time All-County winner, 2008 county champion in the 800m, five-time All-Conference, two-time conference champion in the 1,000m and 1,600m, division champion in the 1,600m and three-time all-division in the 800m, cross country and mile run… was the November 2008 Athlete of the Month and the 2005-06 Rookie of the Year.

Personal… Born May 1, 1991… son of Brett and Bonnie… brother to Alexander… chose The Citadel over Connecticut, Lafayette and Suny Cortland… majoring in physical education.

Brian BaizeJr. ● 5-11 ● 166 ● Kilo Co. ● Clarksville, Tenn. (Riverside Military Academy) ● Multi-events

2009… Earned a personal-best record in the 110m hurdles, running a time of 17.24 for 12th place at the Tiger Open (3/7)… also set a personal-record in the 400m dash with a time of 51.65 for 13th place at the Tiger Invitational (2/21)… ran 7.56 for an 18th place finish at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) in the 60m dash… recorded a new personal-best record in the discus when he threw 107’06.00” for seventh place at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… had a third place finish in the discus at Charleston Southern (4/1) with a mark of 98’05.00”… broke his record in the heptathlon when he tallied 4,534 points for sixth place at the SoCon Indoor Championships… also broke his personal-record in the decathlon when he tallied 5,987 points at the SoCon Outdoor Championships… a set a new personal-best record in the javelin with a mark of 146’09.00” for fifth place a the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… his highest finish in the javelin was at Charleston Southern when he threw 145’08.00” for second place… posted new personal-best indoor and outdoor records in the pole vault… first at the SoCon Indoor Championships when he had a mark of 14’01.25” for ninth place… at the Duke Invitational (4/4) when he vaulted 14’07.25” for 10th place… threw the shot put for the first and only time at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) when he recorded a mark of 33’05.75” for 13th place.

2008… Finished fourth at the Clemson Opener in pole vault marking 13’ 7.25” in indoors… placed fifth in pole vault with a mark of 13’ 09.25” at the Thomson Invitational… in outdoors, came in first place in the 400m hurdles at the Furman Invitational with a mark of 58.44 and finished fifth in pole vault with 13’ 0” also at Furman… placed sixth in the Southern Conference Indoor Championships in the heptathlon with 3,828 points and fourth in the Southern Conference Outdoors for decathlon with 5,817 points.

High School… A 2007 graduate of Riverside Military Academy… lettered in track, football and wrestling… named North Georgia Athlete of the Year


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and Track Athlete of the Year… high school team won football state championship in 2006 and wrestling state championship all four years… named senior class president.

Personal… Born on Jan. 1, 1988 in Nashville, Tenn…. son of Betsy Miller… majoring in sport management.


60m 7.56 (2/21/2009)60m Hurdles 9.13 (1/19/2008)Pole Vault 14’01.25” (3/1/2009)

Heptathlon 4,534 points (3/1/2009)Outdoor: 110m hurdles 17.24 (3/7/2009)

400m Hurdles 58.44 (4/12/2008)Discus 107’06.00” (4/18/2009)Javelin 146’09.00” (4/18/2009)Pole Vault 14’07.25” (4/4/2009)

Decathlon 5,987 points (4/26/2009)Shot Put 33’05.75” (3/14/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: Heptathlon 4,534 points (6th); Pole Vault

14’01.25” (9th)2009 Outdoor: 4x400m 3:20.37 (2nd); Decathlon 5,987

points (6th); Pole Vault 14’01.25” (10th)2008 Indoor: Heptathlon 3,828 points (6th)2008 Outdoor: Decathlon 5,817 points (4th)

Benjamin CanipeFr. ● 5-10 ● 155 ● November Co. ● Hickory, N.C. (East Burke High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from East Burke High School in 2009… he ran a personal-best time of 16:41… he also ran the 3,200 with a time of 10:32.

Personal… Born April 11, 1991… son of Bryan and Rita Canipe… brother to Cassidy… chose The Citadel over Gardner-Webb, N.C. State, Auburn and Wake Forest… majoring in chemistry.

Carl CarruthFr. ● 5-11 ● 207 ● Oscar Co. ● Camden, S.C. (Wilson Hall High School) ● Throws

High School… Graduated from Wilson Hall in May 2009… earned two letters in football and five in track and field… earned the Most Valuable Defen-sive Lineman in football and the High Point Field award in track… recorded personal-best in discus and shot put with a mark of 145’ and 46’, respec-tively… Wilson Hall track and field team won five championships in six years.

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Personal… Born Dec. 23, 1991… son of Clay and Anne Carruth… brother Clay Carruth, Jr. played football for The Citadel in the 2006 sea-son… chose The Citadel over College of Charleston, Clemson and South Carolina… majoring in health, exercise and sport science.

Christopher CastagnoJr. ● 6-0 ● 211 ● Palmetto Battery Co. ● Sugar Land, Texas (Stephen F. Austin High School) ● Throws

2009… Finished fifth with a mark of 41’11.25” in the 35lb. weight throw at the UNC Classic (1/24)… recorded an indoor personal-record in the 35lb. weight throw when he threw 46’08.75” for first place at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational (2/13)… placed first and had personal-best record in the ham-mer at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18) with a mark of 150’04.00”… also finished second in the hammer with a mark of 144’00.00” at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28)… placed third in the hammer at Charleston Southern (4/1) with a mark of 141’06.00”… threw the shot put for the first and only time at the VMI Relays (2/7) and earned a mark of 38’07.50” for 10th place.

2008… Competed in outdoor competition only… set his personal best in the hammer with a mark of 93’ 11” which led to a sixth place finish at the Fur-man Invitational… also at the Furman Invitational recorded personal best with 120’ 7” in the javelin placing eighth… set personal best in the shot put marking 36’ 10.25” at the SoCon Outdoor Championships placing eleventh.

High School… A 2007 graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School… lettered in track and football… member of the NJROTC and Boy Scouts.

Personal… Son of Ronald and Robin Castagno… born of July 24, 1988 … majoring in criminal justice.


Shot Put 38’07.50” (4/26/2009)Outdoor: Hammer 150’04.00” (4/18/2009)

Javelin 120’ 7” (4/12/2008)Shot Put 36’ 10.25” (4/27/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 35lb. Weight Throw 42’07.50” (11th)

2009 Outdoor: Hammer 134’10.00” (13th) 2008 Outdoor: Shot put 36’ 10.25” (11th); Javelin 116’ 6”

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Frankie DioguardiSo. ● 5-11 ● 150 ● Charlie Co. ● Massapequa, N.Y. (Massapequa High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran 4:04.81 for 13th place at the Duke Invitational (4/4) in the 1500m… placed sixth at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with a time of 1:57.13, which


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is his indoor personal-best record… recorded a personal-best outdoor record in the 800m with a time of 1:58.10 for 12th place at the Duke Invitational (4/4)… posted a personal-best time of 4”31.09 for 15th place at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational.

High School… Graduated from Massapequa High School in 2008... earned 11 varsity letters in cross country and track and field... earned five All-Division, four All-Conference and three All-County honors... won five conference championships... was a member of two 4x800m relay state qualifying teams... team won the outdoor division championship in 2006.

Personal… Born Jan. 16, 1990 in Brooklyn, N.Y.... son of Frank and Tracy Dioguardi... chose The Citadel over Navy, VMI, Iona, Albany and the Coast Guard Academy... majoring in civil engineering.


Mile 4:31.09 (2/13/2009)Outdoor: 1,500m 4:04.81 (4/42009)

800m 1:58.10 (4/4/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: Distance Medley Relay 10:33.58 (12th)

2009 Outdoor: 800m 1:59.22 (16th)

Chris FallisJr. ● 5-8 ● 130 ● Charlie Co. ● Awendaw, S.C. (Wando High School) ● Distance

2009… Had two third place finishes in the 1,500m run… first at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) when he ran 4:11.58… then he broke his personal-best record at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) when he ran 4:09.74… broke his indoor personal-best record in the 3,000m at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with a time of 9:14.07 for 17th place… broke his personal-best outdoor record in the 300m at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21), posting a time of 9:04.42… ran 2:02.45 with a seventh place finish at the Tiger Open (3/7)… recorded his best time in the mile at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:34.60 for 21st place.

2008… Created personal-bests during indoor and outdoor competitions… marked 9:15.38 for 3,000m run at the Tiger Invitational during indoors… in outdoor, finished sixth in 1,500m marking 4:16.69 at the Furman Invitational… placed eighth at the Chanticleer Classic recording 16:41.67 in the 5,000m… placed ninth overall in 1500m run marking 4:10.58 in the SoCon Outdoor Championships.

High School... A graduate of Wando High School in 2007... earned six letters in cross country and track and field... earned the team’s Warrior Award... twice named the team’s Most Improved runner... cross country team won the county championship... track team won the Regional Championship.Personal... Full name is Christopher H. Fallis... born Feb. 18, 1989 in Charleston, S.C.... son of Harold and Danna Fallis... chose The Citadel over Charleston Southern and Erskine... father, Harold, played soccer for Erskine College from 1974-76... majoring in business administration.


Mile 4:34.60 (3/1/2009)Outdoor: 800m 2:02.45 (3/7/2009)

3,000m 9:04.42 (3/21/2009)1,500m 4:09.74 (3/28/2009)

5,000m 16:41.67 (3/22/2008)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 3,000m 9:32.01 (21st); Mile 4:34.60 (21st)

2009 Outdoor: 1,500m 4:10.40 (15th)2008 Indoor: Mile 4:33.38 (19th); 3,000m 9:12.92 (14th)

2008 Outdoor: 1,500m 4:10.58 (9th)

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Kevin FloodJr. ● 5-3 ● 125 ● Lima Co. ● Naples, Fla. (Naples High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran 9:54.68 for ninth place at the Tiger Open (3/7)… also ran the 5000m at the Furman Invitational with a time of 17:38.69 for 23rd place.

2008… Ran the 1,500m marking 4:45.34 and placing 22nd at the Buccaneer Invitational… marked a personal best in 3,000m with 9:57.70 at the Chanticleer Classic.

High School... Graduated from Naples High School in 2007... earned two letters in cross country and track and field... cross country team finished third at the Florida State Championships his senior year... coached by Mary Beth Watkins, Mandi Lemmond and Stanley Bryant.

Personal... Born Oct. 18, 1988... son of Peter and Nancy Flood... chose The Citadel over Florida Gulf Coast University... father, Peter, played semi pro hockey in Michigan... wants to become an officer in the U.S. Navy... majoring in history.

Keith GambleSo. ● 5-9 ● 167 ● Alpha Co. ● Sumter, S.C. (Crestwood High School) ● Jumps

Personal BestOutdoor: 1,500m 4:45.34 (3/8/2008)

3,000m 9:54.68 (3/7/2009)5,000m 17:38.69 (4/11/2009)


2009 OUtdoor: N/A

2009… First meet was at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14)… ran the 4x100m relay and finished sixth with a time of 43.53 and the 4x200m with a time of 1:31.88 for fifth place… ran the 100m dash for the first and only time at the SoCon Outdoor Championships posting a time of 11.79… also helped score points for the men in the 4x100m relay with a fourth place, recording a time of 1:31.88.

High School… Graduated from Crestwood High School in 2008... lettered in football, basketball, track and weightlifting... earned all-area and all-region honors in football and basketball, most valuable player in basketball and best defensive back in football.

Personal… Keith Bricen Gamble... born Jan. 18, 1990... son of Keith and Mildred Gamble... is also a kickoff returner on the Bulldog football team… majoring in business administration.

Personal BestOutdoor: 100m 11.79 (4/26/2009)


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Parker GastonFr. ● 6-2 ● 178 ● Tango Co. ● Isle of Palms, S.C. (Wando High School) ● Jumps

High School… Graduated from Wando High School in May 2009… earned three letters in track and field and two letters in football… All-Region track runner… member of the Wando State Championship team in 2009.

Personal… Born Aug. 29, 1990… son of Coy and Britt Gaston… majoring in political science.

John GatewoodFr. ● 5-10 ● 125 ● Romeo Co. ● El Paso, Texas (Franklin High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Franklin High School in 2009… recorded a time of 15:50 in the three-mile run and 4:29 in the mile run… set a personal-best record in the 800m with a time of 2:03 and shares a time of 1:59.00 in the 4x800m relay… is a 2007 cross country state qualifier, two-time cross country all-region team member and a two-time track regional qualifier.

Personal… Born Aug. 7, 1991… son of Michael and Katheryn Gatewood… his sister Katheryn Gatewood is also a member of the Bulldog cross country and track and field teams… is also the brother of Michael and Dwayne… his brother Dwayne played football for Arkansas State Central… chose The Citadel over Sacramento State, Stephen F. Austin and Lamar University… majoring in business.

Christian GrahamSo. ● 5-7 ● 157 ● India Co. ● Roebuck, S.C. (Dorman High School) ● Sprints

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2009… Recorded a personal-best time of 11.13 in the 100m dash at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21)… also finished eighth with a time of 11.18 at the Duke Invitational (4/4) in the 100m dash… set a new personal-best record time of 22.67 for 10th place at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 200m… finished second in the 200m with a time of 22.70 at the Tiger Invitational (2/21)… recorded a personal-best outdoor time in the 200m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships when he posted a time of 22.41… earned a personal-best in the 60m dash

at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) when he ran 7.03 for fifth place.

High School… Graduated from Dorman High School in 2008… earned four letters in football and in track… received Mr. Defense, Mr. Offense, Best Offensive Back and Power Index Awards while at Dorman… tallied 1,445 yards rushing in football… marked personal best in the 100m at 10.9, 200m at 22.3 and 49.45 in the 400m… led Dorman to two track state championship titles… ran 41.13 in the 4x100m and broke the state record with that mark.

Personal… Born Dec. 25, 1989… son of Rufus and Tena Graham… brother to Christopher, Christena and Cameron… brother Christopher is also on the track team at The Citadel… chose The Citadel over Newberry, S.C. State, Presbyterian, Winston-Salem State and Coastal Carolina… majoring in criminal justice.

Personal BestOutdoor: 100m 11.13 (3/21/2009)

200m 22.41 (4/26/2009)Indoor: 200m 22.67 (3/1/2009)

60m 7.03 (2/21/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 200m 22.67 (10th); 4x400m 3:22.22 (2nd);

60m 7.08 (16th)2009 Outdoor: 100m 11.15 (11th); 200m 22.41 (12th);

4x100m 42.69 (4th)

2009… Finished second at the Furman Invitational (4/11) in the 100m dash with a personal-best time of 11.16… placed seventh in the 110m hurdles with a personal-best time of 15.82 at the UNF Osprey Challenge… ran a time of 58.06 in the prelims of the 400m hurdles at the SoCon Outdoor Cham-pionships, setting a personal-best record… also set a personal-best time of 8.45 in the 60m hurdles for a seventh place finish at the SoCon Indoor Championships… ran 7.09 for 17th in the 60m at the SoCon Indoor Championships.

High School... Graduated from Dorman High School in 2008... three-year letterman in football and lettered two years in track... won first place in 110m hurdles in the region and county... also earned third place in the 110m at the state meet and set a Dorman school record in the 4X100 meter... helped Dorman to two back-to-back track state championship titles.

Personal... Born Dec. 25, 1989... son of Rufus and Tena Graham...brother to Christian, Christena and Cameron... twin brother Christian is also on the Bulldog track team at The Citadel... chose The Citadel over North Carolina, South Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina A&T... majoring in business administration.

Personal BestIndoor: 60 hurdles 8.45 (2/1/2009)

60m 7.09 (3/1/2009)Outdoor: 100m 11.16 (4/11/2009)110m hurdles 15.82 (4/18/2009)400m hurdles 58.06 (4/26/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 60m hurdles 8.45 (7th); 60m 7.09 (17th);

4x100m 3:22.22 (2nd) 2009 Outdoor: 110m hurdles 15.82 (7th); 4x100 42.69 (4th);

4x400m 3:20.37 (2nd); 400m hurdles 58.06 (9th)


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Kevin HardySo. ● 6-0 ● 184 ● Alpha Co. ● Ocala, Fla. (Vanguard High School) ● Jumps

2009… Won the Southern Conference title in the long jump with a mark of 24’2.25, only in his second competition of the season ... also earned All-Freshman honors in the 60m dash ... outdoor season won SoCon title in long jump with a mark of 23’ 9.5, earned All-Conference and All-Freshman for the long jump… also ran a personal-best time of 6.99 in the 60m at the SoCon Indoor Championships.

High School… Graduated from Vanguard High School in 2008 ... lettered three years in football and two years in track and basketball ... earned all-state honorable mention, first team all-district, named No. 1 receiver in Marion County, track most valuable player ... recorded 31 catches for 681 yards and 11 touchdowns during senior season.

Personal… A starting wide receiver/kickoff returner for the Bulldog football team… Kevin Leonidas Hardy, Jr. ... born April 27, 1990 ... son of Tiwana James ... mom played basketball ... majoring in business.


Long Jump 24’02.25” (3/1/2009)Outdoor: Long Jump 23’09.50” (4/26/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: 60m 6.99 (prelim) 7.06 (final) (8th); Long Jump

24’02.25” (1st) 2009 Outdoor: 4x100m 42.69 (4th); Long Jump 23’09.50”

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James HarrisJr. ● 6-1 ● 177 ● Romeo Co. ● Myersville, Md. (Middletown High School) ● Jumps

2009… Competed in the 400m hurdles for the first and only time at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18), recording a time of 1:07.30 for sixth place… broke his personal-best indoor record in the high jump at the Tiger Invitational when he posted a mark of 6’4.25” for fifth place… also placed fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships when he jumped 6’4.00” in the high jump… in the outdoor season, he broke his personal-best record in the high jump with a 6’06.75” twice… first at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21) when he placed fifth and at the SoCon Outdoor Championships when he finished fourth… also finished second in the high jump with a mark of 6’04.75” at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18).

2008… Finished fourth in the high jump marking 6’ 4” at the Thomson Invitational… at the Tiger Invitational placed sixth recording 6’ 1.50” for the high jump… also placed seventh in high jump with a mark of 6’ 2” at the Eddie & Joe Smith UNC Classic… finished third at the Furman Invitational marking 6’ 2” for high jump… at the SoCon Indoor Championships marked 6’ 2.75” in high jump for fourth place finish and at the SoCon Outdoor

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High School… A 2007 graduate of Middlestown High School… lettered in track and cross country… named to the All-Area team in 2007… qualified for Nike Indoor Nationals… high school track teams won 2004 and 2007 state championships… coached by Don and Sharon

Boyer.

Personal… Son of Chuck and Pat Harris… born on Jan. 12, 1989… majoring in business administration.

Personal BestIndoor: High Jump 6’ 4.25” (2/21/2009)

Outdoor: High Jump 6’ 6.75” (4/26/2009)400m Hurdles 1”07.30 (4/18/2009)

SoCon Championships2009 Indoor: High Jump 6’04.00” (4th)

2009 Outdoor: High Jump 6’06.75” (4th)2008 Indoor: High Jump 6’ 2.75” (4th)

2008 Outdoor: High Jump 6’ 3.25” (3rd)

Nicholas HastyFr. ● 5-8 ● 160 ● Tango Co. ● Spartanburg, S.C. (Dorman High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Dorman High School in May 2009… lettered three times in cross country and one year in track and field… posted a personal-best time of 17:15 in the 5k… also ran a 4:50 in the 1600m… was a member off the Dorman 2008 Cross Country State Championship team… participated in the Beta Club, National Honor Society, Medical Society and Key Club.

Personal… Born Dec. 29, 1990… son of David and Sharon Hasty… brother to Cody… chose The Citadel over Clemson and College of Charleston… majoring in biochemistry.

Nathan JacksonJr. ● 5-5 ● 128 ● Golf Co. ● Marietta, S.C. (Pickens High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran the 10,000m for the first time at the Georgia Southern Invitational (3/28) where he finished second with a time of 36:13.18… recorded his personal-best time in the 10,000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a time of 35:38.20 for 15th place… created a personal-best outdoor time of 9:32.85 for seventh place in the 3,000m at the Tiger Open (3/7)… broke his personal-best time in the 5,000m when he ran 16:08.66 for ninth place at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)./


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2008… During indoors finished seventh with a mark of 16:37.15 for 5,000m at the Clemson Opener… for 3,000m ran 9:34.82 securing 10th place at the Thomson Invitational… for outdoor competition ran 16:40.74 good for 11th place in the 5,000m at the Furman Invitational… fin-ished 16th for the 3,000m with a mark of 9:25.80 and finished 18th in the 5,000m run recording a time of 16:19.21.

High School... A 2007 graduate of Pickens High School... earned three letters in cross country and track and field... named team MVP of his cross country and track teams... garnered All-Region cross country honors... earned All-County track and field honors... cross country and track teams both won the county championship.

Personal... Full name is Nathan Howard Jackson... born Nov. 19, 1988 in Daytona Beach, Fla.... son of Michael and Lorraine Morello... chose The Citadel over Charleston Southern and Clemson... majoring in civil engineering.


3000m 9:34.82 (2/2/2008)Mile 4:41.42 (2/16/2008)

Outdoor: 1,500m 4:29.91 (3/8/2008)3,000m 9:32.85 (3/7/2009)

5,000m 16:08.66 (4/18/2009)

10,000m 35:38.20 (4/26/2009)


2009 Outdoor: 10,000m 35:38.20 (15th)2008 Indoor: 3000m 9:25.80 (16th); 5000m 16:19.21 (18th)

Herbert JohnsonSo. ● 5-10 ● 166 ● Alpha Co. ● Summerville, S.C. (James Island High School) ● Distance

Kyle KeeneFr. ● 5-8 ● 116 ● Alpha Co. ● Greenville, S.C. (Wade Hampton High School) ● Distance

Spartanburg Methodist College (2007-2009)… Was a member of the Pioneer cross country team… is eighth all-time in SMC record books with a time of 27:00.

High School… Graduated from James Island High School in June 2006… earned one letter in cross country and two letters in track and field… earned personal-best records in the 5k (16:41), 1,600m (4:43) and 3,200m (10:31)… is a 2005 county champion in cross country… placed second in region and 26th in state… coached by David Lee.

Personal… Born Jan. 21, 1987… son of Edie Johnson… brother to Zach and Jamie Johnson… brother Zach is also a top runner for The Citadel cross country and track and field teams… majoring in criminal justice.

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High School… Graduated from Wade Hampton High School in 2009… ran a time of 16:10 and placed third in the South Carolina state meet… is an all-county and all-state champion… was a member of the Shrine Bowl team.

Personal… Born July 13, 1991… is the son of Kim and Stuart Keene… brother to Brittani… chose The Citadel over Winthrop, Coastal Caro-lina and USC Upstate… majoring in political science.

Trevor KuroczkaFr. ● 5-8 ● 164 ● Papa Co. ● Southhampton, N.J. (Seneca High School) ● Sprints

High School… Graduated from Seneca High School in May 2009… lettered in cross country and track and field… recorded a personal-best time of 51.0 in the 400m… earned Seneca People’s Choice Award.

Personal… Born Dec. 6, 1990… son of Diana and Milton Kuroczka… chose The Citadel over VMI and West Point… majoring in political science.

Chad LangeFr. ● 5-10 ● 155 ● India Co. ● Charleston, S.C. (James Island High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from James Island Charter High School in 2009… earned two letters in soccer, four letters in cross country and one letter in track and field… posted a time of 17:17 in the 5k and 1:03 in the 800m… two-time MVP in cross country… earned the Iron Boot Award in soccer.

Personal… Born Oct. 9, 1990… son of Stuart and Jeanne Lange… brother to Morgan and Angie… chose The Citadel over College of Charleston and Charleston Southern… majoring in business administration.

Brent LittleFr. ● 6-2 ● 199 ● F-Troop Co. ● Fort Mill, S.C. (Oviedo High School) ● Throws


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High School… Graduated from Oviedo High School in May 2008… earned two letters each in football and basketball… lettered three times in track and field… earned All-District honors in football.

Personal… Born March 10, 1989… son of Scott and Emily Little… brother Tyler played football for Liberty from 2004-07… chose The Citadel over Liberty… majoring in business.

Benjamin McCoyFr. ● 5-6 ● 156 ● Golf Co. ● Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville High School) ● Throws

High School… Graduated from Maryville High School in May 2009… earned three letters in football and four in track and field… is an All-County, All-Region and All-State football player… earned the PrepXtra First Team Defense award and the Captain award… is an MVP, All-County and All-Region track sprinter… earned the Best Sprinter award… broke the 28-year old school record for the 4x100m and 4x200m relay… was a member of the three-time state championship football team at Maryville.

Personal… Born Aug. 14, 1990… son of Dan and Jan McCoy… brother to Dane… his cousins Jim Deliz played baseball for Michigan State from 2001-04, Jeff Deliz played football at Navy from 2006-09, Kyle Gendron plays baseball at Grand Valley College, Jason Gendron played football at Defi-ance College from 2001-04 and Ali Gendron has signed to play volleyball at Point Park University next year… chose The Citadel over the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy… majoring in business.

David MillerFr. ● 6-0 ● 178 ● Kilo Co. ● Murrells Inlet, S.C. (St. James High School) ● Sprints

High School… Graduated from St. James High School in May 2009… lettered in football, baseball and track and field… won the AAA state qualifier in the 400m with a personal-record of 48.67 at St. James… also won the AAA state title in the 400m posting a time of 48.70… ran the 200m with a time of 22.53… is an All-County, All-Region and All-State runner in the 400m and 4x400m relay… a Beach Run gold medalist in the 400m and Beach Run silver medalist in the 200m… is the South Carolina 2009 Junior Olympic 400m winner and 200m qualifier… other awards received were the St. James Most Outstanding Male Shark Award and United State Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award… is an All-Region baseball player… also earned the Palmetto Pigskin Preview St. James 2008 Football Team MVP and Shark MVP for football… awarded Special Teams Player of the Week four times and is an All-Region football player.

Personal… Born Feb. 10, 1991… son of David B. and Mary Ty Miller… brother to Tyson… chose The Citadel over Clemson… majoring in business.

David MillerFr. ● 6-0 ● 178 ● Kilo Co. ● Murrells Inlet, S.C. (St. James High School) ● Sprints

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Xavier NewtonFr. ● 6-3 ● 163 ● Mike Co. ● Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sierra High School) ● Jumps


High School… Graduated from Sierra High School in May 2009… earned three letters in track and field, two letters in football and one in golf… jumped for a fourth place finish in the high jump at the Colorado State meet with a mark of 6’ 4”… Sierra was the state runners-up in track in 2008 and 2009… was a member of the Metro League where they won championships in 2006 and 2008… was a regional champion in 2006 and 2008.

Personal… Born Sept. 3, 1991… son of Greg and Rina Newton… brother to Qing and Adrienne… chose The Citadel over Naval Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Norwich, Virginia Military Institute, Norfolk State and Eastern Michigan… majoring in history.

Jospeh O’RourkeGS. ● 6-1 ● 175 ● Mt. Plesant, S.C. (Wando High School) ● Multi-events

Clemson (2008-09)… Placed ninth in the heptathlon at the 2009 ACC Indoor Championships… had a solid performance in the 60m hurdles (8.65) and pole vault (14’11”).

Clemson (2007-08)… Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault and cleared 15’3”, good enough for a 12th-place finish at the ACC Championships. Indoor: competed in the multi-events and pole vault...finished ninth place in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships with a total of 4,877 points...best event was the vault, where he cleared 14’8”...had a solid shot put distance as well at 39’9.25”...had the team’s second-best effort in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.05, and fourth-best time in the 55m dash at ACCs (6.80).

Clemson (2006-07)… Outdoor: Competed at the ACC Championships and finished 10th in the decathlon...totaled 6,129 points at ACCs in the 10-event competition...top individual event was the pole vault, where he cleared 15’1” at the Clemson Relays. Indoor: Scored for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships...totaled 4,769 points in the seven-event competition...best effort was in the pole vault, where he cleared 14’9”...also had a solid 60m dash time of 7.21 seconds.

Clemson (2005-06)… Redshirted.

High School… Graduated from Wando High School in May 2005… Regional and state champion pole vaulter in 2005... regional Junior Olympic champion in the decathlon... earned six letters in track & field and one in cross country... competed in the USATF Junior Olympic program in the sum-mer of 2005.

Personal… Born Feb. 19, 1987… son of Tom and Jackie O’Rourke… brother to Maggie and Patrick… working on his masters of science in health, exercise and sport science in The Citadel’s Graduate College.


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Nick ParkerFr. ● 6-0 ● 175 ● Golf Co. ● Spartanburg, S.C. (Dorman High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Dorman High School in 2009… lettered in cross country and track and field… earned personal-best times of 17:08 in the 5k and 10:33 in the mile run… Dorman was the 2007-08 track and field state champions and cross country champions in 2008.

Personal… Born June 30, 1991… son of Mike and Cheri… brother to Kam… chose The Citadel over the U.S. Naval Academy… majoring in business.

Anthony SizemoreFr. ● 5-10 ● 155 ● Mike Co. ● Anderson, S.C. (Westside High School) ● Mid-Distance

High School… Graduated from Westside High School in May 2009… earned four letters in cross country, three letters in track and field and one letter in wrestling… earned the Most Improved and Leadership awards… served as the team captain in cross country… posted personal-best times of 18:00 in the 5k, 4:49 in the mile, 10:55 in the two mile and 2:08 in the 800m… was a member of Westside track and field team when they placed second in the South Carolina state meet.

Personal… Born July 21, 1991… son of Annette Sizemore… chose The Citadel over Limestone, Erskine and Marshall… majoring in civil engineering.

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Richard SobreroSo. ● 5-8 ● 150 ● India Co. ● El Cerrito, Calf. (Salesian High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran 4:52.24 for 22nd place in the 1,500m at the Tiger Open (3/7).

High School… Graduated from Salesian High School in 2008… earned four letters in cross country and one letter in track… served as the team cap-tain during his senior year… received numerous academic awards for having a 3.0 and above… was second team All-League during his sophomore campaign… personal best are 18:05 in the 5k and 2:09 in the 800m… also placed seventh in the 2008 Division Four NCS Meet of Champions.

Personal… Born Sept. 11, 1989… son of Cynthia Mik and Richard Sobrero, Sr… brother to Anna… mother ran track in nationals for California State University, Chico in 1976… chose The Citadel over Fresno State… majoring in political science.

Personal BestOutdoor: 1,500m 4:52.24 (3/7/2009)


2009 Outdoor: N/A

Clayton ThorntonFr. ● 5-5 ● 135 ● Alpha Co. ● Summerville, S.C. (Summerville High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Summerville High School in 2009… member of Summerville team that was ranked second in the state of South Carolina in 2008… ran a time of 16:32 for second at the South Carolina Lower State Championships and posted a time of 10:00 in the 3,200m… had a personal-best time of 2:00 in the 800m… is a region champion for his time of 4:36 in the mile run.

Personal… Born Oct. 8, 1990… son of Clay and Sandy Thornton… brother to Elizabeth… majoring in business.



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Daniel TillFr. ● 5-8 ● 148 ● Romeo Co. ● Fort Mill, S.C. (Fort Mill High School) ● Sprints

High School… Graduated from Fort Mill High School in May 2009… earned two letters in football, two letters in baseball and one in track and field… ran a time of 10.88 in the 100m to hold Fort Mill’s school record… recorded a time of 22.12 in the 200m to also hold the school record… is an All-Region football player… earned the Most Promising Offensive Player and MVP Awards… also earned the Tri-County Offensive Player of the Week and Tri-County Special Teams Player of the Year Award.

Personal… Born March 1, 1991… son of Steve and Terri Johnson… brother to Kendra and Krystal… chose The Citadel over Wingate… majoring in criminal justice.

Quintin TurnerJr. ● 6-0 ● 290 ● Charlie Co. ● Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Wando High School) ● Throws

2009… Placed first in the discus twice during the outdoor season… first at the Tiger Open (3/7) when he threw a mark of 147’01.00” and then at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays (3/14) when he threw 148’00.00”… placed fourth in the discus at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a mark of 151’09.00”… recorded his personal-best mark in the discus when he finished fourth at the Duke Invitational (4/4) with a mark of 158’03.00”… finished third in the 35lb. weight throw with a mark of 44’09.00” at the UNC Dick Taylor Invitational (2/13)… placed fourth in the 35lb. weight throw at the UNC Classic (1/24) with a mark of 43’00.25”… threw his personal-best mark of 49’11.25” for seventh place at the SoCon Indoor Championships… threw for second place in the hammer at Charleston Southern (4/1) when he recorded a mark of 142’04.00”, which set a new personal-best record… posted best indoor mark of the season in the shot put at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a mark of 46’09.00”… finished first in the shot put at the VMI Winter Relays with a mark of 46’02.50”… broke his outdoor personal-best record in the shot put at the SoCon Outdoor Championships when he threw 48’00.50”.

2008… Finished 10th in the shot put marking 46’ 5.25” at the Clemson Opener… marked 40’ 7” in the shot put for a 14th place at the Eddie & Joe Smith UNC Classic… at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic finished 15th in the shot put marking 45’ 3” for 15th place… finished 11th in the shot put marking 45’ 5.25” at the Thomson Invitational… recorded 47’ 1.50” in the shot put for 11th finish and 42’ 6” for 35 lb. weight throw for 13th place all at the Tiger Invitational… first place finish at the Furman Invitational in the discus with a mark of 128’… recorded a second first place finish in the shot put with a mark of 46’ 11.5” at the Furman Invitational… fifth finish in the hammer at the Furman Invitational with a mark of 117’ 4”… another fifth finish in the shot put at the Buccaneer Invitational marking 44’ .75”… at the Pepsi Florida Relays marked 46’ 10.75” for ninth place in shot put… placed fifth overall in the shot put marking 47’ 9.25” and eighth in the 35 lb. weight throw recording 43’ 8” at the SoCon Indoor Championship… finished seventh in the

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discus with a mark of 143’ 11” and marked 47’ 5.25” in the shot put for seventh place at the SoCon Outdoor Championships.

High School… A 2007 graduate from Wando High School… lettered in track and football… 2007 South Carolina State Champion in shot put and discus... Wando Male Track Athlete of the Year… three-time Athlete of the Week… scored 372 points during career at Wando… coached

by Bob Hayes.

Personal… Also a defensive lineman for The Citadel’s Football team... Born on August 20, 1989… son of Sonia Clark and Craig Turner… majoring in biology.

Personal BestIndoor: Shot Put 47’ 9.25” (3/1/2008)

35 lb. Weight Throw 49’11.25” (3/1/2009)Outdoor: Discus 158’03.00” (4/4/2009)

Hammer 142’04.00” (4/1/2009)Shot Put 48’00.50” (4/26/2009)

SoCon CHampionshps2009 Indoor: 35lb. Weight Throw 49’11.25” (7th); Shot Put

46’09.00” (8th)2009 Outdoor: Discus 151’09.00” (4th); Hammer Throw

137’02.00” (12th); Shot Put 48’00.50” (6th)2008 Indoor: Shot Put 47’ 9.25” (5th); 35 lb. Weight Throw

43’ 8” (8th); 2008 Outdoor: Shot Put 47’ 5.25” (7th); Discus 143’ 11” (7th)

Michael VanswearingenFr. ● 5-9 ● 143 ● Bravo Co. ● Palm Harbor (Palm Harbor University High School) ● Sprints

High School… Graduated from Palm Harbor University High School in May 2009… lettered in golf and track and field.

Personal… Born May 10, 1991… son of Laura and John… brother to John Jr. and Melissa… chose The Citadel over Florida State and Baylor… majoring in political science.

Austin WaldropFr. ● 5-10 ● 135 ● F-Troop Co. ● Enoree, S.C. (Woodruff High School) ● Distance


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High School… Graduated from Woodruff High School in 2009… earned two letters in track and field and cross country… also played varsity soccer… ran a time of 4:41 in the 1,600m, 10:16 in the 3,200m and 2:10 in the 800m… was a member of the 2007-08 cross country state team… placed third in the 3,200m at the 2008-09 individual track and field state meet… earned the Most Valuable Runner award for cross country and track and field from 2007-09… is an All-Region cross country runner and All-State runner… earned the scholar athlete award from 2007-09.

Personal… Born March 13, 1991… son of Mark Waldrop and Candice Branim… brother to Brandon and Marisa… chose The Citadel over U.S. Naval Academy, Spartanburg Methodist and North Carolina… majoring in health and wellness.

Stedmen WashingtonSo. ● 6-2 ● 229 ● Mike Co. ● Beaufort, S.C. (Battery Creek High School) ● Throws

High School… Graduated from Battery Creek High School in May 2008… earned three letters in football, four letters in wrestling and two letters in track and field… earned the Purple Heart Leadership Award and Honor Roll.

Personal… Born July 29, 1989… son of Georganna Washington… majoring in business administration.

P.J. WasilchakSo. ● 5-3 ● 103 ● Hotel Co. ● Dickson City, Pa. (Scranton Preparatory High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran 4:32.82 for 15th place in the 1,500m at the Tiger Open (3/7)… recorded a personal-best time in the 3,000m when he ran 9:42.97 for 22nd place at the Tiger Invitational (2/21)… posted a personal-best time of 17:05.19 for 22nd place in the 5,000m at the SoCon Indoor Championships… finished sixth in the 5000m with a time of 16:26.79 at the Robert Jet Johnson Relays… recorded 16:22.66 for his personal-best outdoor time in the 5,000m at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21).

High School... Graduated from Scranton Preparatory School in 2008... earned letters in track and cross country... cross country team captain his senior year... cross country team won state championship in 2005... team won the district championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

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Personal... Full name is Paul John Eric Wasilchak... goes by “P.J.”... born Sept. 1, 1989 in Scranton, Pa.... son of Paul Wasilchak... chose The Citadel over DeSales and the University of Scranton... majoring in sports management.

Personal BestIndoor: 3,000m 9:42.97 (2/21/2009)

5,000m 17:05.19 (3/2009)Outdoor: 1,500m 4:32.82 (3/7/2009)

5,000m 16:22.66 (3/21/2009)

SoCon Championshps2009 Indoor: 5,000m 17:05.19 (22nd)

2009 Outdoor: N/A

Leon WilsonFr. ● 6-0 ● 145 ● Oscar Co. ● Columbus, Ga. (Shaw High School) ● Distance

High School… Graduated from Shaw High School in 2009… lettered three times in track and field and two years in cross country… posted a personal-best time of 16:39 in the 5k, 4:49 in the mile and 10:15 in the two-mile run… earned first team All-City in Columbus, Ga. … earned second team while on the South of the Border team.

Personal… Born June 11, 1991… son of Ress and Mirna Wilson… brother to William, Jessy, Chris and Matt… his father played football for The Citadel in 1978 and 1979… chose The Citadel over South Carolina, Clemson, College of Charleston and Charleston Southern… majoring in sports manage-ment.

Shane WoodardSo. ● 6-1 ● 174 ● Hotel Co. ● Elbert, Colo. (Falcon High School) ● Jumps

2009… Posted his indoor personal-best in the long jump at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) when he jumped 17’05.00” for eighth place… placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 18’03.00” at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18)… set his personal-best outdoor long jump mark at 19’00.00” at the Tiger Open (3/7)… jumped the triple jump for 11th place with a mark of 37’07.00” at the Tiger Open (3/7).


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High School… Graduated from Falcon High School in 2008… participated in football and lettered four times in track and field… recorded a mark of 21’ 2.5” for the long jump… a member of Air Force JROTC while at Falcon.

Personal… Born April 26, 1990… son of Jamie and Vickie Michaels… chose The Citadel over Air Force Academy and Colorado State… majoring in history.

Personal BestIndoor: Long Jump 19’02.75” (3/1/2009)

Outdoor: Long Jump 19’00.00” (3/7/2009)Triple Jump 37’07.00” (3/7/2009)

SoCon Championshps2009 Indoor: Long Jump 19’02.75” (13th)

2009 Outdoor: N/A

Zach YerebJr. ● 5-9 ● 145 ● Mike Co. ● Saint Clairsville, Ohio (Bellaire St. John’s High School) ● Distance

2009… Ran the 3,000m with a time of 9:46.57 for 17th place, breaking his personal-best record at the Carolina Classic (1/31)… finished second in the 5,000m with a time of 16:55.94 at the Carolina Classic (1/31)… also placed 21st with a time of 17:09.23 at the Shamrock Invitational (3/21).

2008… Finished second in the 5,000m run recording a time of 16:42.62 at the Eddie & Joe Smith UNC Classic… placed seventh in the 5,000m with a mark of 17:01.85 at the Thomson Invitational… finished 15th at the Furman Invitational with a mark of 18:20.16 in the 5,000m… placed 17th in the 5,000m marking 16:12.31 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational… placed 19th in the 1,500m run at the Buccaneer Invitational with a mark of 4:36.56… at the SoCon Indoor Championships finished 16th in the 5000m run with 16:18.48… at the SoCon Outdoor Championships ran 5k with a mark of 17:17.40 with a 20th finish.

High School... A 2007 graduate of Bellaire St. John’s Central High School... earned four letters in cross country and track and field... a four-time All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference honoree in cross country... named the 2006 Eastern District Runner of the Year... named First Team All-State in cross country... in 2006 his cross country team placed fifth at the Ohio State Championships his senior year... coached by Jeremy Midei.

Personal... Full name is Zachary Joseph Yereb... born June 21, 1989 in McAllen, Texas... son of Steven and Tracie Yereb... chose The Citadel over Army, Air Force, Northern Kentucky and Heidelberg College... father, Steven, was a 10k runner for Bethany College (W.Va.)... majoring in business administration.


5000m 16:18.48 (3/1/2008)Outdoor: 1,500m 4:36.56 (3/8/2008)

3,000m 9:25.10 (3/15/2008)5,000m 16:12.31 (3/15/2008)


2009 Outdoor: N/A2008 Indoor: 5,000m 16:18.48 (16th)

2008 Outdoor: 5,000m 17:17.40 (20th)

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Atom YoungFr. ● 5-0 ● 120 ● Oscar Co. ● Martinez, Ga. (Lakeside High School) ● Distance


High School… Graduated from Lakeside High School in 2009… earned one letter in wrestling and three letters in JROTC... while at Lakeside, he ran a time of 16:14 in the 5k and placed third in the Georgia State meet… also recorded a time of 9:59 in the 3,200m to become a region champion… received the Highest Point Scorer award (cross country), Track MVP, three-time Fastest Cross Country Runner Award and the Coaches Award for wrestling.

Personal… Born July 6, 1991… son of Tye Key and Danna Key… brother to Abby… majoring in electrical engineering.


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2009 Indoor ReviewWomenSouthern Conference Indoor Championships, Feb. 28 - March 1Clemson Indoor Track Complex - Clemson, S.C.Final Team Standings1. Appalachian State 2112. Western Carolina 1353. Georgia Southern 934. Samford 785. College of Charleston 446. Chattanooga 427. Elon 368. Furman 119. Davidson 810. The Citadel 311. UNC Greensboro 1

Bulldog LeadersMegan Jenkins, Bryillance Gilchrist-Poteat, Erinn Carter, Sarah Strickland: Distance Medley Relay, 12:44.33 (6th)

MenSouthern Conference Indoor Championships, Feb. 28 - March 1Clemson Indoor Track Complex - Clemson, S.C.Final Team Standings1. Appalachian State 2352. Western Carolina 1913. The Citadel 604. Samford 46 Chattanooga 466. Furman 367. Davidson 238. UNC Greensboro 229. Wofford 4

Bulldog LeadersKevin Hardy: Long Jump, 24’2.25” (1st - Champion)* 60m dash, 7.06 (8th)

Jamel Brown: 60m hurdles, 8.29 (2nd)*

James Harris: High Jump, 6’0” (4th)

Quintin Turner: 35lb. Weight Throw, 49’11.25” (5th)

Zach Johnson: 800m, 1:56.97 (5th)

Brian Baize: Heptathlon, 4,534 points (6th)

Shaquill Smith: High Jump, 6’2” (6th)

Matt Earls: 35lb. Weight Throw 47’8.00” (7th)

Christopher Graham: 60m hurdles, 8.45 (7th)

Aaron Oveton: High Jump, 6’0” (8th)

Christopher, Christian Graham, Johnson, Brown: 4x400m Relay, 3:22.22 (2nd)*

*indicates All-Conference honors

SoCon All-Freshman TeamKevin Hardy - Long JumpChristopher Graham - 60m hurdles

2009 Indoor SoCon Coach of the YearJody Huddleston

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2009 Outdoor ReviewWomen

Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, April 25-26Eagle Field - Statesboro, Ga.Final Team Standings1. Appalachian State 210.52. Western Carolina 1773. Georgia Southern 146.54. Elon 845. Chattanooga 526. Samford 447. College of Charleston 428. The Citadel 279. Davidson 2310. Furman 911. UNC Greensboro 3

Bulldog LeadersBrillyance Gilchrist-Poteat: 100m hurdles, 14.97 (4th); 400m hurdles, 65.00 (6th)

Emily Green: Javelin, 115’5.00” (4th); Hammer, 138’6.00” (7th)

Theresa Johansen: Hammer, 144’2.00” (5th)

Sarah Creel, Francesca McCrary, Jodi Whittle, Gilchrist-Poteat: 4x100m Relay, 49.22 (6th)

Gilchrist-Poteat, Erinn Carter, Megan Jenkins, Whittle: 4x400m, 4:01.24 (8th)

SoCon All-Freshman TeamBrillyance Gilchrist-Poteat - 110m HurdlesTheresa Johansen - Discus & Hammer

MenSouthern Conference Outdoor Championships, April 25-26Eagle Field - Statesboro, Ga.Final Team Standings1. Appalachian State 2352. Western Carolina 1913. The Citadel 604. Samford 46 Chattanooga 466. Furman 367. Davidson 238. UNC Greensboro 229. Wofford 4

Bulldog LeadersKevin Hardy: Long Jump, 23’9.5” (1st - Champion)*

Jamel Brown: 110m Hurdles, 14.61 (1st - Champion)*; 400m Hurdles, 56.56 (4th)

Aaron Overton: High Jump, 6’6.75” (3rd)*

James Harris: High Jump, 6’6.75” (4th)

Shaquill Smith: Triple Jump, 45’11.75” (4th)

Quintin Turner: Discus, 151’9” (4th); Shot Put, 48’0.5” (6th)

Hardy, Keith Gamble, Christian and Christopher Graham: 4x100m Relay, 42.69 (4th)

Brian Baize: Decathlon, 5,987 points (6th)

Zach Johnson: 800m, 1:56.95 (7th)

Brown, Christopher, Johnson, Baize: 4x400m Relay, 3:20.37 (2nd)*

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SoCon All-Freshman TeamKevin Hardy - Long JumpAaron Overton - High Jump

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Mark Name Location Date7.84 Alexis Moore Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/2007 Jodi Whittle Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/20068.02 Latrice Sales Clemson, S.C. 1/14/20008.10 Miriam Crawford Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/20068.17 Tara Stephenson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/20028.19 Monesha Booker Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20048.19 Sarah Creel Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/13/20098.31 TanikaGriffith JohnsonCity,Tenn. 1/28/20008.48 Tasha Sanders Johnson City, Tenn. 1/20/20068.57 Peaches Hudson Clemson, S.C. 1/20/20018.59 Christine DeVasto Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/21/2005

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200mMark Name Location Date25.54 Jodi Whittle Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/200625.61 Alexis Moore Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/200726.18 Monesha Booker Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/200426.34 Latrice Sales Johnson City, Tenn. 1/30/199926.66 Brillyance Gilchrist-Poteat Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/200926.84 Miriam Crawford Clemson, S.C. 12/30/200426.95 Montair Booker Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/200327.09 Sarah Creel Clemson, S.C. 2/16/200827.44 Tara Stephenson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/200227.82 Rose Rodriguez Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/2003

Competing one year as a graduate student, Alexis Moore tied the school record in the 60m, set the 200m record and was a member of the school record 4x400m relay team during the 2007 season.

400mMark Name Location Date58.73 Jodi Whittle Johnson City, Tenn. 1/20/20061:01.54 Latrice Sales Clemson, S.C. 2/13/20001:01.70 Peaches Hudson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/20011:02.45 Erinn Carter Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/3/20091:03.17 Monesha Booker Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/20031:03.92 Rose Rodriguez Boone, N.C. 12/7/20021:04.09 Tara Stephenson Princess Anne, Md. 2/2/20021:04.15 Christine DeVasto Clemson, S.C. 12/8/20001:04.96 Stefanie Farris Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/20031:04.98 Francesca McCrary Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/2009

800m

Mark Name Location Date2:20.95 Katheryn Gatewood Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/3/20072:23.69 Megan Jenkins Clemson, S.C. 2/10/20062:25.48 Erinn Carter Clemson, S.C 2/21/20092:29.55 Peaches Hudson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20002:33.85 Erin Ritter Clemson, S.C. 2/10/20062:34.83 Christine DeVasto Clemson, S.C. 2/12/20052:35.07 Stefanie Farris Boone, N.C. 1/17/20032:36.52 Opal Vaughn Newark, Del. 2/8/20042:36.93 Mary Thornton Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20052:37.22 Manda Rogers Johnson City, Tenn. 1/21/2005

Mile

Mark Name Location Date5:19.45 Sarah Strickland Clemson, S.C. 2/17/20085:19.54 Megan Jenkins Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/13/20095:24.90 Erin Ritter Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/20075:27.41 Natalie Wolin Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/20075:41.94 Suzanne Gay Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20095:43.11 Laura Hewston Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20045:45.79 Stefanie Farris Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20045:49.01 Manda Rogers Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20055:51.30 Sharon Hacker Clemson, S.C. 2/3/20015:51.82 Amanda Rawl Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/2005

Megan Jenkins improved her second all-time spot when she ran 5:19.54 in 2009.

3,000m

Mark Name Location Date10:39.92 Natalie Wolin Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/200710:42.07 Sarah Strickland Clemson, S.C. 2/19/200810:48.94 Sharon Hacker Gainesville, Fla. 2/10/200210:59.59 Erin Ritter Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200711:21.50 Mandy Garcia Clemson, S.C. 2/14/199811:27.39 Megan Jenkins Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200811:27.42 Olivia Perry-Smith Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/200211:34.02 Amanda Rawl Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/28/200611:39.90 Laura Hewston Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/4/200611:45.26 Sarah Stierwalt Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/13/2009

5,000m

Mark Name Location Date18:35.88 Natalie Wolin Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/200719:09.21 Sharon Hacker Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/200219:15.90 Erin Ritter Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/200719:26.34 Laura Hewston Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200619:38.33 Amanda Rawl Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/200620:05.45 Clara Crossman Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/200420:22.95 Sarah Stierwalt Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200920:26.79 Mandy Garcia Lexington, Va./SoCon 2/20/199921:07.58 Viann Bolick Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/200121:17.70 Amanda Orson Johnson City, Tenn. 12/11/1999

55m Hurdles

Mark Name Location Date8.81 Tasha Sanders Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/20079.18 Peaches Hudson Johnson City, Tenn. 2/24/20019.49 Jodi Whittle Gainesville, Fla. 1/26/2008

60m Hurdles

Mark Name Location Date9.04 Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/20089.36 Brillyance Gilchrist-Poteat Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/200910.03 Jodi Whittle Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/19/200810.25 Peaches Hudson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/200210.61 Francesca McCrary Clemson, S.C. 2/21/200911.16 Erinn Carter Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/31/200911.19p Allison Taylor Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200511.42p KellyPesterfield JohnsonCity,Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200511.82p Lauren Fleming Clemson, S.C. 2/26/2008

Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date60m 7.84 Alexis Moore Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/2007 7.84 Jodi Whittle Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/2006200m 25.54 Jodi Whittle Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/2006400m 58.73 Jodi Whittle Johnson City, Tenn. 1/20/2006800m 2:20.95 Katheryn Gatewood Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/3/2007Mile 5:19.45 Sarah Strickland Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20083,000m 10:39.92 Natalie Wolin Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/20075,000m 18:35.88 Natalie Wolin Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/200760m Hurdles 9:04 Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/20084x400m Relay 4:03.52 Whittle, Gatewood Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/2007 Moore, Jenkins4x800m Relay 10:18.56 Strickland, Gatewood Newark, Del. 2/2/2008 Harris, WolinDMR 12:44.33 Jenkins, Gilchrist-Poteat Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/2009 Carter, StricklandHigh Jump 5’ 1.75” Tara Stephenson Boone, N.C. 1/19/2002Long Jump 17’ 7” Tara Stephenson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/2002Pole Vault 9’ 0.25” Lauren Fleming Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/2007Shot Put 46’ 5.25” Stephanie McNeill Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/2007Weight Throw 55’ 11” Stephanie McNeill Clemson, S.C. 2/10/2007Pentathlon 3,210 pts. Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/2008

Non-Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date55m 7.25 Jodi Whittle Boone, N.C. 2/9/2006300m 42.57 Latrice Sales Clemson, S.C. 1/16/1999500m 1:23.24 Joddi Whittle Newark, Del. 2/2/20081,000m 3:10.74 Sarah Strickland Newark, Del. 2/2/200855m Hurdles 8.81 Tasha Sanders Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/2007




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High Jump

Mark Name Location Date5’ 1.75” Tara Stephenson Boone, N.C. 1/19/20025’ 0.25” Peaches Hudson Boone, N.C. 1/19/20024’ 11.50”p Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C. 2/29/20084’ 10.5p Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/20074’9”p KellyPesterfield JohnsonCity.Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20054’ 4.50”p Allison Taylor Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20054’ 1.25”p Lauren Fleming Clemson, S.C. 2/26/2008

Long Jump

Mark Name Location Date17’ 7” Tara Stephenson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/16/200216’11.25” TanikaGriffith JohnsonCity,Tenn./SoCon 2/24/200116’ 1.5p Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/200815’ 5.5”p Allison Taylor Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200515’ 4.75”p KellyPesterfield JohnsonCity,Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200514’ 11.25”p Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/2007

Tasha Sanders set a new personal-best mark in the long jump in 2007, leaping 14’ 11.25” en route to a second-place finish in the pentathlon at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships.

Pole Vault

Mark Name Location Date9’ 0.25” Lauren Fleming Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/20078’ 0.25” Alexis Gonzalez Columbia, S.C. 2/21/2004

Shot Put

Mark Name Location Date46’ 5.25” Stephanie McNeill Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/200742’ 8.25” Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/200838’ 5” Catrina Moore Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/200137’ 4” Jenifer Moore Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200535’ 3” Emily Green Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/200734’ 6.25” Carol Hamlin Boone, N.C. 1/19/200233’ 8.50” Kasandra Polson Clemson, S.C. 2/21/200932’ 5.50” Mia Trevino Clemson, S.C. 2/21/200932’ 2.25” Monique Edwards Clemson, S.C. 12/3/200532’ 2” Laura Phelan Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/4/2006

Stephanie McNeill ‘07 set the indoor shot put school record as she won the SoCon Indoor title with a throw of 46’ 5.25” in 2007.

Carol Hamlin ‘01 set the school record in the 20lb. weight throw in 2000 before current record holder Stephanie McNeill ‘07 topped her mark in 2004.

20lb. Weight Throw

Mark Name Location Date55’ 11” Stephanie McNeill Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200750’ 4.75” Monique Edwards Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200844’ 9” Carol Hamlin Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200044’ 4.25” Emily Green Lexington, Va. 2/7/200940’ 8.75” Catrina Moore Newark, Del. 2/15/200339’ 3.75” Theresa Johansen Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200938’ 0.50” Kasandra Polson Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200935’ 3.75” Laura Phelan Clemson, S.C. 12/3/200534’ 0.25” Jenifer Moore Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/15/200533’ 9.5” Megan Gentry Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/2000

Pentathlon

Mark Name Location Date3,210 Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/20082,338 Allison Taylor Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20052,308 KellyPesterfield JohnsonCity,Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20051,745 Lauren Fleming Clemson, S.C. 1/28/2008

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4x400m Relay

Mark Name Location Date4:03.52 Whitte, Gatewood, Moore, Jenkins Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/18/20074:07.87 Whittle, Jenkins, DeVasto, Strickland Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/20064:09.03 Whittle, Moore, Sanders, Gatewood Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/3/20074:09.46 Whittle, DeVasto, Crawford, Sanders Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20054:09.51 Booker, Rodriguez, Booker, Farris Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/20034:14.49 Hudson, Stephenson, Perry-Smith, Rodriguez Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/20024:16.38 Whittle, Moore, Sanders, Reyes Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/20074:16.64 Hudson,Sales,Hypolite,Griffith JohnsonCity,Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20004:16.76 Whittle, Creel, Strickland, Fleming Clemson, S.C. 3/1/20084:17.99 Gilchrist-Poteat, McCrary, Jenkins, Carter Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/2009

Erin Ritter ran the final leg of the school’s top three distance medley relay teams, with two of the three top marks coming in 2007.

Distance Medley Relay

Mark Name Location Date12:44.33 Jenkins, Gilchrist-Poteat, Carter, Strickland Clemson, S.C. 2/28/200912:48.04 Strickland, Whittle, Jenkins, Ritter Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/200612:48.86 Strickland, Whittle, Jenkins, Wolin Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/29/200812:51.83 Strickland, Creel, Gatewood, Wolin Gainesville, Fla. 1/26/200812:52.26 Jenkins, Moore, Gatewood, Ritter Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200713:01.84 Wolin, Jenkins, Gatewood, Ritter Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/3/200713:17.27 Strickland, Lincer, Jenkins, Ritter Clemson, S.C. 12/3/200513:25.73 Strickland, Creel, Jenkins, Gay Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/31/200913:29.33 Gay, Creel, Gatewood, Stierwalt Clemson, S.C. 2/16/200813:36.90 Gay, Creel, Strickland, Jenkins Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/24/2009


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The Citadel’s Top 10 Listsh - denotes mark set in Heptathlon competition; Military - denotes mark set at Military Championships

SoCon - denotes mark set at the Southern Conference Championships; NCAA (R) - denotes mark set at NCAA Regional Champions

The 100m time of 12.32 set in 2006 is just one of five outdoor school records that Jodi Whittle holds. Whittle set three of those marks during the 2007 season, including to help set the DMR record at the Sea Ray Relays.

100m

Mark Name Location Date12.32 Jodi Whittle Conway, S.C. 3/10/200612.36 Latrice Sales Cullowhee, N.C. 4/16/199912.45 Sarah Creel Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/200912:48 Alexis Moore Savannah, Ga. 3/3/200712.58 Miriam Crawford Columbia, S.C. 4/7/200412.78 Monesha Booker Conway, S.C. 3/13/200412.90 Montair Booker Greenville, S.C. 4/5/200312.95 TanikaGriffith Durham,N.C. 4/8/200013.03 Rose Rodriguez Columbia, S.C. 4/10/200213.03 KellyPesterfield Columbia,S.C. 4/9/2003

200m

Mark Name Location Date25.10 Alexis Moore Boone, N.C. 4/22/200725.14 Jodi Whittle Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/200525.63 Sarah Creel Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/200925.80 Tara Stephenson Columbia, S.C. 4/10/200225.82 Latrice Sales Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/1999

400m

Mark Name Location Date57.38 Alexis Moore Conway, S.C. 4/14/200758.00 Jodi Whittle Columbia, S.C. 4/6/20051:00.00 Latrice Sales Conway, S.C. 3/23/19991:00.68 Peaches Hudson Greenville, S.C. 4/5/20021:00.81 Monesha Booker Jacksonville, Fla. 3/2/20031:01.23 Renee Hypolite Greenville, S.C. 4/15/20001:02.34 Erinn Carter Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/20091:03.00 Tosha Mitchell Conway, S.C. 3/23/19991:03.43 Christine DeVasto Conway, S.C. 3/12/20051:04.40 Francesca McCrary Greenville, S.C. 4/11/2009

800m

Mark Name Location Date2:17.31 Megan Jenkins Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20062:22.22 Katheryn Gatewood Rock Hill, S.C. 3/17/20072:27.83h Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/20022:27.86h Peaches Hudson Gainesville, Fla. 3/23/20002:30.16 Heather Harris Lexington, Va. 3/31/20072:32.20 Stefanie Farris Conway, S.C. 3/8/20032:32.21 Mary Thornton Columbia, S.C. 4/6/20052:32.33 Christine DeVasto Chapel Hill, N.C. 3/18/20052:32.41 Laura Hewston Davidson, N.C. 4/24/20042:34.10 Flipper Reyes Clemson, S.C. 4/16/2005

1,500m

Mark Name Location Date4:45.56 Megan Jenkins Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20064:52.35 Sarah Strickland Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20064:52.48 Katheryn Gatewood Cullowhee, N.C. 4/27/20085:03.14 Erin Ritter Rock Hill, S.C. 3/17/20075:07.03 Sharon Hacker Greenville, S.C. 4/14/20015:07.26 Mandy Garcia Wilmington, N.C. 3/14/19985:10.60 Laura Hewston Greenville, S.C. 4/3/20045:15.30 Olivia Perry-Smith Jacksonville, Fla. 3/2/20025:22.66 Suzanne Gay Greenville, S.C. 4/11/20095:23.66 Amanda Rawl Conway, S.C. 3/12/2005

3,000m

Mark Name Location Date10:41.50 Megan Jenkins Rock Hill, S.C. 3/17/200710:43.04 Natalie Wolin Rock Hill, S.C. 3/17/200710:50.00 Sharon Hacker Ladson, S.C. 3/9/200211:00.68 Sarah Strickland Chapel Hill, N.C. 4/15/200611:09.36 Mandy Garcia Columbia, S.C. 4/8/199811:09.59 Laura Hewston Davidson, N.C. 4/23/200511:13.56 Erin Ritter Chapel Hill, N.C. 4/15/200611:21.87 Amanda Rawl Chapel Hill, N.C. 4/15/200611:25.62 Viann Bolick Wilmington, N.C. 3/10/200111:39.84 Tosha Mitchell Clemson, S.C. 3/20/1999

5,000m

Mark Name Location Date18:28.06 Sharon Hacker Gainesville, Fla. 3/29/200218:44.14 Natalie Wolin Lexington, Va. 3/31/200718:54.00 Sarah Strickland Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/200919:14.84 Erin Ritter Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/200619:20.36 Sarah Stierwalt Conway, S.C. 3/21/200919:21.74 Mandy Garcia Rock Hill, S.C. 4/11/199819:25.32 Katheryn Gatewood Ladson, S.C. 3/8/200819:36.33 Laura Hewston Clemson, S.C. 4/8/200619:44.59 Amanda Rawl Columbia, S.C. 3/18/200619:49.83 Clara Crossman Conway, S.C. 3/13/2004

10,000m

Mark Name Location Date39:34.32 Natalie Wolin Conway, S.C. 3/2//200840:01.88 Laura Hewston Conway, S.C. 3/10/200740:32.44 Amanda Rawl Conway, S.C. 3/10/200741:30.56 Sharon Hacker Johnson City, Tenn. 4/20/200243:16.89 Erin Ritter Cullowhee, N.C. 4/26/200845:12.61 Amanda Orson Boone, N.C. 4/22/200048:07.24 Veronica Barredo Conway, S.C. 3/10/2007

3,000m Steeplechase

Mark Name Location Date11:26.45 Sarah Strickland Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/200612:18.49 Erin Ritter Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/200612:20.21 Olivia Perry-Smith Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/200212:50.54 Wilma Harp Columbia, S.C. 4/6/2005

25.98 Miriam Crawford Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/200526.12h Tasha Sanders Boone, N.C. 4/22/200726.29 Peaches Hudson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/199926.78 Rose Rodriguez Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/200426.85 Monesha Booker Conway, S.C. 4/12/2003

Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date100m 12.32 Jodi Whittle Conway, S.C. 3/10/2006200m 25.10 Alexis Moore Boone N.C. 4/22/2007400m 57.38 Alexis Moore Conway, S.C. 4/14/2007800m 2:17.31 Megan Jenkins Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20061,500m 4:45.56 Megan Jenkins Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20063,000m 10:41.50 Megan Jenkins Rock Hill, S.C. 3/17/20075,000m 18:28.06 Sharon Hacker Gainesville, Fla. 3/29/200210,000m 39:34.32 Natalie Wolin Conway, S.C. 3/22/2008Steeplechase 11:26.45 Sarah Strickland Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/2006100m Hurdles 14.88 Brillyance Gilchrist-Poteat Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/25/2009400m Hurdles 1:02.91 Jodi Whittle Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/20094x100m Relay 48.65 Crawford, Sanders, Davidson, N.C. 4/23/2005 Booker, Whittle4x400m Relay 4:00.05 Whittle, Carter, Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/2009 Gilchrist-Poteat, JenkinsHigh Jump 5’ 6.5” Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/2002LongJump 18’0” TanikaGriffith Lexington,Va./SoCon 4/21/2001Triple Jump 32’ 10.5” Allison Taylor Columbia, S.C. 4/6/2005Pole Vault 9’ 6.5” Alexis Gonzalez Conway, S.C. 4/12/2003Shot Put 47’ 9” Stephanie McNeill Raleigh, N.C. 3/25/2006Discus 141’ 2” Stephanie McNeill Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/2006Javelin 125’ 10” Allison Taylor Gainesville, Fla. 4/5/2008Hammer 158’ 9” Monique Edwards Boone, N.C. 4/22/2007Heptathlon 4,697 pts. Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/2002

Non-Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site DateMile 5:51.98 Mandy Garcia Conway, S.C. 3/2/19994x200m Relay 1:45.80 Carter, Gilchrist-Poteat, Orangeburg, S.C. 3/14/2009 Creel, Whittle4x200m Co-Ed 1:38.06 Booker, Cummings, Columbia, S.C. 3/22/2003 Booker, CantonSprint Medley (800) 1:54.84 Pesterfield,Crawford, Columbia,S.C. 3/22/2003 Booker, BookerSprint Medley (1,600) 4:23.35 Whittle, Moore, Gainesville, Fla. 4/7/2007 Jenkins, Gatewood4x300m Relay 3:00.80 Pesterfield,Booker,M., Columbia, S.C. 3/22/2003 Crawford, Gonzalez4x800m Relay 9:46.93 Gatewood, Jenkins, Ladson, S.C. 3/21/2007 Ritter, WolinDMR 12:39.85 Jenkins, Whittle, Knoxville, Tenn, 4/14/2007 Gatewood, Wolin4x1,500m Relay 20:37.54 Wolin, Jenkins, Knoxville, Tenn. 4/14/2007 Ritter, Gatewood4x1,600m Relay 21:49.34 Gatewood, Wolin, Gainesville, Fla. 4/7/2007 Jenkins, Ritter

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100m HurdlesMark Name Location Date15:18 Tasha Sanders Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/22/200715.82h Peaches Hudson Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/22/200016.58h Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/200217.45 Francesca McCrary Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/200919.10 Allison Taylor Cullowhee, N.C. 5/1/200519.56 KellyPesterfield Cullowhee,N.C. 5/1/2005

400m Hurdles

Mark Name Location Date1:04.84 Peaches Hudson Greenville, S.C. 4/15/20001:08.26 Jodi Whittle Conway, S.C. 3/10/20071:10.49 Erinn Carter Savannah, Ga. 3/7/20091:10.51 Francesca McCrary Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/20091:12.16 Lauren Fleming Cullowhee, N.C. 4/26/20081:15.57 Tasha Sanders Clemson, S.C. 4/16/2005

4x100m Relay

Mark Name Location Date48.65 Crawford, Sanders, Booker, Whittle Davidson, N.C. 4/23/200549.31 Rodriguez,Booker,Pesterfield,Crawford Boone,N.C./SoCon 5/2/200448:65 Crawford, Sanders, Booker, Whittle Davdison, N.C. 4/22/200748:87 Whittle, Sanders, Taylor, A.Moore Boone, N.C. 4/22/200749:31 Rodriguez,Booker,Pesterfield,Crawford Boone, N.C. 5/2/200749.57 Crawford, Sanders, DeVasto, Whittle Conway, S.C. 3/11/200649.96 Rodriguez, Booker, Booker, Crawford Conway, S.C. 3/8/200350.14 Pesterfield,Booker,Booker,Crawford Columbia,S.C. 3/22/200350.40 Rodriguez,Booker,Booker,Pesterfield Boone,N.C./SoCon 4/19/200350.56 Hudson,Sales,Griffith,Hypolite Boone,N.C./SoCon 4/22/2000

High Jump

Mark Name Location Date5’ 6.5”h Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/20025’ .5”h Tasha Sanders Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/26/20085’ 0.25”h Peaches Hudson Gainesville, Fla. 3/25/20004’11.75”h Tasha Sanders Boone, N.C. 4/22/20074’10” KellyPesterfield Columbia,S.C. 4/6/20054’ 8” Allison Taylor Columbia, S.C. 4/6/2005

Pole Vault

Mark Name Location Date9’ 6.5” Alexis Gonzalez Conway, S.C. 4/12/20039’ 0.25” Lauren Fleming Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/2009

Long Jump

Mark Name Location Date18’0” TanikaGriffith Lexington,Va./SoCon 4/21/200117’ 9”h Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/200216’ 5.75”h Tasha Sanders Boone, N.C. 4/22/200716’ 1” Peaches Hudson Ladson, S.C. 3/6/199915’11.75” KellyPesterfield Columbia,S.C. 4/6/200515’ 1.25” Allison Taylor Conway, S.C. 3/12/2005

4x100m Relay

Mark Name Location Date4:04.00 Whittle, Gatewood, Moore, Jenkins Conway, S.C. 3/10/20074:08.51 Whittle, Moore, Jenkins, Harris Ladson, S.C. 3/21/20074:09.56 Whittle, Jenkins, Strickland, DeVasto Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/20064:12.01 Rodriguez, Booker, Booker, Gonzalez Greenville, S.C. 4/5/20034:12.76 Rodriguez, Mo Booker, Crawford, Vaughn Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/20044:12.79 Hudson,Hypolite,Sales,Griffith Boone,N.C./SoCon 4/22/20004:12.93 Whittle, Jenkins, Strickland, Reyes Columbia, S.C. 3/18/20064:13.75 Whittle, Sanders, Crawford, DeVasto Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/20054:14.47 Booker, Rodriguez, Booker, Farris Conway, S.C. 3/8/20034:19.49 Whittle, Sanders, DeVasto, Taylor Davidson, N.C. 4/23/2005

Megan Jenkins holds the school record in seven events, including running the anchor leg of the top 4x400m relay time in the school’s all-time charts.

Triple Jump

Mark Name Location Date32’ 10.5” Allison Taylor Columbia, S.C. 4/6/2005

Shot Put

Mark Name Location Date47’ 9” Stephanie McNeill Raleigh, N.C. 3/24/200642’ 0”p Tasha Sanders Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/26/200838’ 7.75” Catrina Moore Ladson, S.C. 3/4/200037’ 6” Jenifer Moore Athens, Ga. 4/23/200534’ 1.25” Emily Green Greenville, S.C. 4/7/200733’ 9.50” Kasandra Polson Greenville, S.C. 4/11/200933’ 6.75 Monique Edwards Ladson, S.C. 3/21/200733’ 6” Carol Hamlin Greenville, S.C. 4/14/200132’ 0.00” Mia Trevino Savannah, Ga. 3/7/200931’ 5.00” Theresa Johansen Greenville, S.C. 4/11/2009

Discus

Mark Name Location Date141’ 2” Stephanie McNeill Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/2006140’ 1” Tasha Sanders Greenville, S.C. 4/12/2008131’ 0” Monique Edwards Clemson, S.C. 4/8/2006125’ 10” Jenifer Moore Athens, Ga. 4/23/2005123’ 1.00” Theresa Johansen Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/2009109’ 2” Tasha Sanders Columbia, S.C. 3/18/2006105’ 7” Carol Hamlin Columbia, S.C. 3/23/2002105’ 6” Emily Green Greenville, S.C. 4/12/2008102’ 11” Catrina Moore Greenville, S.C. 4/14/200185’ 0” Shirley Godfrey Ladson, S.C. 3/12/2003

Laura Phelan’s school record in the javelin was one of 12 school records set by the women’s team during the 2007 outdoor season.

Javelin

Mark Name Location Date125’ 10” Allison Taylor Gainesville, Fla. 4/5/2008124’ 9” Laura Phelan Ladson, S.C. 3/21/2007124’ 6” Martha Skinner Conway, S.C. 3/13/2004124’ 4” Carol Hamlin Gainesville, Fla. 3/26/1999117’ 1.00” Emily Green Jacksonville, Fla. 4/18/2009111’ 2” Jenifer Moore Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/2005111’1” KellyPesterfield Cullowhee,N.C./SoCon 5/1/2005109’ 1”h Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/2002104’ 1”h Tasha Sanders Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/29/2008

Hammer

Mark Name Location Date169’ 3” Stephanie McNeill Lexington, Va. 3/31/2007165’ 7” Monique Edwards Gainesville, Fla. 4/5/2008144’ 2.00” Theresa Johansen Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/2009138’ 6.00” Emily Green Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/2009128’ 6” Carol Hamlin Conway, S.C. 3/11/2000118’ 0” Megan Gentry Columbia, S.C. 4/12/2000117’ 5” Catrina Moore Conway, S.C. 4/12/2003105’ 9.00” Kasandra Polson Ladson, S.C. 4/1/2009103’ 11” Shirley Godfrey Ladson, S.C. 3/12/2003103’ 7.00” Mia Trevino Ladson, S.C. 4/1/2009

Heptathlon

Mark Name Location Date4,697 Tara Stephenson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/20024,396 Tasha Sanders Boone, N.C. 4/22/20074,024 Peaches Hudson Clemson, S.C. 3/19/20003,212 Allison Taylor Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/20052,891 KellyPesterfield Cullowhee,N.C./SoCon 5/1/2005

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Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date60m 6.84 Kenyon Doyle Clemson, S.C. 1/14/2000200m 21.60 Kenyon Doyle Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/2000400m 48.14 Alex Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/2002800m 1:51.75 Layne Anderson Gainesville, Fla. 3/6/1988Mile 4:11.49 Layne Anderson Gainesville, Fla. 1/22/19893,000m 8:40.01 Rich Lampe Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/19915,000m 14:59.4 Bob Butcher Johnson City, Tenn. 1/30/199360m Hurdles 8.22 Jamel Brown Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/20094x400m Relay 3:16.32 Witherspoon, Marbury, Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/2003 Doyle, PrinceDMR 10:12.85 Anderson, Davis, Blacksburg, Va. 1/30/1988 Foster, OwenzHigh Jump 7’ 1.25” Eric McClary Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/2000Long Jump 24’2.25” Kevin Hardy Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/2009Triple Jump 48’ 2.5” Hillery Douglas Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/1982Pole Vault 14’ 7” Bill Burke Lynchburg, Va. 2/14/1981Shot Put 56’ 7.5” Cosmo Tocci Raleigh, N.C. 2/17/1979Weight Throw 52’ 2” Stanley Victrum Gainesville, Fla. 1/16/1981Heptathlon 4,534pts Brian Biaze Clemson, S.C. 3/1/2009

Non-Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date55m 6.35 Cutris Hardy Lexington, Va. 2/4/1984300m 35.17 Charles Watson Clemson, S.C. 3/6/2000500m 1:05.37 Alex Prince Newark, Del. 2/8/20041,000m 2:30.4 Layne Anderson Blacksburg, Va. 1/24/198755m Hurdles 7.51 Jim Scott Knoxville, Tenn. 1/26/19804x800m Relay 7:44.34 Anderson, Hughes, Johnson City, Tenn. 1/28/1989 Owens, Cason

The Citadel’s Top 10 Listsh - denotes mark set in Heptathlon competition; SoCon - denotes mark set at the Southern Conference

Championships 60mMark Name Location Date6.84 Kenyon Doyle Clemson, S.C. 1/14/20006.93 Carlos Frank Clemson, S.C. 1/16/19996.94 Thomas Pressley Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20056.94 Jay Ingram Clemson, S.C. 2/6/19996.96 Romon Webb Johnson City, Tenn. 1/24/19976.99 Quintin Wright Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/25/20066.99 Kevin Hardy Clemson, S.C. 2/28/20097.03 Wesley Merriweather Clemson, S.C. 2/10/20067.03 Jeff Witherspoon Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/20027.03 Christian Graham Clemson, S.C. 2/28/20097.04 Charles Watson Clemson, S.C. 12/8/20007.07 Cameron Easley Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20057.07 Ruben Gresham Johnson City, Tenn. 1/24/19977.09 Christopher Graham Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/20097.15 Marcus Cohen Johnson City, Ten.. 2/28/2004

One of the fastest men to ever run at The Citadel, Kenyon Doyle ‘03 holds the 60m and 200m indoor records and ran the third leg of the school record indoor 4x400m relay team.

200m

Mark Name Location Date21.60 Kenyon Doyle Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200021.95 Jeff Witherspoon Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/200222.02 Carlos Frank Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200022.20 Thomas Pressley Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200522.24 Phil Florence Unknown 198822.32 J.T. Marbury Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/200322.32 Jay Ingram Lexington, Va./SoCon 2/20/199922.40 Quintin Wright Johnson City, Tenn. 1/20/200622.44 Romon Webb Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/199722.50 Carlos Hopkins Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/1991

400m

Mark Name Location Date48.14 Alex Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/200248.94 Willie Davis Johnson City, Tenn. 1/23/198849.04 Detric Cummings Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/199149.12 Dan Johnson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/199149.56 Rob Nichols Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/200149.83 Kenyon Doyle Johnson City, Tenn. 1/30/199949.9 Bryon Walker Gainesville, Fla. 1/16/198250.26 Jonathan Vallejo Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/200650.40 Charles Watson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/200350.43 Jeff Witherspoon Boone, N.C. 1/18/2003

800m

Mark Name Location Date1:51.75 Layne Anderson Gainesville, Fla. 3/6/19881:54.06 Mike Cason Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/18/19891:54.41 Zach Johnson Clemson, S.C. 2/21/20091:54.72 Marcus Butler Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/20061:55.33 Richie Hendricks Blacksburg, Va. 2/28/19981:56.61 Oscar Hughes Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/19911:56.66 Tony Kimbrough Gainesville, Fla. 2/10/20021:57.13 Frankie Dioguardi Clemson, S.C. 2/21/20091:57.59 Dan Cannon Johnson City, Tenn. 2/24/20011:58.03 Vince Bechtel Johnson City, Tenn. 2/28/2004

Mile Mark Name Location Date4:11.49 Layne Anderson Gainesville, Fla. 1/22/19894:17.11 Andrew Lilly Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/19984:17.30 Chip Owens Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/18/19894:18.41 Matt Smith Johnson City, Tenn. 1/13/1980 Paul O’Reilly Unknown 19684:23.23 Brendan Kight Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20094:25.34 Scott Sutter Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/2000 Rich Lampe Clemson, S.C. 1/16/19914:25.53 Richard Hamlin Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/20024:26.87 Charles Kutz Clemson, S.C. 2/11/2006 Jeff Gibson Johnson City, Tenn. 1/16/1987 Nick Trelawney Clemson, S.C. 2/13/20004:27.94 Travis Dowdy Johnson City, Tenn. 2/25/19954:28.79 Zach Johnson Clemson, S.C. 2/16/2008

Layne Anderson ‘89 has maintained his hold on the indoor school records in the 800m and the mile ince the late 1980s. Anderson is now the head coach at the University of Iowa.

3,000mMark Name Location Date8:40.01 Rich Lampe Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/19918:40.79 Marty Maag Unknown 19848:41.24 Bob Butcher Clemson, S.C. 2/12/19938:47.83 Andrew Ciappa Unknown 19808:47.92 Eberhand Bender Unknown 19788:48.65 Paul O’Reilly Unknown 19688:48.71 Andrew Cawood Blacksburg, Va. 2/28/19988:50.58 Andrew Lilly Clemson, S.C. 2/14/19988:52.11 Chip Owens Gainesville, Fla. 1/22/19898:52.15 Phil Stephens Unknown 1984

5,000m

Mark Name Location Date14:59.4 Bob Butcher Johnson City, Tenn. 1/30/199315:13.5 Andrew Ciappa Unknown 197815:17.29 Jamie Cawood Clemson, S.C. 2/16/199615:17.38 Andrew Cawood Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/200015:24.48 Robert Killian Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/200315:28.5 Pat Stewart Unknown 198215:42.33 John Gubitosi Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/200015:43.9 Chris Many Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/18/198915:46.24 Ryan Kilbreth Johnson City, Tenn. 1/30/1992



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Men’s Indoor History and Records60m HurdlesMark Name Location Date8.22 Jamel Brown Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/20098.45 Christopher Graham Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20098.57 Thomas Cummings Clemson, S.C. 2/12/20058.67 Bernie Motte Clemson, S.C. 2/14/19978.69 Chad Case Clemson, S.C. 2/14/19978.73 Aaron Overton Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/20098.94 John Auer Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20059.28 Jeff Witherspoon Clemson, S.C. 12/3/19999.48 John Bednarczyk Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20049.78 Travis Taylor Newark, Del. 2/8/2004

4x400m RelayMark Name Location Date3:16.32 Witherspoon, Marbury, Doyle, Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/20033:17.25 Witherspoon, Cohen, Kimbrough, Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/20023:18.93 Marbury, Ferguson, Doyle, Witherspoon Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20003:19.21 Schoonover, Brown, Sharper, Johnson Johnson City, Tenn. 1/27/19903:19.70 Hughes, Cummings, Sharper, Johnson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/19913:20.43 Davis, Schoonover, Anderson, DeGurian Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/21/19873:20.82 Cohen, Marbury, Doyle, Prince Johnson City, Tenn. 2/1/20033:21.07 Cummings, Butler, Kimbrough, Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20043:21.09 Medill, Redish, DeGurian, Baker Unknown 19843:21.14 Anderson, Sharper, Davis, Schoonover Johnson City, Tenn. 1/22/1988

Distance Medley Relay

Mark Name Location Date10:12.85 Anderson, Davis, Foster, Owens Blacksburg, Va. 1/30/198810:18.09 Kutz, Sagmiller, Butler, Wilson Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/24/200610:18.75 Stephens, Baker, Blalock, Kendrick Unknown 198410:21.76 Hamlin, Kimbrough, Perricelli, Killian Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/200210:22.04 R. Skelly, Milak, Slawson, Smith Unknown 198010:23.23 Lilly, Hendricks, Nichols, A. Cawood Clemson, S.C. 2/14/199810:26.90 Kutz, Pressley, Butler, Wilson Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200610:27.27 Kutz, Vallejo, Johnson, Wilson Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/17/200710:27.54 Kutz, Vallejo, Johnson, Wilson Clemson, S.C. 2/10/200710:28.94 Perricelli, Marbury, Kimbrough, Hamlin Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/2001

High JumpMark Name Location Date7’ 1.25” Eric McClary Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/20007’ 0” Scott Thompson Lexington, Va. 2/26/19836’ 10” Bob Jacobs Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/24/19796’ 8” Rob Waddington Clemson, S.C. 2/13/20006’ 6.5” Tony Bolton Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/20/19886’ 6” Ken Williams Unknown Unknown6’ 6” Jim Scott Knoxville, Tenn. 2/18/19776’ 4.25” Travis Taylor Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15/20026’ 4.25” Jimmy Harris Clemson, S.C. 2/21/20096’ 4.25” Aaron Overton Clemson, S.C. 2/21/20096’ 4” Shaquill Smith Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/4/20066’ 4” Pat Deady Lexington, Va. 2/17/19906’ 4” John Timberlake Lexington, Va. 2/3/19906’ 4” Sam Woodard Unknown 19766’ 4” Rusty Holt Unknown 19726’ 4” Bo Thomas Unknown 19716’ 4” Tom Miller Unknown 1963

Dan Creel ‘91 set the school’s indoor long jump record in 1991. Kevin Hardy became the first Bulldog to break his record in 2009.

Long Jump

Mark Name Location Date24’2.25” Kevin Hardy Clemson, S.C./SoCon 2/28/200923’ 8.75” Dan Creel Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/199123’ 6.75” Prince Collins Gainesville, Fla. 1/16/198223’ 2.5” J.B. Brown Clemson, S.C. 2/12/199422’ 11.5” Derek Green Lexington, Va. 2/7/199822’ 10” Ruben Gresham Lexington, Va. 2/7/199822’ 10” Tony Bolton Gainesville, Fla. 1/22/198922’ 7.75” Torrence Forney Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/199122’ 7.5” Lovell Hunley Lexington, Va. 2/28/197522’ 6.5” Bo Thomas Lexington, Va. 3/6/197122’ 4” Tony Mathis Knoxville, Tenn. 2/28/1979

Triple Jump

Mark Name Location Date48’ 2.5” Hillery Douglas Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/198247’ 9.25” Prince Collins Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/23/198047’ 7.25” Derek Green Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/199746’ 11” Sebastian Davis Blacksburg, Va. 1/21/199546’ 0.75” Shaquill Smith Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200946’ 0” Scott Thompson Gainesville, Fla. 1/16/198245’ 11.25” J. B. Brown Columbia, S.C. 1/16/199445’ 10” Marcus Carter Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/22/200345’ 9.75” Demaj Wiley Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/26/200245’ 6.5” Bill Elliott Unknown 1961

Pole VaultMark Name Location Date14’ 7” Bill Burke Lynchburg, Va. 2/14/198114’ 6” David Watson Lexington, Va. 2/26/198314’ 3.25” Chad Case Blacksburg, Va. 2/28/199814’ 3” Forrest Rayford Unknown 196914’ 2.75” Brian Baize Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200914’ 1.75” Chip Burtner Johnson City, Tenn. 2/21/199814’ 0” Mike Thurbar Lexington, Va. 2/26/198313’ 6” Pat Lukes Blacksburg, Va. 2/10/199013’ 6” Clay Morgan Lexington, Va. 2/4/198413’ 6” Chip Campsen Johnson City, Tenn. 2/24/197913’ 6” Martin Beckman Unknown 1968

Shot Put

Mark Name Location Date56’ 7.50” Cosmo Tocci Raleigh, N.C. 2/17/197955’ 9.50” Kelvin Brown Blacksburg, Va. 2/10/199052’ 2.50” Carey Cash Lexington, Va./SoCon 2/20/199352’ 0.50” Pat Twomey Johnson City, Tenn. 1/18/198551’ 11” Quentin Armstrong Boone, N.C. 1/18/200351’ 9.50” Jim Ettari Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/26/198250’ 0.75” Ron Moak Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/25/199549’ 5” Joe Davis Unknown 196049’ 4” Ed Watkins Unknown 196949’ 2.50” Bo Willard Gainesville, Fla. 1/27/1985

Kelvin Brown ‘90 still holds the second-best shot put mark in the school’s indoor charts with his 55’ 9.5” mark set in 1990 at Virginia Tech.

35lb. Weight Throw

Mark Name Location Date52’ 2” Stanley Victrum Gainesville, Fla. 1/16/198150’ 7.25” Zach DiBois Chapel Hill, N.C. 1/14/200649’ 11.25” Quintin Turner Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200949’ 1” Bill Robinson Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/18/198948’ 3” Doug Wertz Lexington, Va. 2/26/197847’ 9.75” Ron Moak Columbia, S.C. 2/17/199647’ 8.00” Matt Earls Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/200946’ 10” Chris Mclutosh Knoxville, Tenn. 2/8/198546’ 8.75” Chris Castagno Chapel Hill, N.C. 2/13/200946’ 6.25” Chris Franklin Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/2004

Heptathlon

Mark Name Location Date4,534 Brian Baize Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20093,856 Caleb Moore Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/20093,747 Travis Taylor Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20043,247 Hunter Reid Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 2/28/20043,140 Jose Trinidad Clemson, S.C./SoCon 3/1/2009


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The Citadel’s Top 10 Listsd - denotes mark set in Dectathlon competition; Military - denotes mark set at Military Championships

SoCon - denotes mark set at the Southern Conference Championships; NCAA (R) - denotes mark set at NCAA Regional Champions

100m

Mark Name Location Date10.42 Curtis Hardy Athens, Ga. 3/24/198410.49 Phil Florence Columbia, S.C. 4/22/198910.50 Kenyon Doyle Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/199910.50 Bryon Walker Gainesville, Fla. 3/26/198210.58 Quintin Wright Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/200510.69 Charlie McAfee Athens, Ga. 3/24/198410.71 Carlos Hopkins Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/1/199310.74 Jeff Witherspoon Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/21/200110.75 Romon Webb Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/19/199710.77 Thomas Pressley Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/2004

Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site Date100m 10.42 Curtis Hardy Athens, Ga. 3/24/1984200m 21.23 Curtis Hardy Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/28/1984400m 47.09 Alex Prince Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/2004800m 1:50.87 Layne Anderson Unknown 19881,500m 3:51.90 Robert Kendrick Huntington, W.Va. 4/26/19863,000m 8:39.54 Rich Lampe Wilmington, N.C. 3/9/19915,000m 15:00.87 Andrew Cawood Durham, N.C. 4/4/199810,000m 31:31.40 Andrew Ciappa Unknown 1981Steeplechase 9:30.00 Jeff Szczepanik Unknown 1988110m Hurdles 14.14 Jim Scott Unknown 1980400m Hurdles 52.47 Jamel Brown Conway, S.C. 3/21/20094x100m Relay 40.79 Marbury, Cohen, Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/2002 Witherspoon, Doyle4x400m Relay 3:11.63 Baker, DeGurian, Huntington, W.Va. 4/26/986 Anderson, DavisHigh Jump 7’ 0.75” Scott Thompson Unknown 1982Long Jump 24’ 2.75” Bill Elliott Unknown 1962Triple Jump 49’ 4” Hilliary Douglas Unknown 1982Pole Vault 15’ 6” Bill Burke Unknown 1981Shot Put 56’ 1.5” Cosmo Tucci Unknown 1979Discus 171’ 10” Kelvin Brown Gainesville, Fla. 1990Javelin 204’ 10” Kris Kut Columbia, S.C. 4/12/2000Hammer 161’ 3” Rick Austin Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/2006Decathlon 6,539 pts. Scot Sanborn Gainesville, Fla. 3/25/1995

Non-Current NCAA EventsEvent Mark Name Site DateShuttle Hurdle 58.30 Mathis, McNeely, Unknown 1980 Matier, Scott4x200m Relay 1:27.14 Marbury, Watson, Columbia, S.C. 3/22/2003 Witherspoon, Doyle4x200m Co-Ed 1:38.06 Booker, Cummings, Columbia, S.C. 3/22/2003 Booker, CantonSprint Medley 3:24.92 Baker, Hardy, Unknown 1985 Davis, Stephens4x800m Relay 7:41.42 Davis, Gibson, Tallahassee, Fla. 3/21/1986 Persell, AndersonDMR 9:54.69 Hughes, Schoonover, Gainesville, Fla. 3/24/1989 Cason, Owens4x1500m Relay 16:20.60 Gibson, Anderson, Unknown 1987 Owens, Cason4x1600m Relay 17:56.86 Trelawney, Russell, Gainesville, Fla. 3/26/1999 Bautista, Gubitosi

200m

Mark Name Location Date21.23 Curtis Hardy Huntington, W.Va. 4/28/198421.27 Kenyon Doyle Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/199921.44 Jeff Witherspoon Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/21/200121.47 Quintin Wright Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/200521.63 Phil Florence Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/29/198921.63 Charlie McAfee Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 2/28/198421.64 John Baker Unknown 198621.76 Jay Ingram Johnson City, Tenn. 4/23/199921.79 Bryon Walker Columbia, S.C. 5/1/198221.81 Thomas Pressley Conway, S.C. 3/12/2005

Alex Prince ‘04 set the school record in the 400m in 2004 with a time of 47.09.

400m

Mark Name Location Date47.09 Alex Prince Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/200447.66 Willie Davis Columbia, S.C. 198648.21 Joe North Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/28/198448.86 Rob Nichols Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/199949.04 Mark Slawson Davidson, N.C. 4/12/198049.03 Bryon Walker Unknown 198249.10 Dan Johnson Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/28/1990

800m

Mark Name Location Date1:50.87 Layne Anderson Columbia, S.C. 4/9/19881:51.57 Mike Cason Durham, N.C. 4/14/19901:52.85 Charlie Davis Unknown 19691:53.44 Marcus Butler Chapel Hill, N.C. 4/15/20061:54.00 Art Milak Unknown 19791:54.38 Phil Stephens Boone, N.C. 4/27/19851:54.40 Willie Davis Unknown 19861:54.54 Andrew Lilly Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/18/19981:55.03 Alex Prince Columbia, S.C. 3/20/2004

1,500m

Mark Name Location Date3:51.90 Robert Kendrick Unknown 19863:52.45 Art Milak Unknown 19773:52.52 Nich Pugh Unknown 19773:52.95 Layne Anderson Durham, N.C. 4/2/19883:55.02 Paul O’Reilly Unknown 19683:56.50 Phil Stephens Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/28/19843:57.00 Andrew Lilly Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/18/19983:57.80 Chip Owens Gainesville, Fla. 3/24/19893:58.08 Richard Hamlin Greenville, S.C. 20013:58.45 Jeff Snead Unknown 1976

3,000m

Mark Name Location Date8:39.54 Rich Lampe Wilmington, N.C. 3/9/19918:44.04 Chip Owens Wilmington, N.C. 3/11/19898:53.35 Robert Killian Davidson, N.C. 4/24/20048:54.73 Brendan Kight Conway, S.C. 4/11/20098:55.44 Bryon Frost Ladson, S.C. 4/3/19939:02.14 Andrew Cawood Cullowhee, N.C. 3/17/19989:04.38 Nick Gastley Conway, S.C. 3/8/20039:04.42 Chris Fallis Mrytle Beach, S.C. 3/20/20099:08.04 Chis Many Wilmington, N.C. 3/11/19899:08.78 John Gubitosi Cullowhee, N.C. 3/17/2001

Andrew Cawood ‘02 continues to hold the 5k record with a time of 15:00.87, set at Duke in 1998.

5,000m

Mark Name Location Date15:00.87 Andrew Cawood Durham, N.C. 4/4/199815:02.10 Bob Butcher Columbia, S.C. 4/17/199315:02.90 Marty Maag Gainesville, Fla. 3/30/198415:03.50 Rich Lampe Gainesville, Fla. 3/30/199115:04.82 Andrew Lilly Durham, N.C. 4/4/199815:05.00 Andrew Ciappa Charleston, S.C. 3/6/198115:05.70 Chip Owens Unknown 198715:10.50 Nick Pugh Unknown 197415:10.98 Robert Killian Gainesville, Fla. 3/29/200215:17.10 Robert Kendrick Charleston, S.C. 4/13/1985

10,000m

Mark Name Location Date31:31.40 Andrew Ciappa Columbia, S.C. 198131:32.20 Marty Maag Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/27/198432:01.00 Bob Butcher Gainesville, Fla. 3/24/199332:02 Rich Lampe Columbia, S.C. 4/8/198932:21.84 John Gubitosi Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/23/199932:29 Chris Many Columbia, S.C. 4/8/198932:44.99 Andrew Cawood Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/21/200132.56.72 Jamie Cawood Durham, N.C. 4/4/199833:21.03 Matt Holmes Statesboro, Ga. 4/30/200633:21.81 Alex Anderson Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/25/2009



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3,000m SteeplechaseMark Name Location Date9:30.0 Jeff Szczepanik Lexington, Va. 4/23/19889:30.6 Matt Smith Charleston, S.C. 3/7/19809:31.9 Chip Owens Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/29/19899:33.88 Brendan Kight Mrytle Beach, S.C. 3/21/20099:36.84 Robert Killian Athens, Ga. 4/10/20049:39.2 Bruce Williamson Columbia, S.C. 4/7/19849:43.15 Marc Quesenberry Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/20059:44.5 Paul Biernacki Unknown 19739:45.71 Scott Sutter Conway, S.C. 3/11/20009:47.32 Will Wilson Lexington, Va./Military 3/31/2007

110m HurdlesMark Name Location Date14.00 Jim Scott Charleston, S.C. 4/26/198014.15 Jim Scott Davidson, N.C. 4/5/198014.38 Tony Mathis Davidson, N.C. 4/5/198014.50 Steve Medill Boone, N.C. 4/27/198514.54 Chris Matier Charleston, S.C. 4/11/198114.61 Jamel Brown Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/200914.66 David Stephens Unknown 197014.84 Travis Earls Winston-Salem, N.C. 4/6/199114.85 Bernie Motte Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/19/1997

400m HurdlesMark Name Location Date52.47 Jamel Brown Mrytle Beach, S.C. 3/21/200952.91 Tony Brevard Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/28/199052.94 Steve Medill Boone, N.C. 4/27/198553.02 Thomas Cummings Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 5/1/200553.63 Ben Dixon Unknown 198653.84 Drew McNeely Unknown 197954.06 Chris Matier Davidson, N.C. 4/12/198054.14 Kevin Duncan Greenville, S.C. 4/24/1982

4x100m RelayMark Name Location Date40.79 Marbury, Cohen, Witherspoon, Doyle Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/200240.88 Redish, Rain, Baker, Hardy Unknown 198640.94 Ingram, Frank, Nichols, Doyle Unknown 199941.07 Ingram, Frank, Witherspoon, Doyle Durham, N.C. 4/8/200041.29 Marbury, Watson, Witherspoon, Doyle Ladson, S.C. 3/12/200341.34 North, McAfee, Baker, Hardy Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/28/198441.35 Ingram, Marbury, Nichols, Witherspoon Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/21/200141.41 Hopkins, Tittle, Rivers, Cohen Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/1/199341.67 Brevard, Gholston, Bolton, Florence Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/29/1989

4x400m RelayMark Name Location Date3:11.63 Baker, DeGurian, Anderson, Davis Unknown 19863:12.18 Witherspoon, Marbury, Doyle, Prince Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/19/20033:12.70 Cohen, Marbury, Doyle, Prince Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/20023:16.46 Ingram, Doyle, Rivera, Nichols Unknown 19993:16.81 Manson, Shier, Duncan-Walker Unknown 19823:17.89 Schoonover, Brown, Sharper, Hughes Wilmington, N.C. 3/3/19903:17.92 Cohen, Cummings, Pressley, Prince Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/20043:17.94 Sharper, Anderson, Davis, Schoonover Unknown 19883:18.15 North, DeGurian, McAfee, Baker Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/28/1984

High JumpMark Name Location Date7’ 0.75” Scott Thompson Athens, Ga. 5/8/19827’ 0.25” Eric McClary Columbia, S.C. 4/12/20006’ 10.25” Bob Jacobs Unknown 19796’ 10” Eric Redish Unknown 19856’ 8” John Timberlake Wilmington, N.C. 3/3/19906’ 8” Bo Thomas Unknown 19706’ 7” Rusty Holt Unknown 19736’ 7” Cal McCombs Unknown 19656’ 6.75” Shaquill Smith 3x, Last: Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/21/20076’ 6.75” Robert Waddington Conway, S.C. 3/11/20006’ 6.75” Jimmy Harris Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3/21/20096’ 6.75” Aaron Overton Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/26/20096’ 6” Travis Taylor Conway, S.C. 3/13/20046’ 6” Tony Bolton Unknown 19886’ 4.25” Steve Medill Greenville, S.C. 4/20/19856’ 4” Pat Deady Wilmington, N.C. 4/7/19906’ 4” Byron Walker Charleston, S.C. 3/6/19816’ 4” Sam Woodard Unknown 1978

Long Jump

Mark Name Location Date24’ 2.75” Bill Elliott Greenville, S.C. 196223’ 11” Dan Creel Ladson, S.C. 3/17/199023’ 9.5” Kevin Hardy Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/25/200923’ 4.75” Lovell Hunley Unknown 197523’ 3.25” Prince Collins Unknown 198123’ 3” Stump Mitchell Davidson, N.C. 4/4/1981

Dan Creel ‘90 recorded the school’s second best mark in the long jump in 1990, jumping 23’ 11” at Charleston Southern University (formerly Baptist College).

Triple Jump

Mark Name Location Date49’ 4” Hilliary Douglas Ladson, S.C. 3/6/198248’ 3.5” Prince Collins Davidson, N.C. 4/4/198147’ 4.25” Shaquill Smith Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/0647’ 2.5” Bill Elliott Gainsville, Fla. 196246’ 7.5” Derek Green Rock Hill, S.C. 4/5/199746’ 1” Bo Thomas Greenville, N.C. 4/30/197145’ 8.5” Sebastian Davis Columbia, S.C. 4/16/199445’ 6.25” Julius Hunter Columbia, S.C. 3/22/200345’ 4.5” Travis Earls Wilmington, N.C. 3/9/199145’ 2.5” Ron Josef Unknown 1967

Pole VaultMark Name Location Date15’ 6” Bill Burke Unknown 198115’ 0” Chip Campsen Unknown 15’ 0” Forrest Rayford Unknown 196915’ 0” Chad Case Savannah, Ga. 3/31/199814’ 7.25” Brian Baize Durham, N.C. 4/4/200914’ 7” Chip Burtner Unknown 198314’ 6” David Watson Charleston, S.C. 4/12/198314’ 0” Mike Naspinski Unknown 198414’ 0” Ed Wallace Gainesville, Fla. 3/26/198313’ 11.25”d Brian Baize Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/27/200813’ 9” Eddie Godfrey Unknown 196813’ 6” David Calkins Unknown 196913’ 6” Loran Kiersted Wilmington, N.C. 3/9/199113’ 6” Pat Lukes Columbia, S.C. 4/22/198913’ 6” Clay Morgan Huntingon, W.Va. 4/28/198413’ 6” Marc Hall Unknown 196913’ 6” Mike Thurbar Unknown 198313’ 6” Martin Beckman Unknown 196713’ 3.75” Marion von Trump Unknown 1958

Shot Put

Mark Name Location Date56’ 1.5” Cosmo Tocci Unknown 197954’ 5.5” Pat Twomey Greenville, S.C. 4/21/198453’ 9.5” Kelvin Brown Tallahassee, Fla. 3/18/198953’ 2” Jim Ettari Unknown 198153’ 1.75” Ron Moak Unknown 199652’ 9.5” Carey Cash Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/1/199351’ 0.75” Quentin Armstrong Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/200250’ 11” Joe Davis Unknown 196050’ 1” Fred Feldman Unknown 196649’ 10.75” Ed Watkins Unknown 1968

Discus

Mark Name Location Date171’ 10” Kelvin Brown Gainesville, Fla. 3/28/1990168’ 9” Brooks Fox Unknown 1974158’ 3.00” Quintin Turner Durham, N.C. 4/4/2009157’ 11” Joe Davis Unknown 1960156’ 1” Carey Cash Knoxville, Tenn. 5/5/1990

Kelvin Brown ‘90 blasted past Brooks Fox’s discus throw record in 1990 and has held the school record since.

Men’s Outdoor History and Records23’ 3” Ron Josef Unknown 196723’ 1” Bo Thomas Unknown 196923’ 0.5” Will Dowden Unknown 196422’ 11.75” John Timberlake Ladson, S.C. 3/17/199022’ 10” Tony Bolton Huntington, W.Va./SoCon 4/29/1989


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Year Name SoCon Points (I) Finish SoCon Points (O) Finish 1935 Charlie Willard 1936 A.W. “Rock” Norman 1937 A.W. “Rock” Norman 1938 A.W. “Rock” Norman 1939 A.W. “Rock” Norman 1940 “Bo” Sherman 1941 Matty Matthews 1942 No Team 1943 No Team 1944 No Team 1945 No Team 1946 No Team 1947 Lt.Col. “Jake” Burrows 1948 Lt.Col. “Jake” Burrows 1949 Lt.Col. “Jake” Burrows 1950 Koshewa 1951 Decker 1952 Carl Pulkinen 1953 Fred Lane 1954 Fred Lane 14 5th 1955 Red Springer 13 5th 1956 Red Springer 16 5th 29 4th1957 Bill Dellastatious 4 8th1958 Bill Dellastatious 7 6th 1959 Bill Dellastatious 16.5 4th 1st1960 Bill Dellastatious 28 2nd 64 1st1961 Bill Dellastatious 27.5 3rd 68 1st1962 Jack Hall 38.5 2nd 57.5 2nd1963 Jack Hall 18 5th 51 2nd1964 Jack Hall 16 6th 41.33 3rd1965 Jack Hall 6 8th 28 4th1966 Jerry Nettles 23 5th 41 2nd1967 Dwight Adams 6 7th 23 6th1968 Dwight Adams 7 7th 30 T2nd1969 Keith Hamilton 23 5th 44 3rd1970 Keith Hamilton 15 5th 16 5th1971 Keith Hamilton 15 6th 19 4th1972 Keith Hamilton 8 6th 13 6th

Year Name SoCon Points (I) Finish SoCon Points (O) Finish

1973 Keith Hamilton 6 7th 5 8th1974 Cal McCombs 4 7th 25 5th1975 Cal McCombs 2 7th 1976 Thad Talley 1977 Thad Talley 21 8th1978 Thad Talley 30.5 4th 35 7th1979 Thad Talley 36 5th 42.5 5th1980 Chuck Parker 25 6th 34.5 7th1981 Chuck Parker 16 6th 41 7th1982 Dennis Brachna 24 6th 42 5th 1983 Dennis Brachna 38 6th 38 7th1984 Dennis Brachna 20 6th 61 5th1985 Dennis Brachna 29 6th 78 4th1986 Gary Willson 15 6th 94 4th1987 Jody Huddleston 32 4th 59 5th1988 Jody Huddleston 35 6th 40 6th1989 Jody Huddleston 39 5th 65 5th1990 Jody Huddleston 44 5th 80 5th1991 Jody Huddleston 30 6th 39 6th1992 Jody Huddleston 16 6th 20 7th1993 Jody Huddleston 16 7th 40 6th1994 Jody Huddleston 7 7th 15 7th1995 Jody Huddleston 9 7th 2 9th1996 Jody Huddleston 2 7th 27 7th1997 Jody Huddleston 21 7th 34.33 7th1998 Jody Huddleston 25 6th 25 6th1999 Jody Huddleston 48 6th 70 5th2000 Jody Huddleston 48 5th 68 4th2001 Jody Huddleston 25 6th 81 4th2002 Jody Huddleston 28 6th 83.5 4th2003 Jody Huddleston 51 6th 70.5 5th2004 Jody Huddleston 26 5th 63 4th2005 Jody Huddleston 22.5 6th 48 4th2006 Jody Huddleston 43 3rd 77 4th2007 Jody Huddleston 27 5th 78 4th2008 Jody Huddleston 38.5 4th 67 3rd2009 Jody Huddleston 60 3rd 70 3rd

Year Name SoCon Points (I) Finish SoCon Points (O) Finish1999 Jody Huddleston 3 9th 19 8th2000 Jody Huddleston 4 9th 27 7th2001 Jody Huddleston 4 9th 13 9th2002 Jody Huddleston 0 11th 18 9th2003 Jody Huddleston 2 10th 10 9th2004 Jody Huddleston 1 10th 5 12th2005 Jody Huddleston 6 10th 18 9th2006 Jody Huddleston 25 8th 48 6th2007 Jody Huddleston 38 7th 56 5th2008 Jody Huddleston 22 8th 38 7th2009 Jody Huddleston 3 10th 27 8th

Indoor/Outdoor Women

Indoor/Outdoor MenAll-Time Head Coaches

152’ 5” Ed Watkins Unknown 1968151’ 0” Ron Moak Unknown 1994150’ 6” Lloyd Sheffer Unknown 1978149’ 2” Ed Korzinek Unknown 1967148’ 2” Ben Adley Unknown 1980146’ 8” Zach DiBois Clemson, S.C. 4/16/2005

JavelinMark Name Location Date204’ 10” Kris Kut Columbia, S.C. 4/12/2000189’ 3” Scot Sanborn Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/1996187’ 0” Tony Ferretti Tallahassee, Fla. 3/17/1989184’ 5” Marcus Carter Columbia, S.C. 4/10/2002182’ 3” Bill Blake Columbia, S.C. 4/4/1987180’ 9” Mark Cote Wilmington, N.C. 3/11/1989180’ 3” Ryan Gould Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/26/1991179’ 1” D.J. Totland Greenville, S.C. 4/18/1987176’ 4” Travis Taylor Columbia, S.C. 4/7/2004173’ 10” Jeff DeGroft Johnson City, Tenn./SoCon 4/20/1996

DecathlonMark Name Location Date6,539 Scot Sanborn Gainesville, Fla. 3/25/19955,980 Travis Taylor Gainesville, Fla. 3/27/20045,817 Brian Baize Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/27/20084,959 Caleb Moore Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/27/20084,639 Hunter Reid Boone, N.C./SoCon 5/2/20044,182 Doug Schmid Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/29/20064,088 Caleb Moore Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/22/20073,918 Scott Sutter Unknown 20013,907 Jose Trinidad Cullowhee, N.C./SoCon 4/27/2008

HammerMark Name Location Date161’ 3” Rick Austin Statesboro, Ga./SoCon 4/30/2006155’ 5” Phil Sordian Unknown 1979154’ 7” Bill Robinson Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/28/1990154’ 4” Chris McIntosh Charleston, S.C. 4/13/1985154’ 0.00” Chris Castagno Durham, N.C. 4/4/2009152’ 1” Zach DiBois Clemson, S.C. 4/8/2006151’ 0” David Neilson Greenville, S.C. 4/21/1984150’ 5” Brad Anderson Charleston, S.C. 3/8/1986150’ 3” D.J. Totland Columbia, S.C. 4/9/1988149’ 3” Russ Touchberry Lexington, Va./SoCon 4/21/2001148’ 11” Alex Croskey Boone, N.C./SoCon 4/22/2007



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BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK Southern Conference Champions1959

Team Results

Final Team Results Not Available

Individual Champions 100 yd. Jim Pugh 9.9 220 yd. Jim Pugh 21.7 440 yd. John Rivers 49.1 220 yd. H Jim Pugh 23.7 Mile Relay The Citadel 3:21.6 Pole Vault Tom Metsker 12’ 6.75” Discus Joe Davis 154’ 7.5” Javelin Clyde Gaffney 194’ 4.25”

1960Team Results

1. The Citadel 64 2. West Virginia 52 3. Furman 45 4. William & Mary 24 5. Richmond 13 6. VMI 10 7. Virginia Tech 7

Individual Champions 100 yd. Jim Pugh 9.8 220 yd. Jim Pugh 21.6 440 yd. John Rivers 48.8 High Jump Bob Blackledge 6’ 2” Discus Joe Davis 157’ 5”

1961

Team Results 1. The Citadel 68 2. Furman 55 3. West Virginia 27 4. William & Mary 24 5. VMI 15 6. Virginia Tech 9.5 7. Richmond 4.5

Individual Champions440 yd. John Rivers 48.5220 yd. Jim Pugh 23.7Mile Relay The Citadel 3:19.3Shot Put Joe Grossi 47’ 11.5”Discus Keith Stowers 142’ 1”Javelin Douse Rustin 196’ 9.5”Triple Jump Bill Elliott 45’ 6”

NCAA East Regional Qualifiers/Results2003 NCAA East Regional Championships

George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.May 30-31, 2003

Alex Prince400m(AutomaticQualifier):47.84(P-4th)Kenyon Doyle, J.T. Marbury, Alex Prince and Jeff Witherspoon4x400mRelay(AutomaticQualifier):Didnotcompete.

2004 NCAA East Regional ChampionshipsUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

May 28-29, 2004Alex Prince400m(StandardQualifier):Didnotcompete.

2006 NCAA East Regional ChampionshipsNorth Carolina A&T State Univesity, Greensboro, N.C.

May 26-27, 2006Stephanie McNeillShotPut(StandardQualifier):46’10.25”(15th)Discus(AutomaticQualifier):Didnotcompete.Shaquill SmithHighJump(AutomaticQualifier):Didnotcompete.

2007 NCAA East Regional ChampionshipsUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

May 25-26, 2006Stephanie McNeillShotPut(AutomaticQualifier):46’11.5”(21st)Hammer(AutomaticQualifier):Didnotcompete.

2008 NCAA East Regional ChampionshipsFlorida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

May 30-31

Jamel Brown400mHurdles(AutomaticQualifier):54.47(30th)

2009 NCAA East Regional ChampionshipsNorth Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, N.C.

May 29-30

Jamel Brown 400mHurdles(StandardQualifier):52.74(15th)


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Indoor Men’s Southern Conference Champions60 Yard Dash

Name Year Location MarkLonnie Ford 1978 Lexington, Va. 6.3

200m

Name Year Location MarkJay Ingram 1999 Johnson City, Tenn. 22.32

400m

Name Year Location MarkAlex Prince 2003 Johnson City, Tenn. 48.78

440 Yard Dash

Name Year Location MarkJohn Rivers 1961 Unknown 51.8Bill Sickels 1962 Unknown Unknown

800m

Name Year Location MarkMike Cason 1989 Johnson City, Tenn. 1:54.6Mike Cason 1990 Lexington, Va. 1:54.03

Mike Cason won both the indoor and outdoor 800m Southern Conference titles in 1989 and 1990. He is currently in the armed services, deployed overseas.

1,000m

Name Year Location MarkLayne Anderson 1987 Unknown 2:14.44

Alex Prince is the only Bulldog to win a SoCon Championship with his time of 48.78 in the 400m in 2003.

70 Yard Low Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkDick Fischl 1955 Lexington, Va. 7.9Jim Pugh 1958 Lexington, Va. 7.8Jim Pugh 1960 Lexington, Va. 7.8

4x400m Relay

Name Year Location MarkJeff Witherspoon 2003 Johnson City, Tenn. 3:16.34J.T. MarburyKenyon DoyleAlex Prince

Mile Relay

Name Year Location MarkDavis 1960 Lexington, Va. 3:33.6George ScottBill PetersonJohn RiversJohn Rivers 1961 Lexington, Va. 3:29.6Bill NolenGeorge ScottBill Sickles

High Jump

Name Year Location MarkTom Miller 1962 Lexington, Va. 6’ 0”Bob Jacobs 1979 Lexington, Va. 6’ 10”Bob Jacobs 1982 Unknown 6’ 9.75”Eric McClary 1999 Johnson City, Tenn. 6’ 9.75”Eric McClary 2000 Lexington, Va. 7’ 1.5”

Long Jump

Name Year Location MarkBill Elliott 1960 Lexington, Va. 21’ 5.5”Mike Watson 1963 Lexington, Va. 22’ 2.5”Will Dowden 1964 Lexington, Va. 22’ 2.5”Kevin Hardy 2009 Clemson, S.C. 24’ 2.25”

Triple Jump

Name Year Location MarkBill Elliott 1961 Unknown 45’ 6”

Pole Vault

Name Year Location MarkTom Metsker 1960 Lexington, Va. 12’ 8”

Shot Put

Name Year Location MarkEd Watkins 1960 Lexington, Va. 49’ 4”Cosmo Tocci 1980 Lexington, Va. 56’ 5”Carey Cash 1993 Lexington, Va. 52’ 0.25”Quentin Armstrong 2001 Johnson City, Tenn. 49’ 6.5”

35lb. Weight Throw

Name Year Location MarkDoug Wertz 1978 Lexington, Va. 47’ 8.5”

Outdoor Men’s Southern Conference Champions100 Yard

Name Year Location MarkJim Pugh 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 9.9Jim Pugh 1960 Williamsburg, Va. 9.8

100m

Name Year Location MarkCurtis Hardy 1985 Boone, N.C. 10.64Curtis Hardy 1986 Huntingon, W.Va. 10.76Phillip Florence 1989 Huntington, W.Va. 10.62Kenyon Doyle 1999 Johnson City, Tenn. 10.51

220 Yard

Name Year Location MarkJim Pugh 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 21.7Jim Pugh 1960 Williamsburg, Va. 21.6

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200m

Name Year Location MarkByron Walker 1982 Greenville, S.C. 21.84

Curtis Hardy 1985 Boone, N.C. 21.43Curtis Hardy 1986 Huntington, W.Va. 21.31Kenyon Doyle 1999 Johnson City, Tenn. 21.34Jeff Witherspoon 2001 Lexington, Va. 21.44

400m

Name Year Location MarkJoe North 1984 Huntington, W.Va. 48.21Alex Prince 2003 Boone, N.C. 47.29

440 Yard

Name Year Location MarkJohn Rivers 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 49.1John Rivers 1960 Williamsburg, Va. 48.8John Rivers 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 48.5Gary Pinder 1965 Greenville, S.C. 48.9Gary Pinder 1966 Ft. Eustis, Va. 48.6

800m

Name Year Location MarkLayne Anderson 1986 Huntington, W.Va. 1:51.85Mike Cason 1989 Huntington, W.Va. 1:51.69Mike Cason 1990 Boone, N.C. 1:53.95

120 Yard Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkDick Fischl 1955 Ft. Eustis, Va. 15.3Will Dowden 1963 Charleston, W.Va. 15.0Ken Williams 1966 Ft. Eustis, Va. 15.1

110m High Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkJim Scott 1981 Boone, N.C. 14.23Jamel Brown 2009 Statesboro, Ga. 14.61

220 Yard Low Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkDick Fischl 1955 Ft. Eustis, Va. 25.5Jim Pugh 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 23.7Jim Pugh 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 23.7

330 Yard Intermediate Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkWill Dowden 1964 Williamsburg, Va. 37.7

440 Yard Intermediate Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkKen Williams 1966 Ft. Eustis, Va. 53.6

400m Intermediate Hurdles

Name Year Location MarkSteve Medill 1985 Boone, N.C. 52.94Jamel Brown 2008 Cullowhee, N.C. 53.42

4x100m Relay

Name Year Location MarkJay Ingram 1999 Johnson City, Tenn. 40.94Carlos FrankRob NicholsKenyon Doyle

Mile Relay

Name Year Location MarkDavis 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 3:21.6GeeslinNeil YongueJohn RiversBill Sickels 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 3:19.3George ScottJim PughJohn Rivers

(L to R) William “Bill” Sickles III, John Rivers, Wayne Timmerman and James “Jim” Pugh were all members of The Citadel’s back-to-back-to-back Southern Conference Championship teams and have combined for 20 individual SoCon titles and 24 All-Southern Conference accolades. All four have been inducted into The Citadel Hall of Fame in the decades following that unprecedented championship run.

4x400m Relay

Name Year Location MarkMarcus Cohen 2002 Johnson City, Tenn. 3:12.70J.T. MarburyKenyon DoyleAlex PrinceJeff Witherspoon 2003 Boone, N.C. 3:12.18J.T. MarburyKenyon DoyleAlex Prince

High Jump

Name Year Location MarkBob Blackledge 1960 Williamsburg, Va. 6’ 2”Cal McCombs 1966 Ft. Eustis, Va. 6’ 2”Scott Thompson 1982 Greenville, S.C. 6’ 11.5”Eric McClary 2000 Boone, N.C. 6’ 8”Shaquill Smith 2006 Statesboro, Ga. 6’ 6.75”

Long Jump

Name Year Location MarkBill Hughes 1958 Williamsburg, Va. 21’ 10”Bill Elliott 1962 Norfolk, Va. 22’ 0.5”Will Dowden 1963 Charleston, W.Va. 22’ 4”Will Dowden 1964 Williamsburg, Va. 23’ 0.5”Kevin Hardy 2009 Statesboro, Ga. 23’ 9.5”

Triple Jump

Name Year Location MarkBill Elliott 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 45’ 6”Bill Elliott 1962 Norfolk, Va. 47’ 3.5”

Pole Vault

Name Year Location MarkTom Metsker 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 12’ 6.75”Bill Burke 1981 Boone, N.C. 15’ 0”



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Shot Put

Name Year Location MarkJoe Grossi 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 47’ 11.5”Ed Watkins 1969 Ft. Eustis, Va. 48’ 6.5”Cosmo Tocci 1979 Boone, N.C. 55’ 7.75”Cosmo Tocci 1980 Charleston, S.C. 55’ 7.25”Ron Moak 1996 Johnson City, Tenn. 53’ 1.75”Quentin Armstrong 2001 Lexington, Va. 50’ 2.5”Quentin Armstrong 2002 Johnson City, Tenn. 51’ 0.75”

Captain Tom Metsker ‘61 (Far right, back row) is shown with the command group of the 1st Battalion, 7th U.S. Cavalry in November 1965. Capt. Metsker was killed just hours after this picture was taken when he gave up hisplaceinamed-evachelicopterforanotherofficerwhowasmoreseriouslywoundedthanhe.Atwo-timeSoConChampionfromTheCitadel,hissacrificewastoldinthebookWeWereSoldiersOnce,andYoungbyLt.Gen.HalMoore,U.S.Army(Ret.)andJoeGalloway.HissacrificewasalsoshowninthemovieWeWereSoldiers.HeisbelievedtobethefirstvarsityathletekilledinactioninVietnam.

Discus

Name Year Location MarkJoe Davis 1958 Williamsburg, Va. 154’ 7.5”Joe Davis 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 152’ 1.75”Joe Davis 1960 Williamsburg, Va. 157’ 5”Keith Stowers 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 142’ 1”Brooks Fox 1974 Richmond, Va. 160’ 1”Kelvin Brown 1987 Boone, N.C. 135’ 0”Carey Cash 1990 Boone, N.C. 146’ 8”

Javelin

Name Year Location MarkClyde Gaffney 1959 Williamsburg, Va. 194’ 4.25”Douse Rustin 1961 Williamsburg, Va. 196’ 9.5”Douse Rustin 1962 Norfolk, Va. 194’ 7”Jan Behney 1969 Ft. Eustis, Va. 197’ 10”Brian Ruff 1975 Unknown 207’ 7”Casey Blake 1983 Lexington, Va. 193’ 3.25”John Wilson 1984 Huntington, W.Va. 190’ 4.25”John Wilson 1985 Boone, N.C. 194’ 5”Bill Blake 1986 Huntington, W.Va. 179’ 4”Bill Blake 1987 Boone, N.C. 174’ 9.5”Scott Sanborn 1996 Johnson City, Tenn. 189’ 2.75”Kris Kut 1997 Boone, N.C. 177’ 4”Kris Kut 1998 Lexington, Va. 190’ 0.5”Kris Kut 2000 Boone, N.C. 196’ 5”

Indoor Women’s Southern Conference Champions

Women’sathleticsdidnotbeginatTheCitadeluntilMandyGarciabecamethefirstfemaleathletein 1997, running cross country and track. Stephanie McNeill’s Southern Conference discus champi-

onshipbecamethefirstSoContitletobewonbyawomanatTheCitadel.

20 lb. Weight Throw

Name Year Location MarkStephanie McNeill 2007 Clemson, S.C. 53’ 5.75”

Outdoor Women’s Southern Conference Champions

Discus

Name Year Location MarkStephanie McNeill 2006 Statesboro, Ga. 141’ 2”

Stephanie McNeill ‘07 became the first female cadet-student-athlete at The Citadel to win a Southern Conference Championship, claiming the discus title in 2006. McNeill graduated in 2007 with four SoCon titles to her credit, twice being named Southern Conference Field Athlete of the Year and is the most decorated female athlete the school has produced.

Hammer

Name Year Location MarkStephanie McNeill 2007 Boone, N.C. 163’ 1”

Heptathlon

Name Year Location MarkTasha Sanders 2007 Boone, N.C. 4,396

Southern Conference SuperlativesA list of Bulldogs that are known to have been honored by the Southern Conference for

outsanding performances.

Outstanding Performer

1985 Curtis Hardy1999 Kenyon Doyle

Outstanding Field Athlete of the Year

2006 Stephanie McNeill2007 Stephanie McNeill

Freshman of the Year

2006 Shaquill Smith

Coach of the Year

1960 Jack Hall1961 Jack Hall2009 Jody Huddleston, Indoor Coach of the Year

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The History Behind The Citadel Hall of FameTheycouldn’trememberifitwassunny,cloudyorrainybuttheydidrecallmeetinginAthleticDirectorEddieTeague’sofficeonthesecondfloorofMcAlisterFieldHouse.Theywerecertain,however, that it was hot outside. Forgive these aging men if they can’t recall minor items like the day’s weather. After all, it was more than a quarter century ago.

OnJune11,1977,fivevolunteersfromTheCitadelBrigadierClubandtwoex-officiocommitteemembersleftCoachTeague’sair-conditionedofficewithpapersinhand.Gen.GeorgeSeignious, The Citadel’s president, had endorsed the volunteers’ work and the hard-nosed Teague was pleased. Even the school’s attorney had given it his blessing.

What those men walked away with on that suspected warm and humid day 29 years ago was the formation of The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame. They brought a unique way to honor, recognizeandkeepthelegacyaliveofthosewhoproudlyworetheblueandwhiteandwhoexcelledonahigherplaneonthevariousathleticfields,courts,rings,pools,rangesandtracksof competition. These celebrated combatants were clearly the best of the best. And they still are.

The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame Steering Committee consisted of Herbie Wilcox, his brother, John Wilcox ’56, Bob Daniel ’49, Bob McDowell ’55 and Stan Hurteau ’65. Jimmie Jones ’58 wastheex-officiomemberfromtheBrigadierClubandJimDodson’55representedtheAssociationofCitadelMen.OneofthefirstordersofbusinesswasthattheHallwastobejointlycoordinated and operated by both the Association and the Brigadier Club.

OnebenefitofmembershipinTheCitadelAthleticHallofFameisreceivingtwofreeticketstoeveryhomeathleticeventforlife.Evidently,thatperkwassomethingthatTeague,ahawkofa businessman, was reluctant to give away. “Eddie was tight,” Daniel remembers, “though he didn’t have much to start with. But I say with all sincerity that I was blessed that I was able to work with Eddie Teague. He was a wonderful man who was somewhat embarrassed to ask for anything, but he got things done.” Teague eventually relented, and the tradition of each Hall of Fame member owning two lifetime passes to all home athletic events continues.

ThefirstHallofFameinductionceremoniestookplaceinJenkinsHallandremainedthereuntiltheyweremovedtoMcAlisterFieldHouseinthemid-1990s.Theformatfortheceremoniespretty much remains the same. The original class of inductees included Cecil Johnson ’11, Richard King ’29, W.F. “Gunner” Ohlandt ’51, Paul Maguire ’60 and John Small ’70.

Today,thereare138membersinTheCitadelAthleticHallofFame,ofwhich54aredeceased.Membershipencompassesthesportsoffootball,basketball,baseball,trackandfield,wres-tling,soccer,boxing,rifle,tennis,golfandswimming.TheHall’sby-lawspermitonlyfourathletesandone“honorary”membertoenterineachcalendaryear.EighteenoftheHall’sinducteeshave entered as “honorary” members. Most of the honorary inductees are coaches while others are former administrators or boosters. However, one is a trainer (William Boswick) and another(GeorgeNorwig)isthefirst“VoiceoftheBulldogs.”

Carey Cash, Class of 1992Inducted: 2005A key member of The Citadel’s offensive line that captured the 1992 Southern Conference football championship, Cash was the right tackle and was considered the most dominating lineman of the Coach Charlie Taaffe era ... a member of the all-time winningest class with 30victories,heearnedfourfootballlettersandsixintrackandfield(three indoor and three outdoor) ... after the ’92 season, Cash was recognized as an Associated Press First Team All-American, Walter

Camp First Team All-American, The Sports Network First Team All-American, twice First Team All-Southern Conference and twice First Team All-State ... as a member of the track teams, Cash was an eight-time All-Southern Conference member in the indoor shot put (three times, including a con-ference championship), outdoor shot put (twice) and three times in the outdoor discus (including a conference championship).

Jake Burrows, Class of 1940Inducted: 1980The only member of the Hall of Fame who was both Regimental Com-mander and First Honor Graduate of his class ... in three years of competition, he earned eight total letters ... lettered in football three times, basketball three times and twice in track ... All-State pick in basketball three times and twice was named All-Southern Conference ... in his three years of basketball, he averaged 15 points per game, equating to 31 percent of the team’s total points ... in his three years

on the hardwood, The Citadel defeated South Carolina and Furman six straight games each ... retired as an assistant athletics director at The Citadel.

Will Dowden, Class of 1964Inducted: 2000CapturedfiveSouthernConferencechampionships inhis juniorandsenior years ... was named All-Conference six times ... remains in the top-10 among best performances in school history in the long jump and the 110m high hurdles ... served as team captain his senior sea-son ... was the conference champion in the long jump and intermediate hurdles, second in the conference in 120-yd. high hurdles ... broke

school records in the high hurdles and intermediate hurdles and established Southern Conference records ... was the SoCon champion in the long jump and the 120-yd. high hurdles as a junior, and during his sophomore year, he broke the school record in the 120-yd. high hurdles.

William Elliott, Class of 1962Inducted: 1990

Won seven Southern Conference track titles in the long jump and triple jump ... earned All-Conference honors twice ... won four Southern Conference titles his senior year.

Jim Ettari, Class of 1983Inducted: 1994

Earned nine varsity letters in three sports (wrestling, track and football) ... was an All-Southern Conference performer in each sport ... received Kodak I-AA All-America honors in 1982 as a defensive lineman ... recognized with All-State and All-Conference honors twice (as a nose guard in ’81 and in1982asadefensivetackle)...two-timeAll-Conferencetrackandfieldperformer at shot put ... was the 1983 conference heavyweight wrestling champion and competed in the 1983 NCAA national tournament.

Jack Hall, Honorary InducteeInducted: 2007An assistant football coach (1960-65) who guided The Citadel’s track andfieldteamtothe1960and‘61SouthernConferencechampion-ships.His’61teamfinishedfirstinsevenof16events,andsixmem-bers of that ’61 team are in The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame – Bill Elliott, Will Dowden, Jim Pugh, John Rivers, Bill Sickles and Wayne Timmerman. As a football coach, he led the freshman team three yearsandhis’63defensivebackfieldhelpedtheBulldogstoaNo.10

nationalrankinginpassdefense.Theleague’strackandfieldcoachoftheyearin1961and’62.

Lettered in football four times from 1937-40 ... alternate captain of the football team in 1940 ... lettered in basketball three times (1939-41) ... also lettered in track three times (1939-41) ... selected as the school’s Outstanding Athlete in 1941 ... earned 10 total letters.

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Rusty Holt, Class of 1973Inducted: 1988A two-sport standout performer for the Bulldogs from 1969-73 ... played four football seasons and lettered three times ... was an hon-orable mention All-Southern Conference safety in 1972 and ’73 ... named to the All-State team in 1973 ... in track, lettered four seasons, including two years under fellow Hall of Fame inductee Cal McCombs ... captain of the track team in 1972 and ‘73.

Cal McCombs, Class of 1967Inducted: 1985A longtime assistant football coachwho earned five letters playingfootball and track ... was an All-Southern Conference and All-State se-lection in football in 1966 ... a former head football coach at VMI and was the defensive coordinator at the United States Air Force Academy ... earned a United States Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award for saving the lives of two people in January 1981.

James Pugh, Class of 1961Inducted: 1991An 11-time Southern Conference champion in track ... was a member of three Southern Conference championship teams (1959-61) ... a two-time Southern Conference champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes ... was a member of the second fastest mile relay team in Citadel history.

John Rivers, Class of 1961Inducted: 1984Standout track performer from 1959-61 who was a three-time All-Southern Conference and All-State performer ... SoCon 400-yard dash champion all three years of competition ... undefeated in confer-ence 400-yard competition during his three years on team ... helped The Citadel claim consecutive conference track championships from 1959-61 and ’60 state championship ... held school 440 record (48.0) in ’61 (also state champion) and was a member of the school’s best

mile-relay team record (3:16.5) in ’61.

George Rogers, Class of 1910Inducted: 1979Earned 12 letters in football, baseball and track ... captained each team ... coached The Citadel football for 20 years, including four seasons as head coach (1913-15, ’19), and had an overall won-loss record of 14-16-3 (.470).

Jack Rogers, Class of 1922Inducted: 1984Earned 10 letters in baseball, football and track from 1918-22 ... served as captain of the baseball team for two seasons ... was All-State his freshman season ... was an assistant coach for the Bulldogs for six years.

Brian Ruff, Class of 1977Inducted: 1983An aptly named linebacker who was the Southern Conference Player of the Year and South Carolina Player of the Year in 1975 and 1976 in foot-ball...namedFirstTeamAssociatedPressasasenior,theschool’sfirsttomakethefirstteam...three-timeAll-SouthernConferenceselection...wasthefirstplayertohavehisjersey(No.51)retired...wasdraftedinthe 11th round by the Baltimore Colts ... played in the Hula Bowl and Ja-panBowl...alsoafieldstarwhostillholdstheoldjavelinschoolrecord.

Andy Sabados, Class of 1939Inducted: 1983An All-State guard on the football team and recipient of the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as a sophomore ... selected the best lineman in the state following his junior season ... served as captain of both the football and track teams while holding rank in the Corps of Cadets ... played pro football with the Chicago Cardinals in 1939 and 1940.

William Sickles, Class of 1963Inducted: 1999Ran both cross country and track ... helped The Citadel to the South-ern Conference Track and Field team titles in 1960 and 1961 ... cap-tured three individual league crowns.

Jack Simmons, Class of 1922Inducted: 1980Earned 13 letters in football, baseball, track and tennis ... coached the freshmenandvarsitybackfield...servedonschool’sathleticcouncil.

F.W. “Billy” Symmes, Class of 1935Inducted: 1983A four-sport athlete in football, boxing, track and baseball ... was se-lected All-State in football both his junior and senior years ... served as captain of the football team ... served as the Regimental Executive Officerhissenioryear.

Wayne Timmerman, Class of 1964Inducted: 2004AmemberofTheCitadel’strackandfieldteamsintheearly1960s...was a three-time letter winner and served as team captain his senior year ... in April 1963, in a dual meet with the University of Miami, he es-tablished the school record in the 100-yard dash (9.6 seconds, several tenths of a second from a world record) ... in the same meet, he tied the school mark of 21.3 seconds in the 220-yard dash ... also participated in the school’s seldom-defeated relay teams, including the quarter-mile

(440 yards), half-mile (880 yards) and mile ... was named to the All-Southern Conference team and was a consistent Dean’s List student and was a Distinguished Military Student.

Cosmo Tocci, Class of 1980Inducted: 2001Competedfor fouryearsasamemberof the indoor trackandfieldteam and three seasons on the outdoor team ... in eight semesters, he earned All-Southern Conference honors seven times ... was a three-time conference champion capturing one indoor and two outdoor titles ... continues to hold the conference indoor shot put record with a throw of 56’ 5” (1980), ranking as the oldest individual indoor record

in the league ... established the school’s indoor (56’ 7.5”) and outdoor (56’ 1.5”) school records in the shot put and his freshman indoor mark of 52’ 7.5”, set in 1977, continues to be a record.

Charles Willard, Class of 1932Inducted: 1991Lettered all four years in football, basketball and track ... captained the basketball team his senior year ... earned All-State accolades on the gridiron as a senior ... only track athlete to enter state meets and win a place in all events he entered ... cadet captain and commanded Delta Company ... was the varsity track and basketball coach (14-16 record) and assistant football coach at The Citadel from 1934-36.

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