Outdoor Conference Champions Men OVC Championships 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994 Sun Belt Championships 2001, 2006, 2007 OVC Coach of the Year Dean Hayes – 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994 Sun Belt Coach of the Year Dean Hayes – 2001, 2006, 2007 OVC Athlete of the Year Tommy Haynes, 1974 John DoDoo, 1977 Ed Thomas, 1980 Greg Artis, 1981 Dwight Johnson, 1984-86 Roland McGhee, 1993-94 Micah Otis, 1995 Jahez Salahuddin, 1998 Rob Jordan, 1999 Sun Belt Most Outstanding Track Performer Godfrey Herring, 2001-02 Mardy Scales, 2004 Sun Belt Most Outstanding Field Performer Carl Morgan - 2008, 2009 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Pete Senatus, 2006 Festus Chemaoi, 2008 Roscoe Payne, 2009 Individual Champions 100 Meters/100 Yards Dash 1958 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 (y) 1960 Ray Purvis . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 (y) 1970 Charles Wilson . . . . . . . . . 9.60 (y) 1980 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . 10.62 (m) 1981 André Kirnes . . . . . . . . 10.32 (m) 1983 Orestes Meeks . . . . . . . 11.22 (m) 1984 Kenny Shannon . . . . . . 10.42 (m) 1985 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 10.47 (m) 1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 10.73 (m) 1991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.94 (m) 1992 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.80 (m) 1993 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.58 (m) 1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 10.00 (m) 1995 Keith Watkins . . . . . . . . 10.48 (m) 1996 Dave Creary . . . . . . . . . 11.29 (m) 1999 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 10.37 (m) 2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 10.33 (m) 2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 10.35 (m)
2004 2006 2007
Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 10.12 (m) Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 10.37 (m) Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 10.30 (m)
200 Meters/220 Yards Dash 1980 David Robinson . . . . . . 21.10 (m) 1981 Barry Gambrell . . . . . . . 21.10 (m) 1982 Mike Farris . . . . . . . . . 21.30 (m) 1984 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 20.90 (m) 1985 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 20.56 (m) 1986 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . 21.00 (m) 1991 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 21.53 (m) 1992 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.38 (m) 1993 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.24 (m) 1994 Roland McGhee . . . . . . 20.40 (m) 1995 Micah Otis . . . . . . . . . . 21.36 (m) 1997 Kenden Maynard . . . . . 21.04 (m) 1999 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 20.81 (m) 2000 Albert Agyemang . . . . . 20.90 (m) 2001 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.65 (m) 2002 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 20.77 (m) 2003 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.78 (m) 2004 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . 20.52 (m) 2006 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 20.85 (m) 2007 Orlando Reid . . . . . . . . 20.53 (m) 400 Meters/440 Yards Dash 1967 Jerry Singleton . . . . . . . 47.20 (y) 1978 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . 46.50 (m) 1979 Ed Stegall . . . . . . . . . . 47.33 (m) 1984 Tim Johnson . . . . . . . . 47.71 (m) 1985 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . 47.14 (m) 1986 Perald Ellis . . . . . . . . . . 47.00 (m) 1993 Carlos Gupton . . . . . . . 46.99 (m) 1997 Kenden Maynard . . . . . 46.12 (m) 2001 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 45.55 (m)
2002 2003
Godfrey Herring . . . . . . 45.68 (m) Sean Waller . . . . . . . . . 46.43 (m)
800 Meters/880 Yards Run 1969 Jerry Singleton . . . . . . 1:53.60 (y) 1979 Dana McCutcheon . . . 1:52.73 (m) 1980 Dana McCutcheon . . . 1:51.20 (m) 2009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 1:51.24 (m) 1,500 Meters/Mile Run 1961 Tom Cannon . . . . . . . . 4:25.50 (y) 2009 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 3:47.25 (m) 3,000 Meters Steeplechase 2008 Festus Chemaoi . . . . . 9:40.33 (m) 5,000 Meters/Three Mile Run 1985 Danny Green . . . . . . . 15:31.60 (m) 2001 Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . 14:41.22 (m) 2008 William Songock . . . . 15:02.87 (m) 10,000 Meters 1984 Jeff Skinner . . . . . . . . 31:15.85 (m) 1985 Robert Willis . . . . . . . 31:26.76 (m) 1992 Jeff Lingwall . . . . . . . 33:47.00 (m) 1993 Jeff Lingwall . . . . . . . 32:29.00 (m) 2001 Geoffrey Lagat . . . . . 30:52.70 (m) 2009 William Songock . . . . 30:43.11(m) 110 Meters/120 Yards High Hurdles 1961 Ray Cooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.10 (y) 1963 Ray Cooper . . . . . . . . . . 15.50 (y) 1970 Lonnell Poole . . . . . . . . 14.30 (y) 1980 Ed Thomas . . . . . . . . . 14.34 (m) 1981 Miguel Williams . . . . . . 14.18 (m) 1983 Kenny Nesbitt . . . . . . . 14.64 (m)
OVC Records (Through 2007-08) Meet Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year Long Jump 26-8.5 Tommy Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 Triple Jump 54-0.5 John DoDoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 100 Meters 10.24 Roland McGhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Ron Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 110M Hurdles 13.89 Ron Bramlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 200 Meters 20.56 Dwight Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 400M Hurdles 50.14 Russell Holloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977 4x100M Relay 40.01 Kenny Shannon, Barry Gambrell, Greg Artis, André Kirnes . . 1981 Retired Events 440Yard Hurdles 50.0 Mile Relay 3:10.5
Russell Holloway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977 Dennis Bandy, Davie Wyatt, Terry Scott, Jerry Singleton 1969 David Robinson, Larry Cotton, J.T. Musgrove, Ed Stegall 1977
Sun Belt Records (Through 2007-08) Event Record Individual/Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Year 100 Meters 10.02 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 200 Meters 20.37 Mardy Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 400 Meters 45.35 Godfrey Herring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 4x100M Relay 38.94 DJ Spann, Mardy Scales, Brad Orr, Pedro Holiday . . . . 2003
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