2010 Middle Tennessee Track and Field Media Guide by Middle Tennessee State University

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

Athletes and Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2010 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Men’s Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Women’s Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Newcomers’ Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2010 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Head Coach Dean Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Murphy Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sports Medicine Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Strength and Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Academic Enhancement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Residence and Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 2009 Year in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 2009 Indoor Performance Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2009 Outdoor Performance Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 2009 Championships Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 2009 Cross Country Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 2009 Cross Country Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 History and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 MT Track Through the Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Middle Tennessee Olympians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Middle Tennessee School Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Middle Tennessee All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Indoor Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Outdoor Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Sun Belt Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Sun Belt Team Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Blue Raider Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 We are Middle Tennessee’s Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Why Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Sun Belt Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Blue Raider Athletic Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Murfreesboro, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 President Sidney McPhee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Athletic Director Chris Massaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 GoBlueRaiders.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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

Coaching Staff

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

Athletic Communications

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

Overnight Address: 1500 Greenland Dr.

Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Mission Statement

The Middle Tennessee athletic program is committed to quality athletics that bring the campus together and promote a sense of pride and tradition in academic and athletic excellence. These programs also bring the University regional and national recognition and provide a link between the University, its alumni, and the community at large. They give students, faculty, and alumni opportunities for innovative public service activities that better the community. Athletics uses financial and physical resources to maintain and develop sports programs to accomplish the mission of the University.

Credits

The 2010 Middle Tennessee Track Media Guide is a production of the Athletic Communications Department. The guide was written and designed by Graduate Assistant Christian Lemon. Printing by Interstate Printing in Mobile, Ala. Covers designed by David Lowery, DGL Graphix. Photography provided by Bradley Lambert. Content assistance provided by Travis Woods, Jessica Stauffacher, Bradley Lambert and Mark Owens. Special thanks to the Middle Tennessee track coaching staff, the Sun Belt Conference, opposition sports information contacts and past track sports information directors.

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

Athletes & Coaches

2010 Team Schedule 2010 Blue Raider Roster Men’s Bios Women’s Bios Newcomers 2010 Men’s Preview 2010 Women’s Preview Head Coach Dean Hayes Assistant Coaches

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2009-10 Middle Tennessee Schedule

Indoor

December

MT Christmas Invitational

Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

Tennessee State Invitational Kentucky Invitational Blue Raider Invitational Rod McCravey Memorial

Nashville, Tenn. Lexington, Ky. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) Lexington, Ky.

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Middle Tennessee Invitational MT Valentine Invitational

Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

27-28

Sun Belt Indoor Championships

Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

NCAA Last Chance Invitational

Ames, Iowa

January

10 15-16 23 29-30

February

March

12-13 NCAA Indoor Championships

20 26-27

Fayetteville, Ark.

Outdoor

Rhodes Invitational Yellow Jacket Invitational

Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.

Tiger Track Classic Sea-Rays Relays Boston-Moon Invitational Vanderbilt Invitational Penn Relays Western Kentucky Invitational

Auburn, Ala. Knoxville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Philadelphia, Pa. Bowling Green, Ky.

April

2-3 9-10 10 16-17 22-24 24

May

7-9 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships 14-15 Georgia Tech Invitational

Denton, Texas Atlanta, Ga.

28-29 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships

June 9-12 NCAA Outdoor Championships

Eugene, Ore.

2010 Blue Raider Track Roster Men’s Track and Field Name

Event

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Hometown (Previous School)

Philip Benavides Malcolm Beyah Isaac Biwott Joshua Butler Robert Carter Justin Chambers Festus Chemaoi Jarell Dorsey David Emery Robert Ezell Matthew Farris Stanley Gbagbeke Sean Giffin Rod Issac Vincent Johnson Curtis King Chris Mason Roscoe Payne DeRay Sloss William Songock Andrew Wagner Joshua Wheeler

Distance Sprints Distance Jumps Sprints Sprints Distance Sprints Distance Sprints Distance Jumps/Sprints Distance Sprints Jumps/Sprints Sprints Distance Hurdles Hurdles Distance Throws Distance

6-1 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-6 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-11 5-9 5-9 5-10 6-3 6-2 5-9 6-2 5-10

165 182 130 168 130 160 128 155 154 155 170 154 145 188 160 165 135 172 194 116 175 155

Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr.

Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) Chamblee, Ga. (Chamblee HS) Burnt Forest, Kenya (Kapngetuny) Glassboro, N.J. (Delsea Regional HS [Neosho County C.C.]) Chattanooga, Tenn. (Central HS) Acworth, Ga. (Kell HS [The Cottage Schoo]) Ainobkoi, Kenya (Kapngetuny) Baltimore, Md. (Calvert Hall College HS [Temple Univ.]) Pinckney, Mich. (Pinckney HS) Antioch, Tenn. (Antioch HS) Winchester, Tenn. (Franklin County HS) Oginibo, Nigeria (Oviorie [Delta State]) Shelbyville, Tenn. (Shelbyville Central HS) Miami, Fla. (Miami-Dade Central HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) Montgomery, Ala. (Jefferson Davis HS [Johnson City CC/Pratt CC]) Auburn, N.Y. (Auburn HS [S.U.N.Y. Delhi]) Flint, Mich. (Carman-Ainsworth HS) Nashville, Tenn. (McGavock HS [Belmont]) Moiben, Kenya (Uasin Gishu HS) Germantown, Tenn. (Houston HS) Milwaukee, Wis. (Riverside HS [Concordia])

Women’s Track and Field Name

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Marla Bailey Kayla Bryan Brittany Cox Anntoinette Dudley Samantha Hunt Kiara Henry Amber Jackson Amber Kassuba Sarah Nambawa Cherice Robertson Alissa Ruggle Zamzam Sangau Rispah Sang Jackline Serem Stephanie Smith Caroline Tanui MeLyn Thompson Kortney Thurman Kristen Tithof Nyeisha Wright

Distance Distance Throws Hurdles/Jump Distance Sprints Middle Distance Distance Jumps Hurdles/Jump Distance Distance Distance Distance Distance Distance Throws Jumps/Sprints Distance Jumps/Sprints

5-9 5-5 5-9 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-7 5-4 5-5 5-8 5-2 5-6 5-2 5-1 5-4 5-2 5-6 5-7 5-6 5-7

Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. r-Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. r-Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Barrie, Ontario (Barrie Central HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Karns HS) Antioch, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) Jacksonville, Fla. (Terry Parker HS) Gaylord, Mich. (Gaylord HS) Atmore, Ala. (Escambia Country HS) Chicago, Ill. (Evanston Township HS) Vanderbilt, Mich. (Gaylord HS) Kampala, Uganda (Ndejje University) Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) Mahattan, Kan. (Riley HS) Kampala, Uganda (Kyambog University) Kericho, Kenya (Kabokyek Adventist Secondary) Rift Valley, Kenya (Sacho HS) Aurora, Ontario (Dr. G.W. Williams S.S.) Eldoret, Kenya (Loreto HS) Chattanooga, Tenn. (Girls Prepatory School) Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS) Friendsville, Tenn. (William Blount HS) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Widefield HS [Southern Mississippi])

Head Coach: Dean Hayes Assistant Coach: Keith Vroman Assistant Coach: Thomas Keith Assistant Coach: Andrew Owusu Assistant Coach: Willie Parker

2010 Men’s Profiles Philip Benavides Senior • 6-1 • 165 Knoxville, Tenn. • Knoxville Catholic HS Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.01 o / 2:01.69 i 1,500 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:07.12 o 3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:01.95 i

2009-10 Cross Country Placed 72nd at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in a time of 32:12.02. 2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors as member of the DMR team at the Sun Belt Championships with third place finish in 10:18.31 ... Set a personal best in the 800 meters at the Rod McCravy, running a 2:01.69, finishing 32nd overall ... Placed eighth in the 800 in 2:05.03 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 13th in the 800 in 2:04.65 at the MT Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Set a lifetime best of 4:07.12 in the 1,500 meters at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Won as a member of the distance medley relay team in a time of 10:05.04 and placed sixth in 8:08.29 in the 4x800 meter relay at the Georgia Relays ... Placed ninth in the 800 at the Western Kentucky Invitational in 1:56.82 ... Placed 10th in 800 in 1:55.01 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Came in 24th in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.14 at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Cross Country Finished in the top 45 in five of the six events ... Placed 39th at the Belmont Opener in 16:43.71 (5K) and 38th at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 17:08 (5K) ... Finished 43rd at the Old Timers Classic in 28:03.71 (5 miles) and 191st at the Louisville Classic in 27:14.18 (8K) ... Posted an 11th-place showing at the FrontRunner Invitational in 16:59 (5K) and placed 33rd at the Sun Belt Championships in 27:30.91 (5 miles). Indoor Finished sixth in the mile run in 4:33.35 and eighth in 3:45.65 as a member of the mile relay team at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Placed 17th in the mile (4:33.49) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Came in ninth in the 3000 meters in 9:16.45 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Ran the mile in 4:38.18 at the Middle Tennessee Classic, placing 11th ... Placed 39th in the 3000 in 9:01.95 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished 21st in the mile run in 4:43.10 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Ran with the 4x1500m relay, finishing third, and distance medley relay in second at the Clemson Relays in times of 16:51.40 and 10:47.37, respectively ... Set a personal best of 4:08.98 in the 1500 meters, placing 34th, at the Tiger Track Classic ... Placed 15th with a personal-best 4:07.14 at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Finished first as member of the 4x1500m relay team at the Sea Ray Relays ... Set a personal best of 15:38.88 in the 5000 meters finishing 21st at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Came in 13th in the 3000-meter steeplechase in 10:39.33. 2006-07 Cross Country Finished 39th in 17:29 over 5K at the UTC Opener and 34th in 30:40.70 over 8K at the WKU Old Timers Classic ... Placed 35th in 17:27 over 5K at the FrontRunner Invitational ... Came in 53rd at the Sun Belt Championships in 28:35.48 over 8K. Indoor Did not compete. Outdoor Placed 30th in the 1500 meters in 4:12.19 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished 26th in the 1500 in 4:11.91 and was a member of the eighth-place 4x400meter relay (3:37.38) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Posted a personal-best 9:08.20, placing 11th in the 3000 meters at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Set another PR in the 3000 in 9:03.67 and ran 800 meters in 2:02.62 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Placed 12th in the 5000 meters in 15:40.01 at the Stan Lyons Invitational ... Came in 13th in the 10,000 meters in 36:22.17 at the Sun Belt Championships.

High School Two-year letterwinner in track and cross country at Knoxville Catholic HS ... Region and metro champion and finished third in state for two miles ... Holds the school record for two miles ... Also lettered three years in soccer. Personal Born Philip Austin Benavides on February 21, 1988 ... Son of Dolly Young and Phil Benavides ... Majoring in business administration.

Malcolm Beyah Sophomore • 5-11 • 182 Chamblee, Ga. • Chamblee HS Sprints

55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.44 i 100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.89 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.46 o / 22.53 i

2008-09 Indoor Won the 55-meter dash in 6.44 at the Middle Tennessee Invitational ... Finished third in the 55 meters in 6.46 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed ninth in the 55 meters and 11th in the 200 meters at the Sun Belt Championships with times of 6.51 and 22.15, respectively ... Placed 16th in the 60-meter dash at the Rod McCravy Memorial in 7.0. Outdoor Finished 20th in the 100-meter dash and 31st in the 200 meters at the Sun Belt Championships with preliminary times of 10.89 and 22.52, respectively ... Placed 28th in the 100 meter dash in a time of 11.02 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. High School Rated as the 90th best athlete in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 186 as a wide receiver by Scout.com ... Played offense, defense and special teams for Chamblee High School, which finished No. 3 in the 2007 Georgia Associated Press poll ... Also excelled on the track, where he owned the fastest 200-meter time in the state and the 12th fastest in the nation with a time of 21.46 ... His 55-meter time of 6.48 was the 26th fastest nationally ... Trained with former two-time Olympic gold medalist Antonio McKay ... Clocked in high school at 4.32 and 4.39 in the 40-yard dash. Personal Born Malcolm Jamaal Beyah on October 23, 1989 ... Son of Reginald and Carla Beyah.

Isaac Biwott Junior • 5-9 • 130 Burnt Forest, Kenya • Kapngetuny Distance

3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:48.21 i 3,000 Meter Steeplchase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:20.01 o 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:55.2 o / 15:08.1 i

2009-10 Cross Country Earned All Sun Belt honors by finishing ninth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in a time of 27:52.35 ... Came in fifth at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) in a time of 16:01 ... Placed 11th at UTC Opener (2M) in 16:17 ... Finished 17th in a time of 26:55.52 at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) ... Ran to an 18th-place finish at the Belmont Opener (5K) in 16:24.15 ... Came in 104th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in a time of 25:47.92.

2010 Men’s Profiles 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 30 in six out of eight races ... Placed third in 17.49 at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) and 18th in 16:04.61 at the Belmont Opener (5K) ... Finished 28th in the Memphis Twilight Classic (8K) coming in at 26:44.91 and at 27:15.20 at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5 miles) ... Came in 11th with a personalbest 15:49 at the UTC Invitational (5K) ... Finished the season running 18th at the Sun Belt Championships (8K). Indoor Set a personal best of 8:48.21 in the 3,000 meters at the Middle Tennessee Classic, finishing second overall ... Finished second in mile run at the MT Valentine Invitational in 4:20.84 ... Came in sixth in the 3,000 meters in 8:53.8 at the Sun Belt Championships, also placed 15th in the mile in 4:30.03 ... Placed seventh in the mile in 4:28.78 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished ninth in the 800 meters in 2:02.02 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in 17th in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing in 4:27.57. Outdoor Placed fifth for a season best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Championships in a time of 9:20.01, also finished eighth in the 5,000 meters in a 15:02.54 ... Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 9:39.7 at the War Eagle Invitational ... Came in sixth as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team in a time of 8:08.29 at the Georgia Relays … Ran the 4x1,500-meter relay at the Sea Rays Relays in a time of 16:23.43, finishing sixth overall … Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:02.82 placing 19th at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Cross Country Earned All-Sun Belt honors after placing 10th at the SBC Championships, finishing the five-mile course in 26:09.38 ... Finished in the top 30 in four of the five events ... Placed 23rd at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 16:09 (5K), 27th at the Old Timers Classic in 26:53.24 (5 miles) and eighth at the FrontRunner Invitational in 16:05 (5K) ... Ran 8K at the Louisville Classic in 25:47.68. Indoor Placed fourth in the mile run in 4:26.06 and was a member of the eighth-place mile relay (3:45.65) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 12th in the mile (4:27.75) and was a member of the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:43.27) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed fourth in the 800 meters in 1:58.13 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 31st in the 800 (2:01.35) and 23rd in the mile (4:20.38) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed ninth in the 800 in 1:58.91 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fifth in a personal-best 15:08.14 in the 5,000 meters, sixth in the mile in 4:20.28 and was a member of the third-place distance medley relay (10:18.16) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Member of the third-place 4x1,500 meter relay (16:51.40) and the second-place distance medley relay (10:47.37) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed fourth and set a personal best in the 5,000 meters (14:55.22) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the Coach O Invitational in 3:59.24 ... Placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in 32:38.33. Before Middle Tennessee Ran track for Elijah Kiprokos and attended Olaare Primary and Kapngetuny HS in Eldoret, Kenya. Personal Born Isaac Kiptanui Biwott on August 15, 1986 ... Son of Simion and Sarah Biwott ... Cousin Julius Kosgei was an All-American at Harding University.

Robert Carter Junior • 5-9 • 130 Chattanooga, Tenn.. • Central HS Sprints

55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.41 i 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 o / 22.28 i 400 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.52 / 49.87 i

2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors as a member of the third place DMR team at the Sun

Belt Championships with a time of 10:18.31 ... Won the 400 meters in 50.54 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Set a personal best of 49.87 in the 400 placing 14th and was a member of the fourth place 4x400m-relay team finishing in 3:18.11 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Member of the fifth place 4x400m-relay team in 3:29.49 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Earned two fifth-place finishes in the 200 and 400 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational with times of 22.63 and 50.31, respectively ... Placed sixth in the 200 in 22.44 and fifth in the 400 in 51.65 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in seventh in 51.72 in the 400 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Ran a 50.64 preliminary time in the 400, finishing 17th overall at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Set a lifetime best of 49.53 in the 400 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational placing, 28th overall ... Won as a member of the distance medley relay at the Georgia Relays with a time of 10:05.4, also placed ninth in the 400 meters in 50.5 ... Came in fourth in the 400 in 50.12 at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Placed 18th in the 400 at the Sun Belt Championships with a preliminary time of 50.23 ... Finished 23rd in the 400 in 50.19 at the War Eagle Invitational. 2007-08 Indoor Placed 13th in the 400 meters in 54.43 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 14th in the 200 meters in 23.41 and posted a time of 6.84 in the 55 meters at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed 13th in the 200 in 23.32 and 12th in the 400 in 54.23 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 16th in the 400 in 53.55 at the MT Valentine Invitational and 21st in 52.12 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Posted a 400-meter time of 52.77 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished the 200 meters in 23.15 and the 400 in 52.26 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Posted a time of 22.76 in the 200 and 52.69 in the 400 at the Coach O Invitational. High School Posted personal-best times of 22.1 in the 200 meters and 11.01 in the 100 meters for coach Reggie Upshaw at Chattanooga Central HS. Personal Born Robert Curtis Carter III on March 9, 1989 ... Son of Robert and Tina Carter.

Festus Chemaoi Junior • 5-9 • 128 Ainobkoi, Kenya • Kapngetuny Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:49.4 o / 1:50.27 i 1,500 Meters/Mile Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:44.62 o / 4:06.29 i 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:17.19 o / 14:49.29 i

2009-10 Cross Country Became the first male runner at Middle Tennessee to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 1971 ... Earned All NCAA South Regional (10K) honors by finishing 13th at the NCAA South Regional (10K) in a time of 30:38.50 ... Garnered all-conference honors, placing second at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in 26:42.14 ... Won the Belmont Opener (5K), UTC Opener (5K) and the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) with respective times of 15:11.96, 15:30 and 15:11 ... Came in third at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) in a time of 24:59.51 ... Placed 10th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 24:20.48 ... Finished 146th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (10K) in 31:31.1. 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 10 in five out of eight races ... Won the season opener at the Agnes Scott Invitational in 17:13 and finished ninth at the Belmont Opener (5K) in 15:54.35 ... Came in 25th at the Memphis Twilight Classic (8K) in 26:31.55 and 45th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 25:00.48 for a season-best time ... Finished the season with two top-10 finishes, coming in eighth at the WKU Old Timer’s Classic (8K) in 26:07.60 and sixth at the UTC Invitational (5K) in 15:28 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors, coming in eighth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K), finishing in 25:57.97.

2010 Men’s Profiles Indoor Ranked 60th on the NCAA descending order list in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.27 recorded at the NCAA Last Chance meet to earn an NCAA Provisional mark and set a school record ... Earned Top Meet Scorer and Most Outstanding Male track athlete at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships and earned All-Conference in the 800 meters, mile run and 3000 meters ... Won the 800 in 1:55.76 and mile in 4:11.18, placed second in the 3000 in 8:22.0, setting a personal best, and set a lifetime best of 14:49.29 in the 5000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won the 800 in 1:56.08 and mile in 4:14.40 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Won the 800 at the MT Valentine Invitational in 1:51.64 ... Placed eighth in the 3000 at the Kentucky Invitational in 8:22.89 ... Placed first in the 800 in 1:54.78 Middle Tennessee Classic ... Set personal bests of 4:06.29 in the mile, placing second and 11th in the 800 in 1:53.12 at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Ranked 49th on the NCAA descending order list in the 1,500 meters and 60th in the 800 meters ... Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times of 3:44.62 in the 1,500 and 1:49.48 in the 800 ... Set Middle Tennessee records of 1:49.48 in the 800 and 14:17.79 in the 5000 meters ... Placed first overall in the 5000 at the Penn Relays in a time of 14:17.79 ... Won both the 800 and 1,500 at the Sun Belt Championships in times of 1:51.66 and 3:47.25, respectively … Won the 1500 in an NCAA Regional qualifying time of 3:46.28 and third in the 800 meters in 1:51.69 at the Tiger Track Classic … Won as a member of the distance medley relay in a time of 10:05.04 at the Georgia Relays, also took 11th in the 4x400-meter relay (3:40.96) and sixth in the 4x800-meter relay (8:08.29) … Placed 14th in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. 2007-08 Cross Country Placed in the top 25 in the first four events of the year, winning twice ... Won his first collegiate event, finishing the 5K course at the Belmont Opener in 15:12.45 ... Placed fourth at the Old Timers Classic in 25:27.91 (5 miles) and 23rd at the Louisville Classic in 24:39.38 (8K) ... Won the UTC FrontRunner Invitational in 15:16 (5K) ... Had a mishap at the Sun Belt Championships in which his shoe came off during the race, which pushed him back to 11th in 26:15.91 (5 miles) ... Finished 49th at the NCAA South Regional in 32:33.99 (10K). Indoor Garnered Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors after compiling 18 points at the conference championships, winning the mile run along the way ... Earned AllSun Belt honors in the mile and also after placing third in the 3000 meters at the SBC Championships ... Won the mile in 4:13.96 and the 3000 in 8:39.29 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished third in the 3000 in a personal-best 8:30.61 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed third in the mile in 4:17.55 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the 3000 in 8:49.51 and was fourth in the mile in 4:23.28 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 14th in the mile in 4:13.59 and 36th in the 800 meters in 2:04.40 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 17th in the 800 in 2:02.95 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Won the mile in 4:16.81, placed third in the 3000 in 8:31.04 and finished seventh in the 5000 in a personal-best 15:19.66 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors after earning 19 points at the Sun Belt Championships in four events ... Ranked 118th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the 3000-meter steeplechase with time of 9:40.33 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the steeplechase and 1500 meters, winning the steeplechase and placing third in 1500 at the SBC Championships ... Member of the third-place 4x1500-meter relay (16:51.40) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed third in the steeplechase in 9:45.18 at Yellow Jacket Invitational and third in same event in 9:28.82 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Member of the winning 4x1500 relay (16:23.42) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Set a personal best in the 800 meters (1:57.24) and finished third in the 5000 meters in a personal-best 14:54.48 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the 1500 in 3:56.34 and placed second in the 800 with another PR (1:54.72) at the Coach O Invitational ... Won the steeplechase at the SBC meet in 9:40.33, placed third in the 1500 (3:57.38), finFestus Chemaoi

ished seventh in the 5000 (15:34.83) and was eighth in the 800 ... Finished 22nd in the steeplechase at the NCAA Mideast Regional in 9:40.18. Before Middle Tennessee Voted the Cross Country Athlete of the Year twice at Kapngetuny HS and won the secondary schools cross country championship once. Personal Born Festus Kipchirchir Chemaoi on November 20, 1986 ... Son of David Chemaoi and Nelly Kiplagat.

David Emery Junior • 6-3 • 154 Pinckney, Mich. • Pinckney HS Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:55.48 o / 1:54.51 i 1,500 Meters/Mile Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:54.03 o / 4:12.12 i 3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:38.57 i

2009-10 Cross Country Placed 11th at the Sun Belt Championship (8K) in a time of 28:00.88 ... Came in fourth at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) in a time of 15:59 ... Finished 12th at the UTC Opener (5K) in 16:17 ... Placed 22nd at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) in a time of 27:32.74 ... Ran to a 23rd-place finish at the Belmont Opener (5K) in 16:26.67 ... Finished 85th at the Louisville Classic (8K) in 25:37.57. 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 20 in five of eight races ... Came in fourth at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) at 18:01 and 11th at the Belmont Opener, finishing in 15:54.87 ... Finished 28th in 26:44.91 at the Memphis Twilight Classic and 17th in 27:38.30 at the WKU Old Timer’s Classic ... Placed 63rd at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 25:18.10 and seventh at the UTC Invitational (5K) in 15:29 for a personal best ... Finished ninth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in 26:01.54 earning all-conference honors. Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors as a member of the third-place DMR team at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 10:18.31 ... Won the mile run in 4:20.02 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished second in the mile in 4:15.14 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Placed eighth in the 3000 meters in 9:04.61 ... Came in ninth at the Rod McCravy Memorial in the mile, running a 4:20.65 ... Finished seventh in the mile in 4:20.22 and 11th in the 800 meters in 1:58.87 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed fifth in the 1,500 meters in 3:54.03 for a lifetime best and sixth in the 800 meters in 1:55.7 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Set a lifetime best of 1:53.41 in the 800 in the preliminary heat at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won as a member of the distance medley relay team at the Georgia Relays in a time of 10:05.04 ... Finished sixth as a member of 4x1,500-meter relay team at the Sea Rays Relays in 16:23.43, also finished 28th in the 800 in 1:55.48 ... Placed 15th in both the 3,000 and 1,500 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with times of 8:58.69 and 3:59.49, respectively ... Placed 27th in the 1,500 in 3:55.58 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. 2007-08 Indoor Placed fifth in the 3000 meters in 9:09.79 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished 14th in the mile run in 4:29.93 and 20th in the 800 meters in 2:03.63 and was a member of the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:43.27) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed fifth in the mile in 4:25.66 at the Blue Raider Invitational and fourth in the 3000 in 8:55.87 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 26th in the mile in 4:20.94 and 34th in the 800 in 2:02.25 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 10th in the 3000 in 9:04.46 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished eighth in the mile run in 4:22.84 and 21st in the 5000 meters in 16:55.60 and was a member of the third-place distance medley relay (10:18.16) at the Sun Belt Championships.

2010 Men’s Profiles Outdoor Member of the third-place 4x1500-meter relay (16:51.40) and the second-place distance medley relay (10:47.37) at the Clemson Relays ... Member of winning 4x1500-relay (16:23.42) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed fifth in the 800 meters in 1:56.16 at the Coach O Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 1500 meters in 3:59.62 and seventh in the 800 in 1:59.82 at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Ran three years of cross country and four years of track for coach Tom Carney ... Won the 2006 state cross country individual championship and was a member of the cross country state team championships as junior and senior ... Individual state champion in the 3200 meters and runner-up in the 1600 meters as senior and also All-American in the 4xMile relay ... Top times included a 1:56.6 in the 800 meters, 4:12.2 in the 1600, 9:22.02 in the 3200 and 15:34 in the 5000 meters ... Also lettered three years in swimming. Personal Born David Curtis Emery on March 1, 1989 ... Son of Don and Kimberly Emery.

Robert Ezell Junior • 6-1 • 155 Antioch, Tenn. • Antioch HS Sprints

55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50 i 100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 o

2008-09 Indoor Took fifth in the 55-meter dash in 6.51 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in 10th in the 55 meters in 6.66 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed 15th in the 55 meters in 6.72 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Placed 12th in the 55 meters in 6.58 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Finished 36th in the 60 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Finished fourth in 100 meter dash in 11.03 and eighth in the 200-meter dash in 22.65 at the Boston-Moon Classic … Set a lifetime best of 10.9 in the 100-meter dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational finishing, 23rd overall … Placed 20th in the 100-meter dash in 10.94 at the War Eagle Invitational … Came in 14th in the 100 meter dash at the Western Kentucky Invitational with a time of 12.7. 2007-08 Indoor Placed 13th in the 200 meters in 23.11 and 11th in the 400 meters in 53.62 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 24th in the 200 in 22.56and 43rd in the 400 in 54.41 and was a member of the 17th-place 4x400-meter relay (3:25.81) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 13th in the 200 in 23.14 and posted a prelim time of 6.60 in the 55 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished 10th in the 55 in 6.60 and posted a prelim time of 23.69 in the 200 at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Basketball and track letterwinner at Antioch HS ... Earned all-state honors as senior in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and on the 4x100-meter relay ... Garnered all-region accolades in the 100 and 200 ... Participated in the 2007 Junior Olympics ... Top times included a 10.6 in the 100 and a 21.8 in the 200. Personal Born Robert Isaac Ezell Jr. on August 20, 1989 ... Son of Robert and Annie Ezell.

Stanley Gbagbeke Junior • 6-0 • 154 Oginibo, Nigeria • Delta State Sprints/Jumps

100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.62 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.08 o / 21.68 i Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . 26-5.5 (8.06m) o / 24-8.25 (7.53m) i

2008-09 Indoor Ranked 34th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the long jump with 24-8.25 (7.52m) set at the MT Christmas Invitational, finishing second ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the long jump, placing second with a jump of 246.5 (7.48m) in the event at the SBC Championships ... Won the 200 meters in 22.18 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in the 55 meters in 6.54 and seventh in the 200 in 23.14 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished fourth in the 55 in 6.43 and second in the 200 in 21.58 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in seventh in 6.8 seconds in the 60 meters and eighth in the long jump, 22-4.25 (6.76m), at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished 14th in 6.6 seconds in the 55 meters at the SBC Championships. Outdoor Qualified for the IAAF World Championships with a lifetime best leap of 26-5.5 (8.06m) ... Finished second in the NCAA in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a leap of 26-3 (8.0m) earning All American honors ... Ranked t-29th as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team on the NCAA descending order list with a time of 39.95, earning an NCAA Regional qualifying time run at the Sun Belt Championships ... Earned All Sun Belt honors with the 4x100-meter relay ... Won the 200 meter dash in 21.92 and finished second in the 100 meter dash in 10.76 at the Boston-Moon Classic and finished 4th as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team ... Placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 24-8.25 (7.52m), second on the 4x100 meter relay in 39.95, ninth in the 100 meters in 10.62, and 15th in the 200 meter dash in 21.76 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Finished eighth in the 100 meters in 10.68 at the Tiger Track Classic. Personal Stanley Gbagbeke ... Son of Jo Gbagbeke ... Transferred from Delta State..

Rod Issac Senior • 5-11 • 188 Miami, Fla. • Miami-Dade Central HS Sprints

2008-09 Indoor Placed second in the 200 meters in 21.93 and third in the 55 meters in a time of 6.5 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Ran on the 4x400m-relay team, finishing fourth in 3:18.11 placed 27th in the 60 meters in 7.08 and at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished sixth with a time of 3:21.02 on the 4x400m-relay team. Outdoor Placed seventh with the 4x400-meter relay team in 3:23.06, 21st in the 100-meter dash in 10.92, and 28th in the 200 meter in 22.36 at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Voted All-Dade Second Team in 2006 ... Named to the Dade-Broward County AllStar Team ... Helped lead Miami-Dade to an 11-2 record in 2006. Personal Born Roderick Devone Issac on February 20, 1989 ... Son of Roy and Mamie Issac ... Major is undecided

2010 Men’s Profiles Curtis King Senior • 5-9 • 165 Montgomery, Ala. • Davis HS (Pratt CC) Sprints

55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.37 i 100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.46 i / 21.54 o

2008-09 Indoor Placed fifth in both the 55 and 200 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in 6.45 and 21.82, respectively ... Placed fourth at the MT Valentine Invitational in the 55 in 6.48 … Finished ninth in the 60-meter dash in 6.95 and 16th in the 200 in 21.67 at the NCAA Last Chance Meet … Came in 14th in the 60 in 6.89 and 10th in the 200 in 21.93 at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Ranked 30th on the NCAA descending order list with the 4x100-meter relay team with a time of 39.95 set at the Sun Belt Championships ... Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times in the 200 meters and the 4x100-meter relay ... Won the 4x100-meter relay and finished third in the 4x200-meter relay with respective times of 40.77 and 1:25.79 at the Georgia Relays ... Placed fourth with the 4x100 relay team in 40.22, 11th in the 200 meters 21.46, and 16th in the 100-meter dash in 10.82 ... Came in seventh in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the Sun Belt Championships with times of 10.69 and 22.33, earned an NCAA Regional qualifying time of 21.14 in the 200 meters preliminary heat ... Finished eighth with the 4x100 relay team in 40.6 and ninth with the 4x200 relay team in 1:24.19 at the Penn Relays ... Placed 29th in the 100 meters at the Sea Rays Relays. Before Middle Tennessee Started collegiate career in 2007 at Pratt Community College before transferring to Johnson County Community College for 2007-08 ... Finished as the 2008 indoor 200-meter National Champion ... Selected as a track All-American. Personal Born Curtis King II on October 4, 1988 ... Son of Cynthia White and Curtis King ... Majoring in athletic training.

Roscoe Payne Sophomore • 6-3 • 172 Flint, Mich. • Carman-Ainsworth HS Hurdles

55 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.47 i 110 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.07 o 400 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.41 o

2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors, winning the 55-meter hurdles at the Sun Belt Championships in 7.5 also placed sixth as a member of the 4x400m relay in 3:21.02 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Came in second in the 55 hurdles in 7.59and finished fifth overall as a member of the 4x400m-relay in a time of 3:29.49 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed second in the 55 hurdles (7.47), third in the 200 meters in 21.89, and third with the 4x400m-relay team (3:24.67) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in second in the 55 hurdles in 7.84, also finished fourth in the 200 in 22.51 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Placed seventh in the 60meter hurdles 8.15 at the NCAA Last Chance Meet and set a personal best in the 60 hurdles prelims in 8.01 ... Ran ninth in the 60 hurdles in 8.06 as well as 27th in the 200 at the Kentucky Invitational. Outdoor Ranked 41st in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and 50th in 110-meter high hurdles on the NCAA descending order list ... Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times in the 110 and 400 hurdles ... Earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year for this performances at the SBC Championships, winning the 400-meter hurdles in 51.41 and placing second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.09 ... Won the 110

hurdles in 14.78 and placed 15th in the 400 hurdles in 1:03.7 at the Georgia Relays also came in 11th with the 4x400-meter relay team in 3:40.96 ... Placed seventh in the 110 hurdles in 14.49 at the War Eagle Invitational ... Took third in the 4x100-meter relay in 40.67, eighth in the 400 hurdles in 54.08, and 16th in the 110 hurdles in 15.15 at the Sea Rays Relays ... Placed eighth with the 4x100 meter relay team and ninth with the 4x200 meter relay team with respective times of 40.6 and 1:24.19 at the Penn Relays ... Finished eighth in the 110 hurdles in 14.65 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. High School Attended Carman-Ainsworth HS ... Four-year letterwinner in varsity track and field ... Junior and senior regional champion in the 110 hurdles ... State champion during his senior year in the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4x200-relay and 4x400relay ... Won the 2008 Midwest Meet of Champions in the 300M hurdles ... Set personal bests in the 110 hurdles (13.80), 300 hurdles (36.86), 400 (48.5) and 200 (21.7). Personal Born Roscoe Payne on September 9, 1989 ... Son of Tonya Payne and Tyrone Brown.

DeRay Sloss Senior • 6-2 • 172 Nashville, Tenn. • McGavock HS (Belmont) Hurdles/Jumps

55 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.36 i 110 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.29 o 400 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.92 o

2008-09 Indoor Placed 32nd in the 60m hurdles on the NCAA descending order list with a time of 7.89 ... Earned an NCAA provisional mark of 7.36 winning the 55-meter hurdles at the MT Christmas Invitational also placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 23-0.25 (7.02m) ... Won the 55 hurdles in 7.36 winning at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Won the 55 hurdles in 7.55 at the MT Valentine Invitational also placed fifth in the long jump, leaping 22-0 (6.71m) ... Came in second in the 55 hurdles in 7.39 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 22-11.75 (7.0m) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Finished fifth in the 60 hurdles in 8.07 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed ninth in the long jump 22-4.5 (6.82m) at the Sun Belt Championships and finished second in the preliminary heats of the 55m hurdles in 7.58 but was unable to finish in the finals after sustaining an injury ... Ran a preliminary 8.15, placing 14th in the 60m hurdles, and set a lifetime best in the triple jump (45-4.25) at the Kentucky Invitational, placing 12th. Outdoor Came in second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.86 at the Georgia Relays and placed 11th in 3:40.96 with the 4x400-meter relay team ... Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles and 10th in the 110 hurdles in respective times of 53.11 and 14.55 at the War Eagle Invitational ... Came in eighth in the long jump in 23-5.25 (7.14m) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed eighth in the 110 hurdles in

Roscoe Payne

DeRay Sloss

2010 Men’s Profiles 14.62 and 15th in the 400 hurdles in 55.5. 2007-08 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 55-meter hurdles, placing third at the SBC Championships ... Placed third in the 55 hurdles in 7.52 and seventh in the 200 meters in 22.87 and was a member of the fourth-place mile relay (3:18.99) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished seventh in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.24 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Won the 55 hurdles in 7.50 and placed second in the 200 in 22.29 and was a member of the fourth-place mile relay (3:24.84) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the 55 hurdles in 7.52 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed ninth in the 60 hurdles in 8.18 and 28th in the 200 in 22.66 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished third in the 55 hurdles in personal-best 7.45, eighth in the 200 in 22.67 and seventh in the long jump with a 22-9.5 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in the 55 hurdles in 7.51 and sixth in the long jump (23-1.75) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Ranked 106th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.29, and 70th in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.92 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 400 hurdles, placing second at the SBC Championships ... Placed second in the long jump in a personal-best 23-6.75, finished third in the 400 hurdles (54.77) and seventh in the 110 hurdles (15.53) at the Clemson Relays ... Finished 23rd in the high hurdles in 14.65 and was a member of the sixth-place 4x100-meter relay (41.30) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed second in the high hurdles in a personal-best NCAA regional-qualifying time of 14.29 and finished ninth in the long jump (23-5.25) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished second in the high hurdles (14.39) and third in the long jump (23-0) and was a member of the fourth-place 4x100 relay (42.76) at the Coach O Invitational ... Placed second in the 400 hurdles in 52.52, just one-tenth of a second from a regional-qualifying time, at the Sun Belt Championships ... Posted an NCAA regional qualifying time of 51.92 in the 400 hurdles, placing ninth, at the Georgia Tech Last Chance Invitational ... Posted times of 14.72 in the high hurdles and 52.31 in the 400 hurdles preliminaries at the NCAA Mideast Regional. High School Track and cross country letterwinner for coach Ronnie Smith ... An all-state honoree in the 300-meter hurdles as a sophomore and junior and in the 110-meter hurdles as a junior ... Ran the fastest 300 hurdle time in the state as a senior ... Best times and marks included 14.3 in the 110 hurdles, 37.7 in the 300 hurdles, 48.7 in the 400 meters, 22-5 in the long jump and 6-6 in the high jump ... Also played football and basketball. Personal Born DeRay Sloss on December 8, 1987 ... Son of Samuel and Traci Sloss.

William Songock Senior • 5-9 • 116 Moiben, Kenya • Uasin Gishu HS Distance

3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:14.15 i 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:20.33 / 14:35.36 i 10,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:43.11

2009-10 Cross Country Earned All Sun Belt honors, placing sixth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in 27:32.13 ... Came in second at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) in 15:21 ... Placed third at the Belmont Opener (5K) in UTC Opener (5K) in respective times of 15:36.59 and 15:44 ... Finished fifth at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) in a time of 25:20.75 ... Came in 14th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K) in 27:32.13. 2008-09 Cross Country Finished the season with five top-10 finishes out of the six races ... Finished second at both the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) with a time of 17:31 and the Belmont Opener (5K) with a time of 15:15.89 ... Came in 10th at the Memphis Twilight Classic (8K), coming in 25:28.74, and sixth at the WKU Old Timers Classic

(5M) with a time of 25:50.80 ... Placed 15th at the Greater Louisville Classic (8K), coming in 24:22.33, and fifth with a personal best at the UTC Invitational (5K) in 15:20 ... Suffered an injury at the Sun Belt Championships and was not able to finish. Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the SBC Championships ... Set a personal best of 14:35.36 in the 5,000 meters, placing second at the Sun Belt Championships and ran third in the 3,000 in a time of 8:28.3 ... Won the 3,000 in 8:28.30 at the NCAA Last Chance Meet ... Won the mile run in 4:17.46 at the Blue Raider Invitational for a lifetime best ... Set a personal best of 8:14.15, finishing sixth in the 3,000 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Came in sixth in the 800 meters, setting a personal best of 1:58.87 and won the 3,000 (8:45.47) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed 10th in 3000 in 8:27.33 at the Kentucky Invitational. Outdoor Ranked 52nd on the NCAA descending order list in the 10,000 meters … Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters by winning the 10,000 in a school-record and lifetime-best time of 30:43.11; and placing second in the 5,000 in 14:34.66 at the Sun Belt Championships, also finished fourth in the 1,500 meters in 3:53.03 … Won the 5,000 at the Western Kentucky Invitational in 15:16.34 … Finished second in the 5,000 in 14:34.66 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Came in fifth in the 10,000 at the Sea Rays Relays in 31:14.25 … Placed fifth in the 3,000 meters in 8:30.71 and 18th in the 1,500 in 4:00.35 at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Cross Country Finished in top 20 in five of the seven meets and earned All-Sun Belt honors for second-straight season ... Placed 14th at the Belmont Opener in 15:51.63 (5K) and 19th at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 15:59 (5K) ... Posted a 20th-place showing at the Old Timers Classic in 26:26.15 (5 miles) and was 55th at the Louisville Classic in 25:16.20 (8K) ... Finished fifth at the FrontRunner Invitational in 15:45 (5K) and placed eighth at the SBC Championships in 26:01.49 (5 miles) ... Finished 73rd at the NCAA South Regional in 33:29.94 (10K). Indoor Placed second in the 3,000 meters in 8:44.50 and third in the mile run in 4:23.06 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished fifth in the mile in a personal-best 4:19.22 and 19th in the 800 meters in 2:02.13 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed third in the 3000 in 8:43.57 at the Blue Raider Invitational and second in 8:50.72 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Posted times of 4:20.49 in the mile and 2:03.08 in the 800 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed 15th in the 800 in 2:00.29 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 15:06.02 and fifth with a PR of 8:34.80 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Ranked 107th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:02.87 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in two events at the SBC Championships, winning the 5000 and placing second in the 10,000 meters ... Placed second in the 5,000 in 15:49.50 at the Clemson Relays and posted a personal best in the 1,500 meters (4:03.41) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Member of the winning 4x1500-meter relay (16:23.42) and the eighth-place distance medley relay (10:32.47) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Finished eighth in the 5,000 in a personalbest 15:00.72 at the Vanderbilt Invitational and won the 3,000 meters in 8:35.13 at the Coach O Invitational ... Won the 5,000 in 15:02.87 and placed second in the 10,000 in 31:54.10 at the Sun Belt Championships. 2006-07 Cross Country Placed second in 25:13.94 over 8K at his first collegiate event at the Louisville Classic ... Came in second again, this time in 15:22 over 5K at the FrontRunner Invitational ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors after placing seventh in 25:09.62 over 8K at the Sun Belt Championships, recording the fastest time by a Blue Raider harrier in more than six years. Outdoor Placed 14th in the 5000 meters in 15:56.99 and was a member of the sixth-place distance medley relay (10:45.01) at the Alabama Relays ... Came in 19th in the 5,000 in 15:58.05 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and 22nd in the 1,500 meters in 4:07.32 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 66th in the 800 meters in 2:00.73 and fourth in the 3000 meters in 8:46.34 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished 14th in the 5,000 in 16:00.69 and 11th in the 10,000 meters in 34:34.01 at the Sun

2010 Men’s/Women’s Profiles Belt Championships. Before Middle Tennessee Member of the track and handball teams at Uasin Gishu HS in Eldoret, Kenya ... Ran best times in both the 400 and 800 meters during his high school career ... Top times included 4:20 in the 1,500 meters, 15:09 in the 5K and 9:09 in the 3K ... Academic representative, chair of the Science Club and vice president of the Adventist Society. Personal Born William Kipkosgei Songock on July 5, 1986 ... Son of Jonah Songock and Monica Keter ... Uncle Martin Tabutt was named the best jumper and 800 meter runner in high school ... Majoring in nursing.

Joshua Wheeler Senior • 5-10 • 155 Mikwaukee, Wis. • Riverside HS (Condordia) Middle Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04.60 i Mile Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:52.60 i

2009-10 Cross Country Came in 12th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) in 19:09 ... Placed 31st in at the WKU Old Timers Classic (8K) in a time of 30:13.23 ... Ran to a 38th place finish at the UTC Opener in a time of 18:25 ... Finished 54th at the Belmont Opener (5K) in 17:50.00. 2008-09 Cross Country Placed 63rd at the Sun Belt Championships in 29:58.84. Indoor Set a personal best of 2:04.6 in the 800 meters at the Kentucky Invitational ... Finished ninth the mile run in 4:52.6 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Came in 15th in the 800 in 2:08.27 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Placed 15th in the mile in 4:46.84 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished 18th in the 800 in 2:10.84 at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Attended Riverside High School ... Lettered in cross county, basketball and track ... Coached by Andrea Gremer ... Tabbed as an all-conference selection in cross country. Personal Born Joshua Wheeler on August 11, 1987 ... Son of Deborah Wheeler ... Majoring in accounting ... Transferred from Concordia University in Mequon, Wis.

Marla Bailey Junior • 5-9 Barrie, Ontario • Barrie Central HS Distance

3,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:59.73 i / 10:48.55 o 3,000 Meters Steeplechase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:47.50 o 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:20.83 o / 18:52.67 i

2009-10 Cross Country Earned All Sun Belt honors by finishing fourth at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 19:58.33 ... Finished fifth at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 11:38 ... Placed seventh in 12:04 at the UTC Opener ... Came in 14th at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in 18:57.06 ... Finished 20th at the Belmont Opener (4K) in a time of 15:03.48 ... Came in 48th at the NCAA South Regional (6K) in a time of 21:57.36. 2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 20 in five of the eight races ... Came in third at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) in 21:17 and Belmont Opener (4K) in 15:16.10 ... Finished 42nd at the Memphis Twilight Classic (5K) in 19:57.18, 13th at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) 19:23.20 and 70th in the Greater Louisville Classic (5K), posting a personal best of 18:45.34 ... Placed seventh at the UTC Invitational (2 miles) in 11:43 ... Finished the season 11th at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 19:12.71. Indoor Placed third in the 3,000 meters in 10:46.68 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in fifth in the mile run in 5:28.6 and eighth in the 800 meters in 2:34.73 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished 12th in the mile at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Came in 12th in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships in 18:52.67 and ran on the DMR team finishing ninth. Outdoor Ran a season-best time of 4:55.47 in the 1,500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational coming in 15th ... Placed 10th overall in the 5,000 meters in 18:20.83 and 12th overall in the 10,000 meters in 40:44.87 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Ran 39:39.70 in the 10,000 meters at the Sea Rays Relays placing 10th ... Finished 14th in the 5,000 in 19:05.14 at the Georgia Relays ... Came in 17th in 3,000 meters, running a time of 10:52.49, and 29th in the 1,500 with a time of 5:02.99 at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Cross Country Earned SBC Freshman of the Year honors after placing 13th at the Sun Belt Championships ... Finished in top 40 in four of the five events ... Placed 25th at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 12:26 (2 miles) and 36th at the Old Timers Classic in 19:43.27 (5K) ... Finished 72nd at the Louisville Classic in 19:08.80 (5K) and eighth at the FrontRunner Invitational in 11:47 (2 miles) ... Posted a 13thplace showing at the Sun Belt Championships in 18:50.22 (5K). Indoor Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters in 10:44.66 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Posted times of 5:26.64 in the mile run and 2:40.01 in the 800 meters at the Kentucky Invitational ... Won the 3,000 in 10:35.22 at the Blue Raider Invitational and placed 30th in 10:35.66 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Posted a personalbest 5:21.27 in the mile at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished 10th in the 3,000 in 10:39.42 and posted a personal-best 18:55.16 in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Member of the school-record 4x1,500-meter relay (19:45.74) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:47.50 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Member of the fifth-place 4x1,500 relay (20:16.78) and eighth-place distance medley relay (12:44.24) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Finished third in the 3000 meters at the Coach O Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 18:26.78 at the SBC Championships. High School Ran track and cross country for coach Dave Small ... Placed first in the GBSSA

2010 Women’s Profiles as a freshman and sophomore and 10th at the Canadian XC meet in 2004 ... Finished first in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at the GBSSA and 5th at the OFSSA as freshman ... Came in 21st at the OFSSA as a junior and 9th at the OFSSA in 3,000 as a senior ... Best times included a 4:52 for the 1,500, 10:27 for the 3,000 and 18:57 for the 5,000 meters ... Student council president and member of the Honor Roll. Personal Born Marla Blair Bailey on May 22, 1989 ... Daughter of Joe and Lori Bailey ... Mother went to the world championships in mountain biking, finishing seventh, and father is ranked in the top 3 in Canada in mountain biking.

Brittany Cox Senior • 5-9 Antioch, Tenn. • Glencliff HS Throws

Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . 53-6.25 (16.31m ) o / 53-5.5 (16.29m) i Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165-9 (50.53m) o Hammer/Weight Throw . . . 176-10 (53.91m) o / 67-6 (20.57m) i

2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the shot put with second-place finish, setting a school record of 48-10.25 (14.89m), and accolades in the weight throw for thirdplace finish at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won both the weight throw and shot put with respective tosses of 55-8 (16.97m) and 48-4 (14.73m) at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Won the weight throw with a mark of 57-6.5 (17.54m) and placed second in the shot put, throwing 44-5 (13.54m), at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the weight throw with a 58-01.0 (17.7m) toss and came in second in the shot (45-11.5 [14.01m]) at the MT Valentine ... Placed second in both the shot put and weight throw at the MT Christmas Invitational with tosses of 445.5 (13.52m) and 54-9 (16.69m), respectively ... Finished second in the weight throw with a mark of 60-2 (18.34m) and third in the shot put, throwing 43-11.25 (13.39m), at the Ed Temple Classic ... Placed third in the weight throw with a toss of 57-5 (17.50m) at the Kentucky Invitational and fifth in the shot put, recording a throw of 48-1.25 (14.66m) ... Finished 18th in the shot put with a toss of 44-7.5 (13.60m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Finished the season 23rd at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 49-9.75 (15.18m) ... Ranked 25th in the shot put on the NCAA descending order list with a toss of 52-1.75 (15.89m), and 71st in the discus, throwing 160-9 (49.0m) ... Earned 10 total NCAA Regional qualifying marks in 2009 season, seven total in the shot put ... All Sun Belt in the shot put and discus ... Won the shot put and placed 4th in the hammer throw setting a school records in both events, with respective throws of 52-1.75 (15.89m) and 170-5 (51.94m) at the Tiger Track Classic, also placed fourth in the discus (156-11 [47.84m]) and 7th in the javelin (12211 [37.46m]), all personal bests ... Won the shot put at the Sun Belt Championships with a mark of 50-0.75 (15.26m), third in the discus with a throw of 158-1 (48.18m), and fourth in the javelin tossing 128-1 (39.04m) ... Won the shot put and discus at the Western Kentucky Invitational with tosses of 48-2 (14.68m) and 151-7 (46.2m), also came in second in the hammer throw with a mark of 164-7 (50.16m) ... Placed second in both the shot put and discus at the War Eagle Invitational with marks of 49-3.75 (15.03m) and 160-9 (49.01m), respectively, as well as finishing sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 152-7 (46.5m). 2007-08 Indoor Broke her own school record in the weight throw during the season ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the shot put, placing second at the SBC Championships ... Placed fourth in the shot put (45-11) and sixth in the weight throw (46-7.5) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished sixth in the shot put (47-3.75) and eighth in the weight throw (52-8) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed third in the shot put (45-3.5) at the Blue Raider Invitational and at the Middle Tennessee Classic (45-1) ... Broke her own school record and posted a personal-best mark of 59-0.25 in the weight throw to finish fifth and also was 10th in the shot put (46-8.25) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Won the weight throw (57-10.5) and the shot put (43-1) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished second in the shot put with a mark of 46-4.75 but fouled on all three attempts in the weight throw at the Sun

Belt Championships. Outdoor Set the school record three times in the hammer throw and posted personal bests in the shot put, hammer, discus and javelin during the season ... Ranked 68th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the shot put with a mark of 49-0.25 and 101st in the discus with a mark of 153-11 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the discus and shot put, winning the discus and placing second in the shot put at the SBC Championships ... Won the hammer (161-1) and placed second in the shot put (44-8) and javelin (96-5) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed third in the shot put with a PR and an NCAA regional mark of 48-3.5 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Set a PR in the hammer with a mark of 158-7 at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed third in the hammer with a mark of 162-11 and finished second in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Placed second in the hammer with a mark of 164-2, finished second in the shot put with another PR (49-0.25) and was fourth in the discus at the Coach O Invitational ... Won the discus with a personal-best 153-11, placed second in the shot put (47-8) and fifth in the hammer with another school record (165-4) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Also posted a PR in the javelin (107-1) at the SBC meet ... Placed 29th in the shot put (45-8.5) and the discus (136-11) at the NCAA Mideast Regional. 2006-07 Indoor Posted three victories and five second-place finishes, including a first and a second at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won the shot put in her first collegiate meet with a mark of 46-5 and finished second in the weight throw with a mark of 54-9 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished eighth with a mark of 56-6 in the weight throw at the Kentucky Invitational ... Placed second in the shot put (44-9.5) and won the weight throw (54-9.5) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Came in second in the shot put (44-9.5) and finished third in the weight throw (56-8) at the Carle-Health Alliance Invitational ... Finished second in the shot put (45-0.5) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Won the shot put with a mark of 46-10 and broke the school record in the weight throw for a third time, placing second with a mark of 56-10.25 at the SBC Championships. Outdoor Placed ninth with a personal-best 143-0 in the discus, sixth in the shot put (44-7) and 11th in a personal-best 149-10 in the hammer at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished seventh in the shot put with a mark of 45-9 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Came in eighth in the discus (137-8) and 11th in a personal-best 152-1 in the hammer at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed seventh in the shot put (45-10.5) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished fourth in a personal-best 46-4.75 in the shot put and was seventh in the hammer with a PR of 154-1 at the Stan Lyons Invitational ... Placed third with an NCAA regional mark and a PR of 48-2.5 in the shot put at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 26th at the NCAA Mideast Regional in the shot put (42-6.75). High School Competed in four sports at Glencliff HS - volleyball, softball, basketball and track and field ... Voted the District MVP in volleyball and Offensive Player of the Year in softball ... Junior Olympic champion ... Elected the Homecoming Queen. Personal Born Brittany Jenea Cox on April 18, 1988 ... Daughter of Tina Cox and Ricky Cox ... Majoring in athletic training.

Kiara Henry Sophomore • 5-8 Atmore, Ala. • Escambia Country HS Sprints

55 Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.12 i 100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.94 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.90 o / 25.26 i

2008-09 Indoor Set a personal best in the 200 meters in 25.55 at the Middle Tennessee Classic finishing seventh overall also placed second in the 55 meters in 7.19 ... Set a lifetime best of 7.17 finishing fourth in the 55 meters at the Sun Belt Championships and came in 15th in 25.84 in the 200 ... Placed fifth in 7.32 in the 55 and placed

2010 Women’s Profiles fourth in the 200 in 25.82 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed seventh in the 55 in 7.47 and fifth in the 200 in 26.01 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished eighth in the 55 in 7.37 and 16th 200 in 26.01 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Placed 15th in the 200 in 25.84 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Came in 38th in the 60 meters in 7.93 at the Kentucky Invitational and 40th in 26.5 in the 200 meters ... Finished 17th in the 60 in 7.83 and 32nd in the 200 in 25.61 at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Earned All Sun Belt honors as a member of 4x400-meter relay team placing first overall at the SBC Championships in a time of 3:46.28 ... Won the 100-meter dash in 12.21 at the Boston-Moon Classic and placed fourth in the 200-meter dash in 25.85, and fifth in the long jump in 17-4.75 (5.3m) ... Won as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team in 46.12 and placed second as a member of the 4x200 -meter relay team in 1:39.41 at the Georgia Relays ... Placed fifth in the 100 in 12.03 with a lifetime-best time of 11.94 in the preliminary heat at the Sun Belt Championships, and also finished 15th in the 200 meters in 24.91 and 13th in the long jump with a leap of 18-8.5 (5.7m) ... Set a lifetime best of 24.9 in the 200 meters finishing 27th overall at the Georgia Tech Invitational, and placed 29th in the 100 meters in 12.17 ... Came in 18th in the 100 meters in 12.05 at the Sea Rays Relays ... Ran a time of 12.09 in the 100, finishing 12th at the War Eagle Invitational as well as 24.98 in the 200 placing 18th … Finished 27th in the 200 meters in 24.9 and 29th in the 100 meters in 12.17. High School Attended Escambia County High School ... Ran track and played basketball and volleyball ... Also was a cheerleader ... Two-time 4A track state champion ... Voted Most Athletic and Most School Spirited. Personal Born Kiara Henry on December 14, 1989 ... Daughter of Sharon Henry and the late Kenneth Henry ... Majoring in criminal justice administration.

Sarah Nambawa Senior • 5-5 Kampala, Uganda Jumps/Middle Distance

Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-10 (6.35m) i o Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . 45-9 (13.94m) o /44-8.25 (13.62m) i

2008-09 Indoor Earned indoor All-American honor for the second straight year and set school records in both long and triple jump ... Ranked second in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the triple jump with a mark of 44-8.25 (13.62m) and 12th in the long jump with a jump of 20-10 (6.35m) ... Voted Most Outstanding Field Performer at the Sun Belt Championships, winning the triple jump and taking second in the long jump ... Remained undefeated in the triple jump through eight weeks before placing second at the NCAA Indoor Championships to Florida State’s Kimberly Williams ... Won the triple jump with a provisional mark of 42-11.75 (13.10m) and placed second in the long jump (19-6.75 [5.97m]), and ran the 800, placing 16th in a time of 2:25.16 at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished second in the triple jump (44-4 [13.51m]) and 10th in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Earned two NCAA automatic qualifiers and set two Middle Tennessee records, winning both the long jump (20-10 [6.35m]) and triple jump (44-8.25[13.62m]), and finished third in the 800 meters at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Earned an NCAA automatic qualifier and won the triple jump with a leap of 43-10.25 (13.36m) and won the long jump, jumping 19-9.25 (6.03m), and ran on the third-place finishing 4x400m relay team at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Won both the long and triple jumps with marks of 19-3.25 (5.87m) and 42-0 (12.80m) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Earned an NCAA provisional mark winning the triple jump with a 43-3.25 (13.19m) jump, and took sixth in the long jump with a leap of 18-8 (5.69m) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Finished second in the 400 meters in 58.01 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won both the long jump (19-04.75), triple jump (43-03.25) and finished sixth in the 200 meters at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Earned an NCAA provisional mark of 42-8 (13.00m), winning the triple jump and placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 18-9 (5.71m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial.

Outdoor Placed third in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the triple jump with a leap of 45-3 (13.79m), earning All American honors and finished 23rd in the nation in the long jump with a leap of 18-8 (5.69m) ... Was named Most Outstanding Field Athlete at the Sun Belt Championships, also earning All Sun Belt honors in the long jump (20-10 [6.35m]), triple jump (44-11.75 [13.71m]) and 4x400 meter relay (3:46.28), winning all three events with NCAA Regional qualifying standards ... Won the triple jump with a leap of 43-7.25 (13.29m) and placed second in the long jump 19-6.25 (5.95m) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Came in second in the triple jump in 42-0 (12.8m) and 14th in the long jump with a leap of 18-4 (5.59m) and placed second in the 4x200 meter relay in 1:38.77 and fourth in the 4x100-meter relay in 46.34 at the Sea Rays Relays ... Came in second with the 4x400-meter relay team in 3:40.73 and seventh in the long jump in 194.75 (5.91m) at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Placed fourth in the triple jump 43-1 (13.13m) at the Penn Relays, also placed 19th in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:37.4, 26th in the 4x400 meter relay in 3:50.41, and 39th in the 4x100-meter relay 47.88. 2007-08 Cross Country Participated in four events, finishing 56th at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 13:58 (2 miles) and 82nd at the Old Timers Classic in 22:18.10 (5K). Indoor Earned All-America honors in the triple jump and broke the school record in the same event ... Ranked fourth in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the triple jump with a mark of 44-8.25 ... Voted the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the Sun Belt Championships after winning the triple jump and placing second in the long jump ... Won the triple jump with an NCAA provisional mark of 42-11.5, placed second in the long jump (18-4.75) and second in the 400 meters in 56.05 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Won the triple jump with an NCAA mark of 43-1.75, finished seventh in the long jump (18-1) and also seventh in the 400 in 56.67 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Won the triple jump (41-7), finished third in the 400 in 57.19 and was a member of the winning mile relay (3:49.77) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the 400 in 56.42, placed second in the long jump (18-3.75) and third in the 200 meters in 25.37 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Finished third in the triple jump (40-9.5), fifth in the long jump with mark of 18-7.25 and 19th in the 200 with a PR of 25.10 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Won the long jump with a mark of 19-0 and also won the triple jump (42-3) as well as placing sixth in the 200 in 25.17 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Broke the school record winning the triple jump (44-8.25), placed second in the long jump with a PR of (19-7.5), finished eighth in the 400 in 56.79 and was a member of the second-place mile relay (3:48.25) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed eighth in the triple jump (43-10.5) at the NCAA Championships, earning first career All-America honor. Outdoor Became the first Blue Raider female to participate in the NCAA Championships since 2004 after winning the triple jump at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Ranked 39th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list with a mark of 20-5.25 in the long jump and 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 44-4 ... Voted the Most Outstanding Field Performer at the Sun Belt Championships after winning the triple jump and placing second in the long jump ... Also placed eighth in the 400 meters and was a member of the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay, compiling 20 points ... Won the long jump (19-1.5) and the triple jump (42-5.5) and was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay (3:52.71) at the Clemson Relays ... Placed third in the long jump (19-0) and the triple jump (42-0) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished fourth in the triple jump (41-7.25) and 13th in the long jump (19-1.25) and was a member of the eighth-place distance medley relay (12:44.24) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Won the triple jump (43-1.5) with an NCAA qualifying mark and placed third in the long jump (19-6) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the triple jump with a mark of 44-2 and placed second in the long jump with her mark of 20-5.25, both NCAA qualifying marks ... Her long jump mark was the third best in school history ... Also placed eighth in the 400 and was a member of the fourthplace 4x100-meter relay (46.27) ... Won the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 44-5.5 but also posted a legal mark of 44-4, another school record, at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Placed 21st in the long jump (19-0.75) at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Posted a mark of 43-1.5 in the prelims and finished 12th overall with mark of 42-2.25 at the NCAA Championships in the triple jump.

2010 Women’s Profiles 2006-07 Indoor Placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 39-7.5 and second in the 800 meters in 2:24.93 and was a member of the winning mile relay (3:53.15) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished seventh in the long jump with a mark of 17-1.25, fifth in the triple jump (38-2.75) and sixth in the 600 meters in 1:39.46 at the Carle-Health Alliance Invitational ... Came in sixth in the triple jump (38-0.75) at the Indiana Relays ... Finished second in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 39-10 and also second in the 800 (2:19.44) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in the triple jump (39-7.25) and second in the 800 (2:17.86) and was a member of the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:53.07) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed 14th with a season-best 18-5.25 in the long jump, second with a mark of 41-7.75 in the triple jump and sixth with a time of 56.11 in the 400 meters and was a member of the school-record and NCAA regional qualifying 4x400meter relay (3:38.12) at the Alabama Relays ... Finished eighth in a season-best 55.61 in the 400 and was a member of the second-place 4x400 relay (3:41.95) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Member of the second-place 4x200-meter relay (1:40.26) at the Texas Relays ... Placed seventh in the triple jump (40-0.75) and was a member of the fifth-place 4x200 (1:37.98) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Won the triple jump with a season-best mark of 41-10.75, placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 18-7 and was seventh in the 800 meters in 2:12.11 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Member of the second-place 4x400 relay (3:39.23) at the Penn Relays ... Placed ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 39-0.25 at the SBC Championships and 13th with a mark of 41-2.25 at the NCAA Mideast Regional. High School Attended Masindi Academy for coach Pkanya Patrick ... Posted best times of 57.26 in the 400 meters, 2:13 in the 800 meters and marks of 17-3 in the long jump and 37-10 in the triple jump ... Also attended Ndejje University for one year. Personal Born Sarah Nambawa on September 23, 1985 ... Daughter of Kalanda Paul and Namutebi Immaculate ... Majoring in liberal studies.

Cherice Robertson R-Junior • 5-8 Memphis, Tenn. • Ridgeway HS Jumps/Hurdles

55 meter hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.84 i high jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 (1.73m)i

Before Middle Tennessee Ran for Vanderbilt before injuring her knee ... Finished seventh in the Heptathlon at the 2008 SEC Outdoor with 4854 points. High School Senior captain in track at Ridgeway HS under Felicia Everson ... State champion in pentathlon and triple jump as senior ... Also earned state title as freshman high jumper ... Helped team to a pair of city titles, a state championship in 2003, and three regional titles ... Student Council representative and National Honors Society member. Personal Cherice Rashay Robertson ... Born Dec. 28, 1987 ... Daughter of James E. Robertson Sr., and Linda Robertson ... Old sister Candice was a four time Sun Belt Champion in the hurdles event for Middle Tennessee.

Zamzam Sangau Senior • 5-6 Kampala, Uganda • Kyambog Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.38 o / 2:08.23 i 1,500 Meters/Mile Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:24.22 o / 4:48.37 i 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17:21.42 o / 17:54.42 i

2009-10 Cross Country Became the first female in school history to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... Finished third at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 19:49.09 to garner her third consecutive all-conference honor ... Placed fifth at the NCAA South Regional (6K) in 20:30.22 to earn all-region honors for the second straight year ... Won the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 11:13 ... Finished runner-up at the Belmont Opener (4K), UTC Opener (2M) and WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) with respective times of 14:17.00, 11:24 and 17:40.51 ... Placed 11th at the Greater Louisville Classic (5K) in 17:43.05 ... Came in 143rd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a time of 21:36.0. 2008-09 Cross Country A Two-time Sun Belt Runner of the Week who finished no lower than 16th in all eight races ... Won the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) in 20:30 and finished seventh at the Belmont Opener (2 miles) 14:50.81 ... Placed fifth at the Memphis Twilight Classic (5K) in 18:09.78 and second at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in 17:55.10 ... Came in 13th at the Greater Louisville Classic (5K), posting a season best in 17:44.07 and won the UTC Invitational (2 miles) in 11:07 ... Finished the season second at the Sun Belt Championships (5K), earning all-conference honors in 17:45.89 ... Came in 16th at the NCAA Regionals (6K) in Maryville, Tenn., in 21:33.69. Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 800 meters, mile run and 3,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships ... Broke her own Middle Tennessee record in the 800, running a 2:11.03 at the Rod McCravy Memorial, placing second ... Shattered her previous school record in the 3,000 at the Kentucky Invitational, running a 9:55.28 and placing ninth ... Won the 800 in 2:15.55 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Won the 800 in 2:19.45 and finished first with the DMR team in 12:40.53 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Won the mile in 5:03.21 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the 800 in 2:11.8 and placed second with the 4x400m relay team in 3:47.29 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Won the 3,000 in 10:36.15 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished second in both the 800 in 2:11.03 and the mile in 4:50.35 as well as fourth on the 4x400m relay in 3:42.7 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Placed second in the 800 in 2:12.36, second in the mile in 4:57.28, and third in the 3,000 in 10:00.11 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Earned All Sun Belt honors in the 800, 1,500 and 5,000 meters for winning both the 800 and 1,500 at the Sun Belt Championships in respective times of 2:09.73 and 4:28.16, as well as finishing third in the 5,000 in 17:40.39 ... Earned NCAA Regional qualifying times of in the 800, 1,500 and 4x400 relay ... Set a school record of 2:07.38 in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational placing ninth overall ... Set a Middle Tennessee standard of 4:24.22 in the 1,500 at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet Zamzam Sangau

2010 Women’s Profiles placing seventh ... Won the 800 in 2:09.17 and placed second in the 1,500 in 4:27.11 at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished first with the 4x400 relay team in 3:47.28 at the Georgia Relays ... Placed fifth in the 4:27.04 at the War Eagle Invitational in the 1,500 ... Came in eighth in the 1,500 in 4:30.66 at the Sea Rays Relays. 2007-08 Cross Country Finished in the top 20 in all seven events, earning All-Sun Belt honors as well as All-South Region accolades ... Placed 12th at the Belmont Opener in 15:01.35 (4K) and fourth at the UTC Powerade Invitational in 11:23 (2 miles) ... Finished 13th at the Old Timers Classic in 18:17.31 (5K) and 14th at the Louisville Classic in 17:50.13 (5K) ... Won the FrontRunner Invitational in 11:01 (2 miles) ... Finished third at the SBC Championships in 18:01.50 (5K) and came in 19th at the NCAA South Regional in 21:26.55 (6K). Indoor Set school records in three events and also was a member of a record-setting relay ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in three events after winning the mile run, placing second in the 800 meters and finishing third in the 5000 meters at the SBC Championships ... Won the mile in 5:09.04 and the 3000 meters in 10:21.75 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Placed 13th in the mile in a school-record time of 5:00.69 and 12th in the 800 in 2:16.99 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Won the 800 in a school-record 2:12.63 and was a member of the winning mile relay (3:49.77) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the 3000 in a school-record 10:17.08 and placed second in the mile in 5:04.54 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Set a school record in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial, finishing fourth in 4:48.37 ... Won the 800 in 2:15.77 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Scored in five events at the Sun Belt Championships, netting a combined 28.5 points: winning the mile in 4:55.17, placing second in the 800 in 2:16.13, finishing third in 17:54.42 in the 5000 meters and also was a member of the record-setting distance medley relay (12:07.87) and the second-place mile relay (3:48.25) ... Placed fifth in the mile in 4:55.04 at the NCAA Last Chance Meet. Outdoor Set the school record in the 3000 meters during the season, her fourth individual school record during the 2007-08 academic year ... Ranked 117th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:33.79 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors in three events at the SBC Championships, winning the 1500 and placing second in the 800 meters and the 5000 meters ... Member of the school-record 4x1500-meter relay (19:45.74) as well as the winning distance medley relay (12:34.46) and the winning 4x400-meter relay (3:52.71) at the Clemson Relays ... Set a school record and a personal best in the 3000 in 10:07.40, placed third at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 31st in the 1500 in 4:49.42 and was a member of the fifth-place 4x1500 relay (20:16.78) and the eighth-place distance medley relay (12:44.24) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed sixth in 4:31.99 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished second in a personal-best 2:10.40 in the 800 at the Coach O Invitational ... Won the 1500 in 4:33.79, placed second in the 800 in 2:11.82 and second in the 5000 in 17:51.86 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 1500 but did not participate because of injury. 2006-07 Indoor Finished 10th in the mile run in 5:25.14 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Placed 26th in the mile in 5:17.88 and 20th in the 800 meters in 2:24.79 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Came in eighth in the mile in 5:25.83 and eighth in the 600 meters in 1:43.35 at the Carle-Health Alliance Invitational ... Placed 10th in the mile in a personal-best 5:13.75 at the Indiana Relays and second in the 3000 meters in a personal-best 10:26.92 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fourth in the mile in a PR of 5:13.16, fifth in the 3000 in a school record 10:20.49 and sixth in the 5000 meters in 19:01.20 at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed fourth in 2:13.88 in the 800 meters and 11th in a 4:50.05 in the 1500 meters and was a member of the second-place distance medley relay (12:15.62) at the Alabama Relays ... Set the school record in the 5000 meters in 17:50.43 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished 12th in a PR of 4:39.41 in the 1500 at the Tiger Track Classic and 32nd in 4:40.73 in the 1500 at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed sixth in a personal-best 2:12.03 in the 800 and broke the school record again in the 5000, coming in third in 17:21.42 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the 1500 in a time of 4:38.74 and the 5000 in 17:39.43 at the Stan Lyons Invitational ... Won the 1500 in a PR of 4:36.73, placed third in the 800 in 2:16.46

and third in the 5000 in 18:07.54 at the SBC Championships. Before Middle Tennessee Attended Kyambogo University for one year ... Participated in track, cross country and volleyball ... Named Outstanding Sports Women in all three sports at the Kibuli Primary Teachers School ... Best times included 4:45 in the 1500 meters. Personal Born Zamzam Sangau on April 8, 1987 ... Daughter of Sangau and Marian Abdul ... Brother Rajab plays volleyball, handball and basketball, and brother Ahmed plays cricket and runs track ... Majoring in liberal studies.

Jackie Serem Sophomore • 5-1 Rift Valley, Kenya. • Sacho HS Distance

Mile Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:13.66 i 5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:03.52 o 10,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39:31.61 o

2009-10 Cross Country Earned All Sun Belt Honors by finishing seventh in 20:30.52 at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) ... Placed fourth at the UTC Opener (2M) and the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) with respective times of 11:47 and 11:34 ... Ran to a 10th place finish at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in a time of 18:45.37 ... Finished 26th at the Belmont Opener (4K) in a time of 15:12.95 ... Came in 43rd at the NCAA South Regional (6K) in a time of 21:51.65. 2008-09 Indoor Earned a personal best of 5:37.41 at the Rod McCravy Memorial in the mile run ,placing ninth ... Placed sixth in the 3,000 in 12:05.15 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Finished the mile in 5:45.51, placing ninth at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished ninth in the mile in 5:50.9 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed 15th in the 3,000 meters in 11:17.39 and 20th in the mile in 5:45.08 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Came in seventh in the 3,000 in 11:41.20 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Came in 15th in the mile in 5:50.67 at the MT Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Finished seventh in the 5,000 meters and eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships in times of 18:03.25 and 39:31.61, respectively ... Came in sixth in the 5,000 at the Georgia Tech Invitational in 18:08.15 ... Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters in 10:56.05 at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Finished eighth in the 1,500 at the Western Kentucky Invitational in 5:01.34 ... Came in 17th at the Georgia Relays in 5:18.81. Personal Born Jackline Serem ... Daughter of David and Elizabeth Serem ... Attended Sacho High School ... Lettered in track running the 3000 ... Majoring in nursing.

MeLyn Thompson Senior • 5-6 Chattanooga, Tenn. • Girls Prep. Throws

Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . 50-8.75 (15.46m) o / 47-11.25 (14.61m) i Discus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135-0 (41.16m) o Hammer/Weight Throw . . . . 142-0 (43.29m) o / 45-9 (13.94m) i

2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the shot put placing third in the event at the Sun Belt Championships and set a lifetime bests of 47-11.25 (14.61m) in the event also threw 45-9 (13.94m) in the weight throw placing 16th in the event ... Won the shot put with a toss of 46-4 (14.12m) and ninth in the weight throw (42-0

2010 Women’s Profiles [12.8m]) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Won the shot put, throwing 45-2 (13.76m) and placed 12th in the weight throw with a toss of 40-3 (12.26m) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Placed second in the shot put and third in the weight throw at the Middle Tennessee Classic with of tosses of 47-5 (14.32m) and 45-5 (13.84m), respectively ... Placed overall third in the shot put (43-7 [13.28m]) and ninth in the weight throw (42-0 [12.8m]) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Threw 47-6.25 (14.48m) in the shot put finishing seventh also placed 26th in the weight throw tossing 43-7.75 (13.3m) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Finished 12th in the shot put with a toss of 46-3.5 (14.11m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial. Outdoor Placed second in the shot put with a mark of 41-3.25 (12.58m), fourth in the discus recording 123-0 (37.51m), and eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 114-5.5 (34.89m) at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Came in sixth in the shot put in 44-6.75 (13.58m) at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 10th in the discus at the Georgia Relays recording a toss of 129-0 (39.32m) ... Finished 11th in the shot put with a mark of 44-11.5 (13.70m) and 14th in the discus with a toss of 135-0 (41.15m) at the Tiger Track Classic. 2007-08 Indoor Won the shot put (47-6) and placed 10th in the weight throw (43-5.5) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished fourth in the shot put (47-11.25) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Won the shot put (46-10) and placed ninth in the weight throw (38-7) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished fourth in the shot put (433) and eighth in the weight throw (36-10.5) at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed second in the shot put (45-2) and 12th in the weight throw (39-2) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished fourth in the shot put (45-4.25) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Ranked 90th in the nation on the NCAA descending order list in the shot put with a mark of 47-11.75 ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors after winning the shot put at the SBC Championships ... Won the shot put (46-9) and placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 129-1 at the Clemson Relays ... Placed seventh in the shot put (46-3.25) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and ninth (42-11) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 35th in the shot put (41-9.75) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed eighth in the shot put (44-0.75) and 25th in the hammer (124-3) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Finished third in the shot put (46-9), fifth in the discus with a personal-best 132-8 and eighth in the hammer with PR of 138-4 at the Coach O Invitational ... Won the shot put with a mark of 47-11.75 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 35th in the shot put (44-2) at the NCAA Mideast Regional. 2006-07 Indoor Placed second in the shot put with a mark of 45-11 and placed 10th in the weight throw with a mark of 35-2 at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished eighth in the shot put (44-8) and 25th in the weight throw with personal-best 44-11 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Came in fourth in the shot put (41-6) and weight throw (42-9.5) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Won the shot put with a personal-best 46-6.75 at the Carle-Health Alliance Invitational ... Finished second in the shot put (45-4.5) at the Indiana Relays ... Placed third in the shot put (45-0) and sixth in the weight throw (44-5) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished 10th in the shot put (41-1.75) and 14th in the weight throw (44-3.25) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed ninth in the shot put with a mark of 43-3 at the Alabama Relays and eighth with a mark of 43-9.75 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished second in the shot put (40-11.75), seventh in the hammer throw (122-0) and 10th in the discus (93-2) at the Boston-Moon Classic ... Placed 10th in the shot put (43-7) and 23rd in the hammer with a personal-best 132-2 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the shot put with a mark of 49-5.75 at the Stan Lyons Invitational ... Also placed 18th in the discus (122-8) and 23rd in the hammer (116-11) at the Stan Lyons meet ... Set a school record again in shot put, winning event at the Sun Belt Championships with a mark of 50-8.75 ... Came in 15th in the discus (123-11) and 14th in the hammer (118-1) at the SBC Championships ... Placed 10th in the shot put with a mark of 48-10.25 at the NCAA Mideast Regional. High School Was the state title winner in both the shot put and discus as a senior at Girls Preparatory School ... Winning marks were 44-4.25 in the shot put and 124-4 in

the discus ... Set a personal best in the discus as a senior at the Division II East Sectional meet with a mark of 125-0.5 and a PR in the shot put at the GPS home meet with a mark of 45-2. Personal Born MeLyn Marie Thompson on October 12, 1987 ... Daughter of Melvin and Gwendolyn Thompson ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies (early childhood education).

Kortney Thurman Junior • 5-7 Power Springs, Ga. • McEachern HS Jumps/Sprints

Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-9.5 (6.03m) o / 19-5 (5.91m) i Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . 42-8 (11.12m) i / 38-2 (11.63m) o

2008-09 Indoor Placed second in the long jump with a leap of 19-1.5 (5.83m) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Finished third in the long jump, leaping of 18-7.5 (5.67m), and third as a member of the 4x400m relay team (4:17.6) at the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished fifth in the 200 meters in 25.96 and fourth in the long jump, jumping 18-5 (5.61m) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in 18th in the long jump, recording a mark of 18-9.25 (5.72m), and 18th in the triple jump (35-9.25 [10.6m]) at the Kentucky Invitational ... Set a personal-best time of 7.22 in the 55-meter dash in the preliminary heat and finished fifth overall in 7.25 and placed ninth in the 200 in 26.02 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed ninth in the 200 in 26.03 and fourth in the long jump (17-11.5 [5.47m]) at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed 11th in the triple jump (36-5.75 [11.12m]) and finished fifth in the long jump with 18-9.25 (5.72m) at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Came in 14th in the 55 in 7.42, finished fifth in the long jump (18-10[5.74m]) and 14th in the triple jump (34-6.25[10.52m]) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Earned a lifetime best, recording a NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 19-9.5 (6.03m) in the long jump, placing second overall at the Tiger Track Classic ... Won the long jump with a leap of 19-1.25 (5.82m) and placed fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 38-2 (11.63m) at the Georgia Relays ... Came in sixth in the long jump at the War Eagle Invitational with 19-0.75 (5.81m) ... Finished eighth in the long jump in 19-3.25 (5.87m), 19th in the 4x200-meter relays in 1:37.4, and 39th in the 4x100 meter relay in 47.88 at the Penn Relays ... Came in eighth as a member of the 4x100 relay team in 46.34, 14th in the long jump with a mark of 18-4 (5.59m), and 17th in the triple jump in 37-1 (11.31m) ... Set a lifetime best of 25.25 in the 200-meter dash in placing 20th, sixth in the 4x100 relay 46.48 and came in 20th in the 100 meter dash in 12.33 and 19th in the triple jump with 349.5 (10.6m) ... Placed fifth in the 4x100 relay in 46.45 and 21st in the long jump in 18-1 (5.51m) at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Came in 31st in the long jump with 18-8 (5.69m) at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet. 2007-08 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the long jump, placing third at the SBC Championships ... Placed 10th in the long jump (17-9.75) at the Kentucky Invitational and fourth (17-1.5) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Finished third in

Kortney Thurman

2010 Women’s Profiles the long jump (17-8) and seventh in the 200 meters in 26.69 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed sixth in the long jump (18-7.25) and posted a time of 26.44 in the 200 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Finished seventh in the long jump (17-8.75) at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Placed third in the long jump (19-4.75) and 17th in the triple jump (35-8.75) at the Sun Belt Championships. Outdoor Placed second in the long jump (18-11.25) at the Clemson Relays and fourth (174.75) at the Tiger Track Classic ... Finished 14th in the long jump (19-0.75) and 30th in the triple jump (33-10) at the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed eighth in the long jump (18-7.25) and 20th in the 100 meters (12.58) at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Won the long jump with a personal-best mark of 19-6.25 and placed fourth in the 100 in 12.15 at the Coach O Invitational ... Finished fourth in the long jump (19-4) and was a member of the fourth-place 4x100-meter relay (46.27) at the Sun Belt Championships. High School Four-year letterwinner for coach Michael Taylor ... State champion in the long jump as a senior and the region champion as a freshman, sophomore and senior ... Best times included 11.97 in the 100 meters, 24.37 in the 200 meters and best marks included a 18-11 in the long jump and 38-7 in the triple jump. Personal Born Kortney Chanelle Marie Thurman on July 8, 1989 ... Daughter of Brian and Gwen Mason.

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

5,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19:14.76 i / 19:25.40 o 10,000 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41:37.63 o

2008-09 Cross Country Finished in the top 50 in six of the seven races ... Came in fourth at the Agnes Scott Invitational (5K) in 22:15 and 47th at the Belmont Opener in 16:04.06 ... Finished 47th at the Memphis Twilight Classic (5K) in 20:04.73 and 18th at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in 20:10.50 ... Placed 14th at the UTC Invitational (2 miles) in 12:23 ... Finished the season with a season-best time of 19:45.18 at the Sun Belt Championships. Indoor Won as a member of the DMR team in 12:40.53 and placed fourth in the 3,000 meters in 11:40.98 at the Ed Temple Classic ... Finished third in the 800 meters in 2:39.02 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 3,000 in 11:07.72 in the MT Christmas Invitational ... Finished ninth as a member of the DMR team in 13:20.09 and 17th in the 5,000 meters in 19:14.76 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed 12th in the 800 in 2:40.74 and seventh in the mile (5:44.90) at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Came in 14th in the 800 in 2:36.45 at the MT Valentine Invitational ... Came in 32nd in the mile run in 5:48.27 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Ran the 3,000 at the Rod McCravy Memorial, finishing 31st in 11:04.63. Outdoor Placed 14th in the 1,500 meters in 5:14.72 at the Western Kentucky Invitational ... Came in 15th in the 5,000 meters in 19:25.4 at the Georgia Relays ... Finished 15th in the 3,000 meters and 18th in the 1,500 at the Boston-Moon Classic in times of 11:13.2 and 5:20.32, respectively … Placed 15th in the 10,000 meters in 41:10.39 at the Sun Belt Championships … Finished 19th in the 5,000 in 19:26.84 at the War Eagle Invitational … Came in 23rd in the 3,000 and 33rd in the 1,500 at the Boston-Moon Classic with times of 11:08.79 and 5:18.31, respectively. High School Attended William Blount High School ... Lettered in track and field all four years of high school and lettered in cross country from her sophomore through senior years under coach Chris Frary ... Was the cross country regional champion in 2005 and 2006 ... an all-region cross country selection in 2007 ... Tabbed to the all-state cross country team in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All- state track member in 2006 ... Graduated in the top 10 in her class.

Personal Born Kristen Tithof on November 16, 1989 ... Mother is a professor of veterinary science at Tennessee ... Majoring in biology.

Nyeisha Wright R-Junior • 5-7 Colo. Springs, Colo. • (Widefield HS [Southern Miss.]) Sprints/Jumps

100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.92 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.34 o / 24.47 i Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-9 (5.71m) i / 19-11 (6.07m)

2008-09 Indoor Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 200 meters, finishing third in 24.83 at the Sun Belt Championships and coming in seventh in the 55 meters in 7.25 as well as placing 11th in the long jump with a mark of 18-3.25 (5.57m) ... Won both the 55 and 200 meters, setting lifetime bests in both events, at the MT Valentine Invitational in 7.15 and 24.47, respectively ... Won both the 200 in 24.63 and long jump leaping 18-7 (5.67m) and placed second in the 55 in 7.17 at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Placed third in the long jump with a leap of 18-9 (5.72m) and placed second in the 4x400m relay in 3:47.29 at the Middle Tennessee Classic ... Placed sixth in the long jump (18-4.25 [5.6m]) at the Ed Temple Classic ... Came in fourth as a member 4x400m relay team in 3:42.7 and placed 16th in the 55 meters in 7.77 at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... Competed in the long (17-6.25 [5.34m]) and triple jumps (35-6 [10.82m]) at the Kentucky Invitational finishing 19th and 21st, respectively. Outdoor Earned All Sun Belt honors as member of the 4x400 relay team, winning the event in a time of 3:46.28 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Won the 4x100-meter relay in 46.12 and won the 4x400 relay in 3:47.28 at the Georgia Relays as well as placing second with the 4x200-meter relay team in 1:39.41 ... Placed second in the 4x200 in 1:38.77 and fourth in the 4x100 in 46.34 and placed 33rd in the 100-meter dash in 12.46 at the Sea Rays Relays ... Placed sixth in the 100-meter dash in 12.1, sixth in the 200-meter dash in 24.71, and sixth in the 4x100 relay in 47.88 at the Sun Belt Championships ... Placed seventh in the long jump with a leap of 18-6.5 (5.65m), ninth in the 200 in 24.58, and 19th in the 100 in 12.33 at the War Eagle Invitational. 2007-08 Redshirted after transferring from Southern Miss. Indoor Did not compete. Outdoor Competed unattached in one meet, placing 16th with a mark of 17-8.75 in the long jump and fouling on her three attempts in the triple jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Before Middle Tennessee Spent one season at Southern Miss. High School Four-year track letterwinner for coach Fred Marjerrson at Widefield HS ... Won the state championship in the triple jump as a sophomore and the state titles in the long jump and triple jump as a senior ... Earned all-state honors in the 400 meters as a sophomore and junior ... Region and CSML champion as a junior and senior ... Selected as the 2006 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Colorado ... Top times include 11:54 in the 100 meters, 23.67 in the 200 meters, 54.23 in the 400, and top marks included 20-10.5 in the long jump and 42-8.75 in the triple jump. Personal Born Nyeisha Olivia Wright on September 6, 1988 ... Daughter of Don and Corey Wright.

2010 Newcomer Profiles David Boiywa

Jarell Dorsey

Freshman • 5-3 • 118 Kabarnet, Kenya • Atnas Kandie SS Distance

Freshman • 5-6 • 155 Baltimore, Md. • Calvert Hall College HS [Temple Univ.] Sprints

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

100 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.75 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 o

High School Attended Atnas Kandie SS in Eldoret, Kenya ... Set lifetime bests of 3:57 in the 1,500 meters and 8:30 in the 3,000 meters. Personal Born David Kibnnot Boiywo on March 24, 1990.

Joshua Butler Junior • 5-11 • 168 Glassboro, N.J. • Delsea HS (Neosho County C.C.) Jumps

High School Three year letterwinner under head coach Donald Davis at Calvert Hall College High School ... Set personal bests of 6.96 in the 60 meters, 10.75 in the 100 meters and 22.4 in the 200 meters ... Was named to the Who’s Who Among American High School students and Maryland Distinguished Scholars. Personal Born Jarell Richard Dorsey on June 30, 1990 ... Son of Jai Dorsey Sr. and Brenda Barksdale ... Father Jai was All-State in football, baseball and track with Grandfather James played football for the Philadelphia Eagles ... Majoring in Criminal Justice.

Matthew Farris High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1.75 o Triple Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-8 o

Freshman • 6-0 • 170 Winchester, Tenn. • Franklin HS Middle Distance

Before Middle Tennessee Five-time NCCC track and field All-American at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kan., setting personal bests of 7-1.75 in the high jump, 50-8 in the triple jump and 23-11 in the long jump. High School Three year track and field letterwinner under head coach Ronald Flaim at Delsea Regional High School ... Was crowned individual state champion six times in the high jump, indoor and outdoor, and once in the triple jump ... Ranked fourth in the nation in the high jump. Personal Born Joshua M. Butler on December 29, 1987 ... Son of Donald and Denise Butler ... Majoring in Exercise Science.

Justin Chambers Freshman • 5-9 • 160 Acworth, Ga. • Kell HS (Cottage School) Sprints

High School Ran track and cross country at Franklin County High School under coach Lee Brannon. Personal Born Matthew Ryan Farris on June 27, 1991 ... Son of Chris and Kathy Ball ... Majoring in mass communications.

Sean Giffin Freshman • 5-7 • 145 Shelbyville, Tenn. • Shelbyville HS Distance

800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:04 o 200 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.88i /21.50 o 400 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 o

High School Member of the 2008 6A Region Championship winning Kell High School track team ... Was the 2008 Georgia state champion in the 400 meters ... 2008 GHSA Class 5A State Champion 400 Meters (47.59) ... Armory NY 200 Meter All-American 200 Meters (21.88)

High School Ran track and cross country at Shelbyville Central High School ... Personal bests of 18:06 in the 5,000 meters and 2:04 in the 800 meters. Personal Born Sean Patrick Giffin on June 25, 1991 ... Son of Larry and Susan Giffin ... Majoring in agribusiness.

Personal Born Justin Britt Chambers on June 5, 1991 ... Son of Ricky and Rosaline Chambers ... Twin sistern Lauren Chamber thrower at University of Southern California ... Older brother Trey Chamber sprinter Western Kentucky.

2010 Newcomer Profiles Vincent Johnson

Kayla Bryan

Freshman • 5-9 • 160 Nashville, Tenn. • Glencliff HS Sprints

Freshman • 5-5 Knoxville, Tenn. • Karns HS Distance

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

High School Ran track at Glencliff High School for coach Philip Davis ... Played football and basketball four years. Personal Born Vincent Johnson Jr. on March 6, 1991 ... Son of Vincent and Patricia Johnson ... Enjoys playing sports, video games and watching television ... Majoring in Business Administration.

Chris Mason r-Junior • 5-10 • 135

Auburn, N.Y. • Auburn HS [SUNY Delhi] Distance

2009-10 Cross Country Placed 16th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in 13:22 ... Ran to an 18th place finish at the UTC Opener (2M) in 13:01 ... Came in 27th at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) in a time of 21:08.61 ... Finished 45th at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 22:58.78. High School Lettered in cross country 2005-08 and lettered in track 2006-08 under coaches Erin Chady and Marty Sonnenfeldt. Personal Born Kayla Marie Bryan on November 8, 1990 ... Daughter of Philip and Donna Bryan ... Major is undecided.

Anntoinette Dudley Freshman • 5-11 Jacksonville, Fla. • Terry Parker HS Hurdles/Jumps

2009-10 Cross Country Earned All Sun Belt honors by placing eighth at the Sun Belt Championships (8K) in a time of 27:42.24 ... Came in fifth at the Belmont Opener (5K) in a time of 15:47.40 ... Finished sixth at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (5K) in 16:04 ... Placed eighth at the UTC Opener (5K) in 16:12 ... Ran to a ninth-place finish at the WKU Old Timer Classic (8K) in 26:09.14 ... Came in 46th at the NCAA South Regional (10K) in a 32:09.05. Before Middle Tennessee NJCAA XC DIII National Champion 2008 and 2009 and Outdoor DIII Track National Champion in 10K and 5K in 2008 and 2009. High School Four year cross country letterwinner and three year indoor and outdoor track letterwinner at Auburn High school. Personal Born Chris Mason on January 10,1989 ... Son of Wayne Mason and Christine Lockrow ... Majoring in Business Administration.

Andrew Wagner Freshman • 6-2 • 195 Germantown, Tenn. • Houston HS Throws

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

100 Meter Hurdles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 o High Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 o

High School Ran track and field at Terry Parker High School for coach Agatha Henry ... Set high school record of 14.6 in the 100 meter hurdles. Personal Born Anntoinette Dudley on May 28, 1991 ... Daughter of Anthony Dudley and Teresa Parson ... Enjoys spending time with friends and hopes to become a physical therapist ... Major is undeclared.

Samantha Hunt Freshman • 5-6 Gaylord, Mich. • Gaylord HS Distance

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

2009-10 Cross Country Finished 11th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 12:32 ... Came in 21st at the UTC Opener (2M) in 13:25 ... Placed 24th at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 23:04.57.

High School Three year letterwinner in track and field at Houston High School under coach George Gibson.

High School All Michigan Cross Country 2006-07 and All Region 2005-08 under coach Jeff Kalember.

Personal Born Andrew Wagner on September 5, 1990 ... Son John and Barbara Wagner ... Enjoys flying, kayaking and biking ... Majoring in aerospace.

Personal Samantha Hunt...Daughter of Ed and Cathy Hunt...Born October 15, 1991...Majoring in pysical education.

2009 Newcomer Profiles Amber Jackson Freshman • 5-7 Chicago, Illi. • Evanston Township HS Sprints

State champion in the 1,600 meters as a senior. Personal Alissa Ruggle...Daughter of Kevin and Kristi Ruggle...Born December 16, 1990... Majoring in pre-med.

Rispah Sang 400 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.31 o 800 Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:15.9 o

High School Three-year letterwinner in track and field at Evanston Township High School under head coach Fenton Gunter ... As a senior, placed second in 400 meters and first as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team at the 2009 Illinois Class AAA Championships ... Recognized by Kiwanis Club for academic and athletic excellence. Personal Born Amber Sianna Jackson on July 26, 1991 ... Daughter of Marcella Jackson ... Majoring in nutrition and food service.

Amber Kassuba Freshman • 5-4 Vanderbilt, Mich. • Gaylord HS Distance

2009-10 Cross Country Came in ninth at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 12:12 ... Placed 13th at the UTC Opener (2M) in 12:33 ... Ran to a 22nd-place finish in 19:56.09 at the WKU Old Timers Classic (5K) ... Finished 47th at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 23:04.57. High School All-state 2006-07 cross country, all region 2006-08, and a member of the 2007 Michigan state championship team under coach Jeff Kalember ... Earned the Governor’s Service Award. Personal Amber Kassuba...Daughter of Jill and Vern Kassuba...Born March 3, 1991...Majoring in Exercise Science. 2009-10

Alissa Ruggle Freshman • 5-4 Manhattan, Kan. • Riley County HS Distance

2009-10 Cross Country Finished 10th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in a time of 12:30 ... Came in 17th in 13:00 at the UTC Opener (2M) ... Placed 42nd at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in a time of 22:51.37 ... Came in 56th at the Belmont Opener (4K) in a time of 16:36.71. High School Two time cross country letter winner and two time track letter winner under coach Garry Sigle...All-state and academic all state cross country as a senior ...

Freshman • 5-2 Kericho, Kenya • Kabokyek Adventist Secondary Distance

High School Ran cross country at Kabokyek Adventist Secondary School ... Participated in Christian Union and history club. Personal Born Rispah Chepkoech Sang on February 12, 1990 ... Daughter of Alexander and Flomena Sang ... Majoring in nursing.

Stephanie Smith Freshman • 5-4 Aurora, Ontario • Dr. G.W. William S.S. Distance

2009-10 Cross Country Finished 13th at the UTC Frontrunner Invitational (2M) in 13:06 ... Placed 24th at the UTC Opener (2M) in 13:41 ... Came in 27th at the Sun Belt Championships (5K) in 22:14.98 ... Finished 34th at the Belmont Opener (4K) in a time of 15:31.93. High School Three-time cross country letterwinner and four-time track letterwinner under coaches Tania DeVires and Maria Moreau ... Cross country regional champion. Personal Stephanie Smith ... Daughter of Stuart and Susan Smith ... Born April, 25, 1990 ... OFSAA champion in the 800, 1500 and 3000 meters ... Majoring in political science.

Caroline Tanui Freshman • 5-2 Eldoret, Kenya • Loreto HS Distance

High School Participated in athletics at Loreto High School under coach Joseph Nyangweso ... Involved in the science and math competitions and first aid club. Personal Born Caroline J. Tanui on May 15, 1991 ... Daughter of Philip and Betty Tanui ... Majoring in mathematics.

2010 Men’s Preview The distance races look to be Middle Tennessee’s deepest events in 2010. Returning Festus Chemaoi won the Sun Belt 800 meters indoors and outdoor as well as the conference indoor mile and outdoor 1,500 meters. Outdoor SBC 10,000-meter champion William Songock will help lead the squad. David Emery and Isaac Biwott also each scored multiple conference points in 2009 and will be crucial in the overall success of the 2010 squad.

Sprints Top Returners Name ‘09 NCAA Marks Curtis King 200 Meter Regional 4x100 Meter Regional Greg Franklin (Outdoor) 100 Meter Regional 200 Meter Regional 4x100 Meter Regional Seniors Curtis King and Greg Franklin will lead the men’s sprinters in 2010. King set season bests of 21.50 in the indoor 200 and a lifetime best of 21.14 outdoors to earn a birth at the NCAA Mideast Regional Meet. Franklin will compete in the outdoor season and earned NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying marks of 10.45 in the 100 meters and 21.08 in the 200 meters. Stanley Gbagbeke will also participate in 55 meters indoors and the 100 meters outdoors. Football players Malcolm Beyah and Rod Issac are expected to help, as well. Freshman Justin Chambers will run the 400 meters. Chambers had a successful high school in the middle distances and ran a personal best of 47.50 in the 400 meters.

Hurdles Top Returners Name ‘09 NCAA Marks Roscoe Payne 110 Hurdles Regional 400 Hurdles Regional DeRay Sloss Indoor 55 Hurdles Provisional 2009 was a season of highs and lows for Blue Raider hurdlers DeRay Sloss and Roscoe Payne. Sloss enjoyed early success and earned his first NCAA Indoor Provisional mark before being injured in both the conference indoor and outdoor championships. Payne burst on the scene, winning the 55meter hurdles at the SBC Indoor Championships. He was named SBC Outdoor Freshman of the year for taking the 400 intermediate hurdles and placing second in the 110 high hurdles. He followed this performance by placing ninth at the NCAA Mideast Regional and just missing NCAA Championships qualification in the 110-meter hurdles. The duo should have continued success in 2010 as two of the top hurdlers in the Sun Belt Conference.

Jumps Top Returners Curtis King placed 88th on the NCAA decsending order list in the 200 meters outdoors

Distance Top Returners Name Festus Chemaoi William Songock David Emery Isaac Biwott

in the triple jump as well. Junior college transfer Josh Butler is a high jumper who has cleared 7-0 and who can also jump 50-0 in the triple jump.

‘09 NCAA Marks Indoor 800 Provisional 800 Meter Regional 1,500 Meter Regional

Name ‘09 NCAA Marks Stanley Gbagbeke NCAA Outdoor All-American Stanley Gbagbeke is the lone returning Middle Tennessee jumper. The Nigeria native burst onto the scene in his first season competing for Blue Raider, earning NCAA Provisional Marks indoors. He also earned an NCAA Regional mark in the long jump before placing second at the NCAA Championships. Gbagbeke went on to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in Berlin with a jump of 26-5.5 (8.06m) at the Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix. In 2010, he will jump

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

Relays The men’s 4x100-meter relay will return three of its four members from 2009. Last season, the team’s 39.95 time was the 30th best time run the NCAA. In 2010, Curtis King, Greg Franklin and Stanley Gbagbeke will look to add one more member in order to take the Sun Belt crown. The 4x400-meter relay team’s sixth place finish at the 2009 Sun Belt Indoor Championships was enough to hold out to win the conference title. In 2010, Justin Chambers, Roscoe Payne and DeRay Sloss should help with the 4x400 meter relay.

2010 Women’s Preview Sprints Top Returners Name Kiara Henry Nyeisha Wright

‘09 NCAA Marks 4x400 Meter Regional

Nyeisha Wright is the top returning Blue Raider sprinter. She set season bests in the 200 meters of 24.47 indoors and 24.34 outdoors. Kiara Henry returns in 2010 with a career best of 7.17 in the 55 meters and 25.55 in the 200 meters indoor and 11.94 in the 100 meters and 24.90 in the 200 meters outdoors. Newcomer Amber Jackson will run the 400 meters. The freshman joins the Raider squad with a 55.08 career best.

Distance

NCAA Cross Country Championships. Marla Bailey and Jackie Serem will both compete in the longer distances. Each placed well in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships and Sun Belt Cross Country Championships.

Hurdles Top Returners Name

‘09 NCAA Marks

The hurdle event were an area lacking for the Raiders in 2009. Cherice Robertson joins the team after sitting out in 2009 upon transferring from Vanderbilt. She currently has a career best of 7.84 in the 55-meter hurdles. She should compete for a Sun Belt title. Freshman Ann Dudley comes to Middle Tennessee as a high jumper, but is learning and will compete in the hurdles.

among the tops in the Sun Belt Conference and have taken individual conference titles in the shot put. Cox also took the 2008 SBC discus, and Thompson has the ability to score in the discus as well. Throws will be an area the team will look to score points in bunches in 2010.

Relays The women’s team returns three of the four members from its 2009 NCAA Regional qualifying 4x400-meter relay team. Sarah Nambawa, Nyesisha Wright and Zamzam Sangau will look to capture this qualifier again in 2010 with the help of freshman Amber Jackson. The team also took the 2009 Sun Belt Outdoor crown. Tthe 4x100 meters team should consist Nyeisha Wright, Kortney Thurman, Kiara Henry and a runner to be named. The 2009 4x100 team placed sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships.

Jumps Top Returners Name ‘09 NCAA Marks Sarah Nambawa NCAA Indoor All-American NCAA Outdoor All-American Kortney Thurman NCAA Long Jump Regional Nyeisha Wright

Zamzam Sangau owns almost all school distance records from the 800 meters to the 5,000 meters.

Top Returners Name Zamzam Sangau Marla Bailey Jackie Serem

‘09 NCAA Marks 800 Meter Regional 1,500 Meter Regional

Zamzam Sangau enters her senior campaign already as the most decorated distance runner in school history. She currently holds every school record indoor and outdoor between the 800 and 5,000 meters except the 3,000 steeplechase, which she does not compete. Last season, she won both the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships. She was also the first female in school history to qualify for the

Sarah Nambawa is the top returning Blue Raider jump athlete; she won two All-American awards in 2009. The Uganda native holds all MT indoor and outdoor standards in the long jump and triple jump. Her versatility will allow her to compete for the conference long and triple jump titles. Kortney Thurman and Nyeisha Wright provide team depth and can score points in both the long and triple jump. Newcomers Cherice Robertson and Ann Dudley will both compete in the high jump in 2010. This should provide extra needed points not competed for in 2009.

The 4x400 relay team took the 2009 SBC title earning an NCAA Regional Qualifying time.

Throws

Top Returners Name Brittany Cox MeLyn Thompson

‘09 NCAA Marks NCAA Outdoor Qualifier

Seniors Brittany Cox and MeLyn Thompson will handle the throwing duties for Middle Tennessee in 2010. The duo are

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

playing hosting to the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Following the 1981 season, the Division I Track and Field Coaches Association voted Hayes the NCAA Outdoor Coach of the Year. Hayes served as president of the TFCA in 1982-83. In his first attempt at a Sun Belt Championship, Hayes delivered. The Middle Tennessee women took first place in Miami, Fla., in 2000, and Hayes earned his first Sun Belt Coach of the Year award. Since taking its place in the Sun Belt full-time prior to the beginning of the 2000-01 academic year, Middle Tennessee has captured 14 of the 30 league titles in indoor and outdoor track and field. Hayes and his charges were instrumental in capturing the school’s first-ever Vic Bubas Cup, the league’s all-sports trophy,

HAYES AT A GLANCE Personal Birthdate: December 14, 1937 Hometown: Morrison, Ill. Family: Wife, Jan; daughters, Erin and Kara Education High School: Naperville (Ill.) Central College: Lake Forest (1959) Head Coach Experience (College) Middle Tennessee: 1965 - present

Coach Hayes took over the women’s track & field program in 1993 when it was started in 1987.

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

Ohio Valley Conference Titles (29) Women’s Indoor: 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 Men’s Indoor: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2000 Women’s Outdoor: 1991, 1994, 1996 Men’s Outdoor: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994 Men’s Cross Country: 1983 Sun Belt Conference Championships (16)

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

Women’s Indoor: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Men’s Indoor: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 Women’s Outdoor: 2000, 2005 Men’s Outdoor: 2001, 2006, 2007 Men’s Cross Country: 2009

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

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

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

Honors

Games in Bucharest, Romania (1981), the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland (1983), and the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea (1988). In 1996, Hayes served as a referee at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. Because of Hayes’ international success, numerous foreign athletes have sought out Middle Tennessee as their college of choice. Hayes’ most successful collegiate athletes at Middle Tennessee have competed in the NCAA triple jump, an event in which Hayes specializes. He coached NCAA champions Tommy Haynes (1974) and Barry McClure (1972, 1973) as well as NCAA high hurdle champion Dionne Rose (1994) Coach Hayes giving his acceptance speech at the and his most recent national chamU.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame ceremony in pion, Blue Raider Mardy Scales in the December 2008. 100-meters (2003). Hayes also guided photo courtesy of the USTFCCCA Roland McGhee to nine All-American honors, and both McClure and Greg in 2001, when the track programs garnered three SBC titles. The teams played a signifi- Artis won All-American honors seven times. cant role in Middle Tennessee winning the Hayes earned his B.A. at Lake Forest (Ill.), Bubas Cup in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009 as where he competed in the 800 meters, long jump and triple jump, an event in which well. Hayes has indeed put Middle Tennessee he was an NCAA qualifier. After earning his on the world map in terms of collegiate M.S.Ed. at Northern Illinois, Hayes began his coaching career at the high school level in track and field. However, Hayes’ experience is not lim- Chicago (three years) and Minneapolis (one ited to the collegiate level. He has coached year) before returning to Lake Forest and several teams sponsored by either the Unit- then moving on to Middle Tennessee in ed States Olympic Committee or USA Track 1965. and Field. His international experience began at the first Olympic Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo. (1978), and included working as the head coach at the World University Games in Kobe, Japan (1985); Goodwill Games in Seattle, Wash. (1990); World Cup in London, England (1994); World Championships in Athens, Greece (1997); and again at the Goodwill Games in New York City (1998). The Naperville, Ill., native also has served as an assistant at several international meets. In addition to the first Olympic Sports Festival, Hayes worked as an assistant at the World University

All-Americans Under Hayes

Greg Artis (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1979-81 Ron Bramlett (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Jacqui Brown (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Jasper Demps (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 John DoDoo (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978-79 Rayfield Dupree (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977 Sheikh Faye (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-78 Kim Freeman (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Stanley Gbagbeke (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Tommy Haynes (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 Godfrey Herring (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000-02 Dwight Johnson (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984-85 Andre Kirnes (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980, 1983 Eddie Loyd (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 Garland Martin (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Barry McClure (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1970-73 Roland McGhee (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991-94 Orestes Meeks (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 Sarah Nambawa (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-09 Christian Nsiah (2) . . . . . . . . . . . 1996, 1999 Victor Okorie (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Brian Oldfield (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1965 Micah Otis (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Orlando Reid (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 Andreja Ribac (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Dionne Rose (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Mardy Scales (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002-04 Juan Walker (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-07 Jimmy Washington (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976 Linnie Yarbrough (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 1981 Mile Relay (1) Barry Gambrell, Mike Davidson, Gary Mitchell, Tim Johnson 1982 Mile Relay (1) Herb Newton, Gary Mitchell, Tim Johnson, Floyd James 1982 Distance Medley (1) Herb Newton, Joe O’Loughlin, Tim Johnson, John Davis 2003 4x100m Relay (1) DJ Spann, Mardy Scales, Brad Orr, Pedro Holiday 2004 4x100m Relay (1) Xavier Darden, Mardy Scales, Wesley Dupar-Scott, JJ Sturm, Pedro Holiday 2007 4x100m Relay (1) Juan Walker, Orlando Reid, Sean Waller, Samuel Adade

Coach Hayes and his wife of 47 years, Jan

Assistant Coaches Thomas Keith

Keith Vroman Keith Vroman begins his seventh season at

Thomas Keith has been a valuable mem-

Middle Tennessee and his second as a full-

ber of Dean Hayes’ track and field coaching

time assistant for the Blue Raiders. Vroman

staff since 1976.

is currently in his 10th year of coaching and brings with him the experience of two dis-

the nation’s top coaches in terms of dealing

Eastern Kentucky University and Grand Val Vroman’s experience in distance running has helped the Blue Raider cross country teams make consistent strides and to strong showings during the distance events in the indoor and

Known for his positive attitude and un-

canny patience, Keith is considered among

tance running programs steeped in tradition, ley State University.

with athletes.

Exceedingly versatile, Keith is able to run practices, coach meets and handle equip-

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

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

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

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

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

of the last five years.

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

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

School in Murfreesboro. Keith has one daughter, Desiree.

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

His extensive history with Dean Hayes and the Middle Tennessee

was also the first cross country championships the program won since

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

the 1983 squad took the Ohio Valley title.

machinery of Blue Raider success.

Vroman was hired full-time during the summer of 2007 and helps in all areas of the program including recruiting and meet management. The Ludington, Mich., native earned his bachelor’s in physical education, his master’s in health education and an M.S. in sports administration at Eastern Kentucky, where he competed in cross country and the steeplechase.

Keith Vroman giving three-time All-Sun Belt Runner William Songock last minute advice prior to the 2009 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships in Monroe, La.

Thomas Keith has over thirty year experience with the Middle Tennessee track teams. He is picture with 2007 SBC Champion and All-American Juan Walker.

Assistant Coaches Andrew Owusu

Willie Parker

Andrew Owusu serves as an assistant at Mid-

Willie Parker is entering his first season on

dle Tennessee, bringing a vast amount of ex-

the Middle Tennessee coaching staff after

perience in the horizontal jumps.

a successful career as a Blue Raider athlete.

Owusu has been associated with the Mid-

Parker was a part of four Middle Tennessee

dle Tennessee track program since 1999, and

men’s team titles in his undergraduate career.

his contribution to the program solidifies its

He ranks third on the MT men’s hammer

position as one of the premier institutions for

throw and weight throw honor roll. He was

long and triple jump in the Sun Belt Confer-

also named to multiple All-Sun Belt teams in

ence and the nation.

his career under head coach Dean Hayes.

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

The Farragut, Tenn., native has trained with the U.S. National Bobsled

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

Team and also trained under Louie Simmons at the Westside Barbell

tional experience, including two World Championships, three Olympic

Gym in Indianapolis, Ind.

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

Parker’s father, Bill, is the head track and field coach at Farragut High

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

School. In has 20 years at Farragut, he has led his men’s and women’s

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

teams to 11 total Tennessee state championships and nine runner-ups.

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

Willie graduated from Middle Tennessee in 2006 with a degree in en-

sports administration and management at Wayne State College and in

trepreneurship.

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

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

Willie Parker competed for head coach Dean Hayes in the throwing events before becoming an assistant coach

Facilities Facilities

Dean A. Hayes Stadium Murphy Center Sports Medicine Strength and Conditioning Academic Enhancement Residence and Dining

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Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium

The Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium is the home and training facility of the Blue Raiders track and field program. The Olympic-size track was laid 10 years ago and has hosted the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships and the 2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, and is the annual host of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association high school track championships. In 2006-07, the facility underwent a $3.5 million addition with the construction of locker rooms, a press box and a 1,500-seat grandstand. The stadium is scheduled to host the 2011 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships. The running surface features eight lanes measuring 42 inches each, which allows ample space for each competitor to run without feeling closed in by other runners. Like the running surface, the infield portion of the complex is user-friendly. It features the unique aspect of two long jump runways, allowing both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teams to compete or practice at the time. A pole vault runway, javelin runway, high jump area and hammer/discus cage are also located in the infield area. Middle Tennessee State University held a formal dedication ceremony

May 8, 2009, to name the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium. Nearly 400 people were in attendance including over 100 former track athletes in honoring their former coach. The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the renaming of the stadium in late March.

The ceremony took place in the Greenland Drive parking lot directly in front of the newly named stadium. Featured speakers included Middle Tennessee president Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, director of athletics Chris Massaro, former track student-athlete Tommy Haynes and Coach Hayes. The ceremony coincided with the first day of the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships, an event Middle Tennessee hosted to for the first time since joining the league in 2000-01. The Blue Raiders last hosted an outdoor league championship event in 2000, their last season competing in the Ohio Valley Conference. Junior William Songock concluded the evening last May in dramatic fashion, taking first place in the 10,000 meters following the ceremony setting a stadium record.

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Hayes Stadium Records

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MEN’S Event 100m 200m 400m 800m 1,500m 3,000m ST 5,000m 10,000m 110m H 400m H LJ TJ HJ Pole Vault Discus Javelin Shot Hammer 4x100m relay 4x400m relay

Name (School) Gavin Smellie (Western Kentucky) Gavin Smellie (Western Kentucky) Jarrod Macklin (Eastern Illinois) Brian Recktenwald (Murray State) Festus Chemaoi (Middle Tennessee) Johnathan Cherono (UALR) Zac Edward (South Alabama) William Songock (Middle Tennessee) Jasper Demps (Middle Tennessee) Roscoe Payne (Middle Tennessee) Rob Jordan (Middle Tennessee) Carl Morgan (Middle Tennessee) Jermaine Jamison (North Texas) Jordan Wehr (North Texas) Kirby Atkins (UALR) Richard McKay (Louisiana-Monroe) Matt Taitt (Western Kentucky) Kirby Atkin (UALR) Western Kentucky Western Kentucky

Date 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/05/00 5/05/00 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/10/09 5/08/09 5/05/00 5/10/09 5/05/00 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/08/09 5/08/09 5/09/09 5/09/09 5/10/09 5/10/09 5/10/09

Time/Mark 10.29 20.58 46.54 1:53.09 3:47.25 9:09.69 14:14.33 30:43.11 13.97 51.41 25-5.5 [7.76m] 52-4.5 [15.96m] 6-10.75 [2.1m] 17-6.5 [5.35m] 172-5 [52.55m] 210-8 [64.22m] 55-2.25 [16.28m] 184-7 [56.27m] 39.93 3:08.89

WOMEN’S Event 100m 200m 400m 800m 1,500m 3,000m ST 5,000m 10,000m 100m H 400m H LJ TJ HJ Pole Vault Discus Javelin Shot Hammer 4x100m relay 4x400m relay

Name (School) Miaie Williams (Western Kentucky) Miaie Williams (Western Kentucky) Charmisha Morrow (Arkansas State) Sheena Gooding (Austin Peay) Zamzam Sangau (Middle Tennessee) Paola Reategui (Flordia International) Emiear O’Brien (Western Kentucky) Janet JeSang (Western Kentucky) Lauren Wiggins (North Texas) Naim Yisrael (Florida International) Sarah Nambawa (Middle Tennessee) Sarah Nambawa (Middle Tennessee) Heather Davis (Louisiana-Monroe) Nicole Knox (South Alabama) Stephanie Foreman (Arkansas State) Tiphanie Baker (Troy) Marcie Richard (Louisiana-Monroe) Brittany Cox (Middle Tennessee) Tiphanie Baker (Troy) Western Kentucky Austin Peay

Date 5/10/09 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/06/00 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/10/09 5/08/09 5/10/09 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/10/09 5/09/09 5/09/09 5/08/09 5/08/09 5/09/09 5/09/09 5/10/09 5/10/09 5/06/00

Time/Mark 11.57 23.43 53.92 2:09.14 4:28.16 11.14.13 17:22.85 36:41.01 13.40 57.83 20-10 [6.35m] 44-11.75 [13.71m] 5-8.75 [1.75m] 13-1.5 [4.0m] 179-0 [54.56m] 147-8 [45.01m] 50-0.75 [15.26m] 178-2 [54.31m] 45.36 3:41.08

Murphy Center Indoor Track Facility

Murphy Center Murphy Center is Middle Tennessee’s winter home and houses the team’s indoor training facility and hosts multiple indoor home meets in the indoor season. Constructed in 1972, Murphy Center’s indoor track is located on the upper level above the basketball courts and is one of only two such facilities in the Sun Belt Conference. The arena has played host to four Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships and numerous indoor championships in the Ohio Valley Conference. The 2010 SBC Indoor Championships will take place at Murphy Center on February 27-28. The indoor track facility measures 50,000 square feet and can accomadate every track and field event. A jump runway and built in sand pit for long and triple jump events, pole vault and high jump pads make Murphy Center a unique venue the Blue Raiders are proud to call home. Murphy Center also feature two auxiliary gyms for throwing events as well as team practices or physical education classes, raquetball courts and two dance studios. It is also home to an athletic training room that features state-of-the-art modalities for the treatment and care of athletic injuries.

Murphy Center

2010 SBC Indoor Championships Murphy Center will host the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships on the weekend of February 27-28. This will mark the 24th time in the school’s history Murphy Center has hosted a conference championships and the fifth time since joining the Sun Belt Indoor Championships. Middle Tennessee teams have had great success on their home track winning 18 total conference championships between the men’s and women’s squads. 2008 marked the last time Murphy Center hosted the Sun Belt Championships, both teams finished runner up perennial rival Western Kentucky.

Murphy Center has a long and storied history in high school athletic as well. The facility has long been host to the TSSAA boy’s and girl’s state basketball championships, the stat volleyball championships and the state cheerleading finals. Aside from athletics, the facility has staged countless concerts for some the world’s most renowned artists including Elvis Presley, U2, Elton John, the Judds and three consecutive sold out shows by country music superstar Garth Brooks. Murphy Center is unique on campus and in the area as is has served as the site for several large conventions and trade shows as well as for Middle Tennessee’s commencement ceremonies three times a year.

The Murphy Center will play host to the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

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Middle Tennessee Founded Indoor Last Chance Meets at Murphy Center The first indoor meet in the Ohio Valley Conference was held in Murphy Center in 1976, and the meet was a watershed moment for the NCAA. The current qualifying system for the NCAA championships was derived from this meet. Head Coach Dean Hayes and several area coaches were looking for a final oppotunity for their athletes to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The coaches got together and held a meet at Murphy Center the week before the national meet. The practice continued in ensuing years and came to be known as the NCAA Last Chance Meet. There are at least six Last Chance Meets around the nation each year, including Ames, Iowa (Iowa State); South Bend, Ind. (Notre Dame); Blacksburg Va. (Virginia Tech); Lincoln, Neb. (Nebraska); Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas); and Gainsville, Fla. (Florida).

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Sports Medicine

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

Drew Shea

Sports Medicine Facility Allison Ness

Chris Harris

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

Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning On of the biggest changes in college athletics in the past few years has been the attitude toward strength and conditioning. Performing in the weight room has become just as important as onthe-field competition, and Middle Tennessee has one of the very best staffs in the nation committed to making student-athletes the best they can be. Assistant Athletic Director Matt Riley take care of all the strength and conditioning including all stretching before practices and workouts. It all happens in the Blue Raiders’ 10,000-plus square foot weight room facility located adjacent to the north end zone of Floyd Stadium and designed for use by all Middle Tennessee studentathletes. It is a strength and training are a that rivals any in the country. The weight room has been described by many people as better than any in the immediate area, including those at SEC and Conference USA schoools.

Matt Riley

Jason Spray

Russell Patterson

Katie Abundiz

20,000 pounds of weights • 9 full power racks • 9 elevated platforms • 9 half-racks • 5 ground-base jammers • dead lifts • Leg press • Leg curls • Leg extension • Bench press • Military press • Rowing machine • Treadmills • Stationary bikes • Cable television

Academic Enhancement Center Acadmeic Enhancement The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center (SAEC) at MTSU houses the academic support system and the Blue Raider Athlete Skills for Success (B.R.A.S.S.) Life Skills program for all 17 Division 1-A sports. The center is housed at Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium on Raider Drive. The facility opened its doors on January 4, 1999, to the delight of student-athletes, coaches, and administrators. The mission of the center is to help student-athletes take skills learned on the field and turn them into positive preparation for life after college. The center is also committed to meeting the changing needs of student-athletes. It continues to promote partnerships between the University, the NCAA, and the Murfreesboro community to help achieve its goals.

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

In addition to to providing the academic support needed to be successful in the classroom, the center is committed to meeting the needs of student-athletes in life skills development through the very popular B.R.A.S.S. program.

2008-09 Academic Review • 159 of 289 (55%) of all student-athletes had a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the spring semester.

Todd Wyant

Wynnifred Counts

Debbie Carroll

Angel Nathan

MTSU has inducted 70 student-athletes into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society after just five years of being eligible. Chi Alpha Sigma is a nonprofit organization established to recognize college students who earn a varsity letter in at lease one sport while maintaining a 3.4 of higher cumulative GPA throughout their junior and senior years.

• 72 student-athletes made the Dean’s List in the spring by earning a grade point average of 3.5 of higher, and 17 attained a perfect 4.0. • 8 of 17 teams had a 2008 spring semester GPA of 3.0 or higher. • In the spring, the student-athletes had an average 2.95 GPA.

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

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

The KUC is located in the center of campus and is a major intersection for student activities. The Grill is located on the second floor and features Pizza Hut, Quizno’s Subs, Grille Works, Salad Garden, Chick-Fil-A, and Freshens (desserts and smoothies). The KUC Grill is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday and is open until 5 p.m. on Fridays. The Cyber Café is the first of its kind in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, offering a futuristic and efficient way for students to dine. Students are able to eat while e-mailing or searching the Web at the same time on eight computers.

Scarlett Commons

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

Scarlett Commons, named for former MTSU president M.G. Scarlett, is one of the premier living arrangements at any university in the region. Opened to students in the fall of 1999, the facility provides apartment-style living with the convenience of staying on campus. Nine three-story buildings with 12 apartments each and a useful clubhouse make up the Scarlett complex. Each apartment contains four private bedrooms connected by two private bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a comfortable living room. The Scarlett Commons clubhouse creates a real sense of community with its recreation/meeting rooms, fireplace, big screen TV, and laundry room. Maintenance issues can be resolved with a phone call to the 24-hour reception and service desk in the clubhouse. Students living in Scarlett Commons have their own restricted parking lot, so it’s easy to find parking in front of their buildings 24 hours a day.

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2009 Year in Review Gbagbeke takes silver medal at NCAA Championships Junior transfer Stanley Gbagbeke took second place in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., becoming the first Middle Tennessee Outdoor All-American since Juan Walker in 2007. Gbagbeke took second place with a leap of 26-3 (8.0m) coming in as the runner-up to Florida State’s Ngonidzashe Makusha with recorded a mark of 26-7.25 (8.11m). The Nigeria native got off to a slow start in his first meet for the Blue Raiders. However, a promising third-place finish in the long jump at the Sun Belt Championships earned him his first NCAA Mideast Regional qualifying mark. He placed fifth at the NCAA Mideast Regional with a mark of 25-3.5 (7.71m). Stanley Gbagbeke The jump placed him 23rd in the NCAA descending order list. The eight points Gbagbeke scored earned the team a onships. 32nd-place finish nationally, its highest finish since 2007.

2009 NCAA Outdoor Long Jump Championships 1. Ngonidzashe Makusha. 26-7.25

2. Stanley Gbagbeke. . . 26-3 3. Nicholas Gordon . . . . . 26-2.75 4. Julian Reid . . . . . . . . . . 26-1.5 5. Jeremy Hicks. . . . . . . . . 26-1.5 6. Luis Rivera-Morales . . . 26-0.75 7. Alain Bailey. . . . . . . . . 25-11.5 8. Mychael Stewart. . . . . . . 25-11 9. Will Claye. . . . . . . . . 25-10.75 10. Tyron Stewart. . . . . . . . 25-3.5

In the summer, Gbagbeke competed on the international scene winning the Nigerian national championships and earning a slot on the IAAF World Championship qualifying ‘B’ List with a mark of 26-5.5 (8.06m) placing him 15th in the world in the event. He finished 27th at the IAAF World Champi-

Nambawa earns two triple jump All-American honors Sarah Nambawa increased her All-American tally to three in 2009 after garnering the honor in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Nambawa placed second at the NCAA Indoor Championships to Florida State’s Kim Williams and third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships behind Williams and Yasmine Regis of Texas A&M. Nambawa and Williams battled the entire indoor and outdoor seasons for the top mark on the NCAA descending list. Nambawa’s mark of 44-11.75 Sarah Nambawa (13.71m) at the Sun

Belt Championships topped Williams’ mark. Nambawa broke this mark two weeks later with a jump of 45-9 (13.94m) at the NCAA Mideast Regional, however, Williams’ would outdo the mark the same day at the NCAA South Regionals. Williams’ bested Nambawa again at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Nambawa’s three NCAA All-Americans designates her third on the Middle Middle Tennessee Women’s Tennessee list of female All-Americans, All-Americans behind Jacqui Brown t1. Jacqui Brown. . . . . . . (4) and Dionne Rose, t1. Dionne Rose. . . . . . . (4) who are tied with four 3. Sarah Nambawa . . (3) titles each.

t4. Kim Freeman. . . . . . . (1) t4. Andreja Ribac. . . . . . (1)

Blue Raiders send four to NCAA Outdoor Championships Fourteen Middle Tennessee top track athletes competed

Brittany Cox qualified in the shot put, throwing a school record and lifetime best 53-6.25 at the NCAA Mideast Regional. As a junior, Cox positioned herself as one of the top throwers in the nation and will be a force to be reckoned with in the 2010 season. Sarah Nambawa is the only previous NCAA qualifier. Nambawa qualified in both the long and triple jump after winning the triple jump with a leap of 45-9 (13.94m) and placing fifth in the long jump. Nambawa competed in the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, taking second in the triple jump. She also competed in 2008 Outdoor Championship in Ames, Iowa, placing 13th. The women’s team finished 11th out of 39 teams in the team scoring. The men’s team placed 20th out of 42.

in 19 events at the 2009 NCAA Mideast Qualifier in Louisville, Ky. Four athletes advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Three athletes competed for the first time at the national level, and junior Sarah Nambawa competed in the outdoor championships for the second straight season. Senior Carl Morgan qualified in the triple jump at the NCAA Mideast Championships, taking second in the event with a lifetime best of 52-9.5 (16.09m) and ensuring his first trip to the national competition. His brother, Carlos qualified in the same event in 2007. Sophomore transfer Stanley Gbagbeke placed fifth in the long jump with mark of 25-3.5 (7.71m) to give him his first bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Gbagbeke placed third in the long jump at the Sun Belt Championships in his first season for the Carl Morgan Blue Raiders.

Men take 2009 Sun Belt Indoor Title It came down to the final event of the weekend, but once Head coach Dean Hayes was named Sun Belt Men’s Coach again the 4x400-meter relay pushed the men’s team over ri- of the Year for the fifth time since joining the league in 2001. val Western Kentucky for the 15th indoor conference title in The women, led by Sun Belt Field Performer of the Year the program’s history. Sarah Nambawa, placed second behind Western Kentucky. Led by Top Meet Scorer and SBC Track Performer of the Nambawa took first place in the triple jump and third in the Year Festus Chemaoi and SBC Field Performer of the Year Carl long jump. Morgan, the team won the its first Sun Belt Indoor title since 2006. Chemaoi won the 800 and 1,500 meters, took second in the 3,000 meters, and placed fourth in the 5,000. Morgan won the both the long and triple jump. It was the second year in a row Morgan won the triple jump event. Freshman Roscoe Payne earned his first victory in his college career in the 55-meter hurdles. Other team highlights included Greg Franklin, who placed third in both the 100 and 200 meters, William Songock who finished as the runner-up in the 5,000 meters and third in the 3,000 meters, and the dis2009 Men’s Sun Belt Indoor Champions tance medley relay team taking third.

Stadium Named in Hayes’ Honor On May 8, 2009, Middle Tennessee hosted a formal dedication ceremony to name its newest stadium the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium. With nearly 400 people were on hand, including over 100 former track athletes to honor their former coach. The dedication honored Middle Tennessee’s most successful coach and his 45 years of service to the University. Coach Hayes has served as the head coach of the Blue Raider track and field programs since 1965. His success started with men’s track and continued when women’s track was added to the slate in 1987. He has also coached the cross country programs. Among his many accomplishments are 82 AllAmerican honors won by 48 student-athletes, 43 total conference championships, and 18 NCAA top25 finishes. Hayes has also coached four national champions and numerous athletes who have competed internationally in the Olympic Games, World University Games, and Pan-American Games. He is a member of five halls of fame, has been named a conference coach of the year 26 times and

was an assistant coach during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The dedication ceremony took place in the Greenland Drive parking lot directly in front of the stadium. Featured speakers included Middle Tennessee president Dr. Sidney A. McPhee, Director of Athletics Chris Massaro, former track student-athlete Tommy Haynes and Coach Hayes. The ceremony coincided with the first day of the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Track Alumni in attendance to honor Hayes

Team’s host Sun Belt Outdoor Championships Middle Tennessee hosted the Sun Belt Conference Championships in 2009 for the first time since joining the league in 2001. The meet was the held at the Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium since the addition of the 1,500-seat grandstand and locker room facility in 2006. Junior distance runner William Songock highlighted the first day’s action for the Blue Raiders by winning the final event of the day the men’s 10,000 meters. Songock took victory in the event in a Middle Tennessee record, breaking Robert Willis’ 25 year record. Willis was on hand to congratulate Songock; he was present for the stadium dedication for Dean Hayes. Throughout the three-day meet, 34 stadium records were set, with 10 being set by Middle Tennessee athletes. William Songock Other highlights were

Sarah Nambawa’s performance in the triple jump, when the junior recorded a then-NCAA season best mark of 44-11.75 (13.71m). It was, at the time, the 15th longest jump recorded in the world in 2009 and a MT record. Both men’s and women’s conference championships were taken by Western Kentucky. The Blue Raider men took second the Blue Raider women placed third. The event was considered a tremendous success, and Middle Tennessee has already been scheduled to host the 2011 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships.

2009 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships Results

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Men’s

Western Kentucky . . . . . . (161) Middle Tennessee. . . . (130) UL-Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . (121) North Texas. . . . . . . . . . (91.5) UALR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (74) Arkansas State. . . . . . . . (72.5) Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (65) South Alabama . . . . . . . . (48) Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . (35) Florida Intl.. . . . . . . . . . . (21)

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Women’s

Western Kentucky . . . . . . . (153) Florida Intl. . . . . . . . . . . (115.6) Middle Tennessee . . . (108.6) North Texas . . . . . . . . . . . (97) UL-Monroe . . . . . . . . . . (90.2) Arkansas State . . . . . . . . . (82) Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (65.6) Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . (35) South Alabama . . . . . . . . . (29) Florida Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . 29 UALR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13)

Morgan and Chemaoi highlight Blue Raiders at Penn Relays Middle Tennessee senior Carl Morgan and sophomore Festus Chemaoi led the Blue Raiders at the 2009 Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., Morgan won the collegiate men’s triple jump, and Chemaoi finished first overall in the men’s 5,000 meters. Morgan’s leap of 50-6.75 (15.41m) in the triple jump bested a field of 20 entries. This came off Morgan’s second-place finish in the long jump the day before when the Cayman Island native leapt 24-6.25 (7.47m) to take runner up in the

Carl Morgan

event. Chemaoi bested a 31-man field to take victory in a time of 14:17.79. Other highlights of the festival included Sarah Nambawa’s fourth-place finish in the Women’s Collegiate triple jump Championships division recording a jump of 43-1 (13.13m) and Kortney Thurman coming in eighth in the long jump, leaping 19-3.5 (5.88m). In the relay events, the men’s 4x100 team of Greg Franklin, Curtis King, Stanley Gbagbeke, and Roscoe Payne finished eighth overall in the men’s collegiate division in a time of 40.60. The team also finished ninth in the 4x200-meter relay. The women’s 4x400meter relay team had the best finish of all the women’s relay teams placing 26th .

Festus Chemaoi

Cox and Sangau rewrite record books Blue Raider juniors Brittany Cox and ZaCox and Sangau’s MT Records 4:48.27, 9:55.28 and 17:54.42, respectively. mzam Sangau were a mission in 2009 to The Uganda native also holds outdoor Cox stamp their names in the Blue Raider record Indoor standards in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-10.25 books. Between the two, Cox and Sangau Outdoor and 5,000 meters with respective time of broke school records 12 different times in Shot Put. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-6.25 2:07.38, 4:24.44 and 17:21.44. Hammer Throw. . . . . . . . . . 176-10 2009. When the indoor and outdoor sea The duo’s success was not limited to Sangau sons concluded, they owened combined 12 school records. Cox set the Sun Belt Confer Indoor school records. ence shot put record twice in 2009 throw 800 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:11.03 run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:48.27 Cox will enter the 2010 season as the Mile ing 52-0.75 (15.87m)at the Tiger Track Clas3,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . . 9:55.28 school indoor and 5,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . 17:54.42 sic and again at Outdoor outdoor shot put 800 meters . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.38 the NCAA Mideast record holder with 1,500 meters. . . . . . . . . . . 4:24.44 Regional tossing 5,000 meters. . . . . . . . . . 17:21.44 respective marks of 53-6.25 (16.31m) 48-10.25 (14.89m) at the NCAA Midand 53-6.25 (16.31m) and hammer east Championships. She also set the throw with a mark of 176-10 (53.9m). SBC Outdoor Championships record Sangau will start 2010 owning the in the shot put with a mark of 50-0.75. school standard in the indoor 800 Sangau set the 800 meter outdoor meters, mile run, 3,000 meters and championships record with a time of Brittany Cox Zamzam Sangau 5,000 meters with times of 2:11.03, 2:09.73.

2009 Men’s Indoor Performance Chart •* - NCAA automatic mark • + - NCAA provisional mark • ! - personal best • ^ - oversized track • $ - Non-NCAA event • f - facility record • h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • % Standards based upon banked/oversized 55m (Auto: 6.14, Prov: 6.24) Greg Franklin 6.30! A 12/6/08 Samuel Adade 6.41 A 12/6/08 Stanley Gbagbeke 6.43 A 12/6/08 Malcolm Beyah 6.44 E 1/31/09 Rod Issac 6.45 E 1/31/09 Robert Ezell 6.51 A 12/6/08 MT Record: Mardy Scales 6.14 , 2003 55mH (Auto: 7.17, Prov: 7.38) DeRay Sloss 7.36+ E 1/31/09 Roscos Payne 7.47! A 12/6/08 MT Record: Linnie Yarbrough 7.20, 2006 60m (Auto: 6.63, Prov: 6.74) Greg Franklin 6.80 F 2/6-7/09 Stanley Gbagbeke 6.80 F 2/6-7/09 Curtis King 6.89 F 2/6-7/09 Malcolm Beyah 6.97p F 2/6-7/09 Samuel Adade 7.02p C 1/16-17/09 Rod Issac 7.08p F 2/6-7/09 Robert Ezell 7.16p F 2/6-7/09 60mH (Auto: 7.70, Prov: 7.91) Roscoe Payne 8.01p I 3/7/09 DeRay Sloss 8.02 I 3/7/09 200m (Auto: 21.08, Prov: 21.48)% Curtis King 21.50 H 2/28-3/1/09 Greg Franklin 21.58 A 12/6/08 Stanley Gbagbeke 21.83 A 12/6/08 Samuel Adade 21.86p H 2/28-3/1/09 Roscoe Payne 21.89 A 12/6/09 Adrian Bentley 21.92 A 12/6/09 Rod Issac 21.93 E 1/31/09 Robert Carter 22.28 C 1/16/09 Darnell McCurdy 24.00 G 2/14/09 MT Record: Mardy Scales 20.84, 2004 400m (Auto: 46.45, Prov: 47.65)% Adrian Bentley 49.55 A 12/6/09 Greg Franklin 49.56 A 12/6/09 Samuel Adade 49.78 E 1/31/09 Robert Carter 49.87! F 2/6-7/09 Darnell McCurdy 51.72 B 1/11/09 Festus Chemaoi 52.51 D 1/24/09 Dennis Rockholt 54.01 A 12/6/09 MT Record: Godfrey Herring 46.36, 2001 800m (Auto: 1:48.60, Prov: 1:51.10) Festus Chemaoi 1:50.27+!r I 3/7/09 David Emery 1:58.87 H 2/28-3/1/09 William Songock 1:58.87! G 2/14/09. Julius Kirui 2:01.24 B 1/11/09 Philip Benavides 2:01.69 F 2/6-7/09 Joshua Wheeler 2:04.60! C 1/16-17/09 MT Record: Dennis Votava 1:51.84 , 1977 Mile (Auto: 4:00.30, Prov: 4:04.80) Festus Chemaoi 4:06.29! F 2/6-7/09 David Emery 4:15.14! A 12/6/09 William Songock 4:17.46! D 1/24/09 Isaac Biwott 4:20.84 G 2/14/09

Julius Kirui 4:25.07! C 1/16-17/09 MT Record: Joe O’Loughlin 4:03.47, 1982 3,000m (Auto: 7:55.80, Prov: 8:06.30)% William Songock 8:14.15! F 2/6-7/09 Festus Chemaoi 8:22.00! H 2/28-3/1/09 Isaac Biwott 8:48.21! E 1/31/09 Julius Kirui 8:59.48 F 2/6-7/09 David Emery 9:04.61 E 1/31/09 MT Record: Joe O’Loughlin 8:12.64, 1981 5,000m (Auto: 13.48.90, Prov: 14:11.90)% William Songock 14:35.36! H 2/28-3/1/09 Festus Chemaoi 14:49.29! H 2/28-3/1/09 Julius Kirui 15:15.85! H 2/28-3/1/09 MT Record: Geoffrey Lagat 14:39.99, 2001 Mile Relay (Auto: 3:08.10, Prov: 3:12.00)% Relay A 3:18.11 F 2/6-7/09 . Isaac, Adade, Franklin, Carter Relay A 3:21.02 H 2/28-3/1/09 Isaac, Franklin, Payne, Morgan Relay A 3:24.67 A 12/6/09 Payne, Bentley, McCurdy, Morgan Relay A 3:29.49 E 1/31/09 Payne, Carter, McCurdy, Chemaoi MT Record: Okorie, Darden, Hicks, Waller 3:08.32 2004 DMR (Auto: 9:36.20, Prov: 9:47.90)% Relay A 10:18.81 H 2/28-3/1/09 . Kirui, Carter, Benavides, Emery MT Record: Johnson, Mitchell, David, O’Loughlin 9:48.04, 1981 High Jump (Auto: 2.24, Prov: 2.14) MT Record: Alex Pruitt 7-1.5, 2005

Greg Franklin Brandon Jones 22-10.25! (6.69m)G 2/14/09 MT Record: Roland McGhee 27-0.75, 1993 Triple Jump (Auto: 16.10, Prov: 15.40) Carl Morgan 51-02.25 (15.60m)+ A 12/6/08 Brandon Jones 48-01.00 (14.66m) A 12/6/08 DeRay Sloss 45-04.25 (13.82m)!D 1/24/09 MT Record: Tommy Haynes 54-6.5, 1974

1981

Shot Put (Auto: 19.30, Prov: 17.75) Derrick Crutcher 34-10.00 (11.70m)D 1/24/09 MT Record: Brian Oldfield 57-7, 1966

Long Jump (Auto: 7.85, Prov: 7.50) Carl Morgan 24-11.00 (7.59m)+A 12/6/08 Stanley Gbagbeke 24-08.25 (7.53m) ! A 12/6/08 DeRay Sloss 23-00.25 (7.02m) B 1/11/09

Weight Throw (Auto: 21.50, Prov: 19.50) Derrick Crutcher 34-10.00 (10.61m)D 1/24/09 MT Record: James Thomas 58-8.75, 2007

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

Meet Key A - MT Christmas Classic (12/6/08) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn.

F - Rod McCravy Memorial (2/6-7/09) Hosted by the University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky.

B - Ed Temple Classic (1/11/09) Hosted by Tennessee State Nashville, Tenn.

G - MT Valentine Invitational (2/14/09) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn.

C - Kentucky Invitational (1/16-17/09) Hosted by the University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky.

H - SBC Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1/09) Hosted by Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark.

D - Blue Raider Invitational (1/24/09) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn.

I - NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/7/09) Hosted by Iowa State Ames, Iowa

E - Middle Tennessee Classic (1/31/09) Hosted by Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn.

J - NCAA Indoor Championships (3/13-14/09) Hosted by Texas A&M College Station, Texas

2009 Women’s Indoor Performance Chart • * - NCAA regional mark • ! - personal best • $ - Non-NCAA event • w - wind-aided • f - facility record • h - hand-timed • p - prelim mark • s - semifinals • r - school record • M - Multi-event 55m (Auto: 6.74, Prov: 6.92) Tenesha Hill 7.05 A 12/6/09 Kiara Henry 7.17! H 2/28-3/1/09 Nyeisha Wright 7.17 D 1/24/09 Kortney Thurman 7.22! D 1/24/09 Erika Palmer 7.27 A 12/6/09 MT Record: Dionne Rose 6.89, 1994

5,000m (Auto: 16:09.60, Prov: 16:46.60)% Marla Bailey 18:52.67 H 2/28-3/1/09 Kristen Tithof 19:14.76 H 2/28-3/1/09 Ashleigh Thaler 20:08.54 H 2/28-3/1/09 MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 17:54.42, 2008 Mile Relay (Auto: 3:35.40, Prov. 3:42.40)% Relay A 3:42.70 F 2/6-7/09 Wright, Nambawa, Gillyard, Sangau Relay A 3:47.39 E 1/31/09 Wright, Nambawa, Gillyard, Sangau Relay A 4:17.60 A 12/6/08 Thurman, Nambawa, Nakaziba, Gillyard Relay A 4:34.73 B 1/11/09 Henry, Nakaziba, Palmer MT Record: Hall, Parrish, Phillips, Graham 3:42.78, 1996

55mH (Auto: 7.57, Prov: 7.86) MT Record: Dionne Rose 7.59, 1994 60m (Auto: 7.26, Prov: 7.44) Tenesha Hill 7.75 F 2/6-7/09 Kiara Henry 7.83 F 2/6-7/09 60mH (Auto: 8.14, Prov: 8.43) 200m (Auto: 23.40, Prov: 24.10)% Nyeisha Wright 24.47! G 2/14/09 TraMayne Gillyard 24.74! E 1/31/09 Tenesha Hill 25.41p H 2/28-3/1/09 Kiara Henry 25.55! E 1/31/09 Kortney Thurman 25.96 B 1/11/09 MT Record: Nadia Graham 23.54, 1996 400m (Auto: 52.70, Prov: 54.70)% TraMayne Gillyard 56.39 H 2/28-3/1/09 Sarah Nambawa 58.01 D 1/24/09 Marion Nakaziba 1:04.13! D 1/24/09 Erika Palmer 1:07.81 G 2/14/09 MT Record: Rosemary Okafor 52.41, 2004 800m (Auto: 2:05.40, Prov: 2:09.40)% Zamzam Sangau 2:12.36!r H 2/28-3/1/09 Ashley Comstock 2:10.20! E 1/31/09 Sarah Nambawa 2:19.80 G 2/14/09 Marla Bailey 2:34.73! E 1/31/09 Kristen Tithof 2:36.45 G 2/14/09 Ashleigh Thaler 2:45.56 E 1/31/09 MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 2:12.63, 2008 Mile (Auto: 4:38.60, Prov: 4:48.60)% Zamzam Sangau 4:50.35 F 2/6-7/09

Nyeisha Wright Ashley Comstock 5:05.93! Marla Bailey 5:26.89 Kristen Tithof 5:44.90 Jackline Serem 5:45.41! Ashleigh Thaler 5:46.08 MT Record: Zamzam Sangau

H 2/28-3/1/09 C 1/16-17/09 E 1/31/09 D 1/24/09 G 2/14/09 4:48.37, 2008

3,000m (Auto: 9:15.80, Prov: 9:34.80)% Zamzam Sangau 9:55.28!r C 1/16-17/09 Ashley Comstock 10:00.52! F 2/6-7/09 Marla Bailey 10:37.06 F 2/6-7/09 Kristen Tithof 11:04.63 F 2/6-7/09 Ashleigh Thaler 11:05.71 A 12/6/09 Jackline Serem 11:17.39 H 2/28-3/1/09 MT Record: Zamzam Sangau 10:17.06, 2008