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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Hammond, La. Founded 1925
Enrollment 14,727 Nickname Lions Colors Green and Gold Conference
Southland President Dr. John L. Crain NCAA Faculty Representative
Dr. Joe Morris Director of Athletics Bart Bellairs Athletic Web
Site www.LionSports.net University Web Site www.selu.edu
TRACK AND FIELD INFORMATION Head Coach Sean Brady Alma Mater
Southeastern, 1994 Assistant Coaches Michael Bartolina Brian
Mondschein Graduate Assistant Coach Peter Kosgei Volunteer
Assistant Coach Erica Bartolina Interim Head Athletic Trainer Cary
Berthelot LIONS IN CONFERENCE 2009 SLC Indoor Finish 3rd/81.5 pts
2009 SLC Outdoor Finish 1st/140 pts 2009 SLC CC Finish 6th/162
pts
LADY LIONS IN CONFERENCE 2009 SLC Indoor Finish 7th/36 pts 2009
SLC Outdoor Finish 8th/37 pts 2009 SLC CC Finish 10th/237 pts
TEAM HISTORY First Year of NCAA Div. 1 Competition 1982
OlympicQualifiers 3 NCAA Division II National Champions 3 NAIA
National Champions 5 NCAA All-Americans 26 NCAANationalQualifiers
19 Academic All-Americans 3
MEDIA RELATIONS Track and Field/Cross Country Contact: Chris
Mycoskie Cell Phone: (225) 788-4801 Media Relations Fax: (985)
549-3773 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:
Southeastern Louisiana University Athletic Media Relations SLU
10309 Hammond, LA 70402 Overnight Address: Southeastern Louisiana
University Athletic Media Relations 800 Galloway Drive Hammond, LA
70402
Important Numbers: Athletic Department Main: (985) 549-2253
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Table of ContentsIntroduction2009-10 Schedule
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Inside Front Cover Table of Contents/Quick Facts/Credits
................................................................................................1Roster
Breakdown
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Cross Country Results
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Looking at the Lions2009-10 State of the Program
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CoachesSean Brady
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Bartolina/Brian
Mondschein....................................................................................................7Peter
Kosgei/Erica Bartolina
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Lions and Lady LionsReturning Student-Athletes
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HistoryLion Track Hall of Fame/All-Time Best List
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Lion Track Hall of Fame/All-Time Best List
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for Life (All-Time
Roster).....................................................................................................23-25
The University Athletic History
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is Southeastern
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Bellairs, Athletic
Director..............................................................................................................31Southland
Conference
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Credits
The 2009-10 Southeastern Louisiana Track and Field/Cross Country
MediaGuideisaproductionoftheSportsInformationOffice.Theguide was
prepared by student assistant Chris Mycoskie, with sup-port from
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations Matt Sullivan and
Associate Director of Media Relations Kemmler Chapple.
PhotographybyRandyBergeron,ClaudeLevet(SoutheasternOfficeof
Public Information), Don Aime, Ally OKeefe (Southeastern
Depart-ment of Student Publications) and Melissa Jones.
Special thanks to head coach Sean Brady, assistant coaches
Michael Bartolina and Brian Mondschein, Larry Hymel of the
Southeastern Alumni Association, Charlie Gillingham of Nicholls,
plus Bruce Ludlow, Jimmy Glenn and Todd Lamb of the Southland
Conference.
Printed by Champion Graphics of Baton Rouge, La.
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2009-10 Lions Track and Field Roster
Name Yr. (Ind./Out.) Events Ht./Wt. Hometown/Last SchoolM.J.
Ahmad So./So. Distance/CC 6-0/156 Gretna, La./Archbishop Shaw
HSStephen Atkinson So./So. Multi 6-0/187 Mandeville,
La./Fontainebleau HSJerel Butler Jr./Jr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-10/144
New Orleans, La./Edna Karr HS Brandon Camp Fr./Fr. Sprints 6-0/175
Rosenberg, Texas/Lamar Consolidated HSMalcolm Carter Fr./Fr.
Sprints 5-7/162 Calhoun, La./West Ouachita HSRocky Caruth Sr./Sr.
Sprints/Hurdles 5-11/179 Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago/Central
ArizonaGeorge Cunningham Sr./NA Sprints 6-1/180 Gilbert,
Ariz./Central Arizona Brandon Daniels Fr./Fr. Sprints/Jumps 6-1/162
Marrero, La./John Ehret HSBeauDeMars Fr./Fr. PoleVault 5-11/164
Springfield,La./AlbanyHSChris Diez So./So. Sprints/Hurdles 5-10/166
Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HSKevin Dorhauer Fr./Fr. Pole
Vault 5-7/129 Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HS Zack Dufrene
Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-10/148 Marrero, La./Archbishop Shaw HS Kyle
Francis R-Sr./NA Throws 6-6/300 Tortola, British Virgin
Islands/Central Arizona Kyle Golden Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 6-2/164
Baton Rouge, La./Redemptionist HS Shannon Grover Jr./Jr. Sprints
5-9/150 New Orleans, La./East St. John HS Kernell Jupiter Sr./Sr.
Jumps 6-0/151 Hahnville, La./Hahnville HS Kalphys Kemboi Jr./Sr.
Distance/CC 5-8/129 Eldama Ravine, Kenya/Simontro HSDamian Manning
Sr./Sr. Hurdles 5-11/175 Baton Rouge, La./Broadmoor HS Jesse
McDavitt Fr./Fr. Distance 5-8/125 Baton Rouge, La./Redemptorist
HSJeremey Miller So./So. Throws 6-0/200 Baton Rouge, La./Istrouma
HS Andon Mitchell Sr./NA Sprints 5-6/134 Mt. Craven,
Grenada/TCUDrew Mizell So./So. Pole Vault 5-7/157 Covington,
La./Covington HS Faisal Muhammad Sr./Sr. Throws 6-2/241 Brooklyn,
N.Y./Kingsborough CC Jaron Ortego So./So. Distance 5-9/137 Walker,
La./UL LafayetteAndrew Pennington Jr./Jr. Pole Vault 5-8/139
Covington, La./Covington HS Johnel Reams Fr./Fr. Jumps 6-2/151
Walker, La./Walker HSJosh Reed Fr./Fr. Jumps 5-10/190 Hammond,
La./St. Thomas Aquinas HSJordan Redd R-So./Jr. Sprints 6-0/180
Lafayette, La./Westminster Christian Michael Rheams Jr./Jr. Jumps
6-3/161 Walker, La./Walker HS Scott Richardson Fr./Fr. Distance
5-7/147 New Orleans, La./Brother Martin HSCory Roberts Sr./Sr.
Combined Events 5-11/185 Meraux, La./St. Thomas Aquinas HS Chris
Robinson Jr./Jr. Combined Events 6-1/168 Slidell, La./Northshore HS
Henry Rop So./Jr. Distance 5-7/126 Kapsabet, Kenya/Union
UniversityCote Ryland Sr./Sr. Combined Events 5-11/167 Dellville,
La./Buckeye HSCorey Santangelo Fr./So. Combined Events 5-9/157
Central, La./Central Private School Adonson Shallow Sr./Sr. Throws
6-1/293 Kingston, St. Vincent/Central ArizonaKovey Simmons So./So.
Pole Vault 6-0/165 DeRidder, La./DeRidder HS Abram Taylor Fr./Fr.
Sprints/Hurdles 6-0/168 Hammond, La./Hammond HSMatt Thiel So./So.
Pole Vault 5-6/138 Covington, La./St. Pauls SchoolWinston Walker
Fr./Fr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-7/162 West Weggo, La./L.H. Higgins
HSAdlus Wiltz Sr./Sr. Hurdles/Relays 6-3/180 Waggaman, La./L.H.
Higgins HS
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Sean Brady, Southeastern (1994) - 9th Season at
Southeastern/9th Season as Head CoachAssistant Coach: Michael
Bartolina, Central Oklahoma (1992) - 5th Season at
Southeastern/12th Season as Coach
Assistant Coach: Brian Mondschein, Washington (1977) - 3nd
Season at Southeastern/28th Season as CoachGraduate Assistant
Coach: Peter Kosgei, Arkansas (2008) - 2nd Season at
Southeastern/2nd Season as Coach
Volunteer Assistant Coach: Erica Bartolina, Texas A&M (2002)
- 5th Season at Southeastern/5th Season as Coach
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Date Meet Host Location Results___________________ Sept. 4
McNeese State Invitational McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Meet Not
Scored Two-person relay teams competed in 6K events. Henry Rop and
Kalphys Kemboi won the mens event with a time of 17:10.
Dorcus Kapkiai and Kim Gastinell led the Lady Lions with a
second place finish at 21:25. Sept. 19 Azalea City Classic South
Alabama Mobile, Ala. Men: 2nd/55, Women: 3rd/63
Kapkiai captured the individual womens title with a time of
19:35.2 in the 5K event, topping her closest challenger by over
nine seconds.Kemboi was Southeasterns top male finisher, coming in
third place at 16:19.5 in the 5K competition.
Sept. 26 LSU Invitational LSU Baton Rouge, La. Men: 4th/93,
Women: 6th/151Southeasterns Kemboi won the 8K event (25:38.71),
crossing the finish line less than three hundreths of a second
ahead of teammate Rop (25:38.94).
Kapkiai stayed stride for stride with the lead pack until the 3K
mark of the 5K event. She finished 5th at 19:40.07. Oct. 3 McNeese
Cowboy Stampede McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Men: 3rd/75, Women:
2nd/49
With some of Southeasterns top athletes not making the trip, the
Lady Lions finished in 2nd place and the Lion men came in 3rd. The
women and men both ran 5K races.Naomi Jeruto led Southeastern with
a fourth place finish at 19:51.33. Nelphat Boit placed 10th
(16:59:59) to lead the Lion men.
Oct. 10 Watson Ford Invitational Mississippi College Clinton,
Miss. Men: 2nd/76, Women: 1st/36 The Southeastern womens cross
country team came in first, while the mens team finished second
behind Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Kapkiai won her second race of the season, clocking a time of
23:18.54 in the 6K event. Rop was the first place individual on the
mens side, completing the 8K event in 25:37.73. Oct. 31 Southland
Conference Championships Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus
Christi, Texas Men: 6th/162, Women: 10th/237
Kemboi was Southeasterns top male finisher in the 8K event,
placing sixth by clocking a time of 24:23. Rop joined him in the
top 10, coming in ninth, just two seconds behind at 24:25.The Lady
Lions best performer was Kapkiai, who came in 12th place with a
time of 21:42 in the 6K race.
Nov. 14 NCAA Regionals Baylor Waco, Texas Men: 17th/447 Rop led
the Southeastern contingent, crossing the finish line with a time
of 31:54.8 in the 10K event, good for 20th place.
2009 Cross Country Results
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2009-10 Lady Lions Track and Field Roster
Name Yr. (Ind./Out.) Events Ht. Hometown/Last SchoolBethany
Burst Fr./Fr. Distance/CC 5-4 Metairie, La./Sacred Heart HSMarissa
Cannon Fr./Fr. Throws 5-4 Amite, La./Oak Forest AcademyErnestine
Carodine R-Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Central HS
Whitney Clay Sr./Sr. Sprints/Relays 5-7 Slidell, La./Slidell HS
Kristen Eubanks So./So. Combined Events 5-5 Oak Grove, La./Oak
Grove HS Jessica Fekete Fr./Fr. Heptahalon 5-5 Holden, La./Holden
HSKim Gastinell Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-7 New Orleans, La./Edna Karr
HS Naomi Jeruto Jr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-5 Kaimoji, Kenya/Lindenwood
UniversityDorcus Kapkiai Jr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-6 Eldoret,
Kenya/Union University Renada Living So./So. Throws 5-4 Lafayette,
La./Lafayette HS Everlyne Matonyei Sr./NA Distance/CC 5-4 Eldoret,
Kenya/Central Arizona Domonique Morley Fr./Fr. Sprints 5-4 Nassau,
Bahamas/St. Augustines CollegeMichelle Ogashi So./So.
Sprints/Relays 5-7 New Iberia, La./New Iberia HS Erika Payton
So./So. Sprints/Relays 5-9 Baton Rouge, La./Dutchtown HS Brittany
Pfantz Fr./Fr. Pole Vault 5-4 DeRidder, La./DeRidder HSPetra Poznic
So./So. Combined Events 6-0 Velenje, Slovenia/School Center Velenje
Shalicia Rochon Fr./Fr. Throws 5-9 New Iberia, La./New Iberia
HSLacey Sanchez So./So. Pole Vault 5-4 Baton Rouge, La./St. Michael
the Archangel HS Yvette Schubert Sr./Sr. Throws 5-3 Walker,
La./Walker HS Courtney Schultheis Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-9 Gretna,
La./Archbishop Blenk HS Judith Schultheis Jr./Jr. Hurdles/Jumps 5-9
Gretna, La./Archbishop Blenk HSChelsea Steele Fr./Fr. Javelin 5-4
Gray, La./HL Bourgeois HSAmber Thomas So./So. Throws 5-9 Morgan
City, La./New Iberia HS Clara Wells Jr./Jr. Sprints 5-1 Baton
Rouge, La./Baton Rouge Magnet HS
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It was the greatest finish in the history of Southeastern
Louisiana Track and Field. Trailing UT Arlington by one and a half
points heading into the final event, the Lions 4x400 meter relay
team posted a school record time to beat the Mavericks and capture
the 2009 Southland Confer-ence mens outdoor championship.
Tasting that success made the Lions hun-gry for more, while the
Lady Lions want to have their own moment in the cham-pionship
spotlight.
Distance/Cross Country
On the mens side, Kalphys Kemboi and Henry Rop enter the 2010
track season after another stellar cross country cam-paign in 2009.
The pair earned All-South-land and All-Louisiana honors after
fin-ishing in the top 10 at the league meet. Rop went on to capture
a top 20 finish in the NCAA south central regional meet.
Kemboi and Rop will be supported by Jaron Ortego, a transfer
from the Univer-sity of Louisiana at Lafayette, plus senior Kyle
Golden. Freshman Jesse McDavitt will redshirt during the indoor
season, but could contribute in the 10k during the outdoor
campaign. New Orleans na-tive Scott Richardson joins the Lions
af-ter a solid career at Brother Martin High School, and will
likely be a key compo-nent of the distance medley relay. On the
womens side, there are great
expectations for junior Dorcus Kapkiai. The Louisiana Sports
Writers Association awarded her with cross country co-run-ner of
the year honors. She was South-easterns top female runner in every
meet she participated in during the 2009 season and earned two
individual victo-ries in the process.
Naomi Jeruto was the LSWAs choice as female newcomer of the
year. The trans-fer from Lindenwood College made an immediate
impact on the Southeastern womens cross country team. She racked up
four straight individual top ten fin-ishes. The Lady Lions will be
counting on her to perform well in middle distance races.
Sprints/Hurdles
Southeastern has an outstanding group of hurdlers returning in
2010. For the men, Kernell Jupiter, Cory Roberts and Damian Manning
are expected to have great indoor and outdoor seasons. They should
head up one of the most solid units on the team.
Adlus Wiltz looks to improve upon his school record 800 meter
run time of 1:53.18 during the indoor campaign. Outdoors, hell be
called upon to lead the Lions in the 400 meter dash, and will be
part of the championship 4x400 meter relay team again in 2010.
Shannon Grover will be called on to con-
tribute in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay
and 4x400 me-ter relay. He reached the NCAA outdoor regionals in
the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash in both the 2008 and 2009
season, and should have a three-peat performance in 2010.
TCU transfer Andon Mitchell does not have outdoor eligibility,
but will be a fac-tor during the indoor campaign. The for-mer
Horned Frog captured All-American honors and four Mountain West
Confer-ence championships during his time in Fort Worth.
The long sprints group will feature the talents of Jerel Butler,
who missed quali-fying for regionals in the 400 meter dash last
season by less than half a sec-ond. George Cunningham will be a big
boost to the Lions in the indoor season, but does not have outdoor
eligibility left. Both Butler and Cunningham could score in 400
meter dash and 4x400 meter relay.
Judith Schultheis returns to the South-eastern womens track team
after com-peting unattached in 2009, and immedi-ately steps back in
the role of top hurdler for the Lady Lions. Her primary focus will
be the 60 meter hurdles, but shell also join the 4x400 meter relay
team.
Erika Payton should also be a big contrib-utor for the Green and
Gold. She scored last year in the 200 meter dash at the
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Southland Conference indoor and out-door championships.
Jumps
On the mens side, two-time Southland Conference champion Michael
Rheams looks to add even more hardware to his trophy case. This
solid veteran won the outdoor triple jump title in 2008 and
fol-lowed that up with an indoor long jump victory in 2009.
Sophomore Kovey Simmons has a great shot to lead the SLC in
vertical jumps. He took fifth place in the outdoor champi-onships
last season, despite the meet being his first performance of the
sea-son due to injury. He also posted a top ten finish in the pole
vault at the indoor championships.
Michelle Ogashi is Southeasterns top returning female in the
long and triple jump. She was consistent as a freshman and should
be in a position to be on the podium at the conference
champion-ships as a sophomore.
Throws
Adonson Shallow may be the best all-around thrower in the
country, with amazing skills in shot put, discus, ham-mer, weight
throw and javelin. He has already assured his spot in Southeastern
lore with record-breaking throws in the
hammer, weight throw and indoor shot. In discus, he advanced to
the NCAA Na-tional Championships in 2009, placing 11th.
Faisal Muhammad is also back for 2010. He set the school record
in the weight throw early in the indoor campaign last year, only to
see it broken by Shallow later. The two very well may continue to
trade places at the top of the all-time list.
Kyle Francis also has a chance to score in weight throw at the
indoor champi-onships to close out his Southeastern career.
Yvette Schubert looks to return to the form that saw her capture
the 2008 Southland Conference outdoor title in javelin. She took
sixth place season, and also put together a top ten performance at
the Texas Relays.
Renada Living saw consistent improve-ment in hammer throw
throughout the 2009 outdoor season. Amber Thomas and Shalicia
Rochon also have oppor-tunities to break through at the college
level.
Combined Events
Senior Cory Roberts looks to close out an amazing career with
the Lions. He was the 2009 Southland Conference outdoor de-cathlon
champion, setting a school record
in the process with 7,451 points. Roberts ended the year with a
19th place finish at the NCAA National Championships.
Chris Robinson looks to break back into the top ten in 2010. He
placed ninth in de-cathlon at the 2008 conference meet, but dropped
to 12th place last year.
Schedule
Southeasterns schedule will not take the Lions and Lady Lions to
all corners of the country, but that wont keep them from competing
against the nations best teams. The Green and Gold will line up vs.
Olympians and national champions on a regular basis.
Highlights include several visits to Baton Rouge for meets at
LSU, plus an appear-ance at the Texas Relays, arguably the finest
collegiate track meet in the United States.
This set-up will give Southeasterns com-petitors a chance to be
real student-ath-letes. Not being on long road trips every weekend,
theyll be able to have a life out-side of athletics and further
enjoy their college experience.
The Lions and Lady Lions hope there is one very long trip,
though. By qualifying for the NCAA Division I National
Cham-pionships, Southeastern would go to historic Hayward Field,
home of the Uni-versity of Oregon.
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Sean BradyHead Coach
Alexandria, La.B.A., Southeastern Louisiana (1994)
Post-Grad Diploma, University of Edinburgh (1998)Ninth Season as
Head Coach
Ninth Season at Southeastern
Southland Conference Champions: 26
NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifiers: 81
NCAA All-Americans: 4 Curtis Moss (Mens Javelin, 2007) Avery
Sorapuru (Mens Long Jump, 2006) Chris Carter (Mens Javelin, 2005)
Lars Laursen (Mens Javelin, 2006)
NCAA Championship Qualifiers: 17 Cory Roberts (Mens Decathalon,
2009) Adonson Shallow (Mens Discus, 2009)
Teremine White (Mens Discus, 2006-08; Shot Put, 2006) Curtis
Moss (Mens Javelin, 2007) Avery Sorapuru (Mens Long Jump, 2006) Cal
Hamilton (Mens Javelin, 2006) Lars Laursen (Mens Javelin, 2006)
Shakeitha Henfield (Womens 100 M Dash, 2004) Betsy Baldwin (Womens
Javelin, 2004/2007) Chris Carter (Mens Javelin, 2003,/2005-06)
All-Southland Conference Athletes: 121
Southland Conference Athletes of the Year: 4
Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year: 2 Southland
Conference Newcomers of the Year: 3 All-Louisiana Athletes: 88 LSWA
Athletes of the Year: 4 Academic All-Southland Conference
Selections: 8
Academic All-Region Selections: 4
Academic All-Americans: 2
In his eighth season as South-eastern Louisianas track and field
coach, Sean Brady led themens team to its first SouthlandConference
championship. The for-mer Southeastern pole vaulter has built the
Lions and Lady Lions into a force in the highly competitive league
and expects continued suc-cess in 2010. Shortly after winning the
confer-ence title, Brady made program his-tory once again as the
United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
named him the 2009 South Central Region Co-Mens Head Coach of the
Year, sharing the award with Chris Bucknam, head coach of the 2009
SEC champion and traditional national powerhouse program at the
University of Arkan-sas. The national honor came on the heels of
being named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year. Im very
honored to receive this award, Brady said. Its nice to see our
program mentioned with some of the best in the nation. However,
this award is not about a head guy. This is a credit to the effort
our kids put in all year long and a credit to the support our
administration and university has given us. Without that, something
like this wouldnt be possible. So Im happy that our program has put
itself in a position to get itself mentioned with one of the best
programs in the nation.
Bradys main duties include over-seeing the Southeastern
sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams; a group that broke three
school records and saw five NCAA Mideast Regionalqualifiers during
the course of the2009 season. In total, the Alexandria native
oversaw a team that produced ten student-athletes that qualified
forNCAA postseason competition in 15 different events. Bradys 2009
Lions also produced the SLC Athlete of the Year (sophomore distance
run-ner Henry Rop) and Outstanding Field Performer of the Year
(junior thrower Adonson Shallow). Under the tutelage of Brady and
his staff, Southeastern student ath-letes have constantly attacked
the school record books, setting more than 50 standards since 2002.
In the past eight seasons, 81 student-athletes have qualified
forthe NCAA Mideast Regionals, 17 student-athletes have competed in
the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with four Lions
earning All-America honors and Jan-ice Ezegbunum earning Academic
All-America honors. Twenty six student-athletes have captured
Southland Conference in-dividual championships. Brady began his
college coaching career as a volunteer assistant at LSU, where he
served two seasons under head coach Pat Henry. During his tenure in
Baton Rouge,
Brady coached several world class sprinters and eventual
professional jumpers on the mens squad while assisting with meet
preparation. After two seasons with the Tigers, Brady moved to Utah
State in 1998 where he worked as an assistant and coached a pair of
Big West Con-ference championship teams and developed a pair of
Aggie school record holders. Prior to his coaching career, Brady
proved to be a standout student-athlete. The Alexandria native
at-tended Northwestern State for one year where he played wide
receiver for the Demon football team, before transferring to
Southeastern. Brady spent three years in Ham-mond competing in the
pole vault and earned a personal-best mark of 16 feet-5 inches as a
senior. After earning his degree in Ki-nesiology at Southeastern in
1994, Brady went on and earned his Post Graduate Degree from the
University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he taught athletics
classes in the sports science curriculum and trained pro-fessional
athletes. Brady graduated from Alexandria Senior High School where
he was a district and regional champion in the pole vault. The son
of James and Karen Brady, both Southeastern alums,
SeanBradyholdscertification fromUSA Track and Field as a Level I
and II coach.
Bradys Career Breakdown
2009 Southland Conference Coach
of the Year
2009 USTFCCCA South Central
Region Co-Mens Coach of the Year
2009 Louisiana Sports Writers
Association Mens Cross Country
Coach of the Year
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Michael Bartolina
Brian Mondschein
Brian Mondschein begins his third season as an assistant coach
with the Southeastern Louisiana track and field program after a
fourteen year run at Division II Kutztown (Pa.) Uni-versity.
Mondscheins main responsibilities include working with the Lions
throwers and heptathletes. Brian brings a wealth of knowledge and
experi-ence to our teams on top of being a great coach and person,
head coach Sean Brady said. I be-lieve he will be able to recruit
some athletes from areas regionally and nationally where we have
not recruited before. Hes a great coach with a lot of experience.
While at Kutztown, Mondschein helped turn the Golden Bears track
and field program into a pow-erhouse in the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Confer-ence. In 14 years at Kutztown, Mondscheins squad
collected 18 conference championships, produced 90 individual
conference champions, 38 Division II All-Americans, four Academic
All-Americans and
two PSAC scholar athletes of the year. Prior to his time at
Kutztown, Mondschein served as an assistant with the University of
Virginia track and field program from 1987 to 1992. While at
Vir-ginia, Mondschein helped the Cavaliers to their best conference
finish in the 1990s when the mens squad finished fourth in indoors
and outdoors and the womens team claimed third overall at the ACC
outdoor meet. During his time at Virginia, Mondschein coached 12
All-ACC athletes and four All-Americans. From 1984-1987, Mondschein
served as an as-sistant coach at Rice where he worked with the mens
field events, combined events and hurdles as well as the womens
javelin, hurdles and combined events. Mondschein began his coaching
career in 1980 at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. and
coached jumpers, hurdlers, sprinters and combined events for both
mens and womens teams.
Mondschein turned in a stellar career as a student athlete at
the University of Washington where he earned All-America honors by
finishing seventh in the decathlon at the 1977 NCAA Championships.
During his freshman campaign in 1973, Monds-chein was part of a
U.S. Junior 4x400m relay team that posted a then-junior world
record. A 1977 graduate of the University of Washington, Mondschein
holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism and English and also holds IAAF
Level Two Throws Instructor credentials. Mondscheins father, Irv,
was a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic Team, competing in the
decath-lon. The elder Mondschein went on to coach at Lin-coln
University of Pennsylvania before joining the coaching staff at the
University of Pennsylvania, he was inducted into the U.S. Track and
Field Coaches Hall of Fame in the fall of 2007. Mondscheins wife
Lauri currently serves as the track coach and a teacher at Albany
Middle School.
Assistant CoachEdmund, Okla.
B.S., University of Central Oklahoma (1992)M.A., University of
Central Oklahoma (1996)
17th Season CoachingFifth Season at Southeastern
Assistant CoachHavertown, Pa.B.A., University of Washington
(1977)28th Season CoachingThird Season at Southeastern
During his 16 year coaching career, Mi-chael Bartolina has
established himself as one of the premier jumps and com-bined event
coaches in the nation.
The 2009-10 campaign will see Bartolina
enterhisfifthseasontutoringtheLionsandLady Lions jumping and
combined event ath-letes. Before joining the Southeastern coaching
staff, Bartolina spent three years as National Equipment Manager
for First to the Finish - the
secondlargesttrackandfieldsupplycompanyin the United States. Prior
to his time in the private sector, Barto-lina spent seven seasons
coaching at the col-legiate level most recently as assistant track
coach at McNeese State University. Before taking the job at
McNeese, Bartolina served as head coach at Ranger Junior
College
(Texas) where he led the team to three
top-threefinishesinJUCONationalMeets. Bartolina began his college
coaching career in 1992-93 at Southeastern where he served as a
graduate assistant and coached current Southeastern head coach Sean
Brady. Since joining the Lions track program, Barto-linas athletes
have produced twelve regional performances, one national qualifying
mark and an All-America honoree (Avery Sorapuru: 2006 Mens Long
Jump). In total, Bartolinas collegiate athletes have earned 17
All-Southland Conference awards, six Southland Conference
championships, 12 NCAA Regional Championship berths, three NCAA
National Championship berths, and one All-America award. Bartolina
is also one of the most sought
af-tercoachesintheprofessionaltrackandfield
community, coaching at least one Olympian in the past three
summer games and develop-ing Estonian heptathlete Kristian Rahnu
who claimed fourth place at the 2006 World Cham-pionships. At the
2008 Beijing Olympics, Bartolina was represented by male pole
vaulter Jure Rovan of Slovenia as well as female pole vaulter Erica
Bartolina of the United States. Bartolina holds USA Track and Field
Level II coachingcertificationsinthejumpsandmulti-events. After
competing in the pole vault for
theOklahomaStatetrackandfieldteam,hecompleted both his BS and MA
degrees at The University of Central Oklahoma. A native of Edmund,
Oklahoma, Bartolina is married to Erica (Boren) Bartolina. He has
one son, Ethan (10).
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Olympic pole vaulter Erica Bartolina enters herfifth campaignasa
volunteer assis-tant with the Southeastern Louisiana
Uni-versitytrackandfieldprogram. Bartolina, a three-time NCAA
Championship qualifier and two-time Big 12 Champion in thepole
vault at Texas A&M assists coaching the Li-ons and Lady Lions
pole vaulters. Despite losing her right eye in a car accident when
she was only four months old, Bartolina ranks as one of the top-20
pole vaulters in the world.
Bartolinahasplacedinthetop-fiveattheU.S.Track and Field National
Championships three times in her career fourth at the 2005 indoors,
fifthatthe2007indoors,andthirdatthe2008outdoors.
In2008,Bartolinaearnedherfirst trip to theOlympic Games by
posting her personal best height of 14 ft. 11 in. (4.55 m) to claim
third place at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore-gon.
ThefirstfemalepolevaulterinTexasA&Mhis-tory, where she was
known as Erica Boren, Bar-tolina still holds the Aggie school
record in the event at 13 ft. 3.75 in. (4.06 m) as well as the top
ten marks in school history. As a junior, Bartolina claimed the
2000 Big 12 title in the pole vault with a winning jump of 12 ft.
11.5 in. (3.95 m). Bartolina earned her second Big 12 title as
se-nior in 2001 by clearing 13 ft. 1.5 in. (4.00 m). In her four
years in College Station, Bartolina advanced to the NCAA
Championships three
times before graduating from Texas A&M with a B.S. in
marketing in 2002. Born Erica Boren in Philomath, Ore., Erica is
married to and coached by Southeastern
assis-tanttrackandfieldcoachMichaelBartolina.Thecouple married in
2002.
Peter Kosgei
Erica Bartolina
Graduate Assistant CoachKapsabet, KenyaB.A., University of
Arkansas (2008)Second Season CoachingSecond Season at
Southeastern
Volunteer Assistant CoachPhilomath, Ore.
B.A., Texas A&M (2002)Fifth Season Coaching
Fifth Season at Southeastern
Peter Kosgei joins the Southeastern track
andfieldcoachingstaffafterconcludingastellar career as a member of
the national powerhouse University of Arkansas distance run-ning
programs. Kosgei will help oversee the Li-ons and Lady Lions cross
country and distance running programs at Southeastern. Peter is a
tremendous addition to our pro-gram, Brady said. Having competed at
a high level at a storied program like Arkansas, he knows what it
takes to help our distance runners fulfilltheirpotential. In just
two seasons with the Razorbacks,
Kos-geiwonfiveindividualSoutheasternConferencetitles, was named a
10-time All-SEC honoree and earned 10 All-American honors in cross
country andoutdoorandindoortrackandfield. In his 2006-07 senior
season, Kosgei earned All-America honors in cross country, the
indoor 3,000 m and the indoor 5,000 m.
Duringthefinaloutdoorseasonofhiscareer,Kosgei led the Razorbacks
in a strong showing at
theSECChampionships,finishingsecondinthe5,000 m and 10,000 m and
third in the 3,000 m steeplechase. As a junior in 2005-06, Kosgei
took runner-up honors at the 2005 NCAA South Central Regional
CrossCountrymeetandwentontofinish12thatthe National Championships.
During the indoor season, Kosgei claimed the SEC title as a junior
in the 5K and was a runner-up in the 3K before going on to earn
All-American honors in both events at the NCAA Indoor
Cham-pionships. InhisfirstseasoninFayetteville,Kosgeimadea big
impression, claiming SEC titles and earn-ing All-America honors in
both the indoor 3K and indoor 5K in 2005. During the 2005 outdoor
season, Kosgei was the SECs highest point scorer at the leagues
championship meet before going on to win the NCAA South Central
Regional title in the 3K stee-plechase and earning All-America
honors in the 10K and 3K steeplechase. Prior to his arrival in
Fayetteville, Kosgei com-peted at Harding University in Searcy,
Ark. where he earned 2003 Gulf South Freshman of the Year and 2004
Division II South Region Athlete of the Year honors. Born in
Sangalo, Kenya, Kosgei is the son of Kipkosgei Choge and Magrine
Chepkemboi. He has two brothers, William and Kipruto, and four
sisters, Everlyne, Jeptanui, Jelagai and Jerono. Kosgei earned his
bachelors degree in Orga-nizational Leadership from the Sam M.
Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in
2008.
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Jerel ButlerJr./Jr. Sprints/Relays 5-10/144 New Orleans, La.
Edna Karr HS
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran anchor at Texas Relays as 4x400 m
relay team posted the best mark in school history (3:09.78) ...
Turned heads at LSU Alumni Gold meet with a victory in the 400 m
dash with a time of 47.69 that missed the qualfying mark by just
0.49 seconds ... 4x400 m relay team posted a school record time of
3:06.79, propelling Southeast-ern over UT Arlington for the Lions
firsteverSouthlandConferencecrownby 0.5 points.
2009 Indoor (Sophomore): In a crowded field at the Southland
in-door championships 4x400 m, fell to the track after taking the
exchange, yet still managed to get back in the race and help
Southeastern to a sea-son best time of 3:20.10 that was just 0.17
seconds behind a school record.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Gar-neredfourtop-tenfinishesinthe400m
including an eighth-place time of 49.78 in his SLC championships
debut ... Helped Lions 4x400 m relay team
to an NCAA Mideast Regional qualify-ing time of 4:06.93.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Ran the 400 m dash at four indoor events
... Tookfirstat theMcNeese Indoor In-vitational (52.71) ... Posted
his best 400 m time at the Southland Indoor Championships where he
claimed 21st (51.06).
High School: A two-time all-district honoree in football and
earned all-state honors in track at Edna Karr HS.
Career Honors:2008-09: Southland Conference Champion: 4x400 m
Relay
Career Best Times:Event Time400 m 47.684x400 m relay 3:06.79
Shannon GroverJr./Jr. Sprints 5-9/150 New Orleans, La. East St.
John HS
Career Honors:2008-09:Southland Conference Champion: 4x400 m
RelayNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 100 m, 200 m
2007-08: School Record: Mens 200 m (20.82)NCAA Outdoor Regional
Qualifier: 100 m, 200 mAll-Louisiana: 100 mAll-Louisiana: 4x400 m
Relay
Career Best Times:Event Time100 m 10.33200 m 20.82400 m
48.394x400 m Relay 3:06.79
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran third leg as 4x400 m team posted
third-place time of 3:09.78 at Texas Relays, setting school record
... Won Lamars Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays 100 m dash (10.57),
then went on to post a time of 20.99 in the 200 m
dashtoclaimfirstandpostanNCAAMideastRe-gional Qualifying time ...
Clocked his second NCAA Regional qualifying time of the season by
posting a time of 10.53 in the 100 m at LSUs Alumni Gold
meet...Thirdplacefinisherin200m(21.03),fourthplace in 100 m (10.53)
and part of record-setting 4x400 m performance (3:06.79) at
Southland out-door championships.
2009 Indoor (Sophomore): At Southland indoor championships,
recorded a personal best time of 22.15 seconds in the 200 m dash
prelims.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Had a breakthrough freshman campaign
during the outdoor season ... Advanced to the finals of the 100m
dash at the
Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with a third-place
preliminary time of 10.47 ... Went on to claim seventh in the 100 m
dash with a time of 10.55 and fourth in the 200 m dash with a time
of 21.14...QualifiedfortheNCAAMideastRegionalsin his freshman
season in both short sprint events ... Claimed 14th in the 100 and
11th in the 200 in his
firstcareerRegionalappearance...Clockedinwitha personal-best time
of 10.33 in the 100 m dash at the NCAA Mideast Regionals, earning
All-Loui-siana honors as the third-fastest time in the state during
the 2008 outdoor season ... Added another personal-best time and
set a school record with a mark of 20.82 in the 200 ... Ran the
second leg of Southeasterns 4x400 relay team that clocked in at
3:09.83 at the LSU Alumni Gold to earn All-Loui-siana honors with
the third-fastest time by a Louisi-ana school during the outdoor
season.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Earned All-Southland Conference honors
with a personal best time of 6.92
in the 60 m dash to claim seventh place ... Claimed 12th place
at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational with a 23.15 200 m dash,
a personal best time in that event ... Posted a time of 7.04
seconds in the 55 m dash, the second-best mark by a Lion sprinter
during the indoor campaign.
Prior to Southeastern -
High School: Lettered in football, baseball and track at East
St. John HS in Reserve, La. ... Named all-district in football in
2007 and captained the track squad ... Member of East St. Johns
Beta Club.
Personal: The oldest son of Donna Grover ... Has two siblings,
Shonna and James ... Twin sister Shonna competed as a sprinter for
Southeasterns womens track team.
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Dorcus KapkiaiJr./Jr. Distance/CC 5-6 Eldoret, Kenya Union
University
2009 Cross Country (Junior): Southeasterns top female runner in
every cross country meet she par-ticipated in this season She also
led the Lady Lions academically, carrying a 3.69 GPA as an
accounting
ma-jorKapkiaiearnedherfirstoftwoindividualvictoriesbybestinganoutstandingfieldatSouthAlabamas5Kmeet,
the Azalea City Classic Dorcus followed that up
witha5thplacefinishatLSUs5KThencameherbestday of the season, her
second individual win as part of a Southeastern team victory at the
Mississippi College 6K event, theWatson Ford Invitational ...
Dorcus fin-ished 12th at the conference championships 6K event ...
Named Co-Runner of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers
Association.
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Narrowly missed out on All-Southland
Conference honors with a fourth-place timeof37:49.79
topickupfivepoints forSoutheast-ern at Southland championships ...
Named to ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team ...
Auto-matic selection to the SLC All-Academic squad.
2009 Indoor (Sophomore): Placed sixth (18:04.46) in 5000 m run
at Southland championships.
2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned
All-SouthlandConferencehonorsbyfinishingseventhattheleague meet
with a time of 22:31 over the 6K course ...
Totaledthreetop-threefinishesontheseason,includingathird-placefinishattheLSUCrossCountryFestivalonSept.27,asecond-placefinishattheAzaleaCityClassicon
Sept. 13 and an individual title at the Mississippi Col-lege
Invitational on Oct. 11 ... Logged a personal best 5K time of
17:59.24 at the Auburn Tiger Invitational.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Earned a pair of top-ten
finishesinthe5000m,placingninthattheLSUAlumniGold and seventh at
the Tiger Invitational ... Posted a time of 5:07.48 in her only
1500 m run of the season at the ULM Warhawk Invitational ... Logged
a personal record of 19:08.53 in the 5K at the SLC Outdoor
meet.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Finished second in the 3000 m (10:57.58)
at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ... Posted her best time in the
indoor 3K at the Purple
TigerInvitational,finishingfifthwithatimeof10:54.67...Notchedapairoftop-threefinishesattheArkansasStateIndoorInvitationalbyfinishingsecond
inthe3K(10:57.29) and third in the 5000 m (18:46.92).
Prior to Southeastern -
Union University: Ran cross country, 3K and 5K at Union
University prior to transferring to Southeastern.
High School: Played field hockey andparticipated indrama at
Kenyas Singnore Girls School.
Personal: One of 11 children of Jacob and Helen Kap-kiai ...
Older brothers Henry and Michael Kapkiai both compete
professionally in the marathon ... Majoring in Accounting.
Career Honors2009-10:All-Louisiana: Female Cross Country
Co-Runner of the Year
2008-09:All-Southland Conference: Cross Country
2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross Country
Career Best Times:Event Time6000 m (cc) 21:425000 m (cc)
17:59.2410000 m 37:49.795000 m 17:43.57 1500 m 5:07.483000 m (ind.)
10:37.39
Kalphys KemboiJr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-8/129 Eldama Ravine, Kenya
Simontro HS
Career Honors:2006-07: All-Southland Conference: Indoor 5K,
Indoor 3K SteeplechaseSouthland Conference Outdoor Male Athlete of
the YearSouthland Conference Outdoor Cham-pion: 3K Steeplechase,
10KNCAA Mideast Regional Qualifier
2007-08: All-Southland Conference: Cross CountrySLC Cross
Country Freshman of the YearAll-Louisiana: Cross
CountryAll-Southland Conference Indoor : 5KAll-Southland Conference
Outdoor: 3K Steeplechase, 5K, 10K
2008-09: All-Southland Conference: Cross Country
2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross CountryAll-Louisiana:
Cross Country
Career Best Times:Event Time3K Steeplechase 9:03.365K
14:33.5410K 31:26.26
2009 Cross Country (Junior): Teamed with Henry Rop to win
McNeese Invitational 6000 m relay (17:10) ... Led Southeastern at
South Alabamas Azalea City Classic 5K with a third place finish
(16:19.5) ...WonLSUInvitational,finishingthe8Keventwitha
timeof25:38.71, earning SLC athlete of the week in the pro-cess ...
Claimed fourth place (26:06.72) at Mississippi Colleges Watson Ford
Invitational 8K ... Was
Southeast-ernstopfinisherat8KSouthlandchampionships,plac-ing sixth
(24:23) ... Missed NCAA south central regional meet due to an
injury suffered that week ... Selected to All-Louisiana team.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Finished second in 3000 m steeplechase at
Lamars Ty Tyrell Relays (9:26.73).
2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland honors with
a third-place time of 24:47 in the SLC Championships ... Second at
the Mississippi College Invitational (24:46) ... Earned medalist
honors at the LSU CC Festival with an 8K time of 24:32.
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Had three top-three
finishesattheSLCChampionships...Tookfirstinthe3Ksteeplechase
(9:03.36), second in the 10K (31:26.26) and third in the 5K
(14:33.54) ... Earned All-Louisiana honors with the top time in the
state in the 3K steeple-chase and the third best time in the
10K.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Posted a time of 8:34.33 to take first
place in the 3000m at the Purple TigerInvitational ...Hadapair of
first-placefinishesat theArkansas State Indoor Invitational,
winning the 1 Mile Run with a time of 4:17.67 and taking medalist
honors in the 5000 m with a time of 14:46.62 ... Claimed second in
the 1 Mile Run at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a time of
4:22.84 ... Set a new personal best in the 5000 m run (14:36.56) to
claim second place behind team-mate Henry Rop at the SLC Indoor
Championships.
2007 Cross Country (Freshman): Finished third at the 2007
Southland Conference Cross Country Cham-pionships, garnering
Freshman of the Year honors ...
Earned All-Regional honors by finishing 21st at theNCAA Cross
Country Mideast Regionals ... Named to the All-Louisiana Cross
Country team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
2007 Indoor/Outdoor (Freshman): Joined the Li-ons in the spring
semester ... Earned Southland Con-ference Male Athlete and Freshman
of the Year honors after scoring a meet-best 26 points at the SLC
Outdoor Championships ... Captured the 3,000-meter steeple-chase
(9:01.13) and 10,000-meter titles (31:32.05) whilefinishingthird
inthe5,000-meters(14:46.19)...Qualified for theNCAAMideastRegionals
in the stee-plechaseafterfinishing fourth (9:04.74)overall at
theTexas Relays ... Finished second in the 5,000-meters (14:37.82)
and third in the 3,000 (8:26.06) at the SLC Indoor
Championships.
Personal: Younger sister, Esther, was a member of the
Southeastern womens track team ... One of Eric and Sarah Kembois
six children.
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Damian Manning
2009 Outdoor (Junior): Put up a time of 14.21 in the LSU Relays
110 m hurdles to qualify for the regional meet ... Came up big in
the Southland outdoor
champion-ships110mhurdlesashisfirst-placetimeof 14.13 earned ten
points for the Lion cause and gave Manning a new personal best that
was also the third-best time in school history ... Recorded a time
of 14.51 in the NCAA regionals 110 m hurdles.
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Clocked
inat14.91totakefifthinthefinalsofthe110 m hurdles at the Southland
Conference Outdoor Championships ... Logged personal and season
best times of 14.44 in the 110
hurdles and 54.86 in the 400 m hurdles at the Mississippi Open
... His 110 m time was good for the tenth-best mark in the SLC
during the outdoor season.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Turned in a time of 7.44 in the 60 m
dash and claimed 11th place in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 8.40
at the PurpleTigerInvitational...Claimedfifthinthe55m hurdles with
a 7.79 mark at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational ... Clocked
in at 7.42 in the 60 m dash and claimed tenth in the 60 m hurdles
with a time of 8.50 at the Bayou Bengal Invita-tional ... Finished
fourth and set a new school record in the 60 m hurdles with a time
of 8.08 at the 2008 Southland Conference Indoor Meet ... Won the
400 m hurdles with a time of 56.06 at the Golden Eagle Classic.
2006-07 (Freshman): Specialized in the 110-me-ter and 400-meter
hurdles ... Posted best times in the 110 (14.52) and 400 (54.98) at
the SLC Outdoor Championships (14.52) ... Ran 22.66 in the
200-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold ... Ran 8.25 in the 60-meter
hurdles at the LSU Bayou Bengal.
Prior to Southeastern -
High School: District and regional champion in the 110- and
300-meter hurdles at Broadmoor High School ... Named All-East Baton
Rouge Parish in both events by the Baton Rouge Morning
Advo-cate.
Personal: One of three children of Jewel and San-dra
Manning.
Career Honors:2007-08: School Record: Indoor 60 m hurdles
(8.08)
2008-09:SLC Outdoor Champion: 110 m HurdlesNCAA Outdoor Regional
Qualifier: 110 m Hurdles
Career Best Times:Event Time60 m hurdles 8.08110 m hurdles
14.43400 m hurdles 53.08
Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles 5-11/175 Baton Rouge, La. Broadmoor
HS
Andon Mitchell Sr./NA Sprints 5-6/134 Mt. Craven, Grenada
TCU
After earning his undergraduate degree from Texas Chris-tian
University, Mitchell transferred to Southeastern to compete during
his final season of eligibility.
2009 Outdoor (Senior):Mitchellgarneredfirst-placehonors in the
100 meters at the 2009 Mountain West Conference Outdoor
Championships with a personal-best time of 10.26 seconds ...
Competed in the 100 me-ters at the NCAA Championships, going into
nationals with the No. 20 ranked time in the country in the event
... Also placed sixth overall at the MWC Outdoor Cham-pionships in
the 200 with a time of 21.22 seconds ... Helped the mens 4x100 win
the conference champion-ship with a seasonal-best time of 39.42
seconds ... Also
ledthequartettoafirst-placeshowingattheTexasTechInvite ... Ran the
anchor leg on the 4x100 squad that
finishedthirdoverallattheMidwestRegional.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Won the MWC 60-meter title for the
second-consecutive season during the indoor season with a time of
6.81 seconds.
2008 Outdoor (Junior): Was part of the mens 4x100 unit,
consisting of Justyn Warner, Mychal Dungey, Mitch-ell and Otis
McDaniel, who earned All-America honors
bycrossingthefinishlineinseventh-placewithatimeof 39.60 seconds ...
Mitchell, who competed in both the 100 meters and the 4x100 at
nationals, collected a seasonal best time of 10.30 seconds at the
Midwest Regional in the 100 meters to place fourth overall ... The
nationsNo.21rankedsprintermadehisfirstapperanceat the NCAA
Championships in a Flyin Frog uniform ... Mitchell earned
all-conference honors in the event after
finishinginthird-placewithatimeof10.55attheMWCChampionships ...
Also competed in the 200 meters, placing fourth at the Mountain
West Conference Out-door Championships ... Was a key component on
both the sprint medley and 4x100 units that ranked in the top 10 of
the world standings for most of the outdoor season ... In the
college mens 4x100 at the Penn Re-lays, the unit clocked a regional
qualifying time of 40.25
tofinishsecondoverallintheevent...Theunit,whichconsisted of
Mitchell, Otis McDaniel, Justyn Warner and Mychal Dungey, clocked
the sixth fastest collegiate time
duringspringattheTexasRelaysinafieldthatincluded
the likes of Tyson Gay and several other world-class Olympic
athletes ... The unit, whose time was ranked in the top 15 in the
world, recorded a seasonal best time
of39.70secondstofinishfourthoverall.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Won the MWC indoor championship in the
60 meters with a personal-best
timeof6.70seconds...Placedfirstinthe60metersatthe Arkansas
Invitational.
Prior to TCU: Mitchell transferred to TCU following an
All-America career at Central Arizona College ... Was ranked No. 3
in the nation in the 100 meters during the 2005 indoor season ...
Finished as the school re-cord holder in the 100, 200 and 400
meters ... Posted personal records of 10.50 in the 100 meters,
while also running 21.40 in the 200 meters ... Mitchell also
com-peted for the Grenada national and junior squad from
2002-2005.
(Action photo and biographical information courtesy of TCU
sports information department)
Career Honors:2008-09:Mountain West Champion: 100 mMountain West
Champion: 4x100 m RelayNCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier: 100
mNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 100 mNCAA Outdoor Regional
Qualifier: 4x100 m RelayMountain West Champion: 60 m (Indoor)
2007-08: NCAA All-American: 4x100 m RelayNCAA Outdoor
Championship Qualifier: 100 mNCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier:
4x100 m RelayAll-Mountain West: 100 mMountain West Champion: 60 m
(Indoor)
Career Best Times:Event Time Event Time100 m 10.26 60 m 6.70
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Michael RheamsJr./Jr. Jumps 6-3/161 Walker, La. Walker HS
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Claimed firstplace in long jump at the
McNeese Cowboy Relays with a mark of 21 ft. 5.5 in. (6.54 m) ...
Battled ankle injury throughout season ... Returned for
Northwestern State Invitational and posted an NCAA Mideast Regional
qualifying mark of 50 ft.
7in.totakefirstplaceinthetriplejump...Pickedup a point in the
Southland outdoor
champion-shipslongjumpbyfinishingeighthwithamarkof 22-06.50 (6.87
m) ... Earned All-SLC honors in triple jump with a second-place
leap of 50-0.75 (15.26 m) ... Posted his second-best jump of the
season, leaping 49-2.50 (15.00 m) to claim 13th place at NCAA
Mideast Regionals ... Received All-Louisiana honors in triple
jump.
2009 Indoor (Sophomore): Turned heads in the LSU Purple Tiger
Invitational triple jump, setting a personal
best mark of 49 ft. 2.25 in. (14.99 m) to claim second place ...
Claimed first place among collegiate athletesin the long jump (23
ft. 0.75 in. / 7.03 m) and claimed second in the triple jump (48
ft. 4.5 in. / 14.74 m) to head up an impressive list of
performances from the
Lionjumpscrewonthesecondandfinaldayofcompeti-tionattheHoustonIndoorInvitational...Placedfirstinthe
Southland indoor championships long jump with a 23 ft. 9 in. (7.24
m) mark ... Overcame an ankle injury to earn All-SLC honors with a
third place jump of 49 ft. 5.75 in. in the triple jump.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Battled injuries during the
outdoorseason,butstillqualifiedfortheNCAAMideastRe-gionalsinhisfirstcollegiateoutdoormeetwitha50ft.10.75in.(15.51m)leapinthetriplejumptotakefirstplaceattheNorthwestern
State Relays ... Also earned a regional berth in the long jump with
a second-place leap of 24 ft. 1.5 in. (7.35 m) at the NSU Relays
... Claimed the Southland Conference
triplejumptitlewithafirst-placeleapof51ft.7.0in.(15.72m) at the
league meet, the best mark in the triple jump by
anySLCathleteduringthe2008season...Wentontofinisheighth in the
triple jump at his NCAA Regional debut with a 50 ft. 11 in. (15.52
m) leap ... Also placed 24th in the region with a (7.10 m) jump in
the long jump at the NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Earned
All-Louisiana honors in the triple jump with the second best mark
of any Louisiana athlete in that event during the 2008 season.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Finished 11th in the triple jump (14.27
m) at the Purple Tiger Invitational ... Won the triple
jump(14.87m)andfinishedfifthinthelongjump(6.81m)at the Arkansas
State Indoor Invitational ... Finished 20th in
thelongjump(6.46m)andfifthinthetriplejump(14.66m)at the Bayou
Bengal Invitational.
Prior to Southeastern -
High School: Served as class president while at Walker High ...
Lettered in track and basketball.
Personal: Full name: Michael A. Rheams, Jr. ... The eldest of
three children of Michael Rheams, Sr. and Cynthia Rheams.
Career Honors:2008-09:NCAA Regional Qualifier: Outdoor Triple
JumpAll-Louisiana: Outdoor Triple JumpSouthland Conference
Champion: Indoor Long JumpAll-SLC: Indoor Triple Jump
2007-08: Southland Conference Champion: Outdoor Triple JumpNCAA
Regional Qualifier: Outdoor Triple JumpNCAA Regional Qualifier:
Outdoor Long JumpAll-Louisiana: Outdoor Triple Jump
Career Best Marks:Event MarkTriple Jump 51 ft. 7 in. (15.52
m)Long Jump 24 ft. 1.5 in (7.35 m)
Cory Roberts
2009 Outdoor (Junior): Started day two of Texas Relays by
winning the 110 m hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.57. Then
took second in the discus with a personal record toss of 137 ft. 3
in. (41.84 m) and tied for second in the pole vault by setting a
new personal record in the event by clearing 15 ft. 3 in. (4.65 m).
Roberts fourth personal record of the day came in the javelin, with
a seventh-place throw of 176
ft.2in.(53.71m).Afterpostingafifth-placetimeof4:37.60 in the 1500 m
run, Roberts had totaled 7,364 points. A total good enough to give
him a new school record for the third consecutive season and
conclude an impressive second day charge that saw him climb from
14th place at the end of day one, all the way to third ... Broke
his own school record by posting 7,451 points to lay claim to the
conference decathlon crown ... Set seasonal best marks in the 100 m
dash, jav-elin and 1500 m run and claimed 19th place at NCAA
championships ... First team ESPN the Magazine/Co-SIDA Academic
All-District VI honoree ... Named Southland Conference Track and
Field Student Athlete of the Year.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Came up big for the Lions at South-land
indoor championships despite nagging injuries. After missing
previous two weeks of practice with knee and groin
injuries,Robertsenteredthefinaleventoftheheptathloninfourth place.
However, after a time of 2:44.48 in the 1,000 m run, Roberts moved
up two spots to claim second and add a crucial eight points to the
Lion cause.
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland
Con-ferencehonorsforthesecondyearinarowbyfinishingthirdin the
decathlon with a school and personal record 7,123 points at the SLC
Outdoor Championships ... Finished in the
topfiveofeightdecathlonevents,placingsecondinthejav-elin,discusand110mhurdleswhiletakinghomefirstplacein
the 1500 m run ... Posted the highest point total of any Louisiana
athlete en route to All-Louisiana honors.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Tookfirstinsection1oftheshot put with a
throw of 12.58 m and took medalist honors in section 1 of the long
jump with a leap of 6.36 m at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ...
Clocked a time of 7.48 (59th place) in the 60 m Dash and 8.61 (21st
place) in the 60 m Hurdles at the Purple Tiger Invitational ...
Finished second in the heptathlon with 4951 points at the Arkansas
State In-
door Invitational ... Earned All-Southland Conference honors
byfinishingthirdintheindoorheptathlonatthe2008SLCIndoor
Championships with 4,992 points.
2006-07 (Freshman): Finished third overall in the de-cathlon at
the Southland Conference championships, scor-ing 7,068 points and
securing a berth in the NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Finished second
overall in the heptathlon at the SLC Indoor with 5,150 points ...
Captured the heptathlon title at the LSU Bayou Bengal with 5,077
points.
High School: Named All-State in the 300-meter hurdles as a
senior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where he at-tended after
Hurricane Katrina ... The Class 2A state cham-pion in the 300-meter
hurdles and javelin ... Captured Class 4A state championships in
the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles while at Archbishop
Hannan High School ... Finished third in the pentathlon twice at
the National Scho-lastic Indoor Championships ... A two-time AAU
national champion in the decathlon.
Personal: Majoring in organismal biology.
Sr./Sr. Combined Events 5-11/185 Meraux, La. St. Thomas Aquinas
HSCareer Honors:2008-09:SLC Champion: Outdoor DecathalonSchool
Record: Decathalon (7,451 points)First Team ESPN/CoSIDA Academic
All-DistrictSLC Track and Field Student-Athlete of the
YearAll-Southland Conference: Indoor HeptathalonNCAA Outdoor
Nationals Qualifier: Decathalon
2007-08: All-Southland Conference: Indoor
HeptathlonAll-Southland Conference: Outdoor Decathlon
School Record: Decathlon (7,123 points)All-Louisiana:
DecathlonFirst Team ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-DistrictAcademic
All-Southland Conference
2006-07: All-Southland Conference: Indoor
HeptathlonAll-Southland Conference: Outdoor DecathlonNCAA Mideast
Outdoor Regional Qualifier: DecathlonSchool Record: Pentathlon
(5,150 points)School Record: Decathlon (7,068 points)
Career Best Marks:Event MarkJavelin 194 ft. 2 in.
(59.19m)Heptathalon 5,235 ptsDecathlon 7,451 pts
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Henry Rop
2009 Cross Country (Junior): Started season at Mc-Neese States
two-man relay 6K event, teaming with
Kal-physKemboiforafirstplacefinishThreeweekslater,Rop and Kemboi
went stride for stride at the 8K LSU In-vitational, well ahead of
their nearest competitors, with Kemboi edging Rop by less than
three hundredths of a
secondatthefinishlineHisnexttimeout,RoppickeduphisfirstindividualvictoryoftheseasonatMississippiColleges
8K meet (25:37.73) ... He followed that up with
aninthplacefinishatthe8Kconferencechampionships...Ropsyearendedwitha20thplacefinishinthe10KNCAA
regional meet in Waco, Texas ... Named South-land Conference male
cross country student-athlete of the year ... Selected to
All-Louisiana team.
2009 Outdoor (Sophomore): Settled for a time of 15:04.88 in the
5000 m run en route to tenth-place at
theTexasRelaysinafieldfilledwithsomeofthebestdistance runners in
the country ... Clocked in at 9:23.3 to win the 3000 m steeplechase
at the Exxon Mobil Ty
TyrellRelaysinBeaumont,Texas...ClaimedfirstintheNorthwestern State
Invitational 1500 m run with a time
of 4:01.61 ... Claimed third in the Southland outdoor
championships 10 K with a personal and school record time of
31:01.09 to add eight points to the Southeastern cause. Returned
with another second place performance in the 3K steeplechase -
recording a personal best time of 9:09.16. returned for the 5000 m
run on Sunday and Then took third in 5000 m run with a time of
14:31.73, the fourth-best time in school history, bringing
South-eastern to within 1.5 points and setting the stage for the
Lions dramatic victory ... Earned Southland Conference male athlete
of the year honors ... Automatic selection to All-SLC academic
squad.
2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Named the Southland Conference
Newcomer of the Year and earned All-SLC honors
byfinishingfourthattheleaguemeetwithatimeof25:12overthe8Kcourse...Totaledfourtop-tenfinishesontheseason,includingafirst-placefinishat
theMississippiCollege Invita-tional ... Named SLC Athlete of the
Week after earning run-ner-up honors at the Azalea City Classic
with a time of 15:01 over the 5K course ... Clocked a time of
23:17.1 to claim sixth place at the Lions biggest meet of the
season, the Auburn Tiger Invitational.
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Named the Southland
Confer-enceFreshmanoftheYearafterwinningthe10,000m,finish-ing
second in the 3,000 m steeplechase and claiming fourth in
the5,000m...tookfirstplaceattheprestigiousTexasRelayswith a 10K
time of 14:13.39.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Made his Southeastern debut at the 2008
Bayou Bengal Invitational, claiming second in the 3000 m run with a
time of 8:27.85 ... Earned Southland Con-ference Newcomer of the
Year honors at the 2008 conference
indoormeetaftertakingfirstinthe5000mrunwithatimeof14:36.14 and
third in the 3000 m run with a time of 8:25.68.
Prior to Southeastern -
Union University: Earned NAIA All-American Honors at Union
UniversityinJackson,Tenn...Finishedfirstattheconferenceand regional
cross country meets at Union.
High School: Attended St. Michael Secondary School in Kapsabet,
Kenya.
Personal: One of six children of Johana and Rebecca Rop.
So./Jr. Distance 5-7/126 Kapsabet, Kenya Union University
Career Honors:2009-10:All-Southland Conference: Cross CountrySLC
Cross Country Male Student-Athlete of the YearAll-Louisiana: Cross
Country
2008-09:All-Southland Conference Outdoor: 10KAll-Southland
Conference: Cross CountrySouthland Conference Newcomer of the Year:
Cross CountrySLC Track and Field Male Athlete of the
YearAll-Southland Conference Academic Selection
2007-08: Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year: Indoor
TrackSouthland Conference Freshman of the Year: Outdoor
TrackSouthland Conference Indoor Champion: 5KSouthland Conference
Outdoor Champion: 10KAll-Louisiana: 3K Steeplechase, 5K, 10K
Career Best Marks:Event Time3K Steeplechase 9:09.165K
14:13.3910K 31:01.09800 m 1:54.351500 m 3:57.99
Lacey SanchezSo./So. Pole Vault 5-4 Baton Rouge, La. St. Michael
HS
2009 Outdoor (Freshman): Turned in the most impressive outing
among Lady Lions at Lamars Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays, clearing
11 ft. 1.86 in. (3.4m)toclaimfirstplace...Tookthirdat Northwestern
State Invitational by clearing 11 ft. 1.75 in.
2009 Indoor (Freshman): Man-aged to clear 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.5m)
at LSU Purple Tiger Invitational, tying the school indoor mark set
by Erica Cronin
in 2006 and tied by Aquellah El-Amin in 2008 ... Tied a personal
best by clear-ing 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.50 m) to claim fourth at
Southland championships.
High School: A two-year member of the track team at St. Michael
the Arch-angel First team all-district: pole vault during her
junior and senior year, 100 meter hurdles during her fresh-men,
sophomore and junior year, and 300 meter hurdles sophomore,
junior
and senior year Second team all-dis-trict: 300 meters and 100
meters dur-ing her freshmen and sophomore years Finished third in
state in 300 meter hurdles in 2007 Member of the stu-dent council,
National Honor Society vice president and Beta Club.
Personal: Daughter of Paula and John Sanchez Jr Sister Jaci (21)
plays soft-ball at Southwest Mississippi Commu-nity College.
Career Best Marks:Event MarkOutdoor Pole Vault 11 ft. 7.75 in.
(3.55m)Indoor Pole Vault 11 ft. 5.75 in. (3.5m)
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Yvette SchubertSr./Sr. Javelin 5-3 Walker, La. Walker HSCareer
Honors:2008-09:All-Southland Conference: Javelin
2007-08: All-Louisiana: JavelinAll-Southland Conference:
JavelinSLC Champion: JavelinNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier:
Javelin
Career Best Marks:Event MarkJavelin 150 ft. 2 in. (45.78 m)
2009 Outdoor (Junior):Postedatop10fin-ish in the javelin at
Texas Relays, recording a top throw of 127 ft. 1.98 in. (38.76 m)
... Narrowly missed a NCAA Regional mark with a throw of 132 ft. 4
in. at LSU Alumni Gold ... Could not defend conference title,
taking sixth at Southland Championships with a throw of 120 ft. 11
in. (36.85 m).
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Won the 2008 Southland Conference
Outdoor Champion-ships with a throw of 145 ft. 1 in. (44.23 m) ...
Qualifiedforthe2008NCAAOutdoorRegion-als and placed 12th at the
Mideast meet with a throw of 136 ft. 1 in. (41.49 m)... Posted a
career-best mark of 150 ft. 2 in. (45.78 m) to place third at the
UCSD Triton Invitational, the top throw in the SLC in 2008 ...
Participated in nine regular season meets, placing in the
topfivesixtimesandneverthrowinglessthan40 m.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in just one meet during the
indoor system, posting a toss of 35 ft. 1 in. (10.69 m) in the
weight throw at the McNeese State Indoor In-vitational.
2007 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in eight meets as a freshman
... Recorded a sea-son-best mark of 139 ft. 10 in. (42.62 m) by
taking third at the Louisiana Classics ... Placed eighth at the
Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with at throw of 125 ft.
11 in. (38.38m)... Claimed her first individual jav-elin title by
winning the Cowboy Classic with a throw of 138 ft. 7 in (42.45
m).
Prior to Southeastern -
High School: The 2006 Class 5A state cham-pion in the javelin at
Walker High School after throwing 128 ft. 8 in. (39.23 m) ...
Finished second overall at the javelin at the Class 5A Region II
meet with a throw of 125 ft. 5 in. (38.23 m) ... Captured the
District 3-5A title in the javelin with a throw of 125 ft. 8 in.
(38.30 m) as a senior ... Also played softball, earning academic
all-state honors ... Attended Chal-mette HS before transferring to
Walker after Hurricane Katrina.
Personal: Majoring in education with an em-phasis in mathematics
... The eldest of fivechildren of Alex and Beth Schubert.
Judith SchultheisJr./Jr. Hurdles/Jumps 5-9 Gretna, La.
Archbishop Blenk HS
Career Best Marks/Times:Event Mark/TimeTriple Jump 38 ft. 10.5
in. (11.85m)100m Hurdles 14.28400m Hurdles 1:03.4060m Hurdles
(indoor) 8.97
2009: Ran unattached during 2009
season...Highlightsincludedfinishingsecond in 100 m hurldes at
Northwest-ern State Invitational (14.50) ... Run-ner-up in 100 m
hurdles at UL Lafay-ettes Cole-Lancon Twilight (14.55).
2007-08 (Freshman): Battled through a leg injury to set a
personal best in the 100 m hurdles with a time of
14.28,finishingsixthamongcollegians,at LSU Tiger Invitational ...
Earned spot in60mfinalsagainstworld-classcom-
petition at LSU Purple Tiger Indoor ... Won 55 m hurdles (8.62)
at McNeese Indoor Inviational ... Took 11th in 60 m hurdles (9.20)
and 16th in 400 m dash (1:03.96) at LSU Purple Tiger Invita-tional
... Earned third place at Arkansas State Indoor Invitational with
time of 8.47 in 55 m hurdles ... Took 10th in 60 m hurdles (9.13)
at LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational.
High School: Teamed with sister (and current Southeastern
teammate)
Courtney to help Archbishop Blenk High
SchoolwinfirstRegionIIItracktitleinprogram history ... Named MVP of
Loui-siana Class 4A state meet ... Says win-ning state in 55 m
hurdles is biggest athletic accomplishment ... Coach had to shave
his head after making bet with Judith that she wouldnt win state
title.
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Adlus WiltzSr./Sr. Hurdles/Relays 6-4/175 Waggaman, La. L.H.
Higgins HS
Career Honors:2008-09:NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m
HurdlesSLC Champion: 4x400 m RelaySchool Record Holder: Indoor 800
m
2007-08: All-Southland Conference: 110 m HurdlesSchool Record
Holder: 400 m HurdlesNCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m
Hurdles
2006-07: NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier: 400 m Hurdles
Career Best Times:Event Time110 m Hurdles 14.34400 m Hurdles
50.98400 m Dash 47.82800 m (Indoor) 1:53.18
2009 Outdoor (Junior): At LSU Relays, impressed in the 400 m
hurdles, posting a fourth-place time of 52.34, beating the regional
mark by 0.38 seconds ... Punched his ticket to the NCAA Mideast
Regionals in the 400 m hurdles at Texas Relays, winning his
preliminary heat with a time of 52.04 ... Took third place in 400 m
hur-dles at LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 51.76 ... Part of 4x400
m relay team that posted a school record time of 3:06.79 to win
Southland outdoor championships. Made his first appearance of the
day in the 400m hurdlesby taking second with a time of 52.05, the
third-best time in school history ... Almost scored an upset in the
NCAA Mideast Regionals 400 m hurdles by clocking in
at51.83despitehittingoneofthefinalhurdles.How-ever, Wiltzs
third-best time of the season in the event
wasnotenoughinacrowdedfieldthatsawthreestu-dent-athletes break the
course record in the event. The Waggaman native was just 0.05
seconds too slow to advancetothefinals.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Continued to make the transi-tion from
hurdles and relays to middle distance events, setting the tone for
the Lions at Middle Tennessee Valen-
tines Invitational with a blistering 800 m time of 1:53.18 to
claim second and set a new Southeastern record by bettering the old
mark of 1:53.98. 2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned All-Southland
Conferencehonorswithathirdplacefinish inthe110m hurdles with a
season and career-best time of 14.34
...QualifiedfortheSLCfinalsinthe400mhurdleswitha school and
personal record time of 50.98 seconds, but suffered a hamstring
injury and could not run in the championship heat ... Won the 400 m
hurdle title at the UCSD Triton Invitational with a time of 52.34
... Qualified for theNCAAOutdoorRegionalswitha timeof 52.29 in the
400 m hurdles at the Texas Relays ... Finished second in the 400 m
hurdles at the Tiger Relays with a time of 52.59.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Set a school record,
claiming2ndinthe55mhurdles(7.84)andfirstinthe600 m run (1:22.70) at
the McNeese Indoor Invitational
...Tookthirdinthe55mdash(7.68)andfirstinthe400m dash (49.50) at the
Arkansas State Indoor Invitational ... Placed 7th in the 60 m
hurdles (8.27) at the Purple
Tiger Invitational ... Helped the Lions 4x400 m Relay
squadtoafirstplacefinishattheBayouBengalInvita-tional with a time
of 3:19.93.
2006-07 Outdoor (Freshman): Qualified for the NCAAMideast
Regionals in the 400-meter hurdles after running a season-best
52.23 in the preliminaries of the SLC Champi-onships ... Finished
fourth overall at the conference meet, finishing in 52.28 ...
Posted a time of 52.82 at the TexasRelays ... Finished sixth in the
110-meter hurdles at the SLC Championships with a top time of 14.51
... Clocked a timeof49.60inthe400-meterdashtofinishsecondoverallat
the Ty Terrell Relays ... Ran a season-best 49.73 in the 400-meter
dash and 8.34 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Houston Indoor
Invitational ... Ran anchor leg of the Lions distance medley relay
team that posted a season-best time of 10:17.44 at the LSU Bayou
Bengal.
Prior to Southeastern -
High School: Earned Class 5A All-State honors in the 800-meter
run at L.W. Higgins High School ... Finished fourth overall for the
Hurricanes in the 800-meter run at the 2006 Class 5A state
meet.
Adonson ShallowSr./Sr. Throws 6-1/293 Kingston, St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
Central Arizona College
2009 Outdoor (Junior): Claimed firstat McNeese Cowboy Relays in
the weight throw with a throw of 196 ft. 11 in. (60.03 m),
bettering the previous school record (Dwight Womacks 173 foot toss
in 2007) by nearly17feet.BecamethefifthSoutheast-ern thrower to
throw the discus more than 50 meters with his meet-winning heave of
50.63 meters ... Second in shot put and dis-cus at SLC
championships ... Claimed fourth place in discus at the regional
meet and earned NCAA All-Mideast honors ... Took 11th place in
discus at 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National
Championships.
2009 Indoor (Junior): At Southland in-door championships, picked
a perfect time to set a new school record in the weight
throw with a heave of 65 ft. 2.25 in. (19.87
m),goodforfirstplace.ClaimedthirdplaceAll-SLC honors in the shot
put with a throw of 55 ft. 2.75 in. ... Named SLCs Outstand-ing
Field Athlete and Newcomer of the Year.
Prior to Southeastern -
Central Arizona College: A seven-time Junior College
All-American at Central Arizo-na College in the shot put, discus
and ham-mer throw ... Also competed in the javelin at CAC ... Named
the 2007 Junior College Field
AthleteoftheYearbyplacingfirstplaceinthe shot and discus with
throws of 53 ft. 8.88 in. and 173 ft. 11.8 in., respectively ...
Claimed fourth in the hammer throw with a
toss of 167 ft. 3.09 in. and seventh in the javelin with a 176
ft. 3.75 in. throw to gar-ner 27 total points and two national
cham-pionships on the day.
International Competition: Competed for his native St. Vincent
and the Grenadines at the 2003 IAAF World Junior Champion-ships and
the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia where he
finished14th in the shot put with a throw of 48 ft. 5.1 in. ... Set
national records for Saint Vin-cent and the Grenadines at the 2004
Central American and Caribbean Junior Champion-ships where he
claimed silver in the shot and bronze in the discus ... Named the
2004 SVG Junior Sportsman of the Year.
Career Honors:2008-09:School Record: Indoor Wt. Throw(65 ft.
2.25 in.)All-SLC Indoor Shot PutSLC Indoor Outstanding Field
AthleteSLC Indoor Newcomer of the Year
NCAA Outdoor Regionals Qualifier: Discus, Hammer and Shot
PutNCAA Outdoor Nationals Qualifier: Discus
Career Best Marks:Event MarkShot Put 58 ft. 1.25 in
(17.71m)Discus 193 ft. 1 in. (58.86m)Hammer 211 ft. 6 in.
(64.46m)Weight Throw 65 ft. 2.25 in. (19.87m)
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Career Best Times:Event Time800 m 2:19.10
2009 Cross Country (Junior): Teamed with Courtney Schulthesis
for a 12th place performance in the McNeese Invitational 6K
two-person relay (24:05) ... Rounded out the five Southeastern
athletes in the scoring process at SouthAlabamas Azalea City
Classic 5K (23:41) ... Clocked a time of 28:17 in season-ending
Southland championships 6K.
2008 Cross Country (Sophomore): Posted a personal-best 5K time
of 20:25.22 at Auburns Tiger Invitational.
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 15th with an 800 m time of
2:24.54 at the SLC Outdoor meet ... Posted a per-sonal record 800 m
time of 2:24.41 at the LSU Alumni Gold.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Took fourth in the 600 m run (1:45.00)
at the McNeese Indoor Invitational ... Placed 13th at the Purple
Tiger Invitational with a time of 2:37.32 in the 800 m run.
Returning Student-AthletesMJ Ahmad
So./So. Distance/CC 6-0/156 Gretna, La. Archbishop Shaw
High School: Was a member of the Key Club and MIA Ran track and
cross countryWas a member of the 4X800 meters championship team in
2006 Was track team captain in 2008. Personal: Son of Nedal Ahmad
and Amal Zeidan Has four siblings, Tahreer (15), Emily (5), Layla
(1) and Mohammed (1) Enjoys swimming and running An international
business major.
Ernestine CarodineR-Sr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-6
Philadelphia, Pa. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Kim GastinellSr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-7
New Orleans, La. Edna Karr HSCareer Best Times:
Event Time800 m 2:25.011500 m 5:02.78
2009 Cross Country (Senior): Teamed with Dorcus
KapkiaiforsecondplacefinishinseasonopeningMcNeeseInvitational, a 6K
two-person relay (21:25) ... Placed 10th at 20:55.5 in Azalea City
Classic 5K ... Racked up another solid
finishatMcNeeseCowboyStampede5K,placingninthat20:48.73...OneofthreeSoutheasternrunnersinthetopfiveatWatsonFordInvitational6K,placingfifthwithatimeof24:31.73.
Lady Lions won event.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Highlighted the Southeastern womens effort
at Middle Tennessee State, placing sixth in the 800 m at
2:21.87.
2008 Outdoor (Junior): Posted a personal record of
5:02.78tofinish15thinthe1500mattheSLCOutdoormeet... Posted a
personal-best 800 m time of 2:25.01 at the Tiger Invitational.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Clockedatop-20finishinheronly
appearance of the indoor season with an 18th-place time of 6:22.77
in the 1 Mile run at the Bayou Bengal Invitational.
2006-07 (Freshman): Competed in all six events in cross
country...TeamedwithMandyWallacetofinishfirstattheMcNeese State
Invitational, helping the Lady Lions to the team title ... Finished
13th overall at the Ragin Cajun Invite, covering the 5K course in
21:31.35 ... Ran 2:31.67 in the 800-meters at the Houston Indoor
Invitational.
George CunninghamSr./NA Sprints/Relays 6-1/180
Gilbert, Ariz. Central Arizona College
Career Honors:Career Best Times:Event Time200 m 22.26400 m
47.71
2009 Outdoor (Senior): As part of 4x400 m relay, com-bined to
post a third-place time of 3:09.78 at Texas Relays ... Member of
4x400 m relay team that shattered their school record by 2.11
seconds (3:06.79) to help Southeastern claim conference
championship.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Posted a personal record time of 50.48 in
the 400 at Houston Indoor Invitational ... At the Middle Tennessee
Valentines Invitational, clocked a school-record 400 m time of
49.21. 2008 Outdoor (Junior): Helped the Lion 4x400 m Relay squad
to an NCAA Mideast Regional appearance ... Finished 13th with a
time of 48.44 in the 400 m dash at the SLC Out-door
Championships.
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 600 m
events during the indoor season after transfer-ring from Central
Arizona College ... Finished 28th in the 200 m at the SLC Indoor
Championships with a time of 23.44.
Zac DufreneSr./Sr. Distance/CC 5-10/148
Marrero, La. Archbishop Shaw HSCareer Best Times:
Event Time1500 m 4:44.605000 m 17:43.90
2008 Cross Country (Junior): Posted a season-best 5K time of
27:54.58 at Auburns Tiger Invitational.
Kyle GoldenSr./Sr. Distance/CC 6-2/164
Baton Rouge, La. Redemptorist HS
Career Best Times:Event Time800 m 1:57.771500 m 4:29.16
2008 Cross Country (Junior): Set a pair of season bests with an
8K time of 28:56.3 at the LSU CC Fesitval and a 5K time of 18:14 at
Troys Coach O Invitational.
2007-08 (Junior): Set a pair of personal records at the Golden
Eagle Classic with a time of 1:57.77 in the 800 m and a time of
4:29.16 in the 1500 m.
2006-07 (Sophomore): Competed in four events during
crosscountryseasonwithbestfinish(25th)comingatthe Southern Miss
Invitational ... Clocked best time on 8K course (31:21.70) at the
Ragin Cajun Invitational.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Did not compete during the in-door
trackseason ...Hadhisbestfinishof theyearat theMississippi College
Invitational, claiming 19th with a time of 29:08.06 ... Finished
70th at the 2007 SLC Cross Country Championships with a time of
29:20.5.
Kyle FrancisR-Sr./NA Throws 6-6/300
Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Central Arizona College
Career Best Marks:Event MarkShot Put 45 ft. 9 in. (13.94
m)Discus 165 ft. 9 in. (50.52 m)Hammer 136 ft. 11 in. (41.73
m)Weight Throw 56 ft. 2 in. (17.12 m)
2009 Outdoor (Senior): Finished third in discus at ULLs
Louisiana Classics with throw of 165 ft. 9 in. (50.52m) ... Led
theLionsatSouthAlabamaInvitationalbyclaimingfirstinthediscus with a
toss of 156 ft. 1.62 in. (47.59 m).
Rocky CaruthSr./Sr. Sprints 5-11/179
Trinidad and Tobago Central Arizona
2009 Outdoor (Junior): Claimed second place at Lamars Exxon
Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays 100 m dash with a time of 10.68 ... As part
of Southeasterns SLC cham-pionship performance, turned in personal
best time in the 100 m dash, clocking in at 10.68 to take seventh
... Returned in 200 m dash and took sixth (21.61).
Personal: Son of Regis and Yuehe Caruth Has three siblings,
Michael, Maurice and Ronnie.
Whitney ClaySr./Sr. Sprints/Relays 5-7
Slidell, La. Slidell HS
Career Best Times:Event Time100 m 12.39200 m 25.76
2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Posted a personal-best time of 25.61 in
the 200 m dash at the Tiger Invitational ... Posted a personal
record in the 100 m dash at the Mississippi Open with an 11th place
time of 12.29 ... Finished 22nd in the 100 (12.39) and 26th in the
200 (25.76) at the SLC Outdoor meet.
2008 Indoor (Freshman): Narrowly missed a pair of top-20
finishes at the SLC Indoor Championships with a
21st-placeshowinginthe60mdash(8.02)anda22ndplacefinishin the 200 m
dash (26.40).
So./So. Combined Events 5-5 Oak Grove, La. Oak Grove HS
Kristen Eubanks
2009 Indoor (Freshman): Placed 13th with 2,349 points to round
out the SLU causeat LSU Combined Events.
High School: Played basketball and softball and ran track at Oak
Grove Was a 300 m hurdle state champion and is the 1A class record
holder in that event An all-district selection in basketball An
academic all-state selection.
2009 Indoor (Junior): Claimed 11th with a career best mark of 50
ft. 6.25 in. (15.40 m) in weight throw at LSU Purple Tiger
Invitational ... Added two points at Southland indoor championships
with a seventh place toss of 54 ft. 8.75 in. (16.68 m) that set a
personal record. 2008 Outdoor
(Junior):TookfirstplaceattheTigerRelayswith a personal and
season-best throw of 45 ft. 9 in. (13.94 m) in the shot put ...
Posted a personal and season-best throw of 156 ft. 5 in. (47.68 m)
in the discus to take fourth at the Golden Eagle Classic ...
Finished 11th at the SLC Outdoor meet with a throw of 144 ft. 3 in.
(43.97 m) in the discus).
2008 Indoor (Sophomore): Threw the weight and the shot during
the indoor season after transferring from Central Ari-zona College
... Took second in the shot put at the McNeese Indoor Invitational
with a 41 ft. 3.28 in. (12.58 m) throw and took fourth in the
weight ... Took 11th place at the Purple Tiger Invitational with a
toss of 47 ft. 4.9 in. (14.45 m).
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SLC outdoor championships with a seventh-place heave of 172 ft.
4 in. (52.53 m) to get Southeastern on the board.
2009 Indoor (Junior): At the LSU Purple Tiger Invita-tional, led
the way for Southeastern in weight throw after transferring from
Kingsbourough Community College (56 ft. 11.5 in./17.36 m) ... Led
another assault on the South-eastern record books by setting a new
school record with a throw of 62 ft. 8.75 in. (19.12 m) in the
weight throw,
finishingsecondinthateventatdayoneoftheHoustonIndoorInvitational...PickedupfivecrucialpointstotheSoutheastern
total in the Southland indoor championships with a fourth-place
toss of 59 ft. 7.75 in. (18.18 m) ... Cred-ited with a throw of 61
ft. 1.86 in. (18.64 m) at LSUs NCAA
qualifyingmeet,finishinginfourthplaceandjustshortofthe NCAA
provisional distance.
Career Best Mark:Javelin 127 ft. 7.89 in. (38.91m)
2009 Outdoor (Freshman):TookfifthinherSLCChampi-onship debut
with a javelin toss of 127 ft. 8 in. (38.91 m).
2009 Indoor (Freshman): Lady Lions narrowly missed
outontoptenfinishfromnewestpentathlete,asPoznictotaled 2,637 points
to earn 11th place.
Career Best Times:100 m 11.24 200 m 23.28
2008 Outdoor (Sophomore): Posted personal records in the 100 m
dash (11.24) and 200 m dash (23.28).
High School: 2006 state champion in the 200 m dash ... Part of
district and regional championship track squads in 2006 and
2007.
Returning Student-AthletesKernell JupiterSr./Sr. Jumps
6-0/151
Hahnville, La. Hahnville HSCareer Best Marks:Event MarkTriple
Jump 47 ft. 7 in. (14.50 m)
2009 Outdoor (Junior): Helped the Lion cause at the
Southlandoutdoorchampionshipsashefinishedsixthinthe110 m
hurdles.
2009 Indoor (Junior):Recordedaneighthplacefinishintriple jump
with measurement of 45 ft. 5.25