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Outdoor Track and Field National Runner-up Team Finishes (NCAA D-II)

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A purebred Rambouillet ram, Dominic stands as a proud symbol of Angelo State University and the institution’s ties to the region and its people.

A domesticated breed originating in Spain over two centuries ago, the Rambouillet are compact, whitewooled sheep with rams that proudly carry long, curving horns.

The first Rambouillet ram “Shorty” was donated to the college in 1940 by area rancher D.T. Jones, who had two daughters attending the school.

Jones’ generosity typified the West Texas spirit and the support asu has had throughout its history from the people of San Angelo and the surrounding area.

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Outdoor Track and Field Individual National Champions

Outdoor Track and Field National Champion Relay Teams

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Lone Star Conference CrossCountry Team Championships

Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Team Championships

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Straight LSC Outdoor Track & Field Championships 2009–2014

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Outdoor Track and Field National Champion Relay Team

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Reid builds champions A national champion coach and national coach of the year, James Reid has been at the helm of the Angelo State men’s and women’s track and field programs since 1999. His asu tenure, however, began long before that.

While Reid oversees the entire asu track and field program, he works specifically with throwers, pole vaulters, hurdlers, sprinters, 4×400 relay teams and multi-event athletes.

Reid has coached his asu teams to numerous top performances in Lone Star Conference competition. Since Reid took over the program, both the Rams and

That same year, the Rams finished in the top 10 at the national meet for the 26th time overall and fifth time under Reid. Overall, they garnered four individual All-America certificates and posted two All-America relay performances.

With Reid leading the way, asu posted another first in 2011 when Andria Nussey won the women’s first indoor national title in the 800-meters at the ncaa D-II Women’s Indoor National Championships.

With Reid at the helm, ASU has had 11 individual national champions, including Curry Dawson (three), Adree Lakey (three), Will Littleton (two), Lee McCown, Adams (two), LaTasha Mosley, Amber Miller, LaTisha Burns, Nussey, Celethia Byrd and Kearah Danville (two).

Reid has also tutored numerous other ncaa d-ii All-Americans, including nine pole vaulters. Other Rams All-Americans include Nathan Gibson, Darrin Session and Noah Dean. Other Rambelles All-Americans include Chrystal Ruiz , Kathy Crowe, Alissa Miller and several others in various relays.

He also coached Amanda Welch to the first-ever women’s pole vault competition at the ncaa d-ii national meet in 1999.

Other national honors for athletes Reid has coached at asu include numerous competitors at the U.S. National Track and Field Championships. Ruiz competed for the Mexican national team at the 2011 Pan Am Games. Amy Bippert-Bohensky and Dawson were inducted into the ncaa d-ii Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Reid has coached 11 individual national champions.

Rambelles have finished in the top three at every lsc Championship. That includes guiding the Rams to their first title since 1992 and eight lsc titles for the Rambelles, including six-straight from 2009–14. In 2004, Reid led the ’Belles to their first-ever lsc title, snapping the ncaa-record streak of 19 consecutive titles for rival Abilene Christian.

It was under Reid’s guidance that the Rambelles in 2010 notched the greatest asu track and field achievement to date, the ncaa Division II Outdoor National Championship. That included two individual and a relay national championships; 12 individual All-America performances; and two All-America relay teams. Aisha Adams was named the ncaa d-ii National Female Field Athlete of the Year.

While guiding his charges to athletic glory, Reid has also received numerous personal accolades. He was twice named ncaa d-ii National Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Year; ncaa d-ii South Central Region Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2009–10; lsc Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2001; and lsc Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2003–05 and 2007–14.

Despite coming from an impressive track family, Reid did not start out to become a track coach or even a track athlete. He began his tenure at Angelo State in 1986 as a member of the Rams football team, but his career was cut short by an illness in his freshman season. Noble invited him to help with the track team and he has been on the track ever since.

A native of Sweeny, Reid’s father, Doug, was the head track coach at Sweeny High School, where he led the Bulldogs to a state championship in 1992 and runner-up finishes in 1993 and 2001, before retiring from coaching. Reid’s older brother, Will, has seen his share of success in track & cross country. He guided his team to a state championship in cros scountry in 2013 at Harper and has had numerous top three state team finishes in cross country and track & field at Water Valley.

Reid received his undergraduate degree from asu in 1991 and his master’s degree in education in 1993. In addition to his duties as head track and field coach, he is asu’s assistant athletic director. He and his wife, Nina, have three children, Jacob, Kyla and J.D. angelo state university track

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Litvinski welcomed to staff

Litvinski hold a USATF Level I Certfication and was an All-American at Northern Iowa.

Angelo State head track & field coach James Reid announced the hiring of Yuriy Litvinski in the fall of 2013 to fill the role of assistant track & field coach.

In his first season at ASU, Litvinski coached long jump, triple jump, high jump, sprint hurdles and the mutli-events.

It didn’t take Litvinksi long to make an impact on the program. He was named the 2014 USTFCCCA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year for his work helping the women to their sixth consecutive LSC Championship.

Litvinski coached Kearah Danville to her second consecutive NCAA Division II indoor triple jump championship while also mentoring Jordan Gray to a berth in both the indoor and outdoor national meets. A total of three women and five men under the tutelage of Litvinski competed at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Wala Gime, Danville and Gray all earned All-American honors during the season.

Prior to Angelo State, Litvinski spent the last four years at Western State Colorado University coaching horizontal jumps, sprints, high jump and multi events. He holds a USATF Level I certification. He guided Akil Gipson to an All-American per-

formance in the triple jump in 2012. Prior to Western State, Litvinski was a graduate assistant at Central Missouri. He coached four All-Americans, three MIAA champions and had two jumpers set school records.

An All-American triple jumper while at Northern Iowa, Litvinski qualified for the NCAA Division I national championships three times. He set the indoor and outdoor triple jump school records and has a personal best jump of 54’-4” (16.56m).

The Bulgarian native also competed for his country winning six national titles.

He placed second at the 2002 European Cup and finished sixth at the European Championships in 2003 in the triple jump.

Litvinski graduated from Northern Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science with a coaching minor. He graduated Central Missouri with a master’s degree in physical education, sport and exercise science. Along with holding a USATF Level I certification, Litvinski is a certified National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).

Gabriel goes the extra mile

Under Gabriel’s watchful eye, asu regularly boasts All-LSC selections for both the Rams and Rambelles cross country teams.

One of the most familiar faces in the Angelo State Athletics Department, Gary Gabriel has been associated with the asu track and cross country teams for more than 20 years.

A former distance runner for the Rams, Gabriel has been instrumental in the success of both the Rams and Rambelles cross country programs and track distance corps. The Rambelles have won three Lone Star Conference cross country championships while the Rams have finished second twice at the lsc meet and posted eight top-five finishes. Gabriel was honored as part of the lsc Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year in 2006 and 2009, and was named lsc Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1998.

Under Gabriel’s watchful eye, asu regularly boasts All-lsc selections for both the Rams and Rambelles cross country teams.

Top performances include lsc championships for Dora Davila in 1998 and Damaris Vaughan in 1999, and lsc Freshman of the Year honors for Lane Rutland in 1998.

Davila earned All-America honors in 1997,

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when she led the ’Belles to a 14th-place finish, and Diego Cordoba represented the Rams at the ncaa national meet in 1994.

However, the laundry list of athletes who have thrived under Gabriel’s coaching goes all the way back to Helen O’Sullivan, who garnered cross country All-America honors in 1991–92, and Bobby Lumpkins, who won asu’s first-ever lsc title in the 10,000-meters in 1993. Gabriel’s track All-Americans include Rutland (3,000-meter steeplechase), Vaughn (1,500- and 3,000-meters), Cindy Farris (10,000-meters), Karsten Duncan (3,000-meter steeplechase), Trista McIntyre (1,500-meters) and O’Sullivan (10,000-meters).

In 2004, Gabriel helped guide several Rams and ’Belles to cross country success, including All-lsc honors for Trent Joseph and Dustin Hafernick, and all-region honors for Joseph. Joseph also became the first Ram to qualify for the ncaa Cross Country Championships, and was named the lsc Male Academic Runner of the Year for cross country. On the women’s side, Rebecca Graupman won the first of her

back-to-back lsc titles in the 10,000-meters and was named Academic All-lsc.

Another highlight of Gabriel’s coaching tenure came in 2010 as the ’Belles cross country team finished as the lsc runner-up and placed eighth at regionals. He was essential in the development of sophomore Emeline Crutcher, who earned All-lsc honors.

With asu hosting the 2011 lsc Cross Country Championships, Gabriel guided the Rambelles to a runner-up finish.

Crutcher earned All-lsc and All-South Central Region honors, and was named the lsc Academic Runner of the Year.

The Rams’ Bryan Barker also picked up All-lsc and all-region honors.

A native of Rockwall, Gabriel ran for the Rams from 1981–84. Highlights of his career include a third-place finish in the 1,500-meters in 1982, a fifth-place finish at the lsc Cross Country Championships in 1981 and qualifying for naia nationals.

Gabriel received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from asu in 1990. He has two sons, Patrick and Zachary.

Modern facilities are hallmark of ASU The primary goals of Angelo State’s strength and training is to improve performance and reduce the opportunity for injury.

Angelo State University student-athletes train in the more than 7,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Junell Center weight room, which is conveniently located next to the LeGrand Sports Complex.

Training takes place under the supervision of Chad Herring, a former student-athlete who knows what it takes to compete with the best in the Lone Star Conference.

The two primary goals for all asu athletes participating in strength and conditioning programs are to improve performance and reduce the opportunity for injury. asu adheres to the following guidelines:

• Emphasize Olympic-style exercises for each workout • Develop strength using traditional methods of training, such as bench, squat, deadlift, military, etc.

• Develop as much power and speed capability as possible • Develop as much athleticism as possible • Dumbbell and implement training is a priority due to improved balance and stability • Free-weight training is an area of emphasis • Training the core is a priority

LeGrand Stadium is just one of many top-notch athletic facilities on the Angelo State University campus.

Formerly called the Multipurpose Sports Complex, the facility was renamed in honor of Dr. Robert and Jean Ann LeGrand in 2008 for their support of asu athletics.

The complex has been the host of numerous major track and field events, including the ncaa Division II National Outdoor Championships in 1988, 1991, 1992, 2002 and 2009. It was also the site of the 2005 and 2010 Lone Star Conference Championships.

A 400-meter, all-weather track with a 100-meter straightaway is the centerpiece of the complex. Press box facilities and

• Training movements rather than muscle groups is a focus, as is strength in all planes of motion—not just forward • The education of all athletes on proper diet, rest and exercise patterns is paramount We expect our athletes to train with great intensity, follow the provided training program, and know at all times that they have outworked and are better prepared than their opponents. The weight room is a place where athletes feel a great sense of accomplishment and belonging. We also attempt to promote an upbeat environment in the weight room during training sessions, and encourage our athletes to have a positive attitude when training.

Improving adherence to the program is accomplished by evaluating the progress of the players accurately, and providing quantitative feedback to show how we as a team have progressed. We also attempt to educate the athletes on why their workouts are structured as they are, and how certain exercises or exercise principles will eventually improve their athletic performance.

seating for 6,000 spectators are available.

Additional throwing areas were added across Jackson Street from the complex in 1994 to provide a safer environment for the hammer throw. The track received a structral spray in 2009 and a new Daktronics scoreboard was installed at the same time to complement the fully automatic Finish Lynx timing system and the lighting for evening and night-time competition.

In 2013 LeGrand Stadium was upgraded with turf. The javelin runway was moved to the upper field and a new apron was installed for high jump.

Improvements continued in 2014 with new lights and bleachers on the backstretch.

The LeGrand Stadium is overlooked by the Junell Center at right.

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MEN’S 100-METER DASH

MEN’S 5,000-METER RUN

MEN’S 4×400-METER RELAY

MEN’S SHOT PUT

Men’s Records ASU 10.17

Men’s Records ASU 14:14.10

Men’s Records ASU 3:05.89 Vaughan, Session, McCune, Dennis,

Men’s Records ASU 63-2.25 Thomas Hammersten, 1994

Wylie Turner, 1977

ASU Men’s Top Marks 10.10w Ellison Portis 10.12w William Davis 10.13w William Davis 10.15w Ellison Portis 10.17 Wylie Turner 10.17w Paul Warren 10.19 Wylie Turner 10.20w Aatron Kenney 10.23 Ellison Portis 10.24w Aatron Kenney 10.24 Kendrell Terrence

3/29/80 3/12/83 2/26/83 5/23/80 5/18/78 3/12/83 1977 5/9/87 4/10/90 5/15/80 4/1/99

MEN’S 200-METER DASH

RECORD BOOK MEN

William Davis, 1982

ASU Men’s Top Marks 20.59 William Davis 20.83w Aatron Kenney 20.85 Barry Samples 20.86 Barry Samples 20.89 Ellison Portis 20.90 Aatron Kenney 20.90w Nick Smith 20.90 James Howell 20.92w Ellison Portis 20.93 James Howell

4/7/82 4/26/86 4/27/81 4/10/80 5/4/80 3/21/87 3/5/09 4/9/10 4/29/80 5/9/10

MEN’S 400-METER DASH Men’s Records ASU 45.95

ASU Men’s Top Marks 45.95 James Howell 46.00 James Howell 46.13 James Howell 46.43 Barry Samples 46.47 James Howell 46.59 James Howell 46.79 Luis Perez 46.79 James Howell 46.82 Michael Elarms 46.84 James Howell

5/29/10 5/27/10 5/9/10 4/29/83 4/10/10 5/21/09 5/24/14 4/30/09 4/24/82 5/1/10

MEN’S 800-METER RUN Men’s Records ASU 1:47.92

ASU Men’s Top Marks 1:47.92 Douglas Kalembo 1:48.43 Bill Ashley 1:48.52 Jeremy Krone 1:48.81 Bill Ashley 1:48.92 Bill Ashley 1:49.14* Douglas Kalembo 1:49.31 Jeremy Krone 1:49.35 Jeremy Krone 1:49.44 Jeremy Krone 1:49.51 Jeremy Krone

5/2/92 4/28/81 4/28/81 4/9/81 3/8/81 4/11/92 4/9/81 4/10/80 3/13/80 4/29/80

MEN’S 1,500-METER RUN Men’s Records ASU 3:49.33

Chandler Pruitt, 1983

ASU Men’s Top Marks 3:49.33 Chandler Pruitt 3:49.79 Mike Covey 3:50.54* Guy Levey 3:51.04* Chandler Pruitt 3:51.26 Chandler Pruitt 3:51.74 Chandler Pruitt 3:52.27 Mike Covey 3:53.24* Chandler Pruitt 3:53.57 Chandler Pruitt 3:53.58 Mike Covey

4/9/83 5/13/90 1975 3/8/81 4/30/82 4/2/83 5/6/89 3/12/83 1982 4/14/89

MEN’S 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Men’s Records ASU 8:56.67

Kevin Kieser, 1984

ASU Men’s Top Marks 8:56.67 Kevin Keiser 8:57.22 Kevin Keiser 8:58.74* Kevin Keiser 9:05.84* Kevin Keiser 9:06.40 Lane Rutland 9:06.60 Karsten Duncan 9:07.84 Karsten Duncan 9:09.49 Karsten Duncan 9:10.89 Karsten Duncan 9:11.16 Lane Rutland

5/24/84 5/21/84 5/4/85 4/28/84 5/24/01 5/28/99 3/20/99 5/1/99 5/22/97 5/25/01

5/1/14 4/5/14 5/3/12 5/9/10 4/21/06 4/19/96 3/11/10 3/22/84 5/9/92 4/21/00

MEN’S 110-METER HURDLES Dextor Brent, 1992

ASU Men’s Top Marks 13.67 Dextor Brent 13.76 Dextor Brent 13.76 Dextor Brent 13.80 Dextor Brent 13.85 Dextor Brent 13.88 Dextor Brent 13.88 Dextor Brent 13.92 Dextor Brent 13.93 Dextor Brent 13.96 David McCune

5/14/92 5/9/92 5/11/89 4/11/92 5/25/91 5/29/92 4/27/89 5/28/92 4/18/92 5/9/96

MEN’S 400-METER HURDLES Men’s Records ASU 48.28

Douglas Klembo, 1992

Jamin Goecker, 2014

ASU Men’s Top Marks 31:32.69 Jamin Goecker 32:07.75 Jamin Goecker 32:13.40 Robert Hummingbird 32:18.47 Brian Carroll 32:30.62 Trent Joseph 32:44.59 Karsten Duncan 32:46.01 Brian Carroll 32:46.09 Kevin Kieser 32:49.35 Bobby Lumpkins 32:56.31 Nathan Thorp

Men’s Records ASU 13.67

James Howell, 2010

1975 4/22/83 3/11/00 4/24/82 5/4/79 4/13/06 3/13/82 3/13/80 3/12/99 4/11/79

MEN’S 10,000-METER RUN Men’s Records ASU 31:32.69

Men’s Records ASU 20.59

Guy Levey, 1975

ASU Men’s Top Marks 14:14.10 Guy Levey 14:35.66 Chandler Pruitt 14:54.90 Lane Rutland 14:55.99 Chandler Pruitt 14:59.70 Ricky Marquez 15:08.42 Trent Joseph 15:09.44* Chandler Pruitt 15:10.16 Jerry Labonte 15:11.08 Karsten Duncan 15:12.90 Rickey Marquez

Tranel Hawkins, 1984

ASU Men’s Top Marks 48.28 Tranel Hawkins 48.52 Tranel Hawkins 49.11 Tranel Hawkins 49.14* Tranel Hawkins 49.25 Tranel Hawkins 49.30 Tranel Hawkins 49.32 Tranel Hawkins 49.45 Tranel Hawkins 49.52 Tranel Hawkins 49.52 Tranel Hawkins

6/18/84 6/17/84 5/24/84 6/16/84 6/1/84 5/25/84 5/5/84 4/6/84 3/31/84 4/14/84

MEN’S 4×100-METER RELAY Men’s Records ASU 39.80 Elarms, Davis, Samples, Pennington, ASU Men’s Top Marks 39.80 Elarms, Davis, Samples, Pennington 39.84 Warren, Davis, Samples, Pennington 39.89 Figaro, Payne, Holmes, Kenney 39.92 Elarms, Davis, Samples, Pennington 40.16 Warren, Davis, Samples, Pennington 40.20 Figaro, Payne, Holmes, Kenney 40.22 Howell, Adkins, Holik, Smith 40.25 Figaro, Payne, Holmes, Kenney 40.32 Meek, Cardinez, Holmes, Warrick 40.33 Figaro, Payne, Holmes, Kenney

1982

4/7/82 4/9/83 5/22/84 1982 2/26/83 4/10/86 4/27/10 5/21/87 4/28/88

ASU Men’s Top Marks 3:05.89 Vaughn, Session, McCune, Dennis 3:06.44 Howell, Holland, Holik, Garcia 3:07.47 Ashley, Samples, Krone, Klein 3:08.10* Samples, Warren, Hawkins, Young 3:08.12 Jackson, Anglin, McCune, Dennis 3:08.20 Jackson, Anglin, McCune, Dennis 3:08.29 Vaughn, Session, McCune, Dennis 3:08.55 Vaughn, Session, McCune, Dennis 3:08.61 Elarms, Pennington, Samples, Krone 3:08.73 Jackson, Anglin, McCune, Dennis

1997

5/22/97 5/29/10 4/28/81 4/2/83 5/9/96 5/23/96 4/18/97 5/8/97 4/24/82 4/13/96

MEN’S HIGH JUMP Men’s Records ASU 7-3.25

Will Littleton, 2005

ASU Men’s Top Marks 7-3.25 Will Littleton 7-3 Will Littleton 7-2.5 Will Littleton 7-2.25 Will Littleton 7-2.25 Steve Harrington 7-2.25 Will Littleton 7-2 Adrian Moore 7-2 Nathan Gibson 7-2 Will Littleton 7-1.75 Three tied MEN’S POLE VAULT ASU 18-0.5

3/10/05 3/5/05 5/7/04 5/27/04 3/20/93 4/2/05 4/14/88 5/8/97 4/14/05

J.J. Miller, 1997

ASU Men’s Top Marks 18-0.5 J.J. Miller 17-8 J.J. Miller 17-7.75 J.J. Miller 17-7 J.J. Miller 17-6.5 John Nelson 17-6 J.J. Miller 17-5.75 John Nelson 17-4.5 John Nelson 17-4.5 J.J. Miller 17-3.75 John Nelson

5/15/97 3/29/97 4/10/97 5/8/97 5/27/93 3/1/97 5/8/93 4/23/93 5/22/97 5/13/93

MEN’S LONG JUMP Men’s Records ASU 26-10.75

Joshua Owusu, 1971

ASU Men’s Top Marks 26-10.75 Joshua Owusu 26-4.5 Kerry Therwanger 26-3.5 Joshua Owusu 26-6.5 Joshua Owusu 26-1.5 Darrin Session 26-1 Joshua Owusu 26-1 Kerry Therwhanger 25-10.25 Joshua Owusu 25-10 Darrin Session 25-9.5 Joshua Owusu

1971 5/15/86 4/15/72 5/24/74 4/13/96 3/14/74 1984 3/23/74 4/19/96 4/12/74

MEN’S TRIPLE JUMP Men’s Records ASU 54-1.75

Joshua Owusu, 1974

ASU Men’s Top Marks 54-1.75 Joshua Owusu 53-10.5 Gideon Cheruiyot 53-0 Joshua Owusu 52-10.5 Joshua Owusu 52-2.75 Joshua Owusu 51-10 Joshua Owusu 51-8.5 Gideon Cheruiyot 51-8.25 Gideon Cheruiyot 51-7.75 Joshua Owusu 51-7 Austin Slone

1/28/74 1982 5/25/73 5/24/74 4/19/74 1974 2/12/83 3/28/81 1974 5/5/12

ASU Men’s Top Marks 63-2.25 Thomas Hammarsten 63-0.5 Lennart Flyman 62-11 Lennart Flyman 62-8.5 Lennart Flyman 62-7 Lennart Flyman 62-3.5 Lennart Flyman 62-1.25 Lennart Flyman 62-0 Thomas Hammarsten 61-10.75 Lennart Flyman 61-8.5 Harold Ledet

4/23/94 1984 5/24/84 5/26/84 1984 1984 4/27/84 4/16/93 4/6/84 4/8/80

MEN’S DISCUS Men’s Records ASU 195-8

Curry Dawson, 2001

ASU Men’s Top Marks 195-8 Curry Dawson 194-3 Curry Dawson 192-8 Curry Dawson 191-7 Curry Dawson 190-0 Curry Dawson 188-3 Curry Dawson 187-6 Curry Dawson 186-1 Curry Dawson 185-3 Curry Dawson 185-0 Spencer Tyler

5/25/01 4/21/00 4/4/01 5/11/01 3/3/00 4/15/00 5/12/00 4/7/00 3/1/01 4/1/06

MEN’S HAMMER Men’s Records ASU 213-9

Lennart Bodell, 1984

ASU Men’s Top Marks 213-9 Lennart Bodell 206-7 Lennart Bodell 206-1 Lennart Bodell 200-9 Hondo Salgado 200-3 Hondo Salgado 199-0 Lennart Bodell 198-8 Ricky Vaughn 198-3 Ricky Vaughn 197-9.75 Eric Cole 196-5 Eric Cole

1984 5/24/84 5/22/84 5/22/97 5/8/97 4/27/84 3/24/89 3/24/89 4/17/93 5/27/93

MEN’S JAVELIN Men’s Records ASU 233-3

Mike Smierciak, 1988

ASU Men’s Top Marks 233-3 Mike Smierciak 232-6 Mike Smierciak 231-0 Allan Herbert 223-6 Rogers Davis 222-10 Mike Smierciak 219-1 Jacob McDonald 218-3 Tyler Orlando 217-8 Tyler Orlando 216-5 Tyler Orlando 216-5 Jeff White

5/18/88 4/27/89 5/18/88 4/9/98 5/17/89 5/9/12 3/27/10 4/6/11 5/26/11 3/9/01

MEN’S DECATHLON Men’s Records ASU 7,867

Connie Silfver, 1984

ASU Men’s Top Marks 7,867 Connie Silfver 1984 7,758 Connie Silfver 4/8/83 7,573 Neville Leverett 5/23/83 7,558 Connie Silfver 1983 7,525 Neville Leverett 1982 7,473 Mike Bohensky 4/11/96 7,468 Neville Leverett 5/22/81 7,436 Lee McCown 4/9/98 7,356 Mike Bohensky 5/23/96 7,323 Neville Leverett 4/2/81 w: wind-aided *converted from hand-held

1986

JAMES HOWELL ASU RECORD

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RECORD BOOK WOMEN

WOMEN’S 100-METER DASH

WOMEN’S 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE

WOMEN’S 4×100-METER RELAY

WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP

Women’s Records ASU 11.26 Jacki Mays Durham, 1982

Women’s Records ASU 11:36.62

Women’s Records ASU 43-11.25

ASU Women’s Top Marks 11.26 Jacki Mays Durham 11.62 Shavon Jackson 11.67w LaTisha Burns 11.68 Celethia Byrd 11.70 Luwanna Esquell 11.70 Shavon Jackson 11.70 Celethia Byrd 11.73 Shavon Jackson 11.74 Celethia Byrd 11.75 Shavon Jackson

ASU Women’s Top Marks 11:36.62 Megan Delgado 11:39.23 Megan Delgado 11:40.69 Emeline Crutcher 11:49.10 Megan Delgado 11:49.65 Megan Delgado 12:00.35 Katy Williams 12:19.56 Katy Williams 12:15.91 Cynthia Alvarez 12:16.28 Katy Williams 12:21.73 Megan Delgado

Women’s Records ASU 45.66 Burns, Finley, Harris, Jackson

1982 5/23/02 5/27/04 5/7/09 4/11/92 5/11/01 4/30/09 4/20/01 5/23/09 5/6/00

Megan Degado, 2007

WOMEN’S 200-METER DASH

WOMEN’S 5,000-METER RUN

Women’s Records ASU 23.08 Jacki Mays Durham, 1983

Women’s Records ASU 17:25.20

ASU Women’s Top Marks 23.08 Jacki Mays Durham 1983 23.58 Celethia Byrd 5/29/10 23.82 Celethia Byrd 5/9/10 23.83 Celethia Byrd 5/21/09 23.87 Celethia Byrd 5/27/10 23.89 Celethia Byrd 5/7/09 23.95 Celethia Byrd 3/11/10 23.96 Celethia Byrd 5/6/10 24.02 Celethia Byrd 4/10/10 24.03 Leittia Knight 3/3/00 24.03w Jordan Gray 4/12/147

ASU Women’s Top Marks 17:25.20 Cindy Farris 17:26.26 Emeline Cruchter 17:26.27 Emeline Crutcher 17:35.20 Cindy Farris 17:40.95 Emeline Crutcher 17:47.17 Annifer Flores 17:47.70 Trista McIntyre 17:48.46 Emeline Crutcher 17:48.77 Emeline Crutcher 17:51.45 Helen O’Sullivan

WOMEN’S 400-METER DASH Women’s Records ASU 53.02

ASU Women’s Top Marks 53.02 Celethia Byrd 53.14 Celethia Byrd 53.54 Kehinde Vaughn 54.56 Leittia Knight 54.64 Celethia Byrd 54.97 LaTasha Mosley 55.07 Celethia Byrd 55.34 Celethia Byrd 55.35 Celethia Byrd 55.37 Keshawna Fisher

5/29/10 5/27/10 1985 4/15/00 3/27/10 5/2/03 4/17/10 3/6/10 5/9/10 4/4/13

WOMEN’S 800-METER RUN Women’s Records ASU 2:06.37

ASU Women’s Top Marks 2:06.37 Andria Nussey 2:07.56 Jaylen Rodgers 2:09.17 Jaylen Rodgers 2:09.51 Andria Nussey 2:09.97 Jaylen Rodgers 2:10.54 Jaylen Rodgers 2:10.66 Jaylen Rodgers 2:11.36 Jaylen Rodgers 2:11.60 Jaylen Rodgers 2:12.13 Jaylen Rodgers

5/29/10 3/22/13 5/22/13 3/31/10 5/24/12 4/20/13 5/3/12 5/23/13 5/24/12 5/2/13

WOMEN’S 1,500-METER RUN Women’s Records ASU 4:24.31

4/2/92 1990 1999 5/2/13 1999 4/6/94 5/28/92 3/16/91 5/26/94 5/1/14

WOMEN’S 100-METER HURDLES Aisha Adams, 2010

ASU Women’s Top Marks 13.34 Aisha Adams 13.57 Cindy Stewart 13.62 Amy Bippert 13.63 Chrystal Ruiz 13.72w Jordan Gray 13.76 Aisha Adams 13.77 Aisha Adams 13.80 Aisha Adams 13.80 Aisha Adams 13.81 Amy Bippert 13.81 Aisha Adams 13.81 Aisha Adams

5/9/10 1985 5/9/96 5/9/10 4/5/14 5/27/10 8/8/09 3/31/10 5/8/10 4/13/96 5/21/09 6/27/09

WOMEN’S 400-METER HURDLES

Trista McIntyre, 2007

ASU Women’s Top Marks 4:24.31 Trista McIntyre 4:30.16 Trista McIntyre 4:31.89 Trista McIntyre 4:33.14 Trista McIntyre 4:33.46 Trista McIntyre 4:33.84 Damaris Vaughn 4:34.97 Jaylen Rodgers 4:35.00 Damaris Vaughn 4:36.02 Damaris Vaughn 4:36.08 Jaylen Rodgers 4:37.50 Brittney Heath

1999 3/27/13 4/21/12 4/10/99 4/20/13 3/22/13 4/21/07 3/6/12 3/22/13 1994

Helen O’Sullivan, 1992

ASU Women’s Top Marks 36:20.30 Helen O’Sullivan 36:29.26 Helen O’Sullivan 36:46.66 Cindy Farris 36:50.71 Emeline Crutcher 36:53.86 Cindy Farris 37:03.00 Helen O’Sullivan 37:22.19 Helen O’Sullivan 37:30.20 Helen O’Sullivan 37:43.49 Helen O’Sullivan 37:45.62 Annifer Flores

Women’s Records ASU 13.34

Andria Nussey, 2010

Cindy Farris, 1999

WOMEN’S 10,000-METER RUN Women’s Records ASU 36:20.30

Celethia Byrd, 2010

4/12/07 5/10/07 4/4/13 5/11/07 3/31/07 4/14/11 5/6/11 5/7/04 4/20/13 4/21/06

5/24/07 5/11/07 3/24/07 4/4/07 5/24/07 5/29/99 4/12/14 1998 1998 5/2/13 4/18/09

Women’s Records ASU 56.93

Aisha Adams, 2010

ASU Women’s Top Marks 56.93 Aisha Adams 57.94 Aisha Adams 58.50 Chrystal Ruiz 58.64 Aisha Adams 58.77 Aisha Adams 58.79 Chrystal Ruiz 58.94 Chrystal Ruiz 59.19 Chrystal Ruiz 59.38 Daniela Swearingen 59.52 Chrystal Ruiz

5/29/10 4/10/10 5/29/10 5/9/10 5/23/09 5/27/10 5/27/10 5/9/10 5/11/07 4/2/10

WOMEN’S 3,000-METER RUN Women’s Records ASU 9:46.76

Trista McIntyre, 2007

ASU Women’s Top Marks 9:46.76 Trista McIntyre 9:47.58 Damaris Vaughn 9:52.43 Damaris Vaughn 10:03.96 Trista McIntyre 10:10.81 Damaris Vaughn 10:10.91 Trista McIntyre 10:19.75 Helen O’Sullivan 10:21.28 Trista McIntyre 10:22.08 Mandi Padgett 10:23.64 Cindy Farris

5/10/07 5/1/99 1999 4/12/07 3/13/98 3/2/07 3/5/94 5/11/07 5/4/01 3/27/97

2003

ASU Women’s Top Marks 45.66 Burns, Finley, Harris, Jackson 5/23/03 45.76 Burns, Finley, Harris, Jackson 5/23/03 46.11 Burns, Finley, Harris, Jackson 5/2/03 46.17 Adams, Byrd, Hooker, Myers 5/27/10 46.20 Williams, Tackel, Henry, Lang 1988 46.22 Williams, Burns, Harris, Scott 5/27/04 46.28 Adams, Byrd, Hooker, Myers 5/9/10 46.34 Fisher, Sue

Coppedge, Danville 4/25/13 46.38 Williams, Burns, Harris, Scott 5/7/04 46.44 Finley, Harris, Parks, Jackson 5/23/02 46.46 Burns, Harris, Jackson, Williams 4/12/03 WOMEN’S 4×400-METER RELAY Women’s Records ASU 3:38.88 Ruiz, Nussey, Crockett, Byrd, ASU Women’s Top Marks 3:38.88 Ruiz, Nussey, Crockett, Byrd 3:40.29 Ruiz, Byrd, Adams, Nussey, 3:41.38 Harris, Byrd, Adams, Nussey 3:42.13 Franklin, Grayson, Hickey, Knight 3:42.39 Ruiz, Byrd, Adams, Nussey, 3:42.44 Jackson, Mosley, Simpson, Williams 3:43.02 Franklin, Grayson, Hickey, Knight 3:43.92 Jackson, Mosley, Simpson, Williams 3:44.03 Taylor, Swearingen, Simpson, Williams 3:44.29 Byrd, Harris, Crockett, Adams

2010

5/29/10 4/3/10 5/23/09 5/25/00 4/1/10 4/12/03

3/5/09 3/31/10 5/27/10 3/19/09 5/6/11 8/8/09 1985 3/11/10 5/27/10 5/8/10

WOMEN’S POLE VAULT Women’s Records ASU 12-11.5

Danielle Dorsey, 2009

ASU Women’s Top Marks 12-11.5 Danielle Dorsey 12-10 Kasey Gierke 12-10 Danielle Dorsey 12-6.25 Danielle Dorsey 12-6 Whitney Law 12-6 Kasey Gierke 12-6 Cortni Cioni 12’-5.5” Summer Sutherland 12-5.5 Emily Paratore 12-4.50 Kelsey Coffman

4/9/09 5/11/07 5/11/07 5/9/09 5/8/08 5/10/07 4/8/04 3/24/12 4/28/05 3/19/11

WOMEN’S LONG JUMP Women’s Records ASU 21-9

AISHA ADAMS ASU RECORDS

100-meter Hurdles 400-meter Hurdles High Jump Heptathlon

Carla Seldon, 1984

ASU Women’s Top Marks 21-9 Carla Seldon 21-2.5 Carla Seldon 21-0 Carla Seldon 20-9 Denise Scott 20-8 Aisha Adams 20-5.25 Aisha Adams 20-5 Kearah Danville 20-4.5 Theresa Sue 20-4.5 Aisha Adams 20-3.5 Theresa Sue

1984 1984 1984 5/7/04 5/8/10 4/1/10 4/25/13 5/3/1 5/9/09 4/5/12

Culley Jo Dawson, 2009

ASU Women’s Top Marks 175-0 Culley Jo Dawson 173-6 Culley Jo Dawson 168-9 Culley Jo Dawson 167-10 Kathy Crowe 167-1 Culley Jo Dawson 165-10 Birgitta Troive 165-6 Adree Lakey 164-4 Kandra Lakey 164-3 Birgitta Troive 163-5 Culley Jo Dawson

5/23/03

Aisha Adams, 2009

ASU Women’s Top Marks 5-10 Aisha Adams 5-9.75 Aisha Adams 5-9.25 Aisha Adams 5-8.75 Aisha Adams 5’-8.50 Kati Holly 5-8.50 Aisha Adams 5-8 Donna McGill 5-8 Aisha Adams 5-8 Chrystal Ruiz 5-7.75 Aisha Adams

5/22/09 4/30/09 4/9/09 5/9/09 3/7/09 4/13/06 4/1/09 5/24/07 5/2/08 3/5/09

WOMEN’S DISCUS Women’s Records ASU 175-0

WOMEN’S HAMMER

WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP Women’s Records ASU 5-10

Adree Lakey, 2009

ASU Women’s Top Marks 52-10 Adree Lakey 52-8.5 Adree Lakey 52-2.5 Adree Lakey 51-10.5 Adree Lakey 51-3.75 Adree Lakey 51-3.5 Adree Lakey 51-1 Adree Lakey 50-5.25 Adree Lakey 50-4.5 Adree Lakey 50-0.5 Adree Lakey

Women’s Records ASU 184-4

5/7/09

5/23/13 5/2/03 5/23/13 3/1/13 4/4/13 4/12/14 5/2/13 4/4/13 3/27/13 4/20/13

WOMEN’S SHOT PUT Women’s Records ASU 52-10

5/24/00

4/22/05

Kearah Danville, 2013

ASU Women’s Top Marks 43-11.25w Kearah Danville 43-9w LaTasha Mosley 43-5 Kearah Danville 43-5 Kearah Danville 43-7w Kearah Danville 42-11.25 Kearah Danville 42-11w Kearah Danville 42-9.5 Kearah Danville 42-9 Kearah Danville 42-4.75 Kearah Danville

5/9/09 3/21/09 4/1/09 1999 4/30/09 1986 4/30/09 4/27/06 1986 3/7/09

Adree Lakey, 2007

ASU Women’s Top Marks 184-4 Adree Lakey 182-6 Adree Lakey 182-4 Adree Lakey 181-0 Culley Jo Dawson 179-4 Adree Lakey 178-4 Culley Jo Dawson 177-0 Adree Lakey 176-5 Adree Lakey 175-8 Adree Lakey 175-3 Adree Lakey

5/24/07 4/10/08 5/22/09 4/3/09 4/9/09 4/9/09 4/30/09 3/5/09 4/19/08 4/2/08

WOMEN’S JAVELIN Women’s Records ASU 174-8

Amber Miller, 2003

ASU Women’s Top Marks 174-8 Amber Miller 169-0 Amber Miller 161-8 Alice Keeton 158-3.5 Amber Miller 158-1 Adree Lakey 158-0 Amber Miller 156-11 Adree Lakey 154-9 Amber Miller 153-9 Amber Miller 153-0 Alice Keeton

3/22/03 5/23/03 5/26/94 4/18/03 4/19/08 5/2/03 5/2/08 5/24/02 4/12/03 5/12/94

WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON Women’s Records ASU 5,795

Aisha Adams, 2010

ASU Women’s Top Marks 5,795 Aisha Adams 5,698 Aisha Adams 5,670 Amber Miller 5,636 Aisha Adams 5,616 Aisha Adams 5,586 Aisha Adams 5,572 Chrystal Ruiz 5,529 Aisha Adams 5,499 Aisha Adams 5,384 Amber Miller

4/1/10 5/28/10 4/10/03 6/28/09 8/9/09 5/23/09 5/28/10 4/1/09 3/20/09 3/20/03

JACKI MAYS DURHAM

Record holder in 100- and 200-meter Dash, 2012 ASU Hall of Honor inductee

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Championships 2014 LSC Championships

Rambelles grab sixth consecutive Lone Star Conference championship The Angelo State women’s track & field teams won the 2014 Lone Star Conference Championship. The Rambelles won their sixt-straight title.

In 20013, the ASU men’s & women’s teams made history by winning the LSC Championships in the same year.

Members of the men’s women’s track & field team celebrate their 2013 LSC championships.

Jordan Gray competes at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2010 NCAA National Championship Trophies

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LSC/NCAA achievements and results WOMEN: 2014 LSC RESULTS

1. ANGELO STATE 182 2. West Texas A&M 161 3. Tarleton State 122.5 4. A&M-Kingsville 92 5. McMurry 67 6. Harding 52.5 7. Eastern New Mexico 50 8. A&M-Commerce 43 9. Midwestern State 41

MEN: 2014 LSC RESULTS

Competing at 2014 NCAA Championships were Wala Gime and Chesney Neely.

1. A&M-Kingsville 175 2. ANGELO STATE 153 5. A&M-Commerce 114 2. West Texas A&M 109 4. Tarleton State 109 6. Harding 76 7. A&M-Kingsville 43 8. Eastern New Mexico 39

LSC CHAMPIONS ANGELO STATE MEN

1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2013

LSC CHAMPIONS ANGELO STATE WOMEN

2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

LSC MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR ANGELO STATE

DAVID NOBLE: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 CLINT RAMSEY: 1983 JAMES RIED: 2001, 2013

OSCAR STAHAN AWARD

(Top male field event athlete at LSC Meet) Angelo State honorees 1971 Josh Owusu 1972 Josh Owusu 1974 Josh Owusu 1988 Kyle Freeman 1989 Mike Smierciak 1991 Eric Cole 1992 Eric Cole 1997 Darrin Session

Shared with Glenn Griffin, Abilene Christian 2000 Curry Dawson

Shared with Robert Garza, Texas A&M-Kingsville 2004 Will Littleton

Marc Evans, Texas A&M-Kingsville 2006 Spencer Tyler 2007 Spencer Tyler 2013 Seth Pearson

LSC WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR

David Noble : 1997 James Reid: 2003–2005, 2007–2014 (2008 shared with Don Hood, Abilene Christian and Pat Ponder, Tarleton State)

LSC TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

2008 2009 2010

CAP SHELTON AWARD

(Top male running event athlete at LSC Meet) Angelo State honorees 1973 K.O. Okyir 1974 K.O. Okyir 1978 Wylie Turner 2007 Justin Boyd 2008 Jeremy Jones

shared with Jared McNeil, Tarleton State and Raymond Radway, Abilene Christian

2012

Adree Lakey Ashley Painter Aisha Adams Adree Lakey Aisha Adams Celethia Byrd Jaylen Rodgers

WES KITTLEY AWARD

(Top female running event athlete at LSC Meet) Angelo State honorees 2000 Leittia Knight 2001 Shavon Jackson shared with Kate Wright, Tarleton State 2007 Trista McIntyre 2008 Yvette Pender

Winrose Karunde, Abilene Christian 2010 Celethia Byrd

DAVID NOBLE AWARD

(Top female field event athlete at LSC Meet) Angelo State honorees 1985 Barbo Sjoberg 1993 Laura McClelland 2002 Kristie Williams 2003 LaTasha Mosley 2005 Alissa MIller 2006 Adree Lakey

Jessica Withrow, Abilene Christian 2007 Adree Lakey

Shared with Jessica Withrow, Abilene Christian 2008 Adree Lakey 2009 Aisha Adams 2010 Chrystal Ruiz 2013 Kimberly Williams

LSC CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) 1972 1st 1973 3rd 1974 1st 1975 2nd 1976 1st 1977 1st 1978 2nd 1979 2nd 1980 2nd 1981 2nd 1982 1st 1983 1st 1984 2nd 1985 4th 1986 2nd 1987 2nd 1988 2nd 1989 1st 1990 1st 1991 1st 1992 1st 1993 2nd 1994 2nd 1995 No championship 1996 2nd 1997 2nd 1998 2nd 1999 3rd 2000 2nd 2001 2nd 2002 2nd 2003 2nd 2004 2nd 2005 2nd 2006 2nd 2007 2nd 2008 3rd 2009 2nd 2010 2nd 2011 2nd 2012 3rd 2013 1st 2014 2nd LSC TITLES (MEN) 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2013 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) 1971 9th 1973 7th 1974 7th 1977 4th 1982 5th 1983 2nd 1984 2nd 1986 5th 1987 8th 1988 3rd 1989 2nd 1990 9th 1991 2nd 1992 4th 1993 4th 1994 11th 1995 6th 1996 3rd 1997 2nd 1998 4th 1999 5th 2000 7th 2001 5th 2002 6th 2003 14th 2004 17th 2005 46th 2006 18th 2007 10th 2008 52nd 2009 8th 2010 9th 2011 T-9th

2012 T-41st 2013 T-37th 2014 T-20th LSC CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) 1983 2nd 1984 2nd 1985 2nd 1986 2nd 1987 3rd 1988 2nd 1989 3rd 1990 2nd 1991 2nd 1992 2nd 1993 2nd 1994 2nd 1995 No championship 1996 2nd 1997 2nd 1998 2nd 1999 2nd 2000 2nd 2001 3rd 2002 2nd 2003 2nd 2004 1st 2005 1st 2006 2nd 2007 2nd 2008 2nd 2009 1st 2010 1st 2011 1st 2012 1st 2013 1st 2014 1st LSC TITLES (WOMEN) 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) 1983 17th 1984 7th 1985 7th 1986 19th 1987 26th 1988 28th 1989 21st 1990 28th 1991 21st 1992 18th 1993 20th 1994 12th 1995 13th 1996 11th 1997 6th 1998 13th 1999 10th 2000 23rd 2001 40th 2002 13th 2003 6th 2004 5th 2005 27th 2006 22nd 2007 4th 2008 16th 2009 2nd 2010 1st 2012 T-23rd 2013 8th (indoor & outdoor) 2014 T-25th NATIONAL TITLES (WOMEN) 2010

National champions Kearah Danville, Chrystal Ruiz, Aisha Adams and All-American Tyler Orlando have made numerous trips to the NCAA Division II Championships.

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ALL-AMERICAN MEN

100-YARD DASH 1973 K.O. Okyir (1st) 1974 K.O. Okyir (3rd)

9.50 9.50

100-METER DASH 1977 Wylie Turner (3rd) 1980 Ellison Portis (1st) 1982 Ernest Pennington (5th)

Will Davis (7th) 1987 Aatron Kenney (4th) 1991 Steve Celestine (2nd) 1999 Kendral Terrance (7th)

10.57 10.15 10.56 10.78 10.57 10.59 10.56

220-YARD DASH 1973 K.O. Okyir (3rd)

21.20

200-METER DASH 1976 Wylie Turner (3rd) 1977 Wylie Turner (1st) 1980 Ellison Portis (2nd)

Barry Samples (5th) 1982 Will Davis (2nd) 1986 Aatron Kenney (4th) 1987 Aatron Kenney (5th) 1996 Royce Dennis (3rd) 1997 Royce Dennis (2nd)

21.19 21.17 20.89 21.13 21.37 21.12 21.15 20.97 21.12

400-METER DASH 1979 Jeremy Krone (6th) 1992 Andre Byrd (8th) 2009 James Howell (7th) 2010 James Howell (3rd)

47.00 48.00 47.12 45.95

800-METER RUN 1980 Jeremy Krone (6th) 1981 Jeremy Krone (6th) 1985 Kevin Herring (8th) 1992 Douglas Kalembo (4th) 1993 Diego Cordoba (6th)

1:49.5 1:50.77 1:51.90 1:50.41 1:49.81

1,500-METER RUN 1990 Mike Covey (5th)

3:50.71

3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1984 Kevin Kieser (3rd) 1999 Karsten Duncan (5th) 2001 Lane Rutland (8th)

8:56.67 9:06.60 9:11.16

THREE-MILE RUN 1975 Guy Levey (5th)

13:53.04

MARATHON 1978 Kim Wrinkle (6th)

2:30:15.6

110-METER HURDLES 1983 Kevin Nance (8th) 1984 Dennis Nolder (6th) 1986 Rod Welch (4th)

Randy Simmons (7th) 1987 Rod Welch (3rd) 1988 Dextor Brent (7th)

Randy Simmons (8th) 1989 Randy Simmons (7th) 1991 Dextor Brent (3rd)

Randy Riggins (5th) 1992 Dextor Brent (3rd) 1997 Dave McCune (6th) 2007 Ryan McWilliams (4th) 2009 Ryan McWilliams (7th)

14.51 14.41 14.34 14.59 14.01 14.11 14.12 14.10 13.85 14.30 13.88 14.53 14.47 14.40

400-METER HURDLES 1975 Ronnie Gainey (5th) 1976 Ronnie Gainey (3rd) 1977 Ronnie Gainey (1st) 1978 Robert Klein (5th) 1983 Tranel Hawkins (1st)

Carl Young (2nd) 1984 Tranel Hawkins (1st) 1988 Randy Simmons (1st)

Jody Wood (2nd) 1989 Randy Simmons (2nd) 1991 Jody Redding (5th) 1992 Jody Redding (3rd) 1993 Jody Redding (6th) 1996 Dave McCune (4th)

Jeremie Alley (5th) 1997 Dave McCune (4th)

Marlon Thomas (6th) 1999 Marlon Thomas (2nd) 2001 Noah Dean (2nd) 2002 Noah Dean (2nd) 2006 Justin Boyd (2nd) 2007 Justin Boyd (3rd) 2009 Jeremy Jones (4th)

52.72 51.65 51.71 52.58 50.44 51.11 49.11 51.05 51.27 51.13 52.41 51.88 51.96 51.50 52.02 51.55 52.31 50.94 51.69 50.56 51.29 50.83 52.60

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4×100-METER RELAY 1982 39.92 (2nd)

Michael Elarms, Jeremy Krone, Barry Samples, Ernest Pennington 1983 39.98 (1st)

Paul Warren, Kevin Nance, Barry Samples, Ernest Pennington 1986 40.67 (3rd)

Kirkland Figaro, Larry Payne, Granville Holmes, Aatron Kenney 1987 39.89 (1st)

Kirkland Figaro, Larry Payne, Granville Holmes, Aatron Kenney 1988 41.15 (5th)

Keith Meek, Derek Cardinez, Granville Holmes, Darrell Warrick 1997 40.72 (5th)

Valery Jackson, Lewis Jackson, Bobby Vaughan, Darrin Session 1998 41.05 (5th)

Bobby Vaughan, Lewis Jackson, Justin Ritter, Darrin Session 1999 41.07 (7th)

Bobby Vaughan, Marlon Thomas, West Herbert, Kendral Terrance 2008 41.30 (8th)

Richard Covington, Raymond Hickem, Brian Holik, Jeremy Jones 2010 40.78 (6th)

James Howell, Ryan Adkins, Brian Holik, Nick Smith 4×400-METER RELAY 1982 3:09.17 (1st)

Michael Elarms, Jeremy Krone, Barry Samples, Ernest Pennington 1983 3:08.35 (4th)

Barry Samples, Ernest Pennington, Carl Young, Tranel Hawkins 1984 3:11.06 (10th)

Ernie Vigil, Trannel Hawkins, Larry Payne, Johnny Baskin 1986 3:11.72 (6th)

Larry Payne, Marvin Blackwell, Ernest Vigil, Ottoway Perryman 1987 3:11.93 (7th)

Brian Johnson, Larry Payne, Randy Simmons, Aatron Kenney 1988 3:12.81 (7th)

Jim Bob Jacobs, Darrell Warrick, Tony Marquez, Derek Cardinez 1989 3:11.10 (3rd)

Jim Bob Jacobs, Derek Cardinez, Randy Simmons, Carl Davis 1990 3:14.05 (8th) 1992 3:10.03 (5th)

Andre Byrd, Chris Wilson, Korey Kothmann, Doug Kalembo 1996 3:08.20 (2nd)

Lewis Jackson, Dave McCune, Kiley Anglin, Royce Dennis 1997 3:05.89 (2nd)

Bobby Vaughan, Darrin Session, Dave McCune, Royce Dennis 1998 3:18.75 (7th)

Bobby Vaughan, Lewis Jackson, Justin Ritter, Darrin Session 1999 3:10.27 (5th)

Bobby Vaughan, Marlon Thomas, Justin Ritter, Kendral Terrance 2002 3:11.59 (3rd)

Tyrie Carroll, West Herbert, Noah Dean, Justin Mathews 2006 3:12.39 (5th)

Anthony Boyd, Justin Boyd, Richard Covington, Josh Davis 2008 3:13.05 (8th)

Richard Covington, Raymond Hickem, Brian Holik, Jeremy Jones 2009 3:10.86 (4th)

Brian Holik, Terence Holland, James Howell, Jeremy Jones, Ryan McWilliams 2010 3:06.44 (2nd)

James Howell, Terence Holland, Brian Holik, Isidro Garcia 2011 3:12.27 (5th)

Isidro Garcia, Brian Holik, Terrence Holland, Robbie Thayer

2013 3:09.46 (5th)

Dallas Gray, Luis Perez, Robbie Thayer, Isidro Garcia HIGH JUMP 1982 Dennis Green (6th) 1983 Dennis Green (4th) 1987 John Thompson (6th) 1989 Jim Braunstein (4th) 1992 Steve Harrington (3rd) 1993 Steve Harrington (3rd) 1995 Nathan Gibson (6th) 1996 Nathan Gibson (2nd)

Mike Bohensky (7th) 1997 Nathan Gibson (3rd)

Richard Riley (4th) 1998 Nathan Gibson (4th)

Richard Riley (5th) 2003 Will Littleton (1st) 2004 Will Littleton (1st)

6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10.75 6-9 7-0.25 6-7 7-1.75 6-8.25 6-11.5 6-10.25 7-0.5 6-11.5 7-0.25 7-2.25

POLE VAULT 1983 Tim Prine (6th) 1988 Russell Trimble (4th)

Jeff Meyers (6th) 1990 Russell Trimble (6th) 1991 John Nelson (7th) 1992 Jayson Edgar (3rd) 1993 John Nelson (2nd) 1995 Josh Marler (4th) 1996 Kacey Laughery (7th)

Josh Marler (8th) 1997 J.J. Miller (2nd)

Kacey Laughery (6th) 1998 Kacey Laughery (6th) 2001 Andy Kendrick (3rd)

Jeff Ingram (6th) 2002 Andy Kendrick (7th) 2005 Paul Turner (6th)

15-10.25 16-4.75 16-4.75 16-8 15-6 16-7.5 17-6.5 16-0.75 16-4.75 16-0.75 17-4.5 16-4.75 16-0.75 15-9 15-9 16-4 16-2.75

LONG JUMP 1971 Josh Owusu (1st) 1972 Josh Owusu (1st) 1974 Josh Owusu (1st) 1983 Kerry Therwanger (3rd) 1984 Kerry Therwanger (3rd) 1986 Kerry Therwanger (1st) 1989 Steve Pope (5th) 1991 Jerrold Hill (5th) 1996 Darrin Session (5th) 1997 Darrin Session (3rd) 1998 Darrin Session (4th)

25-6 25-6.5 26-6.5 25-2.5 25-2.25 25-4.5 24-5.75 23-7 23-6 24-5.5 24-8.25

TRIPLE JUMP 1971 Joshua Owusu (1st) 1972 Joshua Owusu (2nd) 1973 Joshua Owusu (1st) 1974 Joshua Owusu (1st) 1981 Gideon Cheruiyot (6th) 1989 Steve Pope (4th) 2001 T.J. Glover (8th) 2004 Ryan Wilhelm (8th) 2011 Austin Slone (5th) 2011 Austin Slone (8th)

50-9.25 50-11 53-0 52-10.5 50-9.75 49-7 49-1 48-6 49-7 50-2

SHOT PUT 1979 Harold Ledet (3rd) 55-5.5 1980 Harold Ledet (1st) 60-11.5 1983 Mats Hedberg (2nd) 60-1.25 1984 Lennart Flyman (1st) 62-8.5

Mark Petross (7th) 54-2.25 1985 Paul Cacciapaglia (3rd) 58-11.75 1986 Kyle Freeman (3rd) 58-7.25 1988 Kyle Freeman (3rd) 55-0.75 1989 Kyle Freeman (1st) 59-5.75

Eric Craig (6th) 53-5.75 1990 Alex Rankin (8th) 52-1 1991 Patrik Hennings (1st) 59-0.25 1992 Stefan Blomqvist (2nd) 57-9.5 1994 Thomas Hammarsten (1st) 60-5

Stefan Blomqvist (5th) 55-11.75 1999 Ty Williams (1st) 58-8.5 2000 Curry Dawson (3rd) 57-0.25 2001 Curry Dawson (1st) 59-9.75

Quint Melius (7th) 57-0 2002 Quint Melius (3rd) 59-2.75 2003 Quint Melius (3rd) 57-5 2004 Michael Mayo (8th) 55-3.75

DISCUS 1984 Lennart Flyman (3rd)

Paul Cacciapaglia (6th) 1985 Paul Cacciapaglia (3rd) 1986 Kyle Freeman (2nd) 1988 Kyle Freeman (5th) 1989 Kyle Freeman (3rd)

Ricky Vaughn (7th) 1990 Eric Cole (5th)

Kent Anderson (8th) 1991 Eric Cole (1st)

Anders Larsson (7th) 1993 Eric Cole (2nd)

Roger Roewe (6th) 1994 Roger Roewe (4th) 1995 James Wong (4th) 1996 Hondo Salgado (7th) 1999 Curry Dawson (2nd) 2000 Curry Dawson (1st) 2001 Curry Dawson (1st) 2002 Quint Melius (4th) 2003 Quint Melius (5th) 2007 Spencer Tyler (3rd) 2010 Wade Goode (8th) 2011 Wade Goode (5th)

174-2 171-10 168-9 178-9 163-5 169-7 159-9 168-4 153-3 172-4 159-8 177-7 169-10 168-9 162-3 159-9 173-5 183-0 195-8 174-3 164-3 168-10 167-3 175-3

HAMMER 1983 Lennart Flyman (5th) 1984 Lennart Bodell (1st)

Lennart Flyman (5th)

Mark Petross (8th) 1988 Kyle Freeman (4th)

Ricky Vaughn (6th) 1989 Ricky Vaughn (2nd)

Kyle Freeman (3rd)

Darryl Burger (4th)

Wayne Ransleben (5th) 1990 Eric Cole (2nd) 1991 Eric Cole (5th) 1992 Eric Cole (3rd) 1993 Eric Cole (1st)

James Wong (8th) 1995 James Wong (3rd)

Hondo Salgado (5th) 1996 Hondo Salgado (2nd) 1997 Hondo Salgado (4th)

179-9 206-7 182-4 172-4 179-9 174-10 184-11 184-6 180-0 177-10 180-8 184-8 180-8 196-5 177-0 184-11 176-11 195-9 200-9

JAVELIN 1984 Robert Parker (5th) 1986 Alan Herbert (6th) 1988 Mike Smierciak (1st)

Allan Herbert (2nd) 1989 Mike Smierciak (1st) 1991 Ray Chambers (3rd) 1993 Rogers Davis (5th) 1997 Rogers Davis (7th) 1998 Rogers Davis (1st) 2009 Tyler Orlando (7th) 2010 Tyler Orlando (3rd)

Jacob McDonald (7th) 2011 Tyler Orlando (3rd)

Jacob McDonald (7th) 2012 Jacob McDonald (6th)

228-7 202-0 233-3 231-0 222-10 215-8 211-0 197-10 221-0 197-5 216-0 198-9 216-5 196-8 215-8

DECATHLON 1981 Neville Leverett (2nd) 1983 Neville Leverett (2nd) 1984 Alan “A.J.” Moore (6th) 1991 Chris Beene (6th) 1992 Chris Beene (4th) 1994 Mike Bohensky (8th) 1995 Mike Bohensky (1st) 1996 Mike Bohensky (2nd) 1997 Lee McCown (5th) 1998 Lee McCown (3rd) 2000 Lee McCown (1st)

Justin Ritter (6th) 2004 Jason Simmons (6th) 2006 Jason Simmons (7th)

Ryan McWilliams (8th) 2007 Ryan McWilliams (3rd) 2009 Ryan McWilliams (2nd)

Chase Moore (6th)

7,468 7,573 7,225 6,443 6,813 6,730 7,265 7,356 6.987 7,203 7,226 6,600 6,656 6,740 6,734 6,920 7,297 6,864

CROSS COUNTRY 1976 Desmond O’Conner 1984 Kirt Stenzel

ALL-AMERICAN WOMEN

100-METER DASH 1992 Luwanna Esquell (7th) 2002 Shavon Jackson (7th) 2003 Shavon Jackson (5th)

LaTisha Burns (8th) 2009 Celethia Byrd (8th)

12.05 11.76 12.06 12.15 11.74

200-METER DASH 2009 Celethia Byrd (8th) 2010 Celethia Byrd (3rd)

24.04 23.58

400-METER DASH 1985 Kehinde Vaughn (1st) 2010 Celethia Byrd (1st)

53.54 53.02

800-METER RUN 2010 Andria Nussey (2nd) 2012 Jaylen Rodgers (2nd) 2013 Jaylen Rodgers (2nd)

2:06.37 2:11.60 2:09.17

800-METER RUN (INDOOR) 2011 Andria Nussey (1st) 2013 Jaylen Rodgers (2nd)

2:10.42 2:06.83

1,500-METER RUN 1998 Damaris Vaughan (7th) 1999 Damaris Vaughan (4th) 2007 Trista Mcintyre (3rd)

4:35.00 4:33.84 4:24.31

3,000-METER RUN 1999 Damaris Vaughan (3rd)

9:47.58

10,000-METER RUN 1994 Helen O’Sullivan (8th) 1999 Cindy Farris (5th)

37:43.49 36:46.66

National Champion Celethia Byrd holds the ASU record in the 400-meter dash running it in 53.02 seconds.

100-METER HURDLES 1983 Cindy Stewart (5th) 1985 Cindy Stewart (4th) 1991 Johna Tackel (7th) 1996 Amy Bippert (3rd) 1997 Amy Bippert (8th) 1998 Jamie Johnson (7th) 2010 Aisha Adams (6th) 400-METER HURDLES 1983 Stella Njemanze (7th) 1995 Abbie Baiza (4th) 1996 Abbie Baiza (6th) 2007 Daniela Sweaingen (4th) 2009 Aisha Adams (2nd)

Chrystal Ruiz (7th) 2010 Aisha Adams (2nd)

Chrystal Ruiz (4th)

14.53 13.92 14.07 14.09 14.77 14.41 13.87 1:02.70 1:02.33 1:00.78 59.91 58.77 1:01.58 56.93 58.50

4×100-METER RELAY 1984 46.76 (7th) Cindy Stewart, Sharlene Brittian, Rhonda Herndon, Carla Seldon 1985 47.18 (8th) Cindy Stewart, Rhonda Herndon, Stella Njemanze, Kehinde Vaughn 1991 46.69 (4th) Kim Gersbach, Johna Tackel, Wendi Burns, Luwanna Esquell 1999 47.24 (8th) Nyree Jacques, Ebone Hickey, Kandice Holamon, Lettia Knight 2001 47.32 (6th) Jennifer Harris, Ebone Hickey, Crystal Parks, Shavon Jackson 2003 45.76 (3rd) LaTisha Burns, Deon Finley, Jennifer Harris, Shavon Jackson 2004 46.22 (4th) LaTisha Burns, Denise Scott, Jennifer Harris, Rachel Williams 2010 48.30 (8th) Sara Hooker, Makayla Myers, Kris Crockett, Andria Nussey, Aisha Adams, Celethia Byrd 4×400-METER RELAY 1985 3:44.83 (4th) Stella Njemanze, Rhonda Herndon, Kindal Burton, Kehinde Vaughn 1995 3:49.63 (7th) Stacie Cole, Abbie Baiza, Thelma McDow, Vicki Lee 1996 3:48.61 (7th) Keisha Smith, Kandace Holamon, Thelma McDow, Vicki Lee 1997 3:51.47 (8th) Lettia Knight, Abbie Baiza, Kandice Holamon, Vicki Lee 1999 3:48.31 (7th) Ebone Hickey, Kandice Holamon, Serelia Franklin, Lettia Knight 2000 3:42.13 (4th) Serelia Franklin, Tamara Grayson, Ebone Hickey, Leittia Knight 2001 3:46.88 (7th) Tamara Grayson, Serelia Franklin, Ebone Hickey, LaTasha Mosley 2003 3:45.39 (4th) Shavon Jackson, LaTasha Mosley, Erin Simpson, Rachel Williams 2005 3:45.39 (8th) Ashlee Taylor, Erin Simpson, Daniela Swearingen, Rachel Williams 2009 3:41.38 (2nd) Aisha Adams, Celethia Byrd, Kris Crockett, Daunyae Harris, Sara Hooker, Andria Nussey 2010 3:38.88 (1st) Chrystal Ruiz, Andria Nussey, Kris Crockett, Celethia Byrd

HIGH JUMP 1996 Shauna LeGrand (8th 2010 Aisha Adams (5th)

5-4.5 5-7

LONG JUMP 1984 Carla Seldon (1st)

Barbro Sjoberg (6th) 1989 Johna Tackel (5th) 1991 Johna Tackel (4th) 1995 Stacie Cole (8th) 2002 Shavon Jackson (8th) 2004 LaTisha Burns (1st)

Denise Scott (3rd) 2007 Kyndel Howell (8th) 2009 Aisha Adams (2nd)

Andria Nussey (5th) 2010 Aisha Adams (3rd)

Chrystal Ruiz (6th) 2012 Theresa Sue (7th) 2013 Theresa Sue (4th)

21-2.25 19-2 18-7 20-3.25 18-8.5 19-6 20-2.25 19-7 18-2.5 20-0.5 19-11 19-9.75 19-3.5 19-3.25 19-7

TRIPLE JUMP 1984 Barbro Sjoberg (4th)

Rhonda Herndon (7th) 1994 Amy Bippert (3rd) 1995 Amy Bippert (4th) 1996 Amy Bippert (5th) 1997 Amy Bippert (2nd) 1998 Tamara Flippin (3rd) 1999 Brooke McCasland (6th) 2002 LaTasha Mosley (1st) 2003 LaTasha Mosley (3rd) 2004 Denise Scott (4th) 2010 Aisha Adams (4th) 2013 Kearah Danville (2nd)

40-2.75 39-4 39-8 40-4 39-11.5 41-1 39-11.25 39-0.5 42-3.5 41-7.75 40-4.75 40-2.75 43-11.75

SHOT PUT 1987 Brenda Anderson (5th) 46-6.5 1992 Margie Tyrone (4th) 45-4.25 1993 Laura McClelland (4th) 43-2.25

Margie Tyrone (8th) 41-10.5 1994 Margie Tyrone (7th) 43-3 1997 Vicki Perez (2nd) 49-2.25 1998 Vicki Perez (3rd) 46-1.25 2007 Adree Lakey (2nd) 51-1.5 2008 Adree Lakey (4th) 47-7.25 2009 Adree Lakey (1st) 52-10

Culley Jo Dawson (7th) 45-10.75 2013 Kimberly Williams (8th) 152-4 DISCUS 1985 Birgitta Troive (6th) 1986 Birgitta Troive (2nd) 1990 Laura McClelland (3rd) 1992 Laura McClelland (7th) 1997 Vicki Perez (3rd) 1998 Kathy Crowe (8th) 1999 Kathy Crowe (5th) 2000 Kathy Crowe (4th) 2005 Kandra Lakey (5th) 2006 Culley Jo Dawson (2nd)

Adree Lakey (6th) 2007 Culley Jo Dawson (2nd)

Kandra Lakey (6th) 2008 Adree Lakey (1st) 2009 Adree Lakey (2nd)

Culley Jo Dawson (3rd) HAMMER 2007 Adree Lakey (1st) 2008 Adree Lakey (5th) 2009 Adree Lakey (3rd)

153-6 165-10 147-4 144-5 160-9 150-7 153-10 153-2 161-2 157-5 147-11 158-5 147-3 161-7 161-9 160-8

JAVELIN 1985 Anna Pihl (9th) 1989 Lisa Kelly (6th) 1993 Alice Keeton (5th) 1994 Alice Keeton (2nd) 2002 Amber Miller (3rd) 2003 Amber Miller (1st) 2007 Kandra Lakey (3rd)

Adree Lakey (4th) 2009 Adree Lakey (4th)

Culley Jo Dawson (7th) 2013 Kimberly Williams (8th)

146-3 140-11 138-2 161-8 146-0 169-0 141-10 141-5 149-7 147-8 143-9

PENTATHLON 2011 Chrystal Ruiz (2nd) 2012 Chrystal Ruiz (3rd)

3,981 4,008

HEPTATHLON 1984 Barbro Sjoberg (7th) 1985 Karin Lindqvist (9th) 1995 Amy Bippert (3rd) 1996 Amy Bippert (3rd) 1997 Amy Bippert (1st) 1999 Amanda Welch (7th) 2002 Amber Miller (4th)

Shannon Counts (8th) 2003 Amber Miller (4th) 2004 Alissa Miller (2nd)

Wendy Robertson (3rd) 2005 Alissa Miller (3rd) 2009 Aisha Adams (1st) 2010 Aisha Adams (1st)

Chrystal Ruiz (2nd)

5,009 4,986 4,891 5,029 5,268 4,869 5,310 4,984 5,051 5,245 5,126 5,166 5,586 5,698 5,572

CROSS COUNTRY 1991 Helen O’Sullivan 1992 Helen O’Sullivan 1997 Dora Davila

Three-time AllAmerican Ronnie Gainey, honored in 400-meter hurdles.

184-4 172-3 182-4

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Academics Helping our

ATHLETIC STUDY CENTER

student-

The goal of the Athletic Study Center is to act as the primary academic support contact for student-athletes. The center holds the office of the Athletic Academic Coordinator (acc) for easy visibility and reach.

The center houses laptop computers, printers, and individual and collaborative work stations.

athletes achieve academic success is essential for

ADVISING

our program.

All academic advising is provided through the individual colleges and academic departments.

In addition to having

ACADEMIC PROGRESS

academic

During each semester, the acc surveys the professors of each student-athlete three times. In each grade check, professors are asked to provide academic progress information such as attendance, current grade, atrisk or not, and any additional comments.

resources within the Athletics Department, our athletes also receive assistance from other programs available to all ASU students.

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MENTORSHIP

The acc provides weekly sessions with mentors for studentathletes identified as “at-risk” based on acc and coach recommendations. During the sessions, grade updates and upcoming assignments are discussed. Assignments are reviewed and study plans are implemented if necessary.

TUTORING

Free tutoring is available for student-athletes in Angelo State University’s Tutor Center. In addition to having tutors available for nearly every general education class as well as many upper-level classes, specialized tutoring units include the Math lab, Writing Center, Modern Language tutoring, Accounting lab and Supplemental Instruction (si). The si program offers extracurricular peer tutoring groups for traditionally tough classes. Study sessions are led by students who have completed and earned high grades in the courses. si sessions are conducted multiple times throughout the week.

Academic All-American of the Year and NCAA Scholarship Winner Heptathlete Amy Bippert capped off her impressive asu track and field career in 1997 with her selection as the gte/cosida BIBBERT Spring At-Large Track Team Academic First Team, 1996 All-American of First Team, 1997 Spring Academic the Year, the top All-American of the scholastic honor Year, 1997 available to a Kinesiology 3.781 GPA college athlete.

She was chosen from a field of more than 200 female athletes in six sports who competed for colleges and universities across the U.S. at the ncaa Division II, ncaa Division III and naia levels.

Also a 1997 ncaa Postgraduate Scholarship winner, Bippert was selected for that honor from a field of applicants in seven sports representing institutions at the ncaa d-ii and d-iii levels. The $5,000 annual scholarship can be applied to graduate studies at any accredited institution of the winner’s selection.

A kinesiology major with a 3.78 grade point average, Bippert was the first asu athlete to be named Academic All-American of the Year and the first to win a asu Postgraduate Scholarship.

On the track, Bippert was a ninetime All-American for asu and the 1997 ncaa d-ii heptathlon national champion.

She led the Rambelles to a sixth-place finish at the 1997 ncaa d-ii national meet, scoring 19 of asu’s 37 points.

2014 LSC All-Academic Awards MEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM PLAYER Baptiste Moreu Peyton Best Stephen Hedlund Kevin Naceanceno Dorian McCradic Dylan Willett Michal Idziak Tye Doty Jacob McDonald DYLAN LITTLEJOHN JAMIN GOECKER

TEAM WTAMU TSU HU HU TAMUC TSU TAMUK TSU HU ASU ASU

YR. MAJOR Jr. Finance So. Business So. Economics Jr. Biochemistry So. Biological Science So. Undecided So. Criminology Jr. Accounting Jr. Management JR. NURSING SR. SECURITY STUDIES

Angelo State has a long tradition of excellent track and cross country athletes, who have competed at the ncaa Championships numerous times for the University, earning over 100 All-America certificates in track, field and cross country events. asu track also has a strong tradition of performing at the top levels in the classroom, as evidenced by the number of gte/cosida Academic All-Americans in track, field and cross country events. In fact, one of the top honors accorded to any athlete is the honor of Academic All-American of the Year, awarded to asu’s own Amy Bippert in 1997.

DAVE McCUNE

JEFF WHITE

Track

Track

MIKE BOHENSKY

Track

Second Team, 1996 First Team, 1997 Kinesiology 3.673 GPA

Second Team, 2003 Animal Science 4.0 GPA

Second Team, 1996 English 3.35 GPA

JILL BISHOP

JUSTIN RITTER

KATHY CROWE

Track

Track

Cross Country

AMANDA WIETZ

CINDY FARRIS

CURRY DAWSON

Cross Country

Cross Country & Track Third Team Track, 1996 Third Team XC, 1996 Second Team Track, 1997 First Team, XC, 1997 First Team, Track, 1999 Mathematics 3.981 GPA

Second Team, 2000 First Team, 2001 Animal Science 3.65 GPA

BRIAN HOLIK

CATHRYN RITTENBERRY

CHRYSTAL RUIZ

Track

Third Team, 2012 3.4 GPA

WOMEN’S ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM PLAYER Ewa Zaborowska Emma Love Bri Leeper JORDAN GRAY Mariah Steinbock Kristen Celsor Amber Saiz Cara Mack Libby Strickland Beth Blind Shelby Terry

TEAM HU WTAMU WTAMU ASU McM HU ENMU MSU WTAMU ENMU TSU

YR. MAJOR Jr. Accounting Jr. ESS So. Mass Comm.

JR. ENGLISH Jr. Kinesiology Sr. Comm.

So. Biology Jr. Mathematics So. Biology Jr. Animal & Dairy Science Sr. Pre-Medicine

LSC Men’s Track & Field Academic Players of the Year: Baptiste Moreu, West Texas A&M

Angelo State Track, Field and Cross Country Academic All-Americans

LSC Women’s Track & Field Academic Player

Second Team, 2002 Kinesiology 3.77 GPA

Third Team, 2000 Computer Science 3.76 GPA

Third Team, 1993 Physics 3.97 GPA

of the Year: Ewa Zaborowska, Harding

The Angelo State Ram Club is a nonprofit 501-c3 organization whose sole mission is to provide support to Angelo State Athletics. A priority for the Ram Club is scholarship funding above what the University provides to ensure asu reaches the maximum equivalencies allowed by ncaa rules. The Ram Club also provides funding in support of recruiting the next generation of Rams and ’Belles, life skills programming for student-athletes, academic support for student-athletes, and other initiatives important to the welfare of student-athletes and the success of athletic teams.

Third Team, 1993 Physics 3.97 GPA

Track

First Team, 2011 3.97 GPA

Third Team, 2011 Second Team, 2012 4.0 GPA

Track

Track

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2010

National Champions

You can call them the

National Champion

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The nine members of the asu Rambelles track and field team that headed to the ncaa Division II National Track and Field Championships in Charlotte, N.C., returned home with the program’s first national championship trophy.

By capturing 50 points in their final six events, the Rambelles ran away with the title, beating second place finisher and defending champion Lincoln University by 14 points, 87-73. And, it was a total team effort. Senior Aisha “Ice” Adams scored points in all six events she entered, including an individual national championship in the heptathlon. Senior Chrystal Ruiz scored points in multiple events, senior Andria Nussey rebounded from a poor showing in the long jump to set a new school record and place second in the 800-meters, and senior Celethia Byrd won an individual national championship in the 400-meter dash and finished third in the 200-meter dash, a result that clinched the title for asu.

“I just said, ‘Thank you Lord,’” Byrd said after the 200-meters. “That is all that was running through my mind. I was very happy, and to hear my time was a new personal record, it made me feel good. Most of all, I may not have to run the mile relay. That’s awesome!”

Byrd’s points from the 200-meters put the Rambelles ahead by 12 points with only the 4×400-meter (mile) relay left to run. That meant no team could catch them, regardless of what they did in that final race. What they did, though, was put their final stamp on the national meet by winning the relay in a school record 3:38.88 with Byrd on the track running the anchor leg. The result had coaches James Reid, Tom Dibbern and Gary Gabriel yelling, fist-pumping and high-fiving in the stands.

“That is unbelievable,” Dibbern said.

“When it’s going right, it’s going right.”

“This is a great feeling,” he added.

“It hurt real bad last year when we lost it, but this has totally erased it.

Coaching-wise, I’ve never had a feeling like this. It’s the best feeling I’ve ever had coaching. It’s truly worth it.”

After confirming that his team had clinched the title, Reid finally calmed down enough to begin the task of texting the great news to just about everyone he knows.

“I asked Coach Dibbern about nine times if he was sure before I called anybody,” Reid said. “I called my wife and told her because they have been following it on the Internet. I called my parents and I called Coach (Kathleen) Brasfield, Coach (David) Noble and a bunch of people who have had a lot of influence on me. It’s still a little surreal right now.”

“I just can’t say enough about the girls,” he added. “What helped us was nine young ladies busting their butts for three days straight and coming into this year with a goal and wanting to do it. Even over the last three days when we’ve had not such good things happen,

they have been resilient, not lost sight of the goal and came up big time after time. I just can’t say enough about them.”

Meanwhile, the Rams were also in a battle to achieve their goal of finishing in the top 10 at the national meet. Their day started with junior Tyler Orlando and sophomore Jacob McDonald placing third and seventh in the javelin, gaining eight points for the team and All-America status for themselves.

In the discus, junior Wade Goode also garnered All-America status by finishing eighth and earning a point for his team. The 4×100-meter relay team of James Howell, Ryan Adkins, Brian Holik and Nick Smith became All-Americans with a sixth-place finish that picked up three points. Howell also set a new school record with a 45.95 in the 400-meters that was good enough for third place and six valuable points.

The Rams also capped off their national meet in style with a secondplace finish in the 4×400-meter relay in 3:06.44, the second-fastest time in school history. That race finally let junior Terence Holland showcase his talents as, due to weather delays, he was forced to wait until the final event of the meet to get on the track.

“With all that waiting, something good was bound to happen,” Holland said. “I was ready to go last night in the rain, but had to keep the animal in the cage. This was my one shot and I wanted to make it my best one. Second-fastest time in school history, you can’t get mad about that.”

The final race also provided another shot at success for freshman Isidro Garcia, who missed qualifying for the individual 400-meters by mere hundredths of a second. Now, he is also an All-American.

“That is a great way to finish off the year,” he said. “I’m glad that we came out and competed to the best of our ability. I went into the race wanting to run a :46, but skipped right past that and ran a :45.7 and that is a big jump for me. Second place in the nation is really something big.”

When the dust had settled, the Rams had also achieved their goal as they finished tied for ninth place with 26 points.

“I’m proud of our girls,” Garcia said, “and I’m glad they are going to celebrate a national championship.

But, top 10 in the nation is also something big for the guys and we are really glad to have gotten that high up.”

“I think we are going to get a lot of coverage because we won the championship with the women,” Reid said. “But, I don’t want to take anything away from the men because they had a great meet. There has only been a few times when both men’s and women’s teams have finished in the top 10 at a national meet, and that is something we wanted to do coming in.”

“For the guys to do it the way they did it by running that great mile relay was incredible,” he added. “They put it together and made it happen.

It’s awesome, totally awesome.”

NATIONAL

CHAMPIONS JOSH OWUSU Triple Jump 1971, 1973–74 Long Jump 1971–72, 1974

DESMOND O’CONNER Indoor 2-Mile Run 1976

RONNIE GAINEY 400-Meter Hurdles 1977

WYLIE TURNER 200-Meter Dash 1977

ELLISON PORTIS 100-Meter Dash 1980

HAROLD LEDET Shot Put 1980

MICHAEL ELARMS 4x400-Meter Relay 1982

JEROME KRONE 4x400-Meter Relay 1982

BARRY SAMPLES 4x400-Meter Relay 1982 4x100-Meter Relay 1983

ERNEST PENNINGTON 4x400-Meter Relay 1982 4x100-Meter Relay 1983

PAUL WARREN 4x100-Meter Relay 1983

KEVIN NANCE 4x100-Meter Relay 1983

TRANEL HAWKINS 400-Meter Hurdles 1983–84

LENNART FLYMAN Shot Put 1984

LENNART BODELL Hammer Throw 1984

KERRY THERWANGER Indoor Long Jump 1985 Outdoor Long Jump 1986

AATRON KENNEY 4x100-Meter Relay 1987

GRANVILLE HOLMES 4x100-Meter Relay 1987

LARRY PAYNE 4x100-Meter Relay 1987

KIRKLAND FIGARO 4x100-Meter Relay 1987

RANDY SIMMONS 400-Meter Hurdles 1988

MIKE SMIERCIAK Javelin 1988–89

KYLE FREEMAN Shot Put 1989

PATRIK HENNINGS Indoor Shot Put 1991 Outdoor Shot Put 1991

ERIC COLE Discus 1991 Hammer 1993

THOMAS HAMMARSTEN Shot Put 1994

MIKE BOHENSKY Decathlon 1995

ROGERS DAVIS Javelin 1998

TY WILLIAMS Shot Put 1999

LEE McCOWN Decathlon 2000

CURRY DAWSON Discus 2000–01 Shot Put 2001

WILL LITTLETON High Jump 2003–04

JACKIE MAYS-DURHAM AIAW 200-Meter Dash 1982

CARLA SELDON Long Jump 1984

KEHINDE VAUGHN 400-Meter Dash 1985

AMY BIPPERT Heptathlon 1997

LATASHA MOSLEY Triple Jump 2002

AMBER MILLER Javelin 2003

LATISHA BURNS Long Jump 2004

ADREE LAKEY Hammer 2007 Discus 2008 Shot Put 2009

AISHA ADAMS Heptathlon 2009–10

CELETHIA BYRD 400-Meter Dash 2010 4x400-Meter Relay 2010

KRIS CROCKETT 4x400-Meter Relay 2010

CHRYSTAL RUIZ 4x400-Meter Relay 2010

ANDRIA NUSSEY 4x400-Meter Relay 2010 Indoor 800-Meter Run 2011

Kearah Danville Indoor Triple Jump 2013, 2014

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