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coaching staff
Ta’ Frias
Head Track & Field Coach Coaching Specialty: Field events, hurdles • Fifth year at JMU • 14th year in coaching profession • USA Track and Field Level II certified in sprints and jumps • Former assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin State University and University of Richmond
As a coach • First Colonial Athletic Association championship in school history (women’s outdoor, 2012) • 11 Colonial Athletic Association individual champions • 12 current JMU records came during her time as head coach • 13 Southland Conference individual champions • 77 All-Southland Conference individual honors • 25 school records • Four NCAA All-Region honors • Four NCAA qualifiers • One USA Olympic Trials qualifier • One Team USA participant in the 2006 Under-23 NACAC Games • Stephen F. Austin won four Southland Conference championships (women outdoor: 2002, 2003, 2005; men indoor: 2005)
As an athlete • At North Carolina, three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference in heptathlon and member of eight ACC champion teams • Inducted into Collegiate High School Athletic Hall of Fame in Richmond, Va. (2008)
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coaching staff
Dave Rinker
Assistant Track & Field Coach Head Cross Country Coach Coaching Specialty: distance, middle distance • 15th year at JMU • 30th collegiate coaching season • Coach, U.S. Senior Men, IAAF World Cross Country Championships (2003) • Coach, U.S. Men’s Junior World Cross Country Championships (1998) • Seven CAA team championships (women: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011; men: 1999) • ECAC (2001, 2010) and IC4A (2003) team championships • Eight CAA individual champions • Eight CAA Runners of the Year • 13 NCAA national track and field qualifiers • Two NCAA Cross Country All-Americas • 119 NJCAA Cross Country/Track & Field All-Americas
Coach of the Year • CAA (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011) • NJCAA national men’s (1987, 1990) • NJCAA national men’s outdoor track and field (1999)
Bill Walton
Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Coaching Specialty: Sprints, horizontal jumps • 34th year at JMU • Mid-Atlantic Region outdoor track & field Coach of the Year (1990) • CAA cross country Coach of the Year (1987, 1992) • 31 NCAA All-Americas • 42 ECAC/IC4A champions • 56 NCAA qualifiers • IC4A president (1998-99) • NCAA Track & Field/Cross Country Committee (2010-14) • Chair of NCAA Cross Country Committee for NCAA Division I Championships (2010-11)
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2014 Dukes
Katie Harman
Kristen Greene
Sr. (Indoor), Clarksville, Md. (River Hill) Event: Distance
Sr., Colonial Heights, Va. (Thomas Dale) Events: Shot, discus, javelin
Majoring in health science and preoccupational therapy with a minor in exceptional education
Majoring in business management
• Third-place finish in the javelin (39.09 meters) at the 2013 CAA Championships
• Three-time CAA Champion (twice in 1,500-meter and once in 5,000-meter)
• Third-place finish in the shot put (12.85 meters) and the javelin (40.37 meters) at the 2013 Virginia Cup
• Third-place finish in 1,500-meter at 2012 ECACs • CAA Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field Team • VaSID Academic All-State • Spring 2012 President’s List, JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
Erin Lopresti Stacey Nobles Sr. (Indoor), Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes) Events: Distance
Sr., Cranberry Township, Pa. (Seneca Valley) Events: Distance Majoring in health sciences
Majoring in interdisciplinary liberal studies with a minor in elementary education
• All-CAA for second-place finish in 5,000-meter at 2012 CAA Championships • Won outdoor 3,000-meter run (10:31.30) at 2012 JMU Invitational • VaSID Academic All-State in 2012 • Spring 2012 President’s List • Spring 2012 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
• • Won 2013 CAA title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with the fifth-best time in JMU history (10:55.87) • Set school record in the 4x800meter relay (8:46.16) at the 119th Penn Relays with Annie Reiner, Kelsey Langton and Tiel Westbrook • First-place finish in the 4x800meter relay at the ECAC Indoor Championships in a schoolrecord time (8:46.9) with Morgan Sheaffer, Kelsey Langton and Tiel Westbrook • Also part of two other first-place indoor relay teams: 4x800 meter relay (9:08.86) at George Mason’s Patriot Games, distance medley relay (11:54.86) at the Navy Invitational • Spring 2012 President’s List • Spring 2012 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Ciarra Morris
Kelsey Seymour
Sr., Richmond, Va. (Meadowbrook) Events: Sprints, hurdles Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in exercise science
Sr., Ebensburg, Pa. (Central Cambria) Events: Distance Majoring in communication, science and disorders
• First-place finish in the distance medley relay (11:54.86) at 2013 Navy Invitational with Morgan Sheaffer, Annie Reiner and Erin Lopresti
• First-place finish in the 400-meter dash (55.42) at the 2013 Virginia Cup • Second-place finish in the 4x100meter relay (47.88) at the 2013 Virginia Cup with Marissa McDonald, Rachel Watkins and Ashley Williams
• Second-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay (9:11.43) at George Mason’s Patriot Games with Kelsey Langton, Caroline Morris and Tiel Westbrook
• Fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (55.76) at the CAA Championships • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Spring 2014 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
Carrie Payne Sr., Annandale, Va. (W.T. Woodson) Events: Distance Majoring in international affairs
Julie Strange Sr., Leesburg, Va. (Loudoun County) Events: Distance Majoring in interdisciplinary liberal studies with a minor in elementary education
• Ninth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (19:39.26) at the 2013 Navy Invitational • Spring 2014 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
• Third-place finish in indoor 3,000-meter run (10:34.11) at 2012 Liberty Invitational • 11th-place finish in indoor 3,000-meter run (10:31.29) at 2012 Virginia Tech Challenge • Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2012 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Ashley Williams
Sr., Shillington, Pa. (Governor Mifflin) Events: Sprints, long jump
Rachel Hagen Jr., Sterling, Va. (Potomac Falls) Events: Distance Major is nursing
Majoring in health science with a minor in pre-physician assistant
• All-CAA for thirdplace finish in 4x100meter relay (45.91 seconds) at 2012 CAA Championships
• Fourth-place finish in the indoor 3000-meter run (10:31.34) at the Navy Invitational
• Second-place finish in 4x200-meter relay (1:38.04) at 2012 Colonial Relays with Jordan Simmons, Marissa McDonald and Ciarra Morris
• Second-place finish in indoor 3,000-meter run (10:58.19) at 2012 Navy Invitational
• Eighth-place in the 10,000-meter run (37:21.48) at the CAA Championships
• Spring 2014 Dean’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
Nicole Gilbert Jr., Hanover, Mass. (Hanover) Events: Long jump, hurdles Major is undecided
Kristen Landry Jr., Boonton Township, N.J. (Mountain Lakes) Events: Distance Major is communications
• Third-place finish in the pentathlon (3,132 points) at George Mason’s Patriot Games (fifth most points all-time at JMU in indoor)
• First-place finish in the indoor 4x800-meter relay (9:08.86) at George Mason’s Patriot Games
• Seventh-place finish in the heptathlon at the CAA Championships with the eighth most points in JMU history for outdoor (4,074 points)
• Third-place finish in section four of the 1,500-meter run (4:35.51) at North Carolina’s Raleigh Relays
• Spring 2014 Dean’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Kelsey Langton
Jr., Hamilton Square, N.J. (Notre Dame H.S.) Events: Distance
Destiny Simmons So., Staunton, Va. (Robert E. Lee) Events: Sprints Major is athletic training
Major is nursing
• Set school record in the 4x800meter relay (8:46.16) at the 119th Penn Relays
• Sixth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (56.79) at the 2013 CAA Championships
• First-place finish in the 4x800meter relay at the ECAC Indoor Championships in a school-record time (8:46.9)
• Third-place finish in the 4x400meter relay (3:55.52) at the 2013 Navy Invitational with Jaime Lott, Ciarra Morris and Jasmine Waddell
• Second-place finish in the indoor 800-meter run at the Virginia Tech Challenge with the fourth-best time in JMU history (2:10.71)
• Won 400-meter dash (57.49 seconds) at 2012 JMU Invitational • Third-place finish in 4x200-meter relay (1:38.11 seconds) at 2012 Raleigh Relays with Jordan Simmons, Marissa McDonald and Ashley Williams • Spring 2014 Dean’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
Morgan Sheaffer So., New Bloomfield, Pa. (West Perry) Events: Distance Major is nursing
Jasmine Waddell Jr., Mount Royal, N.J. (Kingsway Regional) Events: Hurdles Major is kinesiology
• Member of 2013 Indoor ECAC champion 4x800-meter relay team (8:46.91) with Tiel Westbrook, Kelsey Langton and Erin Lopresti • Won 4x800-meter relay (9:05.26) at 2012 Hokie Invitational with Kelsey Langton, Erin Lopresti and Tiel Westbrook • Fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the 2013 CAA Championships (2:15.16) • Spring 2014 Dean’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Fourth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the CAA Championships with the fourth-best time in school history (14.16) • Won 100-meter hurdles at 2012 JMU Invitational (14.24 seconds) and at 2012 UVA Team Swashbuckle (14.67 seconds) • Third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:08.57) at the Virginia Cup • Spring 2014 Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Tiel Westbrook
Emily Cole
Jr., Mechanicsville, Va. (Lee-Davis) Events: Distance
So., Stafford, Va. (North Stafford) Events: Distance
Major is kinesiology
Major is nursing
• Set school record in the 4x800meter relay (8:46.16) at the 119th Penn Relays with Annie Reiner, Kelsey Langton and Erin Lopresti
• Ninth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:59.13) at the Virginia Cup • 10th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run (11:11.13) at the Navy Invitational (indoor)
• First-place finish in the 4x800meter relay at the ECAC Indoor Championships in a school-record time (8:46.9) with Morgan Sheaffer, Kelsey Langton and Erin Lopresti
• Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Second-place finish in the distance medley relay (12:03.46) at 2013 Navy Invitational (indoor) with Kristen Landry, Kelsey Langton and Stacey Nobles • Fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:15.45) at the Virginia Tech Challenge (indoor)
Laura Dobbs
• Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
So., Glen Allen, Va. (Deep Run) Events: Distance Major is accounting
Adrienne Alexander So., Queens, N.Y. (Bishop Loughlin) Events: Shot/Discus Major is undeclared
• 12th-place finish in the steeplechase (12:13.23) at George Mason’s Patriot Open • Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Second-placte finish in the shot put (13.36 meters) at the CAA Championships • Third-place finish in the shot put at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational with the second longest toss in JMU history (13.56 meters) • 14th-place finish in the shot put (13.39 meters) at the ECAC Championships • First-place finish in the shot put at the Liberty Quad (indoor) with the third-longest toss in JMU history (13.66 meters)
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2014 Dukes
Jenna Flickinger
So., Hummelstown, Pa. (Lower Dauphin) Events: Distance Major is undecided
Caroline Morris So., Lovettsville, Va. (Woodgrove) Events: Sprints/Hurdles Major is psychology with a minor in art
• Second-place finish in the 10,000-meter run at the CAA Championships with the fifthfastest time in JMU history (34:40.33)
• Second-place finish in the 4x800meter relay (9:11.43) at George Mason’s Patriot Games (indoor) with Kelsey Langton, Tiel Westbrook and Kelsey Seymour
• Second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at George Mason’s Patriot Open
• Sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:22.90) at George Mason’s Last Chance meet (indoor)
• 21st-place finish in the 10,000-meter run (35:00.93) at the NCAA East Preliminaries
• Spring 2014 Dean’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• Seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (18:08.17) at the USATF Junior Nationals • USTFCCCA Division I Track & Field All-Academic honor • Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
Anna Harpster
Nicole Rossi So., Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes) Events: High jump Major is kinesiology
So., Lovettsville, Va. (Woodgrove) Events: Sprints/Hurdles Major is psychology with a minor in art
• Fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:09.66) at the Virginia Cup
• 10th-place finish in the high jump (4-11.50) at the CAA Championships • Seventh-place finish in the high jump (4-11.50) at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational • Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Justice Seward
Rachel Watkins
So., Virginia Beach, Va. (Salem) Events: Sprints
So., Frederick, Md. (Tuscarora) Events: Sprints
Major is health sciences
Major is communication science and disorders
• Second-place finish in the 60-meter dash (7.86) at the Liberty Quad (indoor)
• Fifth-place finish in the 4x100meter relay (47.84) at the CAA Championships with Rachel Watkins, Marissa McDonald and Ciarra Morris
• Second-place finish in the 4x100meter relay (47.88) at the Virginia Cup with Marissa McDonald, Ciarra Morris and Ashley Williams • Fifth-place finish in the 4x100meter relay (47.84) at the CAA Championships with Justice Seward, Marissa McDonald and Ciarra Morris
Kathleen Stewart So., Holland, Pa. (Council Rock South) Events: Distance Major is communication science and disorders
• Third-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:19.05) at the Virginia Cup • Sixth-place finish in the 4x800 meter relay (9:17.61) at North Carolina’s Raleigh Relays with Kristen Landry, Kelsey Seymour and Tiel Westbrook • Third-place finish in the mile run (indoor) at the Navy Invitational (5:13.05) • Spring 2014 President’s List • Spring 2014 JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
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2014 Dukes
Lillie Brown
Deana Forbes
Fr., Boiling Springs, Pa. (Boiling Springs) Events: Distance
Fr., Danville, Va. (George Washington) Events: Hurdles, Sprints
• 2011 Pennsylvania state champion in the 800-meter run with a school-record time
• Three-time Western Valley District Indoor/ Outdoor champion in the 100-meter dash
• Two-time district champion in the 800-meter run
• School-record holder in the 55- and 100-meter hurdles, and 55- and 100-meter dash
• Two-time all-state honoree
Morgan Crewe Fr., Emporia, Va. (Greensville County) Events: High jump • Six all-state honors combined in the high jump, long jump and triple jump • Two-time region champion in the 100-meter hurdles • Three-time team MVP
Abby Duncan Fr., Keedsville, Md. (Boonsboro) Events: Sprints • Won a total of seven state titles in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter dashes, and a state title in the 4x200 relay, despite missing senior year due to injury • School-record holder in the 55-,100-, 200, 300- and 400-meter dashes • Three-time team MVP
• Member of 2010 all-state 4x200-relay team
Allison Huschke Fr., Charlottesville, Va. (Albemarle) Events: Distance • Four-time all-region and all-district • Fifth-place finish in the 3,200-meter run at the 2013 Northwest Region Championships • All-Academic athletic honors
Annie Johnson Fr., Medford, N.J. (Shawnee) Events: Sprints • New Jersey state champion in the 100and 200-meter dash • Section champion in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash • Also excelled in softball and played a year at the University of Albany
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Nia Jones
2014 Dukes
Tessa Mundell
Fr., Heathsville, Va. (Northumberland) Events: Jumps
Fr., Mohnton, Pa. (Governor Mifflin) Events: Distance
• 2011 Virginia state champion in the triple jump
• Three-time Berks County Athlete of the Year
• Two-time Northern Neck District MVP
• 2012-13 all-state honoree by the Pennsylvania Track & Field Coaches Association
• Academic all-district all four years
• School record holder in the 1,600-meter run
Kennedy King
Ebony Owusu-Sampah
Fr., Hampton, Va. (Phoebus) Events: Jumps
Fr., Woodbridge, Va. (C.D. Hylton) Events: Sprints/Jumps
• Virginia state champion in the long jump
• 2013 Virginia state champion in the triple jump
• School record holder in the long jump • Led team to four straight Peninsula District titles
Meghan Malloy Fr., Haddonfield, N.J. (Haddonfield Memorial) Events: Distance • Sixth-fastest 5,000-meter run time in Pennsylvania girls track & field history
• Cardinal District meet record holder in the triple jump • All-American in indoor and all-state in outdoor despite not competing in track until junior year
Maria Snyder Fr., Woodbury, Pa. (Northern Bedford County) Events: Distance
• USA Track & Field Youth Athlete of the Year as a freshman
• Two-time Outstanding Runner of the Inter-County Conference Track & Field Championships (2011, 2012)
• Two-mile run champion at the Eastern State meet
• School and District V record holder in the 1,600-meter run • School and District V record holder in the 3,200-meter run
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2014 Dukes
Carol Strock
Fr., Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Cumberland Valley) Events: Distance • 2011 Mid-Penn champion in the 1,600-meter run • Set school record in the 1,600-meter run with a seventh-place finish at the Pennsylvania State Championships • District III silver medalist as a junior
Summer Walter Fr., Warren, Pa. (Bayside (Va.)) Events: Multi • New Balance Indoor Nationals AllAmerican in the pentathlon • Junior Olympics All-American and region champion in the heptathlon • School record holder in the indoor pole vault, outdoor pole vault, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles
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olympians
Juli Henner ‘92 Post-JMU
• First JMU U.S. Olympian, 1,500m, Atlanta 1996 • U.S. Olympic Trials 1,500m runner-up 1996 • JMU Athletics Hall of Fame 2002 • CAA Silver Anniversary Team
JMU • First female athlete to earn Division I All-America honors in track • NCAA Outdoor Championships: 10th-place in 1,500-meter (1992) • All-East: 1,500-meter (1991, 1992), indoor mile (1991, 1992), cross country (1992) • CAA Champion: 800-meter (1991), 1,500-meter (1991, 1992) • ECAC Champion: 1,500-meter (1992) • CAA Track & Field Championships Athlete of the Meet (1991) • All-CAA Cross Country (1990, 1991, 1992)
Tiombé Hurd ‘95 Triple Jump
Post-JMU • U.S Olympian: triple jump, Athens 2004 • American record holder: 47’5” triple jump, 2004-present • IAAF World Indoor Championships: bronze medal, 2001 • U.S. Olympic Trials: champion (2004), bronze medal (2000) • U.S. Outdoor Championships: gold medal (2001), silver medal (1999) • U.S. Indoor Championships: gold medal (2000, 2001) • JMU Athletics Hall of Fame, 2005 • CAA Silver Anniversary Team
JMU • Only JMU athlete to be named an AllAmerica five times • NCAA Outdoor Championships (1993, 1994, 1995) • NCAA Indoor Championships (1993, 1995) • CAA champion triple jump four times • School records: outdoors triple jump (44’4 ¼”), indoors triple jump (42’9”)
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all-americans
Samantha Bates ‘98
All-America: mile, distance medley relay (1997) • NCAA Indoor National Championships: eighth in mile, distance medley relay (1997) • NCAA Outdoor National Championships: 1,500-meter (1997) • CAA Champion: 800-meter, 1,500-meter (1997) • CAA Silver Anniversary Team • Current school records: indoor mile, outdoor 1,500-meter, two relays
• NCAA Indoor National Championships: eighth in distance medley relay (1997) • All-East: indoor & outdoor 3,200-meter (1996); indoor 800-meter, distance medley relay (1998) • Current school record: indoor sprint medley relay
All-America: cross country, 3,000-meter steeplechase, 5,000-meter (2002)
• Only JMU athlete to earn three All-America honors in the same calendar year • Third-ranked American in 3,000-meter steeplechase (2002) • NCAA National Championships: fourth in steeplechase, sixth in indoor 5,000-meter, 30th in cross country (2002) • Mondo/U.S. Track Coaches Association Southeast Region Athlete of the Year (2002) • CAA cross country Runner of the Year (2001, 2002) • CAA track & field Athlete of the Year (2002) • CAA Silver Anniversary Team • Current school records: steeplechase, outdoor 3,000-meter, indoor & outdoor 5,000-meter
Sara Carpenter ’99 All-America: distance medley relay (1997)
Mollie DeFrancesco ‘03
Bethany Eigel ‘00
All-America: distance medley relay, 5,000-meter (1997); 3,000-meter (1998, 2000) • Only JMU female runner to be named All-America four times • NCAA Indoor National Championships: eighth in distance medley relay (1997); eighth in 3,000-meter (1998) • NCAA Outdoor National Championships: ninth in 5,000-meter (1997); 12th in 3,000-meter (2000) • CAA cross country Runner of the Year (1996) • CAA champion: 3,000-meter (1997) • CAA Silver Anniversary Team • JMU Athletics Hall of Fame (2009) • Current school records: indoor 3,000-meter, outdoor distance medley relay
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all-americans
Cindy Slagle ‘84 All-America: 1,500-meter (1982)
• AIAW Outdoor National Championships: sixth in 1,500-meter, competitor in 3,200-meter relay, qualifier in 3,000-meter (1981, 1982) • Virginia AIAW champion: 1,500-meter (1981, 1982); 3,200-meter relay (1982) • JMU Athletics Hall of Fame (2012)
Suzi Shreckhise Slater ‘83 All-America: 400-meter hurdles (1981, 1982)
• U.S. Olympic Trials (1984) • U.S. Outdoor Championships (1983) • AIAW Outdoor National Championships: fifth in 400-meter hurdles (1981); sixth in 400-meter hurdles, 11th in mile relay (1982) • NCAA National Championships: 10th in indoor 600-meter, 30th in 400-meter hurdles (1983) • JMU Athletics Hall of Fame: first track & field athlete inducted (2003) • Current school record: 400-meter hurdles
Tamara Stewart ‘97
All-America: distance medley relay (1997) • NCAA Indoor National Championships: eighth in distance medley relay (1997) • Current school records in two relays • Former school record for indoor 500-meter • Current second-best school 500-meter time • As a senior, ran on five record-setting relay teams
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ecac champions JMU Dukes have won 10 individual titles at the prestigious Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships.
Katie harman ‘14
ECAC Champion: Indoor 1,600-meter (2014) • Three-time CAA champion (1,500-meter (2x) and 5,000-meter) • NCAA East Preliminaries: 35th in 5,000-meter (2013) • Four-time All-CAA in cross country
Leslie Anderson ‘09 ECAC Champion: 400-meter (2007)
• NCAA East Region Championships: 24th in 400-meter (2006) • USA Track & Field Junior National Championships: 13th in 400-meter (2006) • CAA Champion: 400-meter (2006) • Current school record: 400-meter
Shannon Saunders ‘06
ECAC Champion: 5,000-meter, 10,000-meter (2005) • NCAA Outdoor National Champoinships: 16th in 10,000-meter (2004); 19th in 10,000-meter (2006); 20th in 10,000-meter (2005) • NCAA Cross Country Naitonal Championships (2004, 2005) • All-NCAA Southeast Region: cross country (2004, 2005) • CAA cross country Runner of the Year (2004, 2005) • CAA cross country champion (2004, 2005) • All-CAA cross country (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) • CAA Silver Anniversary Team • Current school record: 10,000-meter
Other ECAC champions include: • Juli Speights, 1,500m 1992 • Samantha Bates, indoor 1,000m 1994 • Mollie DeFrancesco, indoor 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase 2002; indoor 5,000m 2003 • Tracey Livengood, indoor 5,000m 1998
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caa champions Cathy Beck
Nelly Anderson
Dena Spickard
100m 1990, 1991 200m 1991 1,600m relay 1990
1,500m 2006 3,000m steeplechase 2004, 2005, 2006
Davida Walker
100m hurdles 1990, 1992
Diana Gillam
3,000m 1996
cross country 2006 10,000m 2005
Keisha Banks
Sarah Burkett
Seun Augustus
800m 2000
Waynitra Thomas
800m 2002
1,500m 2002
long jump 2000
Erica Bates
Susan Ferrel
discus 1991, 1992
Kelly Baker
Annie Reiner
10,000m 2001
800m 2013
400m 1991 1,600m relay 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Other individual champions: Team, Track & Field • Leslie Anderson, 400m 2006 • Samantha Bates, 800m 1997; 1,500m 1996, 1997 • Bethany Eigel, 3,000m 1997 • Mollie DeFrancesco, 3,000m steeplechase 2001, 2002; cross country 2001, 2002 • Katie Gorman, 10,000m 2011 • Katie Harman, 1,500m 2012; 5,000m 2012 • Tiombé Hurd, triple jump 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 • Kelly Jemison, 3,000m steeplechase 2010 • Danyelle Kent-Robinson, high jump 2012 • Erin Lopresti, 3,000m steeplechase • Marissa McDonald, long jump 2012 • Alison Parris, cross country 2010; 5,000m 2011 • Annie Reiner, 800m 2012 • Shannon Saunders, 5,000m 2005, 2005; cross country 2004, 2005; 10,000m 2006 • Juli Speights 800m 1990, 1991; 1,500m 1991, 1992
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caa champions Tiffany Hall
400m hurdles 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 1,600m relay 2001, 2002
Tanique Carter
Maria Thomas
200m 2009
400m 2001 1,600m relay 2001, 2002
Zakiya Haley
400m 1998
Patricia Ritter
10,000m 1992
Jill Baumgartner
Adrienne Mayo
800m 1994 1,600m relay 1993, 1994
triple jump 2006
JMU 2013 Dukes Selected to CAA Silver Anniversary Team Track and Field
Keisha Banks Samantha Bates Mollie DeFrancesco Bethany Eigel Tiombé Hurd Shannon Saunders Juli Speights
Danielle Legendre
high jump 1990
Other 1,600m relay champions: Lynsie Battle, 2001 • Melanie Bryant, 2001, 2002 • Shelby Brown, 1991, 1992 • Princess Hicks, 1990 • Janai Hill, 1993 • Tiombé Hurd, 1992, 1993, 1994 • Fatima Joyner, 1994 • Sarah Kirtland, 2002 • Kiersten Murray, 1994 • Kim Schlemmer, 1991 • Kim Williams, 1990, 1991, 1992
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top performances
Sprints & Hurdles 60m indoors
7.50 Tanique Carter, 2009 7.51 Marissa McDonald, 2012 7.54* Cathy Beck, 1990 7.59 Jordan Simmons, 2012 7.66* Princess Hicks, 1990 7.69* Rhonda Mason, 1984 7.73 Annie Johnson, 2014 7.79 Shaunah Saint Cyr, 1998 7.81 Candace Nelms, 2008 7.84 Lauren Privette, 2011 *converted from 55m distance
Sharnet Rowlan
200m indoors Shaunah Saint Cyr
223.98 24.84 25.03 25.06 25.10 25.17 25.24 25.25 25.27 25.28
Tanique Carter, 2009 Jordan Simmons, 2012 Marissa McDonald, 2012 Rhonda Mason, 1985 Leslie Anderson, 2008 Tiffany Hall, 2004 Rashonda Roberson, 2008 Shaunah Saint Cyr, 1998 Zakiya Haley, 1998 Ashley Williams, 2011
400m indoors 55.65 55.82 56.51 56.60 56.68 57.35 57.39 57.45 57.57 58.04
60M Hurdles Indoors
Leslie Anderson, 2008 Zakiya Haley, 1998 Destiny Simmons, 2014 Shontya’ Bready, 1998 Ciarra Morris, 2013 Tiffany Hall, 2005 Tamarra Stewart, 1997 Lynsie Battle, 2002 Rashonda Roberson, 2008 Rhonda Mason, 1984
8.62* Davida Walker, 1992 8.75 Deana Forbes, 2014 8.80 Seun Augustus, 2000 8.81* Katrina Allen, 1992 8.82 Jasmine Waddell, 2013 8.88 Danyelle Kent-Robinson, 2011 8.92 Katelyn Guerriere, 2008 9.01 Jennifer Monk, 2012 9.06 Danna Frink, 2007 9.03 Summer Walter, 2014 *converted from 55m distance
500m indoors 1:14.45 1:14.51 1:14.80 1:14.94 1:15.51 1:15.85 1:15.92 1:16.12 1:16.35 1:16.47
Shontya’ Bready, 2000 Tamarra Stewart, 1994 Erica Bates, 1993 Tiffany Hall, 2005 Lynsie Battle, 2002 Zakiya Haley, 1997 Robin Harlfinger, 1985 Maria Thomas, 2002 Ellen Holmes, 1984 C.J. Wilkerson, 1998
Shontya’ Bready Marie Abbott
100M Outdoors
C.J. Wilkerson
Jaime Roberts
11.64 Tanique Carter, 2009 11.72 Marissa McDonald, 2012 11.72 Cathy Beck, 1990 11.73 Jordan Simmons, 2011 11.94 Rhonda Mason, 1984 11.96 Patricia Mebane, 1986 12.00 Shaunah Saint Cyr, 1999 12.13 Ashley Williams, 2011 12.14 Kaystyle Madden, 1992 12.15 Candace Nelms, 2007
Rhonda Mason
2012-13 JMU JMU CrossTrack Country/Track & Field - 22 2013-14 & Field - 22
top performances
200M Outdoors
400M Hurdles Outdoor
23.69 23.83 24.15 24.20 24.42 24.47 24.69 24.76 24.78 24.91
Tanique Carter, 2008 & 2009 Rhonda Mason, 1984 Jordan Simmons, 2012 Patricia Mebane, 1984 TiombĂŠ Hurd, 1994 Ciarra Morris, 2012 Leslie Anderson, 2007 Destiny Simmons, 2013 Shaunah Saint Cyr, 1999 Zakiya Haley, 1997
59.44 58.82 1:01.74 1:02.23 1:02.98 1:02.99 1:03.73 1:03.96 1:04.39 1:05.05
Suzi Shreckhise, 1983 Tiffany Hall, 2004 Carolyn Holgerson, 1988 LaVonne Ellerbe, 2006 CJ Wilkerson, 1999 Lori Gauer, 2002 Whitney Staton, 2012 Christine Nicewonger, 2007 Marissa Biggins, 2008 Jasmine Waddell, 2013
400M Outdoors 54.96 55.13 55.21 55.26 55.34 55.64 55.72 55.95 55.99 56.24
Leslie Anderson, 2008 Ciarra Morris, 2012 Erica Bates, 1991 Zakiya Haley, 1998 Rhonda Mason, 1983 Tiffany Hall, 2004 Shaunah Saint Cyr, 1999 Shontya’ Bready, 2000 Rashonda Roberson, 2008 Suzi Shreckhise, 1983
Jessica Bernstein
100M Hurdles Outdoor 13.75 13.99 14.14 14.10 14.32 14.34 14.44 14.71 14.73 16.27
Davida Walker, 1992 Katelyn Guerriere, 2008 Sharnet Rowlan, 1985 Jasmine Waddell, 2013 Seun Augustus, 1999 Danyelle Kent-Robinson, 2011 Jennifer Monk, 2011 Marisa Biggins, 2007 Tiffany Hall, 2001 Nicole Gilbert, 2012
Patricia Mebane
Lynsie Battle
Melanie Bryant
2012-13 JMU Cross Country/Track 2013-14 JMU Track & Field&-Field 23 - 23
Princess Hicks
top performances
Middle Distance & Distance 800m Indoors
3,000M Indoors
2:08.11 2:09.51 2:09.96 2:10.71 2:10.82 2:10.84 2:11.79 2:13.18 2:13.31 2:13.31
9:24.87 9:30.85 9:35.51 9:37.19 9:40.10 9:43.43 9:44.66 9:44.83 9:45.68 9:47.82
Diana Gillam, 1996 Sarah Burkett, 2001 Keisha Banks, 2001 Kelsey Langton, 2013 Sara Carpenter, 1998 Samantha Bates, 1997 Juli Speights, 1991 Morgan Sheaffer, 2014 Alisha Lewis, 2002 Sarah Matthes, 1998
Bethany Eigel, 1998 Shannon Saunders, 2005 Alison Parris, 2010 Katie Harman, 2012 Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Patricia Ritter, 1992 Cindy Dunham, 2002 Jennifer Lapetoda, 2004 Stacey Nobles, 2010 Tracey Livengood, 1998
1,000M Indoors
5,000m Indoors
2:49.86 2:50.90 2:52.31 2:52.32 2:53.09 2:53.21 2:53.44 2:53.71 2:53.83 2:54.06
16:22.64 16:40.30 16:50.19 16:52.23 16:55.71 16:55.81 16:56.09 16:56.90 16:57.40 16:59.06
Anne Reiner, 2012 Keisha Banks, 1999 Suzie Hutchins, 2001 Sarah Burkett, 2001 Jackie Lynch, 1992 Sarah Matthes, 1998 Diana Gillam, 1996 Alison Parris, 2010 Tiel Westbrook, 2014 Erin Lopresti, 2012
Sarah Matthes
Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Tracey Livengood, 1998 Shannon Saunders, 2005 Heather Hanscom, 2001 Katie Gorman, 2013 Stacey Nobles, 2014 Bethany Eigel, 1998 Bridget Quenzer, 2000 Lauren Burawski, 2002 Cindy Dunham, 2002
Mile Indoors
800M Outdoors
4:40.50 Samantha Bates, 1997 4:41.63 Katie Harman, 2014 4:47.90 Keisha Banks, 2000 4:48.17 Juli Speights, 1992 4:51.51 Tessa Mundell, 2014 4:51.65* Cindy Slagle, 1983 4:53.02 Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 4:53.31 Sarah Burkett, 1999 4:54.91 Alison Parris, 2010 4:55.53 Kelsey Seymour, 2011 *converted from 1,500m distance
2:06.54 2:07.98 2:08.97 2:10.56 2:10.58 2:10.58 2:11.07 2:11.33 2:11.82 2:11.94
Jackie Lynch
Anne Reiner, 2012 Keisha Banks, 1999 Juli Speights, 1991 Ellen Holmes, 1985 Alison Parris, 2009 Samantha Bates, 1997 Erica Bates, 1993 Alisha Lewis, 2000 Diana Gillam, 1996 Sara Carpenter, 1998
Jennifer Lapetoda
1,500M Outdoors 4:17.82 4:18.81 4:20.28 4:20.53 4:25.33 4:25.69 4:27.29 4:27.32 4:27.41 4:29.01
Samantha Bates, 1997 Diana Gillam, 1996 Katie Harman, 2012 Juli Speights, 1992 Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Keisha Banks, 1999 Bethany Eigel, 1997 Sarah Burkett, 1999 Sara Carpenter, 1998 Anne Reiner, 2012
Ellen Holmes Aspen Forster
2012-13 JMU JMU CrossTrack Country/Track & Field - 24 2013-14 & Field - 24
top performances 10,000M Outdoors 33:54.56 34:18.45 34:31.54 34:40.33 34:48.64 34:54.94 35:07.14 35:12.61 35:13.06 35:16.94 35:20.66
Shannon Saunders, 2005 Lauren Burawski, 2002 Barb Sabitus, 1980 Jenna Flickinger, 2013 Heather Hanscom, 2001 Katie Gorman, 2011 Stephanie Herbert, 1992 Jennifer Lapetoda, 2004 Bridget Quenzer, 2001 Tracey Livengood, 1998 Katie Gorman, 2013
Alisha Lewis
Suzie Hutchins
3,000M Outdoors 9:24.08 9:27.80 9:37.29 9:41.76 9:45.12 9:45.59 9:46.06 9:47.50 9:48.34 9:48.59
Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Bethany Eigel, 2000 Samantha Bates, 1997 Diana Gillam, 1996 Lauren Burawski, 2002 Juli Speights, 1991 Keisha Banks, 2000 Shannon Saunders, 2004 Bridget Quenzer, 2001 Amy Taylor, 1993
Amy Taylor
Lauren Burawski
3,000M Steeplechase Outdoors 9:56.07 10:18.97 10:45.95 10:47.85 10:55.87 11:22.18 11:27.47 11:32.78
Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Nelly Anderson, 2006 Cindy Dunham, 2001 Aspen Foster, 2009 Erin Lopresti, 2013 Kelly Jemison, 2008 Sarah Burkett, 2002 Michelle Savarese, 2011
5,000M Outdoors 16:03.97 16:17.31 16:29.28 16:32.17 16:38.74 16:47.26 16:55.01 16:59.10 17:04.27 17:07.30
Mollie DeFrancesco, 2002 Bethany Eigel, 1997 Katie Harman, 2013 Alison Parris, 2011 Shannon Saunders, 2006 Lauren Burawski, 2002 Bridget Quenzer, 1998 Tracey Livengood, 1998 Cindy Dunham, 2003 Jenna Flickinger, 2013
Jenae Strader
Kiersten Murray
2012-13 JMU Cross Country/Track 2013-14 JMU Track & Field&-Field 25 - 25
top performances
Relays
Katrina Allen
Marisa Biggins
Lesa Diggs
Nicole Deskins
Sarah Kirtland
4x400 Relay (1,600M) Indoors
4x100 Relay (400M) Outdoors
3:47.69 3:48.61 3:48.75 3:49.35 3:49.50 3:49.80 3:49.81 3:50.25 3:50.48 3:50.72
45.91 46.13 46.33 46.78 46.84 46.85 46.86 46.86 46.87 46.88
Hall, Bryant, Battle, Chitty, 2003 L. Anderson, Carter, McGowan, Roberson, 2008 Bready, Haley, Saint Cyr, Stewart, 1997 Kirtland, Bryant, Hall, Battle, 2004 L. Anderson, Biggins, Roberson, R. Lott, 2008 J. Smith, Hinnant, McGowan, Maria McDonald, 2010 Bready, Haley, Banks, Saint Cyr, 1998 J. Smith, Staton, C. Morris, Sheaffer, 2012 Mason, DeVance, Ni. Deskins, Mebane, 1986 Bready, A. Lewis, Saint Cyr, Bernstein, 1999
4x800 Relay (3,200M) Indoors 8:46.91 8:56.61 8:57.63 8:59.20 9:00.30 9:01.14 9:01.47 9:05.61 9:07.02 9:07.92 9:08.33
Westbrook, Sheaffer, Langton, Lopresti, 2013 Banks, W. Thomas, Burkett, A. Lewis, 2001 Westbrook, Reiner, Langton, Lopresti, 2013 Westbrook, Harman, Sheaffer, Brown, 2014 S. Bates, Powers, Torreele, Hanscom, 1998 Westbrook, Strock, Sheaffer, Brown, 2014 Burkett, M. Thomas, Donohue, A. Lewis, 1999 Burkett, A. Lewis, Bready, Banks, 2000 W. Thomas, A. Lewis, Burkett, Dunham, 2002 W. Thomas, A. Lewis, Donohue, M. Thomas, 1999 A. Lewis, Bready, M. Thomas, S. Burkett, 2000
Distance Medley Relay (4,000M) Indoors 11:22.06 11:24.55 11:25.73 11:28.50 11:29.31 11:30.34 11:34.55 11:41.09 11:44.70 11:45.34
Burkett, M. Thomas, A. Lewis, Banks, 2001 Eigel, Stewart, Powers, S. Bates, 1997 S. Bates, Stewart, Carpenter, Eigel, 1997 Burkett, Bready, A. Lewis, Banks, 1999 A. Lewis, Dunham, Battle, Burkett, 2002 Powers, Haley, S. Bates, Gillam, 1996 Carpenter, Haley, Banks, Eigel, 1998 Burkett, Bready, Carpenter, Banks, 1999 Burkett, Battle, A. Lewis, Dunham, 2002 Carpenter, Haley, S. Bates, Gillam, 1996
Marissa McDonald, J. Simmons, A. Williams, C. Morris, 2011 & 2012 Nelms, Carter, Roberson, L. Anderson, 2008 Da. Walker, Hicks, DeBerry, Beck, 1990 Nelms, Tyree, Mayo, L. Anderson, 2007 Diggs, Mason, Mebane, Rowlan, 1984 Marissa McDonald, Poore, McAlpine, Hinnant, 2010 Da. Walker, Allen, Hill, Beck, 1991 DeVance, Mason, Ni. Deskins, Mebane, 1986 Bernstein, Saint Cyr, DeGennaro, Augustus, 1999 Haley, Saint Cyr, Abbott, Stewart, 1997
4x200 Relay (800M) Outdoors 1:38.04 1:38.11 1:38.72 1:38.92 1:39.50 1:39.98 1:40.21 1:40.23 1:40.28 1:40.32
Marissa McDonald, J. Simmons, A. Williams, C. Morris, 2012 Marissa McDonald, J. Simmons, A. Williams, D. Simmons, 2012 Lott, Carter, McAlpine, L. Anderson, 2009 Biggins, Carter, Roberson, L. Anderson, 2008 Nelms, Roberson, L. Anderson, Lott, 2008 Mayo, Kirtland, Hall, Bryant, 2004 Da. Walker, Hill, Hurd, Allen, 1992 McAlpine, J. Simmons, Williams, Morris, 2011 DeVance, Ni. Deskins, De. Walker, Mason, 1986 Lott, Biggins, Tyree, L. Anderson, 2006
4x400 Relay (1,600M) Outdoors 3:41.98 3:44.66 3:45.04 3:45.09 3:45.09 3:45.24 3:45.56 3:45.76 3:46.05 3:46.07
Haley, Saint Cyr, Stewart, Bready, 1997 Bready, Saint Cyr, M. Thomas, Wilkerson, 1999 Mason, DeVance, Ni. Deskins, Mebane, 1986 Haley, Roberts, Saint Cyr, Wilkerson, 1998 Haley, Saint Cyr, Bready, Stewart, 1997 Bready, Haley, Roberts, Saint Cyr, 1998 Roberson, McGowan, L. Anderson, Lott, 2008 Mason, DeVance, Ni.Deskins, Mebane, 1986 M. Thomas, Battle, Bryan, Hall, 2001 Hall, Chitty, Bryant, Kirtland, 2003
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top performances
Sprint Medley Relay (1,600M) Outdoors
Distance medley relay (4,000m) outdoors
3:58.93 3:59.20 3:59.34 3:59.79 4:01.06 4:02.94 4:03.81 4:03.95 4:04.34 4:04.75
11:18.51 11:20.51 11:20.90 11:24.40 11:27.66 11:31.29 11:37.81 11:38.82 11:38.94 11:44.67
Augustus, Moore, Bready, Banks, 2000 Haley, Saint Cyr, Bready, Burkett, 1998 Allen, Hill, E. Bates, Speights, 1992 Haley, Saint Cyr, Bready, Stewart, 1997 Haley, Hurd, Stewart, E. Bates, 1995 J. Smith, C. Morris, Sheaffer, Wilhelm, 2012 Augustus, Moore, Bready, A. Lewis, 2000 McAlpine, Poore, Staton, Reiner, 2011 Haley, Saint Cyr, Wilkerson, Bready, 1998 Hall, Chitty, Bryant, M. Thomas, 2002
S. Bates, Stewart, Powers, Eigel, 1997 Banks, Bready, W. Thomas, Eigel, 2000 S. Bates, Haley, Carpenter, Eigel, 1998 Gillam, Haley, Carpenter, S. Bates, 1996 Carpenter, Saint Cyr, Burkett, Banks, 1999 Speights, E. Bates, J. Lynch, Ritter, 1992 Banks, A. Lewis, M. Thomas, Eigel, 2000 Carpenter, Haley, S. Bates, Eigel, 1997 Banks, M. Thomas, A. Lewis, Hutchins, 2001 Gillam, Haley, Matthes, S. Bates, 1996
4x800 Relay (3,200M) Outdoors
4x1500 Relay (6,000M) Outdoors
8:46.16 8:47.28 8:47.34 8:49.75 8:49.97 8:52.14 8:54.48 8:55.47 8:55.76 8:57.61
18:15.03 18:29.43 18:30.12 18:42.59 18:45.08 18:45.89 19:03.66 19:07.76 19:07.77 19:10.45
Westbrook, Reiner, Langton, Lopresti, 2013 S. Bates, Banks, Bready, Burkett, 1998 A. Lewis, Banks, W. Thomas, Burkett, 2001 W. Thomas, Burkett, Gauer, A. Lewis, 2002 Banks, Carpenter, S. Bates, Matthes, 1998 Banks, M. Thomas, A. Lewis, Burkett, 1999 Landry, Reiner, Sheaffer, Langton, 2013 Harman, Reiner, Lambert, Wilhelm, 2010 Westbrook, Reiner, Landry, Sheaffer, 2013 S. Bates, Eigel, Powers, Stewart, 1997
J. Lynch, Speights, Ritter, Taylor, 1992 Lapetoda, DeFrancesco, Hutchins, Burkett, 2002 Strader, Eigel, Hanscom, S. Bates, 1997 DeFrancesco, Burkett, Hutchins, A. Lewis, 2002 Carpenter, Banks, Matthes, Torreele, 1998 Landry, Nobles, Harman, Lopresti, 2012 Donohue, Burkett, Quenzer, Carpenter, 1999 Harman, Gorman, Propst, Nobles, 2010 Jemison, Foster, Parris, Hagadone, 2009 Colombo, Parris, Presley, Jemison, 2008
Felicia DeBerry Rashonda Roberson Michelle Tyree Cristel Clarke
Kendall Childress
Fatima Joyner
Candace Nelms 2012-13 JMU Cross Country/Track 2013-14 JMU Track & Field&-Field 27 - 27
Renee Lott
top performances
Field & Multi-Events Shot put indoors
Pole Vault Indoors
13.94m (45’9”) 13.83m (45’4 1/4”) 13.82m (45’4 1/4”) 13.53m (44’4 3/4”) 13.00m (42’8”) 13.00m (42’8”) 12.99m (42’7 1/2”) 12.54m (41’11 1/4”) 12.52m (41’1”) 10.46m (34’4”)
3.67m (12’0 1/2”) 3.65m (12’0”) 3.49m (11’5 1/4”) 3.40m (11’1 8/10”) 3.22m (10’6 3/4”) 3.15m (10’4”) 3.10m (10’2”)
Adrienne Alexander, 2014 Kristen Greene, 2014 Jessica Wade, 2010 Daquaä Scott, 2013 Rebecca Eisenhauer, 2008 Denise Klugh, 1985 Susan Ferrel, 1993 Shauntae Douglas, 1988 Jennifer Marinacci, 2007 Summer Walter, 2014
Long Jump Indoors
Weight Throw Indoors 17.65m (57’11”) 16.63m (54’6 3/4”) 15.69m (51’5 3/4”) 15.66m (51’4 1/2”) 15.36m (50’4 3/4”) 15.04m (49’4 1/4”) 14.38m (47’2”) 14.36m (47’1 1/2”) 13.63m (44’8 3/4”) 13.23m (43’5”)
Daquaä Scott, 2013 Rebecca Eisenhauer, 2008 Jessica Wade, 2008 Adrena May, 2013 Christianna Moss, 2013 Tracy Towne, 2004 Adrienne Alexander, 2014 Jennifer Marinacci, 2008 Julie Nothnagel, 2002 Alison Macdonald, 2007
Traci Towne
High Jump Indoors 1.75m (5’8 3/4”) 1.71m (5’7” 1/4”) 1.70m (5’7”) 1.69m (5’6 1/2”) 1.65m (5’5”) 1.63m (5’4 1/4”) 1.63m (5’4”) 1.63m (5’4”) 1.63m (5’4”) 1.63m (5’4”)
Alicia LaRoche, 2007 Brittany Yates, 2006 Erin Harrison, 2009 Sydney Binney, 2005 Lori Jackson, 2007 Christine Scherrer, 2009 Katherine Sigler, 2003
Jessica O’Brien, 2007 Morgan Crewe, 2014 Danyelle Kent-Robinson, 2011 Carol Vogt, 1983 Brittany Williams, 2003 Seun Augustus, 1997 Danielle Legendre, 1987 Gina Progar, 1985 Sylvia Mall, 1982 Nicole Gilbert, 2014
6.19m (20’3 3/4”) 6.01m (19’8 1/4”) 5.91m (19’4 3/4”) 5.82m (19’1 1/4”) 5.81m (19’0 1/2”) 5.81m (19’0 1/2”) 5.79m (19’0”) 5.74m (18’10”) 5.70m (18’8 1/2”) 5.69m (18’8”)
Seun Augustus, 2000 Marissa McDonald, 2011 Kristina Adrienne Mayo, 2006 Tiombé Hurd, 1995 Janai Hill, 1992 Ebony Owusu-Sampah, 2014 Char Lewis, 2002 Lesa Diggs, 1982 Candace Nelms, 2005 Lauren Privette, 2012
Kline
Triple Jump Indoors 13.03m (42’9”) 12.19m (40’0”) 12.13m (39’9 1/2”) 12.13m (39’9 1/2”) 11.92m (39’1 1/4”) 11.91m (39’1”) 11.83m (38’9 3/4) 11.72m (38’5 1/2”) 11.61m (38’1 1/4”) 11.58m (38’0”)
Tiombé Hurd, 1995 Lashaunda Jefferson, 2003 Adrienne Mayo, 2005 Jaclyn Smith, 2012 Christine Nicewonger, 2008 Candace Nelms, 2008 Ebony Owusu-Sampah, 2014 Char Lewis, 2002 Katrina Allen, 1993 Seun Augustus, 1999
Denise Klugh Brittany Yates
Lori Gauer
Kaitlyn Guerriere
Jennifer Marinacci
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top performances
Pentathlon Indoors 3,566 3,540 3,488 3,398 3,325 3,266 2,900 2,868
Christine Nicewonger, 2008 Jennifer Monk, 2012 Seun Augustus, 1999 Nicole Gilbert, 2014 Summer Walter, 2014 Karrie Shelton, 1997 Jessica Nauta, 2008 Amy Remmer, 2008
Discus Outdoors 43.94m (144’2”) 43.13m (141’6”) 41.88m (137’5”) 41.64m (136’7”) 40.48m (132’10”) 39.94m (131’0”) 39.70m (130’3”) 39.69m (130’2”) 39.26m (128’10”)
Jennifer Marinacci, 2008 Christianna Moss, 2012 Denise Klugh, 1985 Susan Ferrel, 1992 Daquaä Scott, 2012 Rebecca Eisenhauer, 2007 Stephanie Milstead, 1982 Jessica Wade, 2007 Kristen Greene, 2012
Char Lewis
Pole Vault Outdoors 3.80m (12’5 1/2”) 3.50m (11’5 3/4”) 3.36m (11’0”) 3.35m (10’11 3/4”) 3.20m (10’6”) 3.20m (10’6”)
Hammer Outdoors 50.52m (165’9”) Adrena May, 2013 50.05m (164’2”) Daquaä Scott, 2012 46.84m (153’8”) Jennifer Marinacci, 2008 46.30m (151’11”) Rebecca Eisenhauer, 2008 45.27m (148’6”) Christianna Moss, 2013 43.87m (143’11”) Adrienne Alexander, 2013 43.34m (142’2”) Jessica Wade, 2008 42.29m (138’9”) Alison Macdonald, 2007 42.15m (138’3 1/2”) Susan Ferrel, 1993 41.80m (137’2”) Julie Nothnagel, 2002
Denise Klugh, 1985 Beth Lippard, 1983 Kristen Greene, 2013
Jennifer Burkhart
Jessica Wade, 2007 Adrienne Alexander, 2013 Daquaä Scott, 2013 Kristen Greene, 2013 Rebecca Eisenhauer, 2008 Susan Ferrel, 1993 Denise Klugh, 1983 Sarah Simon, 1985 Donna Firebaugh, 1986 Maureen Jackson, 1996
Seun Augustus, 2000 Marissa McDonald, 2012 Janai Hill, 1992 Katelyn Guerriere, 2008 Adrienne Mayo, 2004 Tiombé Hurd, 1995 Leslie Anderson, 2008 Lesa Diggs, 1982 Char Lewis, 2001 Cait Fiocchi, 2006
Janai Hill
13.52m (44’4 1/4”) Tiombé Hurd, 1995 12.44m (40’9 3/4”) Adrienne Mayo, 2005 12.31m (40’4 3/4”) Lashaunda Jefferson, 2004 12.26m (40’2 3/4”) Char Lewis, 2002 12.15m (39’10 1/4”) Jaclyn Smith, 2011, 2012 12.04m (39’6”) Katelyn Guerriere, 2008 12.03m (39’5 3/4”) Christine Nicewonger, 2007 11.76m (38’7”) Katrina Allen, 1991 11.70m (38’4 3/4”) Kristina Kline, 2009 11.61m (38’1 1/4”) Erin Lynch, 1999
Heptathlon outdoors
High Jump Outdoors 1.74m (5’8 1/2”) 1.70m (5’7”) 1.70m (5’7”) 1.68m (5’6”) 1.67m (5’5 1/2”) 1.65m (5’5”) 1.65m (5’5”) 1.51m (4’11 1/2”)
6.42m (21’0 3/4”) 6.06m (19’10 3/4”) 6.05m (19’10 1/2”) 5.90m (19’4 1/4”) 5.88m (19’3 1/2”) 5.86m (19’2 3/4”) 5.83m (19’1 1/2”) 5.80m (19’0 1/2”) 5.79m (19’0”) 5.76m (18’11”)
Triple Jump Outdoors
Shot Put Outdoors 14.93m (48’11 3/4”) 13.56m (44’6”) 13.28m (43’7”) 13.10m (42’11 3/4”) 13.05m (42’9 3/4”) 12.49m (40’11 3/4”) 12.42m (40’9”) 12.38m (40’7 1/2”) 12.24m (40’2”) 12.04m (39’6”)
Brittany Yates, 2006 Alicia LaRoche, 2007 Sydney Binney, 2004 Erin Harrison, 2009 Lori Jackson, 2007 Katherine Sigler, 2004
Long Jump Outdoors
Javelin Outdoors 46.84m (153’8”) 44.22m (145’1”) 40.37m (132’5”)
Alison Macdonald
Danielle Legendre, 1990 Danyelle Kent-Robinson, 2010, 2012 Sylvia Mall, 1981 Gina Progar, 1984 Susan Broaddus, 1979 Ryan Olexson, 2009 Brittany Williams, 2003 Nicole Rossi, 2013
4,796 4,784 4,586 4,447 4,349 4,181 4,135 4,074 3,960 3,929
Jennifer Monk, 2013 Christine Nicewonger, 2008 Karrie Shelton, 1998 Lesa Diggs, 1983 Seun Augustus, 1999 Jessica Nauta 2007 Suzanne Faulkner, 1982 Nicole Gilbert, 2013 Mary Kate Semmes 1982 Lori Gauer, 2002
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Karrie Shelton
This is JMU This Is JMU JMU’s beautiful campus includes 148 buildings on 721 acres. The original campus is built around the Quadrangle, where buildings are constructed of native blue limestone and have ivy coverings. The University’s 19,927 students may choose from 115 degree programs in eight colleges -- College of Arts and Letters, College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Behavioral Studies, College of Integrated Science and Engineering, College of Science and Mathematics, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Graduate School. JMU’s academic program combines the liberal arts tradition with preparation for technology in a rapidly changing world. All students receive a strong foundation of knowledge through a rigorous general education program. • Female/Male Ratio: 60/40 • Student/Professor Ratio: 16/1 • Average Class Size: 29
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This is JMU
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this is jmu • U.S. News & World Report in its 2011 America’s Best Colleges guidebook ranked JMU first in the South among public, master’s-level universities for the 17th straight year. • JMU is Virginia’s most-popular college or university, drawing applications from the greatest percentage of the state’s graduating high school seniors. • Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in 2012 ranked JMU 28th nationally on its list of 100 best values in public colleges -- schools that offer a first-class education at a reasonable price. • Yahoo! Internet Life included JMU on its 2001 listing of “The Nation’s 100 Most Wired Universities,” listing JMU 53rd among larger institutions. • JMU was included in the 2002 edition of The Unofficial, Unbiased, Insider’s Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges with one author saying “JMU is almost too perfect to be believed.” • JMU has been described as “one of the best managed, most dynamic public universities in the nation” in The Guide to 101 of the Best Values in America’s Colleges and Universities. • Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine in 2013 ranked JMU’s College of Business 11th nationally among business schools at public universities and 29th among all universities. • JMU is among schools “that prove activism and community service are alive and well on campus,” says Mother Jones Magazine. • JMU’s exemplary programs for first-year students are “cornerstones of the University’s strong commitment to student learning and success,” says The Temple Guide: Colleges That Encourage Character Development. • JMU is recognized as one of the nation’s top 75 “Best Value” public universities in the 2012 Princeton Review “Best Value Colleges.” The list recognizes schools that provide high-quality academics at a reasonable price.”
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harrisonburg, Va.
Harrisonburg, Va. A Great College Town Harrisonburg is convenient to the metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., and Richmond while providing JMU students the comforts of the picturesque setting of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The city offers something for everyone. From downtown shopping and restaurants, to nearby national parks and forests, it provides JMU students the opportunity to sample many aspects of life. Harrisonburg offers a learning environment that is very unique in today’s high-tech, educational world.
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plecker center
Robert & Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center • Named in honor of Robert & Frances Plecker • A $10 million state-of-the-art athletic support facility • 7,000-square foot strength and conditioning center with flat-screen televisions for individual instruction • 5,000-square foot sports medicine facility • Computer lab with more than 30 work stations • Tutoring and small group meeting facilities • JMU’s athletic hall of fame • Student-athlete lounge
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academic advising • Located in the Plecker Athletic Performance Center • Computer lab with more than 30 work stations • Tutoring and small group meeting facilities • Student-athlete lounge Casey Carter Associate Athletics Director for StudentAthlete Services James Madison ‘70
Tiffany Brutus Team Academic Advisor
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strength & conditioning • Developing athleticism and sports performance • Seven training facilities encompassing more than 17,000 square feet • Staff includes five full time professionals with certifications as strength and conditioning specialists Greg Werner Head Coach/Director of JMU Strength & Conditioning Austin Peay ‘91
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sports medicinE
• Multi-skilled professionals use current research, educational knowledge, and state-of-the-art equipment and technology to provide a comprehensive and progressive approach to assure the holistic well-being of student-athletes • Staff includes 20 board-certified and licensed athletic trainers • Team physicians include Dr. Kent Diduch (board-certified in family practice physician) and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mark Miller, a nationally renowned fellowship-trained orthopedist from the University of Virginia • Local chiropractors, physical therapists, sport psychologists, nutritionists, and orthotists are available to assist in the health care needs of student-athletes
Jackie Downer
Tom Kuster, ATC
Dr. Kent Diduch
Dr. Mark Miller
Team Athletic Trainer
Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine
Team Physician
Team Orthopedic Surgeon
James Madison ‘95
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information 2013-14 Schedule
Home Field & Capacity/Surface: University Park Office Location: Bridgeforth Stadium B108, 109, 110 Fax: (540) 568-3901 E-mail: w-track@jmu.edu or Mailing Address: Track and Field James Madison University 261 Bluestone Drive MSC 2301 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Head Coach Ta’ Frias, (540) 568-6544 friastb@jmu.edu Head Cross Country/Asst.Track & Field Coach Dave Rinker, (540) 568-3354 rinkerld@jmu.edu Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Bill Walton, (540) 568-3935 waltonwd@jmu.edu Administrative Assistant Michelle Carter, (540) 568-6692 Athletics Communications Mathew Jackson, (540) 568-3702 jacksomj@jmu.edu
Directions & Maps A map of the JMU campus (including a PDF printable map) is available at www.jmu.edu/ map. For directions visit JMUSports.com and click on Facilities.
Indoor Jan. 9 Jan. 24-25 Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Feb. 7-8 Feb. 17 Feb. 21-22 Feb. 22 March 2 March 7-9 March 14-15
Navy Winter Invitational Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational Patriot Games Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup Liberty Quad Virginia Tech Challenge Alex Wilson Invitational Mason Last Chance ECAC Indoor Championships NCAA Indoor Championships
Annapolis, Md. Blacksburg, Va. Fairfax, Va. State College, Pa. Lynchburg, Va. Blacksburg, Va. South Bend, Ind. Fairfax, Va. Boston, Mass. Albuquerque, N.M.
Virginia Cup Raleigh Relays Liberty Collegiate Invitational Colonial Relays Mason Spring Invitational JMU Invitational Penn Relays CAA Championships Virginia Challenge ECAC Outdoor Championships NCAA Preliminary Round NCAA Outdoor Championships USATF Championships
Charlottesville, Va. Raleigh, N.C. Lynchburg, Va. Williamsburg, Va. Fairfax, Va. Harrisonburg, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Harrisonburg, Va. Charlottesville, Va. Princeton, N.J. Jacksonville, Fla. Eugene, Ore. Sacramento Calif.
Outdoor March 22 March 28-29 April 4-5 April 4-5 April 12 April 19 April 24-26 May 2-3 May 9-10 May 16-18 May 29-31 June 11-14 June 18-23
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Who’s Who in JMU Athletics
Jeff Bourne Athletics Director
Geoff Polglase Deputy Athletics Director
Casey Carter Associate AD, Student Athlete Services
David Biancamano
Brian Frerking
Associate AD, Development
Associate AD, Development
Jen Phillips
Kevin White
Associate AD, Compliance & Senior Woman Administrator
Associate AD, Sports Programs
Mike Carpenter Assistant AD, Ticketing & Customer Relations
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Tom Kuster
John Martin
Ty Phillips
Assistant AD, Sports Medicine
Assistant AD, Athletics Communications
Assistant AD, Facilities & Events