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2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS & TRACK INFO EIU QUICK FACTS TRACK/FIELD & XC INFO 29 OVC CHAMPIONSHIPS Location...... Charleston, IL (20,000) Director of Track and Field...... Tom Akers ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field Founded...... 1895 2006-07 Alma Mater (Year)...... Northern Iowa, 1979 ...... Women’s Indoor Track & Field Enrollment...... 12,129 Office Phone...... (217) 581-2625 ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Nickname...... Panthers E-Mail...... [email protected] Colors...... Blue, Gray & White ...... Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Women’s Head Coach...... Mary Wallace Conference...... Ohio Valley (11th Yr.) Alma Mater (Year)...... Rice,1989 2005-06 ...... Men’s Cross Country Indoor Facility...... Lantz Fieldhouse Office Phone...... (217) 581-7144 ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Facility...... O’Brien Stadium E-Mail...... [email protected] 2004-05 ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field M/W Cross Country Head Coach...... Geoff Masanet Alma Mater (Year)...... Eastern Illinois,1992 2003-04 ...... Men’s Cross Country CONTACT US Office Phone...... (217) 581-6647 E-Mail...... [email protected] ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field BY PHONE (217 Area Code) ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletic Department...... 581-2319 Assistant Coach...... JaRod Tobler Athletic Fax...... 581-7001 Alma Mater (Year)...... Illinois State, 2004 Track & Field Office...... 581-2625 2002-03 ...... Men’s Cross Country Office Phone...... (217) 581-8320 Track & Field Fax...... 581-7001 ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field E-Mail...... [email protected] Sports Info Office...... 581-6408 ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Graduate Assistant Coach...... Megan Craig Sports Info Fax...... 581-6434 2007 Men’s Cross Country Finish...... 5th ...... Men’s Cross Country 2007 Women’s Cross Country Finish...... 5th 2001-02 BY MAIL 2007 Men’s OVC Indoor Finish...... 1st ...... Women’s Cross Country Panther Track & Field/X-Country 2007 Women’s OVC Indoor Finish...... 1st ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field O’Brien Stadium 2007 Men’s OVC Outdoor Finish...... 1st ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Eastern Illinois University 2007 Women’s OVC Outdoor Finish...... 1st Charleston, IL 61920 2000-01 ...... Men’s Cross Country ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field ONLINE ADMINISTRATION INFO ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field www.EIUpanthers.com University President...... Dr. William L. Perry Director of Athletics...... Ken Baker 1999-2000 ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Faculty Athletic Representative...... Dr. Gail Richard Senior Woman Administrator...... Mary Wallace 1998-99 ...... Men’s Cross Country CREDITS Associate Athletic Director...... Mark Bonnstetter ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field The 2008 Eastern Illinois University Associate AD for Development...... John Smith ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Asst. AD for Special Projects...... Dave Kidwell Panther Track & Field and Cross Asst. AD for Compliance...... Jason Hall 1997-98 ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field Country Media Guide was prepared Director of Academic Services...... Cindy Tozer ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Director for Development...... Pam Collins by the EIU Sports Information and ...... Men’s Cross Country Marketing office. 1996-97 ...... Men’s Indoor Track & Field ...... Men’s Outdoor Track & Field DESIGN/PRINTING Design and layout by Bart Rettberg and Rich Moser. Printing by Multi-Ad SPORTS INFORMATION AND MARKETING STAFF of Peoria, Illinois.
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PANTHER ATHLETIC MISSION STATEMENT: The Department of Athletics is committed to providing a competitive, culturally diverse, gender-equitable sports program that operates within the rules and regulations of Eastern Illinois University, the Ohio Valley Conference, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The department strives to recruit academically sound student-athletes who have the desire and motivation to graduate and to become responsible citizens. Department of Athletics personnel and student-athletes shall act with honesty and sportsmanship at all times representing the honor and dignity of fair play and the universally recognized high standards associated with wholesome competitive sports. The intercollegiate athletics program is dedicated to a belief that athletic participation promotes the development of sportsmanship, good character, and a strong work ethic. The overall physical and mental well being of student-athletes is a top priority of the department of athletics. University spirit and community pride will be developed through a successful athletics program.
DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com 2007 INDOOR RECAP Eastern Illinois swept the 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships contested at EIU’s Lantz Arena. The win was the seventh straight for the Panther men and 10th since they joined the OVC in 1996-97. Coach Tom Akers was recognized as the OVC Men’s Coach of the Year.
On the women’s side Eastern Illinois captured their first OVC indoor championship clinching the title with only two events remaining for a close victory over Tennessee State. Coach Mary Wallace was named the OVC Women’s Coach of the Year.
Individual awards were also picked up during the regular season for both the EIU men and women. Senior Daniel Strackeljahn was named the 2007 OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Freshman Kandace Arnold was named the 2007 OVC Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year.
During the OVC Championships eight Panther men won individual titles while Chandra Golden picked up the only EIU first place finish for the women. The EIU Distance Medley Relay team also won first at EIU.
Also during the course of the regular season two records were broken for the EIU men. Kyle Ellis set a new record in the pole vault while Brenton Pegues, Daniel Strackeljahn, Chris Wesson and David Holm combined to set a new mark in the distance medley relay.
On the women’s side Erin O’Grady, Tarra Grant, Amy Lejeune and Nicole Flounders teamed to set the distance medley relay record.
2007 OVC Men’s Championship Standings
1 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 207 2 - Southeast Missouri - 135 3 - Tennessee State - 95 4 - Eastern Kentucky - 90 5 - Samford - 44 6 - Morehead State - 38
EIU’s First Place Finishers: Brad Butler - 5000-Meter Run (15:15.66) Kyle Ellis - Pole Vault (17’00.00”) Obe Eruteya - Triple Jump (50’11.50”) David Holm - 800-Meter Run (1:52.32) Jimmy Schultz - 35# Weight Throw (55’09.75”) Jimmy Schultz - Shot Put (55’01.00”) Dan Strackeljahn - Mile Run (4:14.68) Kirkland Thornton - 60-Meter Hurdles (8.17) EIU - Distance Medley Relay (10:19.36) ... Wesson, York, Coffey, Strackeljahn
2007 OVC Women’s Championship Standings
1 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 132 2 - Tennessee State - 117 3 - Southeast Missouri - 100 4 - Eastern Kentucky - 64 5 - Samford - 63 6 - Jacksonville State - 62 7 - Murray State - 40.5 8 - Austin Peay - 30.5 9 - Morehead State - 9 10 - Tennessee Tech - 5
EIU’s First Place Finishers: Chandra Golden - 60-Meter Hurdles (8.76)
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 2007 OUTDOOR RECAP Domination of the 2007 track & field season continued during the outdoor season as both the Eastern Illinois men and women carried over their indoor championship momentum to sweep the 2007 Ohio Valley Conference outdoor championships hosted at EIU’s O’Brien Stadium.
EIU men’s head coach Tom Akers and EIU women’s head Mary Wallace were both named the OVC Coaches of the Year for their teams.
2007 marked the first men’s OVC outdoor title since 2004 while it was the first OVC outdoor title for the EIU women. It was the 9th overall OVC outdoor championship for the Panther men.
A record setting year for the EIU women concluded with a trip to the NCAA Regional in Columbia, Mo. A record nine EIU women advanced to the NCAA’s in nine different events.
The men also had a solid showing with five athletes advancing to the NCAA’s in seven different events. Junior Obe Eruteya was the only Panther to score points for EIU as he earned NCAA All-Region honors.
Academically the Panthers also shined with both Daniel Strackeljahn and Nicole Marczewski earning first team Academic All-America honors. Marczewski was also awarded a post-graduate scholarship by the Ohio Valley Conference.
2007 OVC Men’s Championship Standings
1 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 246 2 - Southeast Missouri - 176 3 - Eastern Kentucky - 89 4 - Samford - 85 5 - Tennessee State - 81 6 - Morehead State - 35
EIU’s First Place Finishers: ... Kyle Ellis - Pole Vault (14’07.25”) ... Obe Eruteya - High Jump (6’10.75”) ... Obe Eruteya - Triple Jump (50’07.50”) ... Austin Hogue - Javelin (208’08.00”) ... Jimmy Schultz - Shot Put (56’04.00”) ... Kirkland Thornton - 110-Meter Hurdles (14.77) ... Kirkland Thornton - 400-Meter Hurdles (51.95)
2007 OVC Women’s Championship Standings
1 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 197 2 - Tennessee State - 106.5 3 - Southeast Missouri - 105 4 - Jacksonville State - 96 5 - Murray State - 67 6 - Samford - 64 7 - Eastern Kentucky - 42 8 - Austin Peay - 31.5 9 - Tennessee Tech - 23 10 - Morehead State - 7
EIU’s First Place Finishers: ... Kandace Arnold - Shot Put (44’08.75”) ... Nicole Flounders - 800-Meter Run (2:10.23) ... Rachel Galligan - Javelin (137’02.00”) ... Chandra Golden - 100-Meter Hurdles (14.52) ... Nicole Marczewski - Triple Jump (40’00.50”) ... Shawana Smith - 100-Meter Dash (12.25) ... Shawana Smith - 200-Meter Dash (24.01) ... Jenna Uhe - Long Jump (18’10.75”) ... EIU - 4x100-Meter Relay (46.70) ... Golden, Smith, Grant, Clutter
DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com 2007 CROSS COUNTRY RECAP Eastern Illinois men’s and women’s cross country both picked up 5th place finishes at the 2007 Ohio Valley Conference cross country championships hosted by Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
The EIU men were led by a youth movement as the Panthers top five finishers at the championships were all freshman runners. Brad LaRocque finished in 15th at the championships just missing All-OVC honors. He was followed in 16th by Ryan Hoklas. Matt Dettloff and Harrison Bueno also posted Top 25 finishes.
The EIU women were hit with early season injuries and raced most of the season with a solid top four runners. 2006 OVC Freshman of the Year Erin O’Grady placed 15th at this year’s championships just missing All-OVC accolades. She was followed in 18th by freshman Caitlin Napoleoni. Lone senior Amy LeJeune was also a top 25 finisher.
Highlights for the season included a strong finish by both the men and women at the Memphis Twilight. The EIU men placed 4th out of 42 teams while the women finished 9th out of 41 teams. The Panther men also placed 5th at the Bradley Classic which vaulted them to No. 14 in the Midwest rankings.
2007 OVC Men’s Cross Country Championship
1 - Eastern Kentucky - 27 2 - Jacksonville State - 70 3 - Morehead State - 77 4 - Southeast Missouri - 99 5 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 106 6 - Samford - 124 7 - Austin Peay - 204 8 - Tennessee Tech - 227 9 - Murray State - 284 10 - Tennessee Martin - 291 11 - Tennessee State - 317
EIU Finishers: 15. - Brad LaRocque (26:03.71) 16. - Ryan Hoklas (26:08.29) 23. - Matt Dettloff (26:32.15) 25. - Harrison Bueno (26:36.07) 27. - Kevin Adamowski (26:44.13) 28. - Eric Pederson (26:45.16) 33. - David Holm (26:53.73) 34. - Mario Castrejon (26:55.79)
2007 OVC Women’s Cross Country Championship
1 - Eastern Kentucky - 41 2 - Samford - 66 3 - Southeast Missouri - 98 4 - Murray State - 101 5 - EASTERN ILLINOIS - 128 6 - Tennessee Tech - 152 7 - Jacksonville State - 184 8 - Austin Peay - 201 9 - Morehead State - 207 10 - Tennessee Martin - 243 11 - Tennessee State - 295
EIU Finishers: 15. - Erin O’Grady (19:18.55) 18. - Caitlin Napoleoni (19:30.74) 22. - Amy LeJeune (19:40.49) 27. - Katie O’Brien (19:53.90) 46. - Terasita Williams (20:32.54) 57. - Jessica Blondell (21:16.16) 62. - Gena Nance (21:38.33)
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD PANTHER COACHING STAFF Tom Akers enters his 13th year as the head coach at Eastern Illinois University helping the Panthers create one of the dominant programs in history of the Ohio Valley Conference TOM Since helping the Panthers transition into the OVC for the 1997 season, EIU has won 10 of 11 OVC Indoor Track Championships and 9 of 11 OVC Outdoor Championships. Each time Akers has AKERS been named the OVC Coach of the Year. In addition to winning those team titles, Akers has also coached twelve athletes who have captured the OVC Track and Field Athlete TRACK & FIELD of the Year award including 2007 Indoor Track Athlete Award winner PROGRAM DIRECTOR Daniel Strackeljahn and 2006 Field Athlete winner Obe Eruteya. He served as the interim head coach in spring of 1995 before 13th SEASON being named head coach for the 1996 season. During his first two seasons EIU competed in the Mid-Continent Conference sweeping the Indoor and Outdoor championships both seasons. TOM AKERS FILE He was promoted to Director of Track/Field and Cross Country EDUCATION in 2002. During his tenure as head coach, EIU has had four Division University of Northern Iowa (1979) I All-Americans along with more than 100 individual OVC conference ...... B.S. in Physical Education and Health champions From 1983-90, Akers was an EIU assistant coach when the ATHLETIC CAREER Panthers won six indoor/outdoors Mid-Continent Conference University of Northern Iowa (1976-79) championships. He was responsible for recruiting and coaching ...... 8-Time National Qualifier and All-American Hurdler Eastern’s first NCAA Division I National Champion, Jim Maton from Shelbyville, who was a four time NCAA All-American in 1987-88. HEAD COACHING CAREER Maton won the 800 meter run (1:49.3) at the 1988 NCAA indoor 1996-Present...... Eastern Illinois University championship. A multiple Mid-Continent Conference champion and league ‘Athlete of the Year’, Maton holds most school records in the 1995 ...... Eastern Illinois University (Interim) middle distance events. 1993-94...... Catalina Foothills (AZ) High School Akers also recruited Dan Steele from Sherrard High School. He was a two time Division I All-American and national champion in the ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER 400 hurdles in 1992. His twin brother, Darrin, was an All-American 1992 ...... Palo Verde (AZ) High School decathlete in 1992. These two were members of the USA Olympic 1983-90...... Eastern Illinois University Bobsled Team that competed in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, and then Dan was a member of the Bronze Medal winning bobsled TEACHING CAREER team at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. 1995-2004...... Eastern Illinois University Eastern’s most recent All-Americans are javelin thrower Ron 1990-94...... University of Arizona White (2000 & 2002) and hurdler Gabe Spezia, who earned his 1982-90...... Eastern Illinois University honors twice in the 1999 and 2000 NCAA indoor meets in the high hurdles. White placed sixth nationally in 2002. AWARDS From 1990-94, Akers was a member of the department of 2007 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” Exercise and Sport Sciences at the University of Arizona. During ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” his tenure there, he served as the assistant track coach at Palo 2006 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” Verde High School in 1992, and then started the boys/girls track program at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson. 2005 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” Akers received his undergraduate degree from the University of 2004 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” Northern Iowa in 1979. While there he was a two-time co-captain ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” and set school and conference records in the 110 and 400 meter 2003 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” hurdles. His conference record in the 110 stood for 17 years until ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” broken in 1996. An eight-time national qualifier, he earned 1979 2002 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” All-American honors in the 400 hurdles...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” He and his wife, Joelyn, have two sons, Clayton and Blake. 2001 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” 2000 OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” 1999 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” 1998 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” 1997 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year”
DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com PANTHER COACHING STAFF 2007 marked a banner year for fifth year women’s head track and field coach Mary Wallace as Eastern Illinois captured its first Ohio Valley Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships. MARY Wallace was named the OVC Coach of the Year as a record 11 athletes advanced to the NCAA Women’s Regional. Prior to their championships breakthrough, the Panther women WALLACE had three runner-up finishes at the 2005 OVC indoor meet and 2004 & 2005 OVC outdoor championships. During her tenure 26 Panther women have won individual OVC WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD championships. She has coached two athletes, Alicia Harris and HEAD COACH Ronesha Franklin, who were named OVC ‘Athletes of the Year’ in 2004 indoors and 2005 outdoors, respectively. Joining that list in FIFTH SEASON 2007 was Kandace Arnold named OVC Freshman Female Track Athlete of the Year for the indoor season. Before taking over at EIU, Wallace was the assistant men’s MARY WALLACE FILE and women’s coach at Illinois State (1997-2002) for six years. She EDUCATION also was the assistant women’s coach at both Central Michigan Rice University (1989)...... B.S. in Physical Education (1995-96), Arkansas (1991-94) and Rice (1990). While she was at ISU, the Redbirds placed 12th at the 1999 ATHLETIC CAREER NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship and won seven Missouri Rice University (1986-89)...... Two-Time All-Southwest Conference Valley Conference indoor and outdoor titles. Wallace coached six All-Americans, two Olympic Trial qualifiers, 27 MVC champions and five MVC ‘Athletes of the Year’ in field HEAD COACHING CAREER events. 2003-Present...... Eastern Illinois University At CMU, where she was primarily responsible for all field events plus the heptathlon, she coached two Mid-American Conference ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER heptathlon champions and the ’96 MAC indoor high jump champ. 1990 ...... Rice University The 1993 Arkansas women’s team placed eighth in the NCAA 1991-94...... University of Arkansas Indoor Championship during her tenure there as the assistant in 1995-96...... Central Michigan University charge of throwing events. 1997-2002...... Illinois State University A 1989 graduate of Rice, Wallace lettered four years for the Owls earning All-Southwest Conference honors in 1988 and 1989. She also was listed on the President’s Honor Roll for 1987 and AWARDS 1988. 2007 OVC Indoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” Wallace also serves as the Panthers senior women’s ...... OVC Outdoor Track & Field “Coach of the Year” administrator.
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD PANTHER COACHING STAFF GEOFF JaROD MASANET TOBLER
HEAD MEN’S & WOMEN’S MEN’S & WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY COACH and ASSISTANT TRACK & FIELD COACH ASSISTANT TRACK & FIELD COACH
THIRD SEASON FIRST SEASON
Geoff Masanet is in his fourth season in charge of the men’s and JaRod Tobler joined the Eastern Illinois track and field staff in September women’s cross country program while also coaching the middle-distance of 2007 and will serve as the Panthers jumps and vaults coach. and distance runners for the Panthers track programs. Tobler came to EIU following one season as the assistant track and field In 2005 Masanet was named the OVC Coach of the Year after the men coach at East Tennessee State in 2006-07. During that year he coached six won the cross country title. In 2005 and 2006 he coached back-to-back OVC NCAA Regional qualifiers as ETSU won both the men’s indoor and outdoor Freshman Runners of the Year in Jessica Blondell and Erin O’Grady. Atlantic Sun Conference track titles. He also had multiple All-Conference Prior to EIU Masanet was the assistant coach in cross country and track athletes. at Long Beach State University (2002-2003). He earned five Mid-Continent As an athlete at Illinois State, Tobler was a standout jumper earning Conference ‘Coach of the Year’ honors at Missouri-Kansas City where he a trip to the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2002. He was also a was men’s/women’s head cross country coach for five years (1997-2001). provisional qualifier for the NCAA’s in 2001 for the triple jump. An eight-time He also served as head track coach for men and women for three seasons All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, Tobler was the 2004 MVC Most at UMKC. Valuable Male Track Athlete. His 2000 men’s track and field team won both indoor and outdoor Mid- He earned his degree from ISU in December of 2004. Continent Conference championships, and the women’s team was outdoor champion that year. EDUCATION The 1999 women’s cross country team was runner-up in the Mid- Continent. As an assistant the 1997 and 1999 women’s indoor track team Illinois State University (2004) was league champ, and the 1999 men and women won the Mid-Continent’s outdoor titles. ATHLETIC CAREER From 1995-96 he was head cross country and track coach for men and Illinois State University (2000-04) ...... Track women at Northeastern Illinois University and at the time of his hire was the youngest NCAA Division I coach in the country (24 years old). A 1992 graduate of Eastern, Masanet competed for the Panther cross ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER country and track teams from 1998-92. He earned a masters degree from 2007-present...... Eastern Illinois University the U.S. Sports Academy in 1995. 2006-07...... East Tennessee State University
AWARDS EDUCATION ...... 8 Time All-Missouri Valley Conference Selection U.S. Sports Academy (1995) ...... Masters in Sports Science ...... 2004 MVC Male Track Athlete of the Year Eastern Illinois University (1992)...... B.A. in Journalism
ATHLETIC CAREER Eastern Illinois University (1988-92) ...... Cross Country and Track MEGAN HEAD COACHING CAREER 2004-Present...... Eastern Illinois University 1997-2002...... University of Missouri at Kansas City CRAIG 1995-97...... Northeastern Illinois University GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY 2002-04...... Long Beach State University
1994-95...... University of California at Santa Barbara FIRST SEASON
AWARDS Megan Craig is in her first season as a graduate assistant coach for ...... 2005 OVC Men’s ‘Coach of the Year’ the EIU cross country/track & field teams. She previously worked for one ...... Five-Time Mid-Continent Conference ‘Coach of the Year’ year as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Wisconsin Stevens Point. Craig is a 2005 graduate of UWSP where she competed in cross country and track. She was an 8-time NCAA qualifier in track earning seven All- APPOINTMENTS American honors specializing in the 1,500m run. As a cross country runner 2004-Present...... Treasurer, U.S. X-Country Coaches Association she was a member of three NCAA National Team qualifiers and finished as 2003-04...... West Region Representative/ USCCCA the individual region runner-up in 2004. Craig holds four records in track 1996-97...... Juror, NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and was the 2005 WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com DISTANCE RUNNING COURSES ew other colleges in the country have so many distance running training options as well as a home cross country course right on Fcampus so readily accessible for training and competition. This represents a huge advantage for the Panther runners.
POND PAVILION ... where the teams meet each day during the cross- country season.
FOX RIDGE STATE PARK ... located just six miles south of EIU, it is a great place to run and has 10+ miles of trails. During the hot months, the cool, wooded trails of Fox Ridge are where Panther runners go to beat the heat.
THE RAIL TRAIL ... is a favorite training site for EIU distance runners. Flat, measured and soft, the trail extends from Charleston to Mattoon. Panther runners primarily use the rail trail for long runs and tempo runs.
CHARLESTON AREA ... the country roads surrounding Charleston are excellent for distance training. The area surrounding Charleston is surprisingly hilly and training on the quiet country roads makes for one of the best running environments in Illinois. In fact, the City of Charleston has erected signs to warn motorists to be on the look-out for EIU distance runners.
THE PANTHER TRAIL ... the Panthers’ home cross-country course, located on campus just south of the various EIU athlete facilities, is an excellent place to train. The Panther Trail has been the host course of the numerous Ohio Valley Conference championships, as well as the annual EIU Invitational each fall. The course has both a grass and a stone-chip path.
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD TRACK & FIELD FACILITIES he Panther track and field team competes both indoors and outdoors Tin two of the finest facilities in the Midwest. O’Brien Stadium, a 10,000 seat venue, has a new state-of-the-art Panther blue full pour polyurethane all-weather track. Besides the nine lane track, the new surface also includes two long jump and triple jump runways, two pole vault pits, and a high jump area.
The stadium is the site of the annual Illinois High School Association Girls and Boys State Track Championships. Over 4000 competitors and 20,000 spectators come to EIU each May for these state meets. The girls championship has been held at EIU every year since its inception in 1973. The boys meet has been a fixture at O’Brien Stadium since 1974.
Adjacent to the stadium is 600 seat Lantz Fieldhouse which houses the indoor track facility. In January, 2001 a new Mondo X track surface was installed in alternating Blue and Gray lanes. A new Daktronics message and scoreboard was added to record times, distances and team scores.
The Panthers have hosted the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. The OVC outdoor meet was held at the stadium in 1997.
10 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com 2008 MEN’S ROSTER ATHLETE EVENT(S) YR HOMETOWN HS/JUNIOR COLLEGE BY CLASS Kevin Adamowski...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Orland, Park, Ill...... Sandburg Tyler Arnholt...... Throws...... So...... Mattoon, Ill...... Mattoon SENIORS (12) Brad Butler Nate Atkinson...... Distance...... Jr...... Rochester, Ill...... Rochester Clint Coffey Nic Atkinson...... Distance/XC...... Jr...... Rochester, Ill...... Rochester Brenton Emanuel Chad Aubin...... Hurdles...... Fr...... Mattoon, Ill...... Mattoon Mike Embry Ty Boey...... Sprints...... Fr...... Decatur, Ill...... MacArthur Obe Eruteya Zye Boey...... Sprints...... Fr...... Decatur, Ill...... MacArthur Matthew Fisher Harrison Bueno...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Crystal Lake, Ill...... Prairie Ridge Brandon Hii Brad Butler...... Distance/XC...... Sr...... Monticello, Ill...... Monticello Willie Morris Keith Butler...... Distance/XC...... So...... Monticello, Ill...... Monticello Andrew Newton Brenton Pegues Mario Castrejon...... Distance/XC...... Jr...... North Chicago, Ill...... Highland Park Jared Righter Clint Coffey...... Middle Distance...... Sr...... Ashmore, Ill...... Charleston Chris Wesson Mike Connolly...... Middle Distance...... So...... Algonquin, Ill...... H.D. Jacobs Luke Craven...... Jumps...... Jr...... Frankfort, Ill...... Lincoln-Way East JUNIORS (8) Evan Danner...... Jumps...... So...... Highland, Ill...... Highland Nate Atkinson Matt Dettloff...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Palatine, Ill...... Palatine Nic Atkinson Brenton Emanuel...... Sprints...... Sr...... Plainfield, Ill...... Plainfield Mario Castrejon Mike Embry...... Hurdles...... Sr...... Lakeland, Fla...... Jenkins Luke Craven Derek Ericson...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Crystal Lake, Ill...... Central David Holm Jake Larson Obe Eruteya...... Jumps...... Sr...... Chicago, Ill...... Niles Notre Dame Justin Stewart T.J. Evans...... Hurdles...... So...... Dolton, Ill...... Thornridge Ian Winston Jerome Felder...... Jumps...... Fr...... Dolton, Ill...... Thornridge Matthew Fisher...... Hurdles...... Sr...... Gibson City, Ill...... Danville CC SOPHOMORES (16) Kris Gehrke...... Hurdles/Jumps...... So...... Hawthorne Woods, Ill...... Wauconda Tyler Arnholt Justin Helpingstine...... Middle Distance...... Fr...... Salem, Ill...... Salem Keith Butler Brandon Hii...... Distance/XC...... Sr...... Gardner, Ill...... South Wilmington Mike Connolly Ryan Hoklas...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Crystal Lake, Ill...... Prairie Ridge Evan Danner T.J. Evans David Holm...... Middle Distance/XC...... Jr...... Calgary, Alberta...... Western Canada Kris Gehrke Jarvis Hudson...... Middle Distance...... Fr...... Maywood, Ill...... Walther Lutheran Aaron Iaun Aaron Iaun...... Distance/XC...... So...... Springfield, Ill...... Springfield Brandon Jelks Anton Jefferson...... Middle Distance...... Fr...... Markham, Ill...... South Holland Eric Pedersen Brandon Jelks...... Sprints...... So...... Decatur, Ill...... Eisenhower Wes Sheldon Nick Kuczwara...... Middle Distance/XC...... Fr...... Elmhurst, Ill...... York Alex Soto Bradley LaRocque...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Oak Forest, Ill...... Sandburg Jason Springer Jake Larson...... Distance/XC...... Jr...... Downers Grove, Ill...... Downers Grove South Pat Tortorici Alex Migit...... Hurdles...... Fr...... Groveland, Ill...... Morton Eric Traphagen Dorian White Julian Moore...... Sprints...... Fr...... Park Forest, Ill...... Lincolnway East Marcus Williams Willie Morris...... Sprints...... Sr...... Chicago, Ill...... Luther South Andrew Newton...... Middle Distance...... Sr...... Rockford, Ill...... Rockford Guilford FRESHMAN (21) Joe Noonan...... Pole Vault...... Fr...... Frankfort, Ill...... Lincolnway East Kevin Adamowski Steve Nwokocha...... Throws...... Fr...... Frankfort, Ill...... Lincolnway East Chad Aubin Eric Pedersen...... Distance/XC...... So...... Lisle, Ill...... Naperville North Ty Boey Brenton Pegues...... Sprints...... Sr...... Bloomington, Ill...... Normal West Zye Boey Jared Righter...... Distance/XC...... Sr...... Sullivan, Ill...... Sullivan Harrison Bueno Matt Dettloff Wes Sheldon...... Middle Distance...... So...... Vernon Hills, Ill...... Vernon Hills Derek Ericson Dave Sherman...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Belleville, Ill...... East Jerome Felder Preston Smith...... Hurdles...... Fr...... Normal, Ill...... University Justin Helpingstine Alex Soto...... Middle Distance...... So...... Palatine, Ill...... Palatine Ryan Hoklas Jason Springer...... Middle Distance...... So...... Minier, Ill...... Stanford Olympia Jarvis Hudson Justin Stewart...... Middle Distance...... Jr...... Sprinfield, Ill...... Springfield Anton Jefferson Kyle Swynenburg...... Middle Distance...... Jr...... Homer Glen, Ill...... Lockport Nick Kuczwara Pat Tortorici...... Middle Distance...... So...... Elk Grove Village, Ill...... Hoffman Estates Bradley LaRocque Eric Traphagen...... Distance...... So...... Buffalo Grove, Ill...... Stevenson Alex Migit Julian Moore Ty Vanderkerkhove...... Jumps...... Fr...... Mulkeytown, Ill...... Sesser-Valier Joe Noonan Chris Wesson...... Middle Distance...... Sr...... Hampshire, Ill...... Burlington Central Steve Nwokocha Dorian White...... Pole Vault...... So...... Indianapolis, Ind...... Lawrence North Dave Sherman Marcus Williams...... Middle Distance...... So...... Casey, Ill...... Casey-Westfield Preston Smith Ian Winston...... Jumps...... So...... Champaign, Ill...... Central Ty Vanderkerkhove
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 11 2008 WOMEN’S ROSTER ATHLETE EVENT(S) YR HOMETOWN HS/JUNIOR COLLEGE Kandace Arnold...... Throws...... So...... Evergreen Park, Ill...... Evergreen Community BY CLASS Ebone Ashford...... Sprints...... Fr...... Chicago, Ill...... Maria SENIORS (2) Jessica Blondell...... Distance/XC...... Jr...... Woodridge, Ill...... Downers Grove North Jillian Blondell Jillian Blondell...... Distance/XC...... Sr...... Woodridge, Ill...... Downers Grove North Amy LeJeune Anci Borozan...... Pole Vault...... So...... Split, Croatia...... Vladimir Nazor JUNIORS (15) Meghan Carney...... Sprints...... So...... Mt. Prospect, Ill...... Hersey Jessica Blondell Molly Clutter...... Sprints...... Jr...... Rossville, Ill...... Rossville-Alvin Molly Clutter Vicki Dzura...... Jumps...... Jr...... Mt. Prospect, Ill...... Hersey Vicki Dzura Caitlin Finnegan...... Hurdles...... So...... Homer Glen, Ill...... Lockport Rachel Galligan Kyarria Flowers...... Sprints...... Fr...... Dolton, Ill...... Thornridge Chandra Golden Tarra Grant Rachel Galligan...... Throws...... Jr...... Bloomington, Ill...... Central Catholic Crystal Jones Megan Gingerich...... Middle Distance/XC...... Fr...... Arthur, Ill...... Arthur Meghan Kennedy Chandra Golden...... Hurdles...... Jr...... Normal, Ill...... Normal Samantha Manto Tarra Grant...... Sprints...... Jr...... Beardstown, Ill...... Beardstown Violet Nwordu Crystal Jones...... Sprints...... Jr...... Pana, Ill...... Pana Katie O’Brien Shawana Smith Meghan Kennedy...... Middle Distance/XC...... Jr...... Mt. Prospect, Ill...... Prospect Angela Stoczynski Amy LeJeune...... Middle Distance/XC...... Sr...... Fox Lake, Ill...... Grant Jenne Uhe Samantha Manto...... Hurdles...... Jr...... Hanover Park, Ill...... Conant Nicole Walcott LaDonna Martin...... Jumps...... Fr...... South Holland, Ill...... Thornwood Gena Nance...... Middle Distance/XC...... Fr...... Charleston, Ill...... Charleston SOPHOMORES (6) Caitlin Napoleoni...... Distance/XC...... Fr...... Crystal Lake, Ill...... Crystal Lake South Kandace Arnold Anci Borozan Violet Nwordu...... Sprints...... Jr...... Houston, Texas...... Westside Meghan Carney Katie O’Brien...... Distance/XC...... Jr...... Palatine, Ill...... Palatine Caitlin Finnegan Erin O’Grady...... Middle Distance/XC...... So...... Arlington Heights, Ill...... Mt. Prospect Erin O’Grady Jaimee Phegley...... Throws...... So...... Prairie du Roche, Ill...... Red Bud Jaimee Phegley Frisline Saintoiry...... Throws...... Fr...... Skokie, Ill...... Niles West FRESHMAN (11) Charay Savage...... Hurdles...... Fr...... Belleville, Ill...... Belleville East Ebone Ashford Shawana Smith...... Sprints...... Jr...... Chicago, Ill...... North Lawndale Prep Kyarria Flowers Angela Stoczynski...... Throws...... Jr...... Hoffman Estates, Ill...... Hoffman Estates Megan Gingerich Dominique Turner...... Throws...... Fr...... East St. Louis, Ill...... IL Math & Science LaDonna Martin Jenna Uhe...... Jumps...... Jr...... Alhambra, Ill...... Highland Gena Nance Nicole Walcott...... Multis...... Jr...... Markham, Ontario...... Middlefield Caitlin Napoleoni Frisline Saintoiry Terasita Williams...... Middle Distance/XC...... Fr...... Casey, Ill...... Casey-Westfield Charay Savage Kasey Wilson...... Sprints...... Fr...... University Park, Ill...... Crete-Monee Dominique Turner Terasita Williams Kasey Wilson
12 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com 2008 MEN’S PROFILES NATE CLINT ATKINSON COFFEY
JUNIOR | MIDDLE DISTANCE SENIOR | MIDDLE DISTANCE ROCHESTER, ILLINOIS ASHMORE, ILLINOIS ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Nate is a junior middle distance runner in track... scored points for EIU EASTERN: Clint is a senior middle distance runner in track... scored points for 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team with a pair of 8th place finishes in the 1,500 EIU 2007 OVC Indoor championship team with sixth place finish in the 800m... meter run and 3,000 steeplechase... personal best in 1,500m was at OVC meet with set personal record at OVC meet with time of 1:55.94... competed in three meets a tie of 4:01.20... personal best in steeplechase was 9:44.91 at Vanderbilt Invite... during outdoor season... two-time scorer at the OVC Championships for EIU in the participated in sixth meets during indoor season... top finish in mile was 4:29.49 at 800m run as a freshman in 2005... placed 4th indoors and 6th outdoors... set two the EIU Friday Night Special. personal bests at the outdoor championships, running 1:54.67 in the preliminaries Prepped for coaches Lisa Wycoff and Steve Colintino at Rochester HIGH SCHOOL: and 1:54.59 in the finals... redshirted the 2006 indoor and outdoor track seasons High School varsity letters in cross country, track and field and basketball… cross with a leg injury... ran cross-country for the Panthers in 2004 and 2005. country team placed seventh at Illinois State Championships during senior year… qualified for all state track championships four times… HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Charleston High School for coaches Derrick Landrus Personal: Majoring in computer information systems… son of Richard and Nancy and Steve Craig earning varsity letters in cross country, track and basketball… Atkinson… number one personal sports highlight was “finishing first and second All State in 800 meters as a senior after 10th place state finish… team captain with his brother at the track sectionals during his senior year to qualify for State of track and cross country… two-time All-Apollo Conference selection in track championships.” and cross country… member of 4x800 State championship team as a junior… won Apollo Conference 800 as a senior. NATE ATKINSON’S PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL: Clint is an marketing major... son of Terrance and Bev Coffey 1,500 meters (4:01.20) - out Steeplechase (9:44.91) - out CLINT COFFEY’S PERSONAL RECORDS 800 meters (1:55.94) - in 800 meters (1:54.49) - out BRAD BUTLER LUKE
SENIOR | DISTANCE CRAVEN MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR | JUMPS FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS EASTERN: Brad is a senior distance runner in both cross-country and track... competed unattached during the 2007 cross country season... placed 15th at Memphis Twilight LINCOLN WAY EAST HIGH SCHOOL running as an open competitor with time of 24:54... earned 1st team All-OVC with his 5th place finish at the 2006 conference championships in a personal best 25:34 for EASTERN: Luke is a junior jumper specializing in the high jump along with 8k... placed 59th at the NCAA Midwest Regional... EIU’s top finisher in 4 races. In 2005, earned 2nd team All-OVC, finishing 12th (25:47/8k), helping EIU to the team participating in mutli’s... scored points for EIU 2007 OVC Indoor championships championship... in track and field, first team All-OVC in indoor 5,000 meters... set three teams with a fifth place finishes in the high jump and pole vault... scored a personal personal records in 2007 outdoor season... placed 3rd at Vanderbilt Relays in 3,000m... record in the OVC high hump at 6-05.50... scored 4176 points at Northern Iowa personal record of 14:51.99 at NCC Gregory in the 5000m and record time of 31:11.24 heptathlon... competed in three meets in outdoor season... scored 5192 points in 10,000m at Tennessee Sea Ray... won the OVC championship in the 10000m run in EIU Big Blue decathlon... placed fifth in the high jump at the 2006 OVC Indoor in 2006 (31:53.76), after placing 2nd indoors in the 5000m and 6th in the 3000m... Championships with a jump of 6-4... had only Top 3 outdoor finish as a freshman placed 3rd in the prestigious Kansas Relays in the 10000m run in a personal best of at SIU-Edwardsville Twilight with a high jump mark of 6-4... season best high jump 31:34.52... runner-up in the 5000m run indoors at the 2006 OVC Championships and was a 6-4.75 at OVC Outdoor Championships, where he placed fourth. also placed 6th in the 3000m run... as a freshman in 2005, placed 8th in the 5000m run at the indoor OVC championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Tom Gavin at Lincoln-Way East High earning HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for his father, Jeff Butler, at Monticello HS... he was two-time varsity letters in track, football and ice hockey… All-State high jumper in 2005. All-State in HS cross country finishing 19th as a junior and 24th as a senior... earned PERSONAL: Luke is a biological sciences major... son of Mike and Becky All-Okaw Valley Conference honors four times each in track and cross country, and Craven. twice was team captain ...placed 10th in the 3200 at 2004 state meet... cross country was conference champs in 2002 and 2003, track was four-time conference champion and sectional title winner in 2003 and 2004 with PRs of 4:36 in the 1600 and 9:44 in LUKE CRAVEN’S PERSONAL RECORDS the 3200... member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. High Jump (6-05.50) - in High Jump (6-04.75) - out PERSONAL: Brad is an accounting major... son of Jeff and Mary Butler. Long Jump (20-01.50) - in BRAD BUTLER’S PERSONAL RECORDS 8K cross country (25:24) 10K cros country (32:39) Mile (4:23.65) - in 3000 meters (8:41.18) - out 3000 meters (8:45.21) - in 5000 meters (14:51.99) - out 5000 meters (15:04.34) - in 10000 meters (31:11.24) - out
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EVAN MIKE DANNER EMBRY
SOPHOMORE | JUMPS SENIOR | HURDLES HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS LAKELAND, FLORIDA HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL JENKINS HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Evan is a sophomore jumper in track... participated in three indoor EASTERN: Mike is a senior hurdler/long jumper... scored points for EIU 2007 OVC meets... personal record in long jump was 19-10.25 at the EIU Early Bird... scored Indoor championship team with third place finish in 60m hurdles and fourth place 3532 points at the Northern Iowa heptathlon... scored points in two events for in long jump... set personal records in both events at the OVC’s going 8.29 in the EIU 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team... placed sixth in triple jump and 60 hurdles and 23-00.75 in the long jump... scored a pair of third place finishes for seventh in long jump... personal record of 20-03.50 at OVC championships in 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team... personal record of 15.15 in 110 hurdles long jump... personal record of 44-00.00 in the triple jump came at Butler Invite... at OVC... personal best 23-08.00 in long jump at Western Illinois as he picked up a scored 4753 points in EIU Big Blue decathlon.. first place... had a season best 110 meter hurdle time of 15.38 at 2006 OVC Outdoor HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches David Ginger and Brad Hyre at Highland Championships placing fifth... placed eighth in a season best long jump of 22-10.5 at High earning varsity letters in cross country and track… team captain… team the OVC championships... placed fourth in the 55 hurdles (7.75) and seventh in the MVP for track… HHS Academic Athlete of the Year. long jump (22-08.50) at the 2006 OVC indoor meet... was eighth in the 100 hurdles at the 2005 OVC outdoor championship. PERSONAL: Evan is majoring in finance… son of Miriam DeVries and Stephen HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Dwight Frazier at Lakeland (FL) Jenkins HS Danner… number one personal sports highlight was “qualifying for state in triple where he earned 12 prep letters in football, wrestling, track and weight lifting... two- jump as a senior.” time state qualifier in 11 hurdles... was two-time state qualifier placing second as a senior and fifth as a junior at 171 lbs... earned all-conference and all-county honors in football setting a school record with eight pass interceptions in 2001. EVAN DANNER’S PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL: Mike is a health studies major... son of Leon Embry and Debra Long Jump (19-10.25) - in Long Jump (20-03.50) - out Flowers... also two year member of EIU football team. Triple Jump (44-00.00) - out MIKE EMBRY’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 hurdles (8.29) - in 110 hurdles (15.15) - out Long Jump (23-00.75) - in Long Jump (23-08.00) - out BRENTON EMANUEL
SENIOR | SPRINTS PLAINFIELD, ILLINOIS PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Brenton is a senior sprinter… participated in three indoor meets... top finish was 6th in the 200m at EIU Friday Night Special... scored points for EIU 2007 OVC Outdoor championship teams in two events... placed sixth in the 200m and 8th in 100m... won both events at Western Illinois meet... team captain in both 2006 and 2007... in 2006, placed 7th at the OVC Indoor championships in the 200m in a season best 22.36… was part of EIU’s 3rd place 4x400m relay team... ran a season best in the 60m of 7.06 at the EIU Early Bird Invite... at the Outdoor OVC championships, was part of the 2nd place 4x100m relay team and placed 7th individually in the 200m (22.41)... had season and personal bests in the 100m at the SIUE Twilight (10.67) and 200m at the Indiana State Pacesetter Invite (21.91)... in 2005, placed 6th in the 100m (10.98) and 7th in the 200m (22.19) at the Outdoor OVC Championships and was part of EIU’s 2nd place 4x100m relay team. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Don Hartlub at Plainfield HS... earned five in football and track... was three-time all-state, three-time all-conference and two-time team captain. PERSONAL: Brenton is majoring in business... son of Mack and Leona Mitchell.
BRENTON EMANUEL’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (7.06) - in 100 meters (10.67) - out 200 meters (22.36) - in 200 meters (21.91) - out
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OBE MATT ERUTEYA FISHER
SENIOR | JUMPS SENIOR | HURDLES CHICAGO, ILLINOIS GIBSON CITY, ILLINOIS NILES NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL GIBSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Obe is a senior specializing in the jumping events….. is one of the EASTERN: Matt is a senior hurdler in track... transferred for 2007 season... scored top jumpers in recent EIU history... indoors, ranks #4 in the triple jump (51-00.25), points for 2007 EIU OVC Indoor Championship team with a sixth place finish in #3 in the high jump (6-10.75) and is #3 in the triple jump outdoors (50-11.50)... the 60 hurdles... personal best was 8.40 at the EIU Mega Meet... placed 10th at first team All-OVC at 2007 OVC Indoor Championships by winning the triple Notre Dame Last Chance... also ran 200m during indoor season... competed in jump with a personal record of 50-11.50... twice cleared 50 feet in triple jump only two meets during outdoor season... personal best 15.61 in 110 hurdles at during indoor season... second team All-OVC in high jump... swept both events EIU Big Blue... personal best of 59.41 in 400 hurdles at SIU. during 2007 OVC Outdoor Championships to earn first team All-OVC honors Junior College: Competed at Danville Area Community College… placed in both events... set a personal record at NCAA Regional hosted by Missouri... fourth at indoor national championships. placed 7th to earn NCAA All-Region honors... tied OVC record in high jump HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Mark Ward at Gibson City High earning varsity at 6-10.75 at OVC championship meet... in 2006, was named the Ohio Valley letters in football, basketball and track… All-SIAC Conference in football… four- Conference indoor “Athlete of the Year” after winning the triple jump at the indoor time All-SIAC in track… set high school record for high jump, high hurdles and OVC championships and placed 2nd in the high jump (6-8) as part of an EIU intermediate hurdles… won SVCC championship as a sophomore and senior. 1-2 sweep... outdoor battled foot injury but still placed 4th at the Outdoor OVC Personal: Matt is majoring in physical education… son of Janet Townsend and championships in both the high jump and triple jump (49-1)... NCAA Regional Denis Fisher… number one personal sports highlight was “breaking the school qualifier in the triple jump after jumping season best of 49-6.25 at the Georgia record in the high hurdles and tying the old state record of 14.2.” Tech Invite... redshirted the 2005 season... in 2004, OVC conference champion in the triple jump in both the indoor and outdoor championships... also placed 2nd outdoors in the high jump and 3rd indoors. MATT FISHER’S PERSONAL RECORDS HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Niles Notre Dame High School earning varsity letters 60 Hurdles (8.40) - in 110 Hurdles (15.61) - out in track... state qualifier in high jump and triple jump... IHSA champion in the high 200 Dash (23.30) - in 400 Hurdles (59.41) - out jump as senior... third place IHSA state finisher in triple jump as a junior.
OBE ERUTEYA’S PERSONAL RECORDS High Jump (6-09.75) - in High Jump (6-10.75) - out Triple Jump (50-11.50) - in Triple Jump (51-00.25) - out KRIS TJ GEHRKE SOPHOMORE | HURDLES/JUMPS HAWTHORNE WOODS, ILLINOIS EVANS WAUCONDA HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Kris is a sophomore jumper/hurdler in track... scored points for EIU 2007 SOPHOMORE | HURDLES OVC Indoor Championship team with third place finish in high jump at 6-07.50 (pr) and DOLTON, ILLINOIS fourth place in 60 hurdles at 8.53 (pr)... scored a pair of fourth place finishes at 2007 THORNRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL OVC Outdoor Championships with a personal record of 53.37 in the 400 hurdles... third place at OVC’s in high jump at 6-06.75 (pr)... personal best in 110 hurdles was 15.08 at Butler Invite. EASTERN: TJ is a sophomore hurdler in track... participated in four meets during HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Megan Zemanek at Wauconda High earning varsity indoor season... personal best was 8.74 at the EIU Mega Meet in 60 hurdles... letters in track, basketball and football… honorable mention All-State in football… scored points for EIU 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team with a fifth place All-North Suburban Conference in basketball and football… two-time conference showing in the 110 hurdles... personal bests in 110 hurdles and 400 hurdles both champion in high jump… school record holder in 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, high jump came at Butler Invite... top finish was 4th in 110 hurdles at Western Illinois. and 4x100 relay. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach T.J. Shriley at Thornridge High in Dolton, Personal: Kris is undecided on major… son of Herbert and Suzanne Gehrke… Ill., earning varsity letters in track and football… team captain… won conference number one personal sports highlight was “basketball team going 18-9 during his championship in 300 Intermediate Hurdles as a sophomore… team won SICA senior year.” East Conference championship as a sophomore… honor roll. Personal: TJ is majoring in sports management… son of Monica Evans and KRIS GEHRKE’S PERSONAL RECORDS Thomas Evans… number one personal sports highlight was “winning conference 60 Hurdles (8.53) - in 110 Hurdles (15.08) - out championship as a team in high school.” High Jump (6-07.50) - in High Jump (6-06.75) - out 600 meters (1:24.83) - in 400 Hurdles (53.37) - out TJ EVAN’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 Hurdles (8.74) - in 110 Hurdles (14.89) - out 400 Hurdles (58.11) - out
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DAVID BRANDON HOLM JELKS
JUNIOR | MIDDLE DISTANCE SOPHOMORE | SPRINTS CALGARY, ALBERTA DECATUR, ILLINOIS WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: David is a junior cross-country runner and middle distance runner in track... EASTERN: Brandon is a sophomore sprinter who also participates in the long placed 33rd at 2007 OVC cross country championships... personal record time set jump... participated in four meets during indoor season... personal best of 7.02 at Memphis Twilight with mark of 25:53.24... in his first cross-country season for EIU, in 60m came at Iowa State Classic where he placed 23rd... personal best in long finished 21st at the 2006 OVC cross-country championships... in track, set the school jump 21-09.50 at Northern Iowa where he placed 4th... 100m personal best was record in the distance medley relay (9:45.00) at the Notre Dame Last Chance... and 10.90 at Butler Invite where he finished 4th... long jump best was 19-10.75 at set an indoor personal best in the 800m at Iowa State with a time of 1:51.92 which EIU Big Blue Classic. ranks 4th on EIU career list... first team All-OVC by winning indoor 800m... second HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Eisenhower HS in Decatur... IHSA Class 2A state team All-OVC with second place in indoor mile... mile time was 4:15.42... second team qualifier in 4x200 meter relay in 2005... posted one of top distances in IHSA All-OVC in outdoor 800m with a personal best of 1:51.52... mark ranks 10th on EIU career list... member of 4x800 relay team that set school record at Drake Relays with Class 2A in indoor long jump. a time of 7:29.43.... placed 3rd in the 800m at the OVC championships (1:55.37) and was part of EIU’s champion distance medley relay team... ranks #10 indoors in the 800m run and has two top-ten rankings as part of the distance medley relay... placed BRANDON JELKS’ PERSONAL RECORDS 4th outdoors at the OVC championships in the 800m run... member of Kansas Relays 60 meters (7.02) - in 100 meters (10.90) - out champion distance medley relay team in 2006. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach John Cannon at Western Canada High earning Long Jump (21-09.50) - in Long Jump (19-10.75) - out varsity letters in track, cross country and football… team MVP for cross country and track… 4x400 Provincial champion as a junior… 4x100 Provincial champion as a senior... Canadian National Champion in the 800 meters in 2005... personal record of 1:51.84. Personal: Majoring in business… son of Al and Cathy Holm… competed as a member of the 2005 Canadian Summer Games team at the Pan American Junior Games.
DAVID HOLM’S PERSONAL RECORDS BRENTON 8K cross country (25:53.24) 600 meters (1:20.66) - in 800 meters (1:51.52) - out 800 meters (1:51.92) - in 1500 meters (3:55.57) - out PEGUES
SENIOR | SPRINTS BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS AARON NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL EASTERN: Brenton is a senior sprinter... scored points for 2007 OVC Indoor championship team with third place in 400 meters... personal bests in 200m and 400m during the season with both marks coming at Iowa State Classic... second team All- IAUN OVC in 400m dash... set personal best in 400 dash at Vanderbilt Invite with a time of 47.16 which ranks 5th on EIU career list... finished 32nd at NCAA Regional in 400m... member of OVC runner-up in 4x400 relay... relay time of 3:12.16 ranked 10th on EIU SOPHOMORE | DISTANCE career list. was a member of the EIU second place team in the 4x100 relay at the 2006 OVC Outdoor Championships.. fifth place finisher at OVC’s in the 400 meters SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS in a time of 48.44.. ninth place finish in 200 meters at OVC’s at 22.35... placed first in SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL the 100 meter dash and second in the 200 meter dash at the EIU Big Blue Classic... distance medley relay team placed first at the Kansas Relays... earned First Team All- EASTERN: Aaron is sophomore cross country runner and distance runner in OVC honors in the 2006 indoor meet by running a leg on the winning distance medley track... placed 56th in 2006 OVC cross country championships... personal record relay... also ran on the third place 4x400 relay and finished fourth in the 400 (49.76)... of 27:05 in 8K in 2007 Memphis Twilight... participated in five indoor meets as a freshman at the 2005 league outdoor meet, Brenton ran on the third place 4x400 personal record in 3,000m was 9:02.59 at EIU Friday Night Special... specialized relay and placed fifth in the 400 dash (48.83). ..he was fifth in the 400 meters at the 2005 indoor meet in 50.29. in 3,000 steeplechase and 5,000 meters in outdoor... five at OVC championships HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Dan Patton at Normal West HS where he was in steeplechase with personal best of 9:47.00. the ‘Athlete of the Year’... earned four letters in track, two in football... earned all-state HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Dan Devlin at Springfield High earning and All-Big 12 Conference honors in the 100 and 200... earned bronze medal in the varsity letters in cross country, track and basketball… two time All-Central State 400 at an AAU Junior Olympic meet. 8 Conference in cross country… team captain. PERSONAL: Brenton is an elementary education major but wants to first compete on PERSONAL: Aaron is undecided on major… son of Jim and Linda Iaun… number the pro track circuit... son of Richard and Carletta Pegues. one personal sports highlight was “running at the state cross country meet.” BRENTON PEGUES’ PERSONAL RECORDS AARON IAUN’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (7.02) - in 100 meters (11.01) - out 8K cross country (27:05) 200 meters (22.40) - in 200 meters (21.87) - out 3,000 meters (9:02.59) - in Steeplechase (9:47.00) - out 400 meters (49.06) - in 400 meters (47.16) - out 5,000 meters (16:00.82) - in 5,000 meters (15:31.78) - out
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WES SHELDON
SOPHOMORE | MIDDLE DISTANCE VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS VERNON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Wes is a sophomore middle distance runner in track.... scored points for 2007 OVC Indoor championship team with a fifth place finish in the 800m... personal best in 800m was 1:55.22 at the Iowa State Classic... top finish was a 1st in the 600m at the EIU Early Bird... scored points for 2007 OVC Outdoor Championship team with a fifth in the 800m with a personal record of 1:52.40... also had a personal best in the 1,500 meters at the Vanderbilt Invite at 4:00.43. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Jeff Morello at Vernon Hills High School earning varsity letters in track, cross country and soccer… set North Suburban Conference record in the 800 meters… two-time All-State… sectional and county champion in 800 meters. Personal: Major is undecided… son of Blair and Guy Sheldon… number one personal sports highlight was “finishing fifth at the IHSA State championships in the 800 meters.”
wES SHELDON’S PERSONAL RECORDS 600 meters (1:21.95) - in 800 meters (1:52.40) - out 800 meters (1:55.22) - in 1500 meters (4:00.23) - out CHRIS PAT WESSON TORTORICI SENIOR | MIDDLE DISTANCE HAMPSHIRE, ILLINOIS BURLINGTON CENTRAL HS SOPHOMORE | HURDLES ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS HOFFMAN ESTATES HS EASTERN: Chris is a senior middle distance runner in track… second team All-OVC in indoor 800m... placed second at OVC championships with a time of 1:53.24.. also competed in 600m and mile... first team All-OVC as member EASTERN: Pat is a sophomore hurdler in track... personal best of 8.87 in 60m of distance medley relay team... member of team that set school record in the hurdles at EIU Early Bird... scored points for 2007 OVC Outdoor championship event at the Notre Dame Last Chance with a time of 9:45.00... scored points for team with sixth place finish in 400 hurdles... set personal best at OVC’s with a 2007 OVC Outdoor championship with a third and fourth place finish in the 800m time of 53.50... two other top three finishes in 400 hurdles... personal best in 110 and 1500m... set a personal record in the 800m at the Vanderbilt Invite finishing hurdles was 15.57 at Butler Invite. second... time of 1:51.45 ranked 8th on EIU career list... ran anchor leg of 4x800 HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Steve Thompson and Mike White at relay team that set school record at Drake Relays with a time of 7:29.43... team Hoffman Estates High School earning varsity letters in track, wrestling and cross captain in 2006 and 2007... OVC champion in 2006 in the distance medley relay... country… Most Valuable Athlete as a junior and senior… All-Conference in track placed 2nd in the indoor 800m (1:54.7) and outdoor 800m (1:54.82) in 2006... as and wrestling… All-State in track. a freshman in 2005, placed 3rd in both the indoor (1:53.45) and outdoor 800m PERSONAL: Pat is majoring in special education… son of Lance and Mary run (1:52.02) and was part of the runner-up distance medley relay team indoors, Tortorici… number one personal sports highlight was “placing seventh at IHSA earning 2nd team All-OVC honors... part of EIU’s winning distance medley relay state meet.” team at the 2006 Kansas Relays... won the 2006 Indiana State Pacesetter invite in the 800m (1:51.69) and placed 4th in the 1500m run (3:54.30)... also runs on the 4x400m relay. PAT TORTORICI’S PERSONAL RECORDS HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Mick Schmidt at Burlington Central HS 60 Hurdles (8.87) - in 110 Hurdles (15.57) - out winning the state championship in the 800 and the 4x800 relay... he earned All-Big Northern Conference honors in both football and track... received seven 600 meters (1:25.23) - in 400 Hurdles (53.50) - out letters in those two sports.... PERSONAL: Chris is a sociology major... son of Kim Wesson.
CHRIS WESSON’S PERSONAL RECORDS 600 meters (1:21.95) - in 800 meters (1:51.45) - out 800 meters (1:52.69) - in 1,500 meters (3:54.30) - out
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KEVIN ADAMOWSKI Distance & XC, Freshman, Orland Park, Ill. (Sandburg)
Kevin is a freshman runner for cross country and track... placed 27th at OVC MARCUS championships with a time of 26:44.13... top 8K time of season was 26:13 at Bradley Invite... was an all state cross country runner his senior year, placing 19th at the IHSA cross country state finals…was part of an all state 4x800 meter relay team that placed 5th his senior year at the state finals…earned eight varsity WILLIAMS letters in cross country and track.
TYLER ARNHOLT SOPHOMORE | SPRINTS Throws, Sophomore, Mattoon, Ill. (Mattoon) CASEY, ILLINOIS CASEY-WESTFIELD HS Tyler is a sophomore thrower in track... participated in two indoor meets with a personal best of 43-04.25 in the weight throw at the EIU Friday Night Special... EASTERN: Marcus is a sophomore sprinter in track... scored points for 2007 OVC threw the hammer in one outdoor meet at Butler Invite... IHSA Class 2A medalist Indoor championship team with sixth place in the 400m... personal best was 50.03 in state championships for discus... placed 5th in 2006. at the Iowa State Classic... scored points for 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team with a fifth place in the 400m... personal best was at OVC’s with a time of NIC ATKINSON 48.20... personal best was 22.30 in 200m which resulted in a second place at Distance & XC, Junior, Rochester, Ill. (Rochester) Western Illinois... second team All-OVC in 4x400 relay... relay time finished with
a time of 3:12.16 which ranks 10th on EIU career list... member of sprint relay Nic is a junior distance runner in track and also runs cross country... did not team that placed 7th at Drake Relays. compete during 2007 track seasons... appeared in three cross country meets in HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Rick Knust at Casey-Westfield High School the fall of 2007... top time was 27:55.12 at the EIU Panther Open. earning varsity letters in basketball, track and cross country… team captain… set school record in triple jump as a senior… tied long jump record as senior… cross country finished as state runner-up in 2005… National Honor Society. CHAD AUBIN PERSONAL: Marcus is majoring in secondary education… son of Jerome and Hurdles, Freshman, Mattoon, Ill. (Mattoon) Maggie Williams… number one personal sports highlight was “running the 200 and 400 at the USATF Regional Track meet at IUPUI.” Chad is a freshman hurdler in track... prepped at nearby Mattoon HS... was an IHSA Class AA state qualifier in 2006 earning a qualifying spot in the 300 MARCUS WILLIAMS’ PERSONAL RECORDS meter hurdles. 60 meters (7.44) - in 100 meters (11.33) - out TY BOEY 200 meters (23.01) - in 200 meters (22.30) - out Sprints, Freshman, Decatur, Ill. (MacArthur) 400 meters (50.03) - in 400 meters (48.20) - out Ty is a freshman sprinter in track... attended MacArthur HS in Decatur where he was a multiple IHSA State qualifier... teamed with brother Zye on 4x200 state qualifying team in 2006... ran a time of 10.96 in the 100 meter dash which was 14th fastest time in IHSA... state qualifier in 100m in 2007...
IAN ZYE BOEY Sprints, Freshman, Decatur, Ill. (MacArthur) WINSTON Zye is a freshman sprinter in track... attended MacArthur HS in Decatur where he was a multiple IHSA State qualifier... teamed with brother Ty on 4x200 state qualifying team in 2006... posted a 200m time of 22.74 which was 9th fastest in IHSA. SOPHOMORE | JUMPS CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS HARRISON BUENO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Distance & XC, Freshman, Crystal Lake, Ill. (Prairie Ridge)
EASTERN: Ian is a sophomore jumper in track... scored points for 2007 OVC Harrison is a freshman cross country and distance runner in track... placed 25th Indoor championship team with a sixth place in the high jump... personal best in at 2007 OVC cross country championships with a time of 26:36.07... top 8K time high jump was at EIU Early Bird... top triple jump mark was at EIU Friday Night was 26:10.33 at Memphis Twilight... earned six varsity letters in cross country Special... second team All-OVC in high jump with a second place showing... and track and field while competing at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, personal record was hit twice at 6-08.75 in the OVC’s and Butler Invite... fifth Ill…received PRHS’s 100% award in cross country. place in OVC triple jump... personal best was at Butler Invite. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Central HS in Champaign... IHSA Class 2A state qualifier in high jump with a qualifying mark of 6-04.00... placed 14th at IHSA KEITH BUTLER State meet... Distance & XC, RS-Freshman, Monticello, Ill. (Monticello)
Keith is a redshirt freshman cross country and distance track runner... only fall IAN WINSTON’S PERSONAL RECORDS cross country race at SIU Saluki Invite... all state cross country his senior year, Triple Jump (45-06.25) - in Triple Jump (45-08.50) - out placing 13th at the IHSA cross country class A state final… was also a state High Jump (6-03.50) - out High Jump (6-08.75) - out qualifier in cross country his junior year… holds the record at Monticello High School for three miles (15:22)… was part of an all-state 4x800 relay his junior year, placing third… state champion his senior year in the 4x800 relay… IHSA class A state record holder in the 4x800 relay his senior year… was sectional champion his senior year in the 4x800, 4x400 and 1600.
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MARIO CASTREJON JARVIS HUDSON Distance & XC, Junior, North Chicago, Ill. (Highland Park) Middle Distance, Freshman, Maywood, Ill. (Walther Lutheran)
Mario is a junior cross country and distance track runner... placed 34th at 2007 Jarvis is a freshman middle distance runner in track... IHSA state qualifier in OVC Championships with a time of 26:55.79... season best 8K time was 26:25.35 800m with a time of 2:01.06... also IHSA Class A state qualifier in wrestling at at Memphis Twilight... named 2007 Walt Crawford Memorial Scholarship winner... 125 lbs... appeared in five indoor meets, best 3,000m time was 9:00.79 at EIU Friday Night Special... appeared in five outdoor meets with best 5,000m time of 15:39.54 at ANTON JEFFERSON Vanderbilt Invite... earned six varsity letters in cross country and track and field Middle Distance, Freshman, Markham, Ill. (South Holland) while competing at Highland Park High School. Anton is a freshman middle distance runner in track... member to back-to-back MIKE CONNOLLY conference championship teams in cross country in 2006 and 2007... ran 400m, Middle Distance, Sophomore, Algonquin, Ill. (H.D. Jacobs) 800m and mile in track at South Holland HS.
Mike is a sophomore middle distance runner in track... top 600m time was 1:26.25 NICK KUCZWARA at EIU Early Bird... competed in five indoor meets... four outdoor competitions Distance & XC, Freshman, Elmhurst, Ill. (York) with a top 800m time of 1:59.84 at the Western Illinois Invite... state qualifier as member of 4x800 relay team as a junior H.D. Jacobs HS... IHSA Class 2A Nick is a freshman cross country & middle distance runner in track... ran in two State champion in 4x800 relay as a senior with winning time of 7:40.02 which events in the fall with a top 8K time of 26:07 at Bradley Invite... competed in set IHSA record for event. three different events at the 2007 IHSA State Track meet running for York HS... helped his team win first place honors in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of MATT DETTLOFF 7:49.37 running the anchor leg... fifth place finisher in the 800 meter run and ran Distance & XC, Freshman, Palatine, Ill. (Palatine) a personal best of 1:52.7 earlier in the year... placed 3rd at the state meet in the 4x400m relay... finished 42nd at the 2006 IHSA State Cross Country meet after Mario is a freshman cross country and distance runner in track... 23rd at 2007 finishing 26th as a junior... won the 2006 Niles West Sectional Championship... OVC cross country championships with a time of 26:32.15... season best 8K time ran as the anchor leg on York HS national championship distance medley relay was 26:15 at Bradley Classic... was all conference in cross country finishing in and national runner-up 4x800 meter relay teams in 2006. the top 10 at sectional meet his senior year... earned four varsity letters while competing at Palatine HS. BRADLEY LaROCQUE Distance & XC, Freshman, Oak Forest, Ill. (Sandburg) DEREK ERICSON Distance & XC, Freshman, Crystal Lake, Ill. (Central) Bradley is a freshman cross country & distance runner in track... one of top runners in fall for cross country... top EIU finisher at OVC Championships at Derek is freshman cross country and distance runner in track... participated in 26:03.71 to place 15th... top 8K time was 25:30.27 at Memphis Twilight... four five meets for cross country, top 8K time was 25:58 at Bradley Classic... was time state qualifier in cross country… was two-time team MVP in cross country… an all state cross country runner in 2006, placing 18th at the IHSA state cross earned eight varsity letters in cross country and track and field country finals... was a state qualifier in the 4x800 relay in 2006, and the mile JAKE LARSON run in 2007. Distance & XC, Junior, Downers Grove, Ill. (South) JEROME FELDER Jumps, Freshman, Dolton, Ill. (Thornridge) Jake is a junior cross country and distance runner in track... top 8K time in fall of 2007 was 27:02.29 at Memphis Twilight... ran at 2006 XC NCAA Midwest Jerome is a freshman competing in jumps... IHSA State qualifier in the triple Regional... best 8K time was 27:25.46 at the Louisville Invitational.... ran 3,000 jump with a jump of 45’05.50”. meter events during 2007 indoor track season... ran 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters during outdoor track season... best 5,000 meter outdoor time was JUSTIN HELPINGSTINE 16:13.57 at the Dr. Keeler Invite... prepped at Downers Grove South High... Middle Distance, Freshman, Salem, Ill. (Salem) All-Conference in cross country… team captain… 4x800 conference champion in 2003… two-time Academic All-Conference…2003 Indoor and Outdoor Justin is a freshman middle distance runner... competed for Salem HS in two Conference team champions. events at the 2007 IHSA State Track meet... finished third in the 800 meter run with a finals time of 1:54.44.. his prelim mark of 1:53.69 was the fastest time for ALEX MIGIT a qualifier... he also was a member of the 4x800 relay team. Hurdles, Freshman, Groveland, Ill. (Morton)
BRANDON HII Alex is a freshman hurdler in track... personal bests of 14.4 in the 110 High Distance, Senior, Gardner, Ill. (South Wilmington) Hurdles, 38.1 in the 300 Intermediate Hurdles and 55.8 in the 400 Intermediate Hurdles... MVP of his high school program in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007... sixth Brandon is a senior distance runner in track... redhirted cross-country in 2007 at the 2006 IHSA State Track meet 300 hurdles and a state qualifier in the 110 .... as a junior in 2006, ran among EIU’s top five in five meets before leg injury HH and 300 IH.. school record holder in the 110 HH and 300 IH. forced him to miss the OVC Championships. Top finish was a 16th place finish at the EIU Panther Open where he ran 26:22 for 8k. transfer from Elmhurst JULIAN MOORE College where he competed in both cross-country and track and field in 2004- Sprints, Freshman, Park Forest, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East) 2005. all-state runner in the 3200m in high school. Julian is a freshman sprinter in track... competed in track at Lincoln-Way RYAN HOKLAS East HS... expected to be a top sprinter for EIU during indoor and outdoor Distance & XC, Freshman, Crystal Lake, Ill. (Prairie Ridge) season... WILLIE MORRIS Ryan is a cross country and distance runner in track... one of top cross country runners during fall... finished 16th at OVC championships with time of 26:08.29... Sprints, Senior, Chicago, Ill. (Luther South) ran season best 8K time of 25:45... was an all state cross country runner his senior year, placing 22nd at the IHSA cross country state finals… also finished Willie is a senior sprinter for track... will compete in sprints for EIU in indoor and 38th at the state cross country meet his junior year… was a state qualifier in outdoor season... Prepped at Chicago Luther South High School earning varsity track and field his last three years of high school… was team captain, and most letters in cross country, track and football… National Honor Society. valuable runner his junior and senior years.
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ANDREW NEWTON JASON SPRINGER Middle Distance, Senior, Rockford, Ill. (Rockford Guilford) Middle Distance, Sophomore, Minier, Ill. (Stanford Olympia)
Andrew is a senior middle distance runner in track... competed in six indoor Jason is a sophomore middle distance runner in track... competed in seven events including member of 2007 OVC Indoor Championship team... top time meets during the indoor season... had a personal best in the 600m of 1:23.15 of 4:24.66 in mile at Iowa State... top 3,000 meter time at Northern Iowa of at the Indiana Relays where he placed 12th... top finishes were a pair of 5th 9:18.21... ran in three outdoor events... top 1,500m time was 4:09.34 at SIU... place showings in 800m at Illinois College and EIU Early Bird... participated in prepped at Guilford HS in Rockford. four meets in outdoor season... personal best in 800m was 1:56.89 at Western Illinois meet... prepped at Stanford Olympia High School... Most Improved in JOE NOONAN cross country… Most Valuable in rack as a senior… holds school record in Pole Vault, Freshman, Frankfort, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East) 4x400… team won 4x800 Corn Belt Conference championship...
Joe is a freshman pole vaulter in track... second place finisher in the IHSA State JUSTIN STEWART track meet with a vault of 16’6” feet... ranked seventh in the nation among senior Middle Distance, Junior, Springfield, Ill. (Springfield) high school pole vaulters... earned all-state honors in IHSA All-State Class 2A
pole vault during same season sister Dianna also earned All-State honors. Justin is a junior middle distance runner in track... ran in three indoor meets in 2007 competing in three events - 800m, 1000m and mile... competed in five meets STEVE NWOKOCHA in outdoor season... top 800m mark was 1:57.52 at Western Illinois... IHSA state Throws, Freshman, Frankfort, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East) qualifier in cross country at Springfield HS... IHSA state qualifier in 800m as a senior with a sectional mark of 1:57.5... four-time Academic All-Conference… Steve is a freshman competing in throws for track... will be top thrower for EIU All-Conference as a sophomore… set school record in 800 meters… team won during indoor and outdoor season... prepped at Lincoln-Way East HS earning Central State Eight Conference Championship as a junior. varsity letters in wrestling, football and track. KYLE SWYNENBURG ERIC PEDERSEN Middle Distance, Junior, Homer Glen, Ill. (Lockport) Distance & XC, Sophomore, Lisle, Ill. (Naperville North) Kyle is a junior middle distance runner in track... did not compete for track during Eric is a sophomore cross country and distance runner... placed 28th at 2007 2007 indoor or outdoor seasons... prepped at Lockport HS in Homer Glen... OVC Championships... top 8K time of season was 26:09.12 at Memphis IHSA Class 2A state qualifier in cross country. Twilight... competed in six meets for EIU in 2006 including competition at the OVC Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional... best 8K time was 27:27 ERIC TRAPHAGEN at the Bradley Classic... member of 2007 OVC Indoor Championship team... Distance, Sophomore, Buffalo Grove, Ill. (Stevenson) member of Naperville North team that won 2004 regional, sectional and conference championship. Eric is a sophomore distance runner in track... ran in six indoor meets with bet 3,000m time of 9:02.06 coming at Northern Iowa... qualified for state cross country JARED RIGHTER championships three times… second at conference championships in 2 mile… Distance & XC, Senior, Sullivan, Ill. (Sullivan) All-Conference in cross country… 4th at IHSA Cross Country championship as a junior… team won four North Suburban Conference championships. Jared is a senior sophomore cross country and distance runner... top 8K time was 26:38.80 at EIU Panther Open... during 2007 outdoor season ran 5,000 DORIAN WHITE and 10,000 meter races... scored points for OVC Outdoor Championship team Pole Vault, Sophomore, Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North) in 10,000 meters... season best in 10,000 came at Lee Calhoun Classic with a time of 33:45.93... competed for two years at Greenville College… earned Dorian is sophomore pole vaulter in track... did not compete in 2007 season... freshman of the year and All-SLIAC Conference honors… helped team win SLIAC first team All-OVC in pole vault in 2006... mark was 15’05.75” as he won event cross country championship... prepped at Sullivan High earning All-Okaw Valley as a freshman... third in the pole vault in 2006 at OVC outdoor championships Conference selection in cross country and track… National Honor Society. with a mark of 16’00.75”... Indiana State champion in pole vault at Lawrence North HS in Indianapolis. DAVE SHERMAN Distance & XC, Freshman, Belleville, Ill. (East)
Dave is a freshman cross country and distance runner in track... participated in three cross country meets... top 8K time was 27:20 at Bradley Classic... was an IHSA Class AA state qualifier in the cross country and track running the 1600 meter (4:29 career best) and 3200 meter (9:49 career best) runs.
PRESTON SMITH Hurdles, Freshman, Normal, Ill. (University)
Preston is a freshman hurdler in track... state qualifier in 300 hurdles... set school record at 38.79... member of 2005 IHSA state qualifier in 4x100m relay... again made state meet in 2007 at member 4x100m relay team... placed 8th at 2007 300 hurdles with time of 39.93.
ALEX SOTO Middle Distance, Sophomore, Palatine, Ill. (Palatine)
Alex is a sophomore middle distance runner in track... participated in four indoor meets with a personal best of 1:59.54 in 800m... scored time of 1:59.52 at SIU in only outdoor competition... state qualifier in cross country at Palatine HS... member of IHSA Class 2A fifth place finisher in 4x800 relay team with a mark of 7:56.39... IHSA All-State… 4x800 fifth place finisher as a junior… MSC Champion in 4x800 as a senior… 4x400 indoor school record as a senior… cross country team placed second at state in 2003, 2004, 2005.
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SOPHOMORE | THROWS SENIOR | DISTANCE EVERGREEN PARK, ILLINOIS WOODRIDGE, ILLINOIS EVERGREEN COMMUNITY HS DOWNERS GROVE NORTH HS
EASTERN: Kandace is a sophomore competing in shot put and discus... 2007 EASTERN: Jillian is a senior distance runner in track... team captain in both OVC Indoor Freshman of the Year... placed third at OVC Indoor championships 2006 and 2007... second team All-OVC in 3,000 steeplechase... set school record in shot put... ranks in the EIU top 10 for indoor shot put and weight throw... first with time of 10:57.94 at Dr. Keeler Invite... placed 17th at the 2006 OVC cross- team All-OVC in shot put and second team All-OVC in discus for outdoor track... country championships as EIU’s #2 runner... was among EIU’s top three in 4 placed 21st at NCAA Regional meet in shot put... ranks in EIU top 10 for outdoor meets... placed 8th in the steeplechase at the 2006 outdoor OVC championships shot put and hammer throw. (12:00.20)... during 2007 indoor track season set personal bests in the mile, HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Robert McCarthy at Evergreen Community 3000m and 5000m runs... ranks in EIU top 10 for indoor 5,000 meter run. High School earning varsity letters in track and basketball… All-Area and All- HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Tim McDonald at Downers Grove North High Conference in basketball… Most Improved as a sophomore… MVP in track School earning varsity letters in track, cross country and basketball… three-time as senior… set school record in shot put and discus… placed eighth at state Academic All-Conference… team captain… four time All-Conference in track, one championships as a junior. time All-Conference in cross country. Personal: Majoring in psychology… daughter of Vernadine Arnold Personal: Majoring in physical education… daughter of Lane and Joanne Blondell.
KANDACE ARNOLD’S PERSONAL RECORDS JILLIAN BLONDELL’S PERSONAL RECORDS Shot Put (46-05.25) - in Shot Put (45-02.25) - out 5K cross country (19:21) 6K cross country (23:29) Weight Throw (52-02.00) - in Discus (136-02.00) - out Mile (5:19.85) -in 3000 meters (10:24.26) - in Hammer (139-00.00) - out 5000 meters (18:15.45) - in Steeplechase (10:57.94) - out
JESSICA ANCI BLONDELL BOROZAN
JUNIOR | DISTANCE SOPHOMORE | POLE VAULT WOODRIDGE, ILLINOIS SPLIT, CROATIA DOWNERS GROVE NORTH HS VLADIMIR NAZOR
EASTERN: Jessica is a junior distance runner in both cross-country and track... EASTERN: Anci is a sophomore pole vaulter... joined EIU team during middle redshirted during 2006 cross-country and 2007 indoor and outdoor track seasons. of 2007 indoor season... ranks fourth on EIU Top 10 list for both indoor and OVC cross-country “Freshman of the Year” in 2005 after finishing 16th at the outdoor pole vault... scored points for EIU at the both the OVC Indoor and conference championships, as the meet’s top freshman finisher... season best Outdoor Championships. time of 19:05 came at the championships, helping the Panthers to a 2nd place HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Vladimir Nazor School working under coach Berislav team finish... versatile runner, placed in 3 events for EIU at the 2006 indoor OVC Zuvela… holds Croatia junior record with a jump of 3.2 meters… National Junior championships... led off the 2nd place distance medley relay team, placed 7th in Competition champion in 2005 and 2006… earned Gold Medal at national games the mile (5:13.47) and 8th in the 3000m (10:31.71)... at the 2006 outdoor OVC as a junior and bronze as a senior… class President. championships, placed 8th in the 5000m (18:20.62). PERSONAL: Anci is majoring in management… daughter of Deni and Ivo HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Tim McDonald at Downers Grove North Borozan… biggest influence on her sports career has been her dad (Ivo) because High School... State qualifier in cross-country after placing 3rd at sectionals... “he has been a professional weight lifter for more than 30 years and I traveled a ran personal best in the 3200m of 11:24 in placing 10th at the state track and lot and learned about the sports life from him.” field championships... Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor State Champion in the 3200m run (11:29). Personal: Majoring in elementary education… daughter of Lane and Joanne ANCI BOROZAN’S PERSONAL RECORDS Blondell. Pole Vault (10-06.00) - in Pole Vault (10-02.75) - out
JESSICA BLONDELL’S PERSONAL RECORDS 5K cross country (19:05) Mile (5:13.47) - in 1500 meters (4:57.41) - out 3000 meters (10:31.71) - in 5000 meters (18:20.62) - out
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MEGHAN VICKI CARNEY DZURA
SOPHOMORE | SPRINTS JUNIOR | JUMPS MT. PROSPECT, ILLINOIS MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS HERSEY HIGH SCHOOL HERSEY HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Meghan is a sophomore sprinter on the EIU track teams... competed EASTERN: Vicki is a junior jumper... had three Top 3 finishes during the 2006 in the 400m, 600m and 800m runs during indoor season... also a member of outdoor season... sat out the 2007 outdoor season with a redshirt year... set EIU 4x400 relay team that ranks 9th on EIU record list with a time of 3:57.26... personal best of 19-0.5 in the long jump at the Pacesetter Classic... that mark ran 200m, 400m and 800m during outdoor season... second team All-OVC as ranks seventh on the EIU Top 10 list... also holds sixth best EIU mark in triple jump member of 4x400 relay team that ranks 9th on EIU record list at 3:48.99. with a leap of 38-7.50... in her first OVC meet, the 2006 indoor championship, HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Jim Miks at Hersey High School in Arlington was fifth in the triple jump (38-6) and eighth in the high jump (5-2 ½). Heights, Ill., earning varsity letters in track, cross country and basketball… team HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Jim Miks at Arlington Heights Hersey HS MVP in track and cross country… team captain… state qualifier in cross country… where she lettered in gymnastics and track... was two-time Mid-Suburban East school record in 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400… National Honor Society. Conference high jump champion and set school records in the high jump and PERSONAL: Meghan is majoring in sociology… daughter of Lucille and Michael the 4x100 and 4x200 relays. Carney… number one personal sports highlight was “placing eighth at state PERSONAL: Majoring in physical education... daughter of Steve and Christine championships in 4x200 as a junior.” Dzura.
MEGHAN CARNEY’S PERSONAL RECORDS VICKI DZURA’S PERSONAL RECORDS 400 meters (1:00.89) - in 200 meters (27.24) - out Triple Jump (38-6) -in Triple Jump (38-7.5) - out 600 meters (1:42.96) - in 400 metes (58.70) - out Long Jump (16-7) - in Long Jump (19-0.5) - out 800 meters (2:25.35) - in 800 meters (2:25.03) - out High Jump (5-2.5) - in High Jump (5-1) - out
MOLLY CAITLIN CLUTTER FINNEGAN
JUNIOR | SPRINTS SOPHOMORE | HURDLES ROSSVILLE, ILLINOIS HOMER GLEN, ILLINOIS ROSSVILLE-ALVIN HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL
Molly is a junior sprinter on the EIU track teams... competed in the EASTERN: EASTERN: Caitlin is a sophomore who will compete in hurdles... personal record 60m dash and 200m dash during indoor season... participated in the 100m and of 9.23 at EIU Friday Night special is 9th best EIU indoor mark... also competed 200m dash during outdoor season... first team All-OVC in outdoor track as a in 200m 400m and 600m dash... ran the 100m and 400m hurdles during outdoor member of 4x100 relay team... relay time of 46.70 is 9th fastest on EIU record season scoring points for EIU in both events at OVC Outdoor Championships... list... team advanced to NCAA Regional. personal record of 14.79 in 100 hurdles set at Vanderbilt ranks tied for 6th on HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Kevin Thomas and Susan Ventener EIU career list... ranks 8th on EIU list in 400 hurdles with time of 1:03.55 set at at Rossville-Alvin High School earning varsity letters in volleyball, track and OVC Championships. basketball… four-time All-Conference… four-time All-County… County record HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Christian Marselack at Lockport High earning holder in 200 meters… school record holder in 100m, 200m, 4x400m, 800 m varsity letters in track and basketball… four-time All-State in 100m hurdles, 300m Medley… team captain… team won Vermilion County championship in 2005… hurdles, 4x200 and 4x400 relays… set high school record for 55m hurdles, 100m sectional champions in 2005… National Honor Society. hurdles… 300m hurdles, 4x200, 4x400, 400m indoors and 800m Medley… PERSONAL: Molly is majoring in journalism… daughter of Mike and Marcia fifth at state championships in 300m as a junior and senior… eighth in state Clutter… number one personal sports highlight was “winning county, conference championships in 800m Medley as a senior… team captain… All-SICA West and sectional championship in 2005”… also a member of EIU women’s rugby Conference… team won SICA West Conference. team... scored first points in NCAA collegiate rubgy history when EIU played Personal: Majoring in communications disorders and sciences… daughter West Chester in fall of 2007. of Mary Ellen and Mike Finnegan.
MOLLY CLUTTER’S PERSONAL RECORDS CAITLIN FINNEGAN’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (8.24) - in 100 meters (12.51) - out 60 hurdles (9.23) - in 100 hurdles (14.79) - out 200 meters (26.82) - in 200 meters (26.00) - out 200 meters (27.09) - in 400 hurdles (1:03.55) - out
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JUNIOR | THROWS JUNIOR | SPRINTS BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS BEARDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Rachel is junior who competes in throws during the outdoor track EASTERN: Tarra is a junior sprinter... set two personal bests during indoor season... also an All-OVC selection on the EIU women’s basketball team... earned season which also ranked on EIU Top 10 list... had a 400 dash time of 58.42 first team All-OVC honors in the javelin with a personal record throw of 137-02.00... which ranks 7th and 60 dash time of 7.82 which ranks 10th... also rank second that mark ranks fifth best on EIU record list... competed at NCAA Regional placing leg on two 4x400 teams that had 9th and best EIU times... had a personal best 20th in the javelin... set personal record in shot put at Western Illinois. in 400 dash that ranked 9th on EIU list at 56.47... first team All-OVC running HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Central Catholic HS in Bloomington, Ill., earning third leg on 4x100 team that had 9th fastest EIU time and advanced to NCAA four letters each in basketball and track... Associated Press and IBCA second Regional... second team All-OVC in 4x400 with 9th fastest EIU time... ran a leg team All-State in basketball... made IHSA State meet in track... competed in on the sixth place 4x400 relay at the 2006 OVC indoor meet... redshirted 2006 shot put and discus. outdoor season. PERSONAL: Rachel is a communications studies major... father has been biggest HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach John Gutman at Beardstown HS where she influence on sports career... daughter of Michael and Elizabeth Galligan. was the 200 and 400 meter Class A state champ in 2005... earned four letters in track... she set school records in the long jump, 100, 200 400 dashes and sprint medley relay... was voted team Most Dedicated all four years... .graduated in RACHEL GALLIGAN’S PERSONAL RECORDS top 10% in her class. Shot Put (41-08.50) - out Javelin (137-02.00) - out PERSONAL: Tarra is a physical education major who wants to teach/coach track... daughter of Marsha Grant.
TARA GRANT’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (7.82) - in 100 meters (12.30) - out 200 meters (26.01) - in 200 meters (25.25) - out CHANDRA 400 meters (58.42) - in 400 meters (56.47) - out GOLDEN CRYSTAL JUNIOR | HURDLES NORMAL, ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL JONES EASTERN: Chandra is a junior hurdler... first team All-OVC Indoor selection with first place finish in the 60m hurdles... set personal record of 8.76 which ranks 5th JUNIOR | SPRINTS on EIU career list... mark of 25.83 in 200m dash ranks 8th on EIU career list... PANA, ILLINOIS earned first team and second team honors at OVC Outdoor Championships PANA HIGH SCHOOL in the 100m and 400m hurdles... time of 14.11 in 100m hurdles set at Butler is second fastest EIU career mark... time of 1:02.13 in 400m hurdles set at OVC championships is 3rd fastest EIU mark... picked up a second place finish in the EASTERN: Crystal is a junior sprinter who also competes in javelin during outdoor 60 meter hurdles at the EIU Friday Night Indoor Special in lone Top 3 finish for season... best indoor finish was fifth at the EIU Early Bird in the 200 meters... the season... redshirted 2006 outdoor season. scored points for EIU Outdoor OVC championship team with an 8th place finish in HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Jermaine Ware and Martise Scott at the javelin... had a third place finish in the 400 meter indoor with a time of 1:02.73 University High in Normal, Ill., earning varsity letters in track and cheerleading… at the 2007 EIU Friday Night Special... top time in the 400 meter indoor was a IHSA All-State in 4x100 and 4x200 relay as a freshman… All-State as a sophomore 1:01.08 in the prelims at the 2006 OVC Indoor Championships... had season best in 100 high hurdles… two-time state champion in 100 high hurdles as a junior and time of 8.41 in the 60 meter dash... scored a top 3 finish in the javelin during the senior… team captain… team won 2005 IHSA State championship. outdoor season with a toss of 117-11.0 at the SIUE Twilight. Personal: Majoring in elementary education… daughter of Leontyne and HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Carol Schramm and Dustin McDonald David Golden. at Pana High School earning varsity letters in volleyball, basketball and track… Most Improved for track… team won regional and sectional championships in volleyball… won South Central Conference track championship in 2005. CHANDRA GOLDEN’S PERSONAL RECORDS Personal: Majoring in exercise science… daughter of Ronald and Cathy 60 hurdles (8.76) - in 100 hurdles (14.11) - out Jones. 200 meters (25.83) - in 400 hurdles (1:02.13) - out CRYSTAL JONES’ PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (8.16) - in Javelin (117-11.00) - out 200 meters (27.05) in 100 meters (12.79) - out 400 meters (1:01.08) - in 200 meters (25.79) - out
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AMY KATIE LeJEUNE O’BRIEN
SENIOR | DISTANCE JUNIOR | DISTANCE FOX LAKE, ILLINOIS PALATINE, ILLINOIS GRANT HIGH SCHOOL PALATINE HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Amy is a senior cross-country runner and middle distance runner in EASTERN: Katie is a junior distance runner for cross country and track... finished track… placed 22nd at 2007 OVC cross country championships... personal record 27th at 2007 OVC cross country championships... set a personal record in 5K of 19:05.49 set at Memphis Twilight... placed 20th at the 2006 OVC cross-country with a 14th place finish at Panther Open crossing in 19:04.63... best indoor championships... season best time of 19:17 for 5k came at the SIU invite... finish was 2nd place in 3,000 meters at EIU Friday Night Special in which she placed 22nd (19:15) at the OVC championships in 2005, helping the team to a set personal record... 10th at OVC Indoor championships in 5,000 meters... 2nd place team finish... in track, set a personal record in the mile with a 10th scored points for EIU OVC Outdoor Championship team with a 7th place finish place finish at Northern Iowa...was 2nd team All-OVC in the distance medley relay in the 10,000 meters... during the 2006 & 2007 indoor track season... placed 8th in the 800m at the 2005 HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Steve Currins at Palatine High School indoor OVC championships (2:19.75)... outdoors, placed 8th scoring points in earning varsity letters in cross country and track… two-time All-Mid Suburban the 1,500 meters for EIU 2007 OVC Outdoor championship team... placed 3rd West Conference honors in track… Palatine was second in cross country in 2003 at the 2006 Indiana State Pacesetter Invite in a season best 2:18.44... placed as she earned All-State honors with a 14th place finish. 8th in the 1500m at the 2006 outdoor OVC championships. PERSONAL: Katie is majoring in secondary education… daughter of John and HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Jim Cramer at Grant HS... placed 10th in Linda O’Brien… number one personal sports highlight was “earning All-State the state in the 4x800 relay... was four-time All-North Suburban Conference in with a 14th place finish during junior year.” track, two-time all-conference in cross country, and team captain in both... ran on school record setting 4 x 800 relay... she lettered nine times in track, cross KATIE O’BRIEN’S PERSONAL RECORDS country and basketball... was a member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Amy is an elementary education major... daughter of Leroy and 5K cross country (19:04.63) 6K cross country (23:02) Pam LeJeune. 3,000 meters (11:10.69) - in 5,000 meters (18:48.09) - out 5,000 meters (19:07.55) - in 10,000 meters (39:47.20) - out AMY LeJUENE’S PERSONAL RECORDS 5K cross country (19:05.49) 6K cross country (23:41) 800 meters (2:18.73) - in 800 meters (2:18.44) - out Mile (5:20.02) - in 1500 meters (4:51.33) - out ERIN VIOLET O’GRADY SOPHOMORE | DISTANCE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS NWORDU PROSPECT HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Erin is a sophomore distance runner on the cross-country and track JUNIOR | SPRINTS and field teams… placed 15th at 2007 OVC championships... personal record HOUSTON, TEXAS time of 18:35.93 set at EIU Panther Open with an 8th place finish... OVC cross- WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL country “Freshman of the Year” in 2006 after finishing 12th at the conference championships, as the meet’s top freshman finisher... 2nd team All-OVC for her EASTERN: Violet is a junior sprinter... only participated in indoor season in 2007... conference finish... top-two runner for EIU throughout the cross-country season... pair of 5th place finishes at OVC Championships... personal record of 7.77 in part of school record breaking distance medley relay team... scored points for the 60 meters which ties for 7th on EIU career list... also ran 400 dash during EIU Indoor OVC championship teams with top eight finishes in the 800 meters indoor season... had best EIU outdoor time in both the 200 meter dash and 400 and mile... personal record mile time of 5:10.41 came at Iowa State... scored meter dash in 2006... personal best time of 25.52 in the 200 meter dash came points for EIU Outdoor OVC Championship team with a 7th place finish in the in the ISU PaceSetter while her season best mark of 59.96 in the 400 meter 5,000 meters... personal record in 800 meters and 1,500 meters both came at dash was in the 2006 OVC Outdoor Championship prelims... placed sixth in the Vanderbilt Invitational. 200 dash (25.64) and ran a leg on the sixth place 4x400 relay in the 2006 OVC HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Dave Wurster and Cristen Conrad indoor championship... her indoor time in the 200 meter dash was the eighth at Prospect High School earning varsity letters in track, cross country and best indoor time at EIU. basketball… All-Conference in track and cross country… sectional champion in HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Byrd Karacek at Houston (TX) Westside 4x800 relay… division champion in 800… team captain… All-Academic… All- HS... lettered in basketball, track and cross country. State placing seventh in 4x800 relay… National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Violet is a mathematics major... daughter of Akahmbari and Adanta PERSONAL: Erin is majoring in social sciences with a psychology designation… Nwordu. daughter of Margaret and Don Mattes. VIOLET NWORDU’S PERSONAL RECORDS ERIN O’GRADY’S PERSONAL RECORDS 60 meters (7.77) - in 200 meters (25.52) - out 5K cross country (18:35.93) 6K cross country (23:26) 200 meters (25.64) - in 400 meters (59.96) - out 800 meters (2:21.38) - in 800 meters (2:20.01) - out 400 meters (1:01.72) - in Mile (5:10.41) - in 1,500 meters (4:47.52) - out 24 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com 2008 WOMEN’S PROFILES
SHAWANA JENNA SMITH UHE
JUNIOR | SPRINTS JUNIOR | JUMPS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ALHAMBRA, ILLINOIS NORTH LAWNDALE HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
EASTERN: Shawana is a junior sprinter... scored points for EIU OVC Indoor EASTERN: Jenna is a junior jumper... second team All-OVC in triple jump... set personal Championship team with top five finishes in the 60 meters and 200 meters... record with jump of 39-06.50, third best mark on EIU career list... five total top 3 finishes set personal record of 24.89 in 200 meters at Notre Dame Last Chance which in long jump and triple jump... first team All-OVC in long jump with mark of 18-10.75... ranks 3rd on EIU career list... 60 meter time of 7.76 at OVC’s ranks 6th at EIU... placed 23rd at NCAA Regional... second team All-OVC in triple jump with jump of first team All-OVC in 100 meter and 200 meter dash, winning championship in 39-11.25, fifth best EIU mark... also tossed javelin 123-09 at Vanderbilt for 10th best both events... advanced to NCAA Regionals... ranks 3rd on EIU career list with EIU mark... had four top 3 finishes during the 2006 outdoor season competing in both the triple jump and long jump... second team All-OVC... top finish was a second place 24.01 in 200 meters at OVC Championships... ranks 6th on EIU career list with showing at the 2006 OVC Outdoor Championships with triple jump mark of 38-8.75, a 11.90 in 100 meters at Vanderbilt... first team All-OVC on 4x100 relay team, mark was best EIU effort for the season and fifth best in EIU outdoor... earned second second team All-OVC on 4x400 relay team.. both relay teams rank 9th on EIU team All-OVC honors by placing second in the triple jump and third in the long jump career list... ran an EIU season best 12.44 in the 100 meter dash at the SIU (18-09.25) at the 2006 conference indoor meet... Edwardsville Twilight... had second best mark in the 200 meter dash running a HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coaches Ted Cippichio and Doug Bradley at Highland HS 25.57 in the prelims of the 2006 OVC Outdoor Championships. where she lettered in track and softball... was Belleville News-Democrat female track HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Craig Collins at NLCP High School earning ‘Athlete of the Year’ in 2004... earned six medals at state meets during her career... varsity letters in track and cheerleading… team captain… set school record for set high school records in the long jump, triple jump, 100 dash and 4x100 relay... also 100 and 200… National Honor Society... won City Championships in 55 meter was a four year cheerleader... member of the National Honor Society.... dash and 200 meter dash. PERSONAL: Jenna is a biological sciences major in the pre-nursing program... Personal: Majoring in family consumer sciences… daughter of Gwendolyn daughter of Vernon and Linda Uhe... USATF Junior Nationals Qualifier. Smith and Willie Williams. JENNA UHE’S PERSONAL RECORDS SHAWANA SMITH’S PERSONAL RECORDS Triple Jump (39-06.50) - in Triple Jump (39-11.25) - out 60 meters (7.76) - in 100 meters (11.90) - out Long Jump (18-09.25) - in Long Jump (18-10.75) - out 200 meters (24.89) - in 200 meters (24.01) - out NICOLE ANGELA WALCOTT STOCZYNSKI JUNIOR | MULTI-EVENT MARKHAM, ONTARIO JUNIOR | THROWS MIDDLEFIELD COLLEGIATE HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS HOFFMAN ESTATES HS EASTERN: Nicole is a junior multi event athlete... second team All-OVC in high jump at 2007 OVC Indoor championships with a personal record of 5-04.25... also scored EASTERN: Angela is a junior thrower... set personal record in weight throw with top 4 finishes in shot put and weight throw... OVC weight throw distance of 52-11.50 a 44-04.00 mark at EIU Friday Night Special... scored points with a 7th place ranks tied for 4th on EIU career list... second team All-OVC in high jump at 2007 finish in shot put for EIU Indoor OVC championship team... best outdoor finish OVC Outdoor championships with personal record of 5-05.00... scored points at OVC in 2007 was a 5th place showing in the discus at EIU Big Blue Classic... had Outdoor championships in long jump and shot put... OVC shot put mark of 43-05.25 a second place finish at the SIU Edwardsville Twilight with a shot put toss of ranks 8th on EIU career list... placed sixth in the long jump and ninth in both the shot 41-3.0... season best in discus was at the 2006 OVC Outdoor Championships put and weight throw at the 2006 OVC indoor meet... competed in an array of events with several top season marks on the EIU team including a team leading shot put toss with a mark of 121-05.0 that placed her seventh... had a 7th place finish in the of 42-05.50, which rates 10th best in EIU history... also had fifth best EIU javelin toss, shot put at OVC outdoor meet... placed eighth in the shot put (40-6 ¼) at the second best high jump mark and fourth best long jump mark... personal bests in indoor 2006 OVC indoor meet... long jump and shot put both rated 10th best in EIU record annals. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Keith Peak at Hoffman Estates HS where she HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for coach Gregory Portnoy at Middlefield Collegiate Institute in was the female ‘Athlete of the Year’ in 2005... lettered four times in track, three Markham, Ontario... lettered in basketball and track... was team captain in basketball... times in volleyball... earned all-state indoor track honors... was two-time Daily four year Honor Roll student. Herald All-Area in volleyball... two-time team MVP and team captain in track... PERSONAL: Nicole is majoring in communication studies with a desire to practice member of both National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. law for a multinational corporation... daughter of the late Winston and Antonette PERSONAL: Angela is majoring in elementary education... daughter of Ed and Walcott... member of Team Ontario, placed second in 200 meter dash at Nationals Mary Stoczynski. in New York.
ANGELA STOCZYNSKI’S PERSONAL RECORDS NICOLE WALCOTT’S PERSONAL RECORDS Shot Put (40-06.25) - in Shot Put (41-03.00) - out Long Jump (18-03.00) - in Long Jump (16-07.25) - out Weight Throw (44-04.00) - in Discus (120-05.00) - out High Jump (5-04.25) - in High Jump (5-05.00) - out Weight Throw (51-11.50) - in Shot Put (43-05.25) - out
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EBONE ASHFORD GENA NANCE Sprints, Freshman, Chicago, Ill. (Maria) Middle Distance & XC, Freshman, Charleston, Ill. (Charleston)
Ebone is a freshman sprinter... participated in multiple events at Maria HS in Gena is a freshman cross country and middle distance track runner at EIU... Chicago... competed in triple jump, 200m, 4x100 and 4x200 relays... advanced placed 62nd at 2007 OVC cross country championships... ran a personal record to sectionals all four years. 5K of 20:34.00 at the EIU Panther Open... attended Charleston High School where she was a state qualifier in cross-country this fall after finishing 18th at KYARRIA FLOWERS the Centralia Sectional, her top finish ever... she was also a State qualifier in Sprints, Freshman, Dolton, Ill. (Thornridge) track and field three times and is primarily a middle-distance runner in track (400, 800, 1600m runs). Kyarria is a freshman sprinter... ran track at Thornridge HS... injured during conference meet after hitting state qualifying mark... participated in 200m, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays... won Salato Award of Excellence.
MEGAN GINGERICH Middle Distance & XC, Freshman, Arthur, Ill. (Arthur)
Megan is a freshman cross country and middle distance track runner... multi- talented athlete from nearby Arthur... IHSA Class A state qualifier in both the high jump and 800 meter in 2006 and 2007... in 2007 placed fifth in the 800 meters with a career best of 2:19.14 after a sixth place finish in 2006... state runner-up in the high jump in 2006 with a jump of 5-05 feet.
MEGHAN KENNEDY Middle Distance & XC, Junior, Mt Prospect, Ill. (Prospect)
Meghan is a junior cross country and middle distance track runner... competed in four meets during the 2007 indoor season with a personal record of 2:31.82 coming at the Indiana Relays... top finish was a 5th place in the 800 at the EIU Early Bird... competed in two meets in 2007 outdoor season with best finish a 7th place effort at EIU Big Blue Classic.
SAMANTHA MANTO Hurdles, Junior, Hanover Park, Ill. (Conant) CAITLIN NAPOLEONI Samantha is a junior hurdler for the EIU track team... competed in three meets Distance & XC, Freshman, Crystal Lake, Ill. (South) during the 2007 indoor season... top season time was 9.62 in the 60 meter hurdles... only competed in one meet during the 2007 outdoor season.. personal Caitlin is a freshman cross country and distance track runner for EIU... placed record of 9.57 in 60 meter indoor hurdles ranks 12th on EIU career list... also a 18th at 2007 OVC cross country championships, second highest EIU finisher three year member of EIU women’s rugby team. with a time of 19:30.74... personal record of 19:20.51 in the 5K came at the Memphis Twilight... was a two time Top 15 regional finisher in cross country LaDONNA MARTIN running for South High School in Crystal Lake, Ill... she placed in the Top 15 Jumps, Freshman, South Holland, Ill. (Thornwood) in 2005 and 2006 at the Regionals as her team placed fourth in 2005 and fifth in 2006 to advance to the Sectionals... she placed 36th at the sectionals as a LaDonna is a freshman jumper for the EIU track team... IHSA State qualifier senior and had a career best of 18:55 in the 3 miles at the Peoria Notre Dame in 2007 for Thornwood HS in South Holland, Ill... her jump at the IHSA State Invite... she has a best time of 11:35 in the 3200 meters and was the 2006 meet was 16-07.50 feet... she was a third place finisher in the South Holland McHenry County Champion. Sectional with a jump of 17-01.50 feet. JAIMEE PHEGLEY Throws, Sophomore, Prairie du Roche, Ill. (Red Bud)
Jaimee is a sophomore thrower for EIU... competed in three indoor meets with a personal record in the shot put of 36-09.50 and 36-08.50 in the weight throw... competed in five meets in the outdoor season... placed 11th in the javelin at the OVC outdoor championships with a personal record of 101-00.00... personal records in shot put were 37-01.75 and hammer 104-02.00.
FRISLINE SAINTOIRY Throws, Freshman, Skokie, Ill. (Niles West)
Frisline is a freshman thrower at EIU... set Niles West HS record in the discus... finished 8th in discus at 2007 IHSA Class AA state championships with a toss of 129-11.00... became only the fifth individual girls competitor in school history to earn a top eight finish at State...
CHARAY SAVAGE Hurdles, Freshman, Belleville, Ill. (Belleville East)
Charay is a freshman hurdler for EIU... competed in four events at the IHSA State Track meet competing for East HS in Belleville, Ill... fourth place finisher in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.44... set a school record in the 100 hurdles of 14.2 at the sectional... competed in the 300 meter hurdles, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay... originally attended Otay Ranch HS in San Diego, Calif., before moving the St. Louis area for the last two years.
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DOMINIQUE TURNER TERASITA WILLIAMS Throws, Freshman, East St. Louis, Ill. (IL Math & Science) Middle Distance, Freshman, Casey, Ill. (Casey-Westfield)
Dominique is a freshman thrower for EIU... made two appearance at the IHSA Terasita is a middle distance & cross country runner... competed in three cross State championships throwing the shot put... had a mark of 34-05.25 in the country meets in 2007 with 46th place finish at the OVC championships... one of 2005 state championship prelims... had a mark of 34-02.00 in the 2007 state the area’s top runners as she won the cross country regional championship with championship prelims. a top time of 18:42 for three miles... she was a 2007 Class A All-State honoree finishing seventh in the IHSA 3200 meter with a career best of 11:34.. she was also was an IHSA qualifier in the 1600 meters running a career best 5:20.45... earlier in the year she finished with a career best time of 2:21.45 with a second place finish at the Decatur Herald Area Honor Roll.
KASEY WILSON Sprints, Freshman, University Park, Ill. (Crete-Monee)
Kasey is a freshman sprinter for EIU... ran track at Crete-Monee HS earned All- Conference honors... ran 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays helping team advance to one IHSA State championship meet.
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 27 MEN’S INDOOR RECORDS * - Indicates hand-timing. The rule of thumb 400 METER DASH for conversion of races less than 400M is .24 1...... 46.92...... Chad White...... 1999 5000 METER RUN added to the hand-time. For the 400M, the ac- 2...... 47.06...... Jarrod Macklin...... 2000 1...... 14:01.3y...... Joe Sheeran...... 1981 cepted standard is to add .14 to the hand-time. 3...... 47.87...... Dan Steele...... 1991 2...... 14:11.0y...... Perry Edinger...... 1983 For longer races, all times should be taken at 4...... 48.02...... George Wilson...... 1996 ...... 14:11.0y...... Tim Warneke...... 1982 face value. 5...... 48.04...... Ian Isaacs...... 1989 4...... 14:16.2y...... Mike Larson...... 1976 6...... 48.2*...... Ed Hatch...... 1976 5...... 14:18.33.....Kyle O’Brien...... 2003 60 METER DASH 7...... 48.4*...... Lindsay Hickman...... 1968 6...... 14:20.96.....Dave Carlson ...... 2005 1...... 6.69c...... Cameron Mabry...... 1998 8...... 48.67...... Kert McAfee...... 1995 7...... 14:21.13.....Scott Touchette...... 1993 ...... 6.69c...... Claude Magee...... 1984 9...... 48.73...... Darnell Thompson...... 1988 8...... 14:25.8y...... Chuck Elliott...... 1980 3...... 6.71c...... Obadiah Cooper...... 1993 10....48.91...... Chris Fowler...... 1991 9...... 14:28.5y...... Ken Burke...... 1975 4...... 6.72...... Carlton Christopher...... 1999 10....14:39.3y...... Larry Schuldt...... 1979 5...... 6.74c...... Chris Watson...... 1998 800 METER RUN y - converted from 3 miles to 5000 meters 6...... 6.78c...... Gerald Bell...... 1978 1...... 1:48.62...... Jim Maton...... 1988 7...... 6.79...... Kevin Lindsay...... 2000 2...... 1:51.0*...... Paco Morera...... 1976 HIGH JUMP 8...... 6.82c...... Greg Anderson...... 1985 3...... 1:51.7*...... Ken Jacobi...... 1974 1...... 7-1...... Cory Utterback...... 1996 ...... 6.82c...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman.....1973 4...... 1:51.92...... David Holm...... 2007 ...... 7-1...... Tim Thompson...... 1995 10....6.85...... James Benson...... 2002 5...... 1:52.04...... Steve Cross...... 2002 3...... 7-0.25...... Justin Young...... 2000 c - .48 conversion from 55m to 60m 6...... 1:52.49...... Kert McAfee...... 1997 4...... 7-0...... Mike Hamman...... 1988 7...... 1:52.69...... Chris Wesson ...... 2006 5...... 6-11.25...... Martez Smith...... 1978 60 METER HURDLES 8...... 1:52.80...... Fred Neal...... 1988 6...... 6-11...... Nevin Govan...... 1992 1...... 7.78...... Gabe Spezia...... 2000 9...... 1:52.83...... Kevin Christian...... 2002 7...... 6-10.25...... Neal Trentman...... 1994 2...... 7.82c...... Augustine Oruwari...... 1981 10....1:52.86...... Al Oaks...... 1990 8...... 6-9.75...... Obe Eruteya ...... 2006 3...... 7.88c...... Robert Johnson...... 1979 ...... 6-9.75...... Tom Hess...... 1996 4...... 7.96...... Greg Belger...... 2002 10....6-9...... Quincy Jackson...... 2001 ...... 7.96c...... Jim Sledge...... 1991 MILE RUN ...... 6-9...... Dan Julian...... 1993 6...... 7.97c...... Rodney Jackson...... 1971 1...... 4:03.6*...... Reo Rorem...... 1979 ...... 6-9...... Cary Collwell...... 1980 7...... 7.99...... Kirkland Thornton ...... 2006 2...... 4:03.9*...... Mike Larson...... 1976 ...... 6-9...... John Barron...... 1976 8...... 8.00c...... Rodney McMullen...... 1986 3...... 4:04.72...... Dan Strackeljahn...... 2007 9...... 8.08...... Terrence Roberts...... 2000 4...... 4:05.1*...... Paco Morera...... 1976 LONG JUMP ...... 8.08...... Joe Rigaud...... 1997 5...... 4:06.9*...... Jim Maton...... 1987 1...... 25-4.50...... Nevin Govan...... 1991 c - .53 conversion from 55mHH to 60mHH 6...... 4:07.88...... Jason Bialka...... 2000 2...... 25-2.25...... Claude Magee...... 1985 7...... 4:08.5*...... John McInerney...... 1978 3...... 24-5.50...... Toni Ababio...... 1976 200 METER DASH 8...... 4:09.33...... Jim Fagan...... 1991 4...... 24-4.25...... Jason Stark ...... 2006 1...... 21.13...... Obadiah Cooper...... 1993 9...... 4:09.36...... Ron Fagan...... 1991 5...... 24-0.50...... Darrell Brown...... 1973 2...... 21.19...... Chris Watson...... 1998 10....4:10.21...... Nate Shaffer...... 1994 6...... 24-0.25...... Joe Rigaud...... 1997 3...... 21.54...... Chad White...... 1998 ...... 24-0.25...... Jared Thompson...... 1989 4...... 21.61...... Jarrod Macklin...... 2002 3000 METER RUN 8...... 23-11.75.....Quincy Jackson...... 2001 5...... 21.79...... Carlton Christopher...... 2000 1...... 8:08.36...... Jason Bialka...... 2001 9...... 23-10.75.....Tim Gateley...... 1990 6...... 21.93...... Toby Atawo...... 2002 2...... 8:09.41...... Dan Strackeljahn ...... 2007 10....23-10...... Terry Carpenter...... 1978 7...... 21.95...... Cameron Mabry...... 1998 3...... 8:11.2*...... Mike Larson...... 1976 8...... 22.01...... Gregg Heggs...... 1990 4...... 8:13.6*...... Tim Warneke...... 1982 9...... 22.12...... Kirkland Thornton ...... 2006 ...... 8:13.6*...... Reo Rorem...... 1979 10....22.15...... George Wilson...... 1996 6...... 8:14.8*...... Casey Reinking...... 1978 7...... 8:16.20...... Todd Moroney...... 1998 8...... 8:19.9*...... Joe Sheeran...... 1981 9...... 8:21.4*...... Chuck Elliott...... 1982 10....8:22.23...... Kyle O’Brien...... 2003
TONI ABABIO JASON BIALKA JEFF GENNARELLI MARK HAMILTON ED HATCH
28 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com MEN’S INDOOR RECORDS TRIPLE JUMP MILE RELAY 1...... 51-6.5...... Toni Ababio...... 1976 1...... 3:12.4*...... 1978 2...... 51-1.75...... Charles Hollis...... 1976 Callozzo, Jones, Johnson, Hatch MORE INDOOR RECORDS 500 METER DASH 2...... 3:12.61...... 1999 3...... 50-11.50.....Obe Eruteya...... 2007 1...... 1:02.32...... Fred Neal...... 1988 ...... 50-11.50.....John Craft...... 1968 Macklin, Williams, Hunt, White 5...... 50-1.50...... Nevin Govan...... 1991 3...... 3:13.6*...... 1978 600 YARD DASH 6...... 49-11.50.....Jose DeSola...... 1976 Callozzo, Johnson, Hatch, Young 1...... 1:10.32...... Fred Neal...... 1988 7...... 49-10.50.....Don Hale...... 1974 4...... 3:15.26...... 1995 8...... 49-5...... Cameron Mabry...... 1998 Garrison, Gardner, McAfee, Wilson 600 METER DASH 1...... 1:19.97...... Kert McAfee...... 1997 9...... 49-3...... Mark Phelps...... 1981 5...... 3:15.30...... 1999 10....49-1.75...... Tristan McKinnis...... 2005 Macklin, Hunt, Williams, White 1000 YARD RUN 6...... 3:15.83...... 1989 1...... 2:08.60...... Jim Maton...... 1987 SHOT PUT Glover, Young, Isaacs, Steele 1...... 58-6.50...... Braidy Miller...... 1991 7...... 3:15.92...... 1990 1000 METER RUN 2...... 58-2.50...... Jim Lail...... 1985 Glover, Fowler, Parker, Steele 1...... 2:20.82...... Jim Maton...... 1987 3...... 56-11.75.....Larry Thoennissen...... 1985 8...... 3:16.10...... 2001 4...... 56-8.75...... Brent Miller...... 1992 Belger, Beyers, Jones, Macklin 4x800 METER RELAY 1...... 7:27.45...... EIU...... 1987 5...... 56-4.25...... Dan Matas...... 1986 9...... 3:16.5*...... 1979 P. Maton, Oaks, Neal, J. Maton 6...... 55-2.25...... Jeff Genarrelli...... 1988 Bauer, Synder, Johnson, Hatch 7...... 55-1...... Jimmy Schultz ...... 2007 10....3:16.94...... 1999 8...... 53-6.75...... Mike Miller...... 1974 Macklin, Edwards, Williams, White 9...... 53-6.25...... Aaron Grobengeiser ...... 2003 10....53-1.50...... Austin Hogue...... 2007 MORE OUTDOOR RECORDS JAVELIN (prior to 1986) DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 1...... 231-10.5.....Andy Womack...... 1976 35-# WEIGHT THROW 1...... 9:45.0...... 2007 1...... 67-0.75...... Braidy Miller...... 1991 Holm, Pegues, Wesson, Strackeljahn 4x800 METER RELAY 2...... 65-6.25...... Brent Miller...... 1993 1...... 9:53.3*...... 1979 1...... 7:29.43...... EIU...... 2007 3...... 59-5...... Ryan Bennett ...... 2006 McInerney, Collins, Feller, Rorem Holm, Runnion, Sheldon, Wesson 4...... 59-2.75...... Larry Thoennissen...... 1986 2...... 9:54.1*...... 1975 5...... 56-10.25.....Dave Astraukas...... 1999 Larsen, Morera, Johnson, Collins 4x1600 METER RELAY 1...... 16:47.6*...... EIU...... 1977 6...... 56-4.75...... Austin Hogue...... 2007 3...... 9:57.3*...... 1978 McHugh, McInerney, Reinking, Larson 7...... 55-9.75...... Jimmy Schultz...... 2007 Johnson, Collins, McInerney, Feller 8...... 55-6.50...... Rob Schultz...... 1992 4...... 9:58.22...... 1995 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 9...... 55-4.75...... Ron White...... 2002 McAfee, Wilson, McBride, Shaffer 1...... 9:49.4*...... EIU...... 1987 10....54-3.75...... Aaron Grobengeiser...... 2005 5...... 9:59.0*...... 1974 Johnson, Hatch, Feller, McInerney Jacobi, Nevius, Jacobi, Larson MILE POLE VAULT 6...... 9:59.22...... 1998 1...... 4:02.24...... Daniel Strackeljahn...... 2007 1...... 17-1...... Kyle Ellis...... 2007 McBride, Williams, Carter, Moroney 2...... 16-6.75...... Tom Marchese...... 1999 7...... 9:59.75...... 2006 3...... 16-6...... Brent Bickaus...... 1992 Wesson, Thornton, Holm, Strackeljahn 4...... 16-2.50...... Mark Hamilton...... 1989 8...... 9:59.77...... 2006 5...... 16-0.75...... Mike Quinlan...... 1996 Wesson, Pegues, Holm, Strackeljahn 6...... 16-0...... Bryan Rebhan...... 1994 9...... 10:03.0*...... 1979 ...... 16-0...... Gerry Bryne...... 1978 Hatfield, Collins, Hodge, McInerney 8...... 15-9...... Dorian White ...... 2006 10....10:04.4*...... 1976 ...... 15-9...... Tom Lindsay...... 1985 Sexton, Hudecek, Gooden, Larson 10....15-8...... Dan Larson...... 1978 # List includes personal records for each athlete as top mark in that event.
MIKE HATFIELD ROBERT JOHNSON MIKE LARSON CLAUDE MAGEE TOM MARCHESE
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 29 MEN’S OUTDOOR RECORDS * - Indicates hand-timing. The rule of thumb 400-METER DASH 5000-METER RUN for conversion of races less than 400M is .24 1...... 46.25...... Jarrod Macklin...... 2000 1...... 14:00.7*...... Casey Reinking...... 1979 added to the hand-time. For the 400M, the ac- ...... 46.25...... Chad White...... 1998 2...... 14:03.1*...... Mike Larsen...... 1977 cepted standard is to add .14 to the hand-time. 3...... 46.4*...... Ed Hatch...... 1976 3...... 14:11.0*...... Reo Rorem...... 1978 For longer races, all times should be taken at 4...... 47.15...... Ian Isaacs...... 1987 4...... 14:13.0*...... Joe Sheeran...... 1981 face value. 5...... 47.16...... Brenton Pegues...... 2007 5...... 14:21.49.....Dave Carlson ...... 2005 6...... 47.23...... Darnell Thompson...... 1988 6...... 14:21.64.....Kyle O’Brien...... 2003 100-METER DASH 7...... 47.4*...... Regie Johnson...... 1976 7...... 14:26.24.....Perry Edinger...... 1984 1...... 10.16...... Claude Magee...... 1984 8...... 47.64...... George Wilson...... 1996 8...... 14:26.44.....John Gassmann...... 1983 2...... 10.2*...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman.....1972 9...... 47.5*...... Dan Steele...... 1992 9...... 14:27.85.....Justin Weiss...... 1996 3...... 10.22...... Obadiah Cooper...... 1994 ...... 47.5*...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman.....1974 10....14:27.5y...... Ron Lancaster...... 1974 3...... 10.44...... Chris Watson...... 1997 5...... 10.50...... Cameron Mabry...... 1998 400-METER INTER. HURDLES 10,000-METER RUN 6...... 10.59...... Gregg Heggs...... 1989 1...... 49.79...... Dan Steele...... 1992 1...... 29.23.3*...... Joe Sheeran...... 1978 7...... 10.60...... Ian Isaacs...... 1986 2...... 50.5*...... Rodney Jackson...... 1973 2...... 29:29.97.....Dave Carlson ...... 2005 8...... 10.63...... Greg Lyons...... 2005 3...... 50.90...... Jermaine Jones ...... 2002 3...... 29:36.36.....Kyle O’Brien...... 2003 ...... 10.63...... James Benson...... 2002 4...... 51.61...... Jarrod Macklin...... 2000 4...... 29:58.0*...... Casey Reinking...... 1979 ...... 10.63...... Toby Atawo...... 2002 5...... 51.70...... Don Glover...... 1991 5...... 30:01.6*...... John Christy...... 1978 ...... 10.63...... Carlton Christopher...... 2000 6...... 51.8*...... Mpaka Fyneface...... 1981 6...... 30:07.0*...... Chuck Elliott...... 1980 ...... 10.63...... Don Glover...... 1991 7...... 51.95...... Kirkland Thornton...... 2007 7...... 30:09.3*...... Perry Edinger...... 1984 ...... 10.63...... Eric Childs...... 1989 8...... 52.10...... Chris Fowler...... 1990 8...... 30:18.5*...... Tim Warneke...... 1983 ...... 10.63...... Mike Dominick...... 1978 9...... 52.11...... Joe Synder...... 1979 9...... 30:19.6*...... Ken Englert...... 1977 10....52.0*...... John Callozzo...... 1977 10....30:19.8*...... Mike Viano...... 1980 110-METER HIGH HURDLES 1...... 13.81...... Robert Johnson...... 1979 800-METER RUN 3000-METER STEEPLECHASE 2...... 13.85...... Gabe Spezia...... 2000 1...... 1:46.90...... Jim Maton...... 1987 1...... 8:49.37...... Jake Stout ...... 2005 3...... 13.7*...... Rodney Jackson...... 1973 2...... 1:49.7*...... Ken Jacobi...... 1971 2...... 8:52.0*...... Mike Hatfield...... 1979 4...... 13.8*...... Augustine Oruwari...... 1979 3...... 1:50.84...... Kert McAfee...... 1998 3...... 9:01.2*...... Rick Livesay...... 1974 5...... 14.03...... Greg Belger...... 2002 4...... 1:50.96...... Dave Houston...... 1982 4...... 9:01.49...... Perry Edinger...... 1981 6...... 14.04...... Jim Sledge...... 1992 5...... 1:51.2*...... Al Oaks...... 1990 5...... 9:01.55...... Larry Schuldt...... 1981 7...... 14.11...... Dan Steele...... 1992 6...... 1:51.3*...... Dave Nance...... 1975 6...... 9:02.00...... Todd Moroney...... 1998 8...... 14.21...... Don Glover...... 1991 7...... 1:51.40...... Jason Bialka...... 1999 7...... 9:05.19...... Tim Warneke...... 1983 9...... 14.31...... Kirkland Thornton...... 2007 8...... 1:51.45...... Chris Wesson...... 2007 8...... 9:06.9*...... Bert Meyers...... 1977 10....14.33...... Cornell Wilson...... 1983 9...... 1:51.5*...... Keith Gooden...... 1977 9...... 9:08.2*...... Larry Mayse...... 1970 10....1:51.52...... David Holm...... 2007 10....9:08.8*...... Ron Fagan...... 1991 200-METER DASH 1...... 20.68...... Claude Magee...... 1984 1500-METER RUN HIGH JUMP 2...... 20.70...... Obadiah Cooper...... 1993 1...... 3:43.94...... Daniel Strackeljahn...... 2007 1...... 6-11.75...... TimThompson...... 1994 3...... 20.90...... Jarrod Macklin...... 2001 2...... 3:45.65...... Reo Rorem...... 1981 ...... 6-11.75...... Cory Utterback...... 1994 4...... 20.9*...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman.....1974 3...... 3:46.21...... Jason Bialka...... 2001 3...... 6-10.75...... Obe Eruteya...... 2007 5...... 21.17...... Chad White...... 1999 4...... 3:46.7*...... Bob Feller...... 1980 4...... 6-10.25...... Michael White...... 2000 6...... 21.0*...... Ron Rentfro...... 1965 ...... 3:46.7*...... Paco Morera...... 1976 ...... 6-10.25...... Neil Trentman...... 1994 ...... 21.0*...... Winnie Brown...... 1957 6...... 3:47.06...... John McInerney...... 1979 6...... 6-10...... Ruffner Francis...... 2000 8...... 21.22...... Chris Watson...... 1996 7...... 3:47.5*...... Mike Larson...... 1974 ...... 6-10...... Scott Stecken...... 1989 9...... 21.23...... Toby Atawo...... 2002 8...... 3:48.38...... Jim Fagan...... 1991 ...... 6-10...... Martez Smith...... 1977 ...... 21.23...... James Benson...... 2002 9...... 3:48.9*...... Jim Maton...... 1987 ...... 6-10...... John Barron...... 1975 10....3:48.98...... Ron Fagan...... 1991 10....6-9.75...... Justin Young...... 2000
JIM MATON KYLE O’BRIEN CASEY REINKING 2003 Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field and Outdoor Track & Field ‘Athlete of the Year’... only three-time honoree in the same year in Ohio AUGUSTINE ORUWARI BRAIDY MILLER Valley Conference history.
30 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com MEN’S OUTDOOR RECORDS
LONG JUMP DISCUS 4x100-METER RELAY 1...... 25-7.25...... Darrell Brown...... 1974 1...... 196-8...... Braidy Miller...... 1992 1...... 40.49...... 1987 2...... 25-7...... Nevin Govan...... 1991 2...... 182-10...... Bob Mazanke...... 1986 Childs, Thompson, Ferguson, Isaacs 3...... 25-1.50...... Toni Ababio...... 1976 3...... 180-8...... Paul James...... 1985 2...... 40.63...... 2000 4...... 25-1.25...... Terry Carpenter...... 1977 4...... 179-0...... Jim Lail...... 1985 Benson, Christopher, Macklin, Lindsay 5...... 24-11.25.....Jose DeSola...... 1977 5...... 177-2...... Brent Miller...... 1992 3...... 40.66...... 2002 6...... 24-11...... Tim Gateley...... 1990 6...... 173-5...... Mike Miller...... 1976 Benson, Render, Belger, Atawo 7...... 24-10.50.....Jared Thompson...... 1989 7...... 172-0...... Rob Schultz...... 1992 4...... 40.81...... 1988 ...... 24-10.50.....Art Steele...... 1964 8...... 167-10...... Mike Ford...... 1991 Childs, J. Thompson, D. Thompson, Heggs 9...... 24-7.75...... Jimmy Sims...... 1998 9...... 166-8...... Dave Astraukas...... 1998 5...... 40.7*...... 1985 ...... 24-7.75...... John Craft...... 1969 10....163-3...... Mike McKee...... 2000 McMullen, Anderson, Glaser, Magee ...... 40.7*...... 1981 TRIPLE JUMP HAMMER Branch, Horton, Brown, Magee 1...... 53-9...... John Craft...... 1969 1...... 211-7...... Braidy Miller...... 1992 ...... 40.7*...... 1973 2...... 53-1.25...... Charles Hollis...... 1976 2...... 195-1...... Brent Miller...... 1992 Brown, Jackson, Brooks, Osei-Agyeman 3...... 52-0...... Toni Ababio...... 1976 3...... 184-0...... Jeff Gennarelli...... 1989 8...... 40.8*...... 1981 4...... 51-00.25.....Obe Eruteya...... 2007 4...... 183-2.50.....Larry Thoennissen...... 1986 Snell, Horton, Brown, Magee 5...... 50-11...... Don Hale...... 1974 5...... 180-0...... Rob Schultz...... 1992 ...... 40.8*...... 1978 6...... 50-0.50...... Mark Phelps...... 1981 6...... 179-8.50.....Jay Flatt...... 1987 Bell, Johnson, Hatch, Dominick 7...... 49-9.25...... Nevin Govan...... 1992 7...... 179-8...... Ricky Francis...... 1984 10....40.9*...... 1973 8...... 49-5.50...... Jason Stark...... 2006 8...... 170-8...... Mike Ford...... 1992 Nevius, Brown, Hudecek, Osei-Agyeman 9...... 49-1.75...... Cameron Mabry...... 1998 9...... 167-0...... Dan Matas...... 1987 ...... 40.9*...... 1972 10....49-1...... Joe Flanigan...... 1998 10....166-1...... Jimmy Schultz...... 2007 Brown, Jackson, Brooks, Osei-Agyeman
POLE VAULT JAVELIN 4x400-METER RELAY 1...... 17-0.25...... Mark Hamilton...... 1989 1...... 251-8...... Ron White...... 2002 1...... 3:08.4*...... 1978 2...... 16-11.25.....Tom McDonald...... 1993 2...... 216-7...... Austin Hogue...... 2006 Callozzo,Johnson, Jones, Hatch 3...... 16-7...... Brent Bickhaus...... 1991 3...... 215-5...... Darren Barber...... 1989 2...... 3:11.10...... 2003 4...... 16-6.75...... Kyle Ellis...... 2007 4...... 215-3...... Mike Giesler...... 1988 Smith, Becker, Jones, Macklin 5...... 16-1.75...... Bryan Rebhan...... 1994 5...... 208-3...... Jon Bourque...... 2003 ...... 3:11.1*...... 1977 6...... 16-0.75...... Ed Miller...... 2006 6...... 207-2...... Darrin Steele...... 1990 Callozzo, Jones, Johnson, Hatch ...... 16-0.75...... Dorian White...... 2006 7...... 200-8...... Larry Priebe...... 1986 ...... 3:11.1*...... 1976 8...... 16-0.50...... Roxy Wood...... 1986 8...... 199-11...... Aaron Grobengeiser...... 2005 Tucker, Hudecek, Johnson, Hatch 9...... 16-0...... Dan Larson...... 1979 9...... 197-10...... Rob Schultz...... 1992 ...... 3:11.1*...... 1973 ...... 16-0...... Gerry Bryne...... 1977 10....196-6.50.....Brett Buckhold...... 1992 Hudecek, Jacobi, Jackson, Osei-Agyeman 6...... 3:12.10...... 2000 SHOT PUT DECATHLON Hunt, Beyers, Abram, Macklin 1...... 61-2.75...... Jeff Gennarelli...... 1989 1...... 7699...... Darrin Steele...... 1992 7...... 3:12.11...... 1988 2...... 59-3...... Brent Miller...... 1992 2...... 7394...... Darren Barber...... 1989 Thompson, Neal, Isaacs, Wade-Bey 3...... 57-11...... Dan Matas...... 1987 3...... 7116...... Mike Giesler...... 1988 8...... 3:12.14...... 2002 4...... 57-4.75...... Braidy Miller...... 1991 4...... 7090...... Bob Holzer...... 1990 Smith, Christian, Benson, Jones 5...... 57-2...... Larry Thoennissen...... 1985 5...... 6716...... Mark Stockwell...... 1981 9...... 3:12.16...... 1990 6...... 57-1...... Jim Lail...... 1985 6...... 6524...... Josh Wakey ...... 2003 Holzer, Young,Fowler, Dan Steele 7...... 56-4...... Jimmy Schultz...... 2007 7...... 6448...... Jim Voyles...... 1995 ...... 3:12.16...... 2007 8...... 54-3.50...... Ben Ward...... 1963 8...... 6447...... Mark Schrimpf...... 1980 Pegues, Sheldon, McCollum, Williams 9...... 53-1...... Mike Miller...... 1976 9...... 6297...... Tom Lindsay...... 1984 10....52-10.25.....Mike Welch...... 1973 10....6220...... Dan Steele...... 1988 * - Indicates hand-timing
JOE SHEERAN DARRIN STEELE
REO ROREM DAN STEELE TIM THOMPSON
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 31 WOMEN’S INDOOR RECORDS * - Indicates hand-timing. The rule of thumb 400 METER DASH 3000 METER RUN for conversion of races less than 400M is .24 1...... 54.96...... Alicia Harris ...... 2004 1...... 9:58.1y...... Robin Smith...... 1978 added to the hand-time. For the 400M, the ac- 2...... 56.74...... Lorry Plutz...... 1988 2...... 9:59.6y...... Gina Sperry...... 1983 cepted standard is to add .14 to the hand-time. 3...... 57.89...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 3...... 10:00.1*...... Ruth Smith...... 1980 For longer races, all times should be taken at 4...... 58.14...... Traci Olawumi...... 1985 4...... 10:04.90.....Nicole Flounders ...... 2006 face value. 5...... 58.24...... Jennifer Cowan...... 2003 5...... 10:06.8*...... Janet Steele...... 1980 6...... 58.2y...... Gail Stephens...... 1983 6...... 10:12.24.....Susan Langer...... 1998 60 METER DASH 7...... 58.42...... Tarra Grant...... 2007 7...... 10:15.24.....Lindsay Speer...... 2000 1...... 7.58...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 8...... 58.56y...... Karon Lackland...... 1982 8...... 10:16.57.....Kiya Thomas...... 1994 2...... 7.64...... Alicia Harris ...... 2004 9...... 58.66...... Gina Arinyanontakoon.....1998 9...... 10:17.30.....Beth Martin...... 2002 3...... 7.69...... Elizabeth Greathouse...... 1981 10....58.73y...... Lauren Lynch...... 1984 10....10:17.91.....Angie Simone...... 2003 4...... 7.71...... Leah Reeves...... 2003 y - converted from 440 yards y - converted from 2 miles 5...... 7.74...... Sonya Brown...... 1983 6...... 7.76...... Shawana Smith...... 2007 800 METER RUN 5000 METER RUN 7...... 7.77...... Violet Nwordu...... 2007 1...... 2:12.54...... Lauren Lynch...... 1987 1...... 17:00.1y...... Gina Sperry...... 1983 ...... 7.77...... Lexie Nuckolis...... 2003 2...... 2:14.50y...... Janine Jarris...... 1985 2...... 17:52.58.....Nicole Flounders...... 2007 9...... 7.82...... Tarra Grant...... 2007 3...... 2:15.56...... Amanda Galvin...... 2003 3...... 17:54.8*...... Laurie Mizener...... 1989 10....7.92...... Elaine Hayes...... 2002 4...... 2:16.39...... Nicole Flounders ...... 2004 4...... 18:04.05.....Irma Perez...... 1995 5...... 2:17.20...... Nicole Millici ...... 2003 5...... 18:04.38.....Angie Simone ...... 2003 60 METER HURDLES 6...... 2:19l1y...... Margaret Smith...... 1983 6...... 18:04.44.....Erika Coull-Parenty...... 2000 1...... 8.40...... Kala Scott...... 1995 7...... 2:19.31...... Lisa Klinger...... 1998 7...... 18:15.45.....Jill Blondell...... 2007 2...... 8.43...... Phoenix McCoy...... 1998 8...... 2:19.34...... Tracey Hoffman...... 1990 8...... 18:17.27.....Brooke Roberts...... 1991 3...... 8.50...... Donna Levy...... 1992 9...... 2:19.75...... Amy Lejeune ...... 2005 9...... 18:18.84.....Lisa Jostes...... 1986 4...... 8.72...... Candy Phillips...... 2000 10....2:19.83...... Jaylee Carr ...... 2006 10....18:25.61.....Lauren Rapacki...... 2002 5...... 8.76...... Chandra Golden...... 2007 y - converted from 880 yards y - converted from 3 miles 6...... 8.95...... Shalanda Armstrong...... 1998 7...... 9.00...... Shannon McDougall ...... 2006 MILE RUN HIGH JUMP 8...... 9.04...... Megan Garrity ...... 2003 1...... 4:54.4...... Margaret Smith...... 1983 1...... 5-9.25...... Candy Phillips...... 2000 9...... 9.23...... Caitlin Finnegan...... 2007 2...... 4:54.70...... Janine Jarris...... 1987 2...... 5-9...... Tiffany Jansen...... 1995 10....9.28...... DeAnn Swick...... 2000 3...... 4:57.2...... Gina Sperry...... 1983 3...... 5-8...... Denise Jones ...... 2005 4...... 4:59.70...... Nicole Flounders...... 2007 ...... 5-8...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 200 METER DASH 5...... 5:03.16...... Nicole Millici ...... 2003 ...... 5-8...... Tara Mayner...... 1989 1...... 24.51...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 6...... 5:04.6...... Robin Smith...... 1979 ...... 5-8...... Barbro Hines...... 1982 2...... 24.52...... Alicia Harris ...... 2004 7...... 5:07.46...... Anne Ogle...... 1983 7...... 5-7.75...... Cynthia McGee...... 2001 3...... 24.89...... Shawana Smith...... 2007 8...... 5:08.9...... Janet Steele...... 1980 8...... 5-6...... Deb Hasik ...... 2006 4...... 25.08...... Donna Levy...... 1992 9...... 5:10.41...... Erin O’Grady...... 2007 9...... 5-5.75...... Danyel Waters...... 1996 5...... 25.14...... Leah Reeves...... 2003 10....5:11.82...... Sue Langer...... 1999 10....5-5.50...... Patty Frigo...... 1986 6...... 25.34...... Lorry Plutz...... 1988 7...... 25.42...... Catara Mabry...... 1998 1500 METER RUN 8...... 25.64...... Violet Nwordu ...... 2006 1...... 4:35.97...... Janine Jarris...... 1987 9...... 25.83...... Chandra Golden...... 2007 10....25.96...... Elaine Hays...... 2002
MARISSA BUSHUE LAUREN LYNCH JANINE JARRIS BETH MARTIN
32 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com WOMEN’S INDOOR RECORDS LONG JUMP 20-# WEIGHT THROW 4x800 METER RELAY 1...... 20-1.75...... Gayle Brandon...... 1981 1...... 57-2.25...... Tiffany Greenley...... 2002 1...... 9:04.25y...... EIU...... 1987 2...... 19-6.25...... Shavon Alexander...... 1999 2...... 56-2...... Keisha Dunlap...... 2000 Sperry, Olawumi, Lynch, Jarris 3...... 18-11.25.....Esta Saverson...... 1990 3...... 55-5.75...... Adrianne Leschewski...... 2005 y - converted from 4x880 yards 4...... 18-10.75.....Kala Scott...... 1995 4...... 52-11.50.....Nicole Walcott...... 2007 5...... 18-10...... Mary Swenson...... 1982 ...... 52-11.50.....Jessica Sams...... 2002 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 6...... 18-9.25...... Jenna Uhe ...... 2006 6...... 52-10...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1996 1...... 12:01.91...... 2007 7...... 18-8.75...... Marissa Bushue...... 2001 7...... 52-2...... Kandace Arnold...... 2007 O’Grady, Grant, LeJeune, Flounders 8...... 18-8.50...... Nicole Marczewski...... 2007 8...... 49-3...... Erin Stein...... 2005 9...... 18-7...... Ronesha Franklin...... 2005 9...... 49-1...... Heidi Woods...... 2003 PENTATHLON 10....18-3.5...... Vicki Sleezer...... 1998 10....48-10...... Georgia Griffin...... 2005 1...... 3555...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 2...... 3240...... Kayla Scott...... 1991 TRIPLE JUMP POLE VAULT 3...... 3174...... Elizabeth Smith...... 1985 1...... 40-0.50...... Marissa Bushue...... 2000 1...... 12-5.5...... Mary Wood ...... 2005 4...... 3075...... Chrissy Roche...... 1996 2...... 39-10...... Shavon Alexander...... 1999 2...... 12-0...... Nicolene Galas ...... 2006 3...... 39-6.50...... Jenna Uhe...... 2007 3...... 11-5.75...... Tricia Gaumer ...... 2007 * - Indicates hand-timing. The rule of thumb for conver- 4...... 39-3.75...... Ronesha Franklin...... 2005 4...... 10-2.75...... Anci Borozon...... 2007 sion of races less than 400M is .24 added to the hand- 5...... 39-1...... Kala Scott...... 1995 5...... 10-0.75...... Courtney Clevenger ...... 2005 time. For the 400M, the accepted standard is to add 6...... 38-6.25...... Nicole Marczewski ...... 2007 6...... 10-0.50...... Sadie Barnes ...... 2006 .14 to the hand-time. For longer races, all times should 7...... 38-6...... Vicki Dzura ...... 2006 ...... Meagan Lewandowski ...... 2006 be taken at face value. 8...... 37-3.75...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 8...... 10-0...... Lisa Tarasiewicz ...... 2003 # List includes personal records for each athlete as top 9...... 37-3...... Jennifer Cowan...... 2001 ...... 10-0...... Libby Bedoe...... 2004 mark in that event. 10....36-3...... Sabrina Harper...... 1985 10....9-6.50...... Samantha Hoffert ...... 2006
SHOT PUT 4x400 METER RELAY 1...... 48-10.75.....Valeta Strickland...... 1987 1...... 3:47.27...... EIU...... 1981 MORE INDOOR RECORDS 2...... 48-7.25...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1996 Ball, Greathouse, Stephens, Johnson 55 METER DASH 3...... 46-5.25...... Kandace Arnold...... 2007 2...... 3:49.20y...... EIU...... 1984 1...... 7.19...... Catara Mabry...... 1999 4...... 45-5...... Keisha Dunlap...... 2000 Sperry, Olawumi, Lynch, Jarris 5...... 45-1.75...... Denise Macon...... 1985 3...... 3:51.01y...... EIU...... 1986 55 METER HURDLES 6...... 45-1.50...... Tiffany Greenley...... 2002 Hudson, Olawumi, Johnson, Stephens 1...... 8.02...... Candy Phillips...... 2000 7...... 44-7...... Erin Stein...... 2004 4...... 3:51.3y...... EIU...... 1981 8...... 44-3.50...... Debbie Zubik...... 1985 Ball, Stephens, Gallis, Fortenberry 300 METER DASH 9...... 44-0.50...... Erin Stein ...... 2006 5...... 3:53.16...... EIU...... 1982 1...... 37.62...... Elizabeth Greathouse...... 1982 10....43-6...... Adrianne Leschewski...... 2004 Greathouse, Lackland, Johnson, Stephens 6...... 3:54.29...... EIU...... 1981 500 METER DASH Hudson, Carrethers, Johnson, Stephens 1...... 1:14.24...... Tracy Olawumi...... 1988 7...... 3:56.3...... EIU...... 1987 Lynch, Olawumi, Plutz, Kinkelaar 600 METER DASH 8...... 3:56.14...... EIU...... 2003 1...... 1:34.36...... Alicia Harris...... 2005 9...... 3:57.26...... EIU...... 2007 Finnegan, Grant, Carney, Smith 1000 METER RUN 10....3:57.53...... EIU...... 2007 1...... 2:49.16...... Janine Jarris...... 1987 Finnegan, Grant, Smith, Jones y - converted from 4x440 yards
TRACY OLAWUMI GAIL STEPHENS CANDY PHILLIPS VALETA STRICKLAND
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 33 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR RECORDS 100 METER DASH 800 METER RUN 10,000 METER RUN 1...... 11.68...... Elizabeth Greathouse...... 1982 1...... 2:06.77...... Lauren Lynch...... 1987 1...... 36:11.9*...... Robin Smith...... 1980 2...... 11.74...... Sonya Brown...... 1982 2...... 2:10.23...... Nicole Flounders...... 2007 2...... 36:21.14.....Laurie Mizener...... 1992 ...... 11.74...... Audrey Marrocco...... 1978 3...... 2:10.7*...... Janine Jarris...... 1986 3...... 36:21.7*...... Nancy Kramer...... 1982 4...... 11.78...... Mary Burroughs...... 1981 4...... 2:11.1*...... Margaret Smith...... 1983 4...... 36:47.02.....Angie Simone ...... 2003 5...... 11.8*...... Gayle Brandon...... 1982 5...... 2:12.13...... Amanda Galvin...... 2003 5...... 37:02.64.....Gina Sperry...... 1983 6...... 11.90...... Shawana Smith...... 2007 6...... 2:13.60...... Nicole Millici ...... 2002 6...... 37:55.5*...... Ruth Smith...... 1980 7...... 12.04...... Megan Wadas...... 1999 7...... 2:14.70...... Marlise Davidson...... 2007 7...... 37:57.65.....Stephanie Bone...... 2002 8...... 12.09...... Charmaine Carrethers.....1983 8...... 2:15.8*...... Traci Olawumi...... 1986 8...... 38:28.69.....Erika Coull-Parenty...... 1998 9...... 12.15...... Alicia Harris...... 2005 9...... 2:15.99...... Jaylee Carr ...... 2005 9...... 38:30.69.....Lauren Rapacki...... 2003 10....12.18...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 10....2:16.84...... Tracey Hoffman...... 1990 10....38:30.94.....Amanda Schutte...... 2005
100 METER HURDLES 1500 METER RUN 4x100 METER RELAY 1...... 13.97...... Candy Phillips...... 1998 1...... 4:26.08...... Margaret Smith...... 1983 1...... 46.25...... EIU...... 1981 2...... 14.11...... Chandra Golden...... 2007 2...... 4:28.96...... Lauren Lynch...... 1987 Stephens, Greathouse, Burroughs, Brandon 3...... 14.19...... Romona Fowler...... 1982 3...... 4:32.74...... Janine Jarris...... 1986 2...... 46.38...... EIU...... 1982 4...... 14.20...... Pam Kinkelaar...... 1989 4...... 4:35.09...... Lindsay Speer...... 2001 Greathouse, Stephens, Johnson, Brown 5...... 14.77...... Phoenix McCoy...... 1999 5...... 4:35.61...... Nicole Flounders ...... 2007 3...... 46.57...... EIU...... 2005 6...... 14.79...... Caitlin Finnegan...... 2007 6...... 4:35.9*...... Robin Smith...... 1978 Harris, Franklin, Lobbins, Garrity ...... 14.79...... Kala Scott...... 1995 7...... 4:36.07...... Amanda Galvin...... 2003 4...... 46.70...... EIU...... 2007 ...... 14.79...... Donna Levy...... 1992 8...... 4:37.63...... Nicole Milici...... 2003 Smith, Golden, Grant, Clutter 8...... 14.84...... Megan Garrity ...... 2005 9...... 4:39.10...... Sue Langer...... 1999 5...... 46.8*...... EIU...... 1982 9...... 14.96...... Barb Hudson...... 1984 10....4:41.92...... Beth Martin...... 2002 Greathouse, Stephens, Brandon, Brown 6...... 47.0*...... EIU...... 1989 200 METER DASH 3000 METER RUN McKinney, Saverson, Kinkelaar, Plutz 1...... 23.74...... Gail Stephens...... 1983 1...... 9:50.74...... Lindsay Speer...... 2000 7...... 47.03...... EIU...... 2003 2...... 23.95...... Elizabeth Greathouse...... 1981 2...... 9:54.85...... Margaret Smith...... 1983 8...... 47.15...... EIU...... 1988 3...... 24.01...... Shawana Smith...... 2007 3...... 10:00.1*...... Ruth Smith...... 1979 McKinney, Williams, Saverson, Plutz 4...... 24.25...... Alicia Harris ...... 2005 4...... 10:01.91.....Janine Jarris...... 1986 9...... 47.24...... EIU...... 2007 5...... 24.55...... Mary Burroughs...... 1980 5...... 10:05.44.....Beth Martin...... 2001 Smith, Finnegan, Clutter, Grant 6...... 24.62...... Sonya Brown...... 1982 6...... 10:06.45.....Kiya Thomas...... 1994 10....49.37...... EIU...... 2006 7...... 24.63...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 7...... 10:06.8*...... Janet Steele...... 1981 Marczewski, Smith, Jones, Uhe 8...... 24.74...... Charmaine Carrethers.....1983 8...... 10:07.3*...... Robin Smith...... 1979 9...... 24.8*...... Barb Hudson...... 1983 9...... 10:07.67.....Stephanie Bone...... 2002 4x400 METER RELAY 10....24.86...... Lorry Plutz...... 1989 10....10:08.6*...... Gina Sperry...... 1982 1...... 3:42.39...... EIU...... 1982 Lackland, Greathouse, Johnson, Stephens 400 METER DASH 3000 METER STEEPLECHASE 2...... 3:43.3*...... EIU...... 1984 1...... 54.0*...... Gail Stephens...... 1984 1...... 10:57.94.....Jill Blondell...... 2007 Hudson, Lynch, Johnson, Stephens 2...... 54.23...... Alicia Harris ...... 2004 2...... 10:59.83.....Beth Martin...... 2002 3...... 3:43.65...... EIU...... 1984 3...... 55.19...... Lorry Plutz...... 1988 3...... 11:11.93...... Lindsey Speer...... 2001 Hudson, Olawumi, Johnson, Stephens 4...... 55.73...... Kyra Lobbins...... 2005 4...... 11:29.74...... Kim Archer...... 2006 4...... 3:44.47...... EIU...... 1982 5...... 55.76...... Tracy Olawumi...... 1985 5...... 11:47.14...... Kristen Chandler ...... 2004 Brown, Greathouse, Johnson, Stephens 6...... 56.1*...... Elizabeth Greathouse...... 1982 6...... 11:54.63...... Angie Simone ...... 2002 5...... 3:45.83...... EIU...... 1981 7...... 56.19...... Renee Johnson...... 1982 7...... 12:12.11...... Krissy Peters ...... 2002 Greathouse, Ball, Stephens, Johnson 8...... 56.29...... Karen Lackland...... 1982 8...... 12:25.60.....Jessica Peach ...... 2003 6...... 3:46.50...... EIU...... 1983 9...... 56.47...... Tarra Grant...... 2007 9...... 12:42.50.....Amber Mauk...... 2001 Hudson, Johnson, Carrethers, Stephens 10....57.8...... Drenna Veasley...... 1984 7...... 3:48.27...... EIU...... 1987 5000 METER RUN Olawumi, Lynch, Kinkelaar, Plutz 400 METER HURDLES 1...... 17:03.8*...... Robin Smith...... 1980 8...... 3:48.90...... EIU...... 1985 1...... 1:01.96...... Tracy Olawumi...... 1988 2...... 17:08.1*...... Gina Sperry...... 1983 Olawumi, Lynch, Thomas, Hudson 2...... 1:02.09...... Keri Davis...... 2000 3...... 17:08.8*...... Ruth Smith...... 1980 9...... 3:48.99...... EIU...... 2007 3...... 1:02.13...... Chandra Golden...... 2007 4...... 17:28.97.....Kiya Thomas...... 1994 Carney, Smith, Finnegan, Grant 4...... 1:02.79...... Pam Kinkelaar...... 1989 5...... 17:31.8*...... Nancy Kramer...... 1981 10....3:49.01...... EIU...... 1986 5...... 1:03.00...... Jennifer Cowan...... 2003 6...... 17:33.39.....Angie Simone ...... 2003 Lynch, Olawumi, Thomas, Plutz 6...... 1:02.8*...... Beverly Thomas...... 1986 7...... 17:35.69.....Stephanie Bone ...... 2002 7...... 1:02.9*...... Carmen Ritz...... 1980 8...... 17:35.84.....Erika Coull-Parenty...... 1999 8...... 1:03.55...... Caitlin Finnegan...... 2007 9...... 17:47.70.....Laurie Mizener...... 1992 9...... 1:03.88...... Kala Scott...... 1995 10....17:43.62.....Jillian Blondell...... 2007 10....1:03.96...... Vicki Sleezer...... 1998
34 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com WOMEN’S OUTDOOR RECORDS HIGH JUMP SHOT PUT HAMMER 1...... 5-9.75...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 1...... 49-5.50...... Valeta Strickland...... 1987 1...... 168-11...... Keisha Dunlap...... 2000 2...... 5-9...... Candy Phillips...... 2000 2...... 47-0.25...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1995 2...... 160-2...... Tiffany Greenley...... 2003 3...... 5-8.75...... Denise Jones...... 2006 3...... 46-2...... Keisha Dunlap...... 2000 3...... 155-0...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1996 4...... 5-8...... Tiffany Jansen...... 1995 4...... 45-7.25...... Debbie Zubik...... 1987 4...... 152-9...... Rachel Schwartzkopf...... 1999 ...... 5-8...... Barbro Hines...... 1982 5...... 45-6.25...... Adrianne Leschewski...... 2004 5...... 147-2...... Georgia Griffin...... 2005 6...... 5-7.75...... Tara Mayner...... 1989 6...... 45-3.75...... Erin Stein...... 2005 6...... 146-5...... Heidi Woods...... 2003 7...... 5-7...... Deb Hasik...... 2005 7...... 45-2.25...... Kandace Arnold...... 2007 7...... 145-9...... Jessica Sams...... 2002 8...... 5-6...... Marche Harris...... 1979 8...... 43-5.25...... Nicole Walcott...... 2007 8...... 140-4...... Adrianne Leschewski...... 2004 ...... 5-6...... Mary Swenson...... 1983 9...... 43-1...... Denise Macon...... 1984 9...... 139-0...... Kandace Arnold...... 2007 10....5-5...... Nicole Walcott...... 2007 10....42-9.25...... Tiffany Greenley...... 2002 10....137-10...... Sandy Hussey...... 2003 ...... 5-5...... Danyel Watters...... 1995 DISCUS POLE VAULT LONG JUMP 1...... 152-0...... Adrianne Leschewski .....2005 1...... 11-11.75...... Tricia Gaumer...... 2007 1...... 20-5.50...... Gayle Brandon...... 1982 2...... 143-4...... Deanna Zeigler...... 1992 ...... 11-11.75...... Nicolene Galas ...... 2005 2...... 19-8.25...... Candy Phillips...... 2000 3...... 142-8...... Rachel Schwartzkopf...... 1999 ...... 11-11.75...... Mary Wood ...... 2005 3...... 19-7.75...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 4...... 142-7...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1995 4...... 10-6...... Anci Borozan...... 2007 4...... 19-4...... Esta Saverson...... 1989 5...... 140-10...... Stephanie Brandt...... 2000 ...... 10-6...... Sadie Barnes...... 2006 5...... 19-2.50...... Nicole Marczewski...... 2007 6...... 139-10...... Denise Macon...... 1985 6...... 10-0...... Courtney Clevenger ...... 2005 6...... 19-1.50...... Ronesha Franklin...... 2005 7...... 138-11...... Sue Fortune...... 1977 ...... 10-0...... Megan Lewandowski ...... 2005 ...... 19-1.50...... Shavon Alexander...... 1999 8...... 137-7...... Keisha Dunlap...... 2000 ...... 10-0...... Lisa Tarasiewicz ...... 2002 8...... 19-0.50...... Vicki Dzura...... 2006 9...... 137-3...... Kristi Baum...... 1986 ...... 10-0...... Libby Bedoe...... 2004 ...... 19-0.50...... Kala Scott...... 1994 10....136-10...... Debbie Zubik...... 1986 10....18-11.0...... Jenna Uhe...... 2006 HEPTATHLON JAVELIN 1...... 5085...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 TRIPLE JUMP 1...... 148-7...... Kristi Baum...... 1987 2...... 5049...... Kala Scott...... 1995 1...... 41-9.75...... Ronesha Franklin...... 2005 2...... 145-9...... Michelle Warren...... 1992 3...... 4231...... Elizabeth Smith...... 1984 2...... 40-8.25...... Nicole Marczewski...... 2007 3...... 145-4.50.....Donna Gayle...... 1980 4...... 4088...... Denise Jones...... 2006 3...... 40-7.25...... Marissa Bushue...... 2000 4...... 139-7.0...... Denise Jones...... 2006 5...... 4039...... Vicki Sleezer...... 1998 4...... 40-2.75...... Tina Dawson...... 1989 5...... 137-2...... Rachel Galligan...... 2007 6...... 3264...... Sandy Hussey...... 2000 5...... 39-11.25.....Jenna Uhe...... 2007 6...... 132-5...... Yvonne Breitwieser...... 1988 6...... 38-11.50.....Kala Scott...... 1994 7...... 127-5...... Rolana Brown...... 1989 * - Indicates hand-timing. The rule of thumb for 7...... 38-7.50...... Vicki Dzura...... 2006 8...... 124-7...... Tisha Alvarez...... 1996 conversion of races less than 400M is .24 added 8...... 38-2.75...... Shavon Alexander...... 1999 9...... 124-0...... Candace Blaton...... 1993 to the hand-time. For the 400M, the accepted 9...... 37-7.25...... Jenny Cowan...... 2001 10....120-5...... Libby Bedoe...... 2004 standard is to add .14 to the hand-time. For longer 10....35-1.50...... Sabrina Harper...... 1985 races, all times should be taken at face value.
# List includes personal records for each athlete as top mark in that event.
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 35 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TRACK & FIELD NCAA DIVISION I: 1992....Dan Steele...... 400 M Hurdles...... :49.79 EASTERN ILLINOIS ALL-AMERICANS 1988....Jim Maton...... 800 M (Indoor)...... 1:49.27 2002...... Ron White...... Javelin...... 6th TRACK & FIELD NCAA DIVISION II: 1981....Augustine Oruwari...... 110 M High Hurdles...... :13.9 2000...... Ron White...... Javelin...... 10th 1979....Robert Johnson...... 110 M High Hurdles...... :13.81 2000...... Gabe Spezia...... 60m hurdles (Indoor)...... 10th 1976....Ed Hatch...... 400 M Run...... :46.8 1975....Toni Ababio...... Triple Jump...... 50’06.75” 1999...... Gabe Spezia...... 60m hurdles (Indoor)...... 9th ...... Long Jump...... 24’05.75” 1992...... Dan Steele...... 400m hurdles...... 1st 1974....Darrell Brown...... Long Jump...... 25’07.25” 1992...... Braidy Miller...... Hammer ...... 10th 1974....Men’s Track & Field...... Team Co-Champions 1992...... Braidy Miller...... Weight Throw (Indoor)...... 7th CROSS COUNTRY NCAA DIVISION II: 1991...... Darrin Steele...... Decathlon...... 5th 1977....Men’s Cross Country....Team Champions 1991...... Braidy Miller...... Weight Throw (Indoor)...... 3rd TRACK & FIELD NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION: 1990...... Dan Steele...... 400m hurdles...... 5th 1973....Rodney Jackson...... 400 M Hurdles...... :51.1 1988...... Jim Maton...... 800m...... 7th 1972....Rodney Jackson...... 400 M Hurdles...... :51.2 1969....John Craft...... Triple Jump...... 53’09.00” 1988...... Jim Maton...... 800m (Indoor)...... 1st 1987...... Jim Maton...... 800m...... 3rd CROSS COUNTRY NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION: 1987...... Jim Maton...... 1000m (Indoor)...... 2nd 1969....Men’s Cross Country....Team Champions 1968....Men’s Cross Country....Team Champions 1981...... Joe Sheeran...... 3 mile (Indoor)...... 2nd 1977...... Joe Sheeran...... Cross Country...... 18th TRACK & FIELD NAIA: 1967....John Craft...... Triple Jump...... 59’02.00” 1976...... Toni Ababio...... Long Jump (Indoor)...... 6th 1955....Ray White...... Long Jump...... 23’11.75” 1976...... Toni Ababio...... Triple Jump (Indoor)...... 6th 1971...... Rodney Jackson...... 110m hurdles...... 3rd WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD AIAW II 1981...... 4x400 Relay...... 3:45.83 1969...... John Craft...... Triple Jump...... 3rd ...... Greathouse, Ball, Stephens, Johnson
DARRELL BROWN RODNEY JACKSON JIM MATON AUGUSTINE ORUWARI
1977 NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: (front row, kneeling 1969 NCAA COLLEGE DIVISION NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: (left-right) left-right) Joe Sheeran and Paul Weilmuenster; (middle row, standing James Skinner, Marty McIntire, Dike Stirrett, and Larry Mayse show off their left-right) John McInerney, Duncan McHugh and Casey Reinking; (back national championship hardware. row, standing left-right) coach Tom Woodall, John Christy, Reo Rorem, Billy Bandy, Larry Schuldt, and graduate assistant Phil Stivers.
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Sandy Osei-Agyeman represented his home country John Craft, former USA record holder in the triple of Ghana in two sprint events at the 1972 Munich jump, placed fifth at the 1972 Olympics. Olympics.
WE DID IT!: The USA-2 sled members (EIU’s Dan Steele celebrates front right) react as they realize that they have just won bronze. Steele was recently hired as the CEO of the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation.
AUGUSTINE ORUWARI earned an Olympic spot in the hurdles for Nigeria.
WINTER OLYMPIANS: 2002...... Dan Steele...... Bobsled...... United States...... Bronze Medalist 2002...... Darrin Steele...... Bobsled...... United States
1998...... Dan Steele...... Bobsled...... United States 1998...... Darrin Steele...... Bobsled...... United States
SUMMER OLYMPIANS: 1976...... Mpaka Fyneface...... 400-M Intermediate Hurdles...... Nigeria...... Nigeria Withdrew from Olympics 1976...... Augustine Oruwari...... 100-Meter High Hurdles...... Nigeria...... Nigeria Withdrew from Olympics 1972...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman...... 400-Meter Relay...... Ghana...... Advanced to 2nd Round 1972...... Sandy Osei-Agyeman...... 100-Meter Dash...... Ghana...... Advanced to 2nd Round (10.52) 1972...... John Craft...... Triple Jump...... United States...... 5th Place (55’02.75”)
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 37 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE Entering its 59th year, the Ohio Valley conference team to reach the Final Four. The OVC STAFF Conference continues to build on the success Hilltoppers defeated Jacksonville, Kentucky and that has made it the nation’s eighth-oldest NCAA Ohio State before losing to Villanova in double Division I conference. overtime. WKU went on to finish in third place The OVC’s proud past dates back to 1948, after beating Kansas 77-75 in the consolation but seeds for the new league were actually game. planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, Track and field has also been around since the athletics director at Murray State, Charles the early days of the OVC. Men’s outdoor track (Turkey) Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern was first introduced in 1949 while men’s indoor Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public became an OVC Championship sport in 1976. relations director at Western Kentucky, first Women’s outdoor track joined in 1979 while broached the idea of forming a new conference. indoor track was added in 1985. Since joining Discussions were put on hold by World War II, the OVC, EIU has won 19 men’s combined track but reemerged Feb. 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky titles with 12 athletes selected as the athlete of Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions the year. On the women’s side EIU swept the DR. JON Brad walker combined with Morehead State, Louisville and 2007 championships for their first teams titles. Associate Evansville to form the OVC. Two female athletes have been honored as the STEINBRECHER Commissioner Commissioner In the 1950’s, the OVC became a pioneer OVC athlete of the year. on a much more significant scale socially. During The Ohio Valley Conference sponsors the times of racial segregation, league member following sports: baseball, basketball, cross Morehead State became one of the first non- country, football, golf, tennis and track for men, traditionally black mid-southern institutions to and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, accept a black student. In 1958, Marshall Banks softball, tennis, track and volleyball for women. earned athletically-related aid at Morehead, In addition, the OVC also sponsors the combined which signed a second black athlete, Howard men’s and women’s sport of rifle. Murphy, a year later. In 1961, Murphy earned Fast approaching its 60th anniversary, the all-conference recognition as a halfback in Ohio Valley Conference has grown significantly football. With racial barriers broken, the rest of from its humble beginnings while increasing the institutions in the league began to provide the number of athletics opportunities it provides educational and athletic opportunities to African- for students. In addition to newest members Americans. Jacksonville State University and Samford In 1955, the OVC became only the second University, other current league representatives Kyle Schwartz jackie mynarski six-member league nationally to earn an include charter members Eastern Kentucky Asst. Commissioner Director of Institutional Media Relations Services automatic bid to the prestigious NCAA Men’s University, Morehead State University and Basketball Tournament, which, at that time, was Murray State University, along with Austin Peay limited to only 24 participants. The conference State University, Eastern Illinois University, quickly proved worthy of that bid, as Morehead Southeast Missouri State University, Tennessee State defeated Marshall (107-92) and Wayne State University, Tennessee Technological State (95-84) in the 1956 tournament. University and the University of Tennessee at Fifteen years later, former OVC member Martin. Western Kentucky became the first and only
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38 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com ** 2007 TRACKOVC INDOOR AND OUTDOOR RESULTS & FIELD4...... Samford...... HISTORY51 2003 WOMEN’S IN INDOOR FINAL OVC RESULTS: ARE LISTED AT THE FRONT OF THIS GUIDE 5...... Tennessee State...... 48 1...... Tennessee State...... 139.50 6...... Morehead State...... 39 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 136 2006 MENS OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS 7...... Murray State...... 3 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 130 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 209 ...... Jacksonville State...... Non-Scoring 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 117 2...... Eastern Illinois...... 205 5...... Austin Peay...... 32 3...... Tennessee State...... 129 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 6...... Morehead State...... 28 4...... Morehead State...... 72 7...... Murray State...... 20.50 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 60 2005 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 13 6...... Samford...... 54 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 155 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 8 7...... Murray State...... 7 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 119.5 3...... Tennessee State...... 91 2003 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: Field Athlete of the Year...... Austin Hogue 4...... Samford...... 79 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 236.33 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 78 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 141 2006 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS 6...... Jacksonville State...... 36 3...... Tennessee State...... 127 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 149.5 7...... Austin Peay...... 23 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 124 2...... Jacksonville State...... 115.5 ...... Murray State...... 23 5...... Murray State...... 83.33 3...... Eastern Illinois...... 93 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 14.5 6...... Morehead State...... 21.33 4...... Samford...... 91 10.... Morehead State...... 4 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 85 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 6...... Tennessee State...... 82 2004 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: Co-Athlete of the Year...... Kyle O’Brien, EIU 7...... Austin Peay...... 64 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 203 8...... Murray State...... 40 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 123 2003 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 12 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 116 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 193 10.... Morehead State...... 8 4...... Tennessee State...... 61 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 174 5...... Samford...... 47 3...... Tennessee State...... 140.50 2006 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Murray State...... 45 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 108 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 208.5 7...... Morehead State...... 24 5...... Austin Peay...... 40 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 142 6...... Murray State...... 39.50 3...... Tennessee State...... 101.5 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 21 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 73 8...... Morehead State...... 13 5...... Samford...... 44 2004 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 12 6...... Morehead State...... 36 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 170 7...... Murray State...... 11 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 108 2002 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 97 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 216 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 4...... Tennessee State...... 92.25 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 111 Field Athlete of the Year...... Obe Eruteya, EIU 5...... Samford...... 48.75 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 99 6...... Austin Peay...... 35 4...... Murray State...... 82 2006 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Murray State...... 34 5...... Tennessee State...... 60 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 137 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 17 6...... Morehead State...... 40 2...... Tennessee State...... 123 9...... Jacksonville State...... 13 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 85 10.... Morehead State...... 9 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 4...... Samford...... 77 Athlete of the Year...... Jarrod Macklin, EIU 5 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 74 Co-Athlete of the Year...... Alicia Harris, EIU 6...... Austin Peay...... 49 2002 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Jacksonville State...... 43 2004 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 1...... Tennessee State...... 159 8...... Murray State...... 23 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 260 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 113 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 6 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 163 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 103 10.... Morehead State...... 5 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 122 4...... Austin Peay...... 92 4...... Samford...... 72 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 63 2005 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 5...... Tennessee State...... 49 6...... Morehead State...... 35 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 220.5 6...... Murray State...... 38 7...... Murray State...... 35 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 211.5 7...... Morehead State...... 29 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 15 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 105 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 9 4...... Samford...... 71.5 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 5...... Tennessee State...... 66.5 2002 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Morehead State...... 52 2004 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 229 7...... Murray State...... 8 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 205 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 158 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 101 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 131 Freshman of the Year...... Tristan McKinnis, EIU 3...... Samford...... 96 4...... Tennessee State...... 90.5 4...... Tennessee State...... 90 5...... Murray State...... 77 2005 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 68 6...... Morehead State...... 38.5 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 154 6...... Murray State...... 58 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 119 7...... Austin Peay...... 39 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 3...... Tennessee State...... 117 8...... Jacksonville State...... 33 Athlete of the Year...... Ron White, EIU 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 112 9...... Morehead State...... 28 5...... Samford...... 92 10.... Tennessee Tech...... 21 2002 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Jacksonville State...... 55 1...... Tennessee State...... 183 7...... Murray State...... 35 2003 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 146 8...... Austin Peay...... 30 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 197 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 103 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 23.5 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 122 4...... Austin Peay...... 102.5 10.... Morehead State...... 3.5 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 114 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 78 4...... Tennessee State...... 113 6...... Morehead State...... 47 Field Athlete of the Year...... Ronesha Franklin, EIU 5...... Murray State...... 48 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 34.5 6...... Morehead State...... 16 8...... Murray State...... 23 2005 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: ...... Tennessee-Martin...... 23 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 189 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 175 Co-Athlete of the Year...... Kyle O’Brien, EIU 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 112
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 39 TRACK & FIELD HISTORY IN THE OHIO VALLEY 2001 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 2000 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Tennessee-Martin...... 39 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 212 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 136 7...... Austin Peay...... 24 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 151 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 111 8...... Morehead State...... 19 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 91 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 110 9...... Murray State...... 13 4...... Tennessee State...... 48 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 86 10.... Tennessee Tech...... 3 5...... Murray State...... 47 5...... Austin Peay...... 79 6...... Morehead State...... 23 6...... Tennessee State...... 64 1998 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 47 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 205 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 8...... Morehead State...... 36 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 114 Athlete of the Year...... Jason Bialka, EIU 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 19 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 111 10.... Murray State...... 11 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 99 2001 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 5...... Tennessee State...... 97 1...... Austin Peay...... 127 1999 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Murray State...... 75 2...... Tennessee State...... 109 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 176 7...... Morehead State...... 30 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 86 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 122 4...... Southeast Missouri...... 75 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 83 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 5 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 53 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 68 Co-Athlete of the Year...... Todd Moroney, EIU 6...... Morehead State...... 45 5...... Murray State...... 66 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 27 6...... Tennessee State...... 42 1998 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 8...... Murray State...... 14 7...... Morehead State...... 20 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 156 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 10 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 6 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 146.5 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 107 2001 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 4...... Tennessee State...... 75 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 269 Athlete of the Year...... Jason Bialka, EIU 5...... Middle Tennessee...... 66.5 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 200 6...... Austin Peay...... 59 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 84.5 1999 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 36 4...... Murray State...... 81 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 109.5 8...... Murray State...... 32 5...... Tennessee State...... 74.5 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 85 9...... Morehead State...... 20 6...... Morehead State...... 21 3...... Tennessee State...... 81 10.... Tennessee Tech...... 1 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 70 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 5...... Middle Tennessee...... 63 1997 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: Athlete of the Year...... Jarrod Macklin, EIU 6...... Austin Peay...... 60.5 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 174 7...... Morehead State...... 34 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 104 2001 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 30 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 80 1...... Tennessee State...... 128.5 9...... Murray State...... 11 4...... Southeast MIssouri...... 77 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 122 10.... Tennessee Tech...... 2 5...... Tennessee State...... 69 3...... Austin Peay...... 115.5 6...... Murray State...... 58 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 93 1999 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Morehead State...... 6 5 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 85.5 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 206 6...... Morehead State...... 46 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 144 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 39 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 137 Athlete of the Year...... Jason Bialka, EIU 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 36 4...... Murray State...... 91 9...... Murray State...... 35.5 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 83 1997 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Tennessee State...... 34 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 134 2000 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Morehead State...... 25 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 119 1...... Middle Tennessee...... 146 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 8 3...... Middle Tennessee...... 111 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 145.5 4...... Tennessee State...... 69 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 68.5 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 5 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 33 4...... Eastern Kentucky...... 68 6...... Murray State...... 24 5...... Murray State...... 63 1999 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 20 6...... Tennessee State...... 35 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 142 8...... Austin Peay...... 19 7...... Morehead State...... 20 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 114 9...... Morehead State...... 8 ...... Tennessee-Martin...... 20 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 90.5 ...... Tennessee Tech...... 8 4...... Tennessee State...... 71 2000 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 5...... Middle Tennessee...... 70 1997 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 103 6...... Austin Peay...... 67.5 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 203 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 92 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 66 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 147 3...... Middle Tennessee...... 86 8...... Murray State...... 45 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 125 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 69.5 9...... Morehead State...... 36 4...... Tennessee State...... 102 5...... Austin Peay...... 66 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 66 6...... Tennessee State...... 53 1998 MEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Murray State...... 57 7...... Morehead State...... 30 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 166 7...... Morehead State...... 28 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 22.5 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 122.5 9...... Murray State...... 12 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 79.5 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 10.... Tennessee Tech...... 7 4...... Tennessee State...... 77 5...... Eastern Kentucky...... 53 1997 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 2000 MEN’S OUTDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 6...... Murray State...... 51 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 201 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 222 7...... Morehead State...... 22 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 130 2...... Middle Tennessee...... 153.5 3...... Middle Tennessee...... 89 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 96.5 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 4...... Tennessee State...... 81 4...... Murray State...... 93 Co-Athlete of the Year...... Todd Moroney, EIU 5 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 51 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 92 6...... Tennessee-Martin...... 48 6...... Tennessee State...... 46 1998 WOMEN’S INDOOR FINAL RESULTS: 7...... Murray State...... 46 7...... Morehead State...... 17 1...... Southeast Missouri...... 126.5 8...... Austin Peay...... 32 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 6 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 104.5 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 20 3...... Middle Tennessee...... 95 10.... Morehead State...... 4 Coach of the Year...... Tom Akers, EIU 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 74 5...... Tennessee State...... 46
40 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY IN OVC
2007 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 2005 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 2003 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 27 1...... Samford...... 20 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 40 2...... Jacksonville State...... 70 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 66 2...... Samford...... 42 3...... Morehead State...... 77 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 77 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 92 4...... Southeast Missouri...... 99 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 97 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 97 5...... Eastern Illinois...... 106 5...... Morehead State...... 131 5...... Morehead State...... 147 6...... Samford...... 124 6...... Jacksonville State...... 197 6...... Murray State...... 185 7...... Austin Peay...... 204 7...... Murray State...... 212 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 195 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 227 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 217 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 216 9...... Murray State...... 284 9...... Austin Peay...... 252 9...... Tennessee State...... 221 10.... Tennessee Martin...... 291 10.... Tennessee State...... 282 10.... Jacksonville State...... 268 11..... Tennessee State...... 317 11..... Tennessee-Martin...... 284 11..... Austin Peay...... 292
Freshman of the Year...... Jessica Blondell, EIU Stephanie Bone (18:01.28)...... First Team 2007 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: Amanda Schutte (18:44.55)...... Second Team 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 41 Sarah Selby (18:36.61)...... Second Team 2...... Samford...... 66 Angie Simone (19:02.32)...... Second Team 2002 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 98 Nicole Flounders (19:02.96)...... Second Team 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 28 4...... Murray State...... 101 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 29 5...... Eastern Illinois...... 128 2004 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 3...... Murray State...... 99 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 152 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 39 4...... Morehead State...... 110 7...... Jacksonville State...... 184 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 44 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 115 8...... Austin Peay...... 201 3...... Jacksonville State...... 83 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 192 9...... Morehead State...... 207 4...... Samford...... 84 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 196 10.... Tennessee Martin...... 243 5...... Morehead State...... 117 8...... Austin Peay...... 197 11..... Tennessee State...... 295 6...... Southeast Missouri...... 118 9...... Tennessee State...... 305 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 209 8...... Austin Peay...... 243 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU 2006 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 251 Athlete of the Year...... Kyle O’Brien, EIU 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 29 10.... Tennessee State...... 299 2...... Morehead State...... 72 Kyle O’Brien (24:58.40)...... Champion/First Team 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 75 Erik Werden (26:19.72)...... First Team Jeff Jonaitis (25:03.10)...... First Team 4...... Samford...... 87 Dave Carlson (26:42.26)...... First Team Dan Mackey (25:36.40)...... First Team 5...... Eastern Illinois...... 120 Nathan Pepper (27:20.48)...... First Team Jake Stout (25:41.30)...... Second Team 6...... Austin Peay...... 148 Scott McNamer (27:32.74)...... Second Team Jackson Johnson (25:41.80)...... Second Team 7...... Jacksonville State...... 148 Dan Strackeljahn (25:44.80)...... Second Team 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 216 2004 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 9...... Tennessee Martin...... 279 1...... Samford...... 15 2002 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 10.... Tennessee State...... 289 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 57 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 29 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 99 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 43 Brad Butler (25:34)...... First Team 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 120 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 50 5...... Morehead State...... 129 4...... Murray State...... 144 2006 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 189 5...... Morehead State...... 174 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 35 7...... Jacksonville State...... 212 6...... Austin Peay...... 202 2...... Samford...... 74 8...... Tennessee State...... 226 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 208 3...... Eastern Illinois...... 100 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 234 8...... Tennessee State...... 219 4...... Morehead State...... 102 10.... Murray State...... 241 9...... Tennessee Tech...... 226 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 135 11..... Austin Peay...... 255 6...... Jacksonville State...... 152 Angie Simone (18:13.90)...... First Team 7...... Murray State...... 152 Sarah Selby (19:25.77)...... Second Team Stephanie Bone (18:14.70)...... First Team 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 206 Deb Tygrett (18:42.80)...... Second Team 9...... Austin Peay...... 221 2003 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: Krissy Peters (18:58.40)...... Second Team 10.... Tennessee Martin...... 276 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 29 11..... Tennessee State...... 305 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 58 3...... Morehead State...... 107 Freshman of the Year...... Erin O’Grady, EIU ...... Samford...... 107 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 111 Erin O’Grady (19:22)...... Second Team 6...... Jacksonville State...... 166 7...... Murray State...... 169 2005 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 199 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 34 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 217 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 41 10.... Austin Peay...... 258 3...... Morehead State...... 99 11..... Tennessee State...... 297 4...... Jacksonville State...... 100 5...... Samford...... 115 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU 6...... Southeast Missouri...... 131 Athlete of the Year...... Jeff Jonaitis, EIU 7...... Austin Peay...... 181 PANTHERS DOMINATE 2001 OVC CHAMPIONSHIP: The 2001 men and women celebrate their championship in the 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 249 Jeff Jonaitis (25:01.85)...... Champion/First Team Ohio Valley Conference ... other than Eastern Kentucky, 9...... Murray State...... 252 Jacob Stout (25:18.08)...... First Team EIU was the first OVC school since 1981 to have its men’s 10.... Tennessee-Martin...... 276 Dave Carlson (25:26.58)...... First Team and women’s team each win the league title. Former coach 11..... Tennessee State...... 344 Jackson Johnson (26:05.19)...... Second Team John McInerney (far left) was chosen the ‘Coach of the Year’ Coach of the Year...... Geoff Masanet, EIU for both men and women. Team members were (kneeling, l-r) Lauren Rapacki, Amber Mauch, Jason Bialka (Athlete Dan Strackeljahn (25:18.78)...... First Team of the Year), Nicole Milici, and Angie Simone; next to Mc- Jake Stout (25:23.19)...... First Team Inerney are (leaning, l-r) Beth Martin and Stephanie Bone; Scott McNamer (25:25.20)...... First Team standing (back row, l-r) are John Sipple, Josh Vance, Andy Dave Carlson (25:40.81)...... Second Team Derks, Danny Mackey, Kyle O’Brien, Adam Marriott, Eric Brad Butler (25:47.84)...... Second Team Gruberman, Katie Springer, and Krissy Roberts.
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 41 CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY IN OVC 2001 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 1999 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 1997 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 31 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 24 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 30 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 37 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 42 2...... Murray State...... 79 3...... Murray State...... 81 3...... Murray State...... 81 3...... Morehead State...... 83 4...... Morehead State...... 82 4...... Morehead State...... 102 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 90 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 168 5...... Austin Peay...... 183 5...... Middle Tennessee...... 147 6...... Austin Peay...... 187 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 189 6...... Southeast Missouri...... 164 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 190 7...... Southeast Missouri...... 191 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 167 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 220 8...... Middle Tennessee...... 204 8...... Austin Peay...... 190 9...... Tennessee State...... 276 9...... Tennessee State...... 244 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 258 10.... Tennessee State...... 276 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU Jason Bialka (25:46.00)...... Champion/First Team Athlete of the Year...... Jason Bialka, EIU Damon Nicholas (26:03.00)...... First Team Todd Moroney (26:40.00)...... First Team Eric Wheeler (26:31.00)...... Second Team Jason Bialka (25:10.40)...... Champion/First Team Ryan Boyles (26:54.00)...... Second Team 1997 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: Josh Vance (25:40.10)...... First Team Bruce Lundborg (26:56.00)...... Second Team 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 25 Andy Derks (25:55.30)...... First Team Jeff Jonaitis (27:06.00)...... Second Team 2 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 56 Kyle O’Brien (26:03.70)...... First Team 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 69 Dan Mackey (26:38.30)...... Second Team 1999 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 4...... Morehead State...... 78 Adam Marriott (26:44.90)...... Second Team 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 33 5...... Murray State...... 135 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 48 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 145 2001 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 59 7...... Tennessee-Martin...... 222 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 72 4...... Morehead State...... 95 8...... Austin Peay...... 251 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 76 5...... Austin Peay...... 161 9...... Middle Tennessee...... 266 3...... Southeast Missouri...... 78 6...... Murray State...... 173 10.... Tennessee State...... 280 4...... Morehead State...... 95 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 192 5...... Tennessee Tech...... 126 8...... Tennessee State...... 193 Erika Coull-Parenty (18:53.00)...... First Team 6...... Tennessee State...... 151 9...... Middle Tennessee...... 248 Sue Langer (18:56.00)...... First Team 7...... Murray State...... 158 10.... Tennessee-Martin...... 286 Cristen Conrad (19:01.00)...... First Team 8...... Austin Peay...... 188 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 219 Erika Coull-Parenty (18:46.00)...... First Team 1996 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: Beth Martin (19:17.00)...... Second Team 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 40 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU Lindsay Speer (19:24.00)...... Second Team 2...... Morehead State...... 45 3...... Eastern Kentucky...... 63 Beth Martin (18:06.10)...... First Team 1998 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 4...... Murray State...... 122 Stephanie Bone (18:46.40)...... Second Team 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 31 5...... Southeast Missouri...... 151 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 37 6...... Austin Peay...... 173 2000 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 3...... Murray State...... 83 7...... Tennessee Tech...... 189 1 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 19 4...... Morehead State...... 92 8...... Middle Tennessee...... 198 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 64 5...... Austin Peay...... 144 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 210 3...... Murray State...... 65 6...... Tennessee Tech...... 166 10.... Tennessee State...... 261 4...... Tennessee Tech...... 114 7...... Middle Tennessee...... 202 5...... Morehead State...... 120 8...... Southeast Missouri...... 234 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU 6...... Southeast Missouri...... 164 9...... Tennessee State...... 279 7...... Austin Peay...... 207 Justin Weiss (25:39.6)...... First Team 8...... Tennessee-Martin...... 242 Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU Jason Anhalt (26:18.5)...... First Team 9...... Tennessee State...... 253 Ryan Meece (26:22.0)...... First Team Jason Bialka (26:21.18)...... First Team Mike McBride (26:25.0)...... Second Team Coach of the Year...... John McInerney, EIU Ryan Boyles (26:32.34)...... First Team Athlete of the Year...... Jason Bialka, EIU Chad Bauer (26:44.13)...... First Team 1996 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: Damon Nicholas (26:52.83...... Second Team 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 29 Jason Bialka (24:48.00)...... Champion/First Team Eric Gruberman (27:11.42)...... Second Team 2...... Southeast MIssouri...... 59 Dan Mackey (25:27.00)...... First Team Vince Neil (27:27.01)...... Second Team 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 67 Andy Derks (25.32.00)...... First Team 4...... Morehead State...... 97 Damon Nicholas (25:41.00)...... First Team 1998 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 5...... Tennessee Tech...... 131 Ryan Hall (25.44.00)...... First Team 1...... Eastern Kentucky...... 32 6...... Tennessee-Martin...... 169 John Sipple (25.49.00)...... First Team 2...... Southeast Missouri...... 57 7...... Murray State...... 198 Jeff Jonaitis (25:56.00)...... Second Team 3...... Morehead State...... 60 8...... Austin Peay...... 225 Eric Gruberman (25:56.00)...... Second Team 4 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 89 9...... Middle Tennessee...... 226 5...... Murray State...... 136 10.... Tennessee State...... 276 2000 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS: 6...... Tennessee-Martin...... 208 1...... Morehead State...... 47 7...... Austin Peay...... 216 Jo-Ann Trevino (19:13.40)...... First Team 2...... Eastern Kentucky...... 60 8...... Tennessee Tech...... 218 Susan Langer (19:14.20)...... First Team 3 ..... Eastern Illinois ...... 69 9...... Middle Tennessee...... 248 Cristen Conrad (19:15.20)...... First Team 4...... Southeast Missouri...... 101 5...... Tennessee Tech...... 127 Erika Coull-Parenty (19:22.55)...... Second Team 6...... Austin Peay...... 151 Susan Langer (19:24.73)...... Second Team 7...... Tennessee State...... 156 8...... Murray State...... 201 9...... Tennessee-Martin...... 257
Beth Martin (18:15.00)...... First Team Katie Springer (18:32.00)...... Second Team
42 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com CROSS COUNTRY HONORS ALL-AMERICANS 1979...... Joe Sheeran
1978...... Joe Sheeran
1977...... Bill Bandy ...... John Christy ...... D.J. McHugh ...... John McInerney ...... Casey Reinking ...... Joe Sheeran
1976...... John Christy ...... John McInerney ...... Joe Sheeran JASON BIALKA ROBIN SMITH 1975...... John Christy ...... Neil Haseman ...... Mike Larson
1974...... Mike Larson ...... Rick Livesey ...... Don Sparks
1973...... Ron Lancaster ...... Mike Larson
1971...... Ron Lancaster
1969...... Larry Mayse ...... Marty McIntire ...... James Skinner ...... Dike Stirrett Joe Sheeran was the only EIU four-time cross country Larry Schuldt, John McInerney and Reo Rorem NCAA Division II All-American. finished one, two, three as the Panthers dominated the 1968...... Larry Mayse 1979 Mid-Continent Conference championship...... Marty McIntire
NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL QUALIFIERS 2001...... Jason Bialka 2000...... Jason Bialka 1997...... Todd Moroney 1979...... Ruth Smith (AIAW) 1978...... Robin Smith (AIAW) 1977...... Casey Reinking ...... Joe Sheeran (18th Place - All-American) ...... Robin Smith (AIAW) 1975...... John Christy ...... Mike Larson CASEY REINKING 1969...... Marty McIntire ...... Dike Stirrett MIKE LARSON JOE SHEERAN
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STEPHANIE BONE SUE LANGER ERIKA COULL-PARENTY BETH MARTIN PANTHER ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES MEN’S ALL-OHIO VALLEY 1998...... Chad Bauer WOMEN’S ALL-OHIO VALLEY ...... Jason Bialka 2006...... Brad Butler ...... Ryan Boyles 2006...... Erin O’Grady ...... Eric Gruberman 2005...... Brad Butler ...... Vince Neil 2005...... Nicole Flounders ...... Dave Carlson ...... Damon Nicholas ...... Sarah Selby ...... Scott McNamer ...... Angie Simone ...... Dan Strackeljahn 1997...... Todd Moroney ...... Jake Stout 2004...... Sarah Selby 1996...... Jason Anhalt 2004...... Dave Carlson ...... Ryan Meece 2003...... Stephanie Bone ...... Scott McNamer ...... Mike McBride ...... Amanda Schutte ...... Nathan Pepper ...... Justin Weiss ...... Erik Werden 2002...... Stephanie Bone ...... Krissy Peters 2003...... Dave Carlson MEN’S ALL-MID-CONTINENT ...... Angie Simone ...... Jackson Johnson ...... Deb Tygrett ...... Jeff Jonaitis (champion) 1995...... Nate Shaffer ...... Jacob Stout ...... Justin Weiss 2001...... Stephanie Bone ...... Beth Martin 2002...... Jackson Johnson 1994...... Justin Weiss (champion) ...... Jeff Jonaitis ...... Dave Venhaus 2000...... Beth Martin ...... Dan Mackey ...... Katie Springer ...... Kyle O’Brien (champion) 1993...... David Lewis ...... Jake Stout ...... Nate Shaffer (champion) 1999...... Erika Coull-Parenty ...... Dan Strackeljahn ...... Jeff Trask ...... Beth Martin
2001...... Jason Bialka (champion) 1992...... Jeff Trask 1998...... Erika Coull-Parenty ...... Andy Derks ...... Sue Langer ...... Dan Mackey 1991...... Eric Baron ...... Adam Marriott ...... Scott Touchette 1997...... Cristen Conrad ...... Kyle O’Brien ...... Erika Coull-Parenty ...... Josh Vance 1990...... John Eggenberger ...... Sue Langer ...... Jim Fagan 2000...... Jason Bialka (champion) 1996...... Sue Langer ...... Andy Derks 1989...... Shannon Hough ...... Jo-Ann Trevino ...... Eric Gruberman ...... John Wells ...... Ryan Hall ...... Jeff Jonaitis 1986...... Dan Scheffler WOMEN’S ALL-MID-CONTINENT ...... Dan Mackey ...... John Wells ...... Damon Nicholas 1995...... Cristen Conrad ...... John Sipple 1985...... Mitch McClure 1994...... Amy Bersig 1999...... Jason Bialka (champion) 1984...... Scott Pillsbury ...... Ryan Boyles ...... Nick Whiteside ...... Jeff Jonaitis WOMEN’S ALL-GATEWAY ...... Bruce Lundborg 1983...... John Gassman ...... Damon Nicholas ...... Scott Pillsbury 1992...... Brooke Roberts ...... Eric Wheeler ...... Kiya Thomas (champion) 1982...... Bob Beine ...... Perry Eddinger 1991...... Laurie Mizener ...... Tim Warneke (champion) 1982...... Margaret Smith
44 DEFENDING OVC INDOOR & OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONS www.EIUpanthers.com CROSS COUNTRY TOP TIMES MEN’S ALL-TIME TOP TIMES ... 5M / 8K TIME RACE ATHLETE YEAR MEET / OPPONENT(S) TIME...... RACE...... ATHLETE...... YEAR...... MEET / OPPONENT(S) 23:46...... 8K...... Joe Sheeran...... 1977...... Notre Dame 25:32...... 5M...... Pat Hodge...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference 23:48...... 8K...... Reo Rorem...... 1976...... Notre Dame 25:34...... 8K...... Brad Butler...... 2006...... OVC Championships 23:50...... 8K...... Casey Reinking...... 1977...... Notre Dame 25:35...... 8K...... Jeff Trask...... 1993...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 8K...... Paul West...... 1983...... Kenosha 24:00...... 5M...... Mike Larson...... 1975...... NCAA / Irvine ...... 5M...... Bert Myers...... 1975...... SEMO Dual 24:07...... 5M...... John Christy...... 1975...... NCAA / Irvine 25:36...... 8K...... Chad Bauer...... 1998...... Bradley Invitational 24:08...... 8K...... John McInerney...... 1977...... Notre Dame 25:37...... 8K...... Eric Wheeler...... 1999...... Illinois Invitational 24:21...... 8K...... Tim Warneke...... 1982...... Purdue Dual ...... 8K...... Bruce Lundburg...... 1997...... Central Collegiates 24:24...... 8K...... Bill Bandy...... 1977...... Notre Dame ...... 5M...... Mike Prizy...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular ...... 8K...... Larry Schuldt...... 1977...... Notre Dame 25:39...... 8K...... Bradley LaRocque...... 2007...... Bradley Classic ...... 5M...... Rick Livesey...... 1974...... NCAA / SMSU ...... 8K...... Scott Tracy...... 1986...... Kenosha ...... 8K...... Ken Burke...... 1973...... Notre Dame ...... 8K...... John Sipple...... 2000...... EIU Invitational 24:26...... 8K...... Ron Lancaster...... 1973...... Notre Dame 25:40...... 8K...... Zach Fairfield...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 24:27...... 5M...... Don Sparks...... 1974...... NCAA / SMSU ...... 8K...... Rick Walden...... 1996...... Bradley Invitational 24:28...... 8K...... Perry Edinger...... 1981...... Illinois Intercollegiate ...... 5M...... Don Fredricks...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular ...... 5M...... John Dickey...... 1977...... Augustana Dual 24:34...... 8K...... Jason Bialka...... 2001...... Indiana State Invite ...... 5M...... Bill Fancher...... 1975...... Illinois JV Dual ...... 8K...... John Gassman...... 1983...... Kenosha ...... 5M...... Mike Brehm...... 1974...... Augustana Dual ...... 5M...... Neil Haseman...... 1976...... NCAA / Irvine ...... 8K...... Virgil Hooe...... 1968...... IIAC Championship 24:39...... 5M...... Terry Donahue...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 8K...... Aaron Shepley...... 1983...... Kenosha 24:40...... 5M...... Paul Weilmeunster...... 1975...... NCAA / Irvine 25:41...... 8K...... John Wells...... 1986...... Mid-Continent Conference 24:44...... 8K...... Dave Carlson...... 2004...... Pre-NCAA / Indiana State ...... 8K...... Scott Pillsbury...... 1983...... Kenosha ...... 8K...... Jake Stout...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 25:42...... 8K...... Dave Venhaus...... 1996...... Bradley Invitational 24:45...... 5M...... Mike Viano...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 8K...... Jim Fehrenbacher...... 1968...... IIAC Championship ...... 8K...... Duncan McHugh...... 1977...... Notre Dame 25:43...... 8K...... Adam Marriott...... 2001...... EIU Invitational 24:47...... 8K...... Kyle O’Brien...... 2002...... EIU Invitational ...... 8K...... Bruce DeRuntz...... 1984...... Purdue Dual 24:51...... 8K...... Todd Moroney...... 1997...... Central Collegiates ...... 5M...... Glenn Fredrickson...... 1972...... SEMO, Augustana 24:53...... 8K...... Jeff Jonaitis...... 2003...... EIU Invitational ...... 8K...... Bill Been...... 1971...... Notre Dame 24:56...... 5M...... Larry Mayse...... 1969...... SEMO/SIUE Triangular ...... 8K...... Jim Hackbarth...... 1968...... IIAC Championship 24:57...... 5M...... Paco Morera...... 1975...... SEMO Dual 25:44...... 8K...... Ryan Hall...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference 24:58...... 5M...... Ken Jacobi...... 1973...... IIAC Championship ...... 5M...... Keith Jacobi...... 1973...... Bradley Dual 25:45...... 8K...... Ryan Hoklas...... 2007...... Bradley Classic 25:00...... 8K...... Nate Schaffer...... 1992...... Bradley Invitational ...... 5M...... Bob Lareau...... 1972...... SEMO, Augustana 25:00.3...... 5M...... Marty McIntire...... 1969...... IIAC Championship 25:46...... 8K...... Donzell Jones...... 1985...... Purdue, Illinois 25:02...... 8K...... Nick Whiteside...... 1984...... Notre Dame ...... 8K...... Dale Righter...... 1984...... Kenosha ...... 5M...... Mike Moore...... 1978...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 8K...... Dan Newman...... 1983...... Parkland Invitational 25:03...... 5M...... Dave Nance...... 1974...... Augustana Dual ...... 5M...... Phil Lockwood...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular ...... 5M...... Jim Skinner...... 1969...... SEMO/SIUE Triangular ...... 8K...... Glenn Fredrickson...... 1971...... Notre Dame 25:04...... 5M...... Paul Wilhite...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:47...... 5M...... Dave Klemann...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:05...... 8K...... Justin Weiss...... 1994...... EIU Invitational 25:49...... 8K...... Dan Scheffler...... 1986...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 5M...... Bob Feller...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 5M...... Jim Hill...... 1976...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:07...... 8K...... Chuck Elliott...... 1980...... Notre Dame 25:50...... 8K...... Nate Pepper...... 2004...... Loyola Invitational 25:08...... 8K...... Eric Werden...... 2004...... Pre-NCAA / Indiana State ...... 8K...... Mitch McClure...... 1985...... Kenosha ...... 5M...... Ken Klipp...... 1969...... SEMO/SIUE Triangular 25:53...... 8K...... David Holm...... 2007...... Memphis Twilight 25:10...... 8K...... Eric Baron...... 1991...... Mid-Continent Conference 25:54...... 5M...... Jim Scruton...... 1980...... UMR Invitational ...... 8K...... Jase Travis...... 1980...... Notre Dame 25:55...... 5M...... Mike Backer...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:11...... 5M...... Bill James...... 1977...... Augustana Dual 25:56...... 8K...... Derek Ericson...... 2007...... Bradley Classic ...... 5M...... Ken Englert...... 1976...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:57...... 5M...... Jeff Wagner...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:12...... 8K...... Bob Beine...... 1983...... Notre Dame 25:13...... 8K...... Scott Touchette...... 1991...... Kenosha * List includes personal records for each runner as top times ...... 5M...... Dave Houston...... 1981...... Purdue Invitational 25:14...... 5M...... Dave VanVooren...... 1976...... Purdue/InSU Triangular 25:16...... 8K...... Derick Eaton...... 1989...... North Central, WIU 25:17...... 5M...... Ben Timson...... 1973...... IIAC Championship MEN’S ALL-TIME TOP TIMES ... 10K ...... 5M...... Dike Stirrett...... 1969...... IIAC Championship 25:18...... 8K...... Dan Strackeljahn...... 2005...... Ohio Valley Conference 29:42...... Joe Sheeran...... 1977 ...... 8K...... Damon Nicholas...... 1999...... Illinois Invitational 25:21...... 8K...... Steve Cunningham...... 1994...... EIU Invitational 30:26...... John Christy...... 1976 25:23...... 8K...... Mike Samuel...... 1983...... Notre Dame 30:29...... John McInerney...... 1976 30:30...... Casey Reinking...... 1977 25:25...... 8k...... Scott McNamer...... 2005...... Ohio Valley Conference 30:32...... Kyle O’Brien...... 2002 ...... 5M...... Mike Beresford...... 1980...... UMR Invitational 30:35...... Tim Warneke...... 1982 25:27...... 8K...... Jackson Johnson...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 30:40...... Jason Bialka...... 2000 ...... 8K...... Josh Vance...... 2001...... EIU Invitational 30:49...... Jeff Jonaitis...... 2002 ...... 8K...... Dan Mackey...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference 30:52...... John Gassman...... 1983 ...... 8K...... Dave Lewis...... 1993...... Mid-Continent Conference 30:56...... Duncan McHugh...... 1977 25:29...... 8K...... Ryan Boyles...... 1998...... Central Collegiates 30:57...... Bill Bandy...... 1977 ...... 5M...... Robin Romans...... 1979...... Purdue/InSU Triangular ...... 5M...... Rich Bowman...... 1971...... Augustana, St. Ambrose 31:03...... Reo Rorem...... 1976 31:15...... Perry Edinger...... 1982 25:30...... 5M...... Joe Sexton...... 1975...... Illinois JV Dual 31:17...... Scott PIllsbury...... 1983 ...... 5M...... Walt Crawford...... 1972...... SEMO, Augustana ...... Terry Donahue...... 1979 25:31...... 8K...... Eric Gruberman...... 2001...... EIU Invitational ...... Larry Schuldt...... 1979 25:32...... 8K...... Andy Derks...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference 31:25...... Dave Carlson...... 2004 ...... 5M...... Keith Gooden...... 1975...... Illinois JV Dual ...... Nick Whiteside...... 1984 ...... 5M...... Mark McCabe...... 1975...... SEMO Dual 31:26...... Mike Viano...... 1979 25:32...... 5M...... Glenn Lyle...... 1974...... NCAA / SMSU ...... Ken Englert...... 1976
2007-08 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 45 CROSS COUNTRY TOP TIMES MEN’S TOP 5 PANTHER TRAIL TIMES TIME RACE ATHLETE YEAR MEET / OPPONENT(S) 24:08...... 5M...... Mike Larson...... 1975...... Southeast Missouri 24:10...... 5M...... John Christy...... 1976...... Purdue / InSU Triangular 24:22...... 5M...... Joe Sheeran...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference 24:34...... 8K...... Tim Warneke...... 1982...... Mid-Continent Conference ...... 5M...... Larry Schuldt...... 1979...... Mid-Continent Conference WOMEN’S TOP 5 PANTHER TRAIL TIME RACE ATHLETE YEAR MEET / OPPONENT(S) 18:03...... 5K...... Beth Martin...... 2001...... EIU Invitational 18:08...... 5K...... Sarah Selby...... 2004...... EIU Invitational 18:12...... 5K...... Angie Simone...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 18:13...... 5K...... Brooke Roberts...... 1991...... EIU Invitational 18:14...... 5K...... Sue Langer...... 1996...... EIU Invitational WOMEN’S ALL-TIME TOP TIMES ... 5K TIME RACE ATHLETE YEAR MEET / OPPONENT(S) TIME...... RACE...... ATHLETE...... YEAR...... MEET / OPPONENT(S) 17:17...... 5K...... Robin Smith...... 1978...... MAIAW Championship 8:35...... 5K...... Erin O’Grady...... 2007...... EIU Invitational 17:41...... 5K...... Gina Sperry...... 1982...... IIAC Championship 18:35...... 5K...... Erica Coull-Parenty...... 1999...... Central Collegiates 17:52...... 5K...... Ruth Smith...... 1979...... AIAW Championship 18:36...... 5K...... Krissy Peters...... 2002...... EIU Invitational 17:56...... 5K...... Dawn Campbell...... 1980...... Indiana State Invitational 18:37...... 5K...... Irma Perez...... 1991...... EIU Invitational ...... 5K...... Darlene Swank...... 1980...... WIU Invitational 18:41...... 5K...... Lauren Rypacki...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference ...... 5K...... T.J. Rhudy...... 1992...... EIU Invitational 18:01...... 5K...... Stephanie Bone...... 2003...... Ohio Valley Conference 18:42...... 5K...... Deb Tygrett...... 2002...... Ohio Valley Conference ...... 5K...... Margaret Smith...... 1982...... IIAC Championship 18:44...... 5K...... Amanda Schutte...... 2003...... Ohio Valley Conference 18:03...... 5K...... Beth Martin...... 2001...... EIU Invitational ...... 5K...... Kathy Donnellan...... 1981...... Southern Illinois 18:08...... 5K...... Sarah Selby...... 2004...... EIU Invitational 18:45...... 5K...... Jessica Peach...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 18:09...... 5K...... Janine Jarris...... 1986...... Kenosha 18:47...... 5K...... Theresa Paul...... 1983...... Southern Illinois 18:12...... 5K...... Angie Simone...... 2003...... EIU Invitational 18:49...... 5K...... Erin Healy...... 1984...... IIAC Championship ...... 5K...... Kiya Thomas...... 1992...... Mid-Continent Conference 18:53...... 5K...... Lizette Ruvalcaba...... 2002...... Bradley Invitational 18:13...... 5K...... Brooke Roberts...... 1991...... EIU Invitational 18:57...... 5K...... Jo-Ann Trevino...... 1996...... Bradley Invitational 18:14...... 5K...... Sue Langer...... 1996...... EIU Invitational 18:58...... 5K...... Shelli Troha...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference ...... 5K...... Julie Currey...... 1980...... Illinois State Invitational 18:16...... 5K...... Laurie Mizener...... 1988...... Illinois State Invitational 19:04...... 5K...... Katie O’Brien...... 2007...... EIU Invitational 18:18...... 5K...... Cristen Conrad...... 1994...... EIU Invitational ...... 5K...... Mallory Fellers...... 2006...... OVC Championships 18:22...... 5K...... Anne Ogle...... 1982...... IIAC Championship 9:05...... 5K...... Jessica Blondell...... 2006...... OVC Championships 18:29...... 5K...... Amy Bersig...... 1994...... EIU Invitational ...... 5K...... Amy LeJeune...... 2007...... Memphis Twilight 18:32...... 5K...... Katie Springer...... 2000...... Ohio Valley Conference 18:34...... 5K...... Nicole Flounders...... 2006...... EIU Invitational * List includes personal records for each runner as top times
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The home of Eastern Illinois cross country, The Panther Trail is a two-mile cross country course that spans the western part of the Eastern Illinois campus surrounding many of the EIU athletic and intramural facilities. EIU annully plays host to the Panther Open Cross Country meet each September and hosts the Ohio Valley Conference championships on a rotating basis. The course has a mixture of both grass and a stone-chip path. The course features a set up for 8K competition for men and 5K competition for women. (men’s course markings shown above).
In addition to training and racing on the Panther Trail, EIU runners can also take advantage of several other top training areas in the area including -- Fox Ridge State Park (located just six miles south of EIU), The Rail Trail (a flat running/biking trail extending from Charleston to Mattoon) and on various country roads surrounding Charleston.
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