Carolina Track & Field Inside the Guide Tar Heels at the Olympics ......................2 Season Outlook........................................6 Schedule..................................................8 PAGE PAGE Meet the Team Women’s Roster ......................................9 Women’s Profiles ..................................10 2 Men’s Roster..........................................18 38 Men’s Profiles........................................19 The Coaches Head Coach Dennis Craddock..............27 Assistant Coaches..................................29 1999-2000 Review Tar Heels at the Olympics Support Staff..........................................31 Administration ......................................32 1999-2000 Review Women’s Cross Country........................34 Men’s Cross Country ............................36 PAGE 1999-2000 Recap ..................................38 Records & Honors Carolina Record Holders ......................40 40 Men’s Indoor Records ..........................41 PAGE Women’s Indoor Records......................43 Men’s Outdoor Records ........................45 Women’s Outdoor Records ..................48 Records & Honors 27 Tar Heel History....................................51 UNC at the ACC’s ................................54 ACC Champions....................................55 UNC at the NCAA’s..............................59 Men’s All-Americas ..............................60 The Coaches Women’s All-Americas ........................61 PAGE Olympics/World Champions ................62 General Facilities ................................................63 Location.........................Chapel Hill, N.C. This is Carolina 64 Charter ..............................................1789 University Resources ............................64 Enrollment .....................................24,635 University of North Carolina ................66 Chancellor...........................James Moeser Carolina Athletics..................................69 Athletic Director ................Dick Baddour 2001 NCAA This is Carolina University Website..............www.unc.edu Qualifying Standards ............................72 Athletics Website ..........TarHeelBlue.com Nickname ..................................Tar Heels Media Relations Track and Field Staff Colors ..................Carolina Blue & White SID Office ..........................919/962-2123 Head Coach Dennis Craddock, Lynchburg ‘67 Conference..........................Atlantic Coast SID Fax ..............................919/962-0612 Phone ..........................................919/962-5199 Asst. A.D./SID.................Steve Kirschner [email protected] Dir. for Olympic Sports ........Dave Lohse Assistant Coaches The 2001 Carolina Track and Field guide was Assistant SID ..........................Kevin Best Sprints/Relays .... Kendra Mackey, UNC ‘91 designed and edited by Suzette Thweatt and Assistant SID........................Matt Bowers 919/[email protected] Montez Thomas in cooperation with UNC Track & Field. The media and prospective Carolina stu- Assistant SID .........................Dana Gelin Assistant SID.......................David Tinson Throws................Brian Blutreich, UCLA‘90 dent-athletes should use this publication as a ref- 919/962-5222 [email protected] erence tool for obtaining basic University and ath- Administrative Assistant.........Lee Snyder letic information. Track Contact ..................Suzette Thweatt Distance/XC..Michael Whittlesey, Conn. ‘90 Editorial Assistance Steve Kirschner, Dave ................................Office-919/843-6397 919/962-5215 [email protected] Lohse, Dana Gelin ................................Home-919-960-3771 Photography: Jon Gardiner, Kevin Cox Olympic Photos: Claus Anderson [email protected] Jumps ......................Nicole Gamble, UNC ‘98 Printing: B&B Printing of Bristol, Tenn. Mailing Address .................P.O Box 2126 Distance......................Todd Morgan, UNC ‘98 ..............................Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Vault ..........................Shannon Pope,UNC ‘96 2001 Carolina Track & Field/ 1 Tar Heels at the Olympics Marion Jones UNC: 1994-97 Born: 10/12/75 Los Angeles, Calif. 100, 200, Long Jump, 4x100m relay, 4x400 m relay Arguably the greatest female track star, Marion Jones has graced the covers of many magazines and appeared in countless commercials, but is best known for her work on the track. This former Tar Heel took home an unprecedented five Olympic track & field medals, including three gold medals and two bronze. Her goal to achieve five golds was cut short, however her dominance in the sport of track and field is undisput- ed. Marion Jones grew up in Palmdale, Calif. While watching the 1984 Olympics she decided that she too would be an Olympic champion. At the time she was not sure if she would compete in track or basketball. When she was 11, she wrote at school that she knew what to do with her life: “I want to be an Olympic champion.” Her back up plan if the Olympics didn’t work out was to be an electrical engineer, like her uncle. Marion’s intro to major athletic success came not in the sport that she achieved gold in, but in basketball. As a freshman point guard at North Carolina, the former California High School Female Division I Player of the Year helped the Tar Heels to the 1994 NCAA basketball champi- onship. Jones did earn ACC Tournament MVP and All-America honors in 1997. Her ballhandling, speed and scoring earned her spot on the 1995 U.S. World University Games hoops team, but a broken bone in her foot curtailed that adventure. When she recovered, track became her focus. Jones had always been successful on the track. In fact, she never lost a won the 200 meters in 22.27 seconds. high school race after her freshman year. She set the national prep record The day after winning the 200 meters, Jones' quest to become the first in the 200 meters and had the second best marks in the 100 meters and female ever to win five gold medals in one Olympics ended when her the long jump. She won the junior national championships in both sprint best long jump of the day (6.92m/ 22-8 1/4) earned her the bronze. On events in 1991 and 1992 and set a junior record in the 200 meters. her last day of competition, Jones ran on both the 4x100m relay and By 1994, she competed on the 4x100 meter relay at the ACC champi- 4x400m relay teams. The 4x100m relay team captured the bronze with a onships and won the 100 and the long jump. time of 42.20, 0.25 seconds behind the gold medal-winning team from Jones had a breakthrough season in 1997, winning the 100 meters and the Bahamas. long jump at the USA Championships and claiming a pair of World Jones ran the third leg of the 4x400m relay, receiving the baton from Championships gold medals. Jones won the 100 in Athens, and ran the fellow Tar Heel Monique Hennegan. Jones clocked in a 49.4 split and second leg of the victorious USA 4x100 meter relay team, which set a opened up a 15 meter lead before handing off to another Carolina alum- national record. nus, LaTasha Colander-Richardson who anchored for the team winning In 1998 she nearly went undefeated, winning 35 of 36 competitions in the gold medal in 3:22.62. four different events. Her lone loss came in the long jump at World Cup While she did not acheive her ultimate goal of being the first woman to -her final competition of the year - to Germany's Heike Drechsler. Jones win five gold medals, her three gold medals match those received by won the 200 at the 1999 USA Championships, but finished second to Florence Grifffith-Joyner at the 1988 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif. Dawn Burrell in the long jump. At the ‘99 World meet, she won the 100 and earned a bronze medal in the long jump, but her season ended abruptly in her 200 meter semi-final when she crumpled to the track with back spasms. Jones was ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100 and 200 UNC Track Career: 1995- ACC long jump champion...4th at NCAA’s meters for 1999, and No. 3 in the long jump. in the long jump, 5th at NCAA’s in 4x100m relay 1994-1st ACC long jump...1st in 100m...2nd in 200m...2nd NCAA long jump...Member of Jones at the Olympics the 1994 NCAAchampionship basketball team as a freshman At the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials, Jones placed fourth in the 200 meters as a 16-year-old. She declined an offer to be a relay alternate on the Carolina Record Holder: Long Jump (Outdoor), 22-1 3/4 American squad for Barcelona, then lost her chance to qualify for the 1996 Games when she broke a bone in her foot. At the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Marion Jones turned in one of the best performances by a female track and field Olympian ever. Competing in five events, Jones won three gold and two bronze medals. She first won the 100 meters with a time of 10.75, and five days later she 2/ 2001 Carolina Track & Field Tar Heels at the Olympics LaTasha Colander-Richardson Indoor Champion (24.05)...6th in UNC : 1995-98 55m hurdles at NCAA I n d o o r Born: 8/23/76 Championships... 6th in distance Portsmouth, Va. medley relay... 200m ACC Outdoor 4x400m relay Champion (23.21)...100m hurdles ACC Outdoor Champion (13.49)... C a re e r Highlights: 2000 Olympic Tr i a l s 400m relay ACC Outdoor Champion champion at 400m; World Record Holder, ( 4 4 . 11) 1 9 9 8-200m ACC Indoor 4x200m relay; 1994 USA Juniors champion Champion (23.50)...60m hurdles (100H); three-time ACC champion (100H); ACC Indoor Champion