Norfolk State UNiverSity

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Norfolk State University was founded in 1935 as a beacon of hope to the region’s youth. Brought to life in the midst of the Great Depression, Norfolk State was named the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University at its founding. By 1969, Norfolk State began its status as an independent college and was designated a university in 1979. Today, the University remains a source of inspiration for those who aspire to fulfill their dreams. A four-year public institution, Norfolk State is located in the dynamic Hampton Roads region and is close to the Virginia Beach ocean front and downtown Norfolk. NSU has an enrollment of nearly 7,000 the Student Affairs division and the office of Student Activities students. are located in the new center. It also provide students with a two-level book store, a two-level wellness center and student a StroNg aCademiC Profile lounges. NSU recently received reaffirmation of its accreditation from The new library will be 132,000 square feet and will the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of house library services, archives and a 24/7 café with Internet Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033- connection. The groundbreaking for the new library was 4097, 404-679-4501) which is effective through 2018. held in June. The anticipated occupancy date is August In addition, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology 2011. A new nursing and general classroom building is also was awarded accreditation from the Engineering in the planning stage. The building will have 13 labs, Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. 33 classrooms, 39 group study/lounges and 63 offices. The School of Business received reaffirmation of accreditation From the university choirs to the 250-member Spartan from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Legion Marching Band, Norfolk State is known for its rich music International and the School of Education received continuing tradition. The marching band has made appearances at the accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Honda Battle of the Bands, while the University concert choir has Teacher Education. toured the country. The choir is best known for its beauty of Additionally, the National Collegiate Athletic Association choral tone and the ability to render exemplary recertified Norfolk State’s intercollegiate athletics programs for performances of masterworks. NSU Choirs are among the most NCAA accreditation, effective February 2009 for a ardent and prominent ambassadors of the University. 10-year period. The certification means that Norfolk State is considered to be operating under the principles adopted by the NCAA’s Division I membership. Behold, the greeN aNd gold!™ Norfolk State’s Athletics program is experiencing unprecedented success at the NCAA Division I level. Athletes are competitive on the field of play and in the classroom. During the academic year, NSU recognized more than 60 young men and Norfolk State UNiverSity women who were inducted into the Athletics All-Academic Team for 2008-2009. To qualify, the scholar-athletes had to have a QUiCk faCtS grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4 point scale. This team includes first-year and continuing Location: Historic Norfolk, Va.; 134-acre campus 2 miles students and represents all 15 of the department’s sports from downtown Norfolk programs. Extended From 2005-2009, NSU athletics has won the last five MEAC Campus Center: Virginia Beach Higher Education Center Men’s All-Sports Awards (Talmadge Layman Hill Award) and History: • Founded in 1935 as the Norfolk Unit earned the department $125,000 during that period. of Virginia Union University Norfolk State University is also one of the top 50 producers • Became the independent Norfolk of African-American Ph.D. recipients, according to Inside Higher Polytechnic College in 1942 Ed . The finding, based on a National Science Foundation report, • Became an independent institution in 1969 says that Historically Black Colleges and Universities are • Granted University status in 1979 graduating a growing share of African Americans who go onto earn Ph.D.s in science and Enrollment: Nearly 7,000 engineering. Norfolk State’s Dozoretz National Institute for President: Carolyn Winstead Meyers, Ph.D. Mathematics and Applied Sciences (DNIMAS) is specifically 300 + full-time equivalent geared towards increasing the number of Ph.D.s in science, Faculty: engineering, technology and mathematics. The program has Degree Offerings: 2 associate degrees; 32 bachelor’s degrees; been in place since 1986. More than 50 percent of DNIMAS 16 master’s degrees; 2 doctoral degrees scholars have earned advanced degrees. Athletics: 15 intercollegiate teams (Division I; competing in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – MEAC) MoVING FoRWARD Student Norfolk State is making the right changes to provide 125 the best learning and living experiences for its students. Organizations: The University is in the midst of $80 million worth of capital Web Site: www.nsu.edu improvements. Projects just completed, underway, or in the pipeline include the 84,500 square-foot New Student Center was completed in August; a new library and a new classroom For more information on Norfolk State University, its academic programs and building. The New Student Center offers students a place to community service projects, research, campus facilities, and other amenities, socialize as well as take care of student business. offices for please call the Office of Communications and Marketing at (757) 823-8373.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 Athletics Directory 17 2009 in Review 3 kenneth Giles 18 President Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D. 4 Ronda Berard 19 Director of Athletics Marty L. Miller 5 Assistant Coaches 20 NSU Athletics Highlights 7 Season outlook 22 Strength and Conditioning 8 Spartan Women’s Roster 23 NSU Athletics Foundation 9 2010 Athlete Profiles 24 MEAC

2010 WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD QUiCk faCtS

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION WOMEN’S TEAM INFORMATION Location: Norfolk, Va. 2008-09: MEAC Indoor Finish: 2nd Founded: 1935 2008-09: MEAC Outdoor Finish: 3rd Nearly 7,000 Enrollment: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/11 Spartans Mascot: Newcomers: 7 School Colors: Green & Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) SPORTS INFORMATION Matt Michalec Track Facility: William “Dick” Price Stadium (30,000) SID: (757) 823-2628 President: Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D. Phone: Athletics Director: Marty L. Miller Fax: (757) 823-8218 Athletics Phone: (757) 823-8152 Email: [email protected] Athletics Fax: (757) 823-2566 Assistant SID : karen Carty Email: [email protected] COACHING STAFF Mailing Address: NSU office of Sports Information, Director of Track & Field Operations: kenneth Giles 700 Park Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504 (UNF '87) Web site: www.nsuspartans.com Head Women’s Coach: Ronda Berard (Southwestern Louisiana ‘90) Seasons at NSU: 15 seasons Associate Head Coach: Malcolm Watts (NSU ‘98) Assistant Coaches: Malcolm Watts (NSU ’98), Serge Bengono (George Mason ‘03), Harry Freeman (St. Augustine’s ’83), Wycliffe Rotich (NSU ’03) Track Office: (757) 823-8801/8169 /2104

THE 2010 WoMEN’S TRACk & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE was written, edited and produced by the NSU Sports Information office, director Matt Michalec and assistant karen Carty. Editorial assistance was provided by Craig Cotton and Marty Miller. Printing was provided by Tidewater Graphics. Photography was provided by Jerry Altares, Mark's Digital Photography and the office of Communications and Marketing Services. Copies may be purchased through the Sports Information office at a cost of $5.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 1 ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

...... (area Code 757) admiNiStratioN aNd SUPPort Staff Director of Athletics: Marty Miller ...... 823-8152 Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Delanyard Robinson ...... 823-8993 Interim Assoc. AD for Internal operations/SWA: Sherie Cornish ...... 823-8404 Assoc. AD for External operations/NSUAF Executive Director: Craig Cotton ...... 823-2667 Assoc. AD for Development: karen Holmes ...... 823-8563 Asst. AD for Compliance: Alisha Tucker ...... 823-2337 Asst. AD for Sports Medicine: Mitch Callis ...... 823-9547/8997 Asst. AD for Business operations: Jamar Ross ...... 823-2105 Head Asst. Athletic Trainer: Jessica Cole ...... 823-9547/8997 Sports Information Director: Matt Michalec ...... 823-2628 Asst. Sports Information Director: karen M. Carty ...... 823-2628 Administrative Specialist: Shirley Whitaker ...... 823-8152 Strength and Conditioning Coach: Reese Bridgman ...... 823-2187 Athletics Academic Coordinator: Jacqueline Nicholson ...... 823-8751 Equipment Manager: William Wright ...... 823-2022 Asst. Equipment Manager: Nate Bell ...... 823-2022 Cheerleading Coach: Carmen Harris ...... 823-8200 Administrative Specialist/Football: Shirley Brooks ...... 823-8824 NSUAF Administrative Specialist: Chelsea Hall ...... 823-8692

meN’S CoaCheS Baseball: Claudell Clark, Head Coach ...... 823-8196 Asst. Coaches: A.J. Corbin/Quentin Jones ...... 823-9533 Basketball: Anthony Evans, Head Coach ...... 823-8934 Asst. Coaches: Robert Jones/Larry Vickers ...... 823-9192/2840 Cross Country: kenneth Giles, Head Coach ...... 823-8169 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Harry Freeman ...... 823-8169 Football: Pete Adrian, Head Coach ...... 823-8824 Asst. Head Coach/offensive Line: Rod Holder ...... 823-8779 Asst. Coach/Passing Game Coordinator: TBA ...... 823-2570 Asst. Coach/offensive Coordinator: kirk Mastromatteo ...... 823-8533 Asst. Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Mark DeBastiani ...... 823-2582 Asst. Coach/Defensive Backs: Marco Butler ...... 823-2495 Asst. Coach/Defensive Line: Mark Thurston ...... 823-8758 Asst. Coach/Asst. Linebackers: Vince Sinagra ...... 823-8824 Asst. Coach/Asst. Receivers & Tight Ends: Curtis Williams ...... 823-8824 Tennis: Matthew Halfpenny, Head Coach ...... 823-8821 Asst. Coach: Torrie Browning ...... 823-8821 Track and Field: kenneth Giles, Head Coach ...... 823-8801 Asst. Coaches: Malcolm Watts/Serge Bengono/Harry Freeman ...... 823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Brandon Tynes ...... 823-2104

WomeN’S CoaCheS Basketball: Debra Clark, Interim Head Coach ...... 823-8441 Asst. Coaches: Lashondra Dixon-Gordon/kenny Edwards ...... 823-2132/8456 Bowling: Wilhelmenia Harrison, Head Coach ...... 823-2105 Asst. Coach: Aundray Darden ...... 823-2105 Cross Country: Ronda Berard, Head Coach ...... 823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Harry Freeman ...... 823-2104 Softball: kary kankey, Head Coach ...... 823-2118 Asst. Coach: Heidi Cavallo ...... 823-8343 Tennis: Matthew Halfpenny, Head Coach ...... 823-8821 Asst. Coach: Torrie Browning ...... 823-8821 Track and Field: Ronda Berard, Head Coach ...... 823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Malcolm Watts/Serge Bengono/Harry Freeman ...... 823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Brandon Tynes ...... 823-2104 Volleyball: Jennifer Fry, Head Coach ...... 823-2804 Asst. Coach: Brandon Duvall ...... 823-2804

miSCellaNeoUS Football Press Box ...... 823-2628 Basketball Press Row ...... 823-8195 Softball Press Box ...... 823-0056 Baseball Press Box ...... 823-8196 Ticket office ...... 823-9009

2 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S DIRECTOR OF TRACK AND FIELD OPERATIONS KENNETH GILES

During his tenure at NSU, Giles’ Spartans have won five individual MEAC cross country championships and earned three NCAA All-Southeast Region honors. one of those, David kemboi, became the first NSU and MEAC runner to qualify for the NCAA National Championship race.

Since taking over as head coach, Giles’ athletes have won 49 individual conference championships and garnered more than 100 All-MEAC honors on the track. Twenty-four of his pupils have qualified for the NCAA Regionals and three (Dominic Luka, Marlon Woods and Raphael Hall) have advanced to the NCAA National Championship meet. Woods was named the 2008 NCAA Southeast Region Field Athlete of the Year.

During his tenure, Giles also tutored five All-Americans. As head coach, both Woods and Corey Vinston earned All-American honors in the long jump at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championship. While Giles served as an assistant, he worked with All-Americans Desmond kapofu in the triple jump, Adrian Shears in the high jump and olympian Christopher Brown in the 400 meters.

For his success in cross country and track, Giles has been named MEAC Most outstanding Coach 16 times. Kenneth Giles is in his seventh year as the head men’s track and field coach at NSU and 11th as head men’s Giles coaches from his own running expertise. He was cross country coach. This season, Giles assumes the a standout 800-meter runner in college. In 1985, Giles duty of NSU’s director of track and field programs. In earned Junior College All-American status by finishing that capacity, he will take on the added responsibility eighth at the indoor national meet in the 800 for of overseeing the operations of both men’s and Hagerstown (Md.) Community College. He continued women’s track and cross country programs with an his success in that event at the University of North emphasis on recruiting, scheduling and home track Florida, where he is still the 800-meter indoor record- meet operations. holder.

Giles led the NSU cross country team to a record seven At one time, Giles was also the personal coach for consecutive MEAC titles from 2000-06 and an eighth Brown, a former Division I All-American sprinter at title overall in 2008. NSU also captured top-12 finishes NSU. Brown, a three-time olympian in 2000, 2004 and at the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional in 2008 for his native Bahamas, won a silver medal in the 2002 (12th) and 2005 (8th). In the only two seasons 4x400 relay at the Beijing Summer olympics in 2008. under Giles that the Spartans did not win the conference cross country title (1999 and 2007), they Giles earned his bachelor’s degree from UNF in 1987. finished second. He is married to the former Dr. Jeterfonee Jones, and they have two children: kenneth Jr. (13) and Ebone Giles also helped guide the Spartans’ track team to kennya (10). four straight sweeps of the MEAC indoor and outdoor titles (2006-09). As an assistant track coach, he helped the Spartans to one MEAC indoor and one MEAC outdoor championship, both of which came in the 2000-01 school year.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 3 HEAD COACH RONDA BERARD

Ronda Berard is in her fifth year as women’s track and cross country coach at NSU. Berard is in her 15th year overall on the coaching staff in the NSU Athletics Department. Berard led the Spartans to their first-ever MEAC Cross Country title in 2009, earning outstanding Coach honors. In her first year as interim head coach, Berard directed the Spartans to runner-up finishes in the 2005 MEAC Cross Country Championship and in the 2006 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championship. Additionally, she led the cross country team to a second-place finish at the 2008 conference championship. Berard’s tenure at NSU includes three track titles. The NSU women won the 1998 and 2000 indoor titles and the 2001 outdoor title, with Berard assist - ing. She has also coached All-Americans Debbie Dunn and Tiana Goldring dur - ing her time at NSU. Berard came to NSU from Granby High School, where she was the assistant track coach in 1994-95. Berard earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 1990 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette). She was a scholarship track athlete at USL, and also played on the women’s basketball team. Berard was a two-time Sun Belt Conference champion in the discus throw, and at one time held the school’s shot put and discus records. Berard earned her master’s degree in special education/severe disabilities rehabilitation counseling from NSU in 1997. She is also a summer 2008 gradu - ate of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy. Berard is a Diamond Lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, and a member of the organization’s Chesapeake/Virginia Beach Alumnae Chapter. Berard, a Louisiana native, is married to Patrick Berard Sr. They have two children: Patrick Jr. and Aronji.

4 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S ASSISTANT COACHES

is in his fifth Associate head coach Malcolm Wycliffe Rotich season as an assistant coach Watts is in his sixth year with the Norfolk State men’s track with the NSU cross country and program, a program he is quite track programs. Rotich has familiar with. He helps tutor been instrumental in the NSU’s sprinters and jumpers development of NSU’s middle- and has contributed to the and long-distance runners as Spartans’ streak of eight the NSU men have won three straight MEAC indoor and MEAC cross country and outdoor championships. He eightMEAC track titles with his has been instrumental in the assistance. development of 2009 NSU Along with Harry Freeman, Division I All-American long Rotich will also assist in jumpers Marlon Woods and Corey Vinston. coaching the cross country and long-distance track Watts was an assistant women’s track coach at NSU athletes for both the men’s and women’s programs from 1999-2001. During that time, he helped head coach beginning this season. LaVerne Sweat lead the Spartan women to their first-ever Rotich made a name for himself as a middle- and MEAC outdoor championship, in 2001. He also helped long-distance runner at NSU. He ran on the first of NSU’s tutor NSU’s first Division I All-American female, sprinter six consecutive MEAC cross country championship Debbie Dunn, in 2000. teams, taking first place and Most outstanding Runner Watts was a standout sprinter himself for the Spartans recognition at the 2001 championship. from 1994-98. He ran the first leg on NSU’s first Division I In track, Rotich had seven top-three finishes at MEAC All-American relay team, the 4x100 team in 1998. He track championship races. He won the 2002 MEAC also ran on the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams that outdoor title in the 800 meters, and was twice the MEAC became the first HBCU squads to win their respective indoor runner-up in the mile run (2001 and 2002). Rotich Championship of America races at the prestigious Penn still owns school records in the indoor 800 meters Relays in 1996. Both of those relay squads still own the (1:51.82) and as part of the outdoor 3,200-meter relay school records in their respective events. (7:28.60) and sprint medley relay (3:19.71). Watts was also a team captain of the Spartans in 1997 Rotich, native of kenya, earned his bachelor’s degree and 1998. in management information systems from NSU in 2003. A native of Georgetown, Guyana, Watts represented his country in the 1996 Summer olympic Games in Atlanta in the 100 meters. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from NSU in 1998.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 5 ASSISTANT COACHES

is in his fourth Serge Bengono is in his fourth Harry Freeman season as an assistant track coach season as an assistant coach at Norfolk State University. He for the NSU cross country and came to NSU from Virginia track teams. Freeman aided Commonwealth University, where the NSU men in 2006 and he assisted during the 2005 2007, helping the Spartans outdoor season. capture a sweep of the MEAC Bengono boasts a wealth of cross country, indoor and collegiate and international outdoor track titles in the experience. He is a two-time 2006-07 season. Summer olympian, having Last season, Freeman competed in the 1996 (Atlanta) assisted the women’s cross and 2000 (Sydney) Games for his country and track teams, native Cameroon in the 100 meters and on the 4x100 relay helping the NSU women to second-place finishes at the team. 2008 MEAC cross country championship and 2009 Bengono lettered three years at George Mason University MEAC indoor track and field championship. This season, and excelled in the short sprints (60, 100 and 200 meters) and Freeman will assist in coaching the cross country and on the 4x100 relay team. He won the IC4A title in the 100 long-distance runners for both programs. meters as a sophomore in 2001. Bengono set George Mason's Previously, Freeman was an assistant coach for the outdoor record in the 100 meters with a 10.26-second win in St. Augustine’s College men’s and women’s cross country the semifinals at the 13th African Championships in the summer and track programs from 1990-96 and 1998-2005. His of 2002. primary responsibility was to coach the cross country Bengono transferred to George Mason from Huston- team, and he also assisted with the track team’s middle- Tillotson College in Austin, Texas, where he won multiple NAIA distance runners and quarter-milers. Freeman guided the All-American honors and also played soccer as a freshman in Falcons to the 2000 Division II Southeast Region Cross 2000. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from Country title, and was named the regional Coach of the George Mason in 2003. Year that season. Freeman also helped the Falcons to 16 NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor track team championships Cletus Griffin is in his second year as during his tenure. a volunteer assistant track and cross Freeman was also a standout runner for the Falcons country coach at Norfolk State. He from 1979-83. He was the three-time CIAA Cross assists in coaching the long-distance Country Most outstanding Performer and was the 1982 runners and multi-event athletes. NCAA Division II Southeast Regional champion. That Griffin, a former Division II All- same year, Freeman became the first Division II cross American, brings more than 15 years country All-American in CIAA history. He still holds the of secondary and collegiate coaching school’s cross country records for 8,000 and 10,000 experience to the program. Griffin meters. was a standout long-distance runner Freeman has 15 years of experience in directing at Akron University. He was an All- summer youth programs in the Raleigh, N.C. area and in American in the 10,000 meters in the Hampton Roads region. He also has eight years of 1972 and in cross country in 1973. classroom teaching experience, most recently as an Griffin also met the olympic qualifying standards for the associate teacher/counselor with the Southeastern 10,000 meters in 1972 and for the marathon in 1976. Cooperative Educational Programs (SECEP) in Suffolk. After earning his bachelor’s degree in health, physical Freeman earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and history from Akron in 1974, Griffin earned a education from St. Augustine’s in 1983. master’s in health and physical education from Akron in 1976. Griffin was also an assistant cross country and track coach for Brandon Tynes is in his second the Zips from 1974-77. season as an assistant track Griffin then embarked on a successful high school coach at NSU. He will assist in coaching career, first in ohio and then in Virginia Beach. He coaching the sprinters, hurdles was the head cross country and track coach at Green Run High and jumpers. School from 1984-89, winning four outdoor state Tynes served as the NSU championships. He then moved over to another Virginia Beach men’s track team manager for High School, Salem, from 1990-92, winning multiple district four seasons (2005-08) as the and regional titles. Spartan won six MEAC titles Griffin produced 25 high school All-Americans during his (three indoor, three outdoor). tenure at Green Run and Salem. Tynes received his bachelor’s Griffin currently serves as an assistant principal at Frank W. degree in interdisciplinary Cox High School in Virginia Beach. He resides in Virginia Beach studies from NSU in 2008. with his wife, Debra. The couple has one son, Jonathan, who Tynes, a Hampton native, was a sprinter at Bethel runs for the Spartans. High School.

6 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S SEASON OUTLOOK Experience, Talent Will Help Spartans Achieve Success in 2010 The 2009-10 women’s track team has enough Berard has a strong group of athletes returning in the experienced and talented athletes to achieve its goal of jumping events, including 2009 MEAC outdoor high jump winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor and champion and East Regional qualifier Jonee’ Artis. kirby and outdoor Championships. NSU made positive strides last juniors T anisha Jenkins and She’Anna Mitchell will also year, finishing second at the indoor championship and third compete in the high jump. at the outdoor meet. Senior Danielle Drummer and junior Elaine Rhoades The Spartans moved one step closer to accomplishing will join Hite, Jenkins, kirby and Matthews to give NSU good their overall goal of sweeping the 2009-10 running depth in all three jumping events. championships when they won their first-ever MEAC Cross In the throwing events, Berard will rely on junior Tiphani Country Championship in the fall. They should be strong Harris and freshmen Kaleena Gray and Jasmine Walton to contenders at the indoor and outdoor conference meets lead the Spartans. Harris finished in the top 10 in the weight again this year. throw at the 2009 MEAC Indoor Championship. Head coach Ronda Berard returns 21 athletes and The Spartans should remain dominant in the pole vault. welcomes seven newcomers for the season. The team will Senior Candace Shoate, junior Ashleigh Joseph and have quality depth in several events, which will help NSU to sophomores Andrea Senior Saunders and Katie Wright are be very competitive during both seasons. back this season. The four took first through fourth places at Berard returns four experienced athletes and welcomes both the indoor and outdoor championships last year, with one newcomer in the sprints. Senior Tierra Flowers, juniors Wright winning the title at both meets. She also qualified for Wanetta Kirby and Dania Sanford and sophomore the East Regional to cap a successful freshman campaign. Shanneka Claiborne all return after productive seasons last Berard has a good situation on her hands with the year. Flowers posted a team-best time of 7.56 in the 60 return of so many athletes who have the experience needed meters at the indoor championship and ran with kirby and to be successful this year. If they all perform to her Claiborne on the 4x100 relay team that qualified for NCAA expectations, the Spartans will be at the front of the pack at East Regional after the outdoor season. the 2010 MEAC Indoor and outdoor Championships. kirby led the Spartans in the long jump during both seasons last year, while Claiborne qualified for the East Regional in the 100 meters at the outdoor championship. Sanford paced the team in the 400 during the indoor and outdoor seasons and also had the best outdoor time in the 200 (23.99). Tanisha Jenkins Freshman Alicea Teamer joins the sprinters to add more depth to the short-distance races. The Spartans should also do well in the hurdles with the experienced crew of hurdlers who return. Senior Allyssa Pickett, kirby and sophomores Alaina Hite and Ashanti Matthews will all provide quality production in the hurdles. Pickett led NSU in the 400-meter hurdles last year, posting a season- best time of 59.14 at the outdoor championship for a fourth-place finish. NSU has proven strength in the distance races with all eight runners who were on the 2009 Cross Country Championship team running for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Junior Jennifer Chichester, sophomores Aurora Scott and Jamia Hutto and freshman Kellen Rutto each earned All- MEAC Cross Country honors in 2009 and teamed with senior Tia Miles to help the Spartans score 33 points en route to the championship title. Scott and Chichester finished third and fourth, respectively, while Rutto finished fifth. Sophomore Syeeda Gee and freshman Mercy Koech also did well during the cross country season and will add depth in the middle- and long-distance races. Dania Sanford

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 7 SPARTAN WOMEN’S ROSTER

2009-10 Women’s Track & Field Roster

NAME HT. YR. EVENTS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Jonee’ Artis 5-6 Sr. Jumps Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek Jennifer Chichester 5-4 Jr. Middle/Long Distance Silver Spring, Md./Archbishop Carroll Shanneka Claiborne 5-4 So. Sprints Ettrick, Va./Matoaca Danielle Drummer 5-11 Sr. Jumps Norfolk, Va./Booker T. Washington Tierra Flowers 5-6 Sr. Sprints Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Syeeda Gee 5-1 So. Middle Distance Philadelphia, Pa./Engineering & Science Chynell Gray 5-4 Jr. Distance Virginia, Beach, Va./Tallwood kaleena Gray 5-9 Fr. Throws Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Tiphani Harris 5-7 Jr. Throws Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek Alaina Hite 5-6 So. Hurdles/Jumps Chesterfield, Va./Manchester Jamia Hutto 5-7 So. Middle Distance orlando, Fla./oak Ridge Tanisha Jenkins 5-6 Jr. Multi-Events/Jumps Louisa, Va./Louisa County Ashleigh Joseph 5-4 Jr. Pole Vault Chesapeake, Va./oscar Smith Wanetta kirby 5-11 Jr. Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps Richmond, Va./Huguenot Mercy koech 5-6 Fr. Middle/Long Distance Londiani, kenya/Londiani Girls HS Ashanti Matthews 5-8 So. Hurdles/Jumps Norfolk, Va./Norview Tia Miles 5-6 Sr. Middle/Long Distance Richmond, Va./Armstrong She’Anna Mitchell 5-8 Jr. Jumps Newport News, Va./Heritage Allyssa Pickett 5-8 Sr. Hurdles Hampton, Va./Hampton Elaine Rhoades 5-6 Jr. Hurdles/Jumps Norfolk, Va./Bowie State kellen Rutto 5-6 Fr. Middle/Long Distance Eldoret, kenya/ Moi Siongiroi Girls HS Dania Sanford 5-2 Jr. Sprints Marshall, Va./Fauquier Andrea Saunders 5-6 So. Pole Vault Chesapeake, Va./oscar Smith Aurora Scott 5-3 So. Middle/Long Distance Portsmouth, Va./Southwestern College Candace Shoates 5-6 Sr. Hurdles/Pole Vault Newport News, Va./Denbigh Alicea Teamer 4-11 Fr. Sprints Waldorf, Md./McDonough Jasmine Walton 5-6 Fr. Throws Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek katie Wright 5-6 So. Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Princes Anne

Director of Track and Field Operations: kenneth Giles Head Women’s Coach: Ronda Berard Assistant Coaches: Malcolm Watts, Serge Bengono, Wycliffe Rotich, Harry Freeman, Brandon Tynes Volunteer Assistant Coaches: Cletus Griffin, Patrick Hegel

8 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 2010 ATHLETE PROFILES

RETURNEES Jonee’ Artis 5-6 • Senior High Jump Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek HS

2008-09: Cleared an indoor season-best mark of 5-6 at the CNU Holiday open and the CNU Captain’s Invitational…finished ninth at the NCAA East Regional Championship after clearing 5-7…also had an outdoor mark of 5-7 at the Florida Relays…won the MEAC outdoor title with a jump of 5-5. 2007-08: Sat out the indoor season…posted a season-best 5-6 in the College section of the high jump at the Penn Relays…cleared 5-4 ½ at the MEAC outdoor Championship for a fourth-place finish…finished fifth with a jump of 5-3 ¾ at the Morgan State Legacy Meet. 2006-07: Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the high jump after clearing 5-8¾ at the North Carolina Central Last Chance Meet…also turned in a top-five finish at the MEAC outdoor Championship, after clearing 5-6. High School: Was named a high school All-American, after placing second at the Nike Indoor Nationals in the high jump….won the 2006 Group AAA state outdoor title in the high jump, with a personal-best of 5-8. Personal: Jonee’ odessa Artis…born on February 22, 1988…daughter of Hunter and Abrunder Artis…majoring in business… plans to attend graduate school.

Jennifer Chichester 5-4 • Junior Middle/Long Distance Silver Spring, Md./Archbishop Carroll HS

2009-10: Finished fourth at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in 18:50.92, earning All-MEAC honors for the third straight year and helping the Spartan women to their first-ever MEAC title. 2008-09: Earned All-MEAC honors for the second consecutive year after finishing fourth in 18:05 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…won the individual title and set a new course record in a season-best time of 17:59 at the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawk Challenge…was named MEAC Athlete of the Week four times, including two straight weeks…Her 17:59 ranks fourth in the top-20 fastest times in the conference…posted the team’s fastest indoor times in the 800 (2:14.09), mile (5:06.48) and 3,000 (10:44.79)…finished fourth at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the 3,000 in 10:44.79…had a team-best outdoor time of 4:50.65 in the 1,500 at the Morgan State Legacy…ran a 19:16.81 in the 5k at the Raleigh Relays. 2007-08: Earned All-MEAC recognition at the Cross Country Championship after finishing sixth in 19:16…finished first among NSU runners at each of the five races in which she competed…best 5k time of the season, 18:20, ranked second in the conference… posted the Spartans’ top times in all the middle and long distance races during the indoor and outdoor seasons…earned third-team all-conference honors in the mile (5:12.82) and the 3,000 (10:41.03) after finishing third in both events at the MEAC Indoor Championship…finished fifth (2:17.16) in the 800 and seventh (19:59.73) in the 3,000 at the MEAC outdoor Championship. High School: An accomplished runner in the 1,500 meters and 3,000…originally from Guyana, Chichester set the Guyanese national record in the 3,000 when she won the silver medal in the under 20 division at the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games in 2003 in 10:14.08…also won the bronze medal in the 1,500 in 4:48.06 at the 2003 CARIFTA Games…at the age of 14, Chichester ran the 10k in 38:22, finishing second at the 2002 Barbados Marathon. Personal: Jennifer Chichester…born on November 14, 1988…daughter of Phillip and Shirlene Chichester…majoring kinesiotherapy with a minor in nursing.

Shanneka Claiborne 5-4 • Sophomore Sprints Ettrick, Va./Matoaca HS

2008-09: Ran the fastest indoor time on the team in the 200 meters (24.79) at the Virginia Tech Invitational… finished sixth in the 100 in 11.63 at the MEAC outdoor Championship and qualified for the NCAA East Regional, where she ran an 11.81 in the preliminaries…was also on the 4x100 team that came in second at the outdoor championship in 45.01 and qualified for the East Regional. High School: Earned Nike Indoor All-American honors in 2007 after winning the 200 meters in 24.65 and placing fourth in the 60 meters (7.58)…became the first athlete in the region’s history to win four consecutive individual titles in the same event (55m)…set her personal record of 7.05 en route to the title in the 55 at the 2007 Group AAA Indoor State Championship…won the 2007 Group AAA outdoor and Central Region outdoor 100m titles. Personal: Shanneka Lachae Claiborne…born on January 20, 1988…daughter of Gloria Claiborne and James Harrison…majoring in exercise science.

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Danielle Drummer 5-11 • Senior Jumps Norfolk, Va./Booker T. Washington HS

2008:09: Was the Spartans top finisher in the triple jump at the CNU Holiday open with a jump of 33-6 ½…hit an outdoor season-best of 35-2 ¾ at the Hampton Relays…jumped 34-6 ¾ at the Raleigh Relays. 2007-08: Posted a 35-11 ½ in the triple jump at the Tony Waldrop Invitational…finished 10th at the MEAC Indoor Championship with a leap of 37-3 ¼ in the triple jump…finished third in the triple jump (34-4) at the CNU Captains Invitational...jumped 36-6 ¼ at the Carolina Classic. 2006-07: Recorded a jump of 37-11½ in the triple jump at the MEAC outdoor Championship…took fourth in the triple jump at the Delaware State Hornet Invitational with a jump of 37-4½. High School: Earned All-American honors at the Nike Indoor Nationals in 2006, placing eighth in the triple jump…finished second in the triple jump at the 2006 Eastern District outdoor Championship, reaching a personal-best mark of 37-8. Personal: Danielle Natisha’ Drummer…born on May 27, 1988…daughter of Daniel and Carshena Drummer…majoring in computer science.

Tierra Flowers 5-6 • Senior Sprints Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area Senior HS

2008-09: Ran the fastest time on the team in the 60 meters (7.56) to finish fourth at the MEAC Indoor Championship…had a time of 7.20 in the 55 at the CNU Holiday open…posted a time of 11.96 in the 100 at the North Carolina A&T Aggie Last Chance Meet…was on the 4x100 team that came in second at the MEAC outdoor Championship in 45.01 and qualified for the NCAA East Regional. 2007-08: Ran on the 4x100 team that finished third and posted the Spartans’ best time of the season (46.27) at the MEAC outdoor Championship…ran a 12.80 in the 100 at the Tony Waldrop Invitational. 2006-07: Earned a top-five finish at the University of Maryland Indoor Invitational, placing fourth in the 60 meters in 7.78…ran a 7.84 in the 60 at the UNC Fast Times meet…also ran on the Spartans’ 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams…finished sixth in the 100 meters in 12.21 at the Colonial Relays. High School: Advanced to the semifinals of the young women’s 100 meters at the 2006 AAU Junior olympics after posting a time of 12.12…won the PIAA District 1AAA 100-meter title as a senior in 2006 while setting her personal-record of 11.89…also qualified for the 200 meter finals at the 2006 PIAA district meet in 25.53 (PR). Personal: Tierra M. Flowers…born on March 21, 1988…daughter of Jarrett Jackson and Donna Flowers…majoring in kinesiotherapy.

Syeeda Gee 5-1 • Sophomore Middle Distance Philadelphia, Pa./Engineering & Science HS

2009-10: Ran a 21:31.02 at the MEAC Championship…helped NSU win the team title at the Great American Cross Country Festival HBCU Challenge by finishing 11th in 20:37. 2008-09: Ran a season-best 5k time of 19:47.47 at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational during the cross country season….was NSU’s second finisher in the 800 meters at the MEAC Indoor Championship, finishing the race in 2:30.75…finished 11th in the 3,000 (11:00.06) at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational… came in seventh in the 1,500 (5:23.67) and ninth in the 800 (2:36.12) at the Hampton Relays…ran a 5:16.91 in the 1,500 at the outdoor championship. High School: Set her personal best in the 5k in 19.40 as a senior in 2007…finished fourth in the 800 in 2:17.79 (PR) at the 2007 PTFCA Indoor State Championship…ran a personal-best 5:10.94 in the mile at the 2007 PIAA outdoor State Championship. Personal: Syeeda Yvette Gee…born on July 17, 1990…daughter of Jamila Cross and Chester Grahan…majoring in biology… wants to become a surgeon.

Chynell Gray 5-4 • Junior Long Distance Virginia Beach, Va./Tallwood HS

2009-10: Posted a time of 23:27.10 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship. 2008-09: Finished the 5k course at the Cappy Anderson Invitational in 21:57…ran a 22:16 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…placed sixth in the 800 meters in 2:47.98 at the Father Diamond Invitational during the indoor season. 2007-08: Was the Spartans’ top finisher in the 3000 (12:54) at the University of Maryland Terrapin

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Invitational…finished seventh in the 5000 in 20:58 at the Morgan State Legacy…finished the 1500 in 5:18 at the Wake Forest open… .ran on the distance medley relay team at the MEAC Indoor Championship that posted NSU’s best time of the season (12:00.62). High School: Finished 10th at the 2007 Eastern High School Indoor Challenge in the 1000 meters in 3:12.61 (PR)…ran her personal-best of 2:28.48 in the 800 as a junior at the 2006 Beach District outdoor Championship. Personal: Chynell Denean Gray…born on November 25, 1988…daughter of Wilbur and Delois Gray…majoring in elementary education…plans to become and elementary school teacher.

Tiphani Harris 5-7 • Junior Throws Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek HS

2008-09: Hit a mark of 38-8 ¾ in the weight throw at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational…finished 14th in the shot put (34-6 ¼) at the same meet…finished 10th at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the weight throw (37-4 ½)…threw the javelin 85-6 at the Hampton Relays. 2007-08: Finished fifth in the shot put (37-11 ½) at the Christopher Newport Captain’s Invitational…threw the javelin 84-9 at the Morgan State Legacy…finished eighth at the MEAC outdoor Championship in the javelin with a throw of 97-11…hit a mark of 103-10 in the discus at the Wake Forest open…finished ninth in the shot put with a throw of 35- 4 ¼ at the Father Diamond Invitational. High School: Qualified for the 2007 Eastern Region outdoor Championship in the discus after reaching a personal-best mark of 109-6 at the Landstown Invitational…came in third at the regional outdoor meet in the discus (102-1)…set her personal record in the shot put at the 2007 Eastern Region Indoor Championship with a throw of 37-3¾. Personal: Tiphani Harris…born on April 12, 1989…daughter of Charlene Harris…majoring in sociology…wants to be a professor of women’s studies.

Alaina Hite 5-6 • Sophomore Hurdles/Jumps Chesterfield, Va./Manchester HS

2008-09: Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.09 at the Father Diamond Invitational after qualifying in 9.02…hit a mark of 38-2 ¾ in the triple jump at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational…ran a 9.88 in the 60 hurdles at the indoor championship…jumped 37-9 ¼ in the triple jump at the Raleigh Relays…finished seventh in the triple jump at the MEAC outdoor Championship with a jump of 38-4 ¾. High School: A multi-event athlete who, as a freshman in 2004, won the Dominion District outdoor title in the 100-meter hurdles (16.31) and finished second in the 300 hurdles in 48.20…set her personal record in the 100 hurdles (14.74) at the 2007 MileStat.com Elite Track Gala, finishing second behind fellow Spartan recruit, Wanetta kirby….took second at the 2007 Dominion District Indoor Championship in the 55 in 7.66…recorded personal best marks of 5-2 in the high jump, 16-6 in the long jump, and 37-11 ¾ in the triple jump. Personal: Alaina A. Hite…born on December 29, 1988…daughter of Billy and LaAnja Hite…majoring in physical education… wants to become an athletic trainer.

Jamia Hutto 5-7 • Sophomore Middle Distance Orlando, Fla./Oak Ridge HS

2009-10: Earned All-MEAC honors by finishing 15th in 19:52.55 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…was the Spartans’ fifth finisher at the 2009 NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional. 2008-09: Just missed All-MEAC honors at the MEAC Cross Country Championship when she finished 16th in 19:16…her time in the championship ranked in the top-20 fastest times in the conference…ran a 19:30.41 at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational….ran on the distance medley team that posted a season-best time of 12:31.28 and finished third at the MEAC Indoor Championship…finished 13th in the mile (5.25.45) and 10th in the 3,000 (11:06.06) at the MEAC Indoor Championship…ran 20:46.90 in the 5,000 and 5:17.49 in the 1,500 at the outdoor championship…was the Spartans’ top finisher in the 800 in 2:32.52 at the Morgan State Legacy. High School: Ran a personal-best time of 18:31.16 in the 5k…Won the state title in the mile (4:56.96, PR) as a sophomore…had personal-bests of 57.34 in the 400 meters, 2:14.07 in the 800 and 10:39.11 in the 3k. Personal: Jamia Renae Hutto…born on August 6, 1990…daughter of Cleo and Camille Hutto…majoring in graphic design.

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Tanisha Jenkins 5-6 • Junior Multi-Events/Jumps Louisa, Va./Louisa County HS

2008-09: Jumped 37-6 ¾ in the triple jump at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational…ran an 8.66 in the preliminaries of 55-meter hurdles and an 8.70 in the finals at the CNU Holiday open…had an indoor-season best time of 9.32 in the 60 hurdles…finished fourth in the pentathlon (3384 points) and eighth in the triple jump (37-5 ¼) at the MEAC Indoor Championship…hit a mark of 38-2 at the Penn Relays in the College section of the triple jump…tied for second in the triple jump (38-7 ½) and tied for 12th in the long jump (17- 4 ¼) at the Morgan State Legacy…finished third in the heptathlon (4563 points) and 10th in the triple jump (37-3 ¼) at the MEAC outdoor Championship. 2007-08: Had the Spartans’ best marks in the triple jump in both the indoor (39-1 ¼) and outdoor (38-11 ¾) seasons… finished fourth in the heptathlon with 4,473 points and fifth in the high jump (5-2 ½) at the MEAC outdoor Championship…ran a 9.11 in the 60-meter hurdles at the UNC Classic…also ran the 100 and on the 4x200 relay team. High School: Won three titles at the 2007 Jefferson District Meet, including the 100-meter hurdles (15.83), 300-meter hurdles (47.87), and the triple jump (37-5¼, PR)…also had three other top-four finishes at the district meet, finishing second in the long jump (17-9¼, PR), third in the high jump (5-0), and fourth in the shot put (33-8½). Personal: Tanisha Lanora Jenkins…born on November 21, 1989…daughter of Charlene Jenkins…majoring in political science with a minor in sociology…plans to go to law school.

Ashleigh Joseph 5-4 • Junior Pole Vault Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith HS

2008-09: Finished fourth in the pole vault at the MEAC Indoor Championship after clearing 8-2 ¾… cleared 8-11 ¾ to finish eighth at the Morgan State Legacy…also finished fourth at the outdoor championship after clearing 8-8 ¾. 2007-08: Cleared 9-1 ¾ in the pole vault at the Christopher Newport Captain’s Invitational…placed third at the Father Diamond Invitational after clearing 8-8 ¼…suffered a season-ending knee injury during the indoor season, causing her to miss the outdoor season. High School: Claimed the 2006 Southeastern District outdoor title in the pole vault as a junior, setting a personal record of 10-6…repeated the feat at the Eastern Region Championship where she was the runner-up…also cleared 10-6 at the 2007 Regional Indoor Championship and the 2007 Group AAA Indoor State Championship, finishing second and sixth, respectively… also competed in the 100 meters and the triple jump, posting personal bests of 13.05 in the 100 and 26-3 in the triple jump. Personal: Ashleigh Lakia Joseph…born on February 6, 1989…daughter of Llewelynn and Regina Joseph…majoring in biology...wants to become an obstetrician.

Wanetta Kirby 5-11 • Sophomore Multi-Events/Hurdles/Jumps Richmond, Va./Huguenot HS

2008-09: Had the best long jump marks on the team in both the indoor (19-0) and outdoor (19-4) seasons…ran on the indoor 4x400 team that posted a season-best time of 3:51.98 and finished fifth at the MEAC Indoor Championship…finished third in the long jump after clearing 19-0 at the indoor championship…ran a 9.00 in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational…had an indoor season-best time of 8.45 in the 55 hurdles…also finished third in the long jump (19-4) at the MEAC outdoor Championship…ran on the 4x100 team that came in second in 45.10 at the outdoor championship and qualified for the NCAA East Regional…ran the anchor leg on the 4x400 team that finished third in 3:43.00 (season-best time) at the conference outdoor meet…competed in the Eastern section of the long jump and ran on the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 teams at the Penn Relays. 2007-08: Ran on the 4x400 teams that had the best indoor (3:54.26) and outdoor (3:52.50) times of the season…was also on the 4x100 outdoor team that ran a season-best 46.27 and finished third at the MEAC Championship…posted the best outdoor long-jump mark on the team (19-1 ½) at the Wake Forest open…finished sixth in the heptathlon at the outdoor championship after scoring 4089 points. High School: A versatile athlete who competed in races ranging from the 55 meters to 400 meters and who excelled at all three jumping events…received the Elitest of the Elite award at the 2007 MileStat.com Elite Track Gala after setting three personal records and taking first in the long jump (19-3 ¾), 100 hurdles (14.44), and 200 (24.69)…. broke 57 seconds for the first time in her career in the 400 finishing fifth in 56.50 (PR) at the 2007 Group AAA outdoor State Championship…also set personal records of 31-5 in the triple jump, 5-7 in the high jump, 8.90 in the 60 hurdles, and 47.39 in the 300 hurdles during her prep career. Personal: Wanetta I. kirby…born on october 13, 1989…daughter of Virginia Smith and Wayne kirby…majoring in physical education with a minor in graphic design…wants to coach track and field and become an interior designer.

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Ashanti Matthews 5-8 • Sophomore Multi-Events Norfolk, Va./Norview HS

2008-09: Had an indoor season-best jump of 17-9 in the long jump Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational…finished eighth in the triple jump (35-1 ¾) at the CNU Captain’s Invitational…posted a 60-meter hurdles time of 9.24 at the Father Diamond Invitational…finished fourth in the heptathlon with 4290 points at the MEAC outdoor Championship…jumped 17-4 ¼ in the long jump at the Morgan State Legacy. High School: Won the state title in the long jump (18-5) as a junior at the 2005 Group AAA outdoor State Championship…won the 100-meter hurdles title in 15.24 (PR) at the 2004 Eastern District outdoor Championship…set personal records of 7.38 in the 55 meters, 8.56 in the 55 hurdles, 14.84 in the 100 hurdles, 5-2 in the high jump and 38-9 ¼ in the triple jump. Personal: Ashanti Deshawn Matthews…born on December 26, 1987…daughter of Joseph and Theresa Bailey…majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice…wants to become an FBI agent.

Tia Miles 5-6 • Senior Middle/Long Distance Richmond, Va./Armstrong HS

2009-10: Finished fifth and helped the Spartans to the MEAC Cross Country Championship title…was NSU’s second finisher at the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional. 2008-09: Earned All-MEAC honors at the cross country championship after finishing ninth in a personal- record time of 18:45, helping the Spartans to a second-place finish…ran a 5:34.90 in the mile and an 11:06.21 in the 3,000 at the MEAC Indoor Championship...ran on the distance medley team that posted a season-best time of 12:31.28 and finished third at the MEAC Indoor Championship…finished eighth in the 800 (2:28.72) at the CNU Captain’s Invitational…came in 15th in the 5,000 in 20:33.46 at the Raleigh Relays…posted a school-record time of 10:53.83 for a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Morgan State Legacy…finished ninth in the 5,000 in 20:09.84 at the MEAC outdoor Championship. 2007-08: Finished 10th at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in 19:37 to earn All-MEAC honors…ran on the distance medley team that finished third and posted a season-best time of 12:00.65 at the MEAC Indoor Championship…set her personal record in the 1500 at the Florida Relays, running a 4:55.46…finished fourth in the 5000 meters in 19:51.67 at the Morgan State Legacy meet. 2006-07: Had the Spartans’ best outdoor times in the 800 meters (2:24.74) and the 1,500 (5:01.10)…ran on the distance medley team that posted a season-best time of 13:26 at the UNC Fast Times meet…was the Spartans’ second finisher in the mile (5:35.69) and the 800 meters (2:27.84) at the MEAC Indoor Championship. High School: Had a stellar sophomore year in cross country and track for Armstrong…finished 10th in the 5k at the 2004 Central Region Cross Country meet in a personal-best time of 19:55…took seventh place in the 3200 in 12:11.81 (PR) at the 2004 Central Region Indoor Championship…set her personal record in the mile in 5:30.71 at the 2004 Caroline High School outdoor Invitational. Personal: Tia Michelle Miles…born on December 15, 1988…daughter of Rosette Willis…majoring in psychology…wants to become a child psychologist.

She’Anna Mitchell 5-8 • Junior Jumps Newport News, Va./Heritage

2008-09: Finished fourth in the high jump at the MEAC Indoor Championship after clearing 5-5…jumped 5-6 at the UNC Classic, CNU Holiday open and CNU Captain’s Invitational during the indoor season…tied for eighth at the outdoor meet with a jump of 5-3…cleared 5-5 at the Florida Relays…jumped 5-4 ½ in the College section of the high jump at the Penn Relays. 2007-08: Won the high jump title at the MEAC outdoor Championship with a jump of 5-7 ¾, qualifying for the NCAA East Regional…had the Spartans’ best high jump of the indoor season (5-4 ½) at the Virginia Tech Invitational…tied for sixth place in the high jump at the MEAC Indoor Championship after clearing 5-2 ½…was the Spartans’ top finisher in the high jump at each meet she competed in during the indoor and outdoor seasons. High School: Finished second in the high jump at the 2007 Eastern Region outdoor Championships with a jump of 5-8, a personal best and a state meet-qualifying mark…also garnered a second place finish in the long jump at the Eastern Region meet, jumping a distance of 17-8…set her personal record in the long jump (17-9) as a junior in 2006 at the Peninsula District outdoor Championship…also competed in the 100, 200, 400, and 500 for Heritage. Personal: She’Anna La’tricia Mitchell…born on December 14, 1988…daughter of Rick and Patricia Mitchell…majoring in optical engineering.

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Allyssa Pickett 5-8 • Senior Hurdles Hampton, Va./Hampton HS

2008-09: Ran on the distance medley team that posted a season-best time of 12:31.28 and finished third at the MEAC Indoor Championship…was also a part of the indoor 4x400 team that posted a season-best time of 3:51.98 that finished fifth at the indoor meet...had an indoor season-best time of 58.29 in the 400 at the same meet…ran on the 4x400 team that finished third in 3:43.00 (season-best time) at the MEAC outdoor Championship…finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the outdoor meet in a season-best time of 59.14 to qualify for the NCAA East Regional. 2007-08: Ran a 24:20 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…was on the indoor 4x400 team that ran a season-best 3:54.26 at the Penn State National…posted the best outdoor 400-hurdle time on the team (1:01.31) in the preliminaries at the MEAC outdoor Championship…finished sixth in 1:02.01 in the finals…led the Spartan finishers in the 200 in 27.20 at the Maryland Invitational…finished third in the 400 hurdles in 1:02.08 at the Morgan State Legacy meet. 2006-07: Ran a 1:03.93 in the 400 meters at the MEAC Indoor Championship…ran on the distance medley team that posted a season-best indoor time of 13:26 at the UNC Fast Times meet…was on the 4x400 team that ran 3:59.13 at the Morgan State Legacy Meet. High School: Advanced to the finals of the young women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2006 AAU Junior olympics, where she finished eighth in 1:03.30 (PR)…finished fifth in the 300-meter hurdles in 45.21 and set her personal record of 15.25 in the 100- meter hurdles at the 2006 Group AAA outdoor State Championship…qualified for the Eastern Region Championship in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.87 at the 2006 Peninsula District Indoor Meet…ran on the 4x400 team that won the 2006 district title. Personal: Allyssa Margaret Pickett…born on December 22, 1987…daughter of Sandra Pickett and Jesse Tucker…majoring in kinesiotherapy with a minor in psychology…wants to be a physical therapist.

Dania Sanford 5-2 • Junior Sprints Warrenton, Va./Fauquier HS

2008-09: Had the Spartans’ fastest indoor time in the 400 (58.15) and outdoor times in the 200 (23.99) and 400 (56.62)… ran on the indoor 4x400 team that posted a season-best time of 3:51.98 that finished fifth at the MEAC Indoor Championship… finished 12th in the 200 (25.50) at the conference indoor meet…was also a part of the 4x400 team that finished third in 3:43.00 (season-best time) at the MEAC outdoor Championship…ran a 24.41 in the 200 and a 57.03 in the 400 at the outdoor meet. 2007-08: Had a very productive freshman season, as she recorded the Spartans’ top times in four events…during the indoor season, she posted times of 7.66 in the 60, 25.25 in the 200, and 57.22 in the 400, all of which were top performances for NSU… le the team in the 100 (11.84), 200 (24.33), and 400 (57.75) during the outdoor season…ran on the 4x400 teams that posted the best indoor (3:54.26) and outdoor (3:52.50) times of the season…was also on the 4x100 outdoor team that ran a season-best 46.27 and finished third at the MEAC Championship. High School: Posted the 12th-fastest time in the country in February 2007 when she won the 300 meters in 39.52 (PR) at the Virginia Tech Invitational…as a junior in 2006, she finished second in both the 100 (12.19) and the 400 (55.19) at the Northwest Region outdoor Championship, besting the meet record of 55.52…took second place in the 400 (55.77) and fifth in the 100 (12.40) at the 2006 Group AAA outdoor State Championship. Personal: Dania Chanese Sanford…born on July 18, 1989…daughter of karen Moore and Thomas Sanford…majoring in physical education…wants to be a physical education teacher.

Andrea Saunders 5-6 • Sophomore Pole Vault Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith HS

2008-09: Finished third at both the MEAC Indoor and outdoor Championships after clearing 8-8 ¾ in the pole vault each time…cleared 8-9 at the Father Diamond Invitational to finish fourth…won the title at the Morgan State Legacy after clearing 8-5. High School: Cleared 9 feet (PR) to finish ninth at the 2006 Eastern Region outdoor Championship… also posted a mark of 9-0 at the 2006 Southeastern District outdoor Championship, finishing second behind teammate and fellow NSU recruit, Ashleigh Joseph. Personal: Andrea Latrice Saunders…born on January 27, 1989…daughter of John and Vivian Saunders…majoring in biology…wants to become an obstetrician.

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Candace Shoates 5-6 • Senior Hurdles/Pole Vault Newport News, Va./Denbigh HS

2009-10: Was the Spartans’ eighth finisher (21:47.74) at the MEAC Cross Country Championship. 2008-09: Ran a 21:18.87 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…cleared 9-2 ½ in the pole vault for second-place finishes at the MEAC Indoor and outdoor Championships…recorded a mark of 9-5 ¾ at the Morgan State Legacy. 2007-08: Won the MEAC indoor and outdoor titles in the pole vault…won the indoor title after clearing 8-2 ¾…claimed the outdoor title with a mark of 9-0 ¼…ran a 22:18.1 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship. 2006-07: Ran a 1:04.64 in the 400 meters at the Father Diamond Invitational…qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.65 at the HBCU Indoor Classic. High School: Earned two top-10 finishes at the 2005 AAU Region II Championship by finishing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (15.87) and 10th in the 400 meters (1:02.84)…qualified for the state championship meet with a fifth-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles in 8.72 at the 2006 Eastern Region Indoor Meet. Personal: Candace Diane Shoates…born on June 18, 1988…daughter of Michael and Deadre Shoates…majoring in mass communications…wants to work in television production.

Katie Wright 5-6 • Sophomore Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS

2008-09: Claimed the MEAC Indoor and outdoor titles in the pole vault…set a new MEAC Indoor Championship record when she cleared 11-0 ¼…hit a mark of 10-10 ¼ at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational… cleared 10-8 at the UNC Classic and 10-6 at the CNU Holiday open…vaulted 10-8 ¼ for the outdoor title, qualifying for the NCAA East Regional…had the best indoor and outdoor marks on the team…finished second at the Morgan State Legacy after clearing 10-11 ¾. High School: As a senior in 2007, Wright won the pole vault titles at the indoor and outdoor Eastern Region meets after clearing 10-6…won the 2007 Beach District indoor title after clearing 10-0….was also a member of the basketball, volleyball, and softball teams at Princess Anne. Personal: katie Marie Wright…born on November 13, 1987…daughter of Tami Burandt and Timothy Wright majoring in business…wants to pursue a career in physical education.

NEWCOMERS

Kaleena Gray 5-9 • Freshman Throws Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville HS

High School: Was a four-year member of the track and field team…set personal-bests of 44-6 in the shot put and 144-0 in the discus during her prep career. Personal: kaleena Marie Gray…born on February 17, 1989…daughter of Voncille Gray…majoring in kinesiotherapy.

Mercy Koech 5-6 • Freshman Middle/Long Distance Londiani, Kenya/Londiani Girls HS

2009-10: Finished the 5k course at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in 21:17.45…posted a time of 25:23.10 at the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional. High School: Set a personal-best time of 21:06 in the 6k during her prep career. Personal: Mercy Cherotich koech…born on September 29, 1990…daughter of Richard and Ann koech… majoring in nursing…wants to become a doctor.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 15 2010 ATHLETE PROFILES

Elaine Rhoades 5-6 • Junior Hurdles/Jumps Norfolk, Va./Bowie State/Booker T. Washington

At Bowie State: Finished sixth in the triple jump (40-1) at the 2009 NCAA Division II outdoor Track and Field Championships…earned the Most Valuable Performer award in the women’s field events at the 2009 CIAA outdoor Championship…won the long (18-0 ¼) and triple (40-1 ¾) jumps and was second in the high jump (5-4) at the 2009 conference outdoor meet. High School: Posted season-best times of 43.82 in the 300-meter hurdles, 1:03.14 in the 400 hurdles and jumped 38- 10 as a senior at Booker T. Washington…set the school records in the 60 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 400 hurdles and the pole vault. Personal: Elaine Teresa Rhoades…born on May 31, 1989…daughter of Eileen Rhoades…majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.

Kellen Rutto 5-6 • Freshman Middle/Long Distance Eldoret, Kenya/Moi Siongiroi Girls HS

2009-10: Finished sixth at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in 19:00.57 to help the Spartans to their first-ever conference title…earned All-MEAC honors at the cross country championship…paced the Spartans at the NCAA Southeast Regional by finishing the 6k course in 22:44.56. High School: Posted career-best times of 22:41 in the 6k and 4:47 in the 1,500. Personal: kellen Cherotich Rutto…born on December 29, 1987…daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Rutto… majoring nursing…wants to become a nurse.

Aurora Scott 5-3 • Sophomore Middle/Long Distance Portsmouth, Va./Southwestern College (Calif.)/Oaktree Academy

2009-10: Earned All-MEAC honors by finishing third in 18:44.97 at the MEAC Cross Country Championship…paced the Spartans at four meets during the regular-season. At Southwest College: Finished 16th at the 2008 California Community College Cross Country Championships in 18:50… came in second in 17:58.55 at the SoCal Conference Championships. High School: Won the 2006 Foot Locker South Regional (5k) in a personal record time of 16:26 and came in second at 2006 Foot Locker Nationals (5k) in 17:36. Personal: Aurora Lendsay Scott…born on January 4, 1990…daughter of ozella Suttierlin and Spencer Scott…majoring in kinesiology… wants to be a personal trainer.

Alicea Teamer 4-11 • Freshman Sprints Waldorf, Md./McDonough HS

High School: Was a two-sport athlete at McDonough, participating on the basketball and track and field teams… earned second-team all-county honors in basketball and track her freshman and sophomore years…was first-team all- county in track and second-team all-county in basketball as a junior…posted times of 7.61 in the 55 meters and 46.37 in the 300 at the 2008 SMAC Indoor Track Championships…was named to the SMAC All-Academic Second Team as a senior. Personal: Alicea S. Teamer…born on February 14, 1991…majoring in exercise science…wants to become an athletic trainer or physical therapist.

Jasmine Walton 5-6 • Freshman Throws Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek

High School: Won the Southeastern District indoor (35-9 ¾) and outdoor (38-3, PR) shot put titles in 2008…finished sixth in the discus with a personal-best throw of 104-5 at the 2008 Eastern Regional outdoor Championship. Personal: Jasmine Rochelle Walton…born on December 12, 1989…daughter of Melvin and Sandra Walton… majoring in nursing…wants to become a nurse…parents are NSU alumni.

16 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 2009 IN REVIEW

NSU WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD NSU WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD 2009 INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 2009 OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST

EVENT HoLDER DATE SITE TIME/DISTANCE EVENT HoLDER DATE SITE TIME/DISTANCE 60m Tierra Flowers 2-14-09 Landover, Md.* 7.56 100m Shanneka Claiborne 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 11.63 60h Victoria Faulkner 2-14-09 Landover, Md.* 8.74 100h Victoria Faulkner 4-11-09 Hampton, Va. 14.41 200m Shanneka Claiborne 1-17-09 Blacksburg, Va. 24.79 200m Dania Sanford 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 23.99 400m Dania Sanford 1-16-09 Blacksburg, Va. 58.15 400m Dania Sanford 4-17-09 Baltimore, Md. 56.62 800m Jennifer Chichester 1-16-09 Blacksburg, Pa. 2:14.09 400h Allyssa Pickett 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 59.14 Mile Jennifer Chichester 1-24-09 Chapel Hill, N.C. 5:06.48 800m Jamia Hutto 4-18-09 Baltimore, Md. 2:23.52 3000m Jennifer Chichester 2-13-09 Landover, Md.* 10:44.79 1500m Jennifer Chichester 4-18-09 Baltimore, Md. 4:50.65 4x400 Allyssa Pickett 2-12-09 Landover, Md.* 3:51.98 5000m Jennifer Chichester 3-27-09 Raleigh, N.C. 19:16.81 Dania Sanford 4x100 Tierra Flowers 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 45.01 Wanetta kirby Wanetta kirby Portia Davenport Portia Davenport Distance Tia Miles 2-12-09 Landover, Md.* 12:31.28 Shanneka Claiborne Medley Allyssa Pickett 4x400 Allyssa Pickett 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 3:43.00 Relay Jamia Hutto Dania Sanford Jennifer Chichester Portia Davenport HJ She’Anna Mitchell Achieved 3x 5-6 Wanetta kirby Jonee’ Artis Achieved 2x 5-6 HJ Jonee’ Artis Achieved 2x 5-7 LJ Wanetta kirby 2-13-09 Landover, Md.* 19-0 PV katie Wrght 4-17-09 Baltimore, Md. 10-11 ¾ TJ Janet Brown 1-30-09 Newport News, Va. 39-1 ¾ LJ Wanetta kirby 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 19-4 PV katie Wright 2-14-09 Landover, Md.* 11-0 ¼ TJ Alaina Hite 4-18-09 Baltimore, Md. 39-6 SP Victoria Faulkner 1-31-09 Newport News, Va. 41-10 ¾ SP Monet Stevenson 4-17-09 Baltimore, Md. 37-3 ¼ Discus Monet Stevenson 4-17-09 Baltimore, Md. 97-11 Javelin Victoria Faulkner 4-30-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 113-1 Note: Distances are listed in feet and inches Heptathlon Victoria Faulkner 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C.* 4721 points * 2009 MEAC Indoor Championship

2009 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championship Note: Distances are in feet and inches Feb. 12-14 2009 * - 2009 MEAC outdoor Championship Landover, Md.

Final Team Results 2009 MEAC outdoor Track & Field Championship April 30 – May 2, 2009 1. Hampton 148 Greensboro, N.C.* 2. Norfolk State 107 3. Maryland Eastern Shore 88 4. Morgan State 61 5. Howard 42 Final Team Results 6. North Carolina A&T 40 1. Hampton 119 7. South Carolina State 36 2. Maryland-Eastern Shore 109 8. Bethune-Cookman 30 3. Norfolk State 106 9. Delaware State 29 4. North Carolina A&T 82 10. Coppin State 28 5. Bethune-Cookman 70 11. Florida A&M 10 6. Howard 59 7. South Carolina State 57 8. Coppin State 40 NSU’s 2009 MEAC Indoor Champion 9. Florida A&M 36.50 Pole Vault – katie Wright 10. Morgan State 32 11. Delaware State 30.50

NSU’s 2009 MEAC outdoor Champions High Jump – Jonee’ Artis Pole Vault – katie Wright

NCAA East Regional Qualifiers High Jump – Jonee’ Artis Pole Vault – katie Wright 100 – Shanneka Claiborne 400 Hurdles – Allyssa Pickett 4x100 – Tierra Flowers, Wanetta kirby, Portia Davenport, Shanneka Claiborne

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 17 NSU ADMINISTRATION

NSU PRESIDENT

Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D. , the fourth president of Norfolk State University, previously served as provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and a tenured professor in the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. Meyers holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University, a master’s in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, also from Georgia Tech. She has completed postdoctoral work at Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management. Her career in higher education spans more than 30 years and includes both academic and administrative experiences.

highlightS from her Career iNClUde the folloWiNg: Carolyn Winstead Meyers, Ph.D. • Served as the first chair of the Board of Directors of the National Institute President of Aerospace. • Held membership on several boards including the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Moses Cone Health Systems. • Holds membership on the Board of Trustees of Norwich University, MentorNet, the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, the Board of Governors for RTI International, the Advisory Board for the Journal of Engineering Education, the Board of Directors of Riverside Health Foundation, Hampton Roads Partnership, the Greater Norfolk Corporation, Nauticus, the Innovative Technology Authority, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board. Also serves on the Regional Board of Directors for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and as an Advisory Committee Member for the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project. • Currently is serving a second term as a member-at-large of the ASME Committee on Honors and is a member of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2007 Assessment Task Force. • Appointed to the American Council on Education Commission on Effective Leadership beginning July 1, 2007. • Served as the first associate dean of research for the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech and was later appointed professor and dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. • Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech. ® • Served as a program officer in two divisions of the National Science Foundation—the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Human Resource Development. • Received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers’ Ralph A. Teetor Award, and the National Society of Black Engineers’ Golden Torch Award.

Dr. Meyers is a native of Newport News, Va. She is the proud parent of three adult children and grandmother of two.

18 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S NSU ADMINISTRATION

NSU PRESIDENT NSU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Marty Miller has been Miller is no stranger to winning. His career record as called many things baseball coach was 718-543-3. Miller first started making a during his tenure at name for himself as a player at NSU from 1965-68. He hit Norfolk State .380 as a sophomore; .438 with eight doubles, two triples, University. Some have three homers and 27 RBI as a junior; and .406 as a senior, called him a rock. when he became the first Spartan player to be named an others have referred NCAA College Division All-American. Miller was an All-CIAA to him as one of baseball selection in 1967 and 1968, and led the nation in Norfolk State’s doubles in 1968. greatest ambassadors. Miller graduated with a bachelor's degree in Regardless of the label, mathematics in 1969. An RoTC member in college, Miller what’s clear is that was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army after Miller has served his he graduated. While on active duty, Miller was signed by the alma mater in various Minnesota Twins. Miller returned to his alma mater in 1972 capacities for nearly 40 as an assistant to baseball coach Bob Andrews. The next Marty L. Miller years, providing NSU season, Miller inherited the head-coaching job, which he Director of Athletics with stability in times held until early in 2005. of need. Miller is the winningest baseball coach in CIAA history, His professional career at Norfolk State has included having led the Spartans to a 584-374-3 record in their years stints in the areas of financial aid, career services, student in the league. Miller's ledger in the CIAA includes 17 affairs and athletics. After winning more than 700 games as conference championships, including seven in a row from the school’s baseball coach, Miller was named NSU’s acting 1987-93; 12 post-season appearances; 15 CIAA Coach of the athletics director on December 16, 2004. He was appointed Year awards; six All-Americans and 22 players signed to pro to the permanent athletics director post on March 18, 2005. contracts. He also won the 1980 NAIA District 19 Coach of Early in Miller’s tenure, he was confronted with many the Year award after his team won the District 19 title. challenges, the biggest one being the hiring of a football Between 1993-97, Miller won five consecutive Louisville coach. Miller and his search committee worked during the Slugger Awards, given to championship coaches. He was Christmas and New Year’s holidays to find a football coach. one of a select few baseball coaches to receive the award for The hard work paid off when the decision was made to hire five consecutive years. Pete Adrian from Bethune-Cookman. With approval of then- In 1997, NSU honored Miller by building the Marty L. President Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, Adrian became the first Miller Baseball Field. one year later, Miller led NSU to the white head coach in any major sport at NSU and the second MEAC Tournament championship round in the Spartans' first ever in MEAC football history. year in the league. He was named the MEAC Coach of the Shortly thereafter, with help from alumni, fans, friends Year in 2000, and NSU reached the championship round and the Department of Facilities Management, the athletics again in 2001. department was able to raise funds to renovate and The year 2003 was also a special one for Miller. In purchase new equipment for the weight room. In 2007, the February, Miller was inducted into the CIAA's John B. school completed a major renovation of the NSU Softball McLendon Hall of Fame. In May, Miller earned his 700th Field, which included the installation of new team dugouts career win with the Spartans when sixth-seeded NSU upset and a press box. Bleacher renovations to Joseph Echols Hall No. 2 Delaware State in the MEAC tournament. In August, were completed for the 2008-09 basketball season. A new Miller the player was honored as one of eight inductees into track surface is scheduled to be completed in the summer the Norfolk State University Athletics Foundation Sports Hall of 2010. of Fame. Another highlight of his tenure as athletics director Miller, a native of Danville, Va., serves on the Norfolk includes NSU capturing the last five Talmadge Layman Hill Sports Club Board of Directors and is scheduled to become awards, given annually to the top men’s sports program in its president for 2011. Miller was also elected to serve on the the conference. NSU received $25,000 for winning each Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Honors Court beginning in award. Miller was also presented in March 2006 with the Tom 2009. He and his wife Liz have one son, Marty Eric, a former Fergusson Memorial Award, given annually to the area’s top NSU outfielder. sportsman by the Norfolk Sports Club.

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 19 ATHLETICS FOUR-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS (2005-09)

The Norfolk State University intercollegiate athletics classroom since 2005 have been equally impressive. program has experienced unprecedented success at the More than 30 student-athletes are annually named to the NCAA Division I level during the past four years (2005- MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team. 09). This period of progress has been highlighted by improvements and upgrades in virtually every area THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF critical to transforming NSU Athletics into a highly ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS competitive program that will consistently challenge for Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and NCAA THE NSU ATHLETICS PROGRAM HAS Division I championships. EXPERIENCED SINCE 2005. The catalyst for these advancements has been Marty Miller, who was appointed athletics director at NSU in December 2004. Miller believes that the mission of the athletics program is an extension of the mission of Norfolk State University. He places an emphasis on Tennis player areas that impact the welfare of student-athletes. Stepanka Velebova (left) Improving graduation rates, gender equity, and the is presented with the 2009 retention of student-athletes are equally, if not more Scholar Athlete of the Year Award by NSU Professor important, than winning conference and national Dr. Norma Brumage . championships. However, the effectiveness of the Velebova was 1 of programs and initiatives designed to enhance the 42 NSU members student-athlete experience and improve the overall of the 2009 MEAC administrative process are directly related to the success All-Academic Team. the teams and individual athletes have achieved since 2005. Perhaps the biggest achievement came in early 2009, when the athletics department was recertified to receive NCAA accreditation for the next 10 years. By achieving certification status, NSU is considered to be operating its athletics program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the NCAA’s The graduation rate for NSU student-athletes has Division I membership. increased 15% over the last three years. Numerous staff and coaching hires have been made to enhance the department’s efficacy. Sherie Cornish (Assoc. AD/Internal operations), Alisha Tucker (Asst. aCademiCS AD/Compliance), Jacqueline Nicholson (Academic • Had 31 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) Coordinator) and Jamar Ross (Asst. AD/Business named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) operations) were hired to meet the department’s in 2004-05 increasing demands in their respective areas. A host of • Had 36 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) new head coaches joined the staff signaling new named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) beginnings in several sports. They included Pete Adrian in 2005-06 (Football), Claudell Clark (Baseball), Anthony Evans • Had 34 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) (Men’s Basketball), Jennifer Fry (Volleyball), Kary named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) Kankey (Softball), and Wilhelmenia Harrison (Bowling). in 2006-07 Kenneth Giles (Men’s Track) and Ronda Berard • Had 42 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) (Women’s Track) were promoted from interim to full-time named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) head coaches in their respective sports. in 2007-08 and 2008-09 Giles’ cross country and track teams have dominated • Had 63 student-athletes earn honor roll status the MEAC. Adrian, who captured several coach of the in fall 2007 and 62 in the fall of 2008 year honors in 2007, has orchestrated the steady • Increased student-athlete graduation success rate progress of the football team, which came within a game from 40% to 56% of capturing its first MEAC title in 2007. Evans capped • David kemboi was one of 50 student-athletes his first season with co-MEAC Coach of the Year honors nationwide named to the 2006-07 Division I Men’s and led the Spartans to the MEAC Tournament Cross Country All-Academic team as selected by the championship game in his second year. kankey and Clark United States Track and Field and Cross Country led their teams to runners-up finishes at the MEAC Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Championshipstheir respective sports in 2008 while Fry’s volleyball team advanced to the MEAC Volleyball Tournament in her first two seasons. Harrison guided admiNiStrative the bowling team to its first MEAC Southern Division • Hired full-time assistant sports information director regular-season championship in 2008-09. (January 2007) The accomplishments of NSU student-athletes in the • Hired full-time athletics academic coordinator (March 2008)

20 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S • Developed comprehensive gender-equity and • Had 2 athletes (Marlon Woods, Corey Vinston) earn catastrophic incident guideline plans NCAA Division I All-American status in the same • Hired a full-time strength and conditioning coach championship meet for the 1st time in school history (August 2008) in 2009

footBall • Matched 2005 and 2006 win total (8-14) in 2007 with a record of (8-3) • Record 10 NSU players named All-MEAC in 2007 • Pete Adrian named Defensive back Don Carey became NSU’s 1st MEAC NSU Softball Field the first Spartan football player to be Football Coach drafted in 13 years when the Browns selected him in the 2009 draft. of the Year in 2007 faCilitieS • Earned school’s 1st- • Completed softball field renovations in 2007-08, ever national FCS/I-AA ranking in 2007, reaching as high including construction of a press box, dugouts as 23rd and restrooms • Had its 1st NFL draftee since 1996 when Don Carey • Renovated weight room in Gill Gymnasium in 2005, was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth increasing size of existing room and purchasing new round of the 2009 draft equipment • Completed refurbishing of women’s sports locker footBall atteNdaNCe rooms in Gill Gymnasium (fall 2008) • Ranked 20th in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2005 • Replaced the outfield wall at the Marty L. Miller • Ranked 23rd in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2006 Baseball Field (summer 2007) • Ranked 7th in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2007 • Renovating the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall • Had the 2nd and 3rd-largest crowds in Dick Price basketball arena (August 2008 and 2009) Stadium history in 2007: vs. Hampton (27,756) and vs. Virginia State (26,970) Program • Set a stadium record in average attendance in 2007 aWardS (17,220 average for 6 games) • Won the last 5 MEAC Men’s All- meN’S BaSketBall Sports Awards • Won 16 games in 2007-08, a 5-win improvement over (Talmadge Layman the previous year Hill Award) and • Competed in the conference championship game in earned the NSU 2009 for the 1st time since joining the MEAC Athletics Department $125,000 from 2005-09 • Had the baseball, men’s basketball and football teams all post winning records in 2007-08 for the 1st time in the Division I era

tv/radio exPoSUre • Hosted the school’s 1st 2 nationally-televised softball games in 2007 and 2008 • Began airing a weekly radio show, Inside Spartan Sports, on Fox Sports affiliate WXTG 102.1 FM in the NSU men’s track and field team has won a total of 8 championships January 2009 the last 4 years. • Had 5 sporting events televised on ESPN networks (3 football games, 2 men’s basketball) in 2008-09 meN’S CroSS CoUNtry • Had 6 sporting events televised on ESPN networks • Won 8 of the last 9 MEAC titles, including a (3 football games, 2 men’s basketball, 1 softball) conference-record 7 straight from 2000-06 in 2007-08, most in school history • Sent a runner to the NCAA Division I National Cross • Had 4 sporting events televised on ESPN networks Country Championship for the 1st time in school and (2 men’s basketball, 1 football, 1 softball) in 2006-07 MEAC history in 2006 (David kemboi) • Had 5 sporting events televised on ESPN networks (3 men’s basketball, 2 football) in 2005-06 traCk & field • Became 1st MEAC men’s track program to win both the indoor and outdoor conference championships for 4 consecutive academic years (2006-09)

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 21 STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

The NSU Strength and Conditioning Program is administered by Reese Bridgman, NSU’s strength and conditioning coach. Bridgman has 26 years of coaching experience in athletics at the high school, college and professional levels. His resume includes a seven-year stint as head strength and conditioning coach at Central Florida, where he worked with future professionals such as Daunte Culpepper, Asante Samuel and Brandon Marshall of the NFL and Mike Maroth of Major League Baseball. The NSU Strength and Conditioning Program exists to provide all 280+ NSU student-athletes with scientifically-sound performance-enhancement programs in the areas of strength, speed, explosive power and sports nutrition. Programs are conducted in the NSU athletics weight room, a 2,000-square foot facility in Gill Gymnasium that houses the equipment and accessories needed to develop championship-level NCAA Division I athletes. The strength and conditioning program also uses the NSU athletics department’s game and practice fields. The program develops athletes by means of functional strength training for strength and power utilizing olympic lifts, power lifts, plyometric drills and additional supplementary lifts, particularly dumbbell exercises. The program trains speed in both linear and change-of-direction movement. Athletes are taught recovery by developing good eating habits that are appropriate for athletes training at the Division I level and by emphasizing the correct amount of rest. Athletes are trained in a team setting as a part of a year- round program. Athletes train two times per week in season and three to four times per week during the remainder of the year with a break between semesters and at the end of their sport’s season. Their annual plan consists of in-season, off-season, preseason and holiday programs. All training schedules are administered within NCAA guidelines for contact time with athletes in both required programs and voluntary programs. Part of the emphasis within the NSU Strength and Conditioning Program is on the athlete developing lifetime character qualities of teamwork, discipline, dedication, determination, respect for others and respect for hard work. Athletes are also expected to develop an interest in lifetime fitness. “The Strength and Conditioning Program at NSU tries to remember that our athletes came to us to participate in and excel in their given sport, not to become weight lifters or body builders,” Bridgman says. “For this reason, we approach strength and conditioning as a means to an end, and we encourage our athletes to learn from and enjoy the journey.”

22 N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S NSU ATHLETICS FOUNDATION

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Total Sports - 15 ATHLETICS FOUNDATION Women’s Sports a Brief overvieW Basketball Norfolk State University’s proud legacy of achievement in collegiate Bowling athletics began at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Central Cross Country Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). NSU was one of the league’s Indoor Track & Field most dominant programs, winning championships in every sport the outdoor Track & Field school offered. Softball In 1997, NSU joined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Tennis one of only two NCAA Division I conferences comprised of historically Volleyball black colleges and universities. Men’s Sports Other conference members include: Bethune-Cookman College, Coppin State College, Delaware State University, Florida A&M Baseball Basketball University, Hampton University, Howard University, the University of Cross Country Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T Football State University, and South Carolina State University. Indoor Track & Field NSU made an immediate impression in the conference in 2000-01, outdoor Track & Field winning the Talmadge Hill Award – presented annually to the member Tennis whose men's teams compile the most points based on team finishes in conference competition. The Spartans won the Talmadge Hill Award again each year from 2005-09. In all, NSU has won conference titles in NoRFoLk STATE UNIVERSITY men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s basketball during its brief tenure in the MEAC. ATHLETICS FoUNDATIoN Board of Directors Why Support Norfolk State University athletics? Fran Steward, President • NSU competes at the nation’s highest level of intercollegiate athletics Mervin Pitchford, Vice President – National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Phillip Brooks, Treasurer Craig Cotton, Executive Director – and is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Marty Miller, Athletics Director • The need to increase funding for scholarships for deserving student-athletes motivated by achievement both in athletics and academics. Robert Boyd • Improvements and maintenance of equipment and facilities that will enable Jacob L. Cheeks NSU student-athletes to perform at their full potential. Harold Hagans • A competitive athletics program of the highest quality is consistent with the John Hornbeck institution’s emergence as the "Institution of Choice." Curtis Maddox* • A competitive athletics program contributes to the enjoyment of the Langston Powell collegiate experience. Zackery Rodgers James Satterfield* Donna Sample Smith John Warren

* - Emeritus

N o r f o l k S t a t e S P a r t a N S 23 MEAC

THE MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC MEAC Women’s Indoor MEAC Women’s Outdoor CONFERENCE (MEAC) Track & Field Champions Track & Field Champions The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), a NCAA Division I Conference, is in its 39th year of operation 2009 ...... Hampton 2009 ...... Hampton during the 2009-10 academic school year. Housed in the Armada Hoffler Tower at Town Center of Virginia Beach, 2008 ..Md. Eastern Shore/Hampton 2008 ...... Hampton Virginia, the MEAC is made up of 12 outstanding, historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: 2006 ...... Hampton 2007 ...... Hampton Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton 2005 ...... Hampton 2006 ...... Hampton University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State 2005 ...... Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, South Carolina State University and Winston-Salem State University. 2004 ...... Hampton 2003 ...... Hampton 2004 ...... Hampton 2002 ...... Delaware State 2003 ...... Hampton HISTORY 2001 ...... Florida A&M 2002 ...... Hampton In 1969, a bold ad hoc group of innovators long associated with intercollegiate athletics met in Durham, N .C., 2000 ...... Norfolk State 2001 ...... Norfolk State to discuss the feasibility of organizing a new conference . Dissected from these discussions, a steering and planning 1999 ...... Florida A&M 2000 ...... Florida A&M committee was formed to fully investigate the idea, present a detailed report with recommendations to interested 1998 ...... Bethune-Cookman 1999 ...... Florida A&M collegiate institutions, and then construct a workshop to outline proposals. 1997 ...... Bethune-Cookman 1998 ...... Florida A&M After adopting a program, seven institutions (Delaware State College, Howard University, University of Maryland 1996 ...... Coppin State 1997 ...... Florida A&M Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and 1995 ...... Florida A&M 1996 ...... Coppin State South Carolina State College) agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Its major objective was to 1994 ...... Florida A&M 1995 ...... North Carolina A&T establish, organize and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a compact group of educational 1993 ...... Florida A&M 1994 ...... Florida A&M institutions of high academic standards and with a sound philosophy of co-curricular activities. The conference was 1992 ...... Morgan State 1993 ...... Florida A&M confirmed in 1970, kicking off its first season of competition in football in 1971. 1991 ...... Florida A&M 1992 ...... Maryland-E.S. In 1978, a milestone was reached when the MEAC selected Kenneth A. Free to be its first full-time 1990 ...... Morgan State 1991 ...... Florida A&M commissioner. He had been preceded by three interim (part-time) commissioners: Dr. Leroy Walker (1971-74); who 1989 ...... Howard 1990 ...... Morgan State later had the distinction of serving as the President of the United States Olympic Committee, the late Earl Mason 1988 ...... Delaware State 1989 ...... Florida A&M (1974-75) and the late Dr. James Young (1975-78). 1987 ...... Delaware State 1988 ...... South Carolina State Kenneth A. Free served the conference for 18 years before stepping down in 1995. In 1996, Charles S. Harris 1986 ...... Delaware State 1987 ...... Florida A&M was named commissioner and served in the capacity until April 2002. Longtime MEAC administrator Brenda H. 1985 ...... Delaware State 1986 ...... South Carolina State McCoy served two stints as Interim Commissioner, one in 1996 and again in 2002. On September 1, 2002, Dr. 1984 ...... Delaware State 1985 ...... South Carolina State Dennis E. Thomas was named the commissioner and has served in the position for six years. 1983 ...... Howard 1984 ...... South Carolina State The league ’s first expansion occurred in October 1979 when Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M 1982 ...... Delaware State 1983 ...... South Carolina State University were voted into the MEAC as new members. Original members Morgan State, North Carolina Central 1981 ...... Howard 1982 ...... South Carolina State and Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference at the end of the 1979 fiscal year. Maryland Eastern 1981 ...... Delaware State Shore was readmitted in 1981 and Morgan State returned in 1984. Florida A&M opted to resign in 1984, but was 1980 ...... Howard readmitted in 1986. Coppin State College was granted admittance in 1985, becoming the ninth member institution. The MEAC expanded again in the 90’s with the inclusion of Hampton University (1995) and Norfolk State University (1997) . The final expansion occurred in 2007, with the addition of Winston-Salem State University . On June 8, 1980, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic MEAC COMMISSIONERS Association (NCAA). The following month the MEAC received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Currently, the league has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), men’s Dr. Dennis E. Thomas 2002 - present basketball (since 1981), women’s basketball (since 1982), football (since 1996), softball (since 1995), men and Brenda H. McCoy (Interim) 1996 & 2002 women’s tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). Charles S. Harris 1996 - 2002 kenneth A. Free* 1978 - 1996 Dr. James Young (Part-time) 1975 - 1978 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Earl Mason (Part-time) 1974 - 1975 The MEAC has enjoyed great athletic success over the years. In 2008 , Maryland Eastern Shore defeated Dr. Leroy Walker (Part-time) 1971 - 1974 Arkansas State, 4-2 to win the NCAA Women’s Bowling National Championship, the first in conference and school history . Lady Hawks’ head coach Sharon Brummell became the first female head coach to win a NCAA bowling title. *First official MEAC Commissioner In men’s basketball, Morgan State won the 1974 NCAA College Division II National Championship. The 1981 tournament champion Howard Bison became the first MEAC team to play in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship. MEAC tournament runners-up North Carolina A&T was invited to play in the National Invitational MEAC SPONSORED SPORTS Tournament (NIT) during the same season . Coppin State and Hampton also made history in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament with first-round Men’s Sports Women’s Sports victories. The No. 15 seeded Coppin State defeated No. 2 South Carolina in 1997 and No. 15 seeded Hampton Baseball Basketball defeated No. 2 Iowa State in 2001. Both victories ranked among the Top 10 greatest tournament upsets of all-time by ESPN’s SportsCenter. Basketball Bowling In women’s basketball, South Carolina State won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW ) Cross Country Cross Country Division II National Championship in 1979. In 1982, Howard became the first MEAC women’s team to participate in Football Indoor Track & Field the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships . South Carolina State earned the berth in 1983 and became the first Indoor Track & Field outdoor Track &Field MEAC team, men or women, to win a first-round game in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. outdoor Track & Field Softball Coppin State, winners of back-to back conference tournaments in 2005 and 2006, earned a berth to the 2007 Tennis Tennis WNIT . The Lady Eagles defeated Saint Joseph’s in the first round to earn their first Division I postseason victory. Volleyball In football, prior to the establishment of Division I-AA competition, the MEAC football champion played in the Gold Bowl held in Richmond, Va., which matched them against the champion of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). South Carolina State represented the MEAC in 1977 and 1978, winning both outings over Winston -Salem State and Norfolk State respectively. South Carolina State won MEAC football titles in 1981 and CONFERENCE TENURE 1982 and reached the second round of the I-AA championships both years . In addition to NCAA post-season play, MEAC football teams have appeared in NCAA sanctioned bowl-games . Bethune-Cookman 1979-present The MEAC was also instrumental in constructing the Freedom Bowl All-Star Classic and the Heritage Bowl. Coppin State 1985-present In outdoor track and field, North Carolina Central won the first three MEAC outdoor track and field titles and Delaware State 1970-present finished fourth in the 1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. North Carolina Central’s Larry Florida A&M 1979-1984, 1986-present Black was a member of the 1972 Olympic 400-meter relay team that won the gold medal and the silver medal in the Hampton 1995-present 200-meter dash. Howard 1970-present MEAC women began outdoor track and field conference competition in 1980. Two years later, South Carolina Md.-Eastern Shore 1970-79, 1981-present State won the AIAW Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship (1982). Morgan State. 1970-1979, 1984-present The MEAC initiated cross country and indoor track and field in 1981. Tennis and golf returned as MEAC- Norfolk State 1997-present governed sports in 1981 after a five-year hiatus. Golf was discontinued after the 1982 championships. In wrestling, Morgan State won 13 of the 2 4 conference championships. Individual wrestling champions were North Carolina A&T 1970-present granted automatic entry into the NCAA championships in 1986 . The MEAC discontinued wrestling as a conference- North Carolina Central 1970-1979 governed championship in 1995. South Carolina State 1970-present Baseball (discontinued following the 1977 season) along with women’s volleyball were added as MEAC- Winston-Salem State 2007-present governed sports in 1983. Women’s softball became a MEAC sanctioned sport in 1992. In 2003 , Florida A&M became the first MEAC school to win a volleyball match in the NCAA Championship, with a first-round win over Winthrop. In 2004, the Lady Rattlers became the first HBCU team ranked in the Top 25 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national poll. In softball, Bethune-Cookman earned the league’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Softball Championship in 2005. The Lady Wildcats defeated Florida, Central Florida and South Florida in the Florida Regional to become the first MEAC school to win a NCAA Division I Softball Regional. Bethune-Cookman ended the 2005 season with the league's first-ever rankings in the final softball polls, reaching No. 18 in the NFCA/USA Today Coaches poll and No. 23 in the USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll.

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Front Row (l-r): Alicea Teamer, Elaine Rhoades, Dania Sanford, Tierra Flowers, She’Anna Mitchell, Jonee’ Artis, Shanneka Claiborne Second Row (l-r): Aurora Scott, Ashanti Matthews, Syeeda Gee, Alaina Hite, Chynell Gray, Candace Shoates, Danielle Drummer, Allyssa Pickett Third Row (l-r): Mercy koech, kellen Rutto, Jamia Hutto, kaleena Gray, Jennifer Chichester, Tiphani Harris, Jasmine Walton, Wanetta kirby Back Row (l-r): Assistant Coach Harry Freeman, Academic Enhancement Counselor Vicki Whitties, Assistant Coach Serge Bengono, Head Women’s Track Coach Ronda Berard, Director of Track and Field operations kenneth Giles NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

Indoor Season

DATE EVENT LOCATION JENNIFER CHICHESTER Dec. 5 Christopher Newport Holiday open Newport News, Va. JUNIOR Jan. 9 George Mason Father Diamond Invitational Fairfax, Va. Jan. 15-16 University of Maryland Invitational Landover, Md. Jan. 22-23 Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational Blacksburg, Va. Hampton Invitational Hampton, Va. Jan. 29-30 Penn State open State College, Pa. KATIE WRIGHT Feb. 11-13 MEAC Indoor Championships Landover, Md. SOPHOMORE Feb. 27-28 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, N.M. March 10-13 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark.

Outdoor Season

DATE EVENT LOCATION March 19-20 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. March 25-27 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. April 2-3 Colonial Relays Williamsburg, Va. April 8-10 Sea Ray Relays knoxville, Tenn. April 17 Morgan State Legacy Baltimore, Md. April 21-24 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. May 6-8 MEAC outdoor Championships Greensboro, N.C. May 14-15 Aggie Last Chance Meet Greensboro, N.C. May 27-29 NCAA outdoor Southeast Regional Greensboro, N.C. June 2-5 NCAA outdoor Championship Eugene, ore.

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