Norfolk State UNiverSity
RAPHAEL HALL SENIOR
BRETT DODD SENIOR
ARAMIS MASSENBURG JUNIOR
A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION Norfolk State UNiverSity The Institution of Choice
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 oceanfront 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.
Norfolk State SPartaNS TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Athletics Directory 17 President Carolyn W. Meyers, Ph.D. 3 kenneth Giles 18 Director of Athletics Marty L. Miller 4 Assistant Coaches 19 Strength and Conditioning 6 Season outlook 20 NSU Athletics Highlights 7 Spartan Men’s Roster 22 NSU Athletics Foundation 8 2010 Athlete Profiles 23 MEAC 16 2009 in Review 24 NSU Track & Field Records
2010 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD QUiCk faCtS
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION MEN’S TEAM INFORMATION Location: Norfolk, Va. 2008-09 MEAC Indoor Finish: 1st Founded: 1935 2008-09 MEAC Outdoor Finish: 1st Nearly 7,000 Enrollment: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 20/11 Spartans Mascot: Newcomers: 13 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, Head Coach: kenneth Giles (7th years) 700 Park Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504 Alma Mater: North Florida ‘87 Web site: www.nsuspartans.com Associate Head Coach: Malcolm Watts (NSU ‘98) Assistant Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich (NSU ‘03), Brandon Tynes (NSU ‘08) Volunteer Assistant: Cletus Griffin (Akron ’74) Patrick Hegel Track Office: (757) 823-8801/8169
THE 2010 MEN’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.
Norfolk State SPartaNS 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 Norfolk State SPartaNS HEAD COACH KENNETH GILES
Kenneth Giles is in During his tenure, Giles also tutored five All-Americans. his seventh year as As head coach, both Woods and Corey Vinston earned the head men’s track All-American honors in the long jump at the 2009 and field coach at NCAA Indoor Championship. While Giles served as an NSU and 11th as assistant, he worked with All-Americans Desmond head men’s cross kapofu in the triple jump, Adrian Shears in the high country coach. This jump and olympian Christopher Brown in the 400 season, Giles meters. assumes the duty of NSU’s director of For his success in cross country and track, Giles has track and field been named MEAC Most outstanding Coach 16 times. programs. In that capacity, he will take Giles coaches from his own running expertise. He was on the added a standout 800-meter runner in college. In 1985, Giles responsibility of earned Junior College All-American status by finishing overseeing the eighth at the indoor national meet in the 800 for operations of both Hagerstown (Md.) Community College. He continued men’s and women’s track and cross country programs his success in that event at the University of North with an emphasis on recruiting, scheduling and home Florida, where he is still the 800-meter indoor record- track 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.
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.
Norfolk State SPartaNS 3 ASSISTANT COACHES
is in his fifth Associate head coach Malcolm Wycliffe Rotich Watts is in his sixth year with season as an assistant coach 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. A native of Georgetown, Guyana, Watts represented in management information systems from NSU in 2003. 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.
Harry Freeman is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for the NSU cross country and track teams. Freeman aided the NSU men in 2006 and 2007, helping the Spartans capture a sweep of the MEAC cross country, indoor and outdoor track titles in the 2006-07 season. Last season, Freeman assisted the women’s cross country and track teams, helping the NSU women to second-place finishes at the 2008 MEAC cross country championship and 2009 MEAC indoor track and field championship. This season, Freeman will assist in coaching the cross country and long-distance runners for both programs. Previously, Freeman was an assistant coach for the St. Augustine’s College men’s and women’s cross country and track programs from 1990-96 and 1998-2005. His primary responsibility was to coach the cross country team, and he also assisted with the track team’s middle-distance runners and quarter-milers. Freeman guided the Falcons to the 2000 Division II Southeast Region Cross Country title, and was named the regional Coach of the Year that season. Freeman also helped the Falcons to 16 NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor track team championships during his tenure. Freeman was also a standout runner for the Falcons from 1979-83. He was the three-time CIAA Cross Country Most outstanding Performer and was the 1982 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional champion. That same year, Freeman became the first Division II cross country All-American in CIAA history. He still holds the school’s cross country records for 8,000 and 10,000 meters. Freeman has 15 years of experience in directing summer youth programs in the Raleigh, N.C. area and in the Hampton Roads region. He also has eight years of classroom teaching experience, most recently as an associate teacher/counselor with the Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs (SECEP) in Suffolk. Freeman earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from St. Augustine’s in 1983.
4 Norfolk State SPartaNS ASSISTANT COACHES
Serge Bengono is in his fourth Brandon Tynes is in his second season as an assistant track season as an assistant track coach at Norfolk State coach at NSU. He will assist in University. He came to NSU coaching the sprinters, hurdles from Virginia Commonwealth and jumpers. University, where he assisted Tynes served as the NSU during the 2005 outdoor men’s track team manager for season. four seasons (2005-08) as the Bengono boasts a wealth Spartan won six MEAC titles of collegiate and international (three indoor, three outdoor). experience. He is a two-time Tynes received his bachelor’s Summer olympian, having degree in interdisciplinary competed in the 1996 (Atlanta) studies from NSU in 2008. and 2000 (Sydney) Games for his native Cameroon in the Tynes, a Hampton native, was a sprinter at Bethel 100 meters and on the 4x100 relay team. High School. Bengono lettered three years at George Mason University and excelled in the short sprints (60, 100 and 200 meters) and on the 4x100 relay team. He won the IC4A title in the 100 meters as a sophomore in 2001. Bengono set George Mason's outdoor record in the 100 meters with a 10.26-second win in the semifinals at the 13th African Championships in the summer of 2002. Bengono transferred to George Mason from Huston- Tillotson College in Austin, Texas, where he won multiple NAIA All-American honors and also played soccer as a freshman in 2000. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from George Mason in 2003.
Cletus Griffin is in his second year as a volunteer assistant track and cross country coach at Norfolk State. He assists in coaching the long-distance runners and multi-event athletes. Griffin, a former Division II All-American, brings more than 15 years of secondary and collegiate coaching experience to the program. Griffin was a standout long-distance runner at Akron University. He was an All-American in the 10,000 meters in 1972 and in cross country in 1973. Griffin also met the olympic qualifying standards for the 10,000 meters in 1972 and for the marathon in 1976. After earning his bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and history from Akron in 1974, Griffin earned a master’s in health and physical education from Akron in 1976. Griffin was also an assistant cross country and track coach for the Zips from 1974-77. Griffin then embarked on a successful high school coaching career, first in ohio and then in Virginia Beach. He was the head cross country and track coach at Green Run High School from 1984-89, winning four outdoor state championships. He then moved over to another Virginia Beach High School, Salem, from 1990-92, winning multiple district and regional titles. Griffin produced 25 high school All-Americans during his tenure at Green Run and Salem. Griffin currently serves as an assistant principal at Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach. He resides in Virginia Beach with his wife, Debra. The couple has one son, Jonathan, who runs for the Spartans.
Norfolk State SPartaNS 5 SEASON OUTLOOK
Young Spartans Aim to Continue Program’s Winning Ways
The 2009-10 Norfolk State men’s track team will be one of the youngest in head coach Kenneth Giles’ tenure. Despite that, the seventh-year head coach does not expect a drop-off for his Spartans, who have swept the MEAC indoor and outdoor titles each of the last four years.
Leading the way among the returners are a pair of MEAC champions in hurdler Aramis Massenburg (Ettrick, Va.) and pole vaulter Brett Dodd (San Antonio, Texas), NCAA regional-qualifying sprinter Thomas Speller (Chesapeake, Va.) and high jumper Raphael Hall (Chesapeake, Va.). Massenburg won the 2009 conference indoor 60-meter hurdles championship and returns to the track after missing last outdoor season due to injury. Dodd won the pole vault title at last year’s MEAC outdoor Championship, while Speller was an outdoor regional qualifier in the 200 meters last season. Hall also struggled with an injury last season but is healthy now. He hopes to return to his 2008 form, when he advanced to the finals at the NCAA outdoor Championship.
other key returners include sprinters Tyrell Moon (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Quinten Walker (Hampton, Va.), hurdler Sherrard Marrow (Hampton, Va.), distance runners Josef Tessema (Springfield, Va.) and Vincent Rono (Bomet, kenya), thrower Kendrick Richardson (Richmond, Va.) and multi-event athlete Meredith Whitties (Petersburg, Va).
Giles’ recruiting class includes several athletes who could make a big impact not only within the MEAC, but at the national level. Sprinter Sean Holston (Springfield, Va.), who sat out last season, won the 200 and 400 meter national titles at the 2007 Nike Indoor National Championships. He has already broken the 47-second plateau in the 400. Thrower Frede Spellman (Chesapeake, Va.), who also sat out at NSU last season, won the Virginia state championships in the shot put and discus in both his junior and senior high school seasons.
NSU will also benefit from the transfer of two distance runners, sophomores Philemon Kimutai and Amos Kipkosgei (both of Eldoret, kenya). kimutai was a regional qualifier in the 1,500 meters at the University of Wyoming last season. kipkosgei was conference Runner of the Year as a freshman in cross country at New York Tech, which did not field a track team. The pair helped lead the Spartans to the MEAC cross country title in the fall and should be among the MEAC’s elite in middle and long-distance races. Freshman Kameron George (Brooklyn, N.Y.) will also add depth to the middle distance races.
Giles is also excited about freshman 800-meter runner Vincent Brown (Peachtree City, Ga.), who is coming off state and AAU national championships as a high school senior.
other rookies who should factor prominently for the Spartans this season include pole vaulter Raoul Hernandez (Virginia Beach, Va.) and 400-meter runner Kenneth Smith (Newport News, Va.).
Junior Thomas Speller will be counted on heavily in the sprints this season.
6 Norfolk State SPartaNS SPARTAN MEN’S ROSTER
2009-10 Men’s Track & Field Roster
NAME HT. YR. EVENTS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Ramaan Ansley 5-5 Fr. Sprints Philadelphia, Pa./HS of Engineering & Science Darryl Brickhouse 6-0 So. Sprints Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River HS Vincent Brown 6-1 Fr. Middle Distance Peachtree City, Ga./McIntosh HS Eric Casper 6-0 Sr. High Jump Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge HS Jamal Craig 5-9 So. Throws Portsmouth, Va./Norcom HS Brett Dodd 5-8 Sr. Pole Vault San Antonio, Texas/St. Anthony’s HS Theo Duncan 6-4 So. Throws Ashland, Va./Patrick Henry HS kameron George 5-10 Fr. Mid/Long Distance Brooklyn, N.Y./Transit Tech Jonathan Griffin 6-2 Jr. Mid/Long Distance Virginia Beach, Va./Radford University Raphael Hall 6-6 Sr. High Jump Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek HS TyQun Harris-oxendine 5-7 So. Sprints Chester, Va./Thomas Dale HS Raoul Hernandez 5-9 Fr. Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS Sean Holston 5-8 So. Sprints Springfield, Va./Robert E. Lee HS John James 5-10 Fr. High Jump Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River HS Ibrahim kamara 5-8 So. Long Distance Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams HS Philemon kimutai 5-9 So. Mid/Long Distance Eldoret, kenya/University of Wyoming Amos kipkosgei 5-6 So. Mid/Long Distance Eldoret, kenya/New York Tech Sherrard Marrow 5-10 So. Hurdles Hampton, Va./Bethel HS Aramis Massenburg 6-1 Jr. Hurdles Ettrick, Va./Matoaca HS Tyrell Moon 5-11 Jr. Sprints Philadelphia, Pa./Swenson HS Ryan owens 5-8 Jr. Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS kendrick Richardson 5-9 So. Throws Richmond, Va./N.C. Central Vincent Rono 5-7 So. Long Distance Bomet, kenya/Mogotio Secondary Johnathan Ross 5-7 Fr. Javelin Fairburn, Ga./Sandy Creek HS kenneth Smith 6-0 Fr. Sprints Newport News, Va./Woodside HS Thomas Speller 6-0 Jr. Sprints Chesapeake, Va./Indian River HS Frede Spellman 5-11 So. Throws Chesapeake, Va./ oscar Smith HS Josef Tessema 5-8 Jr. Mid/Long Distance Springfield, Va./Robert E. Lee HS Anthony Tillman 5-9 So. Mid/Long Distance okinawa, Japan/kadena HS Quinten Walker 5-8 So. Sprints Hampton, Va./Hampton HS Meredith Whitties 6-2 Sr. Hurdles/Multi’s Petersburg, Va./Petersburg HS Travis Wilson 5-10 So. Hurdles Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor HS
Head Coach: kenneth Giles Associate Head Coach: Malcolm Watts Assistant Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich, Brandon Tynes Graduate Assistant: Brandon Harris Volunteer Assistants: Patrick Hegel, Cletus Griffin
Norfolk State SPartaNS 7 2010 ATHLETE PROFILES
RETURNEES DARRYL BRICKHOUSE 6-0 • Sophomore Sprints Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River HS
2008-09: A key 4x400 relay runner for NSU as a rookie…helped the Spartans 4x400 team run a season- best indoor time of 3:14.26 at the Penn State Invitational…ran on NSU’s seventh-place 4x400 team at the MEAC Indoor Championship…did not run outdoors. High School: Lettered four years in football and track…PR in the 400 was 48.01, which he ran at the 2008 AAU Junior olympics…ran a leg on the Warriors’ state championship 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams as a senior…all-state in the 400 as a junior…teamed with fellow NSU runner Sherrard Marrow and two others to win the gold medal in the 4x400 relay at the AAU Junior olympics following his senior season. Personal: Born Darryl C. Brickhouse on May 30, 1990…son of Darryl and kimberly Brickhous...majoring in sociology.
JAMAL CRAIG 5-9 • Sophomore Throws Portsmouth, Va./Norcom HS
2008-09: Competed in the weight throw and shot put as a freshman…best shot put throw indoors was 47-3 ¾ at CNU…placed fifth in the weight throw at the MEAC Indoor Championship (44-2 ½)…came in sixth in the shot put at the Hampton Relays outdoor meet, and eighth at Morgan State. High School: Lettered four years in track…also played four years of football and two of baseball… Eastern District indoor shot put champion as a senior…placed third at the Eastern Region indoor meet and fourth at the regional outdoor meet…named the track team MVP and Lineman of the Year on the football team as a senior. Personal: Jamal Micheal Craig was born on october 9, 1989…son of Wanda and Jarome Craig…majoring in sociology.
BRETT DODD 5-8 • Senior Pole Vault San Antonio, Texas/St. Anthony’s HS
2008-09: Came in second at the MEAC Indoor Championship (14-11), his season-best height…that 14- 11 also broke his own school record set in 2008…MEAC outdoor champion in the pole vault (14-5 ¼)… matched that height at the Morgan State Legacy Meet. 2007-08: Won the MEAC indoor title in the pole vault with a school-record height of 14-2 ¾…also cleared 13-11 ¼ at Virginia Tech and 14-1 ¼ at the Maryland Invitational to break the previous school indoor record of 13-9…cleared an outdoor personal-best of 14-5 ¼ to finish second at the MEAC outdoor Championship…matched that height at the Morgan State Legacy meet…named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team…also won the school’s James D. Gill Scholarship. 2006-07: Came in third at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the pole vault (13-5)…cleared a personal-best 14 feet to win the Delaware State Invitational outdoors…finished fifth at the MEAC outdoor Championship (12-7 ½). High School: Lettered two years in track…top height cleared was 13 feet as a senior…was district and regional champion in the pole vault as a senior, and finished second at the state level. Personal: Brett Anthony Dodd was born on July 8, 1988…son of Brett A. Dodd and Marquita Patterson…majoring in psychology.
THEO DUNCAN 6-4 • Sophomore Throws Ashland, Va./Patrick Henry HS 2008-09: Came in seventh place in the shot put at the MEAC Indoor Championship (47-11) and eighth at the outdoor championship (47-2 ¼)…was fifth at the Hampton Indoor Invitational (47-11)…outdoor season- best throw was 48-9 ¾ at the Colonial Relays. High School: A three-year starter along the offensive line…named to the All-Colonial District team as a junior and senior…also all-district, all-region and all-state in the shot put. Personal: Theophilus Simeon Duncan was born on May 16, 1989…son of Pamela Duncan…academic major is business marketing.
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JONATHAN GRIFFIN 6-2 • Junior Middle/Long Distance Virginia Beach, Va./Radford University/Kellam HS
2008-09: Earned his first varsity letter at NSU during cross country season. Personal: Jonathan orion Griffin was born on March 7, 1989…son of Debra Griffin and Cletus Griffin, who is a volunteer assistant coach at NSU…majoring in sociology.
RAPHAEL HALL 6-6 • Senior High Jump Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek HS
2008-09: Limited due to a knee ailment…season-best height cleared was 6-10 ¾ at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational during indoor season…came in fifth place at the MEAC Indoor Championship and sixth at the MEAC outdoor Championship, clearing 6-6 ¾ at both meets. 2007-08: Joined the track team during outdoor season after completing his second year with the NSU men’s basketball team…cleared 6-8 ¾ in his first collegiate meet, the Raleigh Relays…two weeks later, qualified for the outdoor regionals by clearing 7-0 ½ at UNC, placing third…placed third at the MEAC outdoor Championship (6-10 ¼)…at the NCAA East Regional, jumped a season-best 7-1 to finish fifth and qualify for the NCAA National meet…qualified for the high jump finals at the national meet after clearing 6-10 ¾ in the prelims…finished 15th overall. High School: Lettered two years on the basketball team and two on the track team at Deep Creek…won the state Group AAA indoor and outdoor high jump titles as a senior in 2005. Personal: Born Raphael Jante’ Hall on February 3, 1987…goes by Ralph…son of Vanita White and Raymond Ferebee… majoring in tourism and hospitality management.
IBRAHIM KAMARA 5-8 • Sophomore Middle/Long Distance Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams HS 2009-10: Lettered for a second time on the cross country team, helping the Spartans win their second straight MEAC title. 2008-09: Earned his first varsity letter while running during cross country, indoor and outdoor track seasons. High School: A two-year letterwinner at T.C. Williams…named the cross country team MVP as a sophomore and the track team MVP as a junior. Personal: Ibrahim Alie kamara was born on July 15, 1987…majoring in business entrepreneurship…born in Sierra Leone.
SHERRARD MARROW 5-10 • Sophomore Hurdles Hampton, Va./Bethel HS
2008-09: Competed as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team and also in the 400-meter hurdles…ran an outdoor season-best time of 53.44 seconds in the preliminaries of 400 hurdles at the MEAC outdoor Championship…placed eighth in the finals of that event (55.68). High School: A three-year letterwinner in track…named a Daily Press All-Star on numerous occasions… during his senior season, was a member of Bethel’s 1,600-meter relay team that won the national title at the 2008 Nike Indoor Nationals and also won the 2008 VHSL outdoor state championship…also won the gold medal as part of the 4x400 relay at the 2008 AAU Junior olympics…ran a top time of 38.13 in the 300-meter hurdles and has also run a 48.51 in the 400 meters…also a part of Bethel’s winning 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams at the 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals during his junior year…state champion in the 4x400 relay as a sophomore. Personal: Sherrard Marrow was born on october 29, 1990…son of Albert and Lavon Marrow…majoring in sociology.
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ARAMIS MASSENBURG 6-1 • Junior Hurdles Ettrick, Va./Matoaca HS
2008-09: MEAC indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles…ran a personal-best time of 7.87 seconds to take the conference championship…also ran a 7.87 at the Virginia Tech Invitational, placing second…did not run during outdoor season due to injury. 2007-08: An impact hurdler for NSU as a rookie…came in sixth place at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the 60-meter hurdles (8.21)…season-best time was 8.10 seconds at George Mason…an NCAA regional qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles during outdoor season, Massenburg ran a season-best time of 13.98 at the Morgan State Legacy meet…that was the third-fastest time of the season in the MEAC…placed seventh in the MEAC in the 110 hurdles at the conference outdoor meet. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track… earned Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro recognition after winning Central District outdoor championships in the 110-meter hurdles, the 300 hurdles and the triple jump…top times were 14.2 seconds in the 110 hurdles and 39.50 in the 300 hurdles….won Central District indoor titles in the 55 hurdles and the high jump, and won the Central Region indoor title in the 55 hurdles. Personal: karl Aramis Massenburg…goes by Aramis…born August 6, 1989…son of karl and Jennifer Massenburg…majoring in business management.
TYRELL MOON 5-11 • Junior Sprints Philadelphia, Pa./Swenson HS
2008-09: Ran an indoor season-best time of 48.65 seconds in the 400 meters at Penn State…came in seventh place at the MEAC Indoor Championship (49.66)…also helped the 4x400 relay team to a seventh- place finish at the indoor conference championship…ran the lead-off leg on NSU’s eighth-place 4x400 team at the MEAC outdoor Championship. 2007-08: Ran a leg on NSU’s winning distance medley relay team at the conference indoor meet…also ran the lead-off leg on NSU’s third-place 4x400 relay team at the indoor meet…helped the Spartans win the 4x400 relay at the conference outdoor meet, qualifying for the regionals in 3:09.84…also participated on NSU’s 4x400 relay team at the Penn Relays, which came in third in the college division (3:11.76)…just missed qualifying for the MEAC finals in the 400 meters (outdoors), running a season-best time of 48.01 to finish ninth in the heats. High School: Three-year letterwinner…was two-time district champion in the 400 meters…finished eighth in the state meet as a senior. Personal: Tyrell S. Moon was born on August 28, 1989…son of William Moon and Pamela Cannon…academic major is building construction technology.
RYAN OWENS 5-8 • Junior Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS
2008-09: Took seventh place at the MEAC Indoor meet in the pole vault (11-11 ¾) and sixth place at the outdoor meet (11-5 ¾)…both heights represented season bests for owens. 2007-08: Came in seventh place at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the pole vault (11-11 ¼)…cleared an indoor season-best 12-5 ½ at CNU’s Vince Brown Invitational…placed seventh at the MEAC outdoor Championship after clearing 11-11 ¾, his top height of the outdoor season. High School: An all-district performer as a junior and senior…cleared 12-6 as a senior. Personal: Ryan Scott owens was born on July 21, 1988…son of Tim and Deborah owens…majoring in physical education.
KENDRICK RICHARDSON 5-9 • Junior Throws Richmond, Va./North Carolina Central/Meadowbrook HS
2008-09: Competed in multiple throwing events in his first year as a Spartan…placed second place in the discus at the MEAC outdoor Championship with a personal-best and school-record throw of 147-11… also came in 13th in the javelin throw. At NCCU: Attended school at NCCU for one year. High School: All-state, all-region, all-district and All-Metro as a senior at Meadowbrook…finished second in the region and seventh at the state meet in the discus…won the shot put and placed second in the discus at the district meet…helped Meadowbrook to the Central District team championship as a senior. Personal: kendrick osborne Richardson was born on January 8, 1989…son of Charmaine Richardson…majoring in kinesiotherapy.
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VINCENT RONO 5-7 • Sophomore Long Distance Bomet, Kenya/Mogotio Secondary
2008-09: Ran an indoor school-record time of 14:33.15 to win the 5,000 meters at the Hampton Invitational in his collegiate debut…named the MEAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week for that performance…at the MEAC Indoor Championship, placed fifth in the 5,000 and seventh in the 3,000… season-best outdoor time in the 5,000 meters was 15:50.81 at the Wake Forest open. Before NSU: Top time in the 5,000 was 14:43…has run a personal-best of 30:16 in the 10,000 meters. Personal: Vincent kipkemoi Rono was born on June 22, 1986…son of Daniel and Selina Chepckwony… majoring in physics.
THOMAS SPELLER 6-0 • Junior Sprints Chesapeake, Va./Indian River HS
2008-09: Ran an indoor-best time of 21.98 seconds in the 200 meters at Penn State…placed seventh in the 200 at the MEAC Indoor Championship (22.16)…ran the second leg on the seventh-place 4x400 relay team at the conference indoor meet…an NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 200 meters during outdoor season…ran a PR of 21.01 seconds in the prelims of the MEAC outdoor Championship for his fastest qualifying time…took fifth place in the conference finals (21.14)…ran the lead-off leg on the 4x100 relay at the conference outdoor meet, helping NSU to fourth place (40.68 seconds)…also ran on the eighth-place 4x400 relay team that placed eighth at the outdoor championship. 2007-08: Enrolled at NSU in the fall of 2007, but sat out the 2008 track season as a non-qualifier. High School: Lettered all four years in track…a Nike Indoor All-American after finishing second in the 200 meters at the 2007 nationals during his final prep year…won the Southeastern District championship in the 200 meters as a senior…as a junior, ran on the state indoor champion 4x200 relay team, helping the Braves win the state team title…also won the Eastern Region 300- meter title as a junior and was all-state in the 4x100 relay…top high school times were 10.89 in the 100, 21.55 in the 200, 34.83 in the 300 and 48.46 in the 400. Personal: Born Thomas Calvin Speller on october 4, 1987…son of Thomas Shipp and Sharon Speller…majoring in early childhood education.
JOSEF TESSEMA 5-8 • Junior Middle/Long Distance Springfield, Va./Robert E. Lee HS
2009-10: All-MEAC cross country runner, placing ninth at the championship meet (26:43 in 8k)…led NSU with a 60th-place finish out of 231 runners at the 10k NCAA Southeast Regional. 2008-09: An All-MEAC cross country performer…placed fourth at the MEAC championship (25:59)…ran the MEAC’s fastest time in the mile during indoor season, with a winning time of 4:14.91 at Penn State… other best indoor times were 8:48 in the 3,000 meters and 15:37 in the 5,000…finished second in the mile at the MEAC Indoor Championship (4:21.86)…placed fourth in the 3,000 (8:55.48) and ninth in the 5,000 (16:11)…during outdoor season, Tessema ran the second-fastest 1,500-meter time in the MEAC with his 3:53.43 at the Raleigh Relays…ran a time of 15:15.17 in the 5,000 meters at Wake Forest, his best effort of the season…at the MEAC outdoor Championship, came in fourth in the 1,500 (4:01.97) and eighth in the 5,000 (15:57.05). 2007-08: Attended NSU, but sat out the season as a non-qualifier. High School: First-team All-Northern Region cross country selection as a senior…was the Northern Region and Patriot District cross country runner-up that year…also placed second in the region (indoors and outdoors) in the mile run, and placed in the top six at both the indoor and outdoor state Group AAA meets…top high school times were 4:16 for the mile, 9:27 for the two-mile, and 15:49 for 5,000 meters. Personal: Josef A. Tessema was born on April 11, 1989…son of Asnake Getachew and Tigest Gebre…majoring in building construction.
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ANTHONY TILLMAN 5-9 • Sophomore Middle/Long Distance Okinawa, Japan/Kadena HS
2009-10: Lettered for a second time on the cross country team, helping the Spartans win their second straight MEAC title. 2008-09: Earned his first varsity letter at NSU during cross country season. High School: Lettered three years in track and two in cross country…ran a 5k PR of 17:22 as a junior… was the Cross Country all-island champion…was all-district in cross country and track as a senior…served as track team caption his final year…ran personal-best time of 4:53 in the mile, 10:17 in the 3,200 and 2:13 in the 800. Personal: Anthony Bryant Tillman was born on July 26, 1989…son of Arnold and Gladys Tillman…majoring in graphic design.
QUINTEN WALKER 5-8 • Sophomore Sprints Hampton, Va./Hampton HS
2008-09: An impact short sprinter during his rookie campaign…ran a PR of 6.85 seconds in the 60 meters at Penn State…finished seventh in the 60 at the MEAC Indoor Championship (6.94)…participated on the fourth-place 4x100 relay team at the MEAC outdoor Championship (40.68 seconds). High School: Two-year letterwinner in track...Peninsula District champion and all-region and all-state honoree in the 500 meters and on the 4x200 relay team as a senior…also an all-district outdoor performer in the 100 and on the 4x400 relay as a senior…qualified for the Nike Indoor Nationals in the 300 meters and with Hampton’s 4x100 relay team… helped Hampton win the district outdoor team championship. Personal: Quinten Phillip Walker was born August 2, 1990...son of Michael and Darlene Walker...plans to major in kinesiotherapy.
MEREDITH WHITTIES 6-2 • Senior Hurdles/Multi-Event Petersburg, Va./Petersburg HS
2008-09: Placed eighth in the heptathlon at the MEAC Indoor Championship with 4,293 points…took fourth place in the javelin at the MEAC outdoor Championship with a throw of 167 feet…was also fourth in the decathlon with 5,811 points. 2007-08: Came in fifth place in the heptathlon at the MEAC Indoor Championship with a school-record 4,295 points…had the fifth-best javelin throw of the season (158-6) at the Murray Neely Invitational at N.C. A&T…placed fourth in that event at the MEAC outdoor Championship…broke his own school record with 5,924 points and came in third in the decathlon at the conference outdoor meet. 2006-07: Took seventh place in the javelin at the MEAC outdoor Championship (144-11)…finished sixth in the decathlon with 5,530 points. High School: Lettered four years in track, basketball and football…Central District outdoor champion in the 300 hurdles as a senior…won district titles in the 110 hurdles as a junior…named school’s Athlete of the Year as a senior. Personal: Meredith Albert Jones Whitties was born on January 5, 1988…son of Meredith Whitties and Vicki Jones-Whitties… majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
TRAVIS WILSON 5-10 • Sophomore Hurdles Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor HS
2008-09: Came in 11th in the 60 hurdles at the Hampton Invitational during indoor season…placed fifth in the 55 hurdles at CNU…also ran on the winning 4x400 relay team at CNU…finished fifth in the 400 hurdles at the Hampton Relays during outdoor season…helped the 110-meter shuttle hurdle relay team to first place at the Colonial Relays. High School: Lettered one year at Lake Taylor…first-team all-district hurdler…top times were 7.87 in the 55 hurdles, 14.83 in the 110 hurdles and 39.21 in the 300 hurdles. Personal: Travis Wilson was born on January 26, 1989…son of Bernice Wilson…majoring in applied mathematics.
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NEWCOMERS RAMAAN ANSLEY 5-5 • Freshman Sprints Philadelphia, Pa./HS of Engineering & Science High School: Finished second in the Pennsylvania Track & Field Coaches Association (PTFCA) state meet in the 60 meters…his winning time was a PR of 6.94 seconds…won the District 12AA championship in the 100 meters in a PR of 10.64 seconds…finished seventh in the 100 meters at the AAU Junior olympics… helped his team to the AA state championship in 2007 as well as three straight district championships. Personal: Ramaan N. Ansley was born on September 14, 1991…son of Ramaan Burton and Michele Ansley…majoring in electrical engineering.
VINCENT BROWN 6-1 • Freshman Middle Distance Peachtree City, Ga./McIntosh HS High School: Ran track and cross country as a senior at McIntosh…best 5k time was 16:51…was Georgia AAAA state 800-meter champion in a personal-best 1:53.20…also won the AAU Junior olympic 800-meter title (1:54.71). Personal: Vincent Brown III was born on December 27, 1990…son of Vincent Brown Jr. and Leslie Brown…majoring in mathematics.
ERIC CASPER 6-0 • Senior High Jump Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge HS At NSU: Joins the team as a walk-on this season after participating on the NSU football team last fall… made three tackles, deflected a pass and recovered a fumble last fall for the Spartans. High School: Lettered four years in track and two in football at Great Bridge…was a two-time state qualifier in the high jump…finished fifth in the region as a junior…helped the Wildcats tie for the 2005 state outdoor championship. Personal: Eric Anthony Casper was born on october 20, 1987…son of Eric Casper and Paula Love… majoring in political science.
KAMERON GEORGE 5-10 • Freshman Middle/Long Distance Brooklyn, N.Y./Transit Tech High School: Lettered two years in track and one in cross country…was the New York Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) city cross country champion as a senior (16:30 for 5k)…also won both the mile (4:29) and two-mile (9:34) as a senior during indoor track season at the PSAL championships…PRs in those events are 4:24 and 9:30…won national titles in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at the 2008 AAU Club Championships in orlando, Fla. Personal: kameron E. George was born on September 22, 1991…son of Joseph and Pamela George… majoring in electronic engineering.
TYQUN HARRIS-OXENDINE 5-7 • Sophomore Sprints Chester, Va./Thomas Dale HS High School: Played four years of football and ran track all four years…ran for over 1,000 yards as a senior on the football team…was a state meet qualifier in the 55 meters (indoors), long jump, 100 meters and 4x100 relay (outdoors) as a junior. Personal: TyQun Samuel Harris-oxendine was born on April 3, 1989…son of Maurice oxendine… majoring in mass communication.
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RAOUL HERNANDEZ 5-11 • Freshman Pole Vault Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville HS High School: Lettered three years in track and two in cross country…ran a top 5k time of 18:03 as a senior…personal-best in the pole vault is 12 feet, 6 inches…named the track team’s Most Improved Athlete as a junior. Personal: Raoul Hernandez was born on September 25, 1989…son of Adela Conde…majoring in psychology.
SEAN HOLSTON 5-8 • Sophomore Sprints Springfield, Va./Robert E. Lee HS High School: Lettered two years at Robert E. Lee…Virginia state champion in the 200, 300 and 400 meters as a senior…his 300-meter time of 33.21 seconds was the fastest in Virginia history and second- fastest in U.S. history at the time…won national championships in the 200 and 400 meters at the 2007 Nike Indoor National Championships…set a meet record in the 400 at the Nike Indoor meet (47.12)…later ran a personal-best time of 46.47 seconds during outdoor season…All-Met Athlete of the Year for indoor and outdoor track seasons…also ran PRs of 21.05 (200 meters) and 10.56 (100)…won the state championship in the 300 as a junior was an All-American in the 60 meters…also played football in high school. Personal: Marquis Sean Holston was born on July 10, 1989…goes by Sean…son of Darius Holston and Sharon Rosa… majoring in physical education.
JOHN JAMES 5-10 • Freshman High Jump Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River
High School: Lettered four years in track, golf and soccer…finished third at the state outdoor meet in the high jump as a senior (6-6)…finished second in the state indoor meet in the high jump as a junior… was a first-team all-district soccer pick as a senior. Personal: John E. James was born on February 11, 1991…son of John and Denise James…majoring in electrical engineering.
PHILEMON KIMUTAI 5-9 • Sophomore Middle/Long Distance Eldoret, Kenya/Wyoming/Kapcherop Secondary
At Wyoming: Lettered two years in track and one in cross country at Wyoming…as a sophomore in 2008-09, kimutai ran a personal-best time of 3:45.23 in the 1,500 meters to win first place at the Gem City Dual and attain a regional qualifying mark during outdoor season…finished fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Mountain West Conference Championship (3:49.40)…best 5,000-meter time was 14:21.99 a the oregon Relays…also took first place in the 3,000 meters at the Gem City Dual (8:19.01, PR)…top 8k time in cross country was 27:04 during his one season on the Cowboys’ cross country team (2008). Personal: Philemon kibor kimutai was born on December 2, 1985…son of Benjamin and Gladys kimutai…majoring in accounting.
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AMOS KIPKOSGEI 5-6 • Sophomore Middle/Long Distance Eldoret, Kenya/New York Tech/Tulon HS
At New York Tech: 2008 East Coast Conference Cross Country champion…finished the 8k course in 26:47.63… named ECC Runner of the Year Award and named to the all-conference first team…ran a season-best time of 25:41 to finish fifth at the Paul Short Invitational…did not run track at New York Tech, but has run a top 1,500-meter time of 3:51.37 Personal: Amos kipkosgei was born on June 3, 1984…son of Isaack and Milka Sitienei…majoring in nursing.
JOHNATHAN ROSS 5-7 • Freshman Javelin Fairburn, Ga./Sandy Creek HS
High School: A four-year letterwinner in track…also lettered three years in football…personal-best throw was 149-11 in the javelin…ran on the AAA state championship 4x100 relay team his junior year, when he helped Sandy Creek win the state team title…also ran on the state champion 4x100 relay team as a sophomore. Personal: Johnathan P. Ross was born on May 24, 1991…son of John and Patricia Ross…majoring in business.
KENNETH SMITH 6-0 • Freshman Sprints Newport News, Va./Woodside HS
High School: Played two years of football and one of soccer…did not run track until his senior season…was a first- team Daily Press All-Star in the 4x400 relay during indoor and outdoor seasons…second-team Daily Press All-Star in the 300 (indoor) and 400 (outdoor)…finished second in the district and was a state qualifier in the 400 meters. Personal: kenneth Dewayne Smith was born on April 24, 1991…son of kenneth and Camilla Smith…majoring in computer science.
FREDE SPELLMAN 6-0 • Sophomore Throws Chesapeake, Va./Oscar Smith HS
High School: Lettered three years in track…won the indoor and outdoor state shot put championships his junior and senior seasons, a total of four straight state titles…personal-best in high school was 61 feet, 11.5 inches…also has a PR of 157-2 in the discus. Personal: Earnest Freddrick Spellman was born on october 7, 1990…son of Freddie and Sharon Spellman…goes by Frede…majoring in kinesiotherapy.
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NSU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD NSU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD 2009 INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 2009 OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST
EVENT HoLDER DATE SITE TIME/DISTANCE EVENT HoLDER DATE SITE TIME/DISTANCE 60m Corey Vinston 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 6.75 100m Trayman Hill 4-11-09 knoxville, Tenn. 10.69 60h Aramis Massenburg 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 7.87 110h Marlon Woods 3-28-09 Raleigh, N.C. 14.42 200m Thomas Speller 1-31-09 University Park, Pa. 21.98 200m Thomas Speller 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 21.01 400m Tyrell Moon 1-31-09 University Park, Pa. 48.65 400m Thomas Speller 3-20-09 Winston-Salem, N.C. 48.27 800m Dominic Luka 1-31-09 University Park, Pa. 1:53.52 400h Sherrard Marrow 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 53.44 Mile Josef Tessema 1-31-09 University Park, Pa. 4:14.91 800m Reginald Beckham 4-11-09 knoxville, Tenn. 2:10.44 3000m Josef Tessema 1-24-09 Hampton, Va. 8:48.78 1,500m Josef Tessema 3-28-09 Raleigh, N.C. 3:53.43 5000m Vincent Rono 1-23-09 Hampton, Va. 14:33.15 3,000m SC Jonathan Soimo 4-4-09 Williamsburg, Va. 9:49.08 4x400 Tyrell Moon 1-31-09 University Park, Pa. 3:14.26 5000m Jonathan Soimo 3-20-09 Winston-Salem, N.C. 15:15.17 Darryl Brickhouse 4x100 Thomas Speller 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 40.68 Thomas Speller Trayman Hill keith Nkrumah Quinten Walker Marlon Woods DISTANCE keenan Harris 2-13-09 Landover, Md. 10:15.37 MEDLEY Darryl Brickhouse 4x400 Tyrell Moon 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 3:13.13 RELAY Carlton Phipps keith Nkrumah Dominic Luka Thomas Speller Dominic Luka HJ Raphael Hall 1-17-09 Blacksburg, Va. 6-10 ¾ Marlon Woods 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 6-10 ¾ HJ Marlon Woods 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 7-0 ½ LJ Corey Vinston 2-13-09 Landover, Md. 25-9½ LJ Corey Vinston 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 25-2 TJ Marlon Woods 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 51-0 TJ Corey Vinston 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 49-5 Corey Vinston 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 51-0 PV Brett Dodd 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 14-5 ¼ PV Brett Dodd 2-13-09 Landover, Md. 14-11 Brett Dodd 4-18-09 Baltimore, Md. 14-5 ¼ SP Theo Duncan 1-24-09 Hampton, Va. 47-11 SP Darryl Thomas 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 52-6 Heptathlon Darris Shelton 2-14-09 Landover, Md. 4,408 points Discus kendrick Richardson 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 147-11 Javelin Meredith Whitties 5-2-09 Greensboro, N.C. 167-0 Note: Distances are listed in feet and inches Decathlon Meredith Whitties 5-1-09 Greensboro, N.C. 5,811 points
2009 MEAC Indoor Track and Field Championship Note: Distances are listed in feet and inches Feb. 13-14, 2009 Landover, Md. 2009 MEAC outdoor Track and Field Championship Final Team Results April 30-May 2, 2009 Greensboro, N.C. 1) Norfolk State 150 Final Team Results 2) Morgan State 103 3) Hampton 96 1) Norfolk State 133.50 4) Maryland Eastern Shore 57 2) Hampton 104 5) North Carolina A&T 55 3) Maryland Eastern Shore 93.50 6) Delaware State 52 4) North Carolina A&T 84 7) Bethune-Cookman 39 5) Morgan State 73 8) Coppin State 36 6) Delaware State 68 9) Howard 33 7) Bethune-Cookman 41 10) Florida A&M 21 8) Florida A&M 39 11) South Carolina State 20 9) Coppin State 36 10) South Carolina State 34 NSU’s 2009 MEAC Indoor Champions 11) Howard 31 60m Hurdles – Aramis Massenburg 3,000m – Dominic Luka NSU’s 2009 MEAC outdoor Champions Long Jump – Corey Vinston High Jump – Marlon Woods Triple Jump – Marlon Woods Pole Vault – Brett Dodd High Jump – Marlon Woods Long Jump – Corey Vinston Distance Medley Relay – keenan Harris, Darryl Brickhouse, Carlton Phipps, Dominic Triple Jump – Corey Vinston Luka NCAA East Regional Qualifiers NCAA Indoor Championship Qualifiers 200m – Trayman Hill, Thomas Speller Long Jump – Corey Vinston, Marlon Woods (NCAA Division I All-Americans) High Jump – Marlon Woods Long Jump – Corey Vinston, Marlon Woods Triple Jump – Corey Vinston, Marlon Woods
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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.
Norfolk State SPartaNS 17 NSU ADMINISTRATION
NSU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Marty Miller has been Miller is no stranger to winning. His career record as called many things dur- baseball coach was 718-543-3. Miller first started making a ing his tenure at Nor- name for himself as a player at NSU from 1965-68. He hit folk State University. .380 as a sophomore; .438 with eight doubles, two triples, Some have called him three homers and 27 RBI as a junior; and .406 as a senior, a rock. others have re- when he became the first Spartan player to be named an ferred to him as one of NCAA College Division All-American. Miller was an All-CIAA Norfolk State’s great- baseball selection in 1967 and 1968, and led the nation in est ambassadors. Re- doubles in 1968. gardless of the label, Miller graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathemat- what’s clear is that ics in 1969. An RoTC member in college, Miller was commis- Miller has served his sioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army after he alma mater in various graduated. While on active duty, Miller was signed by the capacities for nearly 40 Minnesota Twins. Miller returned to his alma mater in 1972 years, providing NSU as an assistant to baseball coach Bob Andrews. The next Marty L. Miller with stability in times season, Miller inherited the head-coaching job, which he Director of Athletics of need. held until early in 2005. His professional ca- Miller is the winningest baseball coach in CIAA history, reer at Norfolk State has included stints in the areas of finan- having led the Spartans to a 584-374-3 record in their years cial aid, career services, student affairs and athletics. After in the league. Miller’s ledger in the CIAA includes 17 confer- winning more than 700 games as the school’s baseball ence championships, including seven in a row from 1987-93; coach, Miller was named NSU’s acting athletics director on 12 post-season appearances; 15 CIAA Coach of the Year December 16, 2004. He was appointed to the permanent awards; six All-Americans and 22 players signed to pro con- athletics director post on March 18, 2005. tracts. He also won the 1980 NAIA District 19 Coach of the Early in Miller’s tenure, he was confronted with many Year award after his team won the District 19 title. Between challenges, the biggest one being the hiring of a football 1993-97, Miller won five consecutive Louisville Slugger coach. Miller and his search committee worked during the Awards, given to championship coaches. He was one of a se- Christmas and New Year’s holidays to find a football coach. lect few baseball coaches to receive the award for five con- The hard work paid off when the decision was made to hire secutive 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 pur- The year 2003 was also a special one for Miller. In Febru- chase new equipment for the weight room. In 2007, the ary, Miller was inducted into the CIAA’s John B. McLendon school completed a major renovation of the NSU Softball Hall of Fame. In May, Miller earned his 700th career win with Field, which included the installation of new team dugouts the Spartans when sixth-seeded NSU upset No. 2 Delaware and a press box. Bleacher renovations to Joseph Echols Hall State in the MEAC tournament. In August, Miller the player were completed for the 2008-09 basketball season. A new was honored as one of eight inductees into the Norfolk State track surface is scheduled to be completed in the summer University Athletics Foundation Sports Hall of Fame. of 2010. Miller, a native of Danville, Va., serves on the Norfolk Another highlight of his tenure as athletics director in- Sports Club Board of Directors and is scheduled to become cludes NSU capturing the last five Talmadge Layman Hill its president for 2011. Miller was also elected to serve on the awards, given annually to the top men’s sports program in Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Honors Court beginning in the conference. NSU received $25,000 for winning each 2009. He and his wife Liz have one son, Marty Eric, a former award. Miller was also presented in March 2006 with the Tom NSU outfielder. Fergusson Memorial Award, given annually to the area’s top sportsman by the Norfolk Sports Club.
18 Norfolk State SPartaNS 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.”
Norfolk State SPartaNS 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 important, than winning conference and national Award by NSU Professor 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 Norfolk State SPartaNS • 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)
Norfolk State SPartaNS 21 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 men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s cross country, and NoRFoLk STATE UNIVERSITY 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 – and is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Craig Cotton, Executive Director • The need to increase funding for scholarships for deserving student-athletes Marty Miller, Athletics Director motivated by achievement both in athletics and academics. • Improvements and maintenance of equipment and facilities that will enable Robert Boyd 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
22 Norfolk State SPartaNS MEAC
MEAC Men’s Indoor MEAC Men’s Outdoor THE MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC Track & Field Champions Track & Field Champions
2009...... Norfolk State 2009...... Norfolk State CONFERENCE (MEAC) 2008...... Norfolk State 2008...... Norfolk State 2007...... Norfolk State 2007...... Norfolk State The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), a NCAA Division I Conference, is in its 39th year of operation 2006...... Norfolk State 2006...... Norfolk State during the 2009-10 academic school year. Housed in the Armada Hoffler Tower at Town Center of Virginia Beach, 2005...... Florida A&M 2005...... Florida A&M Virginia, the MEAC is made up of 12 outstanding, historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: 2004...... Florida A&M 2004 ...... Hampton Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton 2003 ...... Hampton ...... Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State 2002...... S.C. State 2003 ...... Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University, South Carolina State University and Winston-Salem State University. 2001...... Norfolk State 2002...... Florida A&M 2000...... Hampton 2001...... Norfolk State HISTORY 1999...... Florida A&M 2000...... Florida A&M In 1969, a bold ad hoc group of innovators long associated with intercollegiate athletics met in Durham, N.C., 1998...... Norfolk State 1999...... Hampton to discuss the feasibility of organizing a new conference. Dissected from these discussions, a steering and planning 1997 ...... MD Eastern Shore 1998...... Norfolk State committee was formed to fully investigate the idea, present a detailed report with recommendations to interested 1996 ...... MD Eastern Shore 1997...... Florida A&M collegiate institutions, and then construct a workshop to outline proposals...... N.C. A&T 1996 ...... North Carolina A&T After adopting a program, seven institutions (Delaware State College, Howard University, University of Maryland 1995...... Florida A&M 1995 ...... North Carolina A&T Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and 1994...... Morgan State 1994 ...... North Carolina A&T South Carolina State College) agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Its major objective was to 1993...... Florida A&M 1993...... Florida A&M establish, organize and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a compact group of educational 1992...... Florida A&M 1992...... Delaware State institutions of high academic standards and with a sound philosophy of co-curricular activities. The conference was 1991...... S.C. State 1991...... Florida A&M confirmed in 1970, kicking off its first season of competition in football in 1971. 1990...... S.C. State 1990...... S.C. State In 1978, a milestone was reached when the MEAC selected Kenneth A. Free to be its first full-time 1989...... S.C. State 1989...... Florida A&M commissioner. He had been preceded by three interim (part-time) commissioners: Dr. Leroy Walker (1971-74); who 1988...... S.C. State 1988...... Florida A&M later had the distinction of serving as the President of the United States Olympic Committee, the late Earl Mason 1987...... Delaware State 1987...... S.C. State (1974-75) and the late Dr. James Young (1975-78). 1986...... Delaware State 1986...... S.C. State Kenneth A. Free served the conference for 18 years before stepping down in 1995. In 1996, Charles S. Harris 1985...... Howard 1985...... S.C. State was named commissioner and served in the capacity until April 2002. Longtime MEAC administrator Brenda H. 1984...... Delaware State 1984...... S.C. State McCoy served two stints as Interim Commissioner, one in 1996 and again in 2002. On September 1, 2002, Dr. 1983...... Delaware State 1983...... S.C. State Dennis E. Thomas was named the commissioner and has served in the position for six years. 1982...... S.C. State 1982...... Florida A&M The league’s first expansion occurred in October 1979 when Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M 1981...... S.C. State 1981...... S.C. State University were voted into the MEAC as new members. Original members Morgan State, North Carolina Central 1980...... Florida A&M and Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference at the end of the 1979 fiscal year. Maryland Eastern 1979...... S.C. State Shore was readmitted in 1981 and Morgan State returned in 1984. Florida A&M opted to resign in 1984, but was 1978...... S.C. State readmitted in 1986. Coppin State College was granted admittance in 1985, becoming the ninth member institution. 1977...... S.C. State The MEAC expanded again in the 90’s with the inclusion of Hampton University (1995) and Norfolk State University 1976...... Delaware State (1997). The final expansion occurred in 2007, with the addition of Winston-Salem State University. 1974...... N.C. Central On June 8, 1980, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic 1973...... N.C. Central Association (NCAA). The following month the MEAC received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Men’s 1972...... N.C. Central Basketball Championship. Currently, the league has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), men’s basketball (since 1981), women’s basketball (since 1982), football (since 1996), softball (since 1995), men and women’s tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). MEAC COMMISSIONERS
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Dennis E. Thomas 2002 - present The MEAC has enjoyed great athletic success over the years. In 2008, Maryland Eastern Shore defeated Arkansas State, 4-2 to win the NCAA Women’s Bowling National Championship, the first in conference and school Brenda H. McCoy (Interim) 1996 & 2002 history. Lady Hawks’ head coach Sharon Brummell became the first female head coach to win a NCAA bowling title. Charles S. Harris 1996 - 2002 In men’s basketball, Morgan State won the 1974 NCAA College Division II National Championship. The 1981 kenneth A. Free* 1978 - 1996 tournament champion Howard Bison became the first MEAC team to play in the NCAA Division I Basketball Dr. James Young (Part-time) 1975 - 1978 Championship. MEAC tournament runners-up North Carolina A&T was invited to play in the National Invitational Earl Mason (Part-time) 1974 - 1975 Tournament (NIT) during the same season. Dr. Leroy Walker (Part-time) 1971 - 1974 Coppin State and Hampton also made history in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament with first-round *First official MEAC Commissioner victories. The No. 15 seeded Coppin State defeated No. 2 South Carolina in 1997 and No. 15 seeded Hampton defeated No. 2 Iowa State in 2001. Both victories ranked among the Top 10 greatest tournament upsets of all-time by ESPN’s SportsCenter. In women’s basketball, South Carolina State won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) MEAC SPONSORED SPORTS Division II National Championship in 1979. In 1982, Howard became the first MEAC women’s team to participate in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships. South Carolina State earned the berth in 1983 and became the first Men’s Sports Women’s Sports MEAC team, men or women, to win a first-round game in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. Baseball Basketball Coppin State, winners of back-to back conference tournaments in 2005 and 2006, earned a berth to the 2007 Basketball Bowling WNIT. The Lady Eagles defeated Saint Joseph’s in the first round to earn their first Division I postseason victory. Cross Country Cross Country 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 Football Indoor Track & Field Association (CIAA). South Carolina State represented the MEAC in 1977 and 1978, winning both outings over Indoor Track & Field outdoor Track &Field Winston-Salem State and Norfolk State respectively. South Carolina State won MEAC football titles in 1981 and outdoor Track & Field Softball 1982 and reached the second round of the I-AA championships both years. Tennis Tennis In addition to NCAA post-season play, MEAC football teams have appeared in NCAA sanctioned bowl-games. Volleyball The MEAC was also instrumental in constructing the Freedom Bowl All-Star Classic and the Heritage Bowl. In outdoor track and field, North Carolina Central won the first three MEAC outdoor track and field titles and finished fourth in the 1974 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. North Carolina Central’s Larry CONFERENCE TENURE Black was a member of the 1972 Olympic 400-meter relay team that won the gold medal and the silver medal in the 200-meter dash. Bethune-Cookman 1979-present MEAC women began outdoor track and field conference competition in 1980. Two years later, South Carolina Coppin State 1985-present State won the AIAW Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship (1982). The MEAC initiated cross country and indoor track and field in 1981. Tennis and golf returned as MEAC- Delaware State 1970-present governed sports in 1981 after a five-year hiatus. Golf was discontinued after the 1982 championships. Florida A&M 1979-1984, 1986-present In wrestling, Morgan State won 13 of the 24 conference championships. Individual wrestling champions were Hampton 1995-present granted automatic entry into the NCAA championships in 1986. The MEAC discontinued wrestling as a conference- Howard 1970-present governed championship in 1995. Md.-Eastern Shore 1970-79, 1981-present Baseball (discontinued following the 1977 season) along with women’s volleyball were added as MEAC- Morgan State. 1970-1979, 1984-present governed sports in 1983. Women’s softball became a MEAC sanctioned sport in 1992. Norfolk State 1997-present In 2003, Florida A&M became the first MEAC school to win a volleyball match in the NCAA Championship, with North Carolina A&T 1970-present a first-round win over Winthrop. In 2004, the Lady Rattlers became the first HBCU team ranked in the Top 25 North Carolina Central 1970-1979 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 South Carolina State 1970-present 2005. The Lady Wildcats defeated Florida, Central Florida and South Florida in the Florida Regional to become the Winston-Salem State 2007-present 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.
Norfolk State SPartaNS 23 NSU TRACK RECORDS
NSU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD NSU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD OUTDOOR SCHOOL RECORDS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RECORDS
EVENT HOLDER YEAR SITE TIME/DISTANCE EVENT HOLDER YEAR SITE TIME/DISTANCE 100m Steven Riddick 1972 Ill./NCAA 10.00 55m Tim Montgomery 1996 Gainesville, Fla. 6.21 110hh Todd Green 1992 Tex./NCAA 13.80 55h N/A 200m Ramon Clay 1996 Atlanta, Ga. 20.10 60m Tim Montgomery 1996 Johnson City, Tenn. 6.65 400m Christopher Brown 2001 Durham, N.C. 45.08 60h Avery Wilson 2007 New York, N.Y. 7.89 400h Wayne Whyte 1995 kingston, Jamaica 49.08 200m Joel Mascoll 1997 Johnson City, Tenn. 21.04 300m Troy Wilkerson 2007 Blacksburg, Va. 34.43 800m Dominic Luka 2006 Greensboro, N.C. 1:48.12 400m Paul Tucker 1997 Boston, Ma 47.86 1,500m Junior Mitchell 1997 Gainesville, Fla. 3:45.91 500m Christopher Brown 2001 Fairfax, Va. 1:03.25 3,000m SC David kemboi 2006 Durham, N.C. 9:01.15 600m N/A 5000m David kemboi 2006 Raleigh, N.C. 13:58.51 800m Wycliffe Rotich 2002 Johnson City, Tenn. 1:51.82 4x100 Malcolm Watts 1996 Philadelphia, Pa. 39.20 1000m keenan Harris 2007 Blacksburg, Va. 2:33.39 Ramon Clay Mile David kemboi 2006 Blacksburg, Va. 4:13.86 Brian Lewis 3000m N/A Tim Montgomery 5000m Vincent Rono 2009 Hampton, Va. 14:33.15 4x400 Coffield Samuels 1999 Indianapolis, Ind. 3:07.80 4x200 Malcolm Watts 1996 Philadelphia, Pa. 1:21.80 Donavan Housen Christopher Duncan Christopher Brown Brian Lewis Joel Mascoll Tim Montgomery 4x800 kirwayne Holford 2002 College Station, Pa. 7:35.37 Duncan Bitok 4x400 Lawrance Davis 1971 Philadelphia, Pa. 3:05.89 Joseph Terer Gus Coleman William keown William Nealy Robert Colbert DISTANCE Hillary Cheruiyot 2006 Landover, Md. 9:40.44 MEDLEY Troy Wilkerson 4x800 Ephantus Limo 2000 Philadelphia, Pa. 7:28.60 RELAY Dominic Luka kirwayne Holford David kemboi Hubert Morgan Wycliffe Rotich HJ Marlon Woods 2008 Landover, Md. 7-2 ½ LJ Corey Vinston 2009 Landover, Md. 25-9 ½ SPRINT Christopher Brown 2001 Raleigh, N.C. 3:19.71 TJ Allen Mortimer 1997 Richmond, Va. 51-9 PV Brett Dodd 2009 Landover, Md. 14-11 MEDLEY Michael Temple SP Marlon Powells 2007 Landover, Md. 50-0 RELAY Donte Lucas WT N/A Wycliffe Rotich Heptathlon Darris Shelton 2009 Landover, Md. 4,408 points
DISTANCE Dominic Luka 2006 Philadelphia, Pa. 9:56.18 Note: Distances are listed in feet and inches. MEDLEY Troy Wilkerson RELAY keenan Harris David kemboi
HJ Adrian Shears 2001 Tallahassee, Fla. 7-5 LJ Aaron Heard 1974 Ill./NCAA 26-2 TJ Allen Mortimer 1996 Gainesville, Fla. 54-4 PV Charles Hollowman 1974 Ill./NCAA 15-6 SP Marlon Powells 2007 Baltimore, Md. 51-5 Discus kendrick Richardson 2009 Greensboro, N.C. 147-11 Javelin Anthony Hall 1973 Ind./NCAA 258-7 Decathlon Meredith Whitties 2008 Baltimore, Md. 5924 points Hammer N/A
Note: Distances are listed in feet and inches.
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY NCAA DIVISION I TRACK ALL-AMERICANS
NAME YEAR EVENT PLACE INDOOR/OUTDOOR Malcolm Watts/ 1998 4x100 7th outdoor Christian Williams/ Claude Toukene/ Joel Mascoll
Chris Brown 2000 400m 3rd outdoor Adrian Shears 2001 HJ T-7th Indoor Chris Brown 2001 400m 4th outdoor Desmond kapofu 2003 TJ 6th outdoor Marlon Woods 2009 LJ 7th Indoor Corey Vinston 2009 LJ 8th Indoor
24 Norfolk State SPartaNS NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
First Row (L-R): TyQun Harris-Oxendine, Sherrard Marrow, Kameron George, Sean Holston, Ryan Owens, Ramaan Ansley, Kendrick Richardson, Brett Dodd, Darryl Brickhouse, Johnathan Ross, Quinten Walker
Second Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Wycliffe Rotich, Assistant Coach Serge Bengono, Assistant Coach Brandon Tynes, Amos Kipkosgei, Josef Tessema, Vincent Brown, Philemon Kimutai, Kenneth Smith, Travis Wilson, Raoul Hernandez, Vincent Rono
Back Row (L-R): Theo Duncan, Jonathan Griffin, John James, Jamal Craig, Thomas Speller, Raphael Hall, Aramis Massenburg, Eric Casper, Meredith Whitties, Corey Vinston, Cleveland Edwards, Frede Spellman, Volunteer Assistant Cletus Griffin, Associate Head Coach Malcolm Watts, Head Coach Kenneth Giles NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE
Indoor Season
DATE EVENT LOCATION Nov. 24 NSU Green & Gold Polar Meet Norfolk, Va. Jan. 9 George Mason Father Diamond Invitational Fairfax, Va. Jan. 15-16 Maryland Invitational College Park, Md. Jan. 22-23 Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational Blacksburg, Va. Jan. 29-30 Penn State open University Park, Pa. Feb. 6 CNU Vince Brown Invitational Newport News, Va. Feb. 11-13 MEAC Indoor Championship Landover, Md. March 12-13 NCAA Indoor Championship Fayetteville, Ark.
Outdoor Season
DATE EVENT LOCATION March 19-20 Wake Forest open 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 Meet Baltimore, Md. April 22-24 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. May 6-8 MEAC outdoor Championship Greensboro, N.C. May 14-15 Aggie Last Chance Meet Greensboro, N.C. May 28-29 NCAA East Regional Greensboro, N.C. June 9-12 NCAA outdoor Championship Eugene, ore.
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