Lew Hartzog (1960-1984) Bill Cornell (1985-2000)
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2020 Saluki Track and Field Record Book Coaching History The Southern Illinois track and field program dates back took over the program in 1985, to 1916, when the University was known as “Southern and the SIU cross country Illinois State Normal University”. The program, however, team won its first of five MVC was dropped shortly thereafter due to inadequate titles under Cornell that fall. funding and facilities. Athletic Director William In track and field, the Saluki McAndrew revived the program on April 25, 1925 and men won eight MVC titles both was listed as head coach. He held that role until 1928, indoors and outdoors, and when legendary head coach Leland “Doc” Lingle took the had a six-year stretch from reigns. 1987-92 in which Southern won at least one conference In Lingle’s second season as head track coach, he title each year. On the women’s directed the then Maroons to a first-place finish at the side, DeNoon led the Dawgs State Teachers College meet. It marked the first of five to seven consecutive Gateway straight wins at the State Teachers College meet, and the Championships beginning with Maroons went on to win eight in Lingle’s first 11 years. the 1986 Gateway Outdoor Championship and concluding Bill Cornell After Lingle encountered health problems prior to the with the 1989 Gateway Outdoor 1960 season, then staff member Andy Vaughan stepped title. (1985-2000) in as an interim head coach and led the Salukis to a 6-0 duals record. After the season, SIU replaced Vaughan In 2000, Cornell stepped aside, and DeNoon did so the with hall of fame head coach Lew Hartzog, who promptly following year, turning the reigns over to SIU alums led Southern’s cross country team to a IIAC conference Cameron Wright and Connie Price-Smith. title in his first season at the helm. He followed by turning the Saluki track team, which finished ninth a year Wright was the head men’s coach until 2004, when he earlier at the conference meet, into champions in 1961. left to pursue other opportunities. Price-Smith remained, The Salukis defended their IIAC title in 1962, with both and the two programs were combined. During Price- championships a part of a remarkable 24-year stretch Smith’s 14 years at the helm, SIU won six conference in which Hartzog coached 72 All-Americans and six titles and the four-time Olympian was a six-time MVC national champions. Coach of the Year. She coached 51 All-Americans and eight national champions. The SIU alumna left her alma In 1972, Claudia Blackman began the SIUC women’s mater in 2015 to become the head coach at Ole Miss. cross country program, while also becoming the first head coach for SIU’s track and field. The Salukis, then Kathleen Raske, a 1990 graduate of SIU and Saluki Hall of competing in the Illinois Association for Intercollegiate Famer, was hired in August of 2015 after completing her Athletics for Women (IAIAW) won the IAIAW State 12th season at Sacramento State. During her run in the Championship in both cross country and track and Big Sky, Raske was named Big Sky Conference Coach of field in 1976, while Blackman’s the Year 16 times and produced 15 NCAA All-Americans, teams produced AIAW National eight USATF Junior All-Americans, 128 NCAA National track and field qualifiers every Championship participants, 191 conference champions, year beginning in 1974 and and 483 all-Big Sky performers. continuing through Blackman’s final season as head coach in During the summer of 2018, Rosalind Joseph was named 1982. the newest Director of Track and Field/Cross Country at SIU after spending the previous 10 seasons at her alma- The NCAA voted to add mater, Ohio State, including the last six seasons as the championships for women’s associate head coach. sports in 1981 and in August 1982, the Salukis joined nine During her tenure at Ohio State, Joseph worked closely schools in creating a women’s with the Buckeyes’ jumpers and multi-event athletes only conference, the Gateway with remarkable success. Among her recent coaching Collegiate Athletic Conference. accomplishments at OSU, Zack Bazile won the 2018 The move coincided with SIU’s Lew Hartzog NCAA outdoor title in the long jump to become the hiring of Don DeNoon as the program’s first national champion in 25 years on the second women’s track and field (1960-1984) men’s side, while All-American Abie Ehimwenman broke coach in the program’s history. Joseph’s own school record in the long jump. Ohio State won a combined six Big Ten team titles during Joseph’s In 1984, Hatzog’s final season as head coach, the Salukis tenure. finished fifth at the NCAA Championships, coming within a clean pass of the baton in the relays of a national championship. Assistant coach and three-time All-American Bill Cornell 14 2020 Saluki Track and Field Record Book Women’s Indoor Records 55-METER DASH 4. 2:11.64 Alyssa Allison 2014 5-07.00 Anette Klett 1992 Time Athlete Year 5. 2:11.99 Rosanne Vincent 1989 5-07.00 Sue Anderson 1987 1. 6.97 Lesley Batson 1996 6. 2:12.10 Toni Whitfield 2009 5-07.00 Justine Paton 2019 2. 7.05 Denise Blackmon 1986 7. 2:13.15 Danielle Sciano 1990 11. 5-06.50 Marina Shafran 2001 3. 7.10 Traci Davis 1989 8. 2:13.66 Alexandra Martel 2018 5-06.50 Beverly Klett 1991 7.10 Nine Williams 1981 9. 2:14.25 Katie Ringelestein 2005 5-06.50 Gretchen Daniels 1993 5. 7.11 Korto Dunbar 2003 10. 2:14.82 Luca-Anna Palasti 2017 5-06.50 Darla Patterson 1985 55-METER HURDLES MILE RUN LONG JUMP Time Athlete Year Time Athlete Year Mark Athlete Year 1. 7.72 Kathleen Raske 1989 1. 4:45.80 Noa Beitler 2003 1. 21-06.25 Bianca Stuart 2009 2. 7.93 Korto Dunbar 2003 2. #4:48.89 Jennie Horner 1995 2. 20-05.25 Malaikah Love 2010 3. 8.07 LaTonya Morrison 1995 3. *4:52.10 Vivian Sinou 1988 3. 20-03.00 Lauren Cheadle 2015 4. 8.09 Rebecca Coyne 1992 4. 4:53.78 Santha Gore 1985 4. 19-10.75 Joy Williamson 1996 5. 8.14 Donna Wechet 1996 5. 4:55.13 Lisa Judiscak 1988 5. 19-09.75 Rimma Turevsky 2001 6. 4:57.27 Krista Menghini 2014 6. 19-06.50 Sheila Hollins 1997 60-METER DASH 7. 4:57.56 Lindsay Wagner 2005 7. 19-06.25 Inna Turevsky 2005 Time Athlete Year 8. 4:58.16 Emily Toennies 2009 8. 19-04.25 Christiana Phillippou 1989 1. 7.38 Tyjuana Eason 2019 9. 4:58.58 Kelley Gallagher 2013 9. 19-03.25 Madison Meyer 2020 2. 7.42 Mystique Thompson 2017 10. 4:58.68 Kelly French 1998 10. 19-02.50 Michelle Williams 1992 3. 7.50 Andrea Norris 2008 Brittany Riley was a two-time NCAA 4. 7.51 Bri’Anna Branch 2019 3000-METER RUN TRIPLE JUMP Champion in the weight throw. She Time Athlete Year Mark Athlete Year 5. 7.54 Amiris Warren 2012 held world record in women’s weight 6. 7.56 Kelsey Toussaint 2005 1. *9:42.70 Vivian Sinou 1988 1. 42-06.25 Malaikah Love 2010 7. *7.60 Grace Loyde 1975 2. 9:43.41 Krista Menghini 2014 2. 41-08.50 Kezia Martin 2017 throw for over 10 years and also 8. 7.61 Bianca Stuart 2009 3. 9:44.82 Sadie Darnell 2014 3. 41-07.25 Inna Turevsky 2005 ranks among SIU’s Top 10 in the shot 9. 7.62 Korto Dunbar 2004 4. 9:47.69 Sarah Rinker 2006 4. 41-01-50 Rimma Turevsky 2000 put, discus and hammer. 10. 7.63 Lauren Cheadle 2014 5. *9:49.50 Lisa Judiscak 1988 5. 41-00.50 Kenya Culmer 2013 6. 9:50.25 Debbie Daehler 1995 6. 40-10.25 Felicia Hill 1999 60-METER HURDLES 7. 9:53.57 Emily Toennies 2011 7. 40-05.50 Judeka Adams 2010 Time Athlete Year 8. 9:54.07 Brittani Christensen 2005 8. 40-02.25 Cetrena Simmons 2015 1. 8.29 Korto Dunbar 2003 9. 9:54.95 Megan Hoelscher 2011 9. 40-00.75 Mikeya Nicholson 2008 2. 8.37 Remy Abrought 2016 10. 9:56.62 Kelly French 1998 40-00.75 Joy Williamson 1996 3. 8.40 Meredith Hayes 2011 11. 40-00.00 Christiana Phillippou 1988 4. 8.55 Terri Counts 2008 5000-METER RUN 8.55 Kilee Hagerstrand 2018 Time Athlete Year SHOT PUT 6. 8.57 Mesha Newbold 2018 1. 16:48.74 Sadie Darnell 2014 Mark Athlete Year 7. 8.60 Malaikah Love 2012 2. 16:55.82 Emily Toennies 2011 1. 61-01.25 Raven Saunders 2015 8. 8.69 Miracle Thompson 2010 3. 16:57.34 Sarah Rinker 2006 2. 58-11.50 Jeneva McCall 2012 9. 8.70 Laquitsha Bejoile 2013 4. 17:01.47 Lisa Judiscak 1988 3. 56-01.75 Amarachi Ukabam 2006 10. 8.74 Madison Meyer 2019 5. 17:09.84 Brittani Christensen 2005 4. 55-03.75 Ashley Gaston 2015 6. 17:11.75 Lacey Gibson 2013 5. 53-11.00 Alexus Scott 2016 200-METER DASH 7. 17:12.79 Tori Parry 2015 6. 53-05.75 Gwen Berry 2010 Time Athlete Year 8. 17:19.38 Megan Hoelscher 2011 7. 53-05.50 DeAnna Price 2014 1.