A HISTORY OF UNC TRACK & FIELD

At left: The 1931 North Carolina Track Team. At right: Tony Waldrop ran 11 consecutive sub-four minute miles. Below: Jim Beatty dons the cover of Sports Illustrated after qualifying for the Olympics.

orth Carolina’s great tradition in began in 1900 when Nthe men’s team overwhelmed 5,000-meter. In 1962 he set world records in the Davidson 125 1/2 - 11 1/2 in the first state one and two mile events and American records championship at Horner’s Park in Oxford. in the 300, 1,500 and 3,000-meter runs. Beatty In 1901, the Tar Heels won the Southern was awarded the James A. Sullivan Award as Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet in the nation’s top amateur athlete. He is still New Orleans, and in 1904 Carolina participated today the only Tar Heel athlete to receive this in its first . award. Carolina hosted its first dual meet in 1908 Joe Hilton, who had been a member of the on what was then known as Lake Track, the Carolina staff since 1946, took the job as head state’s first cinder track, built by Harry S. Lake coach in 1963. Hilton replaced Dale Ranson in 1898. who had been head coach since 1952, but com- The track and field program continued to peted for and coached at UNC since the 1920s. grow and thrive in the 1920s under the tutelage Hilton guided the Tar Heels program until retir- of coach and athletic director Robert A. Fetzer. ing in 1981. During his 19 years at the helm, Along with one of his early proteges, Dale Hilton coached 77 individual ACC champions, Ranson, Fetzer helped spawn the golden era of two national champions and five All-Americas. Tar Heel track. Reggie McAfee, a three-time All-America Between 1911 and 1930, the Tar Heels com- in that era, is the Carolina record-holder for the piled an amazing 50-1 dual meet record. As 880-yard and 300-meter runs. McAfee won the members of the Southern Conference, the Tar ACC outdoor mile championship twice and also Heels won 14 of 26 outdoor league champi- won the indoor mile and the 100-yard run. The runner-up in the mile at the 1972 and 1973 onships and 11 of 14 indoor titles. Fetzer, the helped Carolina to a third-place finish national- NCAAindoor championships, McAfee finished dean of the conference coaches, founded the ly. third in the indoor mile at the 1973 national indoor games. At the 1949 Penn Relays, Albans and team- meet. In the 1973 World University Games, Among the early standouts was Galen “The mates Jack Moody, Dick Taylor and Bob McAfee placed second in the 1,500-meter. Dixie Flyer” Elliott, who turned in in the Morrow set an American and world record of Another mile specialist, Tony Waldrop, nation’s fastest time in the mile in 1926. He 58.6 seconds in the shuttle hurdles relay. The stunned the track world by running 11 consecu- received All-America honors that year, the first Tar Heels further enhanced their national stand- tive sub-four minute miles in competitive races. of many Carolina performers to earn such ing the following year during the 1950 Relays During the streak, Waldrop set the world record national recognition. when Bob Kirk won the javelin for the second mark at 3:55.0 at the San Diego Games and Harry Williamson distinguished himself as consecutive year and the shuttle hurdles team of later ran a personal record of 3:53.2 at the Penn Carolina’s first Olympian. He won the bronze Albans, Moody, Morrow and Garrett Relays. medal in the 800-meter as part of the American Fitzgibbons won the event. The amazing Waldrop won the 1973 indoor contingent, led by Jesse Owens, which domi- All-America middle distance runner Dave 1,000-yard run and the 1974 NCAAindoor mile nated the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Scurlock competed in 1955-59 and won three championship, six ACC titles and a goal medal Floyd M. “Chunk” Simmons, who compet- straight Atlantic Coast Conference indoor and in the 1,500-meter at the Pan American Games. ed in five events for Carolina, was the bronze outdoor half-mile championships and placed He received All-America honors in cross coun- medalist in the at the 1948 second in the 1955 NCAAoutdoor champi- try and indoor and outdoor track. Waldrop was Olympics. He repeated as bronze medalist four onships. named the 1974 ACC Athlete of the Year, was years later at the 1952 Games. Another standout of the 1950s was distance honored by the NCAAfor his academic “Wild Bill” Albans, who won more blue rib- runner Jim Beatty. He became the first man to prowess and was awarded the Patterson Medal, bons and established more school and confer- break the indoor four-minute mile barrier with a symbolic of the University’s Most Outstanding ence records than anyone in Carolina track mark of 3:58.9. He dominated his events in the Senior Athlete. annals, joined Simmons at the 1948 London ACC, winning the conference indoor mile and Ralph King, another of Carolina’s outstand- Games as a triple jumper. Albans led the Tar two-mile races three years in a row and the out- ing distance runners, won four indoor and four Heels to the 1949 Southern Conference indoor door mile title twice. outdoor ACC championships. The three-time championships with five first-place finishes in Beatty retired from running after college but All-America won the indoor mile title three sprinting, and jumping events. The returned to the sport under the guidance of leg- times, the 1,500 and 5,000-meter runs twice next year he scored more points than any other endary Hungarian coach Mihaly Igloi. Beatty each and the indoor two mile once. He also competitor at the NCAAChampionships. His made the 1960 Olympic Team, but was ham- won the 1977 ACC cross country champi- first-place finish in the 220-yard low hurdles pered by a foot injury during his race in the onship.

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Tar Heel standouts of the late ‘70s and ‘80s Kim Austin concluded a brilliant career in include distance specialists Gary Hofstetter, 1990 in which she won six All-America honors Jimmy Cooper and Glenn Sparrow, middle dis- and eight ACC championships. Austin holds tance runner Wayne Miller, high jumper Lee three ACC meet records and the Tar Heel triple Shuler and pole vaulter Chris Mand. jump record, indoors and outdoors. Kendra From 1986-90 the Tar Heels have won five Mackey (Warren) won 13 individual and relay consecutive ACC decathlon championships and ACC championships in the sprints. all five titles belong to one family. Kevin became the first Tar Heel McGorty won the ACC decathlon from 1986-88 women’s track athlete to win the coveted and tied the conference record for most Patterson Medal, symbolic of the University’s decathlon titles won. Dennis McGorty won two Most Outstanding Senior Athlete. Couch won championships in 1989-90. eight ACC titles and won MVPhonors at three In 1992, won the NCAA ACC Championships. She placed third in the championship in the 55-meter indoor hurdles in at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June a meet-record and Hoosier Dome best 7.07 sec- 1992 and was a 2000 Olympian in the hurdles. onds. It was the fourth national title in UNC She placed sixth in competition in , track history. The UNC men were seventh at . In 1993 she had the third-best long the national indoor meet in 1992, the highest- jump among U.S. athletes. ever finish by a UNC men’s track team. High jumper rewrote the Johnson finished second at the NCAA record book in 1991. She won both ACC Championships as a senior in both the 55-meter championships, finished second at the NCAA indoor hurdles and the 110-meter outdoor hur- meets and set ACC records both indoors and dles. He also set an ACC record in the long outdoors. Waller leaped 6-4 two consecutive jump at the indoor championships when he weeks indoors and cleared 6-3 1/2 at Texas in sailed 26-8 1/2. That broke the oldest existing is one of the school’s best distance runners. the spring. The South Boston, Va. native also conference record. set the record at the prestigious Penn Relays Then men were ninth at the 1993 NCAA and placed third at the TAC National Indoor Championships, Carolina’s second tional track map in 1995 when he won the Championships. Waller also competed for the straight Top 10 national finish. In addition to world championship titles in the indoor 60- U.S. in the World University Games in Johnson’s runner-up showing in the hurdles, meter hurdles in Barcelona, Spain and the out- . She later represented the U.S. Randy Jordan was fourth in the 55-meter and door 110-meter hurdles in . Olympic team in 1996 in in the high Chad Black was fifth in the hurdles. McCall made the U.S. National Team and jump. The 1994 Tar Heel men won the outdoor ran a leg on the 400-meter relay. In 1993 the Tar Heels swept both confer- ACC championship for the second time in three The Carolina women’s program began in ence championships led by All-America and years. Jeff Kluttz won the and foot- 1975 and has steadily improved to the point record-setting thrower Lynda Lipson and hur- ball standout Marcus Jones won the discus, but where it stands today, as one of the elite in the dles specialist Ayo Atterberry. Lipson set an the title was not secured until Ken Harnden country on a yearly basis. ACC all-time best in the discus (180-4) and held off a Florida State competitor down the The first women’s All-America arrived in earned her second straight All-America honors backstretch in the 1,600-meter relay. Harnden 1981 as long jumper Lisa Staton placed seventh in the javelin. Lipson was fifth in the javelin edged the Seminole by a step and Carolina held at the AIAW indoor nationals. Karen Stevenson and eighth in the discus at the 1993 USA Track on to beat Florida State by a mere four points to set 14 school records and excelled in the class- and Field Championships and finished the year win the team title. room, as well. She was a two-time recipient of ranked in the Top 10 in both events for all Freshman sprinter Tony McCall earned a the Jim Tatum award for her athletic and aca- American athletes, a rare throwing double. pair of All-America honors as he was sixth in demic leadership, was a Morehead Scholar, Phi Atterberry also became an All-America with a the 100-meter and seventh in the 200-meter at Beta Kappa graduate and became the first black fifth-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles. NCAAs. McCall is now the fastest person in woman to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. In 1994 Carolina dominated the women’s Carolina track history as he set the school The Carolina women made tremendous competition at the conference championships. record in the 100-meter at 10.20. strides in the ‘80s. Joan Nesbit, the school’s The Tar Heels scored 152 points, won four The 1995 season was one of the most suc- greatest female distance runner, won both the events and won the meet by 40 points. cessful in Tar Heel men’s track history. 3,000-meter and 10,000-meter runs at the 1984 Atterberry was an All-America in the 55-meter Carolina won both the ACC indoor and outdoor ACC outdoor championships. She was the first hurdles as she placed seventh, and freshman championships, tied for 11th at the NCAA Carolina athlete to ever win All-America hon- Susanna Matsen also earned All-America hon- Indoor Championship and placed seventh at the ors in all three seasons — cross country, indoor ors with an eighth-place finish in the 3,000- NCAAOutdoor Championship. and outdoor track — in the same year. meter. Harnden won the NCAAtitle in the 400- Dennis Craddock arrived as head coach of UNC overwhelmed the field at the outdoor meter hurdles, the first NCAAoutdoor crown the women’s teams in 1985 and has led the Tar ACC championship as the Tar Heels won 10 of by a Tar Heel since Albans won the hurdles in Heels to 31 ACC Championships. The Tar the 19 events, amassed 242 points and topped 1950. Harnden also placed sixth in the 400-hur- Heels swept the women’s track championships the field by 106 points. Freshman dles at the World Championships. He also ran a in 1988, ‘89 and ‘90, won the indoor crown in won the 100-meter and long jump, anchored the leg on Carolina 1,600-meter relay, which won 1991 and reclaimed the outdoor title in 1992. winning 400-meter and took second in the 200- the NCAAindoor championship. Henry Carolina placed in the top 10 at both national meter. McKoy, McCall, Harnden and freshman Milton meets in 1991; an eighth-place showing at the Matsen won the 3,000 and 5,000-meters and Campbell made up the quartet that claimed the ‘91 indoor championships is the highest in the Atterberry took first in the 100-meter hurdles, school’s first-ever relay national championship. UNC women’s program history. The men’s second in the and third in the long Craddock was named the National Men’s team swept the championships under Craddock jump. Indoor Coach of the Year, the NCAADistrict In 1990, Track & Field News awarded the Jones led the UNC women to a sixth-place III Coach of the Year for men and women Carolina women the number one collegiate dual effort at the NCAAOutdoor Championships. indoor and men outdoor and was the co-Coach ranking in the nation – the first time an Eastern Jones earned three All-America honors, includ- of the Year for men and women indoor and institution had ever won the honor. In 1991, the ing second-place in the long jump with an ACC women outdoor in the ACC. women were ranked second, the men 17th and all-time best jump of 22-1 3/4. She was also Allen Johnson put Carolina on the interna- the overall program ninth in dual meet ratings. sixth in the 200-meter and led the 400-meter

2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD • PAGE 41 A HISTORY OF UNC TRACK & FIELD relay to a fifth-place finish. the title. Although the Tar Heels finished sec- named the women’s indoor and outdoor ACC Atterberry, who set the ACC all-time best in ond to Clemson at both ACC meets, Carolina Coach of the Year for the fifth straight year. He the hurdles at 13.33, was fifth in that event at was able to put together back-to-back national has won a total of 21 ACC coaching honors. NCAAs. Ingrid Hantho, who set the ACC all- Top 15 finishes as UNC was also 13th at the The 2000 season saw many Carolina records time mark in the discus at 180-10, was fourth at NCAAOutdoor Championships. Campbell, fall as well as new ACC meet records. Ola NCAAs. who won a pair of indoor ACC titles, also set Sesay and DeAnne Davis set new ACC meet In 1994-95, Carolina became the first school the ACC outdoor meet record and established records in the long jump and triple jump in ACC history to win the women’s cross coun- the men’s outdoor 400-meter school record with respectively. Jill Pedretti set a new Carolina try, indoor track and outdoor track titles in the a time of 44.67. record in the discus and Sal Gigante shattered same year. The Tar Heels were 16th at NCAAs In 1998, Carolina’s successes were nearly the men’s record not once, but in the indoor season and eighth in the country the same as the prior season. The Tar Heels twice in 2000. Stefani Dxion broke her own at the spring meet. The Tar Heels also finished again won the ACC indoor and outdoor pole vault mark and Junior Jeff Ellis broke the first in the national dual meet rankings for both women’s meets and were second in both men’s longest-standing Carolina track and field the 1995 indoor and outdoor seasons. competitions. Campbell and Gamble nearly record, for men or women, in the indoor 800- The Tar Heels won a pair of individual won individual NCAAtitles, finishing second meter in a time of 1:49.86 The previous record national championships that season. Ken was set 41 years ago, when Harnden won the 400-meter hurdles at the 1995 Dave Scurlock ran it in NCAAOutdoor Championships and Harnden 1:50.56 in 1959. Kestutis anchored the 1,600-meter relay team that won Celiesius placed third at the the national title at the 1995 NCAAIndoor NCAAChampionships in Championships. That quartet also consisted of the javelin. Celiesius is the McCall, Henry McKoy and Campbell. second UNC male athlete to Harnden’s 400-meter hurdle crown was the first earn All-America honors in outdoor title for a Tar Heel since 1950. the javelin. Sean Murray LaTasha Colander and earned All-America honors combined with a veteran cast of stars led by in 1988, 1989 and 1991. Marion Jones, Monique Hunt and Tyra Moore Kestutis’third place finish is to highlight an abundance of talent. Colander the best in UNC history. was the Most Outstanding Performer at the The 2000 women’s cross ACC Indoor Championship and finished second country team also performed in the country in the 55-hurdles. well after losing several key Hennagan set an ACC all-time best in the runners. Freshman Shalane indoor 400-meter and came back from a later Flanagan won UNC’s first hamstring injury to win the 400-meter at the women’s ACC Cross ACC Outdoor Championship. Country Champion since Jones repeated as ACC champion in the Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander and Marion Jones were all ACC 1996. Flanagan also long jump and placed fourth in the country in received All-America honors the outdoor season. Moore earned All-America Champions for the Tar Heels in this 1995 picture. for her fourth place finish at honors in the hurdles, long jump and triple the NCAACross Country jump and Hunt won the 800-meter at both con- Championships, they best ference championships. in the indoor 200 and indoor triple jump, showing ever for a UNC female at Nationals. In 1996, Carolina made history with its two respectively. The 2001 Carolina women’s teams had a top five finishes at the outdoor championships. In 1999, the Tar Heels again had an NCAA year to remember as they finished 2001 ranked The men, led by national championships from Champion in . She won the No. 1 indoors in the USTCAnational rankings red-shirt freshman Eric Bishop in the high jump indoor triple jump championship with a mark of and fifth outdoors in the USTCArankings. The and the 400-meter relay team of Marcus Stokes, 46-1 1/4, a mark that is also a school record. women’s indoor team also finished 10th at the Tony McCall, Milton Campbell and Curtis UNC’s women won the 1999 Indoor ACC NCAAChampionships, while the cross country Johnson finished fourth, the highest finish since Championship and had three All-Americas in brought a 12th-place finish back to Chapel Hill. 1950. Meanwhile, the Tar Heel women were Gamble and fellow jumpers DeAnne Davis and To cap off a spectacular season, the Tar Heel fifth — their best finish ever — behind the per- LaShonda Christopher. In outdoor, Joy Ganes women’s relay teams were ranked fourth in the formance of Monique Hennagan who won the joined Gamble and Christopher as an All- final national relay rankings for the year. national title in the 800-meter. Earlier in the America. The men’s team also took home an Flanagan continued her sensational first year season, Hennagan became the first Carolina ACC title, theirs coming in the outdoor season. at UNC, being named freshman of the year for female track athlete to win a national champi- Allen Bradd led the way for the Heels setting both the indoor and outdoor seasons. The onship, capturing the indoor 400-meter. new school records and winning the ACC women won their tenth consecutive ACC In 1998, Carolina continued its excellent Championship in both the indoor and outdoor indoor title in 2001 and added their 11th out- success under Craddock. The Tar Heel women, . Bradd was joined by 200-meter - door title in the last 14 seasons, as well. The led by ACC indoor and outdoor meet MVP er Dominic Demeritte for All-America honors women also won their first-ever distance med- Colander won two conference titles and set in indoor, while in outdoor Bradd, the 400- ley relay Championship of America at the Penn seven school records. Nicole Gamble set the meter relay team and Terrance Wilson in the Relays. The team of Flanagan, Beth George, UNC record in the triple jump both indoors and 400-meter hurdles all claimed All-America hon- Edi Ntuen and Alice Schmidt won the event outdoors. Her fourth place finish at the NCAA ors. with a UNC record time of 11:03.52. The 2002 Indoor Championships helped the Tar Heels fin- Nicole Gamble won her third-straight ACC season saw Carolina’s first NCAAChampion ish 15th. Blake Phillips, a walk-on her first Championship in the triple jump, becoming since 1999, as Alice Schmidt won the outdoor three years at Carolina, broke a 13-year-old only the seventh athlete in ACC history to win 800-meter. , coming off her record in the 1,500-meter by winning the ACC three consecutive titles. This win is the sixth freshman year, headed to the World Junior title in 4:18.82. consecutive year that a North Carolina athlete Championships in where she won the The men’s season was highlighted by a sec- has won the triple jump. Tyra Moore won the bronze medal in the shot put. ond NCAAhigh jump title by Bishop. He led event from 1994 to 1996. Another UNC thrower competed in that the men’s team to a 13th place finish at the Gamble’s mark of 44-8 1/4 set a new ACC meet, with Vikas Gowda competing for India national indoor meet by leaping 7-6 to claim record for that event. In 1999, Craddock was and finished eighth in the shot put.

PAGE 42 • 2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD TAR HEEL OLYMPIANS At The Olympics rom Harry Williamson who represented the university at the Berlin Games in 1936 with F a bronze medal in the 800-meter, the Tar Heels have built a tradition that includes Olympic excellence. Allen Johnson became the first alumnus to win a gold medal in track and field during the Atlanta Games in 1996, and four years later five more gold medals adorn the necks of Carolina’s finest. Marion Jones, one of the most storied women in U.S. Track and Field history, won three gold medals and two bronze medals in during the 2000 Olympiad. Perhaps one of the school’s proudest moments in the sport came in the 1,600-meter relay at the 2000 games, when Jones teamed up with fellow UNC alumnae LaTasha Colander-Richardson and Monique Hennagan for three-quarters of the gold medal- winning team. UNC’s Marion Jones, Monique Hennagan and LaTasha Colander-Richardson won Gold.

All-Time Olympic Results Olympians O l y m i c s A t h l e t e C o u n t r y E v e n t M e d a l / F i n i s h 1936 Berlin Harry Williamson USA 800-meter Bronze At the 1992 U.S. 1948 London Floyd "Chunk" Simmons USA Decathlon Bronze Olympic Tri a l s , Jones placed fourth Bill Albans USA Triple Jump 7th in the 200-meter as 1952 Helsinki Floyd "Chunk" Simmons USA Decathlon Bronze a 16-year-old. She 1960 Rome Jim Beatty USA 5000-meter declined an offer to 1992 Barcelona Sharon Couch-Seagrave USA Long Jump 6th be a relay alternate on the Am e r i c a n 1996 Atlanta Allen Johnson USA 110-meter hurdles Gold squad for Barcelona, Tisha Waller USA High Jump then lost her chance Joan Nesbit USA 10,000-meter to qualify for the Eddie Neufville Liberia 400-meter relay 1996 Games when she broke a bone in Ken Harnden Zimbabwe 400-meter hurdles her foot. 2000 Sydney Marion Jones USA 100-meter Gold At the 2000 200-meter Gold in Marion Jones 1,600-meter relay Gold Sy d n e y , Au s t r a l i a , Marion Jones turned in one of the best performanc- Long Jump Bronze es by a female Competing in five events, Jones 400-meter relay Bronze won three gold and two bronze medals. She first LaTasha Colander-Richardson USA 1,600-meter relay Gold won the 100-meter (10.75) and five days later the 400-meter 200-meter (22.27). The day after winning the 200- me t e r , Jones’quest to become the first female ever Monique Hennagan USA 1,600-meter relay Gold to win five gold medals in one Olympics ended 400-meter when her best long jump of the day, 22-8 1/4, Allen Johnson USA 110-meter hurdles 4th earned bronze. On her last day of competition, Nicole Gamble USA Triple Jump Jones ran on both the 400-meter relay and 1,600- meter relay teams. The 400-relay team captured Lynda Lipson-Blutreich USA Javelin the bronze. Jones ran the third leg of the 1,600- Curtis Johnson USA 100-meter meter relay, receiving the baton from fellow Tar Sharon Couch-Seagrave USA 100-meter hurdles Heel Monique Hennegan. Jones clocked in a 49.4 Ken Harnden Zimbabwe 400-meter hurdles split and opened up a 15-meter lead before handing of f to LaTasha Colander-Richardson who anchored Eddie Neufville Liberia 400-meter relay for the team winning the gold medal in 3:22.62. Dominic Demeritte Bahamas 200-meter

2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD • PAGE 43 TAR HEEL OLYMPIANS Olympians 2000 Olympic Trials • 1996 • Johnson Women’s Qualifiers Olympic gold finished second 100-meter medalist in the to world-record Marion Jones 110-meter hur- holder Maurice dles, Johnson Greene in the 200-meter won in a time of 100-meter at the Marion Jones 12.97 • Three- Olympic Trials Takeshia Quick time outdoor to earn a spot 400-meter world champion on the 1992 LaTasha Colander-Richardson in the 100-meter U.S. team • Monique Hennagan hurdles (1995, Won silver- medal winning 5,000-meter 1997, 2001) • Blake Phillips Russell Indoor world 400-meter relay champion in the at the 1992 100-meter hurdles Allen Johnson Junior Worlds • Curtis Johnson 60-meter hur- Sharon Couch-Seagrave dles in 1995 • 110-meter LaTisha Shittu hurdle champion in 1996, 1997, 2000 and • Ranked Nadine Faustin—Haiti 2001 • United States male Athlete of the among the best Long Jump Year in 1997 • Named USA Track and American long Marion Jones Field’s Humanitarian of the Year in 1998 • jumpers from LaShonda Christopher 1991 through Ola Sesay • 2000 1998, Sharon Triple Jump Olympic gold Couch-Seagrave Nicole Gamble medalist in the finished sixth DeAnne Davis 1,600-meter at the 1992 Penny Blackwell relay • Fourth in Olympics, High Jump 400-meter at the becoming the Tisha Waller 2000 Olympic first female Tar Discus Trials • Fourth Heel to qualify Jill Pedretti in the 400-meter for the Olympics • Sharon Couch-Seagrave at the 1999 Javelin USA Indoor Lynda Lipson-Blutreich Championships Lynda Lipson-Blutreich 400-meter, 1,600-meter relay • Bronze medal • Qualified in the javelin with a throw Marion Jones in 1600-meter Monique Hennagan relay at the 1999 of 191-2 at trials • At the High Octane Men’s Qualifiers World Indoor Championships • Invitational at Yale July 1, 2000, she broke her own American record with a throw of 100-Meter 192-3 • Tony McCall Curtis Johnson • 2000 Nicole Gamble 200-Meter Olympic gold • Qualified for the U.S. with a triple medalist in the Dominic Demeritte—Bahamas jump of 45-9 3/4 • First female in UNC 1,600-meter 400-Meter relay • 2000 history to win a national championship in Milton Campbell a field event • Olympic Trials 5,000-Meter champion in the Ken Harnden Andre Williams 400-meter • •A two time Olympian in 1996 and World Record 110-Meter High Hurdles 2000 for Zimbabwe in the 400-meter hur- Allen Johnson Holder in the dles • Finished seventh in the 400-meter 400-Meter Hurdles 800-meter relay hurdles at the 1997 World Championships • • 1994 USA Ken Harnden—Zimbabwe Juniors champi- Dominic Demeritte Jeff Ellis— on in the 100- LaTasha Colander- • Qualified for the Sydney Games for Pole Vault meter hurdles • Richardson in the 200-meter • Kevin Brown Three-time ACC Triple Jump champion in the Eddie Neufville 100-meter hurdles • Second at the 1994 • Competed in both the 1992 and 2000 Kendrick Morgan World Junior Championships. Games for Liberia in the 110-hurdles and 400-Meter Relay the 400-meter relay • Eddie Neufield-Liberia

PAGE 44 • 2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD TAR HEELS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS World Champions World Championship Participants

Y e a r L o c a t i o n A t h l e t e Events P l a c e 1991 Tokyo Tisha Waller High Jump 1994 England Joan Nesbit Cross Country 6th 1995 Sweden Sharon Couch Long Jump Ken Harnden 400-meter hurdles 6th Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 1st Tony McCall 400-meter relay Tisha Waller High Jump 1995 BarcelonaAllen Johnson 60-meter hurdles 1st 1997 Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 1st Allen Johnson Marion Jones 100-meter 1st made his mark at the 400-meter relay 1st World Championships in Ken Harnden 400-meter hurdles 7th 1995 and 1997. Rebecca Russell Buchanan 400-meter hurdles Lynda Lipson Javelin Year Athlete Event Time Milton Campbell 1,600-meter relay 1995 Allen Johnson 60-meter hurdles Sharon Couch Long Jump Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 13.00 Eddie Neufville 400-meter relay 1997 Marion Jones 100-meter 10.83 110-meter hurdles 400-meter relay 41.47 1999 Marion Jones 110-meter 1st Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 12.93 Long jump 3rd 1,600-meter relay 2:56.47 Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 1999 Marion Jones 100-meter 10.70* Tisha Waller High jump 4th 2001 Marion Jones 200-meter 22.39 Ken Harnden 400-meter hurdles 400-meter relay 41.71 Jeff Ellis 400-meter hurdles Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 13.04 Lynda Lipson-Blutreich Javelin Tony McCall Alt. 400-meter relay World Record Performances Nadine Faustin 100-meter hurdles Dominic Demeritte 1949 58.6 Curtis Johnson Alt. 400-meter relay Bill Albans, Jack Moody, Bob Morrow, Dick Taylor 2001 Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 1st 1962 Jim Beatty Mile 3:56.3 Marion Jones 100-meter 2nd Jim Beatty Two Miles 8:29.8 200-meter 1st Jim Beatty 1,500-meter 3:39.4 400-meter 1st Jim Beatty 5,000-meter 13:45 Nadine Faustin 110-meter hurdles 1974 Tony Waldrop Indoor Mile 3:55 Dominic Demeritte 1995 Allen Johnson 110-meter hurdles 13.34 Curtis Johnson 1999 Marion Jones 100-meter 10.70 World University Games James E. Sullivan Award 1991 Tisha Waller High Jump 1995 Rebecca Russell 400-meter hurdles 1962 Jim Beatty 1997 Tony McCall 100-meter Emily Carlsten Javelin NACAC Under-25 Championship 1999 Nicole Gamble Triple Jump 2000 Nicole Gamble Triple Jump 43-6 1/2

2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD • PAGE 45 THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE 50TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM

The Roster Athlete (Year) Sports (XC,In,Out,) Ayo Atterberry (1991-94) In Kim Austin (1987-1990) In Jim Beatty (1954-56) XC InOut Eric Bishop (1996-98) InOut Wayne Bishop (1958) XC Penny Blackwell (1989-1992) In Milton Campbell (1995-98) InOut LaShonda Christopher (1996-99) InOut John Cline (1994-97) XC LaTasha Colander (1995-98) InOut Jim Cooper (1979-82) XC Sharon Couch (1988-1991) InOut DeAnne Davis (1997-2000) In Jim Farmer (1984-87) XC Several of the Tar Heel honorees gathered at a banquet held Sept. 27, 2002. The athletes were also recognized at Michelle Flaherty (1988-1991) In halftime of the NC State football game that weekend. Pictured are (Standing): head coach Dennis Craddock, Jim (2000- ) XC InOut Cooper, Susanna Matsen, Art Maillet, Kendra (Mackey) Warren, LaShonda Christopher, Eric Bishop, Milton Campbell, Nicole Gamble (1996-99) InOut Trish Nervo, Ken Harnden, Allen Johnson, Joan Nesbit, former coach Hubert West, Ralph King (Seated): DeAnne Davis, Joy Ganes (1998-2001) InOut Joy Ganes, Nicole Gamble, Ayo Atterberry. Karen Godlock (1994-97) XC total of 42 North Carolina Ken Harnden (1991-1994) Out track and field and cross Monique Hennagan (1995-98) InOut A country athletes were named Larry Henry (1958-61) XC to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Gary Hofstetter (1977-80) XC 50th Anniversary Teams. The top ath- Allen Johnson (1990-93) InOut letes through the conference’s 50 years Marion Jones (1994-1995) Out of existence were voted to the team Ralph King (1975-78) XC In and announced prior to the Lynda Lipson (1990-93) Out 2002 fall season. Kendra Mackey (1988-1991) InOut Four Tar Heels — Jim Beatty, Shalane Flanagan, Art Maillet (1963-64) XC Joan Nesbit and Tony Susanna Matsen (1994-96) XC Waldrop — were named North Carolina Director of Athletics Reggie McAfee (1970-73) InOut to the cross country, Tony McCall (1994-97) In indoor track and outdoor Dick Baddour (left) and former track teams. Director of Athletics Bill Cobey Kevin McGorty (1986-89) Out Another 13 have been present Eric Bishop with his certificate. Kendrick Morgan (1992-95) In named to two of the three Holly Murray (1983-86) XC teams for their performances at Joan Nesbit (1981-84) XC InOut Carolina since 1953. Tech with nine members on the indoor team Carolina placed 15 athletes on the for the highest total, and tied for the second George Nicholas (1983-86) XC women’s indoor team, six more than any highest total on the outdoor team with eight Trish Nervo (1997-2000) XC other ACC school. The Tar Heels also had representatives. Rebecca Russell (1989-1992) Out the most members out the women’s outdoor In cross country, Carolina had 12 hon- Tony Waldrop (1971-74) XC InOut orees on the men’s side, one less than NC team with 13, three more than any other Tisha Waller (1989-1992) InOut school. State. The Carolina women were third with For the men, Carolina matched six members of the team. Andre Williams (1994-97) XC

PAGE 46 • 2003 NORTH CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD The 50th Anniversary Team In Pictures

A b o v e : Sharon Couch

R i g h t : LaShonda Christopher, DeAnne Davis, Joy Ganes, Nicole Gamble

R i g h t : Ken Harnden

Below Right: Lynda Lipson

B e l o w : Holly Murray, Trish Nervo and Susanna Mattsen

Below Left: Tony McCall

L e f t : Art Maillet, Ralph King and Jim Cooper

For complete bios of the members of the 50th Anniversary Team, log on to www.TarHeelBlue.com

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