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Inside Racers Track & Field 2015-16 Racers Schedule Table of Contents Date Meet Host Location Schedule/Quick Facts .................................... 1 Indoor Season 2015-16 Roster .............................................. 2 December 5 Music City Invitational Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Coaching Staff .............................................3-6 January 15-16 Commodore Invite Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Returning Racers ..................................... 7-27 January 22-23 John Craft Invite Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill Racer Newcomers .................................28-31 January 29-30 Pitt State Invite Pitt State Pittsburg, Kan. 2014-2015 Indoor Season Bests .....32-33 Feburary 5-6 Mayo Invitational Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. Feburary 5-6 Carbondale Invite Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 2014-2015 Indoor Team Bests ........34-35 Feburary 12-13 Music City Challenge Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 2014-2015 Outdoor Season Bests .36-37 February 26-27 OVC Indoor Championship Tennessee State Nashville, Tenn. 2014-2015 Outdoor Team Bests .....38-41 Track Legends .........................................42-43 Outdoor Season Record Books ..........................................44-45 March 25-26 Black and Gold Invite Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Stewart Stadium Records ...................46-47 April 1 Margaret Simmons Invite Murray State Murray, Ky OVC Champions ......................................48-50 April 8-9 WKU Relays Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky Retired Events ...............................................51 April 12-15 Mt. Sac Relays Mt. San Antonio Walnut, Calif. Facilities ...........................................................52 April 22 Missouri State Invite Missouri State Springfield, Mo. April29-30 Jesse Owens Track Classic Ohio State Columbus, Ohio April 29-30 Kentucky Relays Kentucky Lexington, Ky. May 15-16 OVC Outdoor Championship Tennessee State Nashville, Tenn. 2015-16 Quick Facts MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY CREDITS Nickname: Racers The 2015-16 Racers Track & Field Media Guide Location: Murray, Ky. was designed and produced by MSU Media Established: 1922 Relations Intern Christina Anderson. Editorial Enrollment: 11,207 assistance provided by Parker Griffith. Other Conference: Ohio Valley (NCAA Division I) photography by Fred Mulane, Meagan Short and Colors: Navy & Gold Murray State Media Relations. President: Dr. Robert O. Davies Athletics Director: Allen Ward Murray State University does not discriminate on the Senior Woman Administrator: Velvet Milkman basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual Track & Field Stadium: Marshall Gage Track orientation, religion, age, disability or veteran status in employment, student admissions, financial aid, RACER TRACK & FIELD COACHING STAFF student employment and placement or the provision Head Coach: Jenny Swieton of services and provides, upon request, reasonable Alma Mater: Central Michigan, 2002 accommodation including auxiliary aids and services Tenure at Murray State: 6th Season necessary to afford individuals with disabilities an Office: (270) 809-3240 E-Mail: [email protected] equal opportunity to participate in all programs and Assistant Coach: Adam Kiesler activities. For more information, contact Camisha Duffy, Director of Equal Opportunity, Murray State Alma Mater: Michigan, 2007 University, 103 Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071- Tenure at Murray State: 6th Season 3318. Telephone (270) 809-3155 (voice) and (270) Office: (270) 809-5435 E-Mail: [email protected] 809-3361 (TDD). Assistant Coach: Rochelle Black Alma Mater: Radford University, 2005 Tenure at Murray State: 2nd Season Office: (270) 809-6941 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Coach: Krysten Sebby Alma Mater: Lewis University, 2014 Tenure at Murray State: 2nd Season Office: (270) 809-6941 E-Mail: [email protected] ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Track & Field Contact/Media Relations Intern: Christina Anderson Office: (270) 809-7051 Cell: (936)-648-6382 E-Mail: [email protected] Asst. AD Athletic Media Relations: Dave Winder Office: (270) 809-4271 Cell: (270) 293-0566 E-Mail: [email protected] Media Relations Assistant: Kevin DeVries Office: (270) 809-7044 Cell: (641) 512-1847 E-Mail: [email protected] Media Relations Assistant: Parker Griffith Office: (270) 809-3351 Cell: (662) 341-0979 E-Mail: [email protected] 2015-16 RACERS TRACK & FIELD 1 2015-16 Racers Roster Name Event Cl. Hometown (Previous Schools) Taylor Adcock Sprints/Hurdles Jr. Moweaqua, Ill. / Central A&M Kennedy Berkley Throws Sr. Alexandria, Ky. / Campbell County Brittany Bohn Distance Sr. Mahomet, Ill. / Mahomet-Seymour HS Jabreuna Brimlett Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Fr. Poplar Bluff, Mo. / Poplar Bluff High School Maddy Brown Distance Fr. Saint Louis, Mo. / Parkway West High School Purity Chebet Distance Fr. Eldoret,Kenya / Moi Girls Kamusinga Kassidy Cook Hurdles/Jumps Fr. Cynthiana, Ky. / Harrison County High School Anna Curlin Sprints So. Frankfort, Ky. / Western Hills HS Emily Evans Mid. Distance Jr. St. Charles, Mo. / Orchard Farm HS Emily Flaherty Distance So. Louisville, Ky. / Presentation Academy Emma Gilmore Distance Sr. Locks Heath, England / Itchen College Emani Griffin Mid. Distance So. Akron, Oh. / Buchtel HS Caroline Grogan Distance So. LaGrange, Ky. / Oldham County HS Emily Heil Pole Vault Fr. Marathon City, Wi. / Marathon High School Jolyta Henderson Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Sr. Dyersburg, Tenn. / Dyersburg Alicyn Hester Distance Sr. Yorkville, Ill. / Yorkville Kristen Higgins Hurdles So. Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Northern Taylor Horton Jumps So. Louisville, Ky. / Eastern HS Jill Jachino Jumps Sr. Taylorville, Ill. / Taylorville Marina Keller Throws So. Eureka, Mo. / Eureka HS Maddie Jones Javelin Fr. LaGrange, Ind. / Westview Junior/Senior High School Vallery Korir Distance So. Iten, Kenya / Tambach Teachers College Leah Krause Distance Sr. St. Charles, Mo. / Francis Howell Tamdra Lawrence Sprints Fr. Macon, Ga. / Westside High School Chleo LeGrand Pole Vault Jr. Cape Girardeau, Mo. / Cape Girardeau HS Aubrey Main High Jump Fr. Huntingburg, Ind. / Southridge High School Taylor McCammon Hurdles/Jumps So. Kankakee, Ill. / Bishop McNamara Catholic Brianna McCarthy Throws Sr. Fort Mitchell, Ky. / Beechwood HIgh School Christina Meinhardt Throws Fr. Island Lake, Ill. / Wauconda High School Lauren Miller Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Sr. Benton, Ky. / Marshall County Rebecca Morris Distance Sr. Fort Wright, Ky. / Notre Dame Academy Ida Mutai Distance Fr. Nairobi, Kenya / Kapkonda Girls High School Heatherly Paschall Distance Sr. Murray, Ky. / Murray Jocelyn Payne Sprints/Hurdles Fr. Saint Louis, Mo. / Kirkwood High School Kai Perkins Throws Fr. Harvest, Ala. / Sparkman High School Rebekah Priddy Distance So. Austin, Tx. / Westlake HS Deja Rodgers Sprints So. Tampa Bay, Fla. / Middleton HS Kimmy Siebert Distance Sr. St. Louis, Mo. / Bishop Dubourg Meagan Smith Distance So. Danville, Ky. / Danville HS Darcy Sullivan Throws So. Muhlenberg County, Ky. / Muhlenberg County Tia Weston Mid. Distance Jr. Fairdale, Ky. / Fairdale HS Victoria Yocum Sprints Jr. Bardstown, Ky. / Bardstown HS Coaching Staff Head Coach: Jenny Swieton (6th Season) Assistant Coach: Adam Kiesler (6th Season), Rochelle Black (2nd Season), Krysten Sebby (2nd Season) 2 2015-16 RACERS TRACK & FIELD 2015-16 Racers Head Coach Jenny Swieton Head Coach • 6th Season Jenny Swieton begins her sixth season as Murray State head coach for men’s and women’s cross-country and women’s track & field in the 2015-16 school year. Swieton came to Murray State in July 2010 and has guided both programs to impressive achievement and progress. She was honored in 2013 as the OVC Women’s Track & Field Coach of the Year after the Racers placed second at the OVC Outdoor Championship. In the 2014-15 season alone, the women’s track & field team set 10 school records and had 55 performances that ranked in the program’s all-time top-10. The Racers had a pair of OVC Outdoor champions when Brittany Bohn won the steeplechase and Tonia Pratt set the OVC record in the discus. Pratt qualified for the NCAA’s in three events and Ashley Conway qualified for the long jump. Other highlights included Vallery Korir setting the school indoor record in the 5K and the Emma Gilmore setting the MSU record in the mile. Gilmore and Bohn became the first Racers to break 5-minute threshold in the mile. The Racers became the only team in the OVC to score three runners in the mile in back-to-back years. In 2014 cross country, the Racers were led by a pair of freshmen Meagan Smith and Carolyne Grogan who led the charge of seven runners that moved into the MSU all-time list for the 5k. Additionally, the Racers had two runners make the top-10 list in the 6k. MSU won the Austin Peay invitational with a perfect score led by Emma Gilmore who won top honors. In 2012 Abbie Ashbee-Simmonds broke the school record in the 6k with a 21:35. In 2014 men’s cross country, the Racers qualified for the NCAA Southeast Regional championship. They won the Austin Peay invitational as Cole Cisneros took first place. In 2013 and 2014, the Racers placed eighth at the OVC Championship, their best finishes since 2008. The Coach Swieton era has produced some of the greatest success in Racer history. Combining cross country and track & field, she has coached 18 individual OVC Champions and 36 All-OVC selections/top finishers. Additionally, the Racers have produced 114 MSU all-time top-10 performances in indoor, 73 in outdoor, plus eight in cross country. The Swieton era