Kennesaw State Owls Track & Field Team Notes and Quick Facts Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships East Tennessee State University February 12, 2010 University Quick Facts: 2009-2010 Track and Field Schedule Location: Kennesaw, Georgia Date Meet Location Founded: 1963 12/5/2009 App. State Invitational Boone, N.C. 1/22-23/2010 Niswonger Invitational Johnson City, Tenn. Total Enrollment: 22,389 1/31/2010 Jimmy Carnes Invtiational Gainesville, Fla. President: Dr. Dan Papp (Dartmouth) 2/12/2010 Gene Anderson UNC Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. Athletic Director: Dr. Dave Waples (W. Liberty) 2/26-27/2010 A-Sun Indoor T&F Champ. Johnson City, Tenn. Athletic Affiliation: NCAA Division I/Atlantic Sun 3/12-13/2010 NCAA Indoor T&F Champ. Fayetteville,Ark. 3/12-13/2010 Coastal Carolina Invit. Conway, S.C. Track & Field Quick Facts: 3/26-27/2010 Catamount Classic Cullowhee, N.C. Program Founded:2005 4/2-3/2010 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. A-Sun Championships: 4/17/2010 Georgia Relays Athens, Ga. 4/18/2010 Auburn Invitational Auburn, Ala. 2008 (Men-Indoor) 4/22-24/2010 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Penn. 2008 (Men- Outdoor) 5/1/2010 G. Tech/Clemson Duals Atlanta, Ga. 2009 Finishes (Indoor/Outdoor) 5/8/2010 Clemson/ G. Tech Duals Clemson, S.C. Men-2nd/2nd 5/14-15/2010 A-Sun Outdoor T&F Champ. Jacksonville, Fla. Women- 2nd/2nd 5/27-29/2010 NCAA Outdoor T&F Regional Greensboro, N.C. 6/9-12/2010 NCAA Outdoor T&F Champ. Eugene, Ore. Coaching Staff This Week at the A-Sun Championship Head Coach: Dr. Don McGarey (Louisiana State) With the Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Assoc.Head Coach: Stan Sims (Florida) beginning on Friday, months of practicing, competing, and overall hard work will come to fruition this weekend. The men’s and women’s track and Jumps: Mike Goss (Montevallo) field teams are traveling to Johnson City, Tenn. with the goal of bringing home championships and further solidifying themselves as a track and Sprints/Hurdles: Devin West (Kennesaw State) field power at the Division I level. Multis/Javelin: Jerel Langley (Gardner- Webb) The men will be looking for their second A-Sun title in three years, after Throws: Jason Carruthers (Indiana State) winning the championship in 2008 and finishing as the Runner-Up to the annual host, East Tennessee State, last season. The women, for their Volunteer Asst: Paul Wakeman (Michigan State) part, will be looking to capture their first-ever A-Sun indoor title, after also finishing second in 2009 to Jacksonville, who has won all four A-Sun Men’s Roster women’s indoor titles since the championship’s inception in 2006. Freshmen: 17 Coming into the championship, the men hold the top two marks in the conference in the 400 Meter Dash (Ethan Kasson-49.73 seconds, James Sophomores: 11 Verdi-49.82 seconds), 4x400 Meter Relay (Travis Benton, Tremaine Grant, Juniors: 7 Ethan Kasson, Jemir Martinez- 3:19.60), High Jump (Jerome McKinzie- 7’2.5”), Pole Vault (Adam Reed- 15’7”), Shot Put (Josh McNair- 16.93 Seniors: 8 meters) and Weight Throw (Josh McNair- 18.10 meters). Women’s Roster For the women, freshman Michelle Quimby comes into Friday tied with Christina King of North Florida for the highest vault in the conference this Freshmen: 8 season at 3.52 meters. Junior distance runner Mackenzie Howe currently has the fastest time in the A-Sun in the 3,000 Meter Run with a time of Sophomores: 9 10:03.98. Juniors: 4 Seniors: 10 Owls Make National Rankings 2/9/10- NEW ORLEANS, La. - Kennesaw State Owls men’s indoor track and Sports Information field has been named in the national rankings the last two week, placing 59th in the nation in the second poll of the season and 71st in the latest poll T&F Contact: Scott Lipsky (Indiana) released on Tuesday by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Email: [email protected] Association. This is the first season Kennesaw State has been nationally ranked in track Phone: (914)629-7938 and field. They became a full-fledged program in the fall of 2005 and became Sports Inform. Dir.: Mark Toma (Kennesaw State) eligible for national rankings and NCAA championship qualifying this season after the athletic program successfully completed the NCAA’s mandatory four Email: [email protected] year, Division I re-classification period. Phone: (770)499-3217 “While our ranking is on the strength of high jumper Jerome Mck- inzie hitting an NCAA Provisional mark, I expect to see a few others Fax: (770)423-6665 continue to step up to place us in an even better position,” said Owls head coach Don Mcgarey. All Tuned-Up One Last Warmup Men win four events, break two school records in final pre- Owls perform at high level in final meet before conference championship event championships 2/12//10- CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - With only more meet to go CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Three more school records fell, and before the A-Sun Championships in two weeks, the Kennesaw Mackenzie Howe won the 3000 Meter Run in her 2010 indoor State Owls men’s track and field team were sharp as could be track debut at the Gene Anderson UNC Invitational in Chapel on Friday night, winning four events and breaking two school Hill, N.C., on Friday. records at the Gene Anderson UNC Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. In the team’s final meet before the Atlantic Sun Conference In- door Track and Field Championships, the Owls were looking The Black and Gold spread the wealth, with two wins coming to keep some of their athletes sharp while still working others in running events and two coming in field events. The run- who weren’t as active this season into prime condition. ning events were won by sophomore Daniel Grass, who took the 800 Meter Run title with a time of 1:55.34, and a team of Sprinters Victoria Jackson and Cynthia Davis provided what Grass and freshmen Travis Benton, Tremaine Grant, and Ethan were some of the team’s most impressive performances. Com- Kasson in the 4x400 Meter Relay with a school record time of ing into Friday, Jackson, a sophomore, held the 60 Meter Dash 3:19.60, breaking the mark of 3:21.17 set on January 31 at the school record, running the event in a time of 7.86 seconds at Jimmy Carnes Invitational. the Niswonger Invitational on January 22. By the time KSU was heading home on Friday evening, Jackson had bettered Senior Jerome McKinzie continued his dominance in the high that time in both her preliminary and final run, posting times jump, winning the event with a clearing leap of 2.13 meters. of 7.83 and 7.80 seconds, respectively. The three-time defending A-Sun indoor champion in the high The freshman Davis, however, will now be inscribed in the re- jump has already earned a provisional qualifying mark for the cord books, as she was able to run her preliminary heat in 7.79 NCAA Championships with a 2.20 meter jump on January 31. to set the new school mark. However, her time of 7.81 seconds in the final heat placed her tenth in the event, while Jackson Senior Josh McNair, who holds the indoor school records in placed 8th with her 7.80 mark in the finals. The duo also did both the weight throw and the shot put, didn’t surpass his pro- well in the 200 Meter Dash, with Davis coming in 7th with a gram marks, but he did solidify his reputation as a force to be 25.63 second mark and Jackson posting a 10th place finish in reckoned with, finishing third in the shot put and winning the 25.88 seconds. weight throw event. Named the A-Sun Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on January 27, McNair had a throw of 16.65m (54- Howe, the 2009 A-Sun Indoor champion in the 3000 Meters, 07.50) in the shot put and a 16.89m (55-5) toss in the weight won what could be considered her signature event on Friday throw. with a time of 10:03.98 in her first appearance of the indoor track season. The performance bettered her championship Grant set a school record of his own on Friday evening in ad- run of 10:10.47, and broke Patrina Hayes’ school record of dition to being on the record-setting relay team. His 60 meter 10:08.89 on a 200 meter track. Senior Erin Sutton finished high hurdles time of 8.15 seconds placed him second in the fourth in the 42 runner event, finishing in a time of 10:27.99. race and broke Kendall Parks’ Owl mark of 8.25 seconds. Grant now already holds the indoor school records in the 60 In the field events, four Owls posted runner-up finishes, with meter high hurdles and the 55 meter high hurdles just four sophomore Suzzette Van-Lare’s 5.82 meter jump in the long meets into his young career. jump (19-1.25) setting a new school record. Senior Jill Arthur placed fourth in the event, her 5.77 meter jump (18-11.25) The distance mid-distance runners were also in full force breaking what was the school record in the long jump coming on Friday evening, with freshman Nabil Hamid and junior into the meet. Van-Lare also finished third in the triple jump Nathan Haskins placing third and fifth in the 3000 Meter Run, (12.08m-39-07.75), with Arthur finishing fourth (12.07m 39- with times of 8:47.44 and 8:48.16, respectively.