TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION RECORDS Table of Contents . .2 Cross Country Records . .60 Staff Directory . 3 Men’s Indoor School Records . .62 Media Information . 4 Women’s Indoor School Records . .63 Men’s Outdoor School Records . .64 2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW Women’s Outdoor School Records . .66 Cross Country & Track & Field Schedules . .5 Head Coach . .6 HISTORY Coaching Staff . 8 Men’s Letterwinners . 68 Director of Track & Field . .13 Women’s Letterwinners . .70 SEC Champions . .72 2015-16 TEAM NCAA Champions . 73 Men’s Roster . .14 All Americans . .74 Women’s Roster . .15 Olympians . .75 Men’s Bios . .16 SEC Academic Honor Roll . .76 Women’s Bios . .33 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 2014-15 Season Review University . .79 Indoor Review . .48 MSU Administration . .83 2015 SEC Indoor Championships Review . 49 Mike Sanders Track Complex . 85 NCAA Indoor Championships Review . 50 Outdoor Review . .51 2015 SEC Outdoor Championships Review . .52 NCAA East Preliminaries Review . 53 NCAA Outdoor Championships Review . .54 Summer Competition Review . .55 Women’s Cross Country Review . .56 Men’s Cross Country Review . .58 CREDITS Mississippi State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, The 2015-16 Mississippi State Track & Field Media religion, national origin, sex, sexual Guide is a product of the Media Relations office . orientation or group affiliation, age disability or veteran status. Dr. Mary Alexander, Director of the Office of Editor: Emily McConnell, Media Relations Graduate Diversity and Equity Programs [McAr- thur Hall, Room 106 P.O. Box 6199, Assistant Mississippi State, MS 39762/662-325- 2493], is the designated employee responsible to coordinate efforts to Graphic/Cover Design: Ashley Strauss, MSU Graphic carry out responsibilities and make Designer investigations of complaints relating to discrimination in conforming with Title IX of the Education Amendments Editorial Assistance: Gregg Ellis, Brock Turnipseed, of 1972, Sections 503 and 5-4 of the Hunter Richardson, Tyson Rodgers Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and the On the Cover Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Photography: Russ Houston, Kelly Price, Bill Sim- monds, & Madeleine Takahashi 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 2 MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF DIRECTORY Emily McConnell ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Graduate Assistant of Media Relations 2015-16 STAFF DIRECTORY Cross Country/Track & Field SID Office Phone . 662 .325 .5865 Scott Wetherbee Email . emcconnell@athletics .msstate .edu Sr . Associate AD/External Affairs Twitter . @Em_McConnell 662 .325 .2277 @HailStateTF swetherbee@athletics .msstate .edu John Cade Assistant AD/Media Relations 662 .325 .0971 MEDIA RELATIONS MAILING ADDRESS jrcade@athletics .msstate .edu MSU Media Relations Bill Martin P .O . Box 5308 Assistant AD/Media Relations Mississippi State, MS 39762 662 .325 .0967 OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS Gregg Ellis Associate Director of Media Relations MSU Media Relations 662 .325 .3595 Humphrey Coliseum, Room 202 gellis@athletics .msstate .edu 55 Coliseum Blvd . Mississippi State, MS 39762 Brock Turnipseed Assistant Director of Media Relations HUMPHREY COLISEUM 662 .325 .7556 Phone: 662 .325 .0540; Fax: 662 .325 .3654 bturnipseed@athletics .msstate .edu BRYAN BUILDING Kyle Nibblet Phone: 662 .325 .2703; Fax: 662 .325 .2653 Assitant Director of Media Relations 662 .325 .8040 knibblet@athletics .msstate .edu Andrew Piper Assistant Media Relations Director 662 .325 .0972 apiper@athletics .msstate .edu Hunter Richardson Media Relations Graduate Assistant 662 .325 .6259 hrichardson@athletics .msstate .edu Tyson Rodgers Media Relations Graduate Assistant 662 .325 .6259 trodgers@atheltics .msstate .edu Bob Carskadon HailState .com Beat Writer 662 .325 .4582 bcarskadon@athletics .msstate .edu Diane Keith Administrative Assistant 662 .325 .0540 dkeith@athletics .msstate .edu 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 3 MSU MEDIA POLICIES The 2015-16 Mississippi State Track and Field Media Guide MIKE SANDERS TRACK & FIELD COMPLEX has been prepared to assist media members in their coverage The Mike Sanders Track & Field Complex is located just off of the Bulldogs . It is our hope most of your questions will U .S . Highway 82 on Lakeview Drive, across from the Bryan be answered on the pages of this guide . However, should you Athletic Building on campus . Adjacent to the MSU practice desire additional information or assistance, please contact us at football fields, A .J . Pitts Tennis Centre, the MSU Softball Field 662 .325 .5865 . and the Holliman Athletic Center . The Mike Sanders Track & Field Complex is also within a half mile of MSU’s Humprhey COACH/ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Coliseum and Dudy Noble Field . Parking is available adjacent All interviews with coaches should be directed through the to the facility and across the street from the Shira Fieldhouse/ MSU Athletic Media Relations office . Please contact Emily Mc- Holliman Athletic Center Connell at 662 .325 .5865 or 662 .549 .4244 to arrange an inter- view . Coaches are primarily available for interview by phone or SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE in person from 9-11 a .m . CT ., depending on the team’s travel Location: Birmingham, Ala . schedule . Commissioner: Greg Swankey Media Relations Contact: Sean Cartell Interviews with student-athletes are encouraged; however, all Phone: 205 .458 .3000 interviews must be arranged through McConnell in the Athlet- Email: scartell@sec .org ic Media Relations office . Interviews will be arranged accord- Website: www .secsports .com ing to the schedule of each individual athlete, and are usually conducted before or after scheduled practices . This policy UNIVERSITY facilitates the orderly scheduling and completing of the desired Location . Starkville, Miss . interview . All interview must be arranged at least 24 hours in Founded . February 28, 1878 advance . MSU Athletic Media Relations will not supply the Enrollment . .20,138 media home or cellular telephone numbers for student-ath- Conference . .SEC letes . Likewise, training room, locker room and apartment/ Nickname . .Bulldogs dormitory areas are considered private player areas and are Colors . Maroon (PMS 202) and White off-limits to the media . Facility . .Mike Sanders Track & Field Complex President . Dr . Mark E . Keenum If you are unable to reach McConnell please contact Brock Director of Athletics . Scott Stricklin Turnipseed at 662 .325 .7556 . Associate AD/Women’s Sports . Ann Carr Faculty Representative . Dr . Steven C .Turner The Southeastern Conference release will be release every week beginning in mid-January by the SEC office . The SEC contact TRACK & FIELD STAFF for track and field is Sean Cartell . Cartell’s office number is Head Coach . Steve Dudley 205 .458 .3000 . Media members may also gain access to MSU Assistant Coaches . Houston Franks and SEC releases via and www .secsportsmedia .com . Steve Silvey MSU ON THE INTERNET April Thomas Visit the official Mississippi State Athletics home page on the Steve Thomas Internet at www .HailState .com . The site offers up-to-date -in Chris Woods formation on all of MSU’s 16 varsity sports, including sched- Volunteer Assistant Coaches . Joe Gant ules and results, player and coach biographies, as well as the Al Schmidt latest news from each of the MSU athletic teams . Rodger XXX Director of Track & Field . .Daniel Schmidt SOCIAL MEDIA Administrative Assistant . Michelle Scrivener Additional information on the cross country and track and Athletic Trainer . Brittany Winter field teams can be found on numerous social media outlets . Graduate Assistant Trainer . Caitlyn Kirkpatrick Social media outlets being used by the athletics department Strength Coach . Quinn Hollan include Twitter, FaceBook and Instagram . To follow these Academic Counselor . .Sarah Pallman accounts please view the list of each name below: Manager . Zzchary Guard Twitter: @HailStateTF Manger . David Moulds FaceBook: Mississippi State Track & Page Manager . Austin Robertson Instgram: HailStateTF Track & Field Office Phone . 662 .325 .2892 Track & Field Office Fax . 662 .325 .9051 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 4 2015-2016 SCHEDULES 2015 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE DATE MEET WHERE HOST INSTITUTION Sept . 5 Memphis Twilight Memphis, Tenn . University of Memphis Sept . 19 Commodore Classic Nashville, Tenn . Vanderbilt University Sept . 26 Panorama Farms Invite Charlottesville, Va . University of Virginia Oct . 16 Crimson Classic Tuscaloosa, Ala . University of Alabama Oct . 17 Pre-NCAA Meet Louisville, Ky . University of Louisville Oct . 30 SEC Championships College Station, Texas Texas A&M University Nov . 13 NCAA South Region Tuscaloosa, Ala . University of Alabama Nov . 21 NCAA Championships Louisville, Ky . University of Louisville 2016 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE DATE MEET WHERE HOST INSTITUTION Jan . 8-9 UAB Invite Birmingham, Ala . University of Alabama at Birmingham Jan . 15-16 Vanderbilt Invitational Nashville, Tenn . Vanderbilt University Jan . 22-23 Auburn Invitational Birmingham, Ala . Auburn University Jan . 29-30 Commodore Invitational Nashville, Tenn . Vanderbilt University Feb . 5-6 New Balance Invitational New York City, Ny . Armory Feb . 12-13 Vanderbilt Invitational Nashville, Tenn . Vanderbilt University Feb . 19-20 Meyo Invite South Bend, Ind . Norte Dame Feb . 25-27 SEC Championships Tuscaloosa, Ala . University of Arkansas March 10-12 NCAA Championships Birmingham, Ala . University of Alabama at Birmingham 2016 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE DATE MEET WHERE HOST INSTITUTION