CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – As part of the Big South’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2013-14, the Conference is announcing its first-ever All-Decade Teams to recognize the student-athletes and coaches who excelled in their respective sport since the Conference’s founding in 1983. A committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Teams, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total.
Below are the All-Decade Teams for Men’s Outdoor Track & Field for the years 1994-99 and 2000-09. Men’s Outdoor Track & Field became a Conference sport in 1994, and the team features eight (8) sprinters, eight (8) distance runners, eight (8) jumpers, six (6) throwers, one (1) decathlete and one (1) head coach. In case of ties, additional honorees are included.
1994-99 MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM
Event – Name, School Notes
S – David Bobb, UMBC (2-time All-American, 4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
S – Doug Hazel, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (110m-hurdles, 400m-hurdles))
S – Ken Howell, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (110m-hurdles, 400m-hurdles))
S – Pete McFadden, Liberty (3-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (200m, 100m))
S – Anthony Reed, Charleston Southern (3-time All-Conference (110m-hurdles))
S – Mike Reed, Liberty (3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (400m, 400m-hurdles))
S – Marlon Tanner, Liberty (4-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (400m-hurdles, 110m-hurdles))
S – C.J. White, Charleston Southern (Champion, 6-time All-Conference (200m, 100m, 400m))
D – Dan Bentley, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase))
D – Finbarr Egan, Coastal Carolina (Champion, 4-time All-Conference (5,000m, 3,000m Steeplechase))
D – Stephen Githuka, Liberty (4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (1,500m, 800m, 10,000m))
D – Jeff Greene, Winthrop (Champion, All-Conference (5,000m), Big South Hall of Fame member)
D – Brian Kiprono, Liberty (2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase))
D – Chuck Lyngaas, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (800m))
D – Brendan McGrane, UNC Asheville (5-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase, 5,000m))
D – Karl Wash, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (10,000m, 5,000m))
J – Derek Allmond, Charleston Southern (3-time All-Conference (triple jump))
J – Greg Benhase, Liberty (2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference (pole vault))
J – Kevin Coley, Liberty (4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (long jump, high jump))
J – Mike Connell, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (high jump))
J – Jonathan Daniels, Charleston Southern )3-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (long jump, triple jump, high jump))
J – Dwight Huell, Charleston Southern (Champion, 3-time All-Conference (long jump))
J – Tim Langford, Radford (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (high jump, triple jump))
J – Anthony Reed, Charleston Southern (3-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (triple jump, long jump, high jump))
T – Pete Brown, Liberty (Champion, 6-time All-Conference (hammer, javelin, discus))
T – Chris Guglielmo, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (shot put, hammer))
T – James Johnson, Liberty (3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (discus, shot put, javelin))
T – Mike Lucas, Liberty (3-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (discus, javelin, shot put))
T – Tyler McCart, Coastal Carolina (5-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (hammer, shot put))
T – Ryan Werner, Liberty (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (javelin, shot put, discus))
DEC – Ryan Werner, Liberty (3-time All-American, Big South Hall of Fame member)
Head Coach, School (Notes)
Brant Tolsma, Liberty (6 Championships [1994-95-96-97-98-99], 4-time Coach of the Year)
2000-09 MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM
Event – Name, School (Notes)
S – Nathan Breland, Charleston Southern (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
S – Micah Brinkley, Liberty (3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (110m-hurdles))
S – Levi Brooks, Charleston Southern (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (400m, 200m))
S – Kandrick Cooper, Winthrop (3-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (110m-hurdles))
S – Michael Rhue, Charleston Southern (5-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (400m, 200m))
S – Alonzo Spurley, Charleston Southern (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
S – Jeremy Wagner, Liberty (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
S – Kendall White, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (400m-hurdles))
D – Tommy Evans, High Point (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (5,000m, 10,000m))
D – Adam Growley, Winthrop (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (1,500m, 5,000m))
D – Terah Kipchiris, Coastal Carolina (4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase, 5,000m, 10,000m))
D – Felix Kitur, VMI (2-time All-American, 5-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m))
D – Lucas McCurdy, Winthrop (3-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase))
D – Josh McDougal, Liberty (3-time All-American, 6-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (5,000m, 10,000m, 1,500m))
D – Taylor Milne, High Point (2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m, 3,000m Steeplechase))
D – Goran Nava, Radford (4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m))
J – Nick Anderson, Liberty (4-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump))
J – Anthony Bryant, Liberty (3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (long jump, high jump, triple jump))
J – Antonio Gantt, Charleston Southern (Champion, 5-time All-Conference (long jump, high jump))
J – Mark Johnson, Coastal Carolina (All-American, 4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (pole vault))
J – Taylor McFadden, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (triple jump, high jump))
J – Kevin Octave, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (long jump))
J – Dan Oseth, Radford (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (high jump))
J – Chad Wilson, Liberty (4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (triple jump, long jump))
T – Joshua Aydlette, Charleston Southern (Champion, 4-time All-Conference (hammer))
T – Jon Hart, Liberty (4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (hammer, shot put, javelin))
T – Clendon Henderson, Liberty (All-American, 2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (discus, shot put))
T – Thomas Jordan, Coastal Carolina (All-American, 4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (javelin))
T – Nick Kenworthy, Coastal Carolina (3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (discus, hammer))
T – Kyle Morse, Radford (2-time All-American, 3-time All-Conference (hammer))
T – Brian Richotte, Radford (All-American, 2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (hammer, discus, shot put))
DEC – Josh Jones, Liberty (All-American)
DEC – Daniel Newell, Liberty (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference)
Head Coach, School (Notes)
Brant Tolsma, Liberty (8 Championships [2000-01-02-04-05-07-08-09], 6-time Coach of the Year)
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team candidates were determined based on being at least one of the following: 1) Was a multi-year All-Conference honoree in one or more event; 2) Was named an All-American; 3) Is a member of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame; 4) Student-athletes must be a college graduate or left their respective institution in good academic standing; and 5) Won a Conference Championship as a coach and/or was voted Conference Coach of the Year. Candidates that participated in two different decades were placed in a specific decade based on consultation from member institutions. Member institutions also had final determination in regards to inclusion of student-athletes and coaches.
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