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Home of the McDougals, as well as many other underrated atheletes on both the Mens' and Ladies' teams!

much more to come...

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Lets support these outstanding atheletes!

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Friday 27th

Field Events

4x800m or DMR
3:30pm Pentathlon HJ
4:30pm Heptathlon LJ
5:00pm Pentathlon SP
5:45pm Heptathlon SP
6:15pm Pentathlon LJ
6:45pm Heptathlon HJ

Running Events

3:00pm Pentathlon 60h
3:45pm Heptathlon 60m
6:00pm DMR Men
6:15pm DMR Women
6:30pm 5K Men
6:50pm 5K Women
8:00pm Pentathlon 800m

Please remember that Heptathlon indoor is men
and pentathlon indoor is women. It’s easy to
overlook that since women are known as
heptathletes.

Saturday 28th

Field Events

8:30am Men’s Weight Throw
9:30am Women’s Triple Jump
Men’s Long Jump
10:00am Women’s Pole Vault
10:30am Women’s Weight Throw
12:45pm Men’s Shot Put
1:00pm Women’s Long Jump
Men’s Triple Jump
Women’s High Jump
Men’s Heptathlon PV
2:30pm Women’s Shot Put
3:00pm Men’s High Jump
Men’s Pole Vault

Running Events

11:00am 60m Hurdles (Men) Prelims
60m Hurdles (Hept/Men)
60m Hurdles (Women) Prelims
11:30am 60m Dash (Men) Prelims
60 Dash (Women) Prelims
12:00pm Track Dedication
12:15pm 60m Dash (Men) Final
12:20pm 60m Dash (Women) Final
12:30pm 60m Hurdles (Men) Final
12:40pm 60m Hurdles (Women) Final
12:45pm Mile Run (Men) Final
1:05 pm Mile Run (Women) Final
1:20pm 400m Dash (Men) Final
400m Dash (Women) Final
2:05pm 500m Dash (Men) Final
500m Dash (Women) Final
2:20pm 800m Run (Men) Final
800m Run (Women) Final
2:45pm 1000m Run (Men) Final
1000m Run (Women)
2:55pm 200m Dash (Men) Final
200m Dash (Women) Final
3:45pm 3000m Run (Men) Final
3000m Run (Women) Final
4:40pm 4x400m Relay (Men) Final
4x400m Relay (Women) Final
Heptathlon 1,000 (To be determined)

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January 27, 2006 (9 a.m.) On Track Open, Lynchburg, Va.
January 28, 2006 (9 a.m.) On Track Open, Lynchburg, Va.

February 4, 2006 (9 a.m.) Liberty Record Bash, Lynchburg, Va.
February 18, 2006 (9 a.m.) Liberty Last Chance, Lynchburg, Va.
February 24, 2006 (10 a.m.) vs. Big South Indoor Championships, Clemson, S.C.
February 25, 2006 (10 a.m.) vs. Big South Indoor Championships, Clemson, S.C.

March 4, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships, Boston, Mass.
March 5, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships, Boston, Mass.
March 10, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Indoor National Championships, Fayettetville, Ark.
March 10, 2006 (11 a.m.) vs. Coastal Carolina Invitational, Conway, S.C.
March 11, 2006 (11 a.m.) vs. Coastal Carolina Invitational, Conway, S.C.
March 11, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Indoor National Championships, Fayettetville, Ark.
March 16, 2006 (TBA) vs. UNCC Multi-Event, Charlotte, N.C.
March 17, 2006 (TBA) vs. UNCC Multi-Event, Charlotte, N.C.
March 17, 2006 (TBA) vs. 49''er Classic, Charlotte, N.C.
March 18, 2006 (TBA) vs. 49''er Classic, Charlotte, N.C.

April 1, 2006 (11 a.m.) Liberty Invitational & Multi-Event, Lynchburg, Va.
April 14, 2006 (TBA) vs. Virginia Invitational, Charlottesville, Va.
April 15, 2006 (TBA) vs. Virginia Invitational, Charlottesville, Va.
April 20, 2006 (TBA) vs. Big South Outdoor Championships, Conway, S.C.
April 21, 2006 (TBA) vs. Big South Outdoor Championships, Conway, S.C.
April 22, 2006 (TBA) vs. Big South Outdoor Championships, Conway, S.C.
April 27, 2006 (9 a.m.) vs. Penn Relays, Philadelphia, Pa.
April 28, 2006 (9 a.m.) vs. Penn Relays, Philadelphia, Pa.
April 29, 2006 (9 a.m.) vs. Penn Relays, Philadelphia, Pa.

May 4, 2006 (3 p.m.) Liberty Twilight Qualifier, Lynchburg, Va.
May 11, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, TBA
May 12, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, TBA
May 13, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, TBA
May 14, 2006 (TBA) vs. ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, TBA
May 26, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Regional Championships, Winston-Salem, N.C.
May 27, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Regional Championships, Winston-Salem, N.C.

June 7, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Outdoor National Championships, Sacramento, Calif.
June 8, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Outdoor National Championships, Sacramento, Calif.
June 9, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Outdoor National Championships, Sacramento, Calif.
June 10, 2006 (TBA) vs. NCAA Outdoor National Championships, Sacramento, Calif.
June 22, 2006 (TBA) vs. USA Track & Field Championships, TBA
June 22, 2006 (TBA) vs. USA Jr. National Championships, TBA

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Flames Open Outdoor Track Season With First Day At Coastal Carolina Invitational

March 10, 2006 · Conway, S.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams open their 2006 outdoor season Friday with the first day of competition at the Coastal Carolina Invitational.

Two Flames competed on the afternoon as Caitlyn Suttherfield finished seventh in the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 44.32m, while Brandon Hoskins finished second in the javelin throw with a distance of 56.43m.

A full slate of events is scheduled for Saturday to conclude the Coastal Carolina Invitational.

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Track And Field Program Concludes Coastal Carolina Invitational To Kick-Off Outdoor Season

March 11, 2006 · Conway, S.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

The Flames kicked off their 2006 outdoor track and field season with 16 Top 3 finishers, including seven event winners, at the Coastal Carolina Invitational Saturday.

On the women’s side of the event, Jamie Watson and Tra Screen finished first and third in the 400 meters with times of 55.96 and 58.52, while Rebekah Ricksecker and Danielle Jordan also finished first and third in the 1,500 meters with times of 4:44.72 and 4:53.99, respectively.

Piper Newby finished first in the 3,000 meters with a time of 11:45.20, while the women’s 4x100 relay team won with a time of 47.48. The Lady Flames’ 4x400 relay team finished second with a time of 3:53.16, while Kena Butts finished third in the 200 meters with a time of 25.17.

On the men’s side of the event, Ravanno Ferguson won both the 100 and 200 meters with times of 10:56 and 21.49, respectively, while the men’s 4x400 meter relay team claimed victory with a time of 3:14.26.

Brandon Hoskins finished second in the javelin as he reached a distance of 56.43 meters, while Matt Parker finished third in both the 110 and 400 meter hurdles with times of 15:06 and 55.33. Also, Liberty’s 4x100 meter relay squad finished third with a time of 41.75.
The Flames return to the track March 16-18 as they participate in the Charlotte Multi-Event (Mar. 16) and the 49er Classic (Mar. 17-18) in Charlotte, N.C.

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Jelen And McDougal Finish First And Second To Highlight First Day At 49er Classic

March 17, 2006 · Charlotte, N.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

Jarvis Jelen and Josh McDougal claimed the top two spots in the 5000 meters to highlight Liberty’s first day of competition at the 49er Classic on Friday at the Irvin Belk Track Complex.

Jelen won the event with a time of 14:49.09, while McDougal, who was fresh off his All-American run in the same event at the NCAA Indoor National Championships, finished second with a time of 14:50.02.

Brandon Hoskins finished second in the javelin with a distance of 56.01 meters (183’ 9”), while Arlene Zelinskas (1:02.83) and Ravanno Ferguson (10.47) finished third in their preliminary heats in the 400 meters hurdles and 100 meters, respectively, to qualify for the finals on Saturday.

A full slate of events is scheduled for Saturday as the two-day 49er Classic concludes with 27 events.

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Women’s Track Team Excels On Second Day At 49er Classic

March 18, 2006 · Charlotte, N.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

Event wins by Jaime Watson, Piper Newby and Kena Butts highlighted Liberty’s track and field performances on the second day of the 49er Classic held at the Irvin Belk Track Complex on Saturday.

Watson claimed victory in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.89, while Butts won the high jump by reaching a height of 1.70m (5’-07.00”). The Lady Flames took the top two spots in the women’s 3000 steeplechase as Newby won the event with a time of 11:17.42, while fellow teammate Rebekah Wahlquist finished second with a time of 11:55.94.

The Lady Flames also had two third-place finishers as Arlene Zelinskas finished third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.27, while the women’s 4x400 meter relay team finished third with a time of 3:48.01.

On the men’s side, Ravanno Ferguson finished second in the 100 meters with a time of 10.59, while Drew Ponder finished third in the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:53.89.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams return to action on April 1 when they host the Liberty Invitational & Multi-Event at the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex.

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Watson Named Big South Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week

March 23, 2006 · Charlotte, N.C.

Jamie Watson of Liberty has been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Women’s Outdoor Track & Field athletes of the Week the league announced today.

Watson, a freshman from Ravenna, Mich., placed first in the 800-meters with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 2:08.09 at the UNC Charlotte 49er Classic last Saturday.

Watson and the rest of the Lady Flames have a weekend off, before hosting the Liberty Invitational and Multi-Event on Saturday, April 1. The meet is set to start at 11 a.m.

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Liberty Track Completes Successful Asics Liberty Invitational

April 1, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

Liberty’s Kena Butts highlighted a highly successful day for the Flames at the Asics Liberty Collegiate Invitational held at the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex on Saturday as the senior claimed three of Liberty’s 15 first place finishes at the home event.

Butts claimed victory in the 200 meters (25.13), high jump (1.67 meters) and the long jump (5.41 meters) to lead the Lady Flames who finished the home event with 17 Top 3 finishers on the day.

Joining Butts as event winners were Andrea Beckles in the 100 meters (12.11), Ashley Osborne in the 5000 meters (18:18.54), Piper Newby in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:19.62) and the women’s 4x100 relay team who won with a time of 46.51.

Former Liberty track standout Danielle McNaney won the women’s heptathlon (5,293 points), while current Lady Flames Arlene Zelinskas finished just behind her with 5,000 points.

Also recording Top 3 finishes on the women’s side of the event were Beckles, who finished second in the 200 meters (25.14), Asia Ramey, who finished second in the 5000 meters (19:12.70), Rebekah Wahlquist, who finished second in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:47.95), Tra Screen, who finished third in the 200 meters (25.24), Charlene Hibbert, who finished third in the 400 meters (58.00), Rebekah Ricksecker, who finished third in the 1500 meters (4:38.49), Brenda Tolsma, who finished third in the hammer throw (46.99 meters) and the women’s 4x400 meter relay team who finished second with a time of 4:08.29.

On the men’s side of the home meet, the Flames claimed victory in five individual events and two relays. In the sprints, Ravanno Ferguson won the 100 meters (10.49), Christian Nichols won the 800 meters (1:53.78) and Matt Parker won the 110 meter hurdles (14.90).

Drew Ponder claimed victory in the 3000 meter steeplechase (9:27.85) and Brandon Hoskins won the decathlon with 7,529 points, while both Liberty’s 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay squads won their events with respective times of 40.81 and 3:17.08.

In total, the men’s squad tallied 13 total Top 3 finishes, including Ferguson, who finished second in the 200 meters (21.25), Josh Gilreath, who finished second in the 400 meters (48.82), Philip Lieneweber, who finished second in the 800 meters (1:53.82).

Markus Greenleaf followed by finishing third in the 100 meters (10.68), while Matt Parker and Eric Lundy finished third in the 400 meters hurdles (56.57) and the triple jump (13.67 meters) respectively.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams will have their final tune-up before the Big South Outdoor Championship when they travel to Charlottesville, Va. to participate in the Virginia Invitational on April 14-15.

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Hoskins First In The Country In Latest Decathlon Rankings

April 5, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty University track and field athlete Brandon Hoskins currently ranks first in the country in the decathlon after posting an NCAA national automatic qualifying mark of 7,529 points at this past weekend’s Asics Liberty Collegiate Invitational.

Hoskins, a sophomore from Garden City, Texas, won the decathlon by a sizeable margin over four competitors from Wisconsin with the Badgers’ nearest competitor Joe Detmer finishing second in the event with 7,319 points.

Hoskins currently ranks first in the latest in-season rankings released today by TrackShark.com with 7,529 points, while Arizona’s Jake Arnold ranks second with 7,470 points.

Rounding out the Top 5 current rankings are Arizona State’s Joshua Kinnaman, who ranks third with 7,331 points, Detmer, who ranks fourth with 7,319 points and Florida’s Kayne DaKoski, who ranks fifth with 7,211.

Hoskins is the only athlete in the country to have posted an automatic qualifying mark to this year’s NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships which will be hosted by Sacramento State on June 7-10, 2006, at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex in Sacramento, Calif.

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Flames Tune Up For Big South Outdoor Championship At Onesty/Abramson Invitational

April 15, 2006 · Charlottesville, Va.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

Several members of the Flames’ track and field program used the weekend for a final training run before competing in the upcoming Big South Outdoor Track Championships as a portion of the squad participated in the Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational.

The two-day event was hosted by Virginia at Lannigan Field and served as a final tune-up before the team travels to Conway, S.C., for the Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

On the women’s side of the Onesty/Abramson Invitational, Kena Butts led the Lady Flames as she finished third in the high jump with a NCAA regional qualifying mark of 1.75 meters, while Sarah Roberts finished seventh in the 800 meters (2:15.67) and Arlene Zelinskas finished seventh in the 100 meter hurdles (14.09).

Markus Greenleaf led the men’s squad by finishing fourth in the 100 meters (10.76), while Eric Lundy finished sixth in the triple jump (13.98 meters) and Matt Parker finished eighth in the long jump (6.90 meter).

Both Liberty’s 4x100 meter relay squads recorded Top 5 finishes with the women’s team finished second with a time of 46.71, while the men’s team finished fourth with a time of 42.16.

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Radford Men, Coastal Carolina Women Lead After Day One of the 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championship Presented By UCS

* NOT MENTIONED BUT LU WOMEN IN 2ND, MEN IN 3RD AFTER 1 ROUND!

Courtesy: Big South
Release: 04/20/2006
CONWAY, S.C. – The Radford men and the Coastal Carolina women lead after the first day of the 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championship, presented by UCS. Radford posted a team score of 30 points, while CCU posted 49 points at the Coastal Carolina Outdoor Track & Field complex on Friday afternoon.

In the first final of the day, Radford’s Brian Richotte took first place in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 60.90 meters. Teammate Jeremiah Spence took second (60.58 meters), while Coastal Carolina’s Galen Jones came in third with a toss of 58.96 meters.

In the women’s hammer throw, Radford’s Tiffany Evans secured the gold medal with a throw of 57.17 meters. Jessica Pressley of Coastal Carolina came in second with a mark of 53.55 meters. Rounding out the top three was Jocelyn Davis of Charleston Southern with a toss of 48.87 meters.

Carol Jefferson of Liberty notched the top spot in the women’s 10,000-meters with a time of 35:55.10. Estelle Oberson of Coastal Carolina came in second with a time of 37:33.10, while Ashley Osborne of Liberty finished third with a mark of 38:18.67.

In the men’s 10,000-meters, Liberty’s Jordan McDougal finished first with a time of 31:57.60 as brother and teammate Josh McDougal finished second with a mark of 31:58.85. Dawit Legesse of Radford came in third with a time of 32:01.03

The women’s javelin finished with Dana Sizmore of Coastal Carolina on top with a toss of 40.92 meters. In second was Radford’s Amy Marshall with a mark of 37.55 meters. Kristen Dalton of High Point finished third with a throw of 37.22 meters.

Halfway through the decathalon, Clarence Murray of Liberty is on top with 1748 points, followed by Johnathan Jefferies Coastal Carolina (1689) and Elrid Cason of CCU (1545).

Leading at the halfway point of the heptathlon is Jasmine Jones-Green of High Point with 2014 points. In second is Elisha Tegeder of Coastal Carolina with 1886 and in third is Liberty’s Marie Williams with 1644 points.

Day two of the 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championship presented by UCS will start on Saturday, April 21 at 9:00am.

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Women’s And Men’s Track Team In Second And Third After Second Day At Big South Outdoor Track Championships

April 21, 2006 · Conway, S.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

After the first full day of competition, Liberty’s women’s track team stands in second, while the men’s track squad is in third place at the 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships presented by UCS on Friday.

Coastal Carolina leads the women’s side of the event with 121 points and enters the final day of competition with a 57 point lead over second place Liberty with 64 points. The men’s side of the three-day championship is a bit closer with Radford leading with 75.5 points, while Coastal Carolina ranks second with 71 points and Liberty in third with 60.5 points.

Several different members of Liberty men’s and women’s teams competed on Friday in preliminary events with 17 different athletes qualifying for Saturday’s finals.

In events that were completed on Friday, Liberty had two all-conference finishes in the 3000 meter steeplechase as Piper Newby finished third with a time of 11:10.48 in the women’s event, while Drew Ponder finished second in the men’s event with a time of 9:18.22.

Liberty also had three all-conference honorees in the decathlon and the heptathlon as Clarence Murray won the men’s decathlon with 5,699 and fellow teammate Ben Handon finished third with 4,769 points, while Marie Williams finished third in the women’s heptathlon with 4,434 points.

The 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships presented by UCS will conclude with a full slate of events scheduled for tomorrow at the Coastal Carolina Track and Field Complex.

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Both Men’s And Women’s Track And Field Programs Finish Second At Big South Track & Field Outdoor Championships

April 23, 2006 · Conway, S.C.

Meet Results Note:
For full meet results, click “Team Stats” link on the right-hand navigation bar as all meet results are listed on this link.

For just the second time in the history of the championship, Liberty’s men’s program finished second to Coastal Carolina, while the women’s team also finished second to the Chanticleers as the 2006 New Balance Big South Outdoor Track and Field Championships concluded on Sunday.

Since the Big South started sponsoring outdoor track and field as a championship sport in 1994, Liberty has claimed all but one men’s conference championship with the lone non-title year coming in 2003, while this marks the third-straight year that Liberty’s women’s team has finished second in the outdoor championship event.

Over the four-day event, Liberty had six different individual athletes claim conference titles in eight different, including Jamie Watson with a meet record in the 800m (2:10.69), Josh McDougal in the 1,500m (3:45.01), Carol Jefferson in women‘s 5,000m (17:45.95) and in the women‘s 10,000m (36:55.10), Jordan McDougal in the men’s 5,000m (14:56.46) and in the men’s 10,000m (31:57.60), Kena Butts in the high jump (1.72m) and Clarence Murray in the decathlon (5,699 points).

All in all, Liberty had 34 individual athletes claim all-conference honors by finishing in the top three in 28 different events.

Liberty’s Arlene Zelinskas, who finished ninth in the high jump with a height of 5.45m, was named the Big South Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Zelinskas was joined by fellow teammate Ravanno Ferguson on the Big South All-Academic team, while finishing second in the 100m (10.64), third in the 200m (21.26) and was a member of the 4x100 meter relay team that finished second and the 4x400 meter relay team that finished third.

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For all the efforts of these teams, I felt these were worth listing:

Womens' Results

TEAM STANDINGS:
1. Coastal Carolina......... 267.5
2. Liberty......................... 165
3. Radford........................ 117
4. Char. Southern............ 78.5
5. Winthrop...................... 75
6. High Point ................... 49
7. UNC-Ashville.............. 34
8. VMI.............................. 22


800 Meter
Watson, Jaime................. 1st (Meet Record)
Roberts, Sarah................ 2nd
Ricksecker, Rebeckah.... 4th

5000 Meter
Jefferson, Carol.............. 1st
Osborne, Ashley............ 4th
Jordan, Danielle............. 5th
Newby, Piper.................. 6th

10000 Meter
Jefferson, Carol.............. 1st
Osborne, Ashley............ 3rd

3000 Meter Steeplechase
Newby, Piper.................. 3rd
Wahlquist, Rebecka....... 4th

4x100 Meter Relay
Liberty "A" team........... 3rd

4x400 Meter Relay
Liberty "A" team........... 2nd

High Jump
Butts, Kena.................... 1st

Long Jump
Hibbert, Charlene........... 4th
Butts, Kena..................... 5th

Discus Throw
Sutterfield, Caitlyn......... 3rd

* Anyone know if Arlene Zelinksas was injured at some point? (her prelim timein the 100M Hurdles would've been good for 2nd in the finals but she scratched, and then recorded an additional SCR in the 400M hurdles)
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Mens' Results

TEAM STANDINGS:
1. Coastal Carolina......... 205
2. Liberty......................... 173.5
3. Radford........................ 150
4. Char. Southern............ 97.5
5. VMI.............................. 65
6. Winthrop....................... 58
7. High Point.................... 38
8. UNC-Ashville.............. 24

100 Meter
Ferguson, Ravanno.......... 2nd
Greenleaf, Markus........... 3rd

200 Meter
Ferguson, Ravanno.......... 3rd

800 Meter
Leineweber, Phil............... 3rd

1500 Meter
McDougal, Josh............... 1st
McDougal, Jordan............ 2nd

5000 Meter
McDougal, Jordan............ 1st
McDougal, Josh............... 2nd
Ponder, Drew................... 4th
Falat, Evan....................... 5th

10000 Meter
McDougal, Jordan............ 1st
McDougal, Josh............... 2nd

3000 Meter Steeplechase
Ponder, Drew................... 2nd

110 Meter Hurdles
Parker, Matt.................... 2nd

4x100 Meter Relay
Liberty "A" team............. 2nd

4x400 Meter Relay
Liberty "A" team............. 3rd

Triple Jump
Lundy, Eric...................... 2nd

* the McDougal brothers just keep on truckin'

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Congrats to both the men and ladies teams on solid performances.

Congrats too, thru gritted teeth, to CCU. This more than likely assures them of winning the Sasser Cup.

Up next: the FAMED Penn Relays up here in the beautiful city of Brotherly Love. SCAR- you coming home for this?

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Yeah, Coastal has the Sasser Cup wrapped up...The interesting race is for 2nd....

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Anyone have any insights into why the logo for track doesn't look right? The eagle is too small and off to the right, wouldn't it look better to be more centered, or at least larger to extend over to the start of the word "Liberty"?

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my apologies to the team- with one site not updating and not being able to get on the new one, we missed this:



Flames Tune Up For Championships At Liberty Twilight Qualifier

May 4, 2006
Lynchburg, Va.

Several members of the Liberty University track and field team competed in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier held at the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex on Thursday in preparation for the upcoming IC4A/ECAC and NCAA Championships.

On the women’s side of the event, Piper Newby won the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:17.64, while Brenda Tolsma claimed victory in the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 46.14 meters.

Kena Butts (1.75 meters) and Arlene Zelinskas (1.70 meters) finished first and second, respectively, in the women’s high jump, while Zelinskas also finished second in the women’s 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.78.

Andrea Beckles and Stephanie Walker finished second and third, respectively, in the women’s 100 meters with times of 12.12 and 12.26, while Rebekah Ricksecker finished second in the women’s 800 meters with a time of 2:12.90.

Charlene Hibbert and Jenn Ward finished second and third, respectively, in the women’s long jump with distances of 5.27 and 5.16 meters, while Carol Jefferson finished second in the women’s 1,500 meters with a time of 4:44.23.

On the men’s side of the home event, Brandon Hoskins won the men’s javelin with a distance of 57.73 meters, while David Hunt (16.18.17) won the men’s 5,000 meters and Drew Ponder (9:33.37) won the men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase.

Liberty also had three other competitors record third place finishes as Phil Leineweber (47.98/400 meters), David Cooper (13.36 meters/shot put) and Eric Lundy (13.79 meters/triple jump) all placed third in their respective events.

The Flames will travel to Princeton, N.J. to participate in the IC4A/ECAC Championships, hosted by Princeton on May 11-14.

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McDougal’s Victory Highlights Flames Performances At ECAC/IC4A Championships

May 14, 2006
Princeton, N.J.

Liberty’s Josh McDougal finished first in the 10,000 meters highlighting the performances of the 16 different athletes that participated at this past weekend’s ECAC/IC4A Championships hosted by Princeton.

Overall, the men’s team finished 13th out of 55 teams with 22 total points in the final IC4A standings, while the women’s team finished 34th out of 46 teams with seven total points in the ECAC standings.

Josh McDougal finished first in the 10,000 meters with a time 29:21.13, while Iona’s Stephen Chemlany (29:25.82) and Keith Bechtol (29:51.05) finished second and third. McDougal’s younger brother Jordan McDougal finished fourth in the 10,000 meter race with a time of 29:59.82.

In the men’s IC4A Championship, the Flames’ Markus Greenleaf qualified first in the preliminary round of the 100 meters with a time of 10:52, while finishing fourth in the finals with a time of 10.65. Ravanno Ferguson (10.84) and Don Wood (10.95) finished 13th and 23rd, respectively, in the preliminaries.

The men’s 4x100 meter relay team of Vassel Oronde, Ferguson, Greenleaf and Wood finished seventh in the trials with a time of 41.51 to qualify for the finals where they finished seventh with a time of 41.70. The Flames’ 4x400 meter relay team of Javan Carter, Ferguson, Josh Gilreath and Phil Leineweber finished 13th in the trials with a time of 3:15.54.

Rounding out the men’s competitors in the event were Leineweber (48.86) and Gilreath (50.48) who finished 30th and 41st in the 400 meter trials.

In the women’s ECAC Championships, Carol Jefferson finished sixth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36.17.61, while Jaime Watson finished 10th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:13.41.

Charlene Hibbert finished 13th in the long jump with a distance of 5.80 meters, while Caitlyn Sutterfield (40.65 meters) and Andrea Beckles (12.52) finished 17th and 24th in the discus and the 100 meters, respectively.

The women’s 4x100 meter relay squad of Beckles, Kena Butts, Hibbert and Stephanie Walker finished 12th in the trials with a time of 47.86. In the final event on Sunday, Butts finished fifth in the high jump with a height of 1.75 meters.

Several members of the Flames’ track and field programs will begin their quest to advance to the NCAA National Championships when they travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. on May 26-27 for the NCAA Regional Championships with an opportunity on the line to qualify for the national championship event.

[PAmedic]

McDougal Finishes Second In 5,000 Meters To Highlight Liberty’s Day At NCAA Regionals

May 26, 2006
Greensboro, N.C.

Liberty’s Josh McDougal finished second in the men’s 5,000 meters to highlight the performances of the seven Flames that competed at the 2006 NCAA East Regional Outdoor Track Championship on Friday hosted by North Carolina A&T.

Josh McDougal finished the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:05.11, while Iona’s Richard Kiplagat won the event with a time of 14:03.73. Jordan McDougal also competed in the same event and finished 18th with a time of 14:46.22.

On the women’s side of the championship, Kena Butts finished sixth in the high jump as she reached a height of 1.76 meters, while Carol Jefferson finished 27th in the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 17:46.19.

Arlene Zelinskas finished fifth in her heat and 21st overall in the women’s 100 meters hurdles with a time of 14.00 and Jaime Watson finished seventh in her heat and 31st overall in the women’s 800 meters with a time of 2:16.03. Neither athlete qualified for the finals on Saturday.

Ravanno Ferguson rounded out Liberty’s competitors in the event as the finished sixth in his heat and 17th overall in the men’s 100 meters with a time of 10.74.

[PAmedic]

Big South Sends Six Track & Field Student-Athletes to NCAA National Championships

Courtesy: Big South
Release: 05/31/2006

Courtesy: NCAA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference will send six Track & Field student-athletes to the NCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championship, June 7-10 in Sacramento, California. On the men’s side, Coastal Carolina and Liberty each placed two athletes in the meet, while Charleston Southern posted one. For the women, Ebony Brown of Coastal Carolina will be the lone female Big South participant in the event.

For the Chanticleers, Mark Johnson, a 2005 All-American, finished third in the pole vault with a jump of 5.31 meters at the NCAA East Regional meet at N.C. A&T to earn an automatic bid, while teammate Thomas Jordan placed fifth in the javelin with a throw of 69.72 meters to earn an automatic bid as well. Liberty’s Josh McDougal looks to become the first-ever Big South athlete to earn All-America honors in all three running sports (cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field) as he placed second in the 5,000 at the NCAA East Regional. LU’s Brandon Hoskins posted 7,529 points in the decathlon early this season to earn a spot in the national meet. Charleston Southern’s Nathan Breland rounds out the list for the men as he qualified nationally in the 200-meters with a time of 20.73 on April 23.

On the women’s side, Coastal Carolina’s Brown will participate in the 400-meters, qualifying earlier this season with a time of 58.67 at the Penn Relays.

[BJWilliams]

Some good news and bad news for LU Track at the NCAAs

McDougal Advances To Finals At NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
June 7, 2006
Sacramento, Calif.

Liberty’s Josh McDougal finished sixth in his preliminary heat of the 5,000 meters, while an injury forced Brandon Hoskins to pull out of competition in the decathlon in the first day’s action at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

McDougal (So., Perry, N.Y.) posted a time of 14:00.22 in Heat 2 of the 5,000 meters to finish sixth in the heat that included the seven fastest times of the two preliminary heats. Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Shadrack Songok recorded the fastest time of the day with a time of 13:55.32, while Arkansas’ Seth Summerside followed closely behind with a time of 13:55.73.

Of the 26 runners in the event, McDougal was one of 16 to qualify for the finals on Friday at 7:30 p.m. (PST) which will be the final event of the third day of competition at the Championship.

Hoskins (So., Garden City Texas), who entered the Championship with a hamstring injury, was able to complete in the 100 meters, the long jump and the shot put before his injury flared back up and forced him to pull out of the decathlon.

Hoskins finished 11th in the 100 meters with a time of 11:40, 16th in the long jump with a distance of 6.65 meters and 11th in the shot put with a distance of 12.85 meters. Hoskins compiled 2,164 points in the first three events and was ranked 15th out of 26 athletes when he pulled out of the decathlon.

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[01LUGrad]

I would love to see Josh win his first national championship, but I don't think it is going to come on the track. He is going to have to drop over 20 seconds off of his 5k season best to have a chance. For those of you who aren't track savy, that means he has no chance.

I will say that he has got a great shot at Cross Country nationals next fall. The Wisconsin kids are tough, but they don't have the bald spot and Horton's trails in Madison.

[PAmedic]

based on those numbers, I'd agree wholeheartedly. 20 seconds mights as well be 2 minutes. The guy does rock on the C/C course- and I think little bro will give him run for his money eventually as well!