2009 Track Team

2009 Men's Track Team

2009 Men's Track Team

Track & Field News

Brashear adds more depth, talent to cross country, track teams (7/26/10)

Matt Brashear signs with Georgetown College to run cross country and track for coach Todd McDaniel.

The Adair County High School graduate became the sixth signee for the Tiger cross country team and the ninth recruit for both sports.

Brashear ran a four-minute, 45 second mile in high school and will be running cross country for the first time this season.

“He will be another great addition to the track team,” McDaniel said. “This is going to be a great season for Georgetown College cross country and track.”

Joining Brashear at his signing were: ACHS track coaches Corey Wood and Sheila Willis, his mother Dr. Debra Arnett, his father Dr. Robert Brashear, and McDaniel.

Parris to run track, cross country for Georgetown (6/28/10)

Franklin County High School standout, Jordan Parris, picks Georgetown College over Thomas More, Asbury College, Anderson University, Morehead State University and Hanover College. He will run track and cross country for coach Todd McDaniel.

"Jordan is a great addition to an already solid freshman class," McDaniel said. "I have been able to watch him grow as a runner, and I know that he has the ability to compete at the next level."

McDaniel will look to use Parris in the middle distances for track, hoping to capitalize on his endurance from being a cross country runner.

Parris is a four-time state qualifier for the Flyers track team and three-time state qualifier in cross country.

"Jordan has been a workhorse for the FC track team over the past four years," Flyer coach Kevin Hall said. "He has improved as a runner over the past two years, and his best running days are ahead of him at Georgetown College."

Parris listed the location, the small atmosphere and the chance to run for McDaniel as his reasons for picking Georgetown over his other options. He was a four-year letterman in both sports as well as basketball. In his senior year, he was first-team all-conference in cross country, was named the most outstanding runner and received the 110 percent award.

NCHS' Scout signs with Georgetown College (6/28/10)

Mark Scout puts pen to paper, June 11, in the media center at Nelson County High School to sign with the Georgetown College cross country and track teams. Pictured with him is his mother, Karen Scout; Georgetown head track coach Todd McDaniel; Nelson County coaches Matt Hoyes, left back, and head coach Dan Bradley. Bradley described Scout as a versatile and “really gifted athlete” with a strong work ethic.

Scout plans to study engineering at Georgetown and believes being an athlete there will help him maintain his focus on academics.

McDaniel said he has plans for Scout to become his “go-to guy” in hurdles.

Laski, McDaniel sign first recruits (5/26/10)

Todd McDaniel wasted little time in recruiting his first class of cross country and track and field athletes. In his first year as head coach of both, the former Georgetown College standout has signed Brandon Pulliam, Tanner Alexander, Peyton Anderson – all three of which will be doing both sports – and Cody Mattingly, Steven Jones, and JT Burns – all just on the track team.

“I recruited Brandon, Tanner, and Peyton because they showed in high school that they have what it takes to run at the next level,” McDaniel said. “They all come from great programs that have challenged them and gotten them ready for college. They all three excel as athletes and as students.”

Pulliam runs in the 800-meter (2 minutes 4 seconds), 1,600-meter (4:36), 3,200-meter (10:09), and 5,000-meters (16:58) for Western Hills High School.

Alexander, Russell High School, and Anderson, Daviess County High School, specialize in the longer distances as well, running the 5,000-meter in 16:48 and 16:46 respectively. Anderson’s best in the 800-meter in 2:03, 1,600-meter in 4:42, and the 3,200-meter in 10:24.69. Alexander runs the 1,600-meter in 4:42.56 and the 3,200-meter in 10:10.23.

While those three will be the harrier’s for McDaniel, Mattingly and Jones will be the speedsters. Both from Grayson County, Mattingly runs the 100-meter in 11.43, 200-meter in 23.95, and the 400-meter in 53.96 and Jones runs the 400-meter in 57 flat, the 300 hurdles in 46.14, and 200-meter in 24.10.

The seniors also run in various relay events and Jones best in the triple jump is 37-8.75.

“Cody Mattingly and Steven Jones will help during track, giving us more sprinters and athletes to put in relays,” McDaniel said.

Burns, another product from Grayson County, is a pole-vaulter. He clears 11-6.

Lexington Christian Academy’s Jordan Emmert, Sayre’s Maggie Wilson, and Christian Academy of Louisville’s Brook Glidewell have all signed to run cross country and track and field next year for Georgetown’s women.

Emmert finished 46th in the 2009 Kentucky High School Athletic Association Class A Cross Country State Meet at the Kentucky Horse Park in a time of 22:07.96. Wilson finished in 80th with a time of 23:28.53.

Pictured at their signings are, top to bottom, Pulliam, Alexander, Anderson, Emmert, Wilson, and Mattingly, Jones and Burns - the three Grayson signees - are pictured together.

 

 

 

Men finish fourth at conference tournament (4/26/2010)

Freshman Nick Kelly garnered 10 points in the hammer throw, helping Georgetown College men's track team take a fourth place finish this past weekend at the Mid-South Conference tournament.

Kelly's throw of 35.21 meters, not only made him conference champion, but also was a new record in the MSC. The men scored a total of 108 points to finish fourth out of seven teams. The Tigers were just three points behind third-place finisher Rio Grande.

The women finished seventh, 11 points behind sixth-place Bethel.

Also helping the men were top finishes by Luke Garnett, Zachary Virgin, Adrian Warfield, Andy Farris, Tyler Doolittle, Scott Ritter and John Mayo.

Garnett, Farris, Doolittle and Ritter combined in the 4x800 meter relay for a third place finish in 8:16.45. Warfield took third in the hammer throw with a 30.14 meter throw. Virgin cleared 3.51 meters for second in the pole vault. Garnett also finished second in the 10,000 meter run in 32:54.34 and third in the 5,000 meter run in 15:55.38. Ritter was third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 10:33.44 and Mayo was second in the javelin throw with a distance of 53.73 meters.

Mayo was also recognized as the Champion of Character for Track & Field.

On the women's side, Amanda Williamson finished second in the high jump, clearing 1.52 meters, while the 4x800 meter relay of Caitlyn Anglin, Layne Bush, Britney Chesser and Finnja Ramcke was third in 10:25.71.

Garnett qualifies for nationals (3-23-2010)

Luke Garnett was just hoping to finish his first half-marathon in one hour and 16 minutes. However, he blew his expectations away this past December when he finished almost five minutes better than his goal, and also won the race.

The senior ran the 13.2 miles in 1:11.54, besting his closest competition by almost two minutes - 1:13.34.

"It was the first time I ever ran more than a 10k (6.2 miles)," Garnett said. "It is a whole different ball game."

The race was Dec. 12 and Garnett was just coming off cross country nationals. He was going to use the race in Kiawah Island, S.C., as a way to qualify for track and field nationals. He continued his training and increased his distances, but was only expecting to hit the B standard. There are two ways to qualify for nationals in track and field: meet the A standard (an automatic qualification) or the B standard (a provisional qualification).

The B standard for 13.2 miles is 1:16.00; the A standard is 1:14.00. So Garnett's time, more than two minutes under the A standard, secures him his first national competition for track and field. He has twice qualified for cross country.

"For track and field it is a bit different," Garnett said. "There are several opportunities to qualify for nationals. This race I ran was before the season even started, so now I can just focus on the season and not worry about trying to qualify."

Track & Field season gets underway in Berea (3-22-2010)

Georgetown's men and women opened the spring season this past weekend at the Kentucky Small College State Championship Invitational.

The women finished fifth, while the men were fourth. Some other teams competing were Transylvania, Berea, Campbellsville, Lindsey Wilson, and Eastern Kentucky University.

Britney Chesser paced the women with a win in the 10,000 meter run, while the 4x800 meter relay team also took first. Elizabeth Levay picked up points in high jump with a first place finish of 4-08.

Luke Garnett, LeRon Collier, and Jacob Sword paced the men's team with several finishes in the top three.

Georgetown's Mayo, Swinson Compete in NAIA National Championships (5-26-2009)

Edwardsville, Ill. — Georgetown College's John Michael Mayo and Matthew Swinson competed in the NAIA National Track & Field Championships held May 21-23 at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill.  The 58th annual championships were hosted by the St. Louis Sports Commission and Lindenwood, McKendree and Missouri Baptist universities.

While neither Tiger advanced out of their preliminaries, both gained the experience of competing against the best in the NAIA as young members of the improving Tiger program.  Coach Jeff Hulsmeyer says he expects Mayo and Swinson to take the experience and use it as motivation to train hard to qualify and return to the national meet.

"You hope that your athletes will peak at the national meet, but sometimes that just doesn't happen," said Hulsmeyer.  "They will learn from this and come back a lot stronger next year because of it."

Mayo, a sophomore from Pikeville, Ky., was plagued with an elbow injury that kept him from throwing his best.  He finished tenth in the his flight with a throw of 54.09 meters.

Teammate Swinson, a freshman from Capitol Heights, Md., competed in the triple jump event and finished fifth in his flight with a jump of 13.49 meters.  Hulsmeyer expects him to not only qualify again next season, but to make it in another event as well.  "Matthew is a great young talent as a jumper and I think he could qualify in the high jump next year in addition to the triple jump," said Hulsmeyer.

Mid-South Conference Track Results

Williamsburg, KY--Georgetown College's John Michael Mayo, Alicia Hurst and Caroline Hutson all won individual events at the Mid-South Conference Championships on Saturday.

Mayo, a sophomore from Pikeville, Ky., won the men's javelin event with a throw of 56.07 meters.  On the women's side, Hurst (Owingsville, Ky.), also a sophomore, took top honors in the high jump with 1.47 meters while freshman Hutson (Paducah, Ky.) tallied a 10.60 meters in the triple jump for first place.

Individual honors were also awarded to Michael Clemons and Amanda Bolton, as the MSC's Track Male and Female Champions of Character student-athletes.

Both the men's and women's Georgetown teams finished fifth out of seven teams.

For complete results, click here.

Athletics Honors 87 Student-Athletes with Letter Jackets (12-8-08)

Georgetown College Director of Athletics Eric Ward awarded 87 letter jackets to the 2007 Letterman Class in the annual ceremony held Sunday, December 7 at Alumni Gymnasium.

Student-athletes were given jackets for earning their first varsity letter in athletics at the school.  The criteria for being a letterwinner is determined by each sport's coaching staff.

The following track student-athletes were honored:

track - men           
Seth Kochera             
John Michael Mayo
Jacob Sword           
 
track - women 
Caitlin Anglin
Jenny Hitt
Alicia Hurst

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