Track and Field

[PAmedic]

ok, started this one for you Josh Mac fans-

it is nice to LU track get some nat'l exposure after years of struggling off the radar- esp ON campus. My experience w/ the coaching staff back in the '80s was very positive- great people over there and they work very, very hard.

I did hear, several years ago now, about the one coach (I'm sorry, I cannot recall his name) who suddenly passed away. Sorry to hear that: when I was young and in shape, I ran w/ him several times, just casually- not related to the team- he was a cool guy.

[PAmedic]

Congrads to the mens/ladies' teams on a great Big South Indoor championship, and to Coach Tolsma- Big South Coach of the Year!

a story worth reading: libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=1922

[PAmedic]

Good luck to all our men and ladies as they travel to Boston for the championships!
these are more very talented atheletes that recieve very little recognition.


libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=1999

[PAmedic]

Rock on guys!

Liberty’s Danielle McNaney earned her second ECAC championship in the pentathlon, while Josh McDougal claimed his first IC4A title in the 3000-meter run at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center this past weekend during the IC4A/ECAC Championships.


libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=2030

[PAmedic]

according to her bio, this girl is a math major (Secondary Math Education none the less)

which one of you nimrods wanted directions to the math lab- I'm sure she'd direct you.

[ATrain]

Well, we're in 2nd place at the Big South Outdoor Championships (we won the indoor in the winter). Radford leads the men, Coastal leads the women. We're one point behind Radford, 25-24, and Coastal has a 42-19 over the women.

[PAmedic]

libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=2440

Congrats to the men for a 12th straight Championship (WOW) and Coach Tolsma for his share of Coach of the Year! WELL DESERVED!

[LUtnf]

So, whats new at LU. Well, with the BigHam back, things are once again going well. At least so far so good. The team can finally concentrate on what really matters, improving on our efforts to become nationally competitive. Our freshmen are helping out the effort quite a bit. Not just Josh Mc, but Hoskins is doing a great job, and on the girls side you might want to take notice of Charlene, and Danielle J. Well, things will only improve with the new indoor track, that is if they get things up and running smoothly.

So, here we go, in an effort to glorify God, through our actions in track

[Sly Fox]

Welcome to the board. Keep us posted on what goin on with the program whenever you can.

[PAmedic]

TnF, thanks for the info- we need an insider! hope to get down there sometime to see the new facilities.

[SCAR]

PA

don't forget the resussitation paddles! You will need them since you have not been there in so long. Lynchburg in general, as was mentioned several times on this board has really changed.

[PAmedic]

The 'burg? I bet its REAL CLASSY now huh? what, they imported thousands of dentists to give everybody teeth? whats next, outlawing marriages to sisters?

[SCAR]

Low blow on Lynchburg but I get your point. There is still a lot of people in need of orthadontia but there are lots of other types of people too. And they are building houses left and right. Even a lot of half million dollar homes. Also Wydhurst is Lynchburg's first "planned" community. It has some nice shops and reastaurants. It doesn't fit the rest of Lynchburg though. You kind of feel like you stepped into a different dimension.

[Sly Fox]

Planned communities are not all their cracked up to be. They all start to look alike after awhile and the HOAs are mini-governments gone awry.

I always loved the NW-side of town near where my old station Z-100 was located at the time. It wasn't "planned" but turned out terrific nonetheless.

[LUtnf]

Oh, by the way.

Men won the Big South Outdoor once again, almost by a miracle. With hamstrings going out everywhere it somehow still happened. Although I've never seen our team walk away from a BS Champs this beat up.

The girls unfortunately lost, but they did it with Coastal doing it LU style. They entered all their girls in so many events. They tripled their distance runners, and field eventers went everywhere. Thats how we won the last few years, and they finally caught on.

Looking toward the future, the men's seniors score 79 pts. and the womens 81. So we have some work to do, but don't be surprised if some of our recruits can make up the difference.

[PAmedic]

Coastal Women, Liberty Men Win Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championships

bigsouthsports.com/article.asp?articleid=69057

Junior Kena Butts (Voorhees, N.J.) of Liberty also set conference and championship meet records in the high jump with a mark of 5’ 10”. More records fell when Liberty freshman Josh McDougal (Peru, N.Y.) won the 5,000-meter run at 14:07.75 to establish new conference and championship meet records. McDougal’s mark surpassed both records by more than 10 seconds and the records had stood since 1994 by Jeff Greene of Winthrop.

[PAmedic]

other individual honors:

There was a tie for the men’s (Coach of the Year) honor with Liberty’s Brant Tolsma and VMI’s Mike Bozeman sharing the recognition.
The men’s and women’s Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year awards went to VMI senior Ty Denby (Scottsville, Va./Fluvanna Co.) and Liberty senior Danielle McNaney (Gardner, Kan.)
On the men’s side, McDougal of Liberty was named the men’s Outstanding Track Performer of the meet
In field events for the women, Butts record performance in the high jump was complemented by a pair of Liberty performers. McNaney won the javelin throw at 128’ 01” while senior Aimee Riley (Black Mountain, N.C.) won the pole vault at 11’ 6-1/4”.
In the finals of the 800-meter run, Liberty junior Chris Lyons (Virginia Beach, Va.) won at 1:54.93. Liberty fared well throughout the competitions including the field events where senior Dan Royal (Fort Myers, Fla.) won the discus with a mark of 168’ even.


(all info from the BSC site)

[PAmedic]

WOW! nice job- the Penn Relays aren't exactly chump change.

McNaney Wins At Penn Relays In Dominating Fashion

libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=2527

[PAmedic]

Congrats to Danielle on a great career at LU, best wishes to her for the future (speaking for all of us on here)
McNaney Ends Collegiate Career On Top

libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=2619



see also: McNaney Becomes Third Flame Ever To Earn CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team Honors

libertyflames.com/track/news.asp?news_id=2617

[PAmedic]

Welcome back Ken Howell

Tolsma Adds Howell To Coaching Staff

[flamesfan710]

My journalistic debut will appear in teh LU fishwrap next week. I am doing a profile on Dani McNaney

[PAmedic]

Under the heading: THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO KILL YOURSELF

(ya know- cause the REGULAR decathalon just isn't that tough anymore!)
*note: Coach Tolsma will be competing as well

United States Set To Host 24th Annual Double Decathlon World Championship For First Time

September 28, 2005 · Lynchburg, Va.

For the first time in 24 years the Double Decathlon World Championship will be held in the United States as Lynchburg, Va., will have the honor of holding this prestigious two-day event on October 7-8 at Liberty University’s Matthes/Hopkins Track.

[PAmedic]

more on this event from CHRIS: (move 3/4 down the page )

Doubling up

Competing in one decathlon is grueling enough. Two in two days? Some might classify that athlete as nuts.

"It's definitely kind of a cool concept, when you really think about it," Liberty track and field coach Brant Tolsma said. "It hasn't caught on that big because it is kind of insane."

Tolsma, along with about 40 other athletes from nine countries, will compete in the Double Decathlon World Championship at LU Friday and Saturday.

Defending open group champion Shaun Meinecke of the U.S. will compete, as will four-time Olympian Georg Werthner of Austria.

The U.S. will host the event for the first time. Austria, England and Finland also have hosted.

Friday, athletes will compete in the 100-meter dash, 400, 800, 5,000, long jump, 200 low hurdles, shot put, hammer throw, high jump and 3,000 steeplechase.

Saturday, the event closes with the 200, 1,500, 3,000, 10,000, 110 high hurdles, 400 hurdles, javelin, discus, pole vault and triple jump.

[flamesfan710]

Just thought I would bump this up with indoor track season starting up soon. watch this thread for a preview from yours truly

[PAmedic]

Indoor season starting w/ a bang (literally)

Hoskins, McDougal Dominate Day Two of Liberty Kickoff

December 3, 2005 · Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty collected five first place finishes as they completed the final day of the Liberty Kickoff this evening at the Tolsma Track Center.

After finishing the first day leading the heptathlon, the Flames’ Brandon Hoskins placed first with a NCAA provisional mark of 5375 points.

Also leading the way for Liberty was sophomore sensation Josh McDougal as he dominated a talented field in the 5k run with a time of 13:52.87 (two seconds off of the NCAA automatic qualifying time).

Leading the way for the Lady Flames was Carol Jefferson as she set a school record in the 5k with a time of 17:14.65.

Liberty will return to the track on Friday as they stay home and host the Liberty Collegiate Invitational at 4:30 p.m. at the Tolsma Track Center.

[PAmedic]

No official word- but I'm sure his father, Bob- is very proud

Hoskins Named Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week

December 7, 2005 · Charlotte, N.C.

Liberty’s Brandon Hoskins and Tanique Carter of Radford have been named the Big South Conference Choice Hotels Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track Athletes of the Week, respectively, the League announced today.

Hoskins, a sophomore from Garden City, Texas, won the heptathlon with a provisional NCAA qualifying point total of 5,375 points at the Liberty Kickoff on Dec. 3.
Carter, a freshman from Glen Allen, Va., placed seventh overall at the Clemson Opener with a time of 7.68 in the 60 meters on Dec. 3.

The Big South, a NCAA Division I Conference, is celebrating 22 years of excellence in academics and athletics. Comprised of nine member institutions throughout the Southeast, the Big South continues to be a national leader both on the field through its 18 championship sports and in the classrooms of its nationally accredited members. Birmingham-Southern College, Charleston Southern University, Coastal Carolina University, High Point University, Liberty University, Radford University, UNC Asheville, Virginia Military Institute and Winthrop University comprise the 22-year-old-League, which is based in Charlotte, N.C. The Big South is online at www.BigSouthSports.com.

[PAmedic]

Congrats on this- however I have no idea what a "provisional mark" is.

Kena Butts Makes National Provisional Mark in the High Jump

December 9, 2005 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Liberty University men’s and women’s track and field teams collected nine first-place finishes as the Flames hosted their second indoor event, the Liberty Collegiate Invitational this evening at the Tolsma Track Center.

Leading the way for the women’s team was Kena Butts as she jumped a national provisional mark of 1.78m in the high jump, while Charlene Hilbert picked up wins in the 400m dash (1:00.05) and the long jump (5.75m) as she was the Lady Flames’ only multiple winner. Tra Screen won the 200m dash in a time of 26.65 and Rebekah Walquist won the 300m run, running 11:18.82. The team of Butts, Hilbert, Jenni Santino and Jamie Watson won the women’s 4x400m relay as Liberty’s women won six events.

On the men’s side, Ravanno Ferguson won the 60m dash with a time of 6.94 and led the way for the men in the 4x400m relay as Javan Carter, Phil Leineweber and Josh Gilreath were also on the first-place team that ran 3:21.11. Matt Parker was the only other Liberty runner to pick-up a victory as he won the 60mH in a time of 8.44.

The Flames had a strong showing from their freshmen with Lieneweber, Paker, Carter, Markus Greenleaf and Orande Vassel leading the way and showing a glimpse into the future of the men’s program.

This marked the final event of the calendar year for both the men’s and women’s teams as the Flames will next be in action on January 27-28 when they host the Liberty Fast Times at the Tolsma Track Center. The two-day event is scheduled to get underway at 9 a.m.

[PAmedic]

and in typical LU reporting fashion, the above article makes reference to the fact that "The Liberty University men’s and women’s track and field teams collected nine first-place finishes" but omits how we actually finished overall!