NCAA’s Top Relay Teams of 2013 Recognized on Tuesday

NCAA’s Top Relay Teams of 2013 Recognized on Tuesday

ORLANDO, Fla. – The nation’s top NCAA relay teams of the 2012-13 season and their coaches for each of the NCAA’s three divisions were recognized Tuesday by Accusplit, the leader in the professional stopwatch and timing industry since 1972, at the 2013 USTFCCCA Convention at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla.

This marked the 32nd time Accusplit has honored the nation’s fastest collegiate relays and their coaches. The presentations took place during each division’s track & field general sessions on Tuesday.

Accusplit Top Relay Teams – 2013

NCAA Division I

MEN

4×100 Florida 38.53 Antwan Wright, Hugh Graham, Jr., Leonardo Seymore, Dedric Dukes
4×200 Texas A&M 1:20.75 Michael Bryan, Prezel Hardy, Jr., Aldrich Bailey, Jr., Ameer Webb
4×400 Florida 3:01.34 Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr, Dedric Dukes, Arman Hall
4×800 Penn State 7:14.14 Robby Creese, Za’Von Watkins, Casimir Loxsom, Brannon Kidder
4×1500 Oregon 15:04.14c Chris Brewer, Matt Miner, Jeramy Elkaim, Mac Fleet (4xMile, 16:17.57)
SMR Loyola-Chicago 3:17.41 Chris Strup, Mike Wetzel, Kevin Glastetter, Declan Murray
DMR Penn State 9:24.68 Brannon Kidder, Brandon Bennett-Green, Casimir Loxsom, Robby Creese
SHR Milwaukee 56.56 Durell Busby, Alex Delveaux, Jordan Schmidt, Dexter Schleis

WOMEN

4×100 Texas A&M 42.56 LaKeidra Stewart, Ashton Purvis, Kamaria Brown, Ashley Collier
4×200 Texas A&M 1:29.98 Ashton Purvis, Ashley Collier, Olivia Ekpone, Kamaria Brown
4×400 Oregon 3:26.73 English Gardner, Chizoba Okodogbe, Laura Roesler, Phyllis Francis
4×800 Villanova 8:17.45 Kelsey Margey, Angel Piccirillo, Nicky Akande, Emily Lipari
4×1500 Michigan 17:15.47 Shannon Osika, Jillian Smith, Rebecca Addison, Amanda Eccleston
SMR Florida 3:43.62 Destinee Gause, Ebony Eutsey, Lanie Whittaker, Cory McGee
DMR Villanova 10:58.84 Angel Piccirillo, Michaela Wilkins, Nicky Akande, Emily Lipari
SHR Drake 55.07 Briana Isom Brummer, Marissa Smith, Destani Welch, Sarah Yeager

NCAA Division II

MEN

4×100 Saint Augustine’s 38.91 Ramaan Ansley, Taffawee Johnson, Burkheart Ellis Jr., Jermaine Jones
4×200 Saint Augustine’s 1:21.51 Josh Edmonds, Daniel Jameison, Taffawee Johnson, Jermaine Jones
4×400 Saint Augustine’s 3:03.96 Josh Edmonds, James Quarles, Burkheart Ellis Jr., Dane Hyatt
4×800 Saint Augustine’s 7:25.30 Torion Bailey, Jalen Robinson-McCoy, Jameel Walcott, Marcelis Lynch
4×1500 Minnesota-Duluth 16:19.43c Tyler Stevens, Ryan Eason, Jason Coffin, Cole Toepfer (4×1600, 17:31.67)
SMR Saint Augustine’s 3:18.36 Daniel Jameison, Taffawee Johnson, James Quarles, Marcelis Lynch
DMR Augustana (S.D.) 10:01.21 Henrik Hansson, Skyler Kuil, Khor Kong, Travis Beniak
SHR Emporia State 59.43 Andrew Etheridge, Gannon Mack, Tyler Swalley, Payson Maydew

WOMEN

4×100 Johnson C. Smith 44.05 Naffene Briscoe, Danielle Williams, Trudy-Ann Richards, Samantha Elliott
4×200 Saint Augustine’s 1:36.39 Alexandria Marshall-Wheato, Nicketa Bernard, Akeisha Dumont, Kelly Shaw
4×400 Saint Augustine’s 3:33.63 Kelly Shaw, Akeisha Dumont, Cherrisse Lynch, Nicketa Bernard
4×800 Lincoln (Mo.) 8:55.55 Monique Thompson, Lovan Palmer, Yanique Haye, Twishana Williams
4×1500 Tiffin 21:00.25 Jessica Kern, Ashley Madison, Samantha Smith, Jamie Lombardo
SMR Lincoln (Mo.) 3:53.91 Jenea Johnson, Latoya King, Donna-Lee Hylton, Twishana Williams
DMR Augustana (S.D.) 11:58.76 Kristin Brondbo, Colleen Everson, Kayla Mescher, Runa Falch
SHR Academy of Art 52.50 Vashti Thomas, Briana Stewart, Dinesha Bean, Julian Purvis

NCAA Division III

MEN

4×100 UW-La Crosse 40.52 David Sikorski, Alex Koenen, Max Jessesski, Troy Brooks
4×200 Augustana (Ill.) 1:27.11 David Devore, Nowlan Savage, Jay Graffagna, Keith Cline
4×400 UW-Eau Claire 3:08.31 Jake Dennis-Oehling, Cody Prince, Marty Richardson, Thurgood Dennis
4×800 Bates 7:30.45 Nick Barron, John Stansel, Mark McCauley, James LePage
4×1500 Central College 16:05.92c Drew Jackson, Kyle Nuehring, Cole Decker, Eli Horton (4×1600, 17:17.17)
SMR UW-Platteville 3:28.80 Aaron Hrubes, TJ Valley, Matthew Ziegler, Jason Henkins
DMR UW-La Crosse 9:53.60 Tyler Heinz, Travis Gallick, Bruce Schmitz, David Stilin
SHR UW-La Crosse 1:02.17 Adam Nichols, Dan Otto, Joe DeRosier, Luke Sauerman

WOMEN

4×100 UW-La Crosse 45.98 Jaime Ludwigson, Meg Heafy, Claire Elliott, Maya Vazquez
4×200 Rowan 1:40.92 Shailah Williams, Melirah Searcy, Joyce Perry, Brianna Crofton
4×400 UW-La Crosse 3:43.52 Jenna Halvorson, Rebecca Scheuermann, Shannon Klein, Claire Elliott
4×800 Johns Hopkins 8:58.61 Annie Monagle, Alex Popkin, Ingrid Johnson, Maggie Shelton
4×1500 NYU 19:17.83 Alyssa Binczyk, Emily Cousens, Lily Corsaro, Georgina Norton
SMR Wartburg 4:01.83 Libbey Schubert, Monique Davisson, Kendra Kregel, Karly Cochrane
DMR Johns Hopkins 11:48.05 Ingrid Johnson, Megan McDonald, Maggie Shelton, Annie Monagle
SHR Wartburg 59.46 Camesha Goods, Tashina McAllister, Sarah Boraas, Courtney Egts

 

ABOUT ACCUSPLIT

Accusplit has been the leader in the professional stopwatch and timing industry since 1972 with its invention of the first digital stopwatch. The company’s name is based on the stopwatch’s function of “accurately splitting” the time.

Widely recognized as the professional sports timing brand in the United States, Accusplit has worked with elite athletes, such as Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith and Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dan O’Brien and Ed Burke. The Northern California-based company was the Official Supplier to the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

Accusplit carried its reputation for quality, innovation and leadership to the health and wellness industry with a patented accuracy method for pedometers in 1987. It was also one of the first companies in America to introduce the 10,000 Steps-A-Day for wellness concept that originated in Japan in 1965.

With 35 years of professional sports measurement experience in elite level sports, including track and field, swimming, baseball and football, Accusplit Pedometers and Pedometer-based Activity Wellness Programs are the tools that everyone in America and every golfer can use to achieve a healthier lifestyle.

ABOUT THE USTFCCCA

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) is a non-profit professional organization representing cross country and track & field coaches of all levels. The organization represents over 8,000 coaching members encompassing 94% of all NCAA track & field programs (DI, DII, and DIII) and includes members representing the NAIA as well as a number of state high school coaches associations. The USTFCCCA serves as an advocate for cross country and track & field coaches, providing a leadership structure to assist the needs of a diverse membership, serving as a lobbyist for coaches’ interests, and working as a liaison between the various stakeholders in the sports of cross country and track & field.