C-USA Announces Women's Track and Field All-Decade

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From the C-USA website

Conference USA is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2004-05 season. In conjunction, the league is naming a Team of the Decade for each of the conference’s 19 sports. Women’s Track and Field is the latest sport to have its All-Decade team released and the squad is led by former Houston star Jenny Adams, the league’s first individual NCAA champion, who was named Athlete of the Decade. The Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Decade award was won by Houston’s Leroy Burrell, who has guided the Cougars to a pair of C-USA titles. Voting on the awards was done by each of the league’s current women’s track and field coaches.

Four schools - Houston, Marquette, Tulane and USF – each placed two members on the All-Decade team, while Louisville and UAB had one selection apiece.

C-USA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM

Jenny Adams, Houston (1997-2001) – ATHLETE OF THE DECADE

2001 NCAA Long Jump Champion…five time All-American from 1998-2001…1998 and 2001 Conference USA Athlete of the Year…1997 Conference USA Freshman of the Year…seven-time Conference USA champion in 200 meters (freshman year), 55-meter hurdles (1998 & 2000), 60-meter hurdles (2001) and long jump (1998, 2000 and 2001)…sat out 1999 season with injury…holds Conference USA records in 55-meter and 60-meter hurdles with 7.75 and 8.28 seconds, respectively…holds C-USA record in long jump with 21-5.25.

Rhian Clarke, Houston (2000-02)

2001 All-American after a fourth-place finish in pole vault at NCAA Indoor Championships…Three-time C-USA pole vault champion (2000, 2001 and 2002)…holds C-USA record after clearing 13-3.50…also holds UH’s school record with 13-9.25…three-time member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Academic Medal (2000-02)…received NCAA and Conference USA Postgraduate scholarships.

Shola Kadiri, Louisville (1999-2002)

A four-time C-USA champion winning the 2000 and 2002 shot put titles and the 2000 and 2002 weight throw titles ... School record holder in the shot put and the weight throw ... 2002 C-USA Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... Her four individual C-USA titles is the second most by any U of L track and field athlete.

Susan Barth, Marquette (2000-2004)

C-USA Indoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year (2000)….Conference USA champion in the 5,000-meter Indoor in 2001….Conference Champion in the 3,0000-meter in 2002….Conference Champion in the 5,000-meter in 2003….Four-time all-conference performer….Owns the school record in the 5,000m (16:29.11).

Brianna Dahm, Marquette (2001-present)

C-USA Athlete of the Year, Indoor Track and Field (2003)….C-USA Freshman of the Year, Indoor Track and Field (2001)….C-USA Champion in the Mile, 1,500m and member of the C-USA Champion Distance Medley Relay Team at the 2003 Indoor Championship Meet….Three-time all-conference performer (2003, 2002 and 2001)….Owns school record in the Indoor 1,000m (2:54.09), 3,000m (9:22.07) and Distance Medley Relay (11:41.17).

Hanne Lyngstad, Tulane (1998-2000)

A three-time All-American in indoor track as well as a six-time Conference USA Indoor Champion. Still holds two C-USA Championship indoor records: the 3,000m (9:34.38) and the distance medley relay (11:47.13). Won the mile run in 1998 with a time of 4:52.06 and then won both the mile (4:52.61) and the 3,000m (9:34.38) in 1999 while helping Tulane’s DMR squad to three-straight league titles (1998, 1999, 2000). Overall, earned indoor all-conference honors 10 times during her career.

Nadia Smith, Tulane (1996-99)

A three-time Conference USA Indoor Champion and an All-American in the indoor high jump in 1997 … Won the league title in the high jump in both 1996 and 1997 and then won the long jump championship in 1999 ... Overall, earned all-conference honors eight times during indoor track in a variety of events (long jump, high jump, pole vault, 4x100).

Vonetta Jeffery, UAB (1992-96)

An NCAA indoor track All-American in the long jump in 1995 … a 1996 NCAA qualifier in the long jump, in which she placed fourth, and the 200-meter dash, in which she placed eighth … 1996 Conference USA Athlete of the Year … Conference USA champion in 1996 in the 55-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump and the triple jump … holds school record in the long jump with a distance of 21-8 ¼ … also holds school record in the 200-meters with a time of 23.87.

Kerine Black, USF (1997-01)

Is a three-time All-American earning two in the triple jump (1999, 2000) and one in the long jump (2001) … was the Conference USA Athlete of the year twice (1999, 2000) while sharing the honor in 2000 … a two-time C-USA Champion (2001, 2000) in the 60-meter run (7.45) and the triple jump (43-6) … her championship time in 2001 is still a school record … holds three school records at USF in the 60-meters (7.37 in 2000), the long jump (21-00†in 2001), and the triple jump (44-00.75â€Âin 2000).

Dayana Octavian, USF (2001-04)

Was named the Conference USA Athlete of the Year (2004) … won two Conference USA championships in the weight throw (2003, 2004) with throws of 61-1 ¼ and 69-7 feet respectively … holds the school record with a 69-9 ½ throw in 2004 … Had a season-best throw of 62 ¼ feet at the Cannon Championships during the 2003 season … placed second in the shot put at the C-USA Championships (to teammate Chandra Brewer) with a season-best toss of 47-7 feet … was named All-C-USA (2002, 2001) in the weight throw prior to her two titles.

C-USA WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD COACH OF THE DECADE

Leroy Burrell, Houston (1999-Present)

Has led Houston to six Conference USA championships (four men and two women)…Named the NCAA South Central Regional Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004…named C-USA Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2003…has produced one NCAA Indoor champion, five NCAA women’s All-Americans, two C-USA women’s Indoor Athletes of the Year and one C-USA Indoor Women’s Freshman of the Year.

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