Big South Announces 2010-19 Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) -- The Big South Conference announced today the 2010-19 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team presented by Hercules Tires. The league’s All-Decade Teams were first unveiled as part of the Big South’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2013-14 to recognize the student-athletes and coaches who excelled in their respective sport in each decade since the Conference’s founding in 1983.
A 15-person committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Team, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total. The 2010-19 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team is listed below in alphabetical order by event and features eight sprinters/hurdlers, eight distance/mid-distance runners, eight jumpers, eight throwers, two heptathletes and one head coach. In case of ties, additional honorees have been added.
2010-19 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM PRESENTED BY HERCULES TIRES
Sprints/Hurdles – Name, School - Notables
Abigail Flower, Liberty - 3-time Champion, 11-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Manika Gamble, High Point - 4-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (100mH, 400mH)
Jessica Gelibert, Coastal Carolina - 5-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (100mH, 400mH, 4x400m)
Gabrielle Houston, Charleston Southern - 2-time All-American, 4-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100m)
Mulern Jean, Charleston Southern - 3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (100mH, 4x100m)
Lilla Juhasz, Campbell - 3-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (100m, 100mH, 4x100m)
Erica Peake, Coastal Carolina - 6-time Champion, 10-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Natalie Pearson, UNC Asheville - All-American, 3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (100m, 200m)
Jasmine Pilgrim, Charleston Southern - 4x100m Champion, 11-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Latesha Simpson, Coastal Carolina - 6-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
Distance/Mid-Distance – Name, School - Notables
Zoe Geis, High Point - 7-time All-Conference (5000m, 10,000m, Steeplechase)
Sarah Gentry, UNC Asheville - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (800m, 1500m)
Famke Heinst, High Point - 6-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (1500m, 5000m, Steeplechase)
Jennifer Klugh, Liberty - 3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (1500m, 5000m)
Joan Maritim, Campbell - 2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (1500m, 5000m, 10,000m)
Natalia Ocasio, High Point - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (Steeplehcase, 1500m)
Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina - 4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (5000m, 10,000m)
Jeanne Stroud, Winthrop - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (5000m, 10,000m)
Teresa Williamson, Radford - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (800m, 1500m)
Jumps – Name, School - Notables
Mia Aghaji, Liberty - 5-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump, triple jump)
Sabina Allen, Campbell - All-American, 6-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (long jump, triple jump)
Christina Fenske, High Point - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (high jump)
Kierra Gabe, Coastal Carolina - 6-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump, triple jump)
Jill Marois, High Point - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (pole vautl)
Shenelle Mckay, Campbell - 9-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump, triple jump)
Elise Moffatt, Gardner-Webb - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (pole vault)
Latesha Simpson, Coastal Carolina - 5-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump)
Throws – Name, School - Notables
Ashlei Alexander, Gardner-Webb - 5-time All-Conference (hammer throw, shot put)
Natasha Akbarizadeh, Gardner-Webb - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (hammer throw)
Marthaline Cooper, Winthrop - 2-time All-American, 3-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (hammer throw)
Mychelle Cumings, Liberty - 6-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (shot put, discus)
Deborah Mattern, Coastal Carolina - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (javelin)
Christine Rickert, High Point - All-American, 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (javelin)
Aimee Veatch, Radford - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (hammer throw)
Jocelyn Williams, Liberty - All-American, 3-time All-Conference (hammer throw, discus)
Heptathletes – Name, School - Notables
Kristen Hurley, Gardner-Webb - 4-time All-Conference
Erika Jackson, Liberty - 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Christina Mitchell, Liberty - 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Head Coach, School - Notables
Brant Tolsma, Liberty - 6 Championships, 6-time Coach of the Year
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team candidates were determined based on being at least one of the following: 1) Was a multi-year All-Conference honoree in one or more event; 2) Was named an All-American; 3) Is a member of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame; 4) Student-athletes must be a college graduate or in good academic standing with their respective institution; 5) Won a Conference Championship as a coach and/or was voted Conference Coach of the Year. Candidates that participated in two different decades were placed in a specific decade based on consultation from member institutions. Member institutions also had final determination in regards to inclusion of student-athletes and coaches. Previous Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Teams were recognized for the years 1994-99 and 2000-09.