College of Charleston Men's Track

Seago's tutelage, Charleston's athletes have captured 22 conference titles in six different individual events and earned seven trips to the NCAAs. Not only that, she's guided her student-athletes to the national stage, having overseen Alexandra Coyle and Carlee Cassidy qualifying for the Canadian Juniors, and high-jumper Julisa Tindall earning an appearance at the prestigious USATFs. Charleston's athletes have been named to all-conference teams 50 times since Seago took over the program in August 2003. Additionally, three rookies were named to the Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field All-Freshman Team while five garnered outdoor all-freshman honors in 2009. Seago has also seen success with the Cougars' cross country teams. In 2015, she coached the women's team to a program-best fourth place at the CAA Championships three times. Ashley Arnold's fifth-place finish in the 2004 conference meet earned her a spot on the All-Southern Conference Team as well as Freshman of the Year honors. Cara Butcher followed suit in 2015, earning All-CAA acclaim by way of a ninth place finish at the conference meet in Mt. Pleasant. On the men's side, she helped develop Trevor Sprague, who broke the school record in the 8K three times in 2009 and posted the third-fastest time in the 10K at the NCAA Regionals at Louisville. Since then, she guided senior Mackenzie Johnston to All-CAA veneration in the form of his fourth-place effort at the conference meet. He finished his CofC career as the school-record holder in both the 8K and 10K runs. The Cougars set the tone in the 2015-16 athletic year with the women's cross country team logging an All-CAA finisher (Cara Butcher) and a fourth place team finish at the CAA Championships, the College's best finish at a conference meet during the Amy Seago era. The Cougars followed that up during T&F action in impressive fashion, ultimately toppling eight school-records after all was said and done (60m, Indoor 200m, Indoor Long Jump, Indoor Triple Jump, Outdoor 200m, Outdoor Triple Jump, 3000m Steeplechase, and 4x100m Relay). At the CAA Championships, Seago enjoyed an All-CAA performance from RoShani Glover in the triple jump, as well as a second-consecutive CAA high jump championship for decorated junior Julisa Tindall. To top things off, the Cougars produced an NCAA Regional contender in Carlee Cassidy. 2013-14 was a season of change for Seago and the Cougars, who made the step up from the Southern Conference to the Colonial Athletic Association. In their inaugural CAA campaign, Seagos team performed well as freshman Julisa Tindall qualified for the ECAC indoor track and field championships, while junior Tiffany Sisk claimed top conference honors in the shot put and senior Christa Horrocks earned all-CAA honors in the 400 meter dash. Also strong in cross country, Seago guided the mens and womens teams to a fourth and fifth place conference finish, while helping to guide junior Adam Seften to all-Conference honors. 2012-13 the Cougars final season in the Southern Conference was a fruitful one for Seagos troops as the track and field team finished sixth in the conference. Highlighting their final run in the SoCon was Hayley McMahons conference title in the 1,500-meter-run. In the 2011-12 season four different athletes won a combined seven Southern Conference Championships in the 3K, 5K, high jump, 3K steeplechase and shot put events. Senior Emily Smith won the indoor and outdoor titles in the high jump and qualified to compete in the NCAA East Prelim in Jacksonville, Fla. In the 2011 cross country season Seago guided the women's team to a fifth-place finish, their best finish since 2006. Sophomore Dena O'Brien finished third-place in the race. O'Brien went on to the NCAA Southeast Regional where she set a school record in 20:40 for the 6K race and finished 11. In the 2010-11 track & field season freshman Dena O'Brien won the indoor and outdoor conference titles in the 5,000-meter run and advanced to the NCAA East Regional in Bloomington, Ind. High-jumper Emily Smith finished eighth with a jump of 5'8½" at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Regionals after being crowned the Southern Conference champion at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. Smith was named the SoCon Freshman of the Year for the 2008-09 indoor season. Seago also worked with thrower Chakosa Lance, who became the first College of Charleston athlete to compete at the NCAA Regionals in 2004, taking 24th place in the hammer throw. Lance returned to the NCAA Regionals in 2006 and posted a 20th-place finish in the same event. She was also a three-time SoCon champion in the weight throw and currently holds the conference record of 64'1¼". Prior to coming to the College of Charleston, Seago served as the head women's cross country and assistant men's and women's track & field coach at Washington & Lee University for two years. Under her guidance, the Generals finished second at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships in 2002 and went on to place seventh at the NCAA Southeast Championships. She also had four athletes earn All-ODAC honors as well as two all-state and all-region performers. Working primarily with the distance runners during track & field season, Seago coached a conference champion in the mile at the ODAC Indoor Championships as well as five to all-ODAC performances. Seago began her career as a graduate assistant at Pittsburg State in Kansas. She aided the coaching staff in developing a team that finished 12th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 2000. Two members of the Gorillas were given All-America status. She also assisted in the coaching of a NCAA National runner-up in the steeplechase. Seago graduated with a M.S. in Physical Education. Formerly Amy Schuckert, Seago was a track & field All-American at Allegheny College. A two-year captain of the cross country team, Seago qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships twice. Additionally, she was a six-time NCAA national qualifier in track and set the conference record in the 800m. She won 11 North Coast Athletic Conference titles and was named to the all-conference team 18 times. Named the 1999 Allegheny College Female Athlete of the Year, the Canton, Ohio native graduated with a B.A. in English. She was recognized in 2004 when she was named to the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade Team for both cross country and track & field. Following her outstanding career as a student-athlete she was named to the Allegheny College Athletic Hall of Fame. Seago was named to the Executive Board of the Cooper River Bridge Run in 2016. She is USATF Level II certified in endurance, throws and jumps. In the summer of 2008, she married George Seago IV, and the coupe now resides in West Ashley. They have two daughters, Reese (2012) and Harper (2015). One of the longest tenured coaches at The College, Amy Seago enters her 14th year at the helm of the College of Charleston track and field and cross country teams. Under Seago's tutelage, Charleston's athletes have captured 22 conference titles in six different individual events and earned seven trips to the NCAAs. Not only that, she's guided her student-athletes to the national stage, having overseen Alexandra Coyle and Carlee Cassidy qualifying for the Canadian Juniors, and high-jumper Julisa Tindall earning an appearance at the prestigious USATFs. Charleston's athletes have been named to all-conference teams 50 times since Seago took over the program in August 2003. Additionally, three rookies were named to the Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field All-Freshman Team while five garnered outdoor all-freshman honors in 2009. Seago has also seen success with the Cougars' cross country teams. In 2015, she coached the women's team to a program-best fourth place at the CAA Championships three times. Ashley Arnold's fifth-place finish in the 2004 conference meet earned her a spot on the All-Southern Conference Team as well as Freshman of the Year honors. Cara Butcher followed suit in 2015, earning All-CAA acclaim by way of a ninth place finish at the conference meet in Mt. Pleasant. On the men's side, she helped develop Trevor Sprague, who broke the school record in the 8K three times in 2009 and posted the third-fastest time in the 10K at the NCAA Regionals at Louisville. Since then, she guided senior Mackenzie Johnston to All-CAA veneration in the form of his fourth-place effort at the conference meet. He finished his CofC career as the school-record holder in both the 8K and 10K runs. The Cougars set the tone in the 2015-16 athletic year with the women's cross country team logging an All-CAA finisher (Cara Butcher) and a fourth place team finish at the CAA Championships, the College's best finish at a conference meet during the Amy Seago era. The Cougars followed that up during T&F action in impressive fashion, ultimately toppling eight school-records after all was said and done (60m, Indoor 200m, Indoor Long Jump, Indoor Triple Jump, Outdoor 200m, Outdoor Triple Jump, 3000m Steeplechase, and 4x100m Relay). At the CAA Championships, Seago enjoyed an All-CAA performance from RoShani Glover in the triple jump, as well as a second-consecutive CAA high jump championship for decorated junior Julisa Tindall. To top things off, the Cougars produced an NCAA Regional contender in Carlee Cassidy. 2013-14 was a season of change for Seago and the Cougars, who made the step up from the Southern Conference to the Colonial Athletic Association. In their inaugural CAA campaign, Seagos team performed well as freshman Julisa Tindall qualified for the ECAC indoor track and field championships, while junior Tiffany Sisk claimed top conference honors in the shot put and senior Christa Horrocks earned all-CAA honors in the 400 meter dash. Also strong in cross country, Seago guided the mens and womens teams to a fourth and fifth place conference finish, while helping to guide junior Adam Seften to all-Conference honors. 2012-13 the Cougars final season in the Southern Conference was a fruitful one for Seagos troops as the track and field team finished sixth in the conference. Highlighting their final run in the SoCon was Hayley McMahons conference title in the 1,500-meter-run. In the 2011-12 season four different athletes won a combined seven Southern Conference Championships in the 3K, 5K, high jump, 3K steeplechase and shot put events. Senior Emily Smith won the indoor and outdoor titles in the high jump and qualified to compete in the NCAA East Prelim in Jacksonville, Fla. In the 2011 cross country season Seago guided the women's team to a fifth-place finish, their best finish since 2006. Sophomore Dena O'Brien finished third-place in the race. O'Brien went on to the NCAA Southeast Regional where she set a school record in 20:40 for the 6K race and finished 11. In the 2010-11 track & field season freshman Dena O'Brien won the indoor and outdoor conference titles in the 5,000-meter run and advanced to the NCAA East Regional in Bloomington, Ind. High-jumper Emily Smith finished eighth with a jump of 5'8½" at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Regionals after being crowned the Southern Conference champion at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. Smith was named the SoCon Freshman of the Year for the 2008-09 indoor season. Seago also worked with thrower Chakosa Lance, who became the first College of Charleston athlete to compete at the NCAA Regionals in 2004, taking 24th place in the hammer throw. Lance returned to the NCAA Regionals in 2006 and posted a 20th-place finish in the same event. She was also a three-time SoCon champion in the weight throw and currently holds the conference record of 64'1¼". Prior to coming to the College of Charleston, Seago served as the head women's cross country and assistant men's and women's track & field coach at Washington & Lee University for two years. Under her guidance, the Generals finished second at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships in 2002 and went on to place seventh at the NCAA Southeast Championships. She also had four athletes earn All-ODAC honors as well as two all-state and all-region performers. Working primarily with the distance runners during track & field season, Seago coached a conference champion in the mile at the ODAC Indoor Championships as well as five to all-ODAC performances. Seago began her career as a graduate assistant at Pittsburg State in Kansas. She aided the coaching staff in developing a team that finished 12th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 2000. Two members of the Gorillas were given All-America status. She also assisted in the coaching of a NCAA National runner-up in the steeplechase. Seago graduated with a M.S. in Physical Education. Formerly Amy Schuckert, Seago was a track & field All-American at Allegheny College. A two-year captain of the cross country team, Seago qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships twice. Additionally, she was a six-time NCAA national qualifier in track and set the conference record in the 800m. She won 11 North Coast Athletic Conference titles and was named to the all-conference team 18 times. Named the 1999 Allegheny College Female Athlete of the Year, the Canton, Ohio native graduated with a B.A. in English. She was recognized in 2004 when she was named to the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade Team for both cross country and track & field. Following her outstanding career as a student-athlete she was named to the Allegheny College Athletic Hall of Fame. Seago was named to the Executive Board of the Cooper River Bridge Run in 2016. She is USATF Level II certified in endurance, throws and jumps. In the summer of 2008, she married George Seago IV, and the coupe now resides in West Ashley. They have two daughters, Reese (2012) and Harper (2015).

Yocum's athletes were responsible for 18 of the Cougars' 45 points at the CAA Championships, with three student-athletes in the multi-events scoring a combined 11 points, while three javelin throwers were responsible for putting up seven points. Prior to that, Yocum helped guide Tiffany Sisk to back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association titles in the shot put, giving The College two of its first three conference titles after moving up from the Southern Conference. Between his multi-eventers and his throwers, 39 Top-10 performers have emerged across the indoor and outdoor seasons in the last two seasons alone under his tutelage. Yocum also coached Sisk -- the school record holder -- to a Southern Conference title in the shot put during the 2012 outdoor season, as well as Christine Klinar, who finished second in the SoCon in the javelin. Sisk would go on to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Preliminaries, where she finished 26th in the shot put with a distance of 14.94m Yocum spent 2009-10 working with the University of South Carolina Track and Field team.  He assisted the staff with all administrative duties including the preparation for and execution of training sessions, equipment for practice and competition ordering, inventory, issues and storage.  He also managed home meets for Track and Field as well as Cross Country events. From 2006-08 Yocum was an assistant coach at Benedict, working primarily with the pole vault and throws.  He also designed and implemented the strength training program for the track and field athletes.  The Charlotte, N.C. native coached two conference champions and three all-conference athletes. Yocum was a member of the Appalachian State Track and Field team as a freshman in 2000, where he was an All-Conference member in the decathlon.  He transferred to South Carolina and competed for three seasons, specializing in the decathlon and pentathlon.  While there he was a Southeastern Conference three-time Scholar-Athlete, three-time letter winner and Iron Gamecock award winner.  He earned his Bachelor of Science in Experimental Psychology from USC in 2003. Yocum has earned a USATF Level 1 certification as well as a Level II in Jumps. He is also a USTFCCCA certified throws coach.