Georgia Tech Men's Track

Hinsdale include Octavius Terry, a three-time national champion and nine-time All-American; Jonas Motiejunas, a two-time national champion and five-time All-American; and David Krummenacker, a two-time national champion and eight-time All-American. Krummenacker is currently one of the top middle distance runners in the world. Hinsdale led his 2008 men's squad to a second-place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships, the programs best finish since placing second at the 1988 Indoor Championships in Johnson City, Tenn. In 2005, the Yellow Jackets tallied a pair of fifth-place finishes at the indoor and outdoor ACC Championships. The Jackets posted their first indoor NCAA finish, since the 2002 season, finishing in a tie for 48th place. Senior Montrell Person garnered All-Amerca honors in the 60-meter high hurdles. Hinsdale guided Tech to fourth- and fifth-place finishes at the outdoor and indoor ACC Championships in 2004. The Ramblin' Wreck tallied 103 points at the outdoor meet, the second highest tally by a Jacket squad in the history of the program. A total of five ACC titles were won by Yellow Jackets and seven garnered All-ACC accolades. Senior Brendon Mahoney captured four ACC crowns en route to being named indoor and outdoor ACC Performer of the Year. Mahoney and junior Montrell Person went on to earn All-America honors at the Outdoor NCAA Championships, becoming the 68th and 69th athletes to do so under Hinsdale's watch. In 2003, Hinsdale led the Jackets to their second consecutive top-three finish at the Indoor ACC Championships. Six Tech athletes earned All-ACC honors with distance runner Kyle Rabbit earning the accolade in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Junior Brendon Mahoney claimed All-ACC honors for the third straight year in the mile, while seniors Bryan Swarn and Brian Fraser captured conference accolades at the meet. At the Outdoor ACC Championships, the Yellow Jackets scored 96 points to tie for fourth place. Brewer and Fraser captured individual ACC titles in the hammer throw and triple jump, while the 4x400-meter relay team of Brian Ford, Sharif Azim, Matt Trester and Swarn took first place at the championship. The Jackets qualified five athletes for the Outdoor NCAA Championships, plus the 4x400 relay team. Brewer claimed All-America honors, finishing 13th in the hammer throw. Hinsdale garnered his first ACC Coach of the Year honor when he guided the Jackets to a third-place finish at the conference championship in 2002. That season, three Jackets earned All-America honors under Hinsdale's tutelage, as Brendon Mahoney was seventh at the NCAA Championships in the indoor mile, and Chris Sinotte placed 10th in the javelin at the outdoor meet. Bryan Swarn was 11th in the outdoor 400. In 2000, Hinsdale coached the men's outdoor 4x400 relay team to a sixth place finish at the NCAA Championships, and also had two individual All-Americans as Bryan Swarn (400 meters) and Malcolm Leason (triple jump) earned that distinction. Following the 2000 NCAA meet, Tech athletes had competed in the NCAA Championship meet for 17 consecutive years. He has put his stamp on the Tech program by coaching 13 NCAA national champions in 12 years as head coach on The Flats. Hinsdale came to Tech in September 1979 as an assistant track coach, a position he held for 13 years under the legendary mentor Buddy Fowlkes. He was promoted to assistant head track coach in 1992 and was named head coach the following year. He led Tech to a seventh-place NCAA Indoor Championship finish and an eighth-place NCAA Outdoor Championship finish during the 1998 season. That year, the Jackets produced three national champions, as Krummenacker won the indoor 800 meters, Taylor captured the outdoor 400 intermediate hurdles, and the men's outdoor 4x400 relay team captured the NCAA title with a time of 3:01.89. Krummenacker also ran the fastest American mile that year, while Taylor captured the Track & Field News Male Athlete of the Year award, while finishing with the second fastest time in the world in the 400 intermediate hurdles with his time of 47.90 seconds. Krummenacker capped his career by winning MVP awards at both the indoor and outdoor ACC Championship meet, which marked the third and fourth times, respectively, he was honored in his career. At the 1997 NCAA Indoor Championships, Hinsdale guided Tech to its best national finish ever, as the Yellow Jackets tied for third place with 25 points. That season Tech was led by David Krummenacker, who won the 800 meters and then teamed with Tomas Motiejunas, Michael Johnson and Angelo Taylor to finish sixth in the 4x400. Taylor also finished third in the 400 meters. Eric Bowers also placed third in the long jump. During Hinsdale's first full season in 1994, he guided Tech to fourth place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. After claiming national titles in the 400 meters, 400 intermediate hurdles and 4x400 relay, the Jackets tallied 34 points, Tech's highest total ever. A former decathlete at Ferris State, Hinsdale now coaches the 400m, 400m IH and 4x400m relay. His first 14 years with Tech were spent in the field events. Some of the top field performers under Hinsdale include Rich Thompson, a three-time All-American in the triple jump; Mark White, an All-American discus thrower who won two ACC Championships in the discus and was the 1990 ACC Champion in the shotput. Other top athletes are Eric Bowers, the 1995 and 1996 ACC champion and current ACC record holder in the long jump; along with Joe McDonald, who broke the school record in the decathlon for the third straight time in 1992 and was the ACC indoor long jump champion in 1991. Overall, Hinsdale has guided three Olympic gold medalists, three world champions, eight USA Track and Field champions, four Goodwill Games medalists, 13 NCAA national champions, 79 All-Americans, 121 ACC champions and 193 All-ACC honorees. A total of 127 All-America honors have been earned by men's track and field athletes at Georgia Tech. An excellent recruiter, Hinsdale has brought many top prospects to Atlanta, including state champions from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia. These talented signees include All-Americans James Purvis, Mike Armor, Dirk Morris, Rich Thompson, Conrad Nichols, Chris Sinotte, Adkins, Mills, Terry, Taylor and the Motiejunas brothers. A Sand Creek, Mich., native, Hinsdale lettered four years in track and field at Ferris State. He won the Coaches Award twice and was elected team captain three-straight years. Hinsdale was inducted into the school Hall of Fame on Sept. 19, 2003. Hinsdale graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Human Science. He later received his master's degree in Physical Education from Eastern Kentucky in 1979. Hinsdale previously worked as a graduate assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky in 1978-79 and as assistant coach at Ferris State from 1976-78. He is a member of the United States Track Coaches Association and the NCAA Track Coaches Association. In November of 2000, Hinsdale was the recipient of the USATF Outstanding Coach Award. The award recognized him for his coaching of 2000 Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor. Hinsdale is married to the former Laura Adams. The couple has two sons, Bobby and Luke, and a daughter Kelsey. 9/7/2016 Chances are you wont recognize Brendon Mahoney when hes inducted into the Georgia... 6/27/2016 Georgia Tech football and basketball legends, Calvin Johnson and Jarrett Jack, as well as former ... 6/26/2016 Georgia Tech freshman Bria Matthews has added yet another accomplishment to her list, as she was ... 6/23/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Avery Bartlett, Bria Matthews and Amy Ruiz will compete at... 06/22/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Bria Matthews and Andreas Ward have been named to the All-ACC... 05/28/2016 Georgia Tech jumpers Bria Matthews and William Solomon competed at the NCAA East Preliminary on...

Megesi garnered All-America honors in the 1500 meters, finishing eighth at the 1999 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Boise, Idaho. She again earned All-America honors in 2000, anchoring Tech's Distance Medley Relay to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Megesi also qualified for the Outdoor NCAA meets in 1999 and 2000 in the 800. In 1998, she became the third Tech individual qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Lawrence, Kan. In 2000, Megesi was a qualifier for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800 meters. Megesi won ACC Championships in the 1500 in 1998 and `99, earning All-ACC honors six times during her career. She currently holds school records in the outdoor 800 (2:04.63), the indoor DMR (11:21.48), and the outdoor 4x800m relay (8:56.94). She earned a bachelor's degree in management from Georgia Tech in 2001. 10/12/2016 As Lynn Houston Moore looks back on an athletic career that is about to come full circle with her... 7/23/2016 Georgia Tech track & field freshman Bria Matthews placed fifth in the long jump and fourth in the... 7/20/2016 Georgia Tech track & field freshman Bria Matthews will compete at the World U20 Championships in ... 7/8/2016 Georgia Tech track & field freshman Bria Matthews competed in the finals for the triple jump at... 07/05/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athlete Bria Matthews qualified for the finals in the triple jump at... 07/01/2016 Georgia Tech track & field rising sophomore Bria Matthews will compete for a spot in the 2016...

Page is responsible for coaching field events, including high jump, long jump and triple jump, as well as the men's and women's sprint hurdle events. Since joining the Tech staff in 1996, Page has mentored Tech student-athletes to 40 ACC titles, 41 All-America performances and four national titles. Page was named the NCAA South Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008, and the Mondo Women's Jumps/Multi Events Coach of the Year in 2004. Page's 2013 successes include: On the conference level, he has guided seven men to conference titles: Eric Bowers (indoor long jump, 1997), Alphonso Jordan (outdoor triple jump, 2009), Malcolm Leason (outdoor triple jump, 2000), jerome Miller (outdoor high jump, 2009), David Riley (indoor triple jump, 1997), Montrell Person (60m HH, 110m HH, 2004-05) and Jonathan Gardner (indoor and outdoor triple jump, 2013). On the women's side, Page has coached 26 conference championship performances, in addition to King's three hurdle and sprints titles. Lynn Houston won both indoor and outdoor high jump titles in 1997. Mishanta Reyes won the indoor long jump crown in 2001, while Shanta Smith won the indoor triple jump and Jennifer Ledbetter claimed the outdoor high jump title in '02. Howard won a total of six high jump titles in three seasons. The women's 4x100m relay team finished first at the 2005 ACC Outdoor Championships, while Dana Rogers won the indoor 60m hurdles in '05. Lapsley claimed the indoor 60-meter dash and the 90-meter dash at the '05 ACC Championship meets. In 2006, Lapsley garnered first-place finishes in the 60m, 100m, 200m and Shantia Moss won the 100m HH. The 4x100m relay also finished first at the 2006 ACC Outdoor Championships. In addition to his work at Tech, Page founded Nat's Athletic Training and Career Experiences in September 1993. He has coached nine World Championship team members and five Olympians: Natasha Gibson, Howard, Terrence Trammell (2007 U.S. Outdoor National Champion, '07 Outdoor World Championships Silver Medalist, '08 U.S. Olympic team member, '09 U.S. Indoor National Champion), Fofanah and Tisha Waller, who is now the American indoor record holder in the high jump. Page has also worked with Wenda Vereen, who was a member of the U.S. 4x100 team, which won a Silver medal and set an American record at the 1993 World Championships. Howard captured a Silver medal at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finald, with a lifetime-best leap of 6'6.75" in the high jump. Trammell, a three-time Olympian, won the 2007 USA Outdoor National Championships in the 110-meter hurdles and placed second at the '07 World Championships since working with Page. Waller joined Howard on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team in the high jump after capturing her second U.S. title at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento, Calif. A native of Evanston, Ill., Page was a NCAA Champion high jumper at the University of Missouri in 1979. He was ranked in the top 10 in the world from 1979-81 and earned a spot on the United States' 1980 Olympic team after finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Additionally, Page also competed at a world-class level in the both the high and intermediate hurdles from 1984-92. From 1990-92, he was ranked in the top 10 in the world in the 400 intermediate hurdles. A member of the United States' 1992 World Cup team, Page was a finalist at the U.S. Track and Field Championships every year from 1985-91. He was inducted into the University of Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, where he was a five-time All-American and a four-time Big 8 high jump champion. He was named outdoor MVP of the Big 8 Championship in 1978. From 1988-91, Page served as assistant coach at California State Polytechnic University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. Page resides in Atlanta with his stepchildren, Tyler and Ryan. 9/7/2016 Chances are you wont recognize Brendon Mahoney when hes inducted into the Georgia... 6/27/2016 Georgia Tech football and basketball legends, Calvin Johnson and Jarrett Jack, as well as former ... 6/26/2016 Georgia Tech freshman Bria Matthews has added yet another accomplishment to her list, as she was ... 6/23/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Avery Bartlett, Bria Matthews and Amy Ruiz will compete at... 06/22/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Bria Matthews and Andreas Ward have been named to the All-ACC... 05/28/2016 Georgia Tech jumpers Bria Matthews and William Solomon competed at the NCAA East Preliminary on...

Kirillov coach Aaron Unterberger to 2013 Indoor All-ACC Third Team, 2013 Outdoor All-ACC First Team and 2013 Indoor USTFCCCA second team All-America honors. In addition, Unterberger set the indoor school record and qualified for the NCAA Championships simultaneously with a vault of 17'10¼" for second place at the VT Final Qualifier under Kirillov's tutelage. Kirillov coached son, Nikita, to a first-place finish and meet record in the 2012 US Junior Meet and guided him to the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. In his first year on the Flats, Kirillov coached senior Joanna Wright to Second Team USTFCCCA All-American status in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault. Kirillov came to Georgia Tech from St. Pius X in Atlanta in 2010 where he spent five years coaching the pole vaulters for the Golden Lions track team. Prior to St. Pius X, Kirillov coached pole vaulting at the Olympic Development Center for many years in Kiev, Ukraine. Kirillov is a 1980 graduate of the Institute of Physical Culture and Sport in Kiev. 9/7/2016 Chances are you wont recognize Brendon Mahoney when hes inducted into the Georgia... 6/27/2016 Georgia Tech football and basketball legends, Calvin Johnson and Jarrett Jack, as well as former ... 6/26/2016 Georgia Tech freshman Bria Matthews has added yet another accomplishment to her list, as she was ... 6/23/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Avery Bartlett, Bria Matthews and Amy Ruiz will compete at... 06/22/2016 Georgia Tech track & field athletes Bria Matthews and Andreas Ward have been named to the All-ACC... 05/28/2016 Georgia Tech jumpers Bria Matthews and William Solomon competed at the NCAA East Preliminary on...